Toxin2.0
From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe
Ryu opened his eyes. They drifted over to the clock sitting on a small table next to Kate's bed. He mumbled a curse word under his breath quietly. He had drifted off. It was 2:12 in the morning. Late. Jude was waiting...
He sighed, burying his face in the mess of soft, flaming red hair in front of him. His head was throbbing painfully. He knew he shouldn't have drank. Kate hated it when he was drunk. But she'd always sit it out with him and make sure he didn't do anything stupid. Fortunately, his mutant immune system had the ability to heal, which includes getting alcohol out of his blood faster. Of course, that just meant the hang-overs came just as quickly and hit twice as hard.
He leaned down, planting a soft kiss on Kate's neck. She smiled a little in her sleep as he unwrapped his arms from her waist, nimbly slipping out of the bed, making sure not to disturb her. He looked around the dark, unlit room, his sky blue eyes glowing like a cat's. It'd been ages since he slept at his place at the Don's villa... He knew Kate's room so well by now, he didn't need light.
Finding his old, worn out jeans, he stepped inside them, pulling them up and fastening his belt around them. He leaned down and grabbed his nearby tank top, throwing that on as well. His goggles, trench coat, boots and gloves were next. Finally he slipped on his mask and adjusted his goggles a bit. Slipping out of the room gracefully, closing the door behind him, he sighed in relief. He didn't want Kate to be awake when he left. He didn't want her involved at all. He couldn't afford to lose anyone else.
Jude leaned against the fence surrounding a large building, the familiar logo of 'Crey Industries' on top of it. His red eyes glowed brightly in the darkness, matching up with the lights of traveling cars, spot lights and signs of Brickstown. Snatches waited silently on top of the fence, tilting his head. He chirped happily. Jude looked up in confusion. "What? What's up..?" Snatches continued to chirp loudly. Ryu slowly faded into view and Snatches immediately perched himself on his shoulder. Jude smirked at Ryu.
"You're late."
Ryu rolled his eyes and flipped Jude the bird. "Eat a dick, I got here, didn't I?"
Jude simply chuckled and nodded. "Are you aware of the plan?"
Ryu adjusted one of the belts on his gloves. "I'm not retarded, I read the fuckin' note."
Jude's smile faded as he nodded seriously. "Alright. Remember, we want to keep this quiet for now. Don't go around killing people, okay?"
Ryu simply furrowed his brow a faded back into the shadows. Snatches lifted off the invisible shoulder and fluttered away. "... That depends on what I find."
Jude sighed, before looking down at the unconcious Crey Riot Guard nearby. He closed his eyes as his body shivered heavily, slowly transforming and molding it's shap into the guard. He removed the pistol from the man's limp hand, slipping it into the holster on his belt. He glanced over at the locked gate as he heard the invisible 'Harumph!' of Ryu jumping the fence, watching the barbed wire bend down... His red eyes glowed in the darkness as he wondered how Ryu could do that without hurting himself... He quickly returned his focus as he watched the lock of the gate click open and fall to the ground, the gates opening with a creaking sound. He rolled his shoulder and tilted his head, popping his neck as he made his way down the dirt road towards the large building, following the foot prints left in the sand by Ryu.
Jude stopped in front of the glass doors and took a deep breath, exhaling. The memories hit him all once... This was the exact same building he was created... He closed his eyes as he remembered himself screaming angrily, slaughtering all the innocent Crey employees... The screams of dying women, the guards pinned to the wall by his Spines... Blood everywhere. He remembered standing over Myu-Jikku Setzer, red eyes glowing deeply. She had looked up at him, tears in her eyes and asked if he was going to kill her. He shook his head, furrowing his brow before opening the door and strolling in casually, Ryu swiftly and nimbly slipping in behind him unnoticed by the other employees.
Jude looked around as he strolled through the lobby. A few of the other employees smiled and waved at the guard they thought they knew. He smiled awkwardly and waved back, making sure his shades hid his glowing red eyes. He could feel Ryu right in front of him, yet he made no sound at all. His boots were silent as they hit the concrete... Jude slowly began to realize Ryu's true potential... He was rarely serious about something, but when he was, he gave it a hundred percent of his attention. He looked up at the elevators in front of him and pressed the button on the side of the wall. They slowly opened and Jude stepped in, closing the doors.
Ryu grumbled as he uncloaked himself, leaning up against the side of the elevator, closing his eyes and sighing. "Fuckin' Crey... Why do they have to be so fuckin' big?"
Jude glanced over, frowning a bit, not bothering to respond. He hit the button on the top floor, putting his hands behind his back patiently.
