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((Gabs is sick, so anyone like "Why ams you godmodding paxton ara?!" It's because of that. And I already knew what Paxton was gonna do. XD))

Vid's expression only intensified when they charged, oh look.. They were dumb to boot! Now really, it wasn't fair to judge all of the children on just Keanu and Cody's actions, but Vid wasn't exactly being fair about any of this.

They shouldn't exist, thats where the Perfectionist's train of thought stopped. So he was about to move on that thought, but Colt did it for him, sucessfully smashing down the two children. Vid's frown flipped into a small smirk at that, eyes narrowing when a certain lovebird tried to return to help his friends. His balance shifted, dropping him lower to the ground, to everyone else they'd just see his illusion crouching, but in reality he was just freeing up a good portion of his tail. With a flick of the paddle like object, he managed to use a whip like action to send Paxton flying back against a wall, a loud thud and crunch, a few feathers falling loose, and a small speck of blood where his head had hit the wall. Easy enough.

Vid rose, eyeing the frightened group in the corner, fingers shifted the gun in his hand, as if contemplating wether he'd use it or not. In the end, his more passive nature won out. The threats were disposed of, and even if there were a few more abominations over there he didn't need to deal with them right now. "Lets go." He snapped, a tad irritably. They failed, failing was.. Imperfection. Which made his stomach turn. He moved out the door without another thought.

Ymir had only taken two steps after his partner before the shots rang out. He hadn't been able to protect the leopard, but not much would have been able to when he went running straight at an armed person like that. It still wasn't excusable though. Not in the hyrbids mind.

Keanu hadn't even gotten with range of the man before he got a closeup of what was coming. Then the force hit and he was set off balance by the force and sudden pain shooting through his chest. He flew back a few paces before skidding to a halt on the ground. The fact he tried to almost shove himself up as the world started to fade out of view was more a trained reaction than thought of will. Still, it proved futile, he didn't even manage to sit up before he fell still and the second shot ensured he wouldn't be getting up. Even if he'd managed to scrape by unharmed from the first, the boy's ankle was now a mess of bone and blood. Perhaps from fur in there too.

The last thing the boy saw before his vision blurred into darkness was the white forepaw of his dragon as the creature reached him. Then nothing. This really wasn't how it was supposed to end...

Ymir snarled at the red headed creature as he got between the fallen leopard and it. His feelings were mixedon the subject. He wanted to rip the man apart, but leaving Keanu wasn't a good idea either. He was already questioning if his partner was still alive, the smell of blood obviously stated that he wasn't in good shape. Leaving him was the worst option at the moment. Pushing back the urge to lunge at the pair he hunked down, ready to rip into the two men if they dared to come close enough. Though they didn't seem interested and soon looked like they were leaving.

Techs replaced them and another volley of fire proved that the red-head wasn't one to fall. Not that it concerned the dragon so much as he eyed the few techs who were coming closer. They paused before he had to snap at them to get them away though. He hadn't yet decided if they were more good or bad, but with the shooting directed at the man. He folded his wings a bit, giving them the sign of possible clearance and instead turned the pale blue gaze toward the red-head. He was the real threat left. The techs would just help.

The lionboy struggled in Mary's grip. He barked a loud "NO!" When Paxton broke away from the group to go to his injured friends. He let out an anguished yowl when the lovebird was whipped through the air lay crumpled against the wall. The lion struggled harder.

Cadentau had already developed a strong lionish sense of 'us' and 'them', and he guarded his 'us' jelously and meticulously. This couldn't happen! Paxton was one of his; he had to be protected! He had to protect them! The lion turned his claws on Mary. He scratched feebly a few times, as he wasn't in a position where he could use the crushing weight of his clublike forearms. Desparate, he bit down hard on the arms retraining him. Not hard enough to do lasting damage, but her blood welled up beneath his teeth.

And blood, there was so much of it. The scent of it and color of it was everywhere! He bounded forwards two paces, mane bristling, but turned around when the techs appeared. Safety at last! Now if only he could get them there. He shoved Alaqua hard with his shoulder and latched onto Nikania's sleeve, with his teeth while dragging Mary by the hand. He had to get them behind the line of techs!

Caden abandoned his attempt when the shooting started. Under the cover of such heavy fire, he made a mad dash towards the fallen lovebird, intending to get him away from those two murders. He had just reached Paxton and hooked his arms under the ruffled wings to drag him back, when the noise stopped. He looked up and his blue eyes widened in horror, even as his lips lifted into a wrathful snarl. That killer was still alive!

As the shooting started up again, Alaqua screamed, burying her head in Bob's neck. The brass dragon spread his wings to shield his child and the girl's mother. Ala was crying over what had happened to Keanu and Cody. She didn't even see what happened to Paxton, but the two heroes' damage was enough.

