Virus had them open the door as he entered. He click his claws together. Looking about “24! Im coming for you!!!” He state as he marched on.

Bex’s head snapped up as he heard Virus in the distance. Shit! Shit! Shit! He scrambled to his feet, rushing to shift into his crystalline form. There was no running. No hiding. He dug his claws into the concrete and braced for the incoming attack. Gears smirked as Virus spoke, watching 24 through the cameras. Wagner was grinning, less uncomfortably now as he walked with them. Still mad about being interrupted earlier.

Virus kept going, his jaws having spikes come out. His tendrils came out, his eyes started shifting to red. He grinned wide ” 24!!!!” He roard and would spot him. Virus tilt his head and would got to shoot out electricity towards bex. Wagner and Gears followed though Wagner watched Virus cautiously as his eyes flickered to red. Bex opened his jaws wide, launching back a beam of plasma at him. He knew it was more than pointless shooting pure energy at Virus but it was that or take the shock. This form was too bulky and he didn’t think he could shift and get out of the way quick enough.

Seeing the beam Gears grabbed Wagner, quickly dragging him out of the way. “Let’s let Virus subdue 24 first.” Gears said.

Virus stumbles when the beam hit, he froze a sec and then cackled. He then looks to Bex “come on. You were not so hesitant to send someone after me, what to chicken to get your own hands dirty?” He ask. He then grounded his feet and gave that loud shriek he did in the manor towards Bex.

“You want a fight? You got yourself one!” He roared back. He winced as Virus shrieked, the sound shaking him to his core. His eardrums bursting from the volume. The crystals vibrated hard but didn’t crack thanks to their unusual flexibility, but he was still disoriented. Wagner’s ears were bleeding as well. Gears had acted quick and simply shifted his own ears out of existence. His eardrums couldn’t rupture if he didn’t have them, he reasoned.

“Fuh-fuck. Should’ve thought of that.” Wagner muttered, touching the blood with his fingers.

Bex shook his head slightly before lowering his head and charging with a roar, aiming his horns and the mass of spines on his head and snout at Virus. Virus moved fast shifting one hand to bladed claws went to charge bex. He went to strikr his blades at bex, hey if he was going head on, virus figure easy hit. He knew he was hopelessly outmatched even as he charged but he’d had enough of being tortured. He may have stayed for his punishment as Voltaire said, but he didn’t have to like it. He twisted at the last moment to try to whip his spined tail into Virus’ side.

When the tail hit, virus went tumbling some. He held his stomach, the hit was hos side, but he forgot a key thing. He looks at bex with rage. “Trying to kill the life form in me?” He growled. He then slowly stood as he go to electrical bolts at Bex in a fury and rage. “You are always trying to take things from me!!!”

Bex cocked his head to one side at Virus’ words as he turned to face where his tail had knocked him. “The fuck are you talking about?” He growled. He couldn’t bring his jaw around fast enough to fire another blast of plasma, the electricity hit him full force. His muscles spasming and he hit the ground with a thud, twitching as the electricity surged through his system.

Virus would send another bolt at bex and another and another, screaming loudly. Walking slowly towards bex ” first you take stahs. Now you try to take my life form.” His hand went to his stomach. ” You are just a stain in existence. You just destroy everything.”

Bex shuddered and convulsed as more electricity surged into him, thrashing as his muscles seized beyond his control, gurgling as he drooled against the concrete. He could only half make out what Virus screamed through the vibrations he felt in the crystals with his hearing damaged, and could make sense of the words even less as electricity surged through him.

Virus grabbed bex and began to feed on him ” how dare you……you just destroy….its all you are good at. You will destroy everything.” He told him in his rant. He was trying to feed, as he felt weak from those few attacks. He went high powered, forgetting the life needs energy too. Bex lay twitching, trying to reorient himself as Virus began to feed on him and spoke but his quivering muscles wouldn’t move right. Too much electricity.

Even as his body fought to heal the damage his energy was rapidly failing. There was nothing he could do. By the time he regained any semblance of control of his body he would be too weak to move. Gears was angry now as he watched the scuffle through cracked camera lenses. “That damn 24.” He growled. He kept Wagner where he was, 24 had already tried to take enough as it was.

Virus kept feeding some growling “I hate you….I hate you….I hate you!!!!” He screamed. “I hate you soo much!” He let bex go as he stumbles back and falls. Holding his stomach, curling up and screams loud. Bex pressed his eyes closed, fuck. He’d been so angry after being attacked by 3-3 and 1-2 but he was starting to really regret fighting back now. He dreaded what would come after he died and regenerated. But then Virus had let go. Bex weakly turned his head, looking at Virus as he fell back and held his stomach and curled up. What the hell had he done? Now he definitely wished he’d not fought back. Despite everything he couldn’t help but feel bad for Virus.