Ryu's cat like eyes focused up at the small digital counter on top of the elevator doors... F1.... F2.... F3.... F4..... F5.... F6.... He blinked. It stopped. He jumped, quickly cloaking himself again as the doors slid open slowly. Jude watched silently as a pretty, long, purple haired woman in an expensive looking business suit stepped in. She smiled sweetly at Crey Riot Guard Jude, holding a clipboard downwards, arms straight down. She tucked a stand of hair behind her ear and spoke quietly. "Top floor, please?"
Jude nodded, tilting his head to the buttons, showing that it was already pressed, but remained silent otherwise. The dark skinned women hummed quietly, smiling as the pretty little elevator music made things so calm and serene... Faintly playing for the three of them...
"YOU STUPID BITCH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" Ryu screamed at the top of his lungs uncloaking himself.
"DON'T CALL ME A BITCH, YOU ASSHOLE! YOU TOLD ME I COULD FUCKING COME!" The purple haired woman growled at him, reaching over to pull at his hair angrily.
"SO!? GOD DAMMIT, YOU'RE GONNA GET HURT!" He pulled down his mask and bit her arm.
"OW! CUT IT OUT!" She punched him the top of his head, her fist glowing brightly for a moment. He slammed, face first against the elevator floor. She folded her arms, clipboard between them and sighed. "You're a jerk. You told me I could come, then you didn't show up!"
Ryu growled, pushing himself up. "I was -LATE.- I fell asleep..."
"But you told me to be there an hour later!"
"DAMMIT, DON'T YOU HAVE THINGS TO BE DOING IN THE KITCHEN!?"
"You little...!"
Jude stood there. Staring quietly at the doors. No emotion on his face, as the two went at each others throats.
"Fuck, Shiori... Fuck!"
Shiori grumbled, fidgeting a bit. "What? You should be happy... I told you I'd help. And I will. Otherwise you're going to get yourself killed.."
"You idiot, -YOU'RE- going to g---"
"Top Floor." Jude muttered quietly, interupting Ryu.
The elevator slowly opened and Shiori put her hands to her mouth with a gasp as the clipboard fell to the ground, clacking against the floor loudly. Jude slowly morphed into his original form, eyes widening and teeth gritting. He growled angrily.
Ryu stood perfectly still... He just stared... His pool blue eyes didn't move.. He was paralyzed. He tried to swallow, but couldn't... He tried to blink, but he wasn't able to do that either. He stared at the scene in front of him.
A blackened, shadow like figure stood in front of them. Long, jagged spines emitted from the shadow, it's hand held up high, long spines around that as well... On the spine from it's palm, held up diagonally into the air, Myu-Jikku Setzer, Ryusake's little sister, hung, imapled straight through her stomach. Blood flowed from her mouth and stomach, dripping on to the floor, as she hung limply from the spine, eyes rolled up to the back of her head. The shadow, retracted it's spines, and Myu fell to the ground like a rag doll.
Ryu shook slightly, his eyes huge. He slowly dropped to his knees, his mask falling to his neck. His lip trembled furiously. His eyes shifted around the room frantically. His mout turned slowly into a huge frown, his eyes swelling up... He screamed loudly, his voice echoing through the labratory. Tears began to stream down his face as he stared at his little sister in horror.
"NO! NO! NO NO NO NO! THIS ISN'T HAPPENING! THIS IS A NIGHTMARE! WAKE ME UP. SOMEONE WAKE ME UP!" He dropped down to all fours, rivers of tears pouring from his eyes. He slammed his fist against the labratory floor over and over, screaming between sobs.
The shadow tilted it's head at Ryu, spines slowly bursting from it. It slowly walked forward towards the mess that was Ryu. Ryu continued sobbing loudly, pounding his fist against the floor. "YOU... YOU PIECE OF SHIT... KILL ME. KILL ME TOO, GOD DAMMIT! I FUCKING HATE EVERYTHING!" He looked up at the shadow, connecting with its bright yellow eyes. It looked back down, raising a fist, covered in jagged spines. Ryu continued to stare, hiccuping quietly. "HURRY UP!"
Jude lunged past the shadow and shoved a spine into a nearby generator. He screamed over to Shiori. "GET HIM THE FUCK OUT! HURRY UP!" Jude lunged back towards the shadow, attempting to slash at the shadow with his spines. The shadow simply was cut into two, and slowly reformed itself.
Shiori gasped again, horrified and ran over to Ryu, slipping her arms under his arm pits and pulling him towards the elevator. He simply sobbed like a child, being dragged along by the young woman. She pulled him into the elevator and closed the doors...
Jude stared at the shadow, as it floated in the air, dark tendrils creeping everywhere. He tilted his head, popping his neck loudly. "... I'm going to destroy you... You're just a wannabe of the real thing!"
---To be continued---
