Layla whimpered and tried to flinch back from the small pain but she was still strapped down and she was weak from blood loss. Father was watching her with interest. "I wonder dear, how long will it take before you bleed out?" He mused to himself as he tenderly stroked her hair and watched the blood drip from the table.

Karou let out a small yelp when she was suddenly picked up and she gripped Imma's shirt tightly, hugging Mary closer to her. The little girl shrunk back when another girl ran over and she peeked up at them with wide, tear-filled eyes. When they mentioned taking her back to her cell she immediately shook her head, tears spilling down her cheeks as her breathing grew faster. "N-No..N-Not my c-cell...monsters...monsters a-are in t-there.." She whimpered.

Imma nodded. "Okay, okay. Why don't you come to our cell?" Idera looked at Imma with a raised eyebrow but instantly shrugged her slight jealousy away. "You'll be safer with us." Imma glanced up at Idera and nodded. Idera, understanding the nod, quickly walked toward their new cell and entered the bland room that has yet to be decorated.

Imma looked back down at the small girl. "I'm sorry about the fast pick up, but I didn't want you to get hurt." She smiled serenely at the small girl. "What's you're name?"

Jason still struggled. "I will burn thier bodies. I will tear thier throats out. I will them all!" He screamed. But at the same time he calmed down and let stopped struggling. "When I get out they all will bleed." He growled out and grabbed one of the two dead guards. The boy used a Dark Matter spike to tear open the flesh. Making it painfully obvious who had killed this man. Then using the blood from the body he wrote 'Your Next' on the shirt before throwing it in the hall. Grinning as he turned back towards his cell and heard the sounds of humans being revolted and some even scared from the act. This place, it made Jason weak. And allowed his father to increase his influence. Jason would escape. He swore he would.

Church smirked and shook Gerard's hand when he offered it. "You can call me Church, Mr. Gerard"

Once he spoke about opening Pandora's box, she smiled and nodded "Lets get going then. Wouldn't want to waste time now would we?" She said, as she started towards the entrance. She looked back at Gerard "So why are you here? You're obviously from an American agency." She looked at the folder. Of today, that was the only folder she actually wanted to look at. All the other folders today had information she already knew about. Another question also popped into her head. Why is the DEVGRU here? Other than watching over Harris, what is his purpose here?

All Gerard could do as flash a smile and look towards the entrance, still holding the folder at his side as he spoke. "Oh me? Just making sure our... Assets and agencies still remain intact and have a good sense of integrity throughout all of this." He glanced over at the two, chuckling under his breath before he continued. "As you know... Integrity isn't very strong. So I got the keys to decide whether we toy with some 'international affairs' operations or cease your investigation." There were many reasons but he decided to give only one of them, the one that was pretty much a fastball he wanted to throw.

Harris almost staggered when he was hit with such words, shocked with what this stranger was telling them. His eyes shifted over to Church before he stepped forward, blocking their path so he could speak to this 'agent' directly. "What? What are you talking about cease this investigation?" He blurted out, straightening his jacket and clearing his throat. "Are you saying you're just here t-"

"To ensure that everything is in favor of god and country along with the integrity of federal agencies, yes." Gerard calmly replied, his smile fading as everything came a bit more serious than just introductions. "Now.. Lets see what Ark corps has for you two, shall we? Perhaps you might somehow miraculously hear about that link." His eyes shifted over to Church for a long minute as if referring to her as that miracle... Even though it might harm his own attempts at stopping the investigation if he decided to.

Dark Matter let go of Jason as soon as the boy calmed down and ceased to struggle. He took a few steps away from Jason, watching as he cut up one of the guards he had slaughtered."You're deadset on killing that girl, aren't you?" Dark mumbled in a low growl, before turning on his heels and headind towards the hall that contained their cells. He silently made his way into his room and closed the door behind himself. Once the door closed, Dark climbed up onto the top bunk he used as a bed and sighed. Things were beginning to escalate out of control. Soon, it would be a miracle if Dark Matter had any control over the situation at all. He needed to get in good with Fallen Shadows if his plan was to go as it had been originally planned out.

Karou calmed down slightly when the girl holding her mentioned taking her to their cell instead. She nodded hesitantly, hiding her eyes behind her bangs. When she heard the girl's question she peeked up at her. "M-Mary said m-my name is K-Karou. And t-this is Mary." She said quietly, touching a small finger to the doll in her arms.

