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Crim` coughed, sitting up and flopping down with his back against a tree. He coughed again.

"I'll live. I really need to get back to base, though..." he muttered, looking down at the wound. "So, it left didn't it?" he asked.

"Oh and..." he looked to Kata, raising the gun she had lent him in his hand and tossing it her way.

Crim` grinned a bit, reaching up with his left hand then struggled to his feet slowly while gripping his side still with his right; His back dragged upward along the rough tree stump, leaving a trail of blood.

"Thanks... I think I can make it. Who was that just now... That also attacked it?" he asked, looking past the bush. He shook his head a bit, shaking off a sudden rush of lightheadedness.

"Gah... Whattya say after I'm all patched up we get a drink?" he said, leaning against the tree. "I could sure use one. And we have to figure out what we're gonna do about our new enemy... or enemies."

Seven had blacked out upon impact. It was his body that had the momentum to move the thing, and it hurt. Hurt so very much. At any rate, he was coming to now. He didn't know if anything was broken, but his left leg, right wrist, and ribs were giving him a good deal of trouble. Bodies make bad spears.

He let out a moan and raise himself to a sitting position. His eyes followed the path of the claws in the trees and then looked back at Crim' and Kat. Crim' as bleeding, but it didn't seem to be of urgent concern. Although he seemed to be bleeding, so that was certainly first priority.

"Hey Kat, you might want to check out the third floor, see what you can do about the fire. Which I had nothing whatsoever to do with."

Seven stands and stretches out his back. "I'm pretty sure I can get Crim back to base."

[Altho I seem to be on at a different time of day then you guys. Feel free to accurately predict what Seven will do, if necessary to move on.]

"I thought the third floor was already burned to a crisp." Kat said confused. However, not in the mood to argue over it, she set off towards HQ at a brisk pace.

Arriving back at base well before the other two, she headed up to the third floor, grabbing a fire extinguisher on the way up. Luckily, there were many of these about the place, given how destructive the inhabitants could be.

This turned out to be a good thing, because as she looked up the stairs to the third floor, she realized that this was a fairly large fire now. The whole thing was more or less in flames now.

"Lovely." She muttered under her breath, and proceeded up the stairs, her fire ring glowing as she pushed the fire back from around herself. She wondered why the emergency sprinklers hadn't gone off yet. Seemed unlikely it was going to go off soon though, so Kat figured she'd need to deal with this herself.

Using the fire ring to push the fire back into more controllable flames, she used the fire extinguisher to put out the fire. Luckily, the floor and ceiling both held well, and there was very little to get in the way, since the floor had already been destroyed once. However, it was quite tedious, and Kat, never a very strong magic user, was exhausted by the time the last fire went out. Leaning against a wall, she wondered if she'd ever get the smell of smoke out of her clothes.

She stumbled down the stairs after a few minute, and went to go find Se-vens, intent on asking him precisely why the floor had been in flames.

Merdok rolls up to the beginning of the forest. He slowly drove his way in about a mile before the trees became really thick. These damn trees are too thick. Stupid trees... He turns of the quad and hops off the side. He lands into a puddle of mud, getting his boots dirty. He kicks his shoes a bit, throwing the mud off onto the grass ahead. This is already turning out bad. He begins to jog through the forest, running at a medium pace. After a few moments, his steps begin to become less, but his speed begins to increase. Not before long, those trees just turn into brown and green blurrs as he passes.

He covered about six miles in about fifteen minutes. He began to slow down, barely seeing the top of the building through the thick tree tops. He stealthfully jogs the rest of the way.

He stops about fifty feet on the side of the building. He hides behind a tree while he scopes out the area. There are no side doors, two cameras, and a large fence. Shouldn't be too hard. He crawls slowly towards the fence. There was a small hole just small enough for Merdok to fit through without having to move any part of the fence, or cut through himself. As soon as he cleared the fence, he jumped up against the wall directly under one security camera. As the camera turns left, Merdok jolts right, running down the side of the building.

He clears the corner of the building, where it looks like he has come upon the back of the building. He looks around and sees what looks like a warehouse. This place is huge. Who is here? He crouches and stealthfully moves through the grass towards the warehouse. He hears a noise, and quickly falls further into the grass, not making a noise. The wind passes through the grass, making a light woosh sound. Mer raises his head slowly and looks around. Nobody. Huh... He continues to the warehouse looking building.

Merdok reaches the warehouse, and plants his back against the wall. He looks around cautiously, awaiting someone to walk out, or to hear someone working inside. But nothing happened. This place seemed just as desolate as the outskirts of Barton. Was this just an abandoned military installation?

Mer peeked into a crack in the wall of the warehouse, and saw bunch of junk inside. Nobody alive, and nothing dead. Just, nothing. He sighs in frustration as he looks towards the main building again. Maybe I should just try in there. It was a massive building. Not many entrances. So far, he's not seen one. The wall is flat, and has no large cracks in it to make it able to be climbed. Maybe he'd just try the front door, since he has no other option. He begins to walk towards the wall again, crouching down very low.

Merdok had manuevered his way to the front of the building, where he saw a long walk that seemed to lead to a road. He closed his eyes and muttered a few words under his breath; Something about a stupid forest. He slowly crept up to the front door-- it was already open slightly. Wow, what a well kept facility. He walked up to the door and opened it slowly, checking around for anyone alive. Everything seemed a little dusty. Maybe this place hasn't been used for a while? A perfect place for someone of his status to hide.

As he walked in, he noticed that it looked like a hospital. A bunch of different doors leading to different rooms, white walls, floors, and vending machines. Another time Merdok wished he had small bills in his wallet. He continued down the path towards what looked like a cafeteria. It seemed very weird walking through these halls alone. He was putting together a multitude of situations that could have happened to make this place seem so desolate. Was it zombies? No, no... ALIENS! No, not that either. Hmmm...

He approached the cafeteria when he heard the foot steps of someone. He quickly moved to the side before entering the cafeteria, and planted himself against the side of a vending machine labeled "Zurg Energy Drinks". He pulled a throwing knife from a slit on his belt and held it out a little, using it as a mirror to see who was coming. After a few moments, someone turned the corner. A pale looking catgirl, with orange hair. It was a small girl, and he saw her as no real target. But he would watch her to see what this place was all about.