***
Cracking open the laboratory door, Varin tried to see how many people were inside. Unfortunately, all he could see was a shelf full of binders and unknown chemicals.
The shelf was situated about 2 meters from the boor and blocked his view of the lab. Creeping up to the shelf, Varin tried to listen. He could hear the assistant addressing guard #01, telling him to hand her disinfectant and gauze, presumably to treat the doctor. And wherever guard #01 was, #02 was sure to be there as well.
Turning to try and sneak a peek around the shelf, Varin was blinded as he suddenly felt as though an ice pick was shoved behind his eyes, the pain pulsed through his entire body causing him to lean on the shelf, taking some shaky breaths, the pain slowly dissipated.
'Aahh! Fuck!'
***
Barely caching the stifled cry of pain, guard #02 looked over to the self. Briefly glancing back toward guard #01 and the assistant, it seemed as though they didn't hear anything as they were cleaning up the doctor. gripping his batton, guard #02 walked over to the shelf to investigate, turning around the corner to see Black hunched over leaning on the shelf.
With his vision returning, Varin looked up to see the surprise on guard #02s face as he tried to hit him with the batton.
Varin ducked just quick enough for the batton to grace the hair on his head right before crashing into the shelf. Pinning the guard's right hand to the shelf, Varin lunged forward to slash the guard's throat with his knife. Only this time, all he managed was a shallow cut as the guard shifted and bladed his body.
Quickly shifting back, the guard grabbed Varins wrist with his free hand to immobilize the knife. As soon as he felt the pressure on his wrist however, Varin quickly let go of the guard's right hand. He dropped his knife and caught it mid fall while trying to gut the guard in a wide slash.
With the guard stepping back and the vest provided so resistance, Varin failed to spill #02s guts. He did, however, make him bleed quite a bit and stumble backwards.
Before Varin could continue his assault, he caught guard #01 in his peripheral vision aiming his dart gun, stepping back behind the shelf just fast enough to miss the dart.
***
Walking down the hall, Dagen saw 1 door to the left midway down the hall with 2 hallways on the right midway down in each direction. He came to the first hall to his right, there were quite a lot of cords trailing the floor.
'If Varin went after the doctor, he'd have to go to the lab. This hall seems pretty clean and what else would use this much power down here?'
Fallowing the wires, Dagen came upon another short hall to his left leading to a door conveniently labelled 'Laboratory'. The door was partially open and as he approached, he heard a dart gun go off.
'Varin!'
Running over and flinging open the door, Dagen saw Varin ducking behind a shelf while guard #02 stepped back and bumped into the wall behind him, slowly sliding down while holding his gut.
Staying in the doorway, Dagen shot guard #02 to make sure he didn't do anything else.
Hearing the door whip open Varin spun around right as a shot went off, he was startled and ready to kill any guard that stepped through the door, only to see an unlikely sight, Dagen standing there with his dart gun ready to find a new target.
'What!? This guy- he came back in here? Came after me even though I shot him???'
Dagen was about to speak but Varin, not wanting guard #01 to know that there were now 2 intruders in the lab, quickly put his index finger over his mouth to signal Dagen to remain silent.
Dagen took a moment to assess the situation, based on Varins reaction to his arrival, there were more enemies inside the laboratory, hopefully not yet aware of his arrival. Guard #01 was probably one of them, as well as the doctor and assistant.
Another thing he noticed was that Varin looked terrible. He was leaning on the shelf and breathing pretty heavily, his dark circles somehow seemed darker and he was sweating. Then, Varin held out his hand to signal Dagen to stay there as they could hear very faint footsteps approaching.
Both escapees readied their respective weapons and waited for whoever was approaching.
***
Having missed his shot, guard #01 heard the door open and saw his partner drop. Walking as quietly as his boots would allow, he slowly crept up to the Shelf.
'Fuck! How the hell did Black escape his cage!?'
*Step*
'The door opened, is he still behind the shelf or did he leave?'
*Step*
'I don't care what the doctor says, I'm gonna kill that beast.'
*Step*
Quickly side stepping around the shelf with his gun ready, guard #01 aimed right at Varins face and pulled the trigger.
In that instant, Varin quickly hit the barrel of the gun up over his head just before the shot fired. Before the guard even noticed his presence, Dagen shot him in the neck, causing the guard to pause and slump to the floor.
Waiting a second to make sure the guard wasn't about to move, Dagen looked to Varin to see if he was okay.
Varin had a hand on his chest for some reason and lightly coughed a few times. Luckily he was still conscious having avoided being shot. Dagen definitely had some questions to ask and really wanted to yell at him for being an idiot and coming back here. But As worried as Dagen was about Varins condition, he decided to remain silent, not knowing who else may be behind the shelf.
***
After catching his breath again, Varin took a step out from behind the shelf and looked around to see if anyone else was there. The only other people that should have been inside the lab were the doctor and his assistant. However, the assistant was no one in sight, only the doctor could be seen laying on the table in the center of the room.
'Where is she?'
From what he could see, this door was the only way in or out of the lab, so she still had to be here somewhere.
Looking over to Dagen, Varin mouthed the words, 'cover me' as he check the pulse of guard #02, it was faint and growing fainter still, so they didn't really have to worry about him waking up.