Layla lay on the table, barely clinging to consciousness. "I'll get us out of here. And then I'll rip off the head of every person who hurt us." Lilith snarled from the back of her mind. Layla tried to respond but all she was able to do was protest weakly to her other, drifting further and further into unconsciousness.

Imma smiled down at her and started walking toward their cell. "Well, it's nice to meet you and Mari. I hope we become great friends in the near future." She looked up and saw Idera standing next to the room with crossed arms and a look of distraught adorn her visage. Imma looked back at Karou and said "that girl over there acting like I tricked her into eating a lemon filled with cinnimon is my sister." Idera looked up and stuck her tongue out playfully at Imma. Imma giggled softly and looked back at Karou. "Welcome to Idera's and my cell." She stepped into the cell, Idera following behind them with the door closing them in. It was small, but it was good enough. Imma set Karou down on the bed and walked over to Idera. "Where were you?" Idera looked up at her and shrugged. "I was exploring." Imma rolled her eyes, knowing what that meant. "Whatever. As long as you're not hurt. Get to bed." Idera rolled her eyes and climed up to the top bunk. Imma smiled at Karou and said "you can sleep there. I'll take the floor." She started to prepare the floor to sleep on.

A loud and resounding boom echoed down through the room holding all of the supers, the sound of a heavy object crashing into the floor. Dust and metal flew through the air, soon followed by a thick, black cloud of smoke. The power went out, and all the doors sighed as they eased open the only light came from the fire all supers could see the open door and the hole in the floor in front of it. Fire spread down the hall as sirens wailed and smoke clogged the air. Making it hard to breath higher up. But now was thier chance. Most of fallen shadows would be focused on the fire and on the boiler room that the fire was close too, which could explode at any moment. Security that was in the main hall was either dead or fled to avoid the fire. The torture room had its own door open from power failure as well and a wave of pressure from the explosion strong enough to daze those inside. The soot and smoke spread throughout most of the corridors. Making it very hard to see. Thier collars made a small buzz as they shut down and fell away. As the machine powering them was taken out. Now was the time for the supers to rise up and seize thier glory. To get free. To live.

Jason was thrown backwards by the force of the explosion, his head hitting the wall and rendering him unconcious. When he came too, fire was in the halls, soot, smoke, and dust polluted the air; his collar was laying on the floor. The scene was just like hell, even as the sirens wailed. Jason smiled to himself. This was home court... at least until they switched on the turrents and guards focused on them again. He burst to his feet and began kicking in doors to the rooms of the supers. "Come on! The explosion knocked them all out. Lets go! We can escape!" He yelled. Upon kicking in dark's door, he approached the being. "I know we have an uneasy agreement, but now is our time to escape. I'm going after Lillith. Please stay with them so I know they will escape. My father does not need new playthings out of the innocent..." He says, his voice taking on thay royal tone once again. His selflessness was finally showing through to the others. Then he smirked "The one with the most kills wins?" He says to dark before turning and sprinting into a shadow. He shadow travelled out of that room, and into the armory where they kept his sword, guards liked to taunt him by showing him the sword so the boy knew roughly where it was. Then he disappeared again, reappearing outside the torture room. Where he walked in and swiftly pinned Father to a wall. "I've protected your family from lucifer. But I do not protect the guilty. You are guilty. I am also a man of my word, and I promised you that your head is gone. Prepare to die" The boy said before swinging soul calibur and removing father's head. Then turned and freed Lillith, no wait, Layla had control.

From Lyra:
Before the sword came swinging towards him, Father closed his eyes; a small smile appearing. I am finally free. He thought before his head was cut clean off and his body slumped to the floor after Jason released him.

Layla was dimly aware of sirens going off and the scent of smoke in the air. She heard voices and swam through the darkness surrounding her. She weakly cracked her eyes open, everything blurry and unfocused. She saw a shape towering over her and she flinched back, thinking it was Konrad or Father there to torture her some more. She was confused when she was released from her bonds and she forced her eyes to focus. The figures face came into view and she recognized the boy from the supers room. How did he escape? However, she was unable to concentrate for very long as her consciousness was fading rapidly. Right before she blacked out again she was able to croak out two words faintly. "Thank you..." Her eyes fell shut as she sank back into the darkness.

Thirty Minutes ago

"Alright gentlemen! You got everything you need to know, and everything we need you to do." Gerard exclaimed over the sounds of the Huey helicopter rotor that held them above the ocean surface. They were a good half mile off of the coast of the island and they were given the green light to infiltrate the area. There were the agents in the helicopter along with four DevGru units who seconds later rolled out of the helicopter into the ocean, the helicopter ascending to the sky afterwards to get to safety. Four men, the first men to be deployed in this mission.

