Prologue: Pain

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With his friend's fading voice Modo walked over to the girl who was slumped on the ground picking herself up. "You all right?"

Coughing up dust Ray brought herself up and sat on her knees wiping the blood off the corner of her mouth with the back of her sleeve. Head hung low, she was plainly confused. The M.I.B. were always on good terms with the Martians and their army, no way could they have deserted them..

No way they would've left her behind either-not with her grandfather being the founder and director of the institution. What was going on? That seemed to be the only question that kept recurring in her mind, making her deaf to Modo's voiced inquisition. "This doesn't make sense," she commented before being helped onto her feet.

"Don't blame the General," Modo paused wondering how to address Carbine, it was quite strange addressing the she-mouse so formally- but that was before he'd learned the human was an officer as well. "She'd been through a lot, and things-" he was cut off with the mindless rambling of Ray before she buckled at the waste grabbing her sides. "Har-Harley!" he called out. "What's happening!?"

Ray had started coughing up blood as she grabbed her chest. Eyes shot at a 45 degree angle to the ground as her eyes flashed gold with catlike slits shifting her focus; thus making everything seem a lot closer. This sudden zooming made her head spin and her eyes cross, forcing the human to clap her eye lids tightly shut. Under her clenched fingers she felt her heart race- something was really wrong..and painful.

Senses kicked up a notch forming a knot in her stomach as her jaw started to click as if readjusting to the fangs that now started materializing from her gums, both up and down. Sharp claw like nails seemed to shoot out of her finger tips, giving her once graceful small hands a more feline like accent.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

All at once pain shot up through her body and only when the light sandy haired mouse named Harley injected her with a strong sedative and painkiller did her nerves numb down making Ray revert back to her normal self. Sweat marked her brow now but what struck her more was that she really needed help.

Something went down in that lab, and she wanted to know what. Once her mind cleared she found herself cradled in the arms of Harley. "Are you all right sweety?"

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