Quarantine Zone {M} {IC}

[Bionicllama]

Cynthia held back a scream as she saw the bodies on the floor. They were bloody and seemed like they were mauled by an...animal? Oh God...what is going on...? Taking a deep breath she tried to get it all together and feign confidence the best she could. "Y-yes, take me to the security rooms."

Hearing a voice behind her the young scientist jumped but calmed down when she started to recognize it. Turning around she could have almost jumped for joy. "Thank God, someone is still alive!" She brought Andy into a hug. "Everyone is dead, I have no idea what the hell is going on, I feel like I'm about to be sick to my stomach, and....it's just really good to see a familiar face right now."

Cynthia led her to the door where AS-12 was waiting. "Hello Dr. St. Vincent, may I be of some service to you as well?"

"I've asked him to lead us to the security ward. I think it'll be the safest place from whatever is going on. Maybe the cameras saw something too. Besides," she looked behind them at the bodies on the ground, "it's better than staying here." As the AS Unit walked off she followed, motioning Andy to follow.

[Minkasha]

Yumi prolongedly kept to her state of uncertainty, her young features staring at the lights of faltering red. A roar, yelling startled her and she stumbled back to the girl's bathroom, her hand nervously touching the door - ready to push it open and rush inside. The push of blood moved faster, the thump of her head increasing with it.

The man's yell came again, and she came to realize as a flashlight was staring to illuminate that hall she was in that the voice was John's. She grit her teeth and made a soft sound of displeasure.

The flashlight had shined over it, bothering her eyes, but with the light she saw a glint of a gun and John's fearsome expression. Turning, Yumi started to run away from John - they said men never came back from war the same. She didn't want him to hurt her when he was going to freak out in this situation.

It was only a technical issue and John went for his gun. Her breath huffed, hair dancing around with her skirt - how could she trust a man who was gun first, figure it out.

John shined the light upon a person who seemed very frightened of him. When he realized who it was, his sister started running away from him. Removing his hand from the weapon and his hand extended put to reach for her. " Hey! Yumi!" He called out to her again, chasing after her with the flash light still shining on her. Though she was more a little faster then he was.

He was thinking about the light flashing her eyes may have scared her. Or was it him particular? He didn't know. He hasn't felt the same since Afghanistan. Losing men, left and right. He earned a nickname for his missions. "Soul Survivor." It wasn't very glamorous or courageous, but it was because he was still alive.

He finally caught up to the girl and blocked her path. He dropped the light source and placed both of his hands on her shoulders, "Yumi! Stop!" He begged, "Just stop running, alright? It's me...John...your brother." He stood straight and thought about that for a moment. He was breathing a little heavy then usual. "You scared me...are you alright?" He asked, trying his best to be the brother she remembered. Yumi's startled and soft body shook in his hands. She pursed her lips, they sparkled with a girl's lipgloss.

Haha said to be careful of John. She said that being out there did things, and warned Yumi what might happen if John was made to 'really think' about those things. It was a passing warning - but haha and chichi didn't think this weird stuff with the flashing red lights and damage would happen. Maybe this kind of place was the place where John might relive those things about The Long War on Terror.

She made a small sounds of distress, maybe a whimper. Looking away Yumi didn't jerk out of John's touch. He was holding firmly.

"Your job is acting very unordinary" she spoke with a small shiver of fear in her voice. Her little black heel had accidentally bumped against John's shoe, "Gomennasi" she muttered strictly out of cultural habit. The tip of her nose wrinkled - John's shoe was oddly shiny and reflective of the red light when it flashed. The light of the flashlight was only giving her a glimpse of the toe of his work dress shoe. The black leather had a really dark stain on it. She stared, trying to figure it out.

[MidKnight]

John looked at Yumi for a moment. "Don't worry...I'm here." He did his best to assure his sister everything will be fine. He stands up straighten and brushed off some dirt off of Yumi's uniform. "Why did you even wear that?" He asked, feeling curious about her clothing. "Anata wa baka desu." He said with a smile.

Forcing himself to be more simple around his sister, felt very odd. It was like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Speaking Japanese was even more weird, but he shouldn't be neglecting his own culture. Soon as he picked up his flash light, he looked around and wanted to find someone. Someone who knows what is going on. "Did you wake up too?" He asked Yumi as he flashed his light around. "And don't worry about this." He said patting on his weapon. "I'll only use it when something or someone wants to hurt us...okay?" He looked at Yumi with a concern, but trying a gentle look as well.