Present Time

They were like sharks emerging from the surf, the four special forces soldiers with their weapons ready, slowly creeping up to the beach and sneaking their way inland. It was only when they found a area to conceal in did they take off their diving suits to reveal their camouflage clothing and their BDU caps. Once properly dressed for a scouting operation four shadows now creep through the vegetation until they would find a clearing, one that was perfect to drop off the first wave of units.

There was no direct contact yet, but that didn't stop them from making sure the area was safe. One of the operatives, carrying a sniper with a special scope on it, climbed up a tree to find a vantage point towards the facility ahead, the Fallen Shadows facility. There, he peered into the scope, and over times a series of markings appeared, highlighting weapons and heat signatures within range. It wouldn't be long until he nodded ahead, giving the other three the go to start some chaos that would shroud the helicopter's entry. "This is sierra one, we got armed targets patrolling and on the defensive. They look like they're itching triggers."

"This is TOC... You're clear to engage. Practice self-safety and justify your kills. Lets not go off killing lab coats and unarmed office clerks."

"Understood." With that, the team moved in, weapon at the ready to secure their LZ. Everything happened like a flash, a pop here, a yelp there, the sound of bushes being crushed somewhere as the closest security guards dropped, and that was when the green light on the whole operation was called out.

"Be advised, all units, green smoke will mark the LZ. Area secured, mission is a go." The sniper announced, shifting into a seating position on the branch he was on so he could pitch a smoke grenade, a trail of green smoke trailing up to the sky after the loud popping noise sliced through the silence. It was time for an offensive...

Fire. Home. Dad.

"NO. I'm not there, I'm not there, it isn't real!" Aries screeched, throwing herself right off her bed and on to the hard, unforgiving floor. Her breath was caught in her throat as fear tightened her chest.

Well, it was true she wasn't home, but she wasn't exactly safe yet either. A smoky smell filled the air, that's when Aries realized it wasn't her that threw herself off the bed. It was an explosion. A big one. "Oh no, no no no. Where...What...How?" Her sweaty palms were sticking to pieces of hair as she tried to brush her loose curls back.

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It was as of the air was filled with electricity. Alix breathed it in, savouring the mix. Some were scared, others confused or angry. Too bad she didn't have time to treasure the rare mix for what it was. Her body flickered, becoming a shadow of the girl she was, before flickering back.
"Dammit..."
She didn't have enough energy for this. Her powers were too weakened, she was just at risk to be burned to a delicious crisp like anyone else. How lovely. "Well...Might as well find someone else whose at least a bit useful in this situation," Alix breathed.

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"Get up! You're that one troublesome child's twin, aren't you?"

Aries poked her head up, eyes a bit bleary and nose sniffling as she was addressed. All she could do was nod at the girl, or whatever she was, asking her. "Then get up, we're getting out." Aries could have sworn that the girl saw a flicker of a bitter smile, but she was probably imagining it. No one would be upset about leaving this god forsaken place.

---

Half dragging the little girl, Alix began to lead the way out. A twinge of self pride went off inside her at the thought that if she hadn't come in, Aries(if she was correct, hopefully) would have been fried. The girl obviously wasn't very level headed, crying on the floor like that. But if she's telling the truth, then she could prove to be quite handy if the need to defend themselves arised , considering that her brother was no wimp himself. Although he was arrogant. Aries was the opposite. "Why in the name of the whatever is holy, would you sit and cry while a fire is burning the damn building down?" Alix found herself asking incredulously.
All she received for an answer was a shrug.

Dark Matter felt a dull pain pass through his head. The mutant threw his eyes open, to see that his room had been utterly trashed. His bed had fallen to its side, and Dark figured that was why he had crashed against the floor. He glanced around the room, and could smell smoke and hear a symphony of chaotic sounds around him. He noticed that unless there was a fire and a room filled with screaming people on the other side of a wall or his door, he shouldn’t be smelling or hearing much of anything. Especially not as well as he was. Dark glanced down at his collar, and finally figured out what had happened: His collar was off, along with the power to the rest of the building. He had his powers back! Dark gripped the metal device, and pulled with all his might. It took awhile, but eventually a crack formed in the material of the collar. Then the crack spread, and the object snapped. Dark was no Hercules, but he could break some pathetic piece of metal and electronics. Dark Matter pushed himself off the ground, feeling his power for the first time in years. It felt good. Too good. So good, in fact, that Dark began to smile genuinely for the first time since he’d been locked up.