Varin didn't want to kill guard #01 while he was knocked out, he wanted him to be very aware of who killed him and watch the light leave his eyes himself. So he removed guard #01 and #02s shoelaces and used them to tie up guard #01 nice and tight.
Satisfied with his makeshift bindings, Varin signaled Dagen shut the door and follow him.
Together, they walked deeper into the laboratory, staying about 2 meters apart. They stopped by the doctor and looked over the room.
There were 2 desks on opposite sides of the room with papers strewn everywhere on there surface. There were shelves and shelves of books, binders, beakers, vials, smaller equipment, chemicals, and solutions of all kinds lining the walls.
Still no sight of the assistant.
Until Varin noticed the brief, small movement of the desk chair behind the desk to their left. Varin made the motion of pointing at his eyes and then the desk to signal Dagen to pay attention to the desk as he approached.
Reaching the desk, Varin clenched his fist and hit the top of it with a hammer strike, using as much force as he could muster. Startling the assistant, she let out a yelp.
"Ah!"
Varin looked down with cold, sharp eyes as if he could see her through the desk and in a tone that made even Dagen shiver a bit said:
"I. Found. You."
"Come out, before I throw you in with one of your abominations."
Jumping up from under the desk, the assistant trembled as she screamed, slowly growing more panicked.
"No! You beast! You wouldn't dare! Th- the doctor is the only one who can fix a mongrel like you, and he'd need ME!"
A dark chuckle escaped Varins lips as he said:
"You, still have the audacity to threaten ME."
"Allow me to show you where you stand."
The assistant backed against the wall as Varin walked towards her, increaseing his grip on the knife.
"I- if you let me go I'll tell you how you ended up here, who betrayed you! I'll- "
"As if… lost is the one who begins to trust in his captors. Like you care or take notice of where your subjects come from. You'd just lock me up and turn me into a monster."
Dagen was conflicted, he really didn't like the assistant but couldn't help but feel this was wrong and wanted to stop Varin from going overboard. Also, what if they could help Varin? If not them, who else could?
"Hey man, wait!"
Varin paused and slightly turned his head towards Dagen.
Looking at Dagen with a little hope the assistant cried out.
"I swear, you'll never see me again! The people who run this place won't come looking for you! If you let me go! Blue, please!"
Being called Blue really rubbed him the wrong way.
Seeing Dagens face soften a little made Varin worry.
"Dagen, you can't trust her. You know that right? As soon as she leaves she would send whoever she can after us and the people around us."
"No, no I wouldn't, please Blue! Please!"
…
"Hey, Dagen?"
"My name, is not Blue."
*Sigh*
"Varin… make sure she can't cause us problems."
Giving Dagen an understanding nod Varin lifted his knife to continue. The assistants eyes grew wide as she screamed.
"No!"
Right before Varin could slice her throat, he was interrupted by a familiar shout coming from by the door.
"Hey Black!"
Turning with an annoyed grunt Varin saw that Guard #01 had awoken. Both Dagen and Varin thought that it was crazy how fast he had regained consciousness. Perhaps it was because of how large and stubborn he was.
*He he he*
"How are you feelin Black!? That last injection was supposed to be a good one fucker!"
Varin looked at guard #01 and said coldly:
"Wait your turn. I haven't forgotten the blood you owe me."
The assistant, catching on to what the guard said, made one last attempt to save herself.
"Y-your turning into a monster, I know you can feel it by now! Me and the doctor are the only ones who can save you!"
Looking back to Dagen she continued.
"Black is different, his body is impossibly resistant to the solutions but showing no signs of rejection, he could be the best candidate so far! He could be the one, with our help! Blu- D- Dagen!"
But before Dagen could reply, Varin grabbed her and slowly slit her throat, giving her time to choke on her own blood. He watched as she fell to the floor.
"Varin?"
Dagen didn't know what to do or how to feel. He knew that her offer to help Varin was bullshit but he wanted, he had to hope that Varin was going to be okay. He didn't want to imagine Varin twisting into a bloodthirsty creature, void of any humanity.
Ignoring Dagen, Varin looked over to guard #01 and went over to him.
"Now, about that debt…"
Guard #01 struggled against his bonds to no avail. Sneering at Varin as he came closer.
"Bring it on mother fucker! No matter what you do to me, your still gonna turn into a monster! Ha ha ha ha- aaaaaargh!"
Varin slowly stuck his knife into #01s thigh and wiggled it around.
"Maybe, but until then, I'm going to see just how much pain I can inflict on you."
With a pained grunt Guard #01 looked at Dagen and shouted.
"And when he turns into a beast, I hope he kills you first, Blue!"
Over the next few minutes, Varin poked a hole in every section of #01, making sure to wiggle the blade a few times before moving to a different spot. Picking just the right places to prevent him from bleeding out too fast. His screams filled the lab.
As much as Dagen wanted to protest, he thought better of it. It's not like #01 didn't deserve all the pain he was receiving, plus some. He also didn't think that getting in between Varin and the guard was a very good idea, he didn't want Varin to direct any of that pent up hatred and bloodlust at him. So he just remained quiet and watched the doctor.
Seemingly satisfied with #01s pain, Varin slowly cut through his neck, letting him choke and twitch as he whispered in his ear.
"I told you, I would end you."