Living Warrior

3

Everyone walked to the door and Barbara turned to the leader and said "My name is Barbara." looking at her shocked he nodded and said "J.D." a guy nods and places a monocle on his eye and enters the dark room, after a few minutes he said "Got it." and the light went on, "Halon content has dissipated." the medic says typing on her wrist computer, Barbara walks to the windows with her parents, "Makes it easier to work underground, thinking there's a view." her dad said with a chuckle making the two woman he had lived with look at him.

The leader and the tech opened the elevator doors, lit a fire like stick and dropped it, the green fire stick fell down until it hit the destroyed elevator, "Looks like we're taking the stairs." the tech guy said with a teasing smirk, while walking down the stairs to god knows where the leader asked while pointing his gun in all directions "Status.", Barbara looked at the tech guy as he said "Red Queen is locked onto us. She knows that we're here." frowning she asked at the same time the pale blonde woman asks "Who's the Red Queen?"

"State-of-the-art artificial intelligence. She is the computer that controls the Hive." the leader says, they quickly reach a corridor where the glass rooms are filled with water, slowly the young brunette placed a hand on the glass and sighed, "This is gonna slow us down. Our route to the Queen takes us straight through these labs." the tech guy says suddenly making the 11 year old jump out of her skin, "Rain, J.D., see how bad the flooding is. Kaplan, find us an alternate route." The dark skinned man said just seconds before the man that was Barbara's father asked "What happened here?" the man looked at him, then Barbara's mom, the the cop then Barbara and sighed saying "Five hours ago, Red Queen went homicidal. Sealed the Hive and killed everyone down here."

"Jesus." Barbara gasped and grabbed her dad's hand as the man continued "When we realized what was happening... my team was dispatched to shut her down." "Why did she do it?" The blonde woman asked making the guard answer "That we don't know. But outside interference is a possibility." suddenly Barbara and Matthew saw a body float in the water towards the window and Matthew said "Jesus!" while jumping against the opposite wall.

"Hey. You okay?" Barbara's dad asked his fake wife and partner who hummed in response while hugging their daughter close to her "Here." he added taking his coat off and handing it to her "No. I'm fine." Barbara's mom said pushing the strands of her hair behind her ear, "Please, come on. It's cold in here." her husband said, smiling slightly she grabbed the jacket and when their fingers touched she had a flashback.

"Are you... Do you remember anything from before this?" the blonde asked putting the jacket on,  "No. Nothing before the train. And you?" the dark haired man said turning to face his fake wife and their daughter fully "No. Nothing." the blonde said as Barbara rubbed her arms, "You should have brought a jacket little girl." he teased his daughter who gave him a shivering toothy smile.

"I found an alternate route, but it's gonna cost us time. We double back, cut through Dining Hall B... then we're right on track." the tech guy Kaplan said while Matthew looked at the ventilation shaft and frowned as he heard grunting sounds "Sir... no go. The whole level's flooded." Rain, the female guard said as she and her partner went to check if the passage was clear, making Matthew snap his head in her direction startled.

"All right, we're behind schedule. So let's move it. Come on." the leader says, they start walking and Barbara's parents nod at each other before laughing, "Poor bastards." Rain said. Walking down to the Dinning Hall B cautiously, "Dining Hall B. That's what it says on the map." Kaplan says, "Maybe you're reading it wrong." J.D. said as Matthew quickly said "Maybe the corporation's keeping a few secrets down here. Something you're not supposed to see."

Annoyed by Matthew's attitude said "J.D., you and Rain keep the prisoner here and secure the exit." nodding Rain pushes Matthew to sit down while looking around, "Sir, halon levels are nonexistent in this room. I think the system malfunctioned." the medic of the group said showing him in her machine, "All right. There may be survivors. Give me a search line, but keep it tight. Move it." the dark skinned man said.