He could hear the clink of his synthetic arm touching the gun. His expression changed quickly as he could hear the metal, but not feeling with his own flesh was shocking at first when he had the surgery for it. He looked at his arm. Motioning his hand with his fingers, he lets out a soft sigh. "Come on." He says softly. "Let's see if we can get out of this place." Yumi crossed her arms, not swayed by his reassurances or his smile. She stared at the gun.

"Why did you have it drawn in the first place? It is only a technical problem" Yumi protested, giving up trying to figure out what was on John's shoe once the flashlight was taking from his footwear. She turned away from him, putting her fingers together and playing with them. "Wake up too...you passed out too...?" Yumi asked hesitantly.

John stopped in his steps and slightly turned his head. "Yeah." He gives a low nod. "Last thing I can remember is..." He pondered for a moment. "...is..." He mind went blank, thinking of the sirens and the blaring, his heart raced. He was close to panicking. Then his eyes closed on their own, and then he woke up where he started.

John sighs as he touched his forehead with his fingers. "Let's just say I woke up with a bad cramp." He looked around with the light. He noticed she stared at the gun. He placed his hand on the safety and clicked it on. "There." He said. "I don't want you to worry about me." He turned to face her. "I'm...still me...I'm...still here." Yumi frowned.

"Haha is going to be pissed" If she knew something like this happened, Yumi knew she'd never be able to come back to America. Her blue half-Caucasian eyes stared up at John, moving them away from the clicked gun. She never liked guns - not after the generation of gun violence this world has seen. Haha had taught her from an early age to avoid guns at all costs.

"She won't be, and she doesn't have to find out about this." He mumbled a little. "Why did they sent you to me anyway?" He asked, feeling curious about her visit. "Is it because mom and dad wants us to be closer?"

"I am not acquainted with your father" Yumi quickly corrected, and John didn't go out of his way to know her chichi either.

John stopped and looked on the ground. More red color, but it looked more like a puddle. "Oh..great." John mumbled to himself. "Yumi, don't look." He said while examining the marked site.

Yumi had been too busy keeping her eyes of John and up at the flashing lights to even care about what he was looking at - her mind wrapping around the question.

"Haha wants you to come home...maybe..." I was to be the one that made you come back. "But she knew you wouldn't come, I was made to visit you then." Yumi kept it dry but she sighed and rubbed her neck. He clearly didn't care about her and them, not when it really mattered - he didn't come home when haha had asked. He never stayed after the war, she supposed jobs like this were of more importance than his haha and imouto.

John groaned as she mentioned they wanted him back. He thought about it for a second. Did they want me back as I am? Or as someone before? He thought about it, but didn't consider it much. After examining the puddle of blood, he looked around for any bodies laying around, trying his best to avoid the dead confronting his sister. He stood up faced towards Yumi. "I can't come back to her...not yet." He turned again and walked slowly as he examined the hall. "So...how is he?" He asked, "Your father I mean..." He cleared his throat and kept shining the light and his metal arm near his weapon. "And mom, how is she? Is she being treated well?"

John didn't like the idea of his parents splitting, nor the idea of who gets who after the divorce was final. Since he was a teen, he been mostly yearning for his mother. But now, after the war, after the terror. He felt a piece of him had died on that field, after losing his arm.

Yumi sighed.

"Why are we speaking about this now?" She huffed. He didn't care before, no contact from him. "I want to leave, your job is not..." She paused "still working...?" She asked with some hesitation, not sure how to frame it. He couldn't work here now, it's destroyed for some reason.

"What?" He questioned quickly, "I was only asking to pass time." He scoffed. "And...just wondering how mom was doing." He says softly. Then he stopped, pointing the flash light down. "I...I'm just curious."

Meanwhile, another Assistance Sentry heard the clink, stepping out from it's position and moved towards the sudden sound. Discovering a boy who looked frightened and a young girl with a bandage over her eyes. The Sentry walked forward and scanned their body for analysis. "Greeting." The Sentry said, "I am Assistance Sentry designation number 89, AS-89, how can I be of assistance?" It asked as the sentry helped with the blind woman, "Please, ma'am you should not be wondering around on your own." The Sentry became the girls guide for a moment to a chair and then faced the boy. "You are still in recovery of your surgery, both of you should not be here. You both should be in the Evacuation Zone." The Sentry stood straight. "I will notify the Security division to send a patrol to escort you both to the Evacuation Zone. The Sentry tilted his head. "Odd...my communication transmission is damaged or unable to inform the Security Division." The Sentry looked around. "This area is not safe, we must head to the nearest Security Room for safety. Please follow me, I will lead you."


