Immunity Hunter

Chapter Twenty-Eight - Nevin Rockiest

I thought things would be different. One thing's for sure, we are having one hell of a time!

Ugh, this sucks! Things keep getting weirder. Here we are trapped inside a hospital with strange people. At least they did save our asses. But how did I get stuck with the red hair freak show and his weird friend? I would've gone with Jeiku if it was up to me, but I think that Hikari chick wanted some time with him. I really can't be mad about it. Jeiku needs to start hitting on someone else besides Rin. Speaking of Rin, I wonder where Ashley is. I remember her saying she was working for that creepy Omi guy. I hope she's not in this hell hole of a city. I need to get out of here and find her.

The silence with these two guys is annoying. If nothing else, I figure I can try to break the tension. I swallow hard and turn my attention toward the red-haired boy.

"So what is your name?"

"Akairo," he responds without even looking at me.

I wait a little while to see if he would add something else. The silence is pretty awkward. "So Akairo, you're kinda quiet."

"Yeah, what of it?"

"Nothing...trying to be friendly," I say quickly. Zach chuckles, shakes his head, and mumbles "idiot" under his breath.

There's a silver brace on Akairo's right wrist. It looks almost like the one I wear to create my lightning sword. Maybe this guy uses mahou like me. I mean, with his dull personality, it's the only thing he has going for him. I wonder what his Kaji is. I bet he can shoot fire. He looks like a Pyro Dancer with the red hair and all.

After a few minutes of walking down endless hallways in this dark place and checking every room on the way, we come across a room with the door broken off the hinges.

"Hey, Zach, do you mind giving me the flashlight?" I ask. He tosses it to me and I motion for him to stay back while I approach the room. Looking inside, I see an examination table with two large X-ray panels on the wall.

"Is it safe?" Zach asks laughing. Before I can answer, he takes a few steps closer and looks inside for himself.

"Yeah, it's fine," I respond as if it even matters. I turn my attention back to these x-ray panels. "Hold this flashlight, I wanna try something."

"What? Are you planning to electrocute yourself? We're supposed to be finding a way out of here not playing doctor," Zach snaps.

"C'mon, hold this for me." I toss him the flashlight. Zach catches it with one hand and walks out of the room. I take a step back and charge my lightning. With my hands held out, I touch the bottom rim of the panels. Soon, the X-ray's backlights come on lighting up the entire room. Hell yeah!

"I could've done that," says Akairo standing at the door. He doesn't seem the least bit impressed.

"Heh, well I thought it was pretty cool," I say rubbing the back of my head.

I expected these x-rays to be something neat, like a brain or something. Brains are cool to look at. It's some broken leg. Boring! Stupid x-rays.

"Can we go now?" Zach asks in an irritated tone. "The only reason you're even with us is because of Hikari. I should just leave you here."

"Um, yeah I guess we can go. I only wanted to check this out." These guys are so uptight. Jeiku would've enjoyed exploring a bit. I'm starting to wonder if they're even a real squad.

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We end up in a completely different waiting room than we started. There're old toys scattered across the floor. I walk over to one of the tables and pick up a book. The front cover is decayed but I can make out a little girl holding a balloon. I open the book and all the pages fall to the floor.