Randal "Randy" Peterson's Story

Randy put his hands up against the glass before breathing in deeply, it had been a long time since he had been sealed in this hole. He then pushed away quickly muttering to himself about how his life was going, he could hear them... they were... everywere...telling him to kill... he snapped out of it, he had to look nice when he had his...warmup. His warmup was a basic kill test, to see if he was still razor sharp. He had learned long ago to make these poor souls deaths painless by snapping their necks and then the usual jazz, run over here, punch this, lift that etc.

Strange... not a person here.... he thought to himself looking around his cold mind alreay thinking of a way out of this hole, then he heard the alarm. Randy pulled his head up his eyes looking into the red light, it was time. He walked calmly over to the door of his "highly defended" cell and then proceed to rip it of its hinges before throwing it to the ground and a flicker of a smile came across his face but then dissappered as he calmly made his way to the elevator and pressed the up button as the elevator came to a stop and he got in.

He waited calmly for the mechine to reach the main floor before stepping onto the strange hard floor.... he had been up here once but it was a long time ago... he was silent looked around before moving quickly toward any escape.

He quickly rounded a corner running right into to fleeing altairs (Naveen and Violet) he stopped blocking their path like some wild animal, you could feel the tension in the air his first reaction was to kill them then in there but thats what the scientests would have wanted him to do so instead he just stood there watching them silently to see what they would do next his eyes seeming to drill holes in their heads as if picking them apart just by looking at them.

Scientist

Alarms were beeping everywhere. Lights were flashing, and people in lab coats scrambled about chaotically as a man who walked as if he knew he was in charge strode into the room. When the eyes of the frantic people in the room fell on him they froze, and their faces filled with fear. At this response anger immediately began to churn in the man's stomach. He could easily tell something had happened...something bad. He stared around accusingly as if daring them to lie to him when he asked what was going on.

"What is going on here?" he demanded as he strode to the center of the room, so all focus was on him.

"Uh, well, Doctor Elliot, sir, there just so happens to be....well, um...."

"For God's sake spit it out," hissed Doctor Elliot as his cold eyes fell on the stuttering scientist attempting to explain from behind the safety of a clipboard.

"We've had some....breakouts," squeaked the scientist then flinched in anticipation of Doctor Elliot's rage. For a moment there was only silence as Doctor Elliot stood gazing around at the staff in the room with an almost incredulous expression on his face, but all too soon for the people in the room the expression transitioned into deep rage.

"What?! How could you let this happen? You blundering fools! We have top notch security and somehow you have let them escape! What do you think will happen if they make their way out into the world? You go find them....NOW!" he bellowed as he towered over the cowering scientist. At his command the room sped into motion. Shouts passed from person to person, doors swung open and closed, phones rang, but Doctor Elliot ignored it all. He stood staring blankly at the wall in remembrance of many years before. He could not believe this was happening again.

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Violet

Come on!

Before Violet knew how to react to the strange fiery-haired woman on the other side of her door the woman had the door open and was urging her to run. Instinct kicked in and Violet rushed out of her cell. As her bare feet carried her over the cold tiles a smile flashed onto her pale face without her consent. She smiled because she was finally free. She wouldn't have to dream anymore; for, she'd finally be able to live a life outside of the prison where she had spent all her years. Even with the danger of getting caught pressing upon them Violet could not help being happy. Her heart was full of hope and her feet were carrying her swiftly to freedom.

Blindly she raced along beside the woman whom she'd never met, but only seen glimpses of, and together they attempted to escape. Her pale eyes often flitted to her side where her rescuer was. There was a slight fear in Violet that the two of them would get separated. She couldn't let that happen. They had to get out together. This woman had freed her, and Violet would now make sure they stayed together and escaped. She didn't care what she had to do. As they were skidding around a corner the long finger's of Violet's hand reached for the hand of the red-head. She grasped it firmly. They would stay together.

"Thank you for getting me out of there. I'm Violet," she breathlessly introduced herself, but before the other woman could say anymore their attention was drawn to a man standing in their way. Violet slid to a stop and flung an arm out in front of the red-head to make her stop as well. The man in their way was obviously one of them. He wore the same white shift they wore, but he did not look desperate to be free. He looked angry. Violet almost thought there was murder in his eyes.

