#REDD

Sam and Lala heard something going on outside of the bags, and Lala picked up the thoughts of Coun with a hunger for murder... Lala nearly screamed, but instead, someone else did.

Sam it's Coun! He trying to kill someone! Stop him! Lala thought into Sam's mind.

Why can't you? He's your "friend" and you're the one with all the mind controlling thingy. Sam thought back. Lala sighed.

I need someone to hold him down. I'll help you with what I can do... Lala thought. Sam agreed reluctantly, and Lala pin-pointed Coun's location. He was located in the corner of the room.

Without waiting for Lala (Sam is tired of waiting on her all the time), Sam hopped out and leapt onto Coun's back. She pulled him down before he could fight back, Sam pinned him down with all her weight.

"Coun! Calm down. This man isn't going to hurt you. We're not going to hurt you. It's me, Lala. Remember? Calm down, take deep breaths, close your eyes, and empty your mind. Relax, Coun." Lala smoothed, while using a little of charm. Sam knew Coun would have a hard time getting her off, just because of her grip, not of weight. "Go, now. You've been tested, and you've failed miserably." Lala said. The scared man ran off. Lala and Sam waited. Waited for the somewhat psychotic depressed android with an epic fail personality and anger issues, calm down.

Coun had lunged for the man but felt a strong grip force him back, being clutched by the girl named as 'Sam' that had suddenly ripped out of her sack. He had struggled for several seconds,his eyes that were blood red and struggling to stay in rage, but then Lala's charm slowly began to wash over him. He clutched his head, flinching, his enraged personality still trying to hold tight but soon completely froze. His body no longer twitched in her grasp, following the orders Lala had said, closing his eyes, inhaling then exhaling, and clearing his mind. Before he knew it, his same child-like personality had returned, fluttering his long eyelashes back open to his same icy blue eyes with a confused look as to what was happening. It all was explained to him in a rush, blushing and snapping himself from Sam with embarrassment, ashamed that he let that type of mode out.
"S-s...o..rr..y...," he said. "Ra...ge.....o.ve..r...ta..ke...s...th...e..m...in..d..." He hung his head in silence for a moment, bringing his hand up to his face and touching his forehead with disappointment. How could he lose control so easily like that? He wasn't sure, but decided he would switch down his emotions meter, adjusting it at the top of his visors.
"Fol...low.....Will...bring...to...Riley..." He grabbed Lala's hand again and walked along side her, bringing her to the end of the hall where Riley was currently resting inside his glass encasement. Before sliding open the door with his other hand, he whispered to her.
"..Th...a.nk...s...fo..r..s...a.v..ing.....CO....UN..." Then looked back at Sam. "Fo...r...hol..din...g....CO...UN...ba..ck...to.....o...I...tha...nk...SAM..."
He opened the door and went straight over to Riley's side, pressing a button that allowed the glass encasement to shift off to the left, having it off of him. Coun took off the breathing mask now that he could breathe the outside air and went off to the other closets to find him a suitable pair of clothes now that his original clothes had been tattered.
"CO...UN...mu...st....tel...l..ALL.....a....im..por..tan...t....me...ss..a.ge..," Coun told them all, his back towards them as he looked through all the neatly folded plain clothing.

"Yeah, it's okay. Rage takes over Sam's mind from time to time. She's pretty short-tempered." Lala laughed.

"Hey!" Sam said, hitting Lala on the arm. Coun led them down the hall, and Lala couldn't help but blush and winked at Sam. She smiled all giddy, as Coun led them into a room where Riley slept. Sam was relieved to know that Riley was okay, but she hated seeing him in that state.

Lala, you, Riley, and Sam have been created to be the perfect trio. The ultimate trio. Sam is sky, Riley is earth, and you are sea. A voice echoed in her head. "What the heck is up with that!?" Lala said aloud. "The perfect trio is sea, land, and sky? How can that be? We are nothing more than experiments to the whitecoats, but we are the perfect trio? But we failed, which is no surprise for me..." Lala mumbled to herself.

