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[color=gray][h1]Subdue, Detain, Reprisal- [i]A Heart[/i][/h1][/color]

He could feel it, [i]HiveMind[/i]. Intercepting his thoughts. Trying to tell him what the fuck to do, what the fuck to feel. Like those punk ass teachers back in school. Or those broken mainstream society idiots. Even Thierry knew better at this point and any [i]order [/i]was more of a suggestion. They, [i]HiveMind[/i], were trying to turn him into a [i]blank slate[/i] with [i]malignant purpose[/i]. Maybe it was by some grace of God himself, that Mute was still a prototype. Rendering Nick even more angry the more he thought about it. Wait- Is making Nick [i]more [/i]angry even possible? Bitch, please. If HiveMind enjoyed playing with fire, they most certainly were. And if HiveMind had been paying any amount of attention to Nick's hidden Louvre file, they would have realized that trying to contain Nick's anger? Fruitless. Anger was simply how the man functioned in his day to day life. He truly was a junkyard dog. Woof.

Thierry's warmth felt nice. Lessened the anger, or made it more pronounced? There was [i]comfort [/i]in there somewhere, honest. His eyes didn't want to open and chose to flutter instead. So, Nick curled up, wrapping his arms around his husband in his waking up trance-like state. Gunshots rang out as Thierry shot, one handed, at left over monsters from the previous hallway fight. Nick could feel the tickle of Thierry's 5 o'clock shadow as he adjusted his head. Between the sounds of the gunshots and the rugged facial hair, Nick felt blissfully unaware of how serious the current situation really was. 

Two simple words kept repeating in his mind: [b]Subdue Thierry.[/b] [i]Subdue Thierry[/i]? ...Subdue... Thierry. There was one last blast of Thierry's shotgun as Nick woke up in full force and shoved his husband, pinning him to a wall. Nick's sudden alertness was alarming at first, then welcomed, as Thierry realized he wasn't attempting to be murdered. Oh Nick would [i]subdue [/i]Thierry alright. This is what Von Galloes wanted, right? A post apocalyptic themed hott minute between two married men sharing spit?

Later, once HiveMind's rather comically worded objective had been finished, the married pair found the pharmacy within the halls of the eerily quiet facility. The untimely brain surgery was starting to cause migraines and each new blast of a chosen weapon, was making Nick unable to focus. A mess of pill bottles scattered as both Nick and Thierry thrashed around looking for pain medication, Nick more violently as he had yet another breakdown of burning pain. He'd already burned through Thierry's med pack supply, so he was definitely feeling the heat.

Just as Nick was about to down an entire bottle of acetaminophen, Thierry grabbed his arm, [b]"You're trying to stop the pain, [i]not [/i]cause me a myriad of other problems!"[/b] Thierry grabbed the bottle and gave a decent sized dose to Nick, [b]"I can't believe this is all they have. There has to be a main pharmacy somewhere in this laboratory. Too many people lived down here, but it's not on my map."[/b]

[b]"You think they packed it up and took it with them?"[/b] Nick questioned, downing only 6 pills- the safely recommended [i]within 24 hours[/i] dose. Nick chuckled a bit as he took a swig of water.

[b]"What?"[/b] Thierry blinked, confused by the sudden change of expression.

[b]"At least I'm not [i]tired as shit[/i] anymore."[/b] Nick smiled an honest grin.

Thierry shook his head, unamused with Nick's sense of humor, [b]"Funny."[/b]

[b]"I suppose we could ask the big man himself."[/b] Nick said, locating the nearest security camera. The blonde approached the corner of the room it was in, cautiously stepping over downed bottles and medical supplies along the way. He stopped once he felt close enough and held up the bottle. He mouthed his words, pretending that Galloes couldn't hear him. As if it was a normal black and white CCTV camera and not just another security drone, then spoke out loud, mocking the Made-For-TV villain, [b]"Pain pills... Ya got some Vonny?"[/b]

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[i]Meanwhile[/i] in the clean world, Ramses and Aaron were keeping up just fine with the girls. Though, Ramses did find himself questioning Aaron seriously as he inhaled his first few breaths out of the chilled water, [b]"How the hell did you hold your breath so damned long?"[/b]

[b]"My man, what part of [i]endurance training[/i] don't you understand?"[/b] Aaron giggled, drying himself off with a TRUMPET labeled towel.

[b]"But two motherfucking minutes? Two? [i]Two[/i]."[/b]

[b]"I used to be at three, but it's been a hot minute. And Nicki can hold for five last I asked." [/b] Aaron stated matter-of-factly.

[b]"For fuck's sake."[/b] Ramses huffed, drying himself off as well.

While Aaron had been able to keep his laptop as it was self built, Ramses had given the stolen device to Nova unsure if it was waterproof or not. A dead laptop was a useless laptop after all. [b]"Where the hell in this god forsaken facility even are we?"[/b] Ramses questioned, approaching Nova wanting the laptop back.

[b]"I would guess that we're near where Nick was talking about earlier. The place he said he saw the clock tower. Just a hunch though."[/b] Aaron said, noting the various hazard signs around the room.

[b]"I don't know. I'm pretty sure he would have mentioned the purple haze out the window. Gotta be somewhere else."[/b] Ramses said cautiously not wanting to jump the gun and turned to the Voidlight girls, [b]"What do you think? Maybe I'll try finding the database again?"[/b]

[b]"Great idea. I think we should find that clock tower area as that's the way Nick came in. He came in on a HiveMind sub, so there should be room for all of us."[/b] Aaron popped his own laptop opened, seeing what he could find in the dark secrets of coding the facility currently had to offer.

[b]"I'm still not entirely sure why we couldn't have just popped out the way we popped in."[/b] Ramses questioned honestly.

[b]"The artifact Thierry used was [i]Aladdin's Map[/i] and it can only be used once within a certain time period."[/b] Aaron stated flatly.

[b]"What's the time frame?"[/b] Ramses questioned in earnest.

[b]"Beats me."[/b] Aaron shrugged while looking for offline maps of the facility, [b]"If it was do-able..."[/b]

Ramses cut Aaron off mid-sentence with a cold tone of voice, [b]"I don't blindly follow The Louvre."[/b]

Aaron looked up from his laptop. He was more than just a bit confused by Ramses' sudden needless hostility. Was he making a point to show Voidlight he wasn't completely trusting of The Louvre? Or telling them he didn't fully trust Voidlight either? It had been a long day, but what hell just happened?

Aaron blinked at his normally chillax partner. A worried expression danced across his face momentarily as he responded flatly, [b]"Kay."[/b]

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