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"Creature?" Risas question was more out of confusion. She was human. True be an altered human, but that certainly wasn't by choice. And his name calling only served to feed the fire of her anger that had started. "Big words coming from the person hiding behind a mask." As she said them, she felt the bite of irony in her own words. She wasn't even using her real name, much less her real face.

Annette looked over at Dethblade and nodded, pulling a pair of gloves from her pocket and putting them on before walking over to Risa and taking the sample from her. "Idiot girl, do you have any idea the devastation you would of caused if this vial had broken?" She hissed, under her breath before going back to the camera, holding the sample up. "What you see here is a sample of a deadly and thus far incurable disease. Nimm is the carrier of this virus and has been housed here at Grace of Nocturnal in order to be treated and to keep the virus contained until preventative measures could be taken to keep the virus from spreading uncontrolled." She explained professionally. "I have personally been working on a cure for this virus for some time now, but recently i feel it only fair to focus more on giving Nimm an opportunity to safely live her adult life with out fear of death or prejudice."

Risa grit her teeth, her fists balling at her sides. She hated being made a fool of, and either the person who employed her for this did exactly that, or Dethblade was if what the doctor was saying was a lie. She shook her head, hearing Migoto tell her to leave without him. 'No.' She stated simply, but it had force behind it. "I was hired to steal that sample, by an unnamed party." Risa announced. "I had no idea that this hospital had been taken over until I was already in the middle of my job, but i had evidence that Grace of Nocturnal had planned on using that virus to infect others, in order to sell the cure for a profit!" She frowned. "You call me a 'Creature' Dethblade, and I'm a bit sensitive to such a term. Im a product of what companies like Grace of Nocturnal think they can get away with when they have money and influence. I heard of the girl kept prisoner here so she could be used as a living petri dish. I came to put an end to it!"

Nimm looked at Dokusei as he asked her opinion on possible assassination attempts. She shrugged. "I assume he is use to them. Even I read the newspapers. He is the most wanted person across several systems, with a significantly large bounty on his head." She turned her attention to the Thief now, as she had raised her voice over Annette to explain herself and her actions. She raised a brow as the woman spoke of knowing why Nimm was there and that others did too. She looked to Annette, who seemed uncharacteristically surprised by the statement. "Wouldnt that mean that someone here in the hospital would of had to tell someone outside about me?" She asked.

The elevator dinged then and the doors opened to reveal a crouched figure with a handgun an eye device that seemed to target Dethblade within seconds. It was less than a minute before the shot rang out from her gun aimed at the cloaked figures head.

Adelaide stood, holstering her gun and walking into the room fully, the elevator closing behind her. "Yeeaah, i thought that would be harder...damn, got a full clip left of those babies." She put a hand to the device on her ear that controlled the screen over her eye, and turned it off. She didnt know what Dokusei was doing, but she didnt expect his efforts to pay off. Which is why she jumped damn near a mile when Dethblade sat up. "Holy Hells! What did you do?!" She'd drawn her gun and aimed it at Dokusei, looking between him and the freshly resurrected Dethblade.

Annette had ducked, covering her ears from the sound. She looked up and moved to the table, shocked at the scene but moving into medical mode as she watched Dokusei inject the serum into Kain. "What is that?" She asked, unsure what the man was doing. She flinched away as Dethblade sat up, but quickly moved to watch the wound close up. She looked back at Dokusei. "Nanotech?" She asked

Nimm yelped, covering her mouth and watching Kain hit the table. She stayed silent and watched the skeptical and breathed a sigh of relief as The man sat back up.