Coun set the clothes on the tray for when Riley awoke and wanted to change. He faced the other two to tell them about the message he needed to give them.
"A...bo...ut....that,...yo...u..s.ee......I...nee..d..ALL....to....be...i..n..th...e..sq..u..a.d....T..he....P..rin...c.e..s..Of...Bl..oo..d...ha...ve...tol..d..me...to...te..l...l...you...th...is.....We are not anything of evil...we are only trying to save humanity. This is for the good of all human beings." Coun had copied The Princes Of Blood message perfectly within his mind, able to speak it easily from memory. "Wo....ul..d..ALL...pl..e.a..s...e...jo..in...th...e..squ..a.d...I...kno...w..it...is...yo..ur...c..ho...ic...e...I...don...'t....w.a...nt....to...for..ce..yo..u.." Coun did not want to fail in his purpose of eliminating the creatures, and knew he could do it by himself...it would just take a lot longer. Besides, these were people designed and tested for combat, all that were assigned to squad 1 had been given the highest of utmost power...they just had to use it correctly. The simulation would unfold some of that power, but the rest they would have to find out on their own. It was the quest and struggle to save humanity from total extinction.

"Ugh! Working!" Lala groaned. Riley awoke, and Sam pointed to the clothes on the table. He went to go change, then returned and Sam explained everything that has happened and the message.

"Should we accept? I mean, what if it's a trap?" Sam whispered to Riley.

"Let's do it. I say we should because A. We have nothing else to do. B. We could remember our past. C. If we were made to do this, we should. D. We'll die if we won't. E-" Riley listed until Sam cut him off.

"I get it!" Sam snapped. "We're in, Coun, was it? I'm Sam, this is Riley, and you know Lala." Sam said.

Coun nodded. "CO....UN...i...s..sor....r..y...if.....se...em..s..to....be...a..nui...san..ce..." His head hung shyly for a minute. Then looked up suddenly, blinking in slight confusion. "R-....Ri....ley? Ho...w...do..es....f..e...el? D...oe..s...an..y..th..in...g...hu..r.t..?" His hand moved closer to the painkillers, knowing that the healing process would sting quite a bit. In his face, he had trouble showing sympathy...or any emotion at all for that matter. (Except rage owo)
"..Fo...r..th...e...sim..u...la..t...ion.....do...ALL...ha...v..e...we..ap..on...s?" Coun had weapons built into him, but also used outer weapons, and could equip the others with whatever they needed in order to fulfill their mission. "T...he...sim..u..la..tio..n..is...su..pp..o...s.ed...to...b..e...ro...ug...h..." Coun stood up and came up to each one, observing them all closely, seeing what might suit them all but decided he might just leave the decision of themselves.

"I'm fine." Riley responded. He felt some pain, but ignored it.

"Weapons? Weapons are for cheaters..." Sam said to herself.

"We don't like to use weapons. Lala is afriad to use them, Sam thinks only real cheaters use weapons, and I really don't care. I have a pocket kinfe on hand, but that's it." Riley explained trying not to be sarcastic because he knew Coun wouldn't understand and it would kill the joke. Lala walked over to Coun.

"I'm going to fix your voice so you can speak correctly and we can understand you better." Lala said. "Open wide!" Lala said cheerfully, holding up your finger. "Trust me, I know what I'm doing. Don't you know what my real name means?" The tip of Lala's finger glowed a white orb of light.

Coun nodded, but still handed Riley the painkillers, just in case he might want to use them sooner or later to reduce the pain. ".ALL..us..e..han..d..to..ha...nd..com..bat?.If..so...the...re..i..s..so...me..thin..g..in..pa..ti..cu..la..r..ALL..wi..ll..n..ee.d..to..k..no..w."
When Lala had come near him he had shook his head. "W...ha...t..do..es....it....me..an?" He wondered aloud, his eyes blinking curiously. It seemed new things perplexed him every single time no matter if it was an emotion, an action, ect. Then looked down at the orb of bright light emanating from her hand, flinching away. "CO...UN.....Wo..u..ld...n..t...d...o...tha...t...if....CO....UN...w.er....e...L...ALA.." Nothing and no one was aloud to touch his electrical wiring or innards but the Princes of Blood and the ones with their permission/blood seal. If somewhere were to configure with it, without the permission, they would receive an electric shock of such high voltage it could instantly kill them. Which is why any inside contact or rewiring was handled by his brain with the ability to tell and teach Coun about everything he was unsure or curious about.
"CO...UN....c...a.n...pro...vide.....c..a..psu..le...s....bu...t...ho..w...do..e.s...ALL....in..ten..d..to...e..x..t....rac...t....th...e..b...r.ai...n?"

