Time Child

Hide and Lies

  Greta calls for help. 

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The group turned around slowly as the creaking and the chirping of metal intensified, Martin grabbed Greta's arm and pulled her towards him as he stepped back towards the hallway; Jax's eyes darting around the darkened room before they landed over the figure crawling over the ceiling.

"Oh god" he whispered, Greta glanced at him, her lips gaped before she turned to look at the spot he was staring at.

And there she was in all her horrific glory, Kendra, whose skin was now almost completely covered with the black substance, her fingers were digging into the metal of the ceiling, her shoes were gone and her legs seemed stronger than they usually were. Martin looked shocked, the tar like substance that had taken over Kendra shinned against the red lights that Gideon had turned on before shutting down.

Kendra hissed, as she crawled further towards them and Greta had the sensation they were part of a horror movie as the burned wings came out, almost completely featherless but looking just as creepy as the rest of the woman. Martin pushed back Jax and Greta, trying to get all the possible distance between themselves and Kendra, his chest was rising and falling rapidly but his eyes were trained on the woman.

In a quick move, Kendra dropped herself over the floor, turning mid fall like cats did and landing on all fours; Martin heard Greta suck in air and he pushed the girl further behind, he narrowed his eyes as he tried to figure out what to do next. Kendra cocked her head to the left before pushing herself up to her feet, Jax noticing that her toes had the same razor sharp nails as her hands did.

"Jefferson" spoke Martin, and despite the very dangerous position they were in, he sounded everything but scared.

Kendra hissed and threw a slash towards them, Martin jumping out of the way just to miss her nails by a few inches; her teeth were showing and the tar like substance that was covering her body seemed to shift as she took a step towards the group.

"Jefferson" said Martin, stretching his hand towards the young man, Jax looked at him and glanced over his shoulder at Greta before reaching for Grey's hand.

Greta squinted painfully and stumbled back, crashing over the floor as FireStorm appeared in all it's splendor in front of her; Kendra took a step back, clearly remembering it had been them the ones to injure her wings, she snarled but FireStorm was already sparking flames from his fingers, Jax glanced over his shoulder and looked at Greta.

"Get Sara!" and then he turned around just as Kendra roared and slashed at them.

Greta grunted but pushed herself up to her feet, she stumbled and crashed against the wall but without stopping she started to run down the hallway, she heard Kendra cry out and even if she wanted to go back, she couldn't, she had to get the others, she had to call for help.

She skidded into Jax's room and scooped up the intercom from the desk, pushing it inside her ear, she panted as she tapped it and heard a buzzing sound before Rip's voice came through.

"Mr. Jackson, what is it?"

"Rip!" she cried, the ship shook and she had to grab the edge of the desk to avoid stumbling to the floor.

"Greta" he said, worry in his voice "Did something happen?"

"She's out!" she gasped "She's out of the holding room, she's attacking FireStorm!"

"Shit" barked Sara, Greta heard a howl followed by a violent shake of the ship.

Her chest was rising and falling but she pulled her hand away from the desk and started to walk towards the door of the room, suddenly she couldn't hear anything and her mind was running with all the possible scenarios that could be unraveling at the moment.