AS-12 lead the two to the nearest Security Room. But when they had reached the room. They had discovered the room was in poor condition. Bodies of security teams on the ground with bullet proof vests on, riot helmets with blood stains covering the face screen. Security Sentries ripped apart, electrical wiring exposed and sparkled, and flashed the room lightly. Bullet holes on the walls and the computers. "Oh my." The Sentry said as he stepped in and looked around. "This area is not safe." It said, "We must head to the Evacuation Zone or another Security Division." The Sentry looked down and noticed a body was dragged out of the room, it lead somewhere, but in the opposite direction of the hall. "To avoid any further incidents, and un-necessary death, shall we go this way?" He asked pointing towards a less hazardous hallway. "Please, we must find another security room and remain inside until a rescue unit is sent."

A Security Sentry roamed the halls with a rifle in it's arms. The Sentry noticed John and Yumi walking in the halls. He stopped and activated it's head light. "Halt!" He declared. "State your name and rank!"

John raised his hand and stepped in front of Yumi. "John Snow! Security Staff Member! ID Two Six Five Alpha Beta." The Sentry deactivated it's light. "Identity recognized." It stepped forward with its' weapon lowered. "I am SS-89." The Sentry looked around. "We must remain high alert, this area threat is imminent, we need to move to the Evacuation Zone or to a nearby Security Room." The SS unit moved. "We will try the Evacuation Zone first, I recommend weapons out."

John watched the Sentry walked. He looked to Yumi. "Hey come on." He said softly. Reaching for her hand and pulling her with him. "You heard him, we can't stay here, we have to get to the Evacuation Zone and then I can send you back home with mom..." He let's go and takes in a deep breath. "And maybe I'll come along with you to see how's she doing."

[P.K.]

Alexa heard a thump not to far from her and jumped, her head swiveled in that directly but for nothing really, it was just out of reaction. "W-who's there?" The only answer she seemed to get was a soft sound that sounded... like well she really wasn't sure. "Hello?" She was sure... someone of something was in the hall with her but she wasn't getting much of a reply.

She jumped at another sound, a robotic sounding voice, but a voice none the less. She felt cold hands take hold of her and then her to sit down in a chair as it told her she should not be wandering around alone. Well she hadn't much choice it had seemed, she had had someone around to help her move around when she needed to but it seemed they were gone. The Sentry started talking and mentioned 'both' meaning there was another person here. so why hadn't they answered her? It then proceeded to mention that they should be in an evacuation zone... and that it was not safe. "What?" She asked turning her head in the direction of the sentry. "What happened? why is it not safe?" She asked. "What's going on?" She felt some form of dread that she might not have if the sentry had just said something else...

[AngelDellaNotte]

Returning the hug Andy pulled back briefly looking at the sentry then back into the labs seeing the people on the floor. She hadn't noticed the blood before. A gasp escaped her lips as she brought her hand up covering her mouth. "Oh my god they are dead!" She said. When she first entered the labs she had seen them there but had thought they were asleep like she had been but now that her eyes were adjusting to the emergency lights she could see them more clearly. What could have attacked them? Her knees grew weak when she realized that if she hadn't been in her office she could have been killed along with them. The sentry wrapped an arm around her helping to steady her.

She held onto it's metal side for a moment not moving until it spoke. "Dr. St. Vincent we should be heading to the Security Ward."

"Yes. I think we should." Andy said tucking the bottle of medication she had in her hand still into her pocket.

[Argon Jaden]

It was a little frustrating because one, he was standing right in front of her, two, he couldn't talk, three, she couldn't see... And it all made him sigh soundlessly and shake his head. The sound of something approaching made him tense before his eyes rested on the sentry, who forced the girl into a wheelchair of sorts. Maybe because she was blind? He internally winced at his words. The bot tried to take him by the hand as well, but he raised his arms in defiance and went to the other side. Sure that he was away, he reached down and lightly patted the girl's cheek, enough to tell her that there was another presence.

Actually, he was just about to run off when the sentry decided to keep a tight hold on him. Quinn furrowed his brows, lips moving silently as he tried to word out cusses. He just wanted to get away. Who cares about whatever the hell happened here? Obviously, it ws pretty hard to struggle away from a bit so he decided to just scowl and follow, feeling trapped because of the robotic hand acting as cuffs on his hands.