"Come on, it's pain-free! It won't mess with your wires, just boosts your vocals. My name, Larynx, is like a voice box. I can use my voice really high-pitched and break glass and stuff." Lala said.

"What do we need to know? We would use a knife sometimes, but Lala is defense for us and sometimes messes with their brain to help us." Sam explained.

"D.o....N..o..t....t..ou...ch...CO...UN...CO..UN...do..e.s..n..t..w..a.n...t...LA..LA..to...ge..t...h..u...rt..." Coun might've looked a little blank but he tried to be sympathetic, most definitely not wanting to hurt her. Or anybody for that matter. Coun shook his head when Sam told him that. "...M..e.s...sin...g.w..i..th..CR..E.A...TU..R.E..S..b..rai..n..s...do...e.s..n..o..t..wo..rk.....Bu..t...wh..a..t..y.o..u...will...n...e..e..d..to...kn...o..w..is..a..ll.wi..th..in...th..e...si..m..u..la...t..i..on....Fo..ll...ow.." He walked over to the door, opening it and walking his way down the hall and up the stairs. "R..i..l..e.y....a..re...be..t..t..er..no..w..?...Th..e..si..m..u.la..ti..on...i..s..r..o..ugh..." He turned his head on backwards like an owl could, still walking perfectly straight up the stairs with his head like that. Once they had reached the top of the stairs he entered his own lab and went through the right airlock door, coming into that same equipment room again.
"He...r..e..ALL...mu..s.t...g..e.a..r..u..p..si..n...ce...so..me..of...you..r.cl..o..the..s.w.ere....r..i..pp...ed...ap..ar.t....S..o..p..ick...d..ur..a..bl..e...cl..othe..s...be..ca...us.e...the....y...wi..ll..be..a..s..ea..s.i..l.y...ri..pp..ed..u..p..a..gai..n." He was telling them to pick clothes that would not get so easily ripped up and to have kind of a under-skin-tight-suit like he did with some protection other than regular materials. "O.h...b..y..th..e..w.a...y....do..e.s...th..is...sc..a.re...LA....LA?" He blinked and held up his what seemed to be regular looking human hand, arm, should, ect. But he pulled up his sleeve to show a ball-joint at his wrist and elbow. But when he pulled it up even further behind his shoulder, it revealed a metal paltelet that had wires hooking up into the skin. You could see somewhat under it millions of cord-like blood streams connecting the platelet and to his pale skin. He hung up his hand above her head and swished it back and forth, letting her see the ball-joint grow larger and smaller as he waved it back and forth.

"Oh, come on, Coun! No one's going to get hurt. Would the Princes of Blood kill me if I was just trying to help you? I'm just trying to be nice." Lala continued.

"Coun, I already told you I'm fine." Riley said, getting annoyed.

"What is that!?" Lala freaked.

"You're not scared, are you?" Sam mused. Lala glared at her.

"Of course not!" Lala scoffed.

"Then touch it." Sam said.

"No!" Lala screamed. Lala rushed past her and into the room, looking for clothes, but couldn't find any.

