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Subject 12 let out a surprised yelp as he was pulled roughly to the side by 19.5. Luckily the mutant did something to heal him and 12 became much more alert; he no longer felt distant or weak, in fact he felt better than ever before. He would of thanked the other mutant, if not for him almost immediately speaking out against 16-B. "Did they really think that he would answer any of their questions while subject 19 was coming here? He had no time for this." 19.5 said with a small smile, Subject 16-B had to admit... he wasn't surprised that the mutant managed to heal the other, neither was he surprised by the fact his weapon backfired on him and started traveling towards him. "I don't have time for this foolish failure mutant." Subject 19.5 shouted, 16 merely sighed, however his breath was knocked out of him as he was pushed to the floor by a hawk. The animal quickly changed back to it's original form; Subject 20-B -- a familiar and comforting face to say the least. At least now the mutant commander would be able to get some help. "So who is this?" Subject 20-B asked as he held out a hand to help his commander up, 16 smiled as he latched onto the hand and used it to pull himself to his feet. Though he had no idea if the weapon would of even affected him, he was still grateful that he was saved the experience. "Subjects 12 and 19.5," 16 told the other mutant as he turned to face them both. "Intruders which are to be dealt with, with caution."

By the time Subject 12 had noticed what his opponent was looking at, the mutant standing next to him was impaled with a pin. The mutant gasped silently as he stepped away from the other, he wondered if such a thing could kill him... He knew that if it happened to him he would have died. Suddenly the machine opened fire once again whilst creating a shield around Subjects 16 and 20-B. 12 of course was left in the middle of it, he reacted quickly though, darting behind the machine and just missing the full fury of the bullets, two however lodged themselves in his right arm. He yelped and ducked quickly to safety, pressing his other hand against the two bullet wounds (which were close together). The mutant cowered around the corner out of sight as he plucked the metal bullets from the flesh of his arm, discarding them to the side. He mumbled irritably about the wounds in his arm and the fact it would affect him later, also to point out that 19.5 was a little preoccupied to help him now. "That is also not going to do anything good but still I get data out of all of these encounters and data is always good. Also 16-B focus assaults on 12 I will keep 19.5 in here while I will also prepare for 19." The voice of 21 could be heard over head and his orders to his commander were something which worried 12 deeply. He couldn't fight in a situation like this and he couldn't fight against something he couldn't see. The mutant forced himself to stand up and glanced around the corner to take a look at what was happening, he didn't see much as his hunter was already beginning to run towards him. "Subject 20-B please remain here and keep 19.5 occupied." 16 instructed the other as he ran around the corner, however by then the other mutant was gone.

Subject 12 ran as fast as he could down the hallways of Shield, hoping to himself that he wouldn't encounter any problems. His arm was badly injured and bleeding, at least the rest of his body was working fine. "I knew it was a bad idea coming here..." Subject 12 uttered under his breath as he turned the corner and skidded to a halt at the sight of a group of trainee mutants. "An intruder?" One of them asked another, "If it was then why aren't the alarms going off?" another replied, they all shrugged as they stared to Subject 12 trying to work out if he was an intruder or not. The other mutant remained silent, unable to think up an excuse or defense. He had to keep going though, he couldn't stop now. "Why are you just standing there?" Subject 12 yelled at them in an angered tone, "The intruder is in Section C! Go on Master 21 won't be happy if you just stand here!" Calling Subject 21 Master was extremely hard for the mutant, but he pulled it off and the group of mutants believed him; they quickly grabbed their weapons and ran off down the hallways as fast as their legs could carry them. Naturally they were fearing the worst if they made Subject 21 unhappy.

Subject 16-B slowed down into a walk after a while, it wasn't that he was tired, he just didn't see the point in running. Subject 12 couldn't escape Shield, 21 wouldn't allow it... would he? Then again it wasn't like the mutant was a real threat. He wasn't immortal, just a child with an unusual power -- one which was dangerous but the mutant couldn't use it to the best of his ability. He was just an arrogant child with an anger problem. The whole situation made Subject 16-B laugh, his laugh was strange though. Being made from a crystal directly linked to a fake Subject 19, the commander had adopted a few glitches, not that any of them ever showed up before. Now was the first time such a thing happened. "Come out little kid, I won't hurt you." Subject 16-B replied with another burst of insane laughter. In his hand appeared a weapon which wasn't seen before, a rather large spear with a glowing green gem in the middle. A pure manifestation of Subject 16-B's psychic energy during the burst of insanity. The spear was clearly seen, it's height reaching just above the mutant himself whilst the dragged the huge tip along the ground making a scraping sound.

The chilling sound of the metal scraping and the insane tone which 16 spoke in, made the younger mutant shiver slightly. He had not a clue what was going on, Shield seemed to be a house for the criminally insane at the moment. Or perhaps that was just 19.5... Then again Subject 21 could be classed as insane, not that he had a real brain anymore. Subject 12 backed up against a wall and pulled his legs to his chest as he sat down, he only listened as the scraping sound came closer and louder, but then the halls echoed and the sounds could be deceiving. "Please don't notice me..." 12 whispered under his breath a few times. The sound grew louder and louder until it finally stopped. "Subject 12~" the other mutant sang in an airy voice causing the boy to look up in fear, sure enough the other mutant stood there standing over him with his weapon poised to strike. Subject 12 reacted quickly as he scrambled to his feet just as the weapon was brought down where he just sat. The boy ran down the halls as fast as he could always from the newly insane mutant, he looked forward in horror though as he came straight to a dead end. He shivered once again as he turned around and watched Subject 16-B walk down the hallway with his weapon scraping the floor at his side.