As she stood staring at him her breath sped up and she glanced around wildly for another way out, but there way none. She suddenly felt trapped once more. She could tell he was dangerous, but she did not want him to know she was afraid. Quickly she turned her smokey gaze upon him, but before any words came out of her mouth she saw behind him a woman barreling down the hallway clutching her arm. Nimbly Violet let go of the red-headed woman's hand and leapt around the man blocking her path to the side of the ailing woman. As she neared her Violet was able to see the woman's arm was cut. Instinctively Violet bent and tore a strip of fabric from the hem of her shift making it much shorter than she would like, but she had no other choice.

"Please, let me help you. You've got to stop that bleeding, and we've got to get out of here," urged Violet hastily as she held up the makeshift bandage to the woman clutching her arm hoping that she'd be allowed to help.

Randy started to move closer to the but then turned to see a few guards coming down the hall. The first was easy, he never saw it coming, randy's fist collided with the guards jaw with a sickning crunch. Then the other got the message because one pulled out a gun... to late, Randy's forearm twisted around slaming into the mans chest sending him sprawling. The next guard tried to chage him but Randy knocked him down and stomped his face in with the heel of his provied shoe and slamed his fist into the next guards face with another sickining crack. He turned to the next guard who dropped his weapon and ran, He was quicker, randy's hand grabed a rolling chair that had been pushed out into the hallway and threw it like a tomahawk right into the fleeing mans back knocking him to the ground. The man screamed and then started to begging rambling on about some family, he paused as if in some moment of doubt but then keep walking and picked the man up by the collar and dragged him slowly down the hall before reaching a door which he easly kicked in throwing the man inside.

He moved over to the man ripping the glove off his hand and letting a scanner read his hand print before throwing him off to the side and moving over to a leaver and then taking a good look into the camra to make sure the doctor could see him through the monitor before giving the camra the finger and pulling the leaver down as the power went out plunging the place into blackness and shutting down the camras. He moved back out into the hallway looking around before storming down backtracking to were he had first been he passed a few altair shoving them out of the way and beating up the guards that crossed his path and came up by the altair ignoring the as he moved over to a side vent and ripped it off the wall and threw it to the side before judging of the size of the vent shaft. He turned to the other slowly "they'll have the power back on in a few minutes, if you want to escape round up all the escapes and we can leave through this shaft" he grunted looking down the shaft before standing up straight and looking at this group of people his shirt was sprinkled with drips of blood from all the guards that he had fought with.

Loretta was running so fast, that when she got to the hallway with other alters, she almost fell. One alter she recognized for being part of patch 3. She would overhear the staff talk about this killing machine that's practically insane. At first site, she almost had a heart attack just by scary he looked. The rest were woman like herself. Suddenly Loretta flinches when someone touches her wound. A muffle sound came out of her mouth, that's currently still tape shut tight.

"Please, let me help you. You've got to stop that bleeding, and we've got to get out of here," says the girl with white hair. Loretta look down at her arm, her caramel skin is stained with red. She's right, it's really bad. But as pointed as before there really was no time. Guards started racing down the hall. Loretta was about to run, when the man around her age, started going on a rampage on the humans. The brown woman didn't put much effort to fight also- that would just waste energy.

However during the commotion, Loretta ripped the wraps around her mouth. She toke a loud gasp as the stinging from the sticking tape came in. The male experiment open up a vent for everyone to crawl through after turning off the power. Which is perfect! "They'll have the power back on in a few minutes, if you want to escape we can leave through this shaft."

"He's right, there should be a vent that leads outside," Loretta pointed out before, pulling her arm away from the girl with white hair. "I'll be fine; thank you!" Then Loretta crawling through the vent.

"Fallow me, I know the way."