Risa moved, dropping low near Migoto once she heard the shot. The whole motion a reflex and instinct. She hadn't even thought about it till she saw Dokusei move. 'Migoto, that forcefield you mentioned before...it triggers by facing your biggest fear?' She asked him via the direct line. She kept her eyes on the not so dead body of Dethblade. She had a feeling in her gut that he wasn't going to go down that easy, a feeling she couldn't shake that this was not going to go well. It was a familiar feeling, and she hated it, mostly because there was another feeling piggybacking it that she was once again failing to protect somebody who was in a life or death situation because of her. "Should of stuck to the rules..." she mumbled, closing her eyes and rubbing her temples with one hand. "If your truly merciful, fix the hole you put through him. He'll die otherwise. And as i said before, he isn't involved in the theft, thats on me. I'll accept whatever punishment you deem fitting. Just, please...fix him and let him go. Preferably without a damn collar."

'Bring on the crazy...' Risa thought, smiling nervously. Too many scenarios ended in either both of them or one of them dying or potentially in the hands of the all too eager looking doctor and the man that seemed to think death was better then fighting to stay alive.

Adelaide stood, still holding her gun up, but eyeing the two doctors and Dethblade curiously. She glanced over at the 'thieves' quickly, then back to her targets. "Curtis. Adelaide Curtis. Bounty Hunter, not assassin." She corrected. "And if that camera footage is live, then no, I wont be collecting anything til I turn your cold dead corpse over to the authorities. They don't pay Bounties as high as yours with out proof." She explained. None the less she lowered her weapon and reholstered it. She knew well enough she was out matched if the man could take a bullet to the head and still get up. "Im not shootin them two. No bounties on their heads. None that i know of anyway."

Risa tensed. She did in fact have bounties on her, just not on the her currently in the room. 'Do it!' She thought quickly, tightening her jaw and turning to look down at Migoto. 'Sorry in advance, this is gunna hurt like hell more than likely.' She waited, and for a moment thought he had passed out, but then the world shifted. She wasn't looking down at Migoto anymore. And she was no longer in the lobby of the research department.

The sterile smell of the hospital intensified, and mixed with the overwhelming smell of salt and copper. Thick enough she could taste it. Her stomach dropped, and she fought back the urge to throw up, closing her eyes and taking a deep breath as she tried to remember what she was doing and why. Migoto had been replaced with the cold and lifeless body of a black haired girl. Her ice blue eyes staring blankly, empty, up at her. The hole in her head still smoking from the bullet that had gone through it, and the still growing puddle of blood and chunks. "Not real...not currently real...I'm out...I lived...I made it out then, and I'll make it out now!" She reached down, grabbing the corpse, of rather Migoto by the shoulder and hauled him up and bear hugged him before running for the large window and throwing her shoulder into it with all her weight. She didn't count how many steps it took, or feel how hard she hit the glass. But it gave. And a moment later she was holding onto Migoto, staring up at the false night sky as it very quickly got further and further away from them. Her heart was racing, still slamming in her chest both from whatever Migoto had done and the threat of a sudden stop. "Im sorry...im so sorry..." she whispered, still seeing the girl in her arms. She closed her eyes, bracing for the impact.

Adelaide let out a whistle, staring at the open window and walking over to watch and see what happened next. "Im guessing she didn't like her options."

Nimm stared. "Those windows...I've thrown stools at them and they've done nothing more then make a noise. How did she break through it like that?" She asked, looking to the two doctors and Dethblade.

Annette folded her arms, frowning slightly. "What a shame, i wanted to examine that cloaking mechanism she has." She looked back to Dethblade, examining the newly closed wound. "Are these nanites retroactive? I stitched up a bullet wound earlier on his abdomen." She explained, in full clinical mode. This was like Christmas and her birthday all in one.

Adelaide, who had been standing looking over the edge of the broken window to watch the two who jumped, looked over her shoulder back at Dethblade as he addressed her. She stepped back away from the window and over to him, arms crossed loosely. "I dont know about all that. Im not Judge or Jury, just cavalry, and occasionally Executioner. It just so happened your bounty stated that you should be terminated." She pointed out. She looked skeptical, though it was more at the whole situation. She was beginning to wonder who had put the bounty out on Dethblade in the first place. "You want to hire me to track down and bring someone to justice, fine. But i won't be making that call myself unless they've done something blatant and witnessed." She turned her attention to the doctor next and smirked. "Thanks for the offer, but i have a supplier already, got a mind for ammunitions and tech, and I'm loyal to her. She's been my supplier for years now."