"If...LA...LA...tri..es..to..h..e..a..l...CO...UN..'S...v..oi..c..e.....i..t..wo..u..ld...on..ly...all..ow...CO...UN...to..sp...eak...in...o..n..e...wo..r.d..a.t...a..ti...me....CO..UN....st..il...l...co..ul..d.n..'t...u..s.e...fu.ll...se..nt..en..c..e.s...af..ter..al..l....CO..UN....wa...s.bo...rn...on...ly..a..f...e.w....h..o..ur...s...ag..o.." He tried to explain to her, still being an 'infant' in this type of situation. "A...h....CO...UN....a..po..lo...g..iz...e..s....to...RI..L..E..Y.." He didn't mean to repeat his question, he had just wanted to make sure since it was a pretty large gash.
When Coun had shown Lala his hand and she freaked out, he put on a small, tiny, frown. Coun hadn't know it, but it made him hurt just a little bit, his more humanly senses kicking in, reacting to it. His mouth had opened to say something but he had closed it right back up, looking down, almost hanging his head for a moment. But the emotion quickly dispersed, incapable of giving him human feelings for so long. Is COUN that revolting? he asked his brain. The brain hadn't responded for a couple minutes and then replied, "To others, yes." Coun had made a little 'o' with his mouth and continued to show no emotion, his child-like blank innocence popping back up again as he entered the room with Lala who was browsing for something to wear.
"LA..LA...l..i..ke..s..th..is..ty..p.e..of...st..uf...f....,..ri..gh..t.?" Coun held up a lacey skirt with some under-shorts that looked more like leggings with symbols on each side of the thighs. Cool-looking knee-guards with a strap in the back with highly-durable boots that tied up all the way into a perfect ribbon, having the symbol mark the sides of one of the boots.
"P...l..u..s....u..s.e..th..is..fo..r.comm..un..i..ca..ti..on...p..u..r.p..o..s..e.s..." He handed over what seemed to be a large pair of headphones with a microphone on the side and cables in the back in case she wanted visors in order to check her surroundings.
"O...h...W.ha..t..s...fa....vo..ri..te....co...lou..r.?"

"It's okay, man. I really am fine. I just get annoyed when people worry over me." Riley said. They followed Coun and Lala inside the room.

"Sorry bout Lala, Coun. She's the girly girl who gets afraid of everything." Sam explained. Coun showed Lala the outfit.

"That is sooo cute!" Lala said taking it from Coun in a non-harsh way. "And I love the color aqua." Lala added. "Aren't those microphones that go on your head?" Lala asked.

"I'll stick with the color green." Riley said.

"My favorite color is red." Sam added.

"Aren't those microphones that go on your head?" Lala asked, pointing to the large headphones in Coun's hands.

"It's okay, man. I really am fine. I just get annoyed when people worry over me." Riley said. They followed Coun and Lala inside the room.

"Sorry bout Lala, Coun. She's the girly girl who gets afraid of everything." Sam explained. Coun showed Lala the outfit.

"That is sooo cute!" Lala said taking it from Coun in a non-harsh way. "And I love the color aqua." Lala added. "Aren't those microphones that go on your head?" Lala asked.

"I'll stick with the color green." Riley said.

"My favorite color is red." Sam added.

"Aren't those microphones that go on your head?" Lala asked, pointing to the large headphones in Coun's hands.