It was all over.

All that lying, that manipulating was finally all over. He wouldn’t have to smile at those weaklings any more. He wouldn’t have to pretend to care about their pathetic, useless lives. Freedom was his, and Dark intended to use it. Of course, he wasn’t technically free until he was out of this slaughter house of a prison. With his powers, however, Dark didn’t see that as a challenge. Those guards and their guns would be about as much of a threat as a knife against a tsunami. The only problem would be any weapons built specifically to defeat Dark Matter. All they would need is a water gun or some ice and he wouldn’t stand a chance…Bah. He could charge through a wave of machine gun fire and grenades and come out alright, but anyone with a bucket of water was a threat. These powers were pathetic. A low growl exited Dark’s throat as he went for the door, only for Jason to bust it open. When the boy began to talk in his all ‘high and mighty’ tone once more, Dark felt an urge to pull his head from his shoulders. Dark Matter had no ruler, not anymore. However, what was left of Dark’s logical mind decided that protecting the other Super’s would mean that he would have a number of bodies to assist him once they escaped.”Fine.” Dark Matter spat as Jason started off. He would protect the others, at least until they became a liability.

“Anyone who wants to get out alive, get the hell out here now!” Dark Matter yelled, sounding almost feral. He sat there, waiting to see if anyone was actually going to follow him around. He doubted it. While he sat, Dark Matter began to plot his course. He knew he waited to find this Subject 906 he’d heard guards and scientists alike talk about all the time. From what he gathered, 906 was being held in a separate cell block that it had for it’s self.

Jason scooped up Layla. "Lets get out of here." He said to her unconcious form as he ran down the hall back towards the super room. Upon re-entering, he saw Dark Matter waiting for the supers to come out of thier rooms. At the same time Jason noticed Aries. He looked down at Layla. He wasn't gping to set her down where she could get hurt. "Aries!" Jason yelled out. "Are you hurt?" He askes as he approaches his twin

It hurt...

That was the only thing that registered to Layla as she struggled through the darkness pressing down on her. Why did it hurt? She couldn't remember...Tired and weak she finally gave up and stopped fighting, just floating through the nothingness. "You're so weak." A voice snarled from the blackness. It was faint but Layla could still hear all the rage and anger that the voice held. Who...? Who was that? It then clicked. Lilith..Yes, that was Lilith speaking to her but where was she? "Layla, you need to wake up right now!" "But...I'm so tired...tired..." "WAKE UP RIGHT NOW!!"

Layla jolted at Lilith's shriek, her eyes flying open. At first, the only thing she was and heard was a confusing jumble of sounds and colors but after a few moments her sight cleared and she was able to see that she was in a room. The smell of smoke filled the air and she coughed, turning her head and she burying it against something. It took her another few moments to realize that the thing she buried her face into seemed to be moving. She peeked up and blinked when the boy was before's face swam into view. Like the flick of a switch, the bright blue eyes were replaced with burning red ones as Lilith swiftly took control. "Put me down!" She hissed at him, eyes promising violence if he didn't comply. She attempted to struggle but her body refused to listen, feeling too content to move from the comfort of his arms. It just made the demon girl even more furious at her traitor body.

Sam was a bit confused. What caused the explosion? How did an explosion even happen? They usually kept things under such tight watch, that something like this would never happen. She shook her head, no time to think about that now. This was the only chance to escape. Her neck bind was still strong, and the replacement wrist and ankle binds weren't really strong, meant to be place holders while they got the proper replacements. She broke those ones off quite easily and used the amount of power should could to bust the neck bind off. It worked, and she felt everything flow, and able to sense that pretty much the whole base was without power, only sources of power she could sense came from those exo-skeletons that were wondering about, looking for escaping supers. She also sensed a few small personal generators, most connected to computers so data could be transferred from them to a data drive.

She ran out of her room just ask Dark for everyone to get out of their rooms.

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Elizabeth walked out of her room, bruises marked her body. She had been tossed about her room from the explosions. She swiftly and silently walked towards where people would soon be gathering. She stopped next to Dark, then spun on her heels to face the direction he was. She leaned over and whispered "What's the plan?"