Randy looked around at all the hallway "the guards are going to be coming soon..." he looked around the hallway again. "I'll buy some time but I can't promise all the time in the world" he then turned and moved off down the hallway and ducked into a side coridor. He raced down the coridor shoving another altair out of his way heading for the control room, each room was about the same, one prison cell after another. He ducked behind a row of lockers as a whole swarm of guards went past before ducking out and moving towards the control room at the top floor before moving up the stair well.

More guards swarmed him and the first few went do fairly easly but then more came as he was smashed in the face with the butt of a rifle. He twisted knocking one over the railing of the stairs and slaming one into a wall before starting to make his way up the stairs. He half jogged his way up the stairs and burst into the control floor, the cold computer processers bleeped around him as he moved down this new hallway. So many lights... he thought to himself before looking around at all the rooms as the men and women in white coats ran away from him as he moved down toward a main hallway.

He moved down another hallway and then moved toward a large door at the end of the hall as two more guards bared his way and started shooting, he dived behind a fallen file cabenant and then then picked the whole cabenant up every musucle straining and threw the cabenant at them pinning them. He then moved inside the main controls not noticing Doctor Elliot before he started typing in command codes on the computer. "what was that code again?" he growled to himsefl as he fingers danced across the keyboard screwing with the sytems and the shutting down the security camras.

Naveen eyed the tall, fierce man before her then after allowing a slight hiss to escape, and her bright green eyes flashing in warning, she slipped through the vent, her hand tightly gripping the white haired woman's wrist again; trying not to lose track of the only person she had a connection with in this insane place.
Naveen made mental note of the others included in the in escape group, she honestly had no knowledge of anyone else besides the woman with the white hair.
Her eyes snapped back and forth searching for danger, before proceeding down the vent, she muttered her annoyance about the cold temperature of the vent and the slick surface. Despite this she made quick progress and with a little luck managed to made her way to a exiting vent that allowed her to see ground a trees. It nearly made her freeze in shock, before just about bolting out of the vent.
She froze as a few men scurried by before glancing back at the white haired woman and jerking her head to follow, they we talking about herself and the others. After waiting for a few horrifically long moments she began to frantically fight to get the vent cover off, but to no avail.
Panic made her heart hammer in her chest then with a surge of adrenaline she managed to kick the vent cover off and bolted from the vent towards the fence.
She heard the others following and maintained her grip on the white haired woman's wrist.

His fingers danced across the keyboard slowly as he tried to keep the systems from shutting them inside "come on.... there" he muttered to himself before running and sprinting off down the hall, it all seemed like some blur since he had escaped but he needed to get out of there now. He was running at a speed that everything seemed to pass by him in swirls of dark color, Randy's eyes caught all the movements of guard trying to get in a shot at him and felt the bullets wiz over his head as he moved quickly through the corridor and tried to back track his way through the massive building alarms started buzzing in his ears and it didn't feel good at all and the he heard shouts and voices coming from one hallway so he broke off and moved down another hallway looking for a way out of this nightmare, he moved quickly but stopped when he heard the sound of crying and then moved closer to the door and pushed it open.

Their sitting on the ground was a woman dressed like him crying over a dead body. He paused before moving closer to the woman a kneeling down beside her "it's...it's going to be alright..." then the woman’s cries started to turn into laughs "fine for me Randal but not for you" then she turned with a pistol drawn and fired... four rounds ripped into him at close range and pain shot through his body, he eyes narrowed and then the woman’s look of victory turned into a look of fear. All that was heard after that was a woman’s scream. Randy stumbled out of the room his head spinning as he moved down the hallway and back to the vent before shoving himself inside, the other that had escaped were long gone and he had to get out of here before the place went on to lock down he forced himself through the vent and out onto the cold grass his stomach aching with the pain of the bullets inside him, but pain never really bothered Randy and he kept going towards a storm drain before ripping of the covering and dropping down into the muck below his sneakers making impact with the mud below as he slowly moved down the tunnel to freedom. It was dark and cold down there and he really didn't know where he was before he came up to a grate near by the other he shoved his hand up against the grate and pushed until it came undone. "In here" he said flagging them over to the grate. (I put everyone because it seems we're all coming together)

Doctor Elliot

"They're all getting out! What are you blundering idiots doing? I told you not to let them out!" roared Doctor Elliot as he paced to and fro angrily. He yanked violently at the ends of his dirty blonde hair causing it to look very disheveled. His beady black eyes fell menacingly on one of the scientists furiously typing something into a computer.

