Crystal screamed as the bolt of lightning hit her would-be attackers. It took her brain a few seconds to catch up. This guy was on her side, and so were the others with him. She closed her mouth, which was still hanging open in shock, and took a tentative step towards them. There was a wolf, and the two guys. She eyed the wolf warily but it appeared to mean her no harm. She turned her attention to lightning guy.

"Thanks," she said shakily. "Have you found a way out?" New hope sparked inside Crystal and this propelled her the few feet forward to meet her rescuers. The air was still tangibly cold, but less so. Crystal still did not seem aware of the temperature that she was emitting.

Liz leaped upon a Vitus that appeared near Crystal and crunched down hard upon its neck. She tasted its disgusting blood inside her mouth, and bit down harder. As she felt its thrashing grow weak, she let go and turned toward the next one standing, which was closing in behind Crystal. Charging past Crystal, she felt the glass that had cut into her legs, push through muscle, but she still tackled and bit into the Vitus, crippling it almost instantly as she bit into an important nerve cluster. As it collapsed, she collapsed with it, the glass made it too painful to stand, and she shifted back to her human form. She grabbed a metal pipe, like the one she used earlier, and held it, ready to smash the skull of any Vitus too stupid to cross her path in. "I've got your back."

Allen slowly looked up at the voice coming from the entrance, "Yeah...I just don't know how..." Allen concentrated and forced himself to cool off, as he did the radiation in the room subsided. "I don't know what's going on...but my name is Allen Willows...we have been kidnapped by Vitus...haven't we?" Allen rubbed a hand across his face, "There has to be a way back home...my wife...I have to get back to her!!!"

Sky looked cautiously from side to side, stepping carefully out into the hall. She felt like calling out but though better of it, shutting her mouth before she gave away her position. Stepping over the debris on the ground, she searched for something she could use as a weapon but to no avail. "Naturally." She growled to herself. I know I heard them around here somewhere. Maybe they know how to get out of this hell hole. Hearing a noise behind her she spun around, clutching her stomach in pain as she did so. The Vitus had been none to kind to her, had left her alive but broken. She would never forgive these beasts and would go to the ends of the universe just to kill every last one of them. Sky shook her head, clearing away the thoughts. It had never been like her to think that way, she was different now and it scared her. Seeing nothing behind her she continued moving forward and around a bend. Ending up in front of a few Vitus, who looked furious at the situation. "Uh-oh." She mumbled as they turned to look at her, speaking to each other in a language she didn't understand. One reached out for her but grasped nothing as she tripped backwards and fell with a scream. "Get away from me!" She yelled, scrambling to her feet and running in the opposite direction. There had to be someone close by to help her, she wouldn't make it on her own. Suddenly she felt the arms around her, closing her arms in close to her body as she was lifted off the ground. "No, get off of me." She struggled and kicked out, panicking in her terror. "I said OFF." Both she and her assailant were pushed back onto the floor, grip just loose enough for Sky to wiggle free. Without knowing how it got there, Sky brought the chunk of metal down on the Vitus' head over and over again, screaming at it then laughing at it. "You will all pay, do you hear me? I'll kill you all."

"You will all pay, do you hear me? I'll kill you all."

The words reached the room and Crystal's head snapped towards the sound. Somebody else was in trouble. She turned back to the wolf-girl, who was currently a girl. Really, this was all just too bizarre. But she didn't have time to think about that. Crystal darted forward and put an arm around the girl who had defended her so valiantly. She was now bleeding, some kind of leg wound. Crystal helped her as gently and quickly as she could to her feet.

"Are you okay? Can you stand? We have to get everyone out." Crystal turned towards the others who had come in with the girl she was now propping up. "We have to get everyone out," she repeated, a new resolve in her voice.

Her mind broke out of a trance where she was dissecting noises into language. "I got it. Lets go! SHOW ME THE BRIDGE DAMN IT!!!" She screamed in their language. He nodded afraid of the collected members. "Everyone lets go he will show us the way. Be ready to kill the others." She began trying whip everyone into some kind of order. She was n't feeling good but at least she could stand. She tried to stay behind the rest of the group.

"No shit genius! This isn't some five star resort. We're looking for a way out now. Let's go before more get here!" John shouted at the guy, disregarding the fact that he was decades older than him and seemed to be able to melt a whole room of metal. He ran down the hallway, hoping that the human nuke was following him.

