Snippet #1748914

Cyrus Zervais

Ghost removed the hands from his hips and tapped his foot impatiently, waiting for Rei to get his ass over to Cyrus and remove the restraint on his ankle. The thing was chained to the wall, most likely because the blonde would move around a lot in his cell, especially in the hope of escaping. Rei nodded and strode over to them, giving a short lived smile to Cyrus. Ghost stepped away from them both, however he kept close and continued to glare at Rei. He was cautious to say the least, he couldn’t quite trust Rei not to use that acid power of his to harm Cyrus -- if it worked on human skin that was. Come to think of it, it probably didn’t since it never harmed Rei’s palms. Knowing this didn’t make Ghost any less weary though, Rei could still harm Cyrus in other ways. The boy was fragile, he could not defend for himself -- not consciously anyway.

The acid quickly ate away the metal band at Cyrus’ ankle and Rei stood up, pushing Cyrus forward and away from Ghost. The copy glared at both of them, catching up and pushing past Rei to get to Cyrus. The blonde whimpered a little when his hand was grabbed by Ghost and yanked backwards away from Rei. The other didn’t seem to care too much as he was busy searching for a way out. Ghost made no effort to give him a hand, he was all too busy checking the mark which the metal band left around Cyrus’ ankle. Apart from being a bit sore and red, there was no damage from the acid.

“That's our best best,” Rei announced to them, stepping over to Nikolas and examining the binding around his hands. It wasn’t the same as what Cyrus had; Nik’s wrists were tied with a rubber band, or something similar. “Don't move,” Rei ordered, using his acid to burn through the restraints. He shoved past Nikolas without another word and continued on to the large wooden door. Rei motioned for the rest of them to follow, which they did. The door was carefully opened and Rei stepped inside, Ghost remained behind with Cyrus until instructed to do so otherwise. He hated to admit it but Rei was probably their best bet for getting out of here; there was not much Ghost could do without risking Cyrus’ own life.

Seeing that Rei still didn’t return, Ghost lead Cyrus through the doorway, only to be met with a large shove back through. Ghost growled under his breath, however he dared not to say anything as the voices of scientists could be heard through the doorway. He couldn’t exactly hear what they were saying, but he knew they were saying something. Probably to do with them escaping. If so then they didn’t have much time before they would be forced back into their cells. Rei moved back through the door, seeing as the scientists must have vanished. Ghost was apprehensive about following but a small tug from Cyrus made him also go through. The blonde broke off from his copy and ran towards Rei, stopping a few feet away from him. Ghost quickly caught up and scowled at the boy.

“I don't really care what you three do, but I'm going this way,” Rei ceased his walking and turned around to give them each a look which said ‘dare to defy me’. Ghost returned his look with a harsh glare and a scoff. If that was the way he was going to be then they didn’t need him, they could find their own way out. Rei took one more step forward before turning around and walking back to Cyrus. “And so are you,” he murmured, pulling the blonde along with him.

“Hey!” Ghost growled out, yelling a little louder than he originally intended.

“Don't cry, don't shout, and don't do anything stupid to get us caught. Okay?” Rei seemed to ignore him, continuing to speak to Cyrus. The boy nodded sheepishly and clung closer to Rei. The boy let out a huff but continued walking. Ghost stared at them for a moment, before looking back to Nikolas. He opened his mouth to say something but quickly closed it and run down the hallway towards Rei and Cyrus. He didn’t bother to yank the blonde away, he merely hung a few steps behind; following them all the same.

“Stupid Rei, thinks he can order around Cyrus.” Ghost grumbled under his breath, his gaze lowered to the floor. “Just because Cyrus likes him.” he folded his arms and glared defiantly at his feet. Despite Ghost’s angry views on Rei, he did nothing at all to stop Cyrus from clinging onto him.