Firewall

Chapter 25

"OH, fuck off with that!"

Vanoss immediately jumped after him, his powerful wings making it less than child's play to catch up to Mark, who was frantically flapping his wings in desperation to get away from him.

"Mark, you crazy sack of shit, just what do you think you're doing!?" Vanoss yelled at him over the rushing wind, flying up so he was above the flannel wearing AI "don't make be drag your ass down to the ground! Answer me!"

"S-Stay out of this!" Mark snapped up at him before diving down to gather more speed. Vanoss rolled his eyes and caught the slipstream behind him, catching up rather easily due to his greater experience with flying.

"Uh, how about no?" Vanoss spat at him as he continued to gain on him "how about I throw you into the lake again!? Maybe THAT will bring you back to your senses!"

"Vanoss, this thing will kill you-"

"And not you!?" Vanoss dove down under Mark before yanking himself back up, snapping out his wings to their full extent as he was now in front of Mark, who yelled and flapped frantically, lurching backwards in means of avoiding a collision.

"L-Listen to me" Mark's voice was desperate over the sound of their beating wings as they hovered in front of each other "if what Jack is true than... It could almost be here... Even if it was just walking, it-"

"I don't know what's so bad about this green-gold what-cha-ma-call-it" Vanoss admitted, keeping his yellow gaze locked onto Mark "but what I do know is that you're in no condition to go out there right now!"

"Vanoss-"

"Let's recap!" Vanoss began to count off his fingers "first, I nearly drown your ass; second, you got clobbered by a flippin' animatronic bear, then learned it's your Character after you a 6 hour long rematch and then you get dragged off to the Mist where you fight a goddamn 70 level Virus, and you mean to tell me that you're not exhausted!?"

"I-"

"No excuses!" Vanoss threw his arms out to the side before flying forward, tucking his wings up against his back as he barreled into Mark's chest, making him scream, his pink wings falling still out of shock, which led to a rather quick descent.

Vanoss wrapped his arms around his sides, making sure that his pink wings were also within his grip so he couldn't fly "we are going back to the city!" He snapped, spreading his own wings back out and dragging a resistant Mark up with him as he flew back to the safety of the Firewall "and you are going to lay your ass down and take a goddamn nap for fucking once!"

Mark's noisy protest was incoherent, barely understandable as Vanoss flew past the wall, taking Mark deeper into the city. He eventually landed, tucking his wings in as he began to drag a resistant Mark back into the large building of the medical bay.

"V-Vanoss! Look out!"

Vanoss blinked and looked up to see Jack and Felix rushing at him, Jack's hand extended as he was apparently pointing at something behind him. Vanoss immediately dropped Mark and whirled around just in time to see the rapidly approaching blur of a japing, robotic jaw, and along with it came several razor sharp teeth.

"Foxy, NO!"

Vanoss took a breath as the animatronic fox stopped dead, his teeth just inches away from Vanoss's face as both of Mark's hands came into view, closing down onto his open jaw, snapping it shut and forcing it away from Vanoss.