Annette looked up and at Dokusei, frowning as he snapped his fingers at her. "Thank you. I'll pick them up as soon as we are finished here." She assured him.

Nimm sat, leaning back in the chair with her eyes closed. She was tired, the day had more going on then she'd anticipated, not that she'd planned on all this. She had so many questions she wanted to ask before she fell asleep though. She forced her eyes open and looked over at Kain, Annette and Setsumie. It was odd to see all three interacting so normally. Like they'd known each other forever or something.

Risa grunted as they hit the pavement. Granted it wasnt as hard as she had anticipated, but it was still a shock in the sense that she wasnt a mess of broken bones and Migoto was still capable of keeping them from going splat. She laid on her back a moment, still staring up at the broken window, still clutching Migoto, still taking quick shallow breaths. She closed her eyes and forced herself to slow her breathing down. Taking longer, deeper breaths and opening her eyes again to get her bearings. She felt cool stone to her back, but there weren't any street lights that she could see, telling her they weren't near the front of the hospital. She was happy for the darkness at least. She sat up stiffly, being careful not to jostled Migoto too much. Her shoulder thudded with the pain from hitting the window hard enough to break it. She grimaced, looking at the damaged and broken scales, a few haven fallen off onto the ground, leaving thin ribbons of blood where new ones would grow in to replace them in a day or so.

She moved, getting Migotos arm around the back of her neck and shoving herself up and supporting his weight on her good shoulder. She moved, heading for direction of the tea house they'd been staying at.

Adelaide smirked and gave a nod at Dokusei. "Her names Sparrow. I can give you her phone number, but any other info you want will have to come from her." She explained. She walked over to the table, finding a spare paper and pen and jotted down a long distance number, and a messaging address. "Generally she just mails me my supplies to what ever Port I'm headed to." She explained, handing Dokusei the paper. "She likes to chat about ideas. So shes receptive to questions."

Annette looked over at Nimm and motioned for her to follow her.

Nimm looked up, indeed looking tired, but shook her head. "I have a list of questions I want to ask. The one in particular being for you Dethblade." She mentioned, moving to sit up straight and looking over at the man. "How did you find out about my disease and that I was here?" She asked. The woman who had jumped out the window had mentioned knowing too, claiming to have evidence even of what Grace of Nocturnal had planned to do with her disease. As far as Nimm herself knew, her records were locked up here in the hospital, she didn't have family outside that could tell people, and there was no reason for the hospital to broadcast that a plague causing patient was permanently housed in the building.

It wasn't a long way to the tea house, but it felt longer as Risa got Migoto back and into the room. The streets had been clear, most people probably inside watching the news and broadcast. She said a silent thanks that the front desk lady hadn't been present when she got inside.

She slid the door open to the room, shuffled in with Migoto and slid the door shut and locked it before moving to lie Migoto down on his futon. She reached for her bag, dumping the contents out til she found the first aid kit and cracked it open. She unbuttoned his shirt and worked to clean the wound as best she could, poured a generous amount of biosolvent in, and moved to stitch him up. It was basic first aid. Field dressing even, but it was all she could do for the moment.

Nimm tilted her head, curiosity plainly written on her face. It peaked once Dokusei mentioned the Scarlet Alchemist. "Who is the Scarlet Alchemist?" She asked, not having heard the name before.

Annette had heard it though. She smirked and rested her hands in her coat pockets. "Boogeyman indeed. The Scarlet Alchemist is the monicker given to a certain individual. Tales of a twisted, psychotic, doctor of sorts, though not like Setsumie or myself. Generally the stories that surround him involve a lot of blood and torture."

