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"Alright, throw her in there I'll stay here and watch." Dr. Müller said as the guard threw Ivy into the room, he shut the door and walked into the little office with the window looking into the room.
"Would you like me to stay here?" The guard asked, he shook his head and waved him off, the guard nodded and walked out of the room. Müller sat down and took out a notebook, he typed on his computer before pressed a large blue button, the room began to drop in temperature rapidly.
He smiled as Ivy began shivering and looking around the room. He wrote some more in his notebook and then typed on his computer again.
Ivy was able to adjust her body temperature to match them temperature outside to protect her self but it was limited, even plants couldn't survive some aggressive heat or cold.
Ivy balled herself in a corner of the room, her head down in her knees hugging herself to try to keep herself warm. Suddenly gunshots started ringing in the distance, Müller looked up as The door burst open and the guard ran in with a bloody lip holding his gun.
"Müller we're being attacked!" The guard said grabbing his arm, Müller froze and looked over at Ivy.
"Wait!" He said, the guard let him go and Müller ran over to the drawer and pulled out the syringe. He handed it to the guard and pointed at Ivy.
"Go, inject this into her neck and come back here, they won't be able to get in here it's bulletproof." Müller said, the guard grabbed the syringe and ran out of the office and into the room, Ivy looked up at him as he stormed towards her, he grabbed her by the chin and stuck the syringe in her neck, injecting the liquid into her body, she winced and slapped at his arm, he threw her back down and walked back into the office.
Ivy held her neck, whatever they put in her burned. Tears pricked her eyes as she scratched where the needle went in, she felt dizzy from it. She crawled to the window and banged on it desperately trying to get out, she tried to stand but couldn't. She was far too weak to do anything. She slid down the window and laid on the ground waiting for them to come back.
The door opened,
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The fighting began as soon as they walked into the base, they were discovered quickly and the whole place was in a riot, they had quickly called for back up.
"Harley! We have to find the mutant before they take her out." Kate said dodging a punch to the face, she reeled back and punched the guy in the stomach, when he doubled over she hit him in the face with her bat before stepping on his neck.
"Where's the mutant?" Kate asked, he tried to reach for his gun, Harley kicked the gun away and Kate stepping harder. He tapped her leg rapidly and nodded, she lifted her leg a little and he began coughing. "Calm down dipshit, tell us where they are." Harley said kneeling down and poking his cheek, he grabbed Kate's foot and stared up at her with a death grip on her foot, she rolled her eyes and stepped harder.
"Wait! Shes in the room down that hall, second to the left." He wheezed out. Kate took her foot up his neck and he gasped for more air before Harley grabbed his neck, she leaned down.
"Don't think we'll spare you."
Harley said putting her gun to his head. She pulled the trigger and the man fell to the ground. She took his ID card and looked at Kate
"They'll take care of these guys let's go save us a mutant." Kate said nodding towards the hallway, Harley nodded and they ran towards the hallway. Harley stopped at a door and slid the key card in the door, she looked over at Kate.
"I'll keep watch, go get her." Kate said pulling her gun out, Harley walked in the room slowly, it was very cold in the room, so cold the walls had ice on the roof. She saw the poor girl laid down hugging herself tightly and shivering. Harley stuck her hand out and stepped closer.
"Hey, I'm here to save you, don't worry." She said taking her jacket off, she held it out to the girl who she quickly realized was unconscious, she put the jacket over her and moved the hair out of her face.
Her eyes widened, her heart raced in her chest, it felt like her heart was gonna break out of her chest any second. She began shaking as she looked down at the woman on the ground.
"Quinn? What's taking so long?" Kate asked not looking in the room, harley put her hand on her chest and stumbled back.
Kate heard the heavy breathing and grew concerned, she ran in the room to see Harley on the ground breathing heavily and tears forming in her eyes.
"Quinn?! Quinn what happened what's wrong?" Kate said cupping her face, Harley felt light headed as she pointed at the girl, Kate looked back at the unconscious girl in the corner of the room.
"Is she dead or something?" Kate asked walking over to the girl, she put her hand on the girls shoulder