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((But my plan is for Holly to obtain a new ability. And Alex should try to stop him because they need to get out of there and rest before they try anything else. Plus, Holly is essentially a "lost cause" at the moment. No one knows where she is.... She'll come back on her own any way, I have a plan. ))

The emotional blast from Holly had hit Alekssander like he had run into a brick wall. He unintentionally let go of Drake, but since they were only flying five feet above the ground this was not a major issue. The major issue is that Drake hit the ground first, and immediately started running, for whatever reason, they did not know. After Alekssander and Amelia had both crash landed from the pain, they both staggered to thier feet and ran after him. "Drake! What the hell are you doing? Get back here!"

"Alex, who is this Holly?" Amelia inquired, both of still sprinting. "Not important right now," he said, gradually catching up to Drake. "We'll tell you the whole story later." He then turned his attention back to Drake. "Drake! Come on man! You don't even know where she is, do you?"

((Long giant sad post of melancholyness))

"Oh dear god, this is bad..." Alekssander muttered, burying his face in his hands after watching Drake walk away. He slumped against the nearest wall and fell to the ground. Thinking back on this whole escapade, He nearly cried, he felt so guilty. Instinctively, Amelia sat down next to him and put an arm around him. She hated to see him like this. "Oh Alex...what's wrong?" Alekssander shook his head, a pained expression on his face. "I've...I've lost them all...and it's all my fault..." Amelia, confused, inquired further, with a note of caring concern in her voice. "Lost who? And why is it your fault?" Alekssander grimaced. "I'm the only one left. I devised the whole plan of your rescue. I thought I planned it out perfectly...Five of us came to rescue you, three others were experiments like us...and now most likely I'm the last one alive. Pat probably died in the initial explosion or soon sometime afterwards, Rei must be dead or else we would have heard of from him by now. It's not like him to keep us waiting. And Holly...she was hit by tranquilizers and carried off by the scientists. It would've been a miracle if she lasted more than five minutes. And now Drake...he's going after Holly. He wants to believe she's still alive. I'm not going to deprive him of his hope, just like he didn't deprive me of my hope that you were still alive." At this, Amelia's jaw dropped. "No way..." Five of them had come to rescue her, and now three of them were dead, and one of them was walking towards certain death. She actually felt ashamed that people that she didn't even know gave their lives to save her. She couldn't let another die. She had to stop Drake. Filled with emotion and a sense of purpose, Amelia stood up. Alekssander picked up his head and looked up at her while wiping the tears from his eyes. "Amelia...what are you doing?" She gave a solemn nod. "I'm going to stop Drake while he's still alive." Alekssander gasped with shock and tried to get up, but he was too weak. After all of his fighting and transforming, which drained a lot of his energy, not to mention the crash moments before, his body just couldn’t handle the sudden movement. He got halfway to standing before he passed out of exhaustion and collapsed onto the floor. "Alex!" Amelia yelled. Her mind was racing think of whom to save, Alekssander, or Drake. Making up her mind, Amelia quickly threw up a protective barrier around Alekssander so no further harm would come to him, and she took off and sped down the hall after Drake. "Drake!" she yelled, hoping he would hear. After a few minutes, she spotted him. Immediately, she tackled him to the ground and pinned him down, impeding his movement. "Drake! Don't any further! Alex told me everything and I don't want you to die too!" Now she too was crying. She felt so bad about those who had died on this mission and she felt bad about Alex who felt guilty for causing their deaths.

Amelia accepted his hand and he helped her up. "Don't worry about it," she said, wiping the last tear from her eye. "I can carry two of you at once. Only a little ways, but you're going to have to tell me where we're going." She started to walk down the hall to where Alekssander lay, motioning for Drake to follow. "And yes, Alex passed out from exhaustion. He was already physically drained, and the emotional stress is what did him in. But I can heal him, no problem It will just take a while." The finally came across Alekssander, sprawled on the ground next to the wall, surrounded by a transparent blue barrier. Approaching him, she took down the barrier, picked up Alekssander, and put him in a fireman's lift over her shoulder. "So," Amelia began, "What now?"

((Touche. We're too good at this.))

As pat was blowing away the remaining forces before they began to retreat, he saw an all to familiar, all to terrifying sight. It was Rei in his were-tiger state. "Damn boy, What Happened." He said angrily. He then saw the beast lock onto him. "Alright, If this is how it's going to be..." The were-tiger charged at him, and with one mighty swing of Pat's suits metallic arm, he knocked him out, and Rei began to change back. "Well that was easier then i though." He said as he used the suit to pick him up and sling him over his shoulder. "They've retreated, I guess It's safe enough to leave." He said with a smirk as he began to walk backwards, and headed towards the hole with Rei over his shoulder.

Amelia set Alekssander down on his cot and looked around at their hideout. "Wow...this is amazing. I never knew there was a resistance force opposing the scientist, and that Alekssander was a part of them, no less!" She went over and gave Alex a kiss on the forehead, and she placed her palm over him and sent her healing wave through him. "He'll be back to normal in a little bit," She said, turning to Drake. "So Drake," she began, "Tell me all about this underground resistance you got here! I think it's awesome what you guys are doing, and I'll be glad to join as my thanks for rescuing me." A shy grin appeared on her face.