[MidKnight]

The Sentries lead the remaining survivors through the hallways as each hall was dark, the lights barely worked as they managed to pass the dangerous areas. When they all had arrived to one specific door. The Sentries stood by as the Security Sentry opened the door.

"Please all Staff and Residents entered the Evacuation Zone." The Sentries would say.

When the group entered inside, they will noticed they are the only ones inside. But the elevators and emergency exists ceased to function. Not even the Sentries could open the doors. The Security Sentry stood outside and kept on guard with the rifle in its' metal arms. AS-89 assisted with the blind woman to a chair nearby and looked at the boy. "Please remain with Alexa, her eye sight should return soon, but it is acquired to restrain her from removing the bandage, or going any near bright light areas." AS-89 stood up and walked to assist others.

AS-12 helped the other to a seat and waited patiently. "If there is anything this unit can do, please do not be shy to ask." AS-12 waited for instructions from the two.

John sighs as he sat down on a chair and looked around. He was curious of who the others were. He did seen the boy several times before for multiple escapes and assaults. "Does anyone know anything?" He asked as he got up and looked around the room. "I mean...we're the only ones in this room." He rubbed the back of his head. "Oh...I'm John Snow, Security Staff...I woke up in the Security Office..." He looked around. "...and...yeah." He sighs and rubbed his neck.

[P.K.]

Alexa had flinched a little at the pat on her cheek, realizing someone was here a little while ago but having them actually touch her when she hadn't expected it was.. well... She swallowed slowly before they were being moved. She wasn't sure if she felt safe even with the sentry here, she couldn't see and in a place she didn't know, with people she didn't know and a situation she couldn't help herself in was... unnerving... terrifying...

It didn't seem to take them to long to get to where the sentry was taking them. Still it felt longer then it should have. She'd gotten used to being blind but it was like she could feel Literal darkness pressing in on her, she wasn't sure about anything at the moment. She was shocked out of almost hyperventilating in the near silence when the Sentry helped her up and moved her through to another room and helped her to another chair. She set, taking a deep breath as the Sentry told the other person she was guessing to be with her to stay with her, keep her from removing the bandages or wandering into bright areas. She wasn't likely to go anywhere on her own so need for worry about that.

She turned her head though realizing she could hear others... where there others? but there didn't seem to be that many.. she would expect more... more people... She turned her head at another sound, a voice, human and not metallic... "Being part of the security staff... shouldn't you be the one to answer that question?" Alexa found herself asking the male voice who said he was John snow. "I woke up in the bathroom..." She said quietly rubbing her now dry arms, though her cloths were still cold and damp.

[Argon Jaden]

Thankfully, Quinn decided to stick with orders, quietly following the sentry. Usually, he'd stomp his way back, to show his irritation, but he kept his footsteps light and soft. As they entered the room, he immediately saw a few others, and definitely wasn't sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing. Call him selfish, but he was completely focused on getting out of here. Still, where are the others? Nodding at the sentry, since he couldn't exactly talk, he stood by the blind girl, mulling over trying to find a way how to communicate. He always hated this part.

When AS-12 asked if it could help with anything, he quickly gestured a rectangle, and made it as if he was typing in thin air. It was his signal for wanting his PDA. Or any PDA, but he wasn't sure if the sentry had that on hand. And besides, he didn't know if anyone knew sign language, but it was worth a try while waiting for his PDA.

'Some gas in the vents probably. I passed out there. But I'm not sure since I'm no personnel.' He signed at John, hoping the man would understand. If he didn't, well, he needed his PDA that bad. Or a notebook and a pen. 'Where are the others?'

[Minkasha]

Yumi was growing more and more timid after the robot had nearly shot her, the sight of guns really shaking her to her core. The sight of the grown woman brought her some concern. This was already scary, but to be blond was more dreadful. But Yumi had bit her lower lip when she had seen the guy, he was cute with his vibrant hair that matched her dyed locks and bright blue eyes...similar to her she realized but he was still really cute. Yumi grabbed onto John's wrist as he was standing.

"He's asking where others are..." Yumi said after she had studied the guy's bony but attractive and long fingers and hand gestures. She hadn't expected him to be mute - not that she knew what a mute guy was supposed to look like, but she had only studied international sign language for extra academic credentials. It was her first time actually using it thought, some of it still fuzzy...something about gas? How handy was it now? "Ano..." Yumi sounded out in thought "This is becoming weird" everyone passing out was starting to unnerved the teenager.