"No I can't, not on my own. The glass pushed too far in. Hell, I probably should have the Human Torch cauterize them till we have a hospital to deal with the wounds, that way I at least won't bleed out. I don't even know if I can put weight on them at this point, because the glass definitely cut muscle." Liz said, wincing in pain as she is lifted. "Lets get back to the group, so we can find out whether or not we have a way out yet."

Al was taken aback by the sudden change in the girl's voice, and even more so when she made her demand in the Vitus' own language, and judging how the Vitus shifted in his grip, it was just as shocked. This was good, he let the captive alien go with a powerful shove. "You heard the lady ,get to it!" He created more some hovering flames around him in case the Vitus tried to make a break for it instead. The alien moved forward making motions to follow it, and muttering things in its common language. The group had separated to go free other prisoners, a task he would've joined if he hadn't been holding onto their new 'guide', hopefully they hadn't gotten too far off. Once they were all together they could take the bridge, and finally be free of this hellhole! While he was taking a look at how his fire barrier was holding up, he noticed the girl who spoke Vitus wasn't looking to good. "You alright?"

"And once again, the winner of the Grand InterPoker Championship is Jack!"

Once again, Jack was in the spotlight. The night was his to enjoy, having earned another 2,000,000 $ in the championship. He passed by an electronics store and saw his face in the TV's that were place in front of the store. He smiled lightly at himself looking good in a suit. He enjoyed his fame, thinking of the hell he was through when he was younger. Some girls passed by him, staring at him with an affectionate look. He would enjoy some drinks with the ladies, but tonight he wanted to rest. He smiled at them and moved on to his house. A few moments before he reached his destination, he felt strange, sleepy. He was sure it wasn't his typical hangover, because he didn't drink at all. Then he heard some people speaking in a strange language, before passing out.

It was the fourth time he woke up inside that tube. However many times he woke up, he was disgusted by the sight of Vitus-that's what he figured out they were named-in front of him. The liquid he was in caused him intense pain, but he wouldn't give the pleasure to alien scum to show them a vulnerabe image. He gritted his teeth every time, not giving the aliens the slightest idea of discomfort. What did they want from him anyway? Surely not money. That would be a failure of an alien race. He made these amusing thoughts to keep himself sane from the pain he was in.

Suddenly he heard sounds. Not the usual sounds he heard inside the whatever he was in, but sounds of destruction, most possibly a fight. Whatever it was, he hoped someone would take him out. As the Vitus ran to check out what happened, Jack touched the glass like he was expecting someone to take him out, but something even more unusual happend. The glass just exploded, without reason. As the liquid was flowing out, Jack jumped from the tube to the ground, puzzled that he wasn't even slightly hurt. He picked a piece of glass from the ground and it turned red. Shocked, he threw the piece of glass in a nearby wall and it once again exploded.

"Well, what do you know..." he thought and smiled.

He quickly looked around to find his clothes. Sometime later, he found his suit, but what he cared for the most was his Jack of Spades card. He was glad to find it inside. He dressed, then moved to find what caused the uproar. He picked shards of glass, figuring out he could use them as weapons with this exploding thingy he did. As he ran through the corridors, he encountered some Vitus, but they were no match for his exploding shards. He kept running until he heard a continuous "CLANG" sound. He approached carefully to see a girl hitting an already dead alien with a creepy smile on her face. He approached her, grabbed the metal pipe she was hitting the Vitus with and said:

"I don't think that such violent behaviour suits a lady like yourself, mademoiselle.Besides, I can't see how hitting an already dead alien will get you out of here!"

She looked towardz the gentleman who had asked her how she was. "That liquis drained me of my strength. And it looks like my ability isnt near as cool as throwing fireballs. I appaerently am a translator." She went to take a step but she fell back to her knees. Then she screamed at the top of her lungs "Everyone i found you an exit!"

Charles heard Lexis's shout and hurried over to the girl. he saw Al holding of the Vitus with a wall of hot fire, and about to pitch in and help, but first he wanted to know if what the girl said was true, had she found an exit.

"How do you know?" he asked her curious to hear her answer, if she had found a way to get out of this place, then they would free from the clutches of these alien scumbags.

"I speak vitus now. And this one is leading us to the bridge." She stated with labored breathing. She had to get her breathing under control or she was going to hyper ventilate. "Just so you know there is a strong possibility of a trap. Isnt that exciting. Also i can open their locked doors. I managed to get out of my chamber without breaking anything.

