S.U.C.K. Headquarters

[Chibi MitchellTF]

The four figures, including Catnip, look over the corpse of ParaA. Catnip is the first to speak. "Well, I didn't kill him. He was alive when I left!"

Another, who is in a scientific outift, looks at Catnip. "Was he filled with shrapnel?"

Catnip shakes her head. "No, just electrocuted."

The Scientist sighs. "You could have made sure he was out of range before you left."

Catnip gets in her ally's face. "Yes, but then I would be next to him, and just as dead!"

The Scientist pushes Catnip. "But now his plans are forever kept a secret. He took them to the grave!"

The figure in black armor raises an arm. "I am the Leader. Catnip did what she had to do to live. And, to contact us. If this boy was part of S.U.C.K.'s plans, then we will just have to find it from the boy's very mouth. We'll bring him to the airship, make sure his wounds are healed, and then ask him a few questions..."

The final shadowy feline picks up the unconscious Tetsuo, as the Leader bursts into maniacal laughter, which the rest of the catgirls mimic.

Meanwhile, within Tetsuo's body, that small sample of Neko's blood swirls within. It is kept in check only by nanobots. Without these, the virus would spread throught his system, slowly transforming him into a feline femme fatale. Or, at least a catgirl otaku. Unfortunately, these nanobots were more shocked than he was. Specifically, they were KIA. Inside his body, the Neko Blood Cells pulled out some celebratory sake, and got ready to PAR-TEY!

In Catnip, thanks to her natural resistance and dodging skills, only half the nanobots were KIA, and the rest regenerated. No party for them!

[Mitera Nikkou]

While Tetsuo was still unconscious, he continued to dream. One moment he was with Scooby and the gang, then he was in a dating sim, getting creamed by a girl and getting a bad ending for making the wrong decision. It was a nightmare!

However, he soon found himself in another dream. He was back at the coffee house, and was running toward Neko with arms wide open. They met and embraced, but something didn't feel right. He squeezed Neko to him a bit, and he once again felt the strange feelings. Pulling back, he looked at her but saw nothing wrong.

"What's wrong, Purina?" Neko asked, voice echoing in the dreamscape.

"Purina?" He asked, then froze at the sound of his voice.

"Are you okay?" Neko prodded softly.

Tetsuo looked down at himself, and couldn't find his voice. He had breasts! What's more, he suspected that he had the rest of the package, too!

"Come on; you can tell me." Neko said, gathering Tetsuo to her by his shoulders. "That's what friends are for, right?"

"Friends?" He thought, looking up at Neko before voicing the question he had thought.

"Of course!" Neko said emphatically, smiling. "I always be your friend!"

"Always... Friends...?" He thought.

"Noooooooooooooooooo...!" He wailed, as he grasped his head and fell into the darkness, over the despair of never being her lover.

Fortunately, it had just been a dream, and he soon woke up.

[Chibi MitchellTF]

The headquarters had changed much since the Neko-Jin had left. Well, actually, it hadn't REALLY changed at all. A few S.U.C.K. members managed to sneak out, ParaA's body had begun to get a LITTLE stinky, but other than that it was pretty much the same. Except for the rooftops.

Mainly, because the rooftop was where ParaB was busy trying frantically not to get killed. He was beaten, bashed, smashed, and well-nigh near death. He looked like Rocky in the final round, or Spider-man after a match with the Green Goblin, Scorpion, Venom, and all the spider slayers. His left arm was useless, the bones broken into shards. He couldn't see through his left eye, thanks to the bruises. There were burns across portions of his body, in the shape of an 'F', mostly on his chest, legs, and arms.

He looked over at his opponent, a female figure with short black hair, cut like a boy. Her eyes were slitted and yellow, cold and cruel. Her outfit was a male school uniform, a simple jacket and pants. Her main revealing feature, however, was her breasts. Barely covered by her undershirt, her jacket appeared about to burst. It was a miracle how she fought in those things! Her long sharp talons held within it a large F insignia. "Now, accept your failure, and your death."

[Teddy]

Genno paused for a second, then looked up at the rooftop. "The.. Hell?" He shook his head, then walked into the warehouse, very slowly, very cautiously. He didn't want ANY goons to get a jump on him, nor should they realize that he was there.

[Chibi MitchellTF]

(Wait, so you are NOT interfering with the events on the rooftop?)

[Teddy]

(Well, I didn't know if there was a way up onto the roof from the ground, if so... Then, yeah, maybe mess with that. If not, he's looking for Tetsuo/Drool, mostly because he finds it strange that Neko's not with him.)

[Chibi MitchellTF]

(There's a ladder on the side of the building, or a long-range attack could change the situation. It's important what you do, since this can end badly.)

[Teddy]

Genno paused for a moment... Then thought back to the roof. He could've sworn that one of the paramedics from earlier... Answers. He needed answers. He ran out of the warhouse, and swung onto the ladder, going up as fast he could, then swung onto the roof top. "Hey, hey! I was just in the neighborhood, and... Jeez! What the HELL happened to you?"