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Church smirked when the DevGru team secured the LZ. "We'll send Valk 2 in first to soften up the defenses. Once they're soft enough, we go in, everyone got that?" She spoke into the comms, those in the craft she was in gave a nod while other teams responded vocally. "You catch that Gerard? We're counting on you and your team to guide our strike craft, she'll be on station till she's either out of ammo, out of fuel, or heavily damaged" Church said via a comm link with Gerard. "We'll be there approximately five to ten minutes after she arrives"

Shortly After
"This is Valkyrie 2, we're on station, give us some targets" The craft hovered a few miles out, bordering on the edge of danger, but it is well equipped for such an environment.

It was nothing but chaos. Security on site was... ill-prepared. Several sectors were comprised, and as the warden, Konrad had advised Protocol 6. The fail-safe to all fail safes. But, as he thought, his boss didn't like the idea. After all, more data would be destroyed rather recovered.

"Konrad. You had orders. Bunker down, and wait for reinforcements to arrive. You said you had the situation contained. So explain to me why you're enacting Protocol 6. "

"Sir, that was over an hour ago. The Main Power Generator has gone down- We're running on backups. Of course, the data is currently being transferred to our more secure site in Denver, but n-"

"Not all, Konrad. I expected more from you. Dammit, the agency is going to grill my fucking ass for this. If I'm going down, I'm making sure you've got a first class ticket to h-"

"Do not worry. After all..."

Konrad taps his forehead, smirking at the dark figure in the screen above.

"It's all in my head. This is better for you anyway. Besides, the prototypes and their research will be destroyed. By an carpet bombing no less. It'll give an excuse for the government to send in troops to clean up. All I ask, is that you send an evac chopper. Oh, and send a one or two escorts with it. It seems Church and her company have.. finally shown their true colors. I'll have the security forces delay the DEVGRU team that was sent, and Ark Corp's people. You see a VTOL on site, blow it to pieces. After today... There will be war, one that is unavoidable, yes, but one that we can win. Give me a lab and the resources I ask for, and I'll ensure victory for our cause. "

"....Fine. ETA, fifteen minutes. Assuming you're still alive by then."

"Thank you sir."

Konrad sighed as one of the security officers came up to him and saluted. "Yes soldier?" The officer nodded as he replied. "Sir, your orders?"

"Just hold them off. If they reach the inner perimeter however... Call me. I'll activate... a few surprises from Military R&D. But do not try to actively engage. Fire to deny the enemy land. Am I clear?"

"Yessir." The soldier quickly ran off to the makeshift barricades. It was going to be one big cluster fuck all right. At least inside, that VTOL hovering a few miles away could not do much damage. Perhaps shake the foundation, but this facility was protected for those kinds of things.

Gerard chuckled as he listened to Church's request and took a minute to think over his response before giving it to her. "Understood, I'll let the team know. We're going to take the tip of the spear on this one and drop off the fast helicopters first so the LZ is heavy enough to at least cover the bigger landings." He said, changing frequencies so he could communicate with the small force already engaged in combat.

"Alright gentlemen listen up, CAS is available mark with your designators. Do NOT push in and hold that LZ. Understood?"

On the ground about the time Gerard's message was swarming the comms the team had dug themselves in deep for the gunfight they had initiated. The sniper was still up in his tree, trying his best to put down those who came into his sights. The caliber was large enough to knock down big things such as typical brick walls and such, but it made a loud crack that was followed by a roar that had it's potential to compromise the marksman's location.

"Alright! We're gonna make a stand right here!" One of the other three men announced, ducking down and perching his rifle up against a tree for full stability and accuracy. Bullets were flying and the numbers for the time being were obviously against them. They were currently using concealment and their weapons in an attempt to overwhelm and keep the enemy at bay as every man was spread out to help create a line of fire that stretched out a good fifty meters. It was a lot of ground, and the danger was substantial, if it weren't the best of the best holding this they would've crumbled easily... In the end though, they were still four men against an entire security force, they needed those little birds to drop the rest of the force and they needed it done fast. Once Gerard's message was on the table a realization came into play and the sniper quickly got on his radio to make a crucial call, disregarding his possibly compromised and exposed position.

"This is Alpha One to CAS. We're going to need a line of fire uhh... Attack direction west at... 162, 081! Friendlies will be marked with blue smoke! Burn 'em good!"

Jason quickly set Lillith down. Not terribly eager to have her try to kill him at the moment. Seeing as that would probably hurt quite a bit. After setting the girl down, the boy turned his full attention towards his sister. He ran to her side and looked at her. Checking her over to ensure no injuries that were too bad. "Aries, look at me. I know what your are thinking. He's not here. We escaped his influence long ago. Focus on the steps ahead and not on your fear. You have to be strong." He says quickly. Refering to the fear hidden in her eyes of thier father. How this scene reminded them of thier home.