Crystal tightened her grip on wolf-girl as Lexis's shout reached the group. "Come on, I've got you." Crystal slung the wounded girl's arm over her own shoulder and steered her in the direction of the door. The action obviously hurt the girl but Crystal didn't see any alternative. She had just reached the door when another Vitus appeared, apparently out of nowhere and made a beeline for them. Crystal defensively lifted a hand and, as she did, the disgusting liquid that soaked the floor around them lifted with her hand, seeming to become its own body. Crystal hesitated, then pushed with her hand, feeling the water go with it and drench the Vitus.

"Great, we've got Human Torch and Mr Electric over there and all I can do is give the alien scum a shower!" Crystal exclaimed frustratedly . Still, the Vutus continued towards them and ice cold fear flowed through Crystal's veins. The air became polar-cold and the water coating the Vitus immediately froze. The Vitus seemed startled and Crystal took the opportunity to test her new powers a little. She concentrated the ice cold sensation throughout her body towards her hand and pushed out wards. A wave of water left her palm and froze around the Vitus on contact, freezing him inside a block of ice.

"Now that, I can work with." Crystal checked Wolf-girl's face and saw with relief that she was still conscious. "What's your name?" She asked, turning and half-dragging her down the corridor towards the voices. She knew that she needed to take the girl's mind off of the pain and talking was the only method at her disposal right now.

"Elizabeth Pherena, thanks. God, the air is so cold around you... but don't power down, the cold I can tough out. Besides, you might need to defend us." Liz breathed through the pain. Her ears were ringing from the pain, and she was fighting to stay conscious. Her eyes focused on the group ahead of her as they came back into view. "Are we any closer to getting out of here?"

"Well at least when you threaten them they can understand you." Al joked The others were starting to arrive now, and getting off this ship would soon be at hand. The translator girl was looking very worn out though. There was no way of knowing how far the bridge was from their present location without the Vitus' directions, but they had no idea what effects her powers might be having on her, hell he didn't even really know what kind of effects his powers could have on him. He held his hand out to the smart girl to help her up. "You sure you're game for this? You seem to be overexerting yourself."

Sky looked up at the new comer, ready to pounce if she found him threatening. "They deserve it." She hissed, looking down at the mutilated body of the now dead alien. A sigh escaped her lungs and her head nodded as if exhausted. "Can you help me get out of here, I'm tired and I just want to go home." If there is a home to go home to.She didn't think to say that last bit out loud but it was a fear that there wouldn't be anything left. "I heard some other voices around here somewhere but when I called out no one answered. I was trying to find them to see if they knew how to get out of here." Pushing herself to her feet in a calm manner, she took a deep breath and extended her hand. "Guess I didn't make all that great first impression, huh? My name is Skylar, feel free to call me Sky."

"I can't leave alone a damsel in distress alone, can I? I am Jack Spade! But I guess that we should have a proper greeting in a safer place...Our hosts don't know how to treat their guests after all..." he said, trying to ease the girl's tension an subconsiously his own. The girl seemed exhausted and Jack thought of asking her to carry her, but he figured that he shouldn't touch the girl now that she was so upset. He would probably scare her. He instead said in a reassuring tone:

"Walk at any pace you like...I will make sure to get us out of here and, hopefully, we might find other people as we head out...But in any case, stay close to me!"

"Hey, Human Torch, you mind doing something for me? Carefully burn the cuts shut so I don't bleed as bad. It'll probably give me time to get to a hospital. Anyway, what exit are we using? The Pods or the bridge?" Liz asked as she prepared for the burning sensation. Her breath caught in her throat as she anticipated the pain. Would it be worse than when she was in the tank? She couldn't remember how painful that was so she had no idea.

Sky gave weak smile to Jack, turning to continue on in the direction she had originally been travelling. "Spade? That's a cool name. Is it real or did you choose it?" She asked quietly, peeking around the corner to be sure the coast were clear. The voices she had heard earlier were beginning to sound clearer but there was no one around to be seen, a confused look crossing her face. "But I can hear them... Where are they?" She pondered aloud as she began a light jog down the corridor. The humming of the ship was also clear, and in a way calming to her despite its strangeness. I don't remember it being this loud before. What the hell?