Nimm blinked and looked back at Dethblade. "Is he the one that sent you here?" She asked. She wasnt sure if she was suppose to be afraid of this so called Boogeyman, but it was hard to be afraid of something shed never heard of before.

Adelaide shifted and moved back over toward the window. Taking a cigarette ouf of a metal case and lighting it, taking a drag and blowing the smoke out the open window. "What would the Scarlet Alchemist want with powered up individuals? I thought he was in the business of experimenting, not collecting?"

Risa sat back on her heels, cleaning up the first aid kit. She'd stitched up the wounds, and laid a cold cloth acrossed Migotos neck. She couldn't do much else. With a long sigh she moved to get to her feet, heading for the bathroom and turning the shower on. She left the door open a crack wanting to hear if someone entered the room or knocked.

Adelaide took a side step as Dethblade started wretching, though she made sure wasn't about to fall out of the window. "Think its time I headed out. Its getting late, and I need a drink." She explained. She took another drag and exhaled the smoke from her nose this time. "If you get a contract for me, contact Sparrow. She handles that stuff for me. Ill be staying in the city for a day or two though." She waved one hand as she walked back toward the elevator.

Annette raised a brow as the woman left, a bit surprised she was being as cavalier as she was about the whole thing. "Ms.Rozenthall, lets get you back to your room for now. Questions can wait til tomorrow. Dethblade, I'll be in my office the rest of the night if you require that examination still." She reminded him.

Nimm frowned, but nodded, getting to her feet and walking toward the elevator as well. "Goodnight." She called , looking over her shoulder at the two left in the room. She stopped by Adelaide at the elevator, looking at the woman who seemed to be focused on a specific spot on the doors.

"You two take the first lift, you look worse for wear." Adelaide pointed out, finally breaking her gaze to look between Annette and Nimm.

The doors dinged ans opened, Annette and Nimm both boarding and leaving Adelaide with Dethblade and Setsumie for now. Nimm was surprised to find her room only a few floors down from the research departments. She walked in with Annette, and said their good night's before Annette left back to her office, leaving Nimm alone for the first time since the events started earlier that day. She removed her mask, taking a deep breath before setting it on her bedside table. She quickly changed into a nightgown and crawled into bed, a bit curious if shed wake up to find the whole day just a fever dream.

Risa started a bit, hearing the scream of pain. She quickly grabbed a towel and wrapped it around herself before opening the bathroom door to the main room and looking toward Migoto. "What happened?! Migoto? Hang on." She stepped out, hair dripping water as she crossed the room and dug in her bag, pulling a bottle of over the counter pain killers out. "Damn...this is all i have." She handed him the bottle.

Anette looked up as Dethblade entered her office. She had been jotting notes down in a file, and now set her pen down and closed it before putting it up in a rack. "Yes, Dokusei is nothing if not well equipped for the uncanny." She smirked and gestured toward a chair next to her desk. "I can remove the mesh if its uncomfortable. Might i also suggest a full body scan so that i may identify what is an old injury, and what is new next you need medical assistance." She turned her whole chair so she was facing him, hands on her lap. "Or would you rather fill me in on this Scarlet Alchemist and the dealings you've had with him? I have to admit, I'm curious about him." She admitted, lips curving into the hint of a smile.

Risa blinked as the ATF was removed. True her vision had been swapping between what was actually going on, and the illusion, bit she hadn't realized how tense she was until it was gone. She let out a long breath, her chest no longer tight, and her shoulders relaxed. "Migoto calm down, please. You're still hurt." She pointed out, but she looked relieved all the same, even smiling a little. "You didnt get in the way, and lets be honest, if you hadnt been there, I'd probably be dead." She watched him a moment, reaching out to rest her hand on his shoulder. "Just breath for a second, nice and easy." She instructed, silver eyes on his. Her own shoulder was still a mess from hitting the window, new scales already replacing the old broken ones, and her skin darker underneath them. "Whos Him?" She adked, finally registering what he had said.