Seeing Virus fall Gears abandoned Wagner and bolted to the energy vampire. Wagner followed after him, his hearing almost regenerated. Virus curled and just held his stomach. He didn’t think this through, Bex manage to do a little more damage then he probably thought, to Virus he was fine, but that blow rattled the life form. Virus was in a slight panic, it was still new to him. Gears moved to Virus’ side, gathering him into his arms as he looked him over and assessed the damage, feeling Virus’ panic through the hive. “It’s alright, it will be alright.” He tried to reassure.

Wagner moved to obscure them from Bex, his lip curling in anger as he glared. When he realized Bex was too weak and seemed reluctant to attack again he turned to watch the other two. Gears could sense the instability of the life form, gathering the nanites he’d put in Virus’ body to it to try to stabilize it. Bex watched the three silently, nothing he said would end well for him, especially with these three and especially right now, so he maintained his silence, just laying and breathing.

Virus was easily gathered in Gears arms “Gears.” He says quietly. His eyes went to white. “I dont want to fail this…..” he told him. He wanted to keep it alive, he wanted to prove he could. He close his eyes as gears used the nanites, he groan some “so hungry…..but feeling very weak.” The life form had drained energy and the nanites to stabilize.

“I’m here.” Gears said softly as he worried over him. “You won’t fail. We’re not going to let that happen.” He gently rested a hand over Virus’ on his stomach. At the comment about being hungry Gears looked to Wagner expectantly. Wager knelt, taking Virus’ other hand and pressing it to his face.

“Here, feed on me.” Wagner said as he held Virus’ hand to his cheek.

It started to register as Bex noticed the way Virus and Gears touched Virus’ stomach. Holy fuck. Was Virus pregnant? His garbled half heard words from earlier before getting shocked came back to him.

Virus eyes were half lidded. He felt his hand at Wagner cheek “just….hungry….” he said quietly. Trying to feed, but not able to feed fast as normal. His reserves being low, he was merely feeding slow. “I…..i…dont….we ..should have guarded better.” He try to say.

“It’s alright. We’ll make sure you’re fed.” Gears nodded as he held him. Wagner wasn’t sure if he was feeding, having to focus to really feel the draw at all, but kept Virus’ hands pressed to his cheek.

“Shhh, you did perfect. It’s not your fault. 24 is to blame.” Gears said, shooting a brief glare at Bex before turning back to fret over Virus. Bex just watched them, absolutely perplexed. Virus passed out as rest was needed more it seems. He just went limp as his eyes closed. His body trying to put all efforts to the life form.

“Virus? Shit. We need to get him back to the room to rest and then get him fed.” Gears said, looking to Wagner.

“Right, I’ll make sure 24 gets put back into his cell before he screws anything else up. You take Virus to our quarters and let him rest.” Wagner said, gently setting Virus’ hand down.

Gears gathered him into his arms, walking briskly as he carried him. Wagner turned to Bex, “This is all your fault. But you’re going to pay. Oh you’ll pay.” Wagner hissed before striding away to find the nearest intercom. Bex watched him go, still weak. He had just enough energy to shift back to his humanoid form. Maybe he should make it easier for them. Virus was limp in gears arms as his arm was gently set back to him. Only a slight groan escaped him as he was out cold. Wagner stalked to the observation room of the combat arena, his hands balled into fists. He’d make 24 pay for what he’d done.

Wagner as he stalked into the control room and slammed his hand on the intercom button. “Get guards down to the combat arena and place 24 in his cell!” He barked. Wagner impatiently waited for the guards to show up, not moving from his spot until the guards reached the arena and headed in to gather 24. Once they had he turned, he needed to get back to Virus and Gears.

Bex lay unmoving, trying to recover his strength but he was exhausted from the fight and being fed on. Two guards gathered Bex onto a stretcher, while two more kept their guns aimed at his head from either side. Lifting him and starting to carry him out of the arena. The guards got the orders, grumbling a bit amongst themselves as they carried 24 back into the sea of buildings. Bex had been gathering his strength, contemplating the orders Wagner had given. Something was going on. There could be only one reason Wagner would try to hide him that he could think of. It had to be Stahs. Gathering himself he sprouted spines fast that impaled the four guards around him. He had to get to Stahs and get out of here.