Niki had ducked down as the shooting started up, patting her daughter's back in a reassuring manner. Scared to death, the woman just closed her eyes and hoped that the shooters wouldn't decide to use them for target practice next.

Then the cute little boy was shoving them again, apparently trying to get them behind the techs, but gave up shortly when a lot of shooting happened. Niki and Ala just trembled and Bob hissed softly at Colt and Vid.

"Touchy much?" Colt lifted one eyebrow as he fought down a smile which was just dying to come to the surface. How could the snake be disappointed? Sure, the had managed to let Alan slip by. Yet, the day hadn't been a complete loss now...why, just look at the chaos and--"FUC--"

The bad thing about--well, being Colt was that even if you didn't die from gun fire...you could feel it and oh did it hurt like a b***h. "Grr..." The oversized, overly zealous man had half a mind to turn around and take some retaliation, but the thought that his partner may be in danger if they did it again, drove him foreword--Limping a good deal, but nonetheless, moving he shuffled over towards Vid and escorted the two of them out.

...Fecking hell.

The techs couldn't do much else but stare helplessly as the man that should have died just walked out instead. No use wasting any more bullets on a helpless cause...

But a more pressing matter was quickly becoming noticable, the group off to the side, the Lion boy with one of the kids, and then the bloodied mess on the floor. Automatically, the group split, two to each kid and then one to the group.

First to keanu, checking a pulse, the only noises were a gurgled gasp of the remaining lung trying to work. "He's still here!" The first assessed, the second frowning. "He's suffocating, though, the elevators don't work..." He swallowed hard, leaning in to give the only thing that was coming to mind, mouth to mouth, it was just a single puff of air, causing another gush of blood from the wound in his shoulder, but hopefully it would buy them a bit more time. The situation was seeming rather hopeless. But damn if they had brought Alan back from that poison maybe... Just maybe...

The other group was at Cody, "He's in shock." Another simple report, none of them were medical staff, but they knew the basics. "Get him up, put pressure on the wound." An order was barked, and the fourth tech followed it tryign to carefully mauver the Bull without causing any more shock to his system, things might start shutting down if they weren't careful.

And the third group was on Paxton and Caden, "Thanks kid, we got it from here, go make sure they're alright." She pointed to the group, trying to talk soothingly and give him something to do. he was so young.. He shouldn't have had to see this.
The other tech delt with paxton, a few careful pokes along the vertibrae in his neck gave him an answere as to wether he could move him safely. No apparent damage.. Everything felt in place, god he hoped he was doing this right... Basics were just that, basics. They were how to treat a gash until you got to the hospital, alot of the things these techs were doing might have only worked in theory... Or not at all, none of them knew though. But there was a basic fact, if Paxton's neck had been broken he couldn't have been moved, but it didn't seem broken, so logic stood that it was safe? Oh damn what a horrible place to be.
Working blindly again, the tech moved his hand underneith Paxton's head, sealing the wound with his hand as though he might have been worried his brains would start leaking out next.

And the last tech was with the group, "Is everyone alright?" She asked first, looking them over. "Just stay calm, we'll take care of them, alright? It'll be okay..." She offered hollow words of comfort, she honestly had no idea, but the tone in her voice was one filled with a good bluff. No one would know the difference.

As if by magic, the elevators suddenlly clicked on, and a ding echoed through the floor from the button Mary had pushed earlier. The three groups practically danced, as they tried to gather the injured into their arms and towards the elevator. They were careful to a point, but their main goal was to get them to the med-lab as fast as possible. Careful only worked for so long, afterall.

((Assumes that Ymir and Marigold won't be posting, and everyone is waiting on Caden.))

The universe twirled around him as his mind whirred, vacillating between one course of action and another. He needed to get Paxton to safety, he needed to defend Mary and Alaqua, he needed to get them out of here, he needed to fight those two killers. What was he supposed to do?! The lionboy growled meanacingly as the techs approached. Paxton was one of 'his'. No touchie! He clutched at the lovebird's body possessivly and lifted his paw, ready to swipe at them.

When the tech's voice broke through the befuddling red mist that clouded his mind, it was like the energy drained out of him. It was over. The killers were gone. Everyone was safe again. Everyone except for Paxton, and he had failed. He sheathed his claws and his ears drooped downwards as he stumbled away from the scene. When he looked back, they were carefully lifting the lovebird into the elevator.

He padded slowly back to Mary with his head hanging and his tail dragging on the ground behind him. Caden reached for her hand and nuzzled his cheek against it, just seeking comfort for a few moments. When he looked up at her, his eyes were bright with tears. "Do you have a phone?" he whimpered softly.