Adrian had just watched the odd girl leave his room, he sighed and rubbed his forehead, this was proving to be a very...interesting day, he rubbed his hands together and slowly turned the room as if to scan it, he wondered what would happen next. Would they all be checked on? Perhaps he should just sit down...they didn't like it when he raised his fist, not that any of them believed he would punch them...He sighed once more and stood in front of his dummy, maybe just a little more practice...

He clasped his hands and got into his usual stance, throwing one light punch at the doll. As expected, nothing, he was glad it never fought back...Another punch and again no-

BTOOM

a loud sound echoes through the area and Adrian finds himself on the floor, his ears ringing terribly. He struggled to force himself up, he was so confused, sounds pestered him from all sides. Something felt off, something also felt painful... Adrian raised a shaky hand to look through, desolation glared back at him. Dust and some rubble around him, the wall had a new hole in it, not very big, but still present. The boy got to full standing position and tried to switch to the eye outside his door. A no go, something might be blocking it...He raised his hand in front of him and stumbled to the door, it didn't open like it should have and he had to hit it with his shoulder repeatedly to force it open enough, he squeezed through the odd crack and found himself in the hallway. Something had definitely happened, a lot of destruction presented itself, Adrian's room must have been farther from the blast, he heard some sounds and looked to it's source.

Dark matter.

The boy felt nervous, what had he been yelling? Adrian didn't seem to get it clearly, but he did notice something...No restraints...Adrian looked to his own wrist, it was just dangling there...he felt his collar, still a bit more tight but...not functioning.

"U-um..." he said loud enough to hopefully get some attention, he hesitantly walked towards the...beast, to see others filling the halls as well, sounds of chaos was reaching them from destinations unknown.

"Wh-whats going on?"

The boy exclaimed in some sort of panic, if what it looked like was happening...The day was really going to get....interesting

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Sai sat in her own holding cell, it was far off from most others, not because she was especially dangerous, everyone seemed to just prefer her alone. Even herself.

she sighed and leaned back against the wall, she sat on her small cot, thinking, like she always did. She had just been given her pill for today, and of course she took it with little resistance, if she didn't then the walk to the sun room would go bad...once a week they took her there, apparently to "keep her healthy" but of course it was just to maker her keep taking the pills...they made it burn less, or so they said...she was starting to think it was actually the problem...she sighed once more, not that it mattered, she would be taking those pills until she was dead, even if they had to force them down her throat...She clacked her teeth together twice, people had lost fingers that way though...

A loud sound from some distance away shook her from her thoughts. She opened her eyes to look at the door...

"hello?" she asked expectantly...no response, she could hear more and more noises start to take form. "Excuse me?" she said once more, she stood up to go to the door when her left wrist constraint fell off. She looked at blankly, not because she was un-surprised, but because she was unsure how to react. She swallowed back some mixed emotions and looked to the door, footsteps seemed to pass it by, she quickly began trying to get the other one off, with ease it was soon on the floor next to it's partner. She began immediately trying to force the collar off, it was definitely proving more difficult... when she felt some leeway the heavy footsteps were at her door again, this time stopping right in front of it, the sound of the door opening made Sai spin around, a guard stood there with a cattle prod in hand. "Hey!" he barked at her before charging in, she wet pale and took the end of the weapon in her gut, twitching and hitting the floor violently. The guard sighed took a shaky breath. He was pale, he just looked at her as she continued to convulse on the ground. He shook his head and turned to leave when a clank made him turn back. Sai was there with bloodshot eyes and a collar in her hand.

"Ow"

She said bluntly before throwing her hand up, a crimson blade along with it, it caught the guards cheek and he stumbled back, giving Sai the space she needed and used to jump and run out into the halls. She had never felt so alive...

Lilith shot another glare at Jason for good measure before turning her attention to her hands. She dismissed the broken fingers, they would heal quickly and focused on the two bloody stumps which had thankfully stopped bleeding. She felt hatred and fury sweep through and she wanted nothing more than to march out there and tear Konrad's head from his shoulders. A low hiss escaped her as her eyes burned even redder. It was then that she noticed something....the collars were no longer working. The demon girl grinned and focused on the fires surrounding them. She waved a mangled hand and the flames started to recede, dimming down and dissipating. Oh how good it felt to uses her powers again.