"O..h....So...rr...y...RI..L..E.Y..," Coun sounded a bit unsure as to what the feelings he named off were and just decided not to ask further. He looked away from him and over to Sam who was speaking to him. "CO...U..N...k..n..o.w..s..th...at...th..a.t..s.wh...y..CO..UN...ask..e.d..her..." He meant that thats why he chose Lala, specifically. If a girl like Lala found him freakishly disturbing then most would probably think that about him. Coun wasn't concerned about what others thought about him...or so he thought. He just wanted to know how different he was from everyone and apparently, he was quite different. But Coun was okay with that, theres nothing wrong with being different. He gave somewhat of a sigh and turned to Lala who was cooing over the clothes he had found for her and then answered her question.
"W...ell....n...ot..e..x.a..c.t..ly..Se..e..h..o..w...to..u...se..the..se..is..its..a..comm..uni..ca..tion....sys..tem......so...yo..u..can....he.a.r...
wh..at..o..t.h...er.s...are...s..a.y...in..g...th..rou.gh...th...e..s..p..e..ak...er...pa..rt.s...an...d..c..an...sa..y..
stu...f..f..to...ot..h...er..s..thr...ou...gh..the..m..icr..o..ph..on..e..atta.....ch..ed.." He pointed to the part that went on your ears, which were the speakers that provided the sound of another's voice. Then a small microphone hanging off the side and floated around the mouth of the headphones in his hands. "Wi...th...th..es..e...i...f..w..e...s...p..li..t..u..p....w...e..ca...n...h..e.a...r...e..ac..h..o...th..er
..a.t...an..y..di..s.ta..n...c..e...You....c...an...h..a.v..e..vi..sor..s..i.f..you...w..a.n..t..tha..t...co..nn..e.c...t..to..
.th..e..w..ir..es..in...th..e..ba..ck...of..th..e..hea...d..p..h..on...es.." He pointed to two little wires that stuck out of back of his own headphones and pulled them out stretching them out in front of his face and connecting to the input connector on the sides of his visors. "T...h..is....all..ow...s...ALL...to...te..l...l...wh...en...a...c..re...a.t..u..r.e...i..s..n..ea..r..o..r..f..a.r.,..wh..at..ty..p..e.i..t..i...s..,...
h..o..w..stron..g...,ECT....Mo...re...wil...l...b..e....le..a.r...n..e.d..th..r.o..u..gh...th..e..s.i...mu...la..ti...on.." He informed them as he fiddled around with the quality of his visors. Then he placed them over Lala's head gently, using the adjustments to form it to her head. After fixing them, he went over to a drawer and picked out there favorite coloured headphones, as well as matching highly-durable outfits that would suit towards their individual tastes. most of them were based around a more modern, futuristic, type of style with random lines or symbols that seemed to glow naturally of their favorite colour. As to the suit part it was usually a different matching colour or a black or grey backround colour.

Lala couldn't help but blush a little when Coun put the aqua colored headphones on her head. Lala giggled and shuffled across the room into what looked like a dressing room. She stepped in, closed the door, then the a light lit up the room. The walls were a thick white glass that was radiating a white light. There was glowing hooks that changed neon colors and the floor was large tile, looking much like the walls. Lala changed into her clothes, and then the lights went out. Lala and the hooks were glowing and she nearly screamed, but muffled it.

"COOL!" Lala squealed, rushing out. "Guys! Guys! Guys! You have to check out that dressing room! It like lights up and glows and you glow and the hooks change colors and-" Lala babbled.

"We get it." Sam cut her off. Lala nodded.

"These clothes are a little tight. But hey! I pulled off Jegging, so I can handle this!" Lala continued. Riley rolled his eyes. Sam went into the dressing room, seeing exactly what Lala saw. Sam changed her clothes, then examined herself in the mirror. Her outfit consists of a black top with sleeves that extend to her elbows, where they turn into light red translucent fabric. Over this, she wears a deep red top held on with a single green strap. This top continues down to form her shorts, over which she has a light green belt. On her hands are black and light red fingerless gloves with a square cut out from the fronts. On her feet are dark blue boots with light red heels. Not the heels of a high-heeled shoe, but heels like combat boots. She also wears dark red, knee-high socks. There were random lines and symbols that seemed to glow naturally soft red. The red on her wasn't like an evil red, but a good red of light.

Sam left the dressing room. (Sorry it's short. Had to go eat din din)