"What do you think you are doing? Typing things into a computer is not going to fix it! Go and get them. NOW!" To the scientist's horror Doctor Elliot tugged him up by the collar of his lab coat and nearly hurled the scrawny man in the direction of the exit.

"But, sir, what do you....I mean...." stammered the frightened man.

"I don't care what or how, but fix it. Fix it now!" There was something menacing and threatening in the doctor's voice which made the confused scientist scurry helplessly from the room. He was not prepared to face the wrath of Doctor Elliot and he felt sorry for anyone who would have to. The doctor turned to the rest of the scientists bustling chaotically around the room and continued to shout.

"Filing, computers, and phone calls are not going to fix this! I suggest you all get out there and round up the alters. If they aren't back here and in lock down within the hour you'll all wish you'd never gotten hired here. Get out of my sight!" It did not take long for the room to empty and for Elliot to be standing alone watching a tape of a group of alters disappear through an air vent...just like they had the last time.

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Violet

"Follow me!" ordered the girl with the injured arm as she dived into the air vent. Violet did not have to be told twice. She dropped the strip of cloth she'd been holding in her hand and squirmed into the air vent after the fiery haired woman. As they crawled desperately to freedom Violet clung to this woman. She was not sure why. They had no special bond. They did not even know each other's names, but for some reason she felt a connection to her and it was not one was was willing to break. No matter what happened after this Violet felt she could not go anywhere without this woman who was the reason she had a chance at freedom.

"What if they catch us?" she asked nervously as light began to reflect off the metal vent. Her heart began to slam against her ribs as if it wanted freedom as much as she did. Her body began pushing forward even more quickly as if the light was pulling her of its own accord. She was desperate to be free of the vent. It felt as if it was suffocating her. She knew she wouldn't be able to be in there for much longer. But she didn't have to be. Soon she tumbled ungracefully from the vent and onto the soft lawn of the institute. Ragged breaths ripped from her lungs as she lay for a second letting her eyes and ears adjust to the new environment.

It was not long before she sprung to her feet and glanced around warily. It was so....different. It was so bright and there were colors. Under her feet was the soft and springy grass that was greener than any green she'd ever seen before. She couldn't believe it. It was beautiful, but she did not have time to admire its beauty. She had to run. They had to escape. It was that moment she realized her hand was empty. She'd lost her grip on the red-headed woman. Her head whipped around wildly as she sought the woman. She found her not far away and ran to her side.

"Are you all right?" she asked urgently before glancing around to take a survey of the group she was with. There were more people now, and the man who had found them a way out was no longer anywhere she could see. She hoped he was all right. She hoped they'd all be all right....

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Pomona

A dove grey hat with a becoming blue bow made it's way unnoticed down the sidewalk, bobbing hurriedly toward the institute. Underneath the brim a pair of sharp hazel eyes glinted brightly as they caught on the group of scared and confused looking people standing on the lawn next to a dilapidated air duct. Unable to hold it back a small chuckle slipped merrily through the soft lips as she increased her pace. The fabric of her loose-fitting blue dress swooshed impressively around her calves as she moved. Slight frustration pulled the auburn brows of the woman together as she felt the fabric catch and tear on her rough skin. A sigh was emitted from her lips as she accepted the fact that the hem would be in tatters by the time she got back home. Another dress ruined.

But she pulled her mind from the dress as she neared the confused look of the group. Her rapid pace turned into a jog as she set her bare foot upon the meticulously manicured lawn. When she neared the group she gently touched the shoulder of the nearest person to her making her jump. The woman was tall and blonde and clung to the wrist of a woman with flaming red hair.

"Don't be afraid. I'm here to help. How many were left inside?"

"Uh...I...I don't know. I don't know how many of us there were. They never let us see anybody," whispered the girl nervously as she met the eyes of the older woman.

