𝐆𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢 (𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐙! 𝐟𝐟)

𝙲𝙷. 𝟺𝟹 ☯︎︎ 𝚁𝚞𝚗 𝙰𝚠𝚊𝚢

♊︎Year 5067, Month 8, Day 8, Time 12:00 am♊︎

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"We're so screwed," Kurenai mutters absentmindedly as she registers what's currently happening around her.

"You think?" Vael remarks, slowly doing what the guard had ordered him to. Juniper, San, and Kurenai are forced to follow suit when Kurenai catches sight of the gun tucked into the waistband of Vael's cargo pants.

San catches onto what she's looking at, widening his eyes the moment he does and shaking his head to deter her from acting out.

"Subjects 10911505, 2710099, and 2314799 get on your knees and put your hands behind your head!" The woman commands them to move again, warily stepping into the room along with some two other MALUS guards that were with her.

"SHE SAID KNEEL! NOW!" Another guard yells when he sees that nobody is moving, pointing their gun threateningly at the groups' heads. Juniper and San are the first to begin to kneel, taking away the attention from Vael and Kurenai.

In that split second where the guards let up their attention on Kurenai's form, the tattooed woman takes advantage of it and lunges for the gun in Vael's possession, cocking it and pulling the trigger once it's aimed at her attackers. Kurenai shoves San to the floor along with her, narrowly missing the rain of bullets the MALUS security just unleashed on them.

One of her bullets hits the man closest to her on his leg, forcing him down where she hits him with two more bullets. The two others with him are compelled to take cover and cease their fire, but not before Kurenai was able to land a couple of shots on their bulletproof vests to keep them down a little while longer.

"Are you crazy?!" San whisper yells at her, his eyes wide in panic. The woman just rolls her eyes, forcing herself to her feet along with San.

"I just saved our asses and your reprimanding me?" She shoots back, looking over her shoulder where she sees Vael ushering Juniper to follow them.

"You guys take Juniper somewhere safe while I handle these bastards." Vael orders, taking out one of his other guns from its holster and pointing it at the guards that are still recovering on the floor.

"What?" Juniper whips her head to look at Vael in bewilderment. "You can't stay here! You'll get killed!"

"I can't leave either. I'm the head of your security team!"

"And as such you have to protect me!" She yells back, desperation flooding her voice.

"Uh, guys, I suggest we get—!" San gets cut off when Kurenai opens fire once again to shoot at the recovering attackers that drop faster than flies.

"Look, time is ticking and I am more than sure that these weren't the only MALUS guards sent to get us. If we're gonna leave, it's now." Kurenai grits through her teeth, a feisty edge to her words. No one dares to test her, seeing that she's already more anxious than the rest of them, being recently blacklisted and all. "So are you coming or not?"

Juniper struggles with herself, chewing on her lip in indecision when she looks over at Vael who nods at her in encouragement.

"Take this and go with them." Vael hands the pink-haired woman her computer which she takes hesitantly. "I'll call you once I'm done here."