Coun had waited a while until he figured it would be best just to find them within the simulation. They would all be separated anyhow when they got down to it. Before any of them were done dressing he had entered the room through a large clear bubble that led to a large stairwell. It was open and wide, having one flight of stairs that went completely straight and then a huge drop to the next flight.
Coun flung himself off of the staircase, closing his eyes and falling down what seemed to be an endless flight through mid-air. But it quickly ended, landing on his feet and running off to the next drop until he got all the way down to where a large fissure in the ground where magma spurted out from it. He raised his leg up high in the air and slammed it down on the crack, using so little force, and yet, a earthquake started up, opening up the fissure further until it was a huge hole. This is it, the entrance, His brain told him. Go!
He did exactly what his brain told him to, diving straight into the very depths of the darkness, feeling all the light, except for his lightly glowing attire, escape him. What ever light was there had now been extinguished and was reborn into this darkness. He felt like he was in the core of the earth, with no light, no exact temperature, no escape. From here? He asked as he was falling through the air yet again.
You fight, the brain told him.
Suddenly his hands hit a hard surface, unable to identify the rough surface beneath his hands. He had landed on a black rock filled with craters, his hands holding him up in a perfect hand-stand. With his doll-like human hand he pushed off the ground and flipped, landing onto his feet.
For now, you will fight alone. You see, that bubble in which you entered takes you to a different stairwell every time. Everyone will be split up but if you all manage to make it to level six, you will be together again.
Coun nodded and turned on his night vision, look around. He noticed an extraordinary new world before him as he turned around to a brightly lit gate, glow worms spitting all their slime to shown some light to this putrid place. Through the gate he would be brought into a fake reality of what it would be like to actually fight a world of creatures where you were the last human/android standing.
Here we go, he thought to himself as he continued on forward and through the gate, an unknown area appearing before him. It was a bunch of floating rocks that led up to an island floating in the middle of a grey awkward space. It was almost like another dimension, to see the other types of features from the buildings here. The skyline and the dark sky that never seemed to change at any passing moment.
He leaped off from the cliff he was currently standing on and hopped from rock to rock, making his way to the center isle that would complete level one. On the island was countless wrecked buildings, tall and small, all of any kind, just tortured and completely gone. But by what? In the middle of this city on top of the island was a central middle tower that was covered with gear crows.
Head there, his brain spoke, bringing a blue print of the building on the screen of his visors. This is the layout of the building. Make your way to the top to reach the second level.
Affirmative, Coun nodded.

Sam, Lala, and Riley watched Coun leave.

"Riley, I think you should go change. We'll wait here." Sam said. Riley walked away, carrying his suit. Riley emotionlessly put it on, then came right out. His outfit was like a black and green jumpsuit. It looked similar to Coun's, but the random lines and symbols were glowing green.

"Sooo? What'da think of the room!?" Lala asked. Riley shrugged.

"It's not all that great." Lala's mouth dropped ten feet to the ground. Then she shook her head. She was about to start something, Sam knew well. So Sam stopped her before she started up.

"Come on. Coun went this way." Riley said, ignoring Lala as she had her fit of despair. Sam followed, leaving Lala behind. Get over it Lala, you aren't a kid anymore, Sam thought. Lala must have read her mind because she got over it. Lala was the type who held grudges and got worked up over stupid things. She was Sam's best friend, but she can get on her nerves.

As they reached the top of the stairs after going through the bubble, and began to walk down them. Sam got impatient, and so did Lala, so they both raced each other to the bottom. What happened though, was that Lala tripped, falling and fell on Sam and they both fell through a dark black hole. Riley rushed after them, but they were all in different levels.

Lala, was in the Sahara Desert. Riley, in a hot, tropical forest. And Sam, well Sam was in a field filled with metal rods and poles with a thunderstorm. Lovely, Sam thought. Where the hell is Coun? Sam asked herself in her head. Sam noticed that Lala and Riley weren't with her, but she knew that the simulation had begun. Sam was on her own now, but she knew this wouldn't be the end. Lightning began to strike.

"I'm screwed..." Sam mumbled.