[Chibi MitchellTF]

The Catgirl freezes, the "F" brand a mere inch from ParaB's chest. She turns around, while ParaB picks this time to faint dead away, and possibly go into shock. "He got in my way. He helped someone attempt to control my sister. His friend has already been punished for his crimes. Now, please leave while I kill every single person in this building, and you will not have to join them."

She sheathes the F-brand, and pulls out a single pencil. She twirls it with great agility in her claws, and appears ready for combat.

[Teddy]

Genno shrugged. "Just because someone else is evil or has done horrible things... It doesn't mean that YOU have any right to kill them all. And since they don't seem to have ANY ability to fight, that makes it all the worse." Genno took a fighting stance, his legs slightly bent, his right arm outstreteched.

"I'll give ya a chance to walk away, right now."

[Chibi MitchellTF]

"No."

The pencil flies out of her hand like a bullet, headed straight for Genno's left shoulder. (His left, her right.)

[Chibi MitchellTF]

The pencil hits Genno dead on, digging into his flesh. His left hand begins to twitch wildly, and he can't move it. The catgirl's face twists in an expression of sinister glee. "Man. And I thought I sucked at Dodgeball. Physical Education, done. Fail."

She reaches her right hand out, and points with her left. Genno's eyes follow the direction and she's staring at the Eraser, the only part of the pencil to be outside his flesh. It's blinking. She snaps her right hand, and Genno finds himself reduced to molecules.

The catgirl looks upward, and smiles. "Girl's stark raving mad, but when she makes a teleporter, she makes a teleporter. Now, all I have to do is find that fake paramedic, and..." She looks at the spot where he was lying, only to see a trail of blood. "Kill him brutally...crud."

Down the ladder, ParaB limped away, trying to get inside the building. Trying to get to a hiding place. Trying to find some sort of weapon. Trying to make sure he didn't fall unconsciousness. "Internal hemorrhaging, external hemorrhaging. Burns aren't hurting. That's not good. Third degree. Nerves are dead. Can't go into shock, need. To. Get. Help..."

[Chibi MitchellTF]

When Guen gets to the location, she finds herself staring at the warehouse, along with three figures on a rooftop. One, even from this distance, is recognizable as Genno. The second is a figure with a cat-like shape, almost like Neko, or someone of that species. The catgirl tosses something at Genno, and she seems him stagger back. Then the catgirl snaps her fingers, and her beloved disintegrate before her eyes.

The third figure is equally pitiful. It's some sort of manlike lump, holding onto the edge of the wall. He's behind the catgirl. While her back is turned, he rolls himself over the edge, and crashes into the alleyway below. He lands in a dumpster, his body hidden by the trash. The catgirl, her business with Genno done, walks over to where the body was. She bends over, follows the trail of blood, and looks out over the edge. Then the figure turns her back, and walks away. She drops down a skylight, and enters the warehouse.

As she gets closer, the figure in the dumpster lifts himself out. He glances around, and limps towards Elise, but does not appear to see her. He reaches the exit, and looks around. He's dressed in the uniform of an EMT, or what's left of it. His eyes look at something on the other side, an ambulance. He looks at it with joy, then collapses to the ground. And only now is Elise close enough to act, where before she was but a spectator.

[Mistress Guendolen]

At first, Elise was transfixed by the sight of what happened to Genno.... From her perspective, she had just witnessed her new boyfriend being dissolved. Her head filled with a rush of fury and pain. With a wordless cry, she ran forward almost madly, anything to get to the she-devil who dared to do this....
...And practically tripped over the fallen paramedic.
It took her a minute to regain her balance, and another minute to actually recognize him. He was so different from the medical caretaker who had come to the coffee shop earlier that day.... So battered. So beaten.... No matter where her heart may lie, she was too late to save Genno, apparently.... Fighting back angry tears, she dropped down next to the injured one. Checking to see if he's awake, wondering madly what to do.... She had to do something for him; she may have failed her boyfriend, but at least she could save someone's life today.... But she'd never been trained beyond basic first aid. This sort of thing was never covered in that, that's for sure....

[Chibi MitchellTF]

He's breathing rapidly, but clearly conscious. His right hand is fiddling with the buttons on his shirt, trying to get it off. His left hand isn't fooling with anything, it looks like it was crushed by a steam roller. His left eye is swollen shut, and the flesh is charred in an 'F' shape at numerous points across his chest, legs, and arms. He has cuts across his torso, and on the edge of his face. Stab wounds, including one near his gut, missed vital areas. The burns in his chest are dangerous, they are around his rib cage. One of the cuts was aimed at his intestines, that was thankfully shallow. He looks at her. "From the cafe, how's your boyfriend? I'm going into shock. My van, need to reach it. Get my equipment. Need..." He winces, and his throat sounds dry. "Fluids. No water, wouldn't work. Need, oxygen. Ge...ge...get IV. Aid Kit. NOW!" His eyes are tearing up, but it's tinged with red. His breathing is getting faster.