"I'm Pomona. Don't worry. You'll be safe soon. Wait here my friend will be here to help you soon. I'm going inside. Don't leave this lawn!" she reiterated her reassurance before tugging down the brim of her hat to hide the state of her skin then hurried on, shooting into the air vent to get into the building. It was not long before she was standing in the building she had escaped from over fourteen years ago. It felt strange to be back, but she had to. If an escape was happening now then she would make sure as many people as possible would make it out. She slunk hurriedly and silently down the hall in search of other alters to free, but the place seemed to be empty. Behind each glass wall was an empty room.

Her heart began to fall as she moved on and still found no one else. The scientists must have come through and collected any of the alters who had not already escaped. She knew that they would now be under tight security. There would be no saving them now. She was about ready to turn back and find the alters she had left standing on the lawn when she heard a desperate shouting.

"LET ME OUT OF HERE YOU INCOMPETENT SCHMUCKS!!....LET ME OUT!!!" With hope filling her once more Pomona raced down the hall to a wall of glass that was so cracked she couldn't see through it. A smile pulled at her lips as she fumbled with the computer to try and get the cell unlocked.

"Hold on! I'm here. I'm going to help you. I'm going to get you out of her. Just let me...." before she finished her sentence Pomona had managed to press so many buttons that the computer sparked and spluttered out. She was satisfied when a click caught her ears meaning the cell was unlocked. She figured even the building wasn't responding well to the break out which is why it was so easy for her to over stimulate the computer, but she wasn't asking questions. Instead she yanked open the door of the cell to find an angry young woman who looked desperate to be free.

"It's okay. You're going to get out of here. You just have to come with me. I'm Pomona. I'm like you. I'm an alter. Come on. We don't have time. They'll be back soon." Pomona gestured for the small woman to hurry out and follow her. She waited by the doorway for the woman to come out. As she waited she noticed the surprising amount of muscle packed onto the small frame, and Pomona knew it was because of the experimenting.

Naveen
She watched the fierce man dart off to the side and head his own way, in confusion. where was he going? at first she thought he might know where they could get out but paused when she realized that where ever he was going looked like a strange way to escape. Her grip never left the wrist of the white haired woman. The others seemed torn from her understanding as to who to follow. Then she took a sharp breath in at the sight of something amazing. To one side the woods seemed to come alive and spirit of the forest seemed to move towards her, all smiles and a grey dress with a bow and then to the left the water in the drainage area seemed to bubble and burst as something pale and awe inspiring arose from within it. A creature of water stepped up onto the shore and glimmered like a beacon of liquid fire.
The two woman spoke quickly and then separated. The "water spirit" moved towards them, pausing to notice the fierce man, frowned, and then gestured for them to wait where they were. Despite her urgings to run, she waited, her green eyes flicking over the others in anxiety.
Then before she knew it the "water spirit" had returned and was gesturing for them to follow, teasing the fierce man about being afraid of the water before wading out and then after she stumbled forward, the "water spirit" disappeared under the waves only the tip of one of her fins visible for them to follow.

Ren
She's came out of the water drainage area beside the Institute, with water rolling off her frame in waves and dripping like stardust.
She rose out of the water like a ghost, her pale skin and the trailing fins and spines that looked reminiscent of a queen's train, made her a spectacle to behold. Her eyes were a red-orange and glinted like a fire in the midst of snow. The thin layers of a white and tan wrappings around her bust and the almost loin-cloth-like layered skirt drew very little attention compared to the huge fins and long lethal nails her body bore.
When she spoke her voice was like mist over the water and her body moved in a seductive manner with her fins twitching as if wanting to burst open. She spoke breifly to the dryad-like woman that had arrived with her and then watched her dart away towards the building.
Her eyes snapped back and forth scanning the group of Alters then flicked towards a grated area and cocked her head to the side in a combination of frustration and curiosity.
Her attention moved back momentarily to the group before speaking.
"Wait here, I will return" she whispered before turning and running towards the sound of commotion, her fins tightly clamped to her body to allow her to run faster.
She dropped down beside the dark stranger and grabbed his attention by flaring her fins dramatically.
"You are going the wrong way," she hissed, "that way is the maze, you will never get free that way."
She paused boring her red-orange gaze into his and forcing him to make eye contact with her.
"Follow me, or they will catch you and they will punish you most severely," she hissed, trailing a hand along his arm before tugging him away from where he was going, "I know where to go."
She then turned and lead him back towards the area where she had met up with the others, and then darting towards the water she paused to look at the dark stranger with a smirk.
"What? Are you afraid of water?" she laughed softly, before wading into the murky waves.
She waited only long enough to make sure he and the others were following before diving deep and leading them away from the Institute.