Once Coun had reached the isle in the middle of the spaceless void of a world, he stopped to take a look at his surroundings. The buildings were much bigger then expected, crashing into each other on the ground and crumbling away to ruins.
This must be the work of the creatures...Coun thought, closing his eyes for a moment. Then reopened them, looking at the world with a new perspective. I must get over this, I must go into the tower, I must get to the next level. Now, Coun commanded himself, boosting himself forward and hopped over all the shattered glass created from other buildings in the distance.
He used the ruins as a ladder to get to the center of the island, dashing over rubble from rubble, using them as a leverage to get him up in the air. He scaled the sides of buildings and flipped over stuff, not trying to show off when no one else was there but thats what really was needed in order to dodge massive scraps.
Creatures swarmed in from the left of him, coming in two large centipedes that blocked both paths that lead to the tower.
"G-r..eat." He said aloud.
The Centipedes came at him at lightening speed, but he himself was quicker then both. He hurled himself out of the way and both of the two smashed into the other. Coun's doll-like human hand switched and arranged itself to the barrel of a gun, his wrists cocking and taking aim. His fingers released a barrage of bullets at the two. He hit them directly through the head and on the side of their horns, although they ricocheted off them. The extra bullets fell to the ground along with their shells. Coun decided close combat would be better and move up closer, grabbing one's head and swinging onto its back. It roared and snarled, trying to buck him of its back but was unsuccessful. He moved his mechanical hand on top of its head, petting it once, then allowing the tiny metal arms from out from his fingers and attach into its head, drilling little holes as its skin wore away.
"RAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" It screamed out in pain, the other centipede spewing some type of green liquid on Coun. Lucky for him, he wasn't a human, so the acid wouldn't be as effective on him, but it still singed some of his arm. He licked it off his arm and continued to plunge deep into the centipedes skull, taking out its life force.
Got it, He thought. Now to remove the soul...!!! The other centipede knocked him off of its back, sending him flying into a pile of rubble. Although, it didn't effect him much, turning off his pain and emotion receptors. He stood up as nothing had happened and brought the life source to his middle. It cracked, as it had before, and opened up, inhaling the life source with the little arms going out to grip it and put it in for him as he never really touched the life source. For if it touched anything but his tiny metal arms, it would make it disappear instantly.
Coun felt it coming again. The huge burp. When he did so the other centipede blew away out of sight, shaking the entire world he was. Whoops, Coun thought. Oh well~!

Riley doesn't like tropical places. He's like a dog. He loses a lot of hair and pants a lot. He always likes winter. Winter is nice. Winter is good. Riley had to find a way through this jungle and to the next level. But it could take hours, Riley thought.

"Hey Sam, I-" Riley began, but cut himself off because neither Sam or Lala was behind him. Where'd they go? He thought, They could handle themselves. Well, at least Sam can handle herself. Lala on the other hand...

Riley heard a tigers roar. I hate cats... Riley thought. How am I going to get out of here? Riley thought. Suddenly, a tiger lunged on Riley, hanging onto him. It’s paws covered Riley’s eyes, digging into them. Riley grabbed it’s hind legs and was spinning around, trying to shake it off. The tiger was roaring and Riley was grunting. Riley spun around harder, trying to shake it off. He backed into a thick tree, and from the force of the impact, Riley staggered forward over a big think bush. Riley fell over, and the tiger fell of Riley onto a giant tree root. It flailed around on it’s stomach, and Riley got up and grabbed the tiger’s front paw and pinned it against the tiger’s back. Riley took it by the fur and shoved it across the tree branch far across the ground. It cried out in pain, and Riley charged forward. As the tiger stood up, and Riley wrapped his arms around the stomach of the tiger. The tiger jumped up, and fell on Riley. They both fell on the ground again. The tiger tried to pull up Riley by the neck with it’s paws, but Riley charged forward, headfirst, and knocked it over. They ended up sprawled across the jungle floor.

The tiger got up and raised its paw up to slug Riley. It swung, and Riley ducked, causing the tiger to hit a tree. Riley grabbed a branch and knocked the tiger over by it’s feet. Riley jumped up and intended to belly flop on the tiger, but missed because the tiger rolled away. The tiger grabbed onto Riley as he began to stand up. Riley lifted it up above his head, but collapsed from the weight over some vines. They both got up wobbly, but with a roar, the tiger ran forward, pushing Riley. They were in mid-air, with the tiger on Riley.

They landed against a tree across the jungle. Riley got up and tried to punch the tiger in the jaw, but the tiger caught it in it’s mouth and flipped him over. His knuckles, neck, and legs were all bloody, Riley felt no pain. The tiger hovered over him, with its mouth still holding onto his hand. Riley kicked him in the stomach, and with his foot getting dug into its fur, he threw him across the jungle floor. Riley pulled out his pocket knife as he stood up, but just when he was going to stab the tiger, it shattered like God didn’t want him to use it.

