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Crow nodded and smiled at the group. "Yeah, unless we absolutely need to split up, but I think we have time to make it through the facility's captivity areas." He then glanced over towards the open door that the doctor had left for their escape.
"It's a little difficult to keep a location on Angelo when he disappears, especially without his Ki signature, but I've got it now, and you guys won't be far." He explained, feeling confident that they would all make it out fine. He was beyond excitement, most of the things that he had wondered about his past were going to be made available to him if they could find this enigma from their previous days in the labs.

The outside world became slightly muted and blurred as Angelo's stealth wrapped around the trio. The fact that Crow could sense them unnerved him, but Crow had always unnerved him. At least they were on the same side, now.
"Let's go, Ventus." He said, the noise echoing a few times in the bubble they were encased in. Ventus nodded and took off down the hall, headed toward the captivity area for the other experiments. They couldn't take them all with them, but they could set them free.

"It's a few miles to the northwest, even deeper into the forest. We found a map in the viewing facility. It not far at all." Angelo said. The slightly distorted view they were getting from the outside began to show that they were near the cages and containment rooms which held most of the experiments, the ones who hadn't agreed to cooperate with the lab.
"How do we unlock all the cages? Ventus could rip of a few doors, but it wouldn't be long until the guardians showed up."

"I guess it's the best plan we have. As soon as we phase back in, the cameras and heat sensors will set off the alarms." He said, his eyebrows knotting as he prepared. In his mind, he held their protective bubble in his hands, ready to pop it.
"I'm going to burst the bubble instead of shrink it this time. Might give as an extra second or two of invisibility. Ready?"
Ventus nodded. He knew his part: let Kioko freeze the stuff, then he pulls it down.

Angelo popped their protective layer, the negating energy going in all directions. He jumped off of Ventus' shoulder and rolled to the side to stay out of the way of the other two while they worked. There was nothing that stealth could do here to help.
Ventus flexed and balled up his fists. He was ready to bust down some doors. He always loved when he and Angelo got to play these exciting games. He hoped the bad guys would show up soon. Then he could kill something.

The ice froze the cameras, causing the lenses to crack. As a result, they weren't detected until Ventus tore down a door. The hinges shattered as he hauled the metal slab down, causing the pressure sensors in the doors to go off. Red lights flashed as sirens sounded.
"Prepare to fight!" Angelo said. "We're getting out of here!"
Several of the freed experiments had broken down during their confinement. They were now afraid of fighting back, and afraid of the Guardians. Others were prepared and angry. Abilities of all different sorts powered on around them. They all stared at the door, watching, waiting.
Suddenly, the guardians of the lab walked into the corridor, their hollow suits of armor clanging noisily, a warning to all who faced them.

((Sorry about the lengthy delay in posting. Fancy new computer wouldn't even connect until some software was installed.))

Crow was the first to move in on the Guardians, while attacking recklessly wasn't his style he'd rather rely on his skill to get him out of trouble than allow these mechanical guards to unleash their wrath on the unwilling. He dashed in, closing in to twenty feet to the frontmost opponent, then stopped suddenly on one heel. Pivoting, his legs lit ablaze with azure flame and the second heel came around in a mid-reverse-roundhouse kick as he spun.
"Crescent blade!" As the first kick was finishing its motion Crow hopped and swept the pivoting leg into another rounding kick, then finished by throwing another reverse-roundhouse in midair in the same leap. These three kicks unleashed within two spins and a jump traced three giant curved waves of Ki that raced towards the target. As Crow landed from the spinning leap his arm went into a blaze as well while he was turned to face the direction of his foes.

Angelo materialized beside Kioko, a child in his arms. The child's eyes had a purplish glow to them and seemed to be composed of all whites, with dark purplish shadows floating around in them.
"Forget it, Kioko." He said. "It's useless to tell a coward how scared he is. You can't save everyone."