Randy sunk back into the tunnel before looking down, his stomach was bleeding and going into the water with a bleeding stomach was like painting a red trail for everyone to follow. Then he climbed out and looked at the water and then ripped off the sleeves of his shirt making a makeshift bandage to cover the bullet wounds and he tightened it. He waded into the water feeling its cool grip sinking into his shoes like a swirling muck, he dived under letting the cold embrace him this slowly brought old memories to the surface. He remembered it now, there was a breakout and those guards woke him up and told him to get dressed, he was young then so he didn't resist them and they brought him outside and then injected something in him. He went insane tearing through forest at he caught up to the altairs at this body of water, they begged and pleaded with him but he didn't listen...and he killed them. Randy flinched but kept going knowing that those memories would end up haunting him later. He quickly moved to follow pushing the dark memories out of his head he kept swimming hoping to make it to shore.

He climbed out of the water and leaned against a small tree by the water, the bullet wounds were stinging painfully as he clutched his stomach and looked around for a way out of the compound. He looked and waited for the other before sitting down to check his bullet wounds and see if he could remove the bullets.

As they got outside Esme blinked and shielded her eyes from the sun. She was standing now but quickly she took the older girls hand, now that she was out she was afraid, never having been out of the institue before, but she tried not to show that she was afraid. Looking around she saw a few other alters but they looked much older than her, one of the alters had long white hair, it reminded her of snow, then another one had bright red hair that reminded her of fire, snow and fire was what she decided she call them.

Out of the blue she saw two..well she wasn't sure what to call them, but she wasn't sure if they where to be trusted or not. Looking up to the older girl she slightly tugged on the girls arm and pointed at the two woman that came towardsthem "trust?" she asked wondering if they where to trust them.

One of the woman she saw headed back into the institue and the water one left but came back heading for the water, she saw that a couple of the other alters were following the water lady. "Follow?" she whispered to the older girl holding her hand and looked to the boy that was with them then she walked a few steps closer to the water but stopped, biting her lip she looked behind her.

Randy looked down at himself, soaking wet from head to toe and was bleeding, great now he just looked jetlagged. He stood up looking around all the sights and sounds around him were new and some what unusual to him, his head twisting and turning to all the diffrent noises around him, he was free. He stood up looking around like some wild animal before standing straight up and burshing himself off before getting up and and bracing himself against the tree, the less pain he showed the better.

It had been a while since they had escaped and he could hear his stomach rumbling, hey even a killer has to eat. He looked around a somewhat wild expression on his face before contiuing lookning around at the group of diffrent faces, each one could be a enemy or a friend. It was like a game of chess to him, the man in charge of the facility would send guards after them and test them before bringing out his big guns. He looked over back at the place looming in the distance, this wasn't over by a longshot. He sat back and waited knowing that there would something coming for them, the voices were coming back and he needed to appease them, he needed to make a kill.

Randy then proceeded to lay down in he grass staring up at the sky his vision was blurry and his head was spinning, to... much...blood loss. Randy quickly tied the cloth around his waist tighter before standing up again. "What do we do now, since you know the way out, were are we going and who are you?" he said turning to Ren and the silently waiting for an anwser.

Randy looked around before standing back up slowly and turning to ren with a confused look on his face "so what do we do know that you've lead us away from there hmmm?" he leaned back up against a tree silently looking at the rest of the group as they slowly came around. He looked at the sky, it white clouds and open space beconing freedom as he saw it, "what is going on here?"