The tiger got up, but Riley tripped it. Riley ran over and picked it up by the stomach, with it kicking it around. It raised its paw and elbowed Riley in the gut. It grabbed Riley by its arm and spun him around, then releasing him into a building. The tiger kicked him and he went right through the building.

Then Riley went full wolf. He transformed and charged at the tiger. He twisted it’s neck until it broke completely. The tiger collapsed onto the ground, dead. At least, that’s what Riley thought. A white gas floated out from its mouth and into Riley’s mouth. It caused Riley to return to normal, and then he went into the building. There was one flight of stairs that wrapped around the inside. But it was empty. It looked like an old, abandoned dungeon.

He began to climb the stairs and as he did, he noticed the blood on his hands. It didn’t look like blood, but red oil. It startled Riley, and that he felt no pain. He felt extremely hot, but he wasn’t sweating. He continued up the stair case, his boots echoing throughout building. When he got to the top, in the center was a new moon. He saw a land at the bottom, oceans coming from the sides, and at the top was a bright light. Riley stepped on it, and it began to glow. He stepped back, but not off it. Suddenly, it transported him to the next level when the glowing turning into a tower of light.

Level 2: Glow City.

Coun had made his way into the crumbling tower, going to its very middle and feeling it jolt under his feet. With several flashes of light thrown into his face before entering his next world, bringing him to the very top of an ocean. He stood on less then an inch of sand that melted away as soon as his entire body realized he was standing on top of the ocean. His body sunk down in to the dark, what seemed to be black, water, quickly and entirely enveloped in it all.

He was sure he was supposed to feel wet and yet he felt absolutely nothing. Just a faint brush of a glacial current stroking against his pale cheeks. It took his eyes a moment to adjust to it, but the second they adjusted, a swarm of menacing squids inked him all over, turning his body into a puffy black cloud. Within it, he began to choke, coughing and yet not sucking anything inside of him. No foul taste, smell, ect.

"Pay attention!" His brain shouted at him. Before he knew it, each of his appendages were stretched out and being tugged on by the squid. "HURRY BEFORE YOU LOSE YOUR APPENDAGES!" The shouting of his brain woke up his cloudy confused mind, setting him into action. He lent over to one of the squids tentacles and bit it off in all its entirety, swallowing it and setting his arm free. With the rest, he snapped them all over with his hand and mouth, making their small suction pads pulsate. The squids all backed off, running off to cry for their mommies.

Coun sighed, pressing his fingers to his visors to pick up a map of the area. NO RECORD FOUND. He sighed yet again and decided to make use of the eyes The Princes Of Blood gave him. He swam down further into the banks, getting caught into currents and breaking through them easily as his body skimmed right through them. The darkness of the deep wasn't helping him any further until a fish with a glowing bulb that dangled above its head came along. He quickly grabbed the fish and used it to his advantage, helping him to see what was down their.

It was a small shrine. Nothing too pretty to look at, just a simple torn down shrine with the markings of bloody fingerprints held all over it. Under the main entrance was a large cesspool filled with glow worms, leading down into a mine. Coun swam down into the underwater mine with the fish in hand, using it for extra light as it nommed on his fingers. It was eerily quiet down here, and he wasn't sure why. Shouldn't places like these be teeming with life? He could conclude that from seeing what little critters were in the cave, just like the glow worms, Krill, ect.

Down in the mine where the walls were dark and bumpy and an odd grey colour, seeming as if they would just crumble in forward and trap him down there. But no, they didn't collapse in. He tapped his fingers across the wall, flexing his fingers inward and outward nervously because he felt a bit numb. His joints didn't respond as well underwater but they were doing well for first generation. He stopped. A big bolder blocked his path of continuing forward.
What should I do? He asked his brain.
Find some way to dislodge it.

Coun nodded and tried to move it. No luck. Then he tried to move it the other way. Still no luck. But then he backed up, raised his foot high in the air like Ash Ketchum does when he sends out/catches a pokemon, and slammed his foot into the very bottom of it. The entire boulder crumbled into nothing, leaving him to explore the next cavern.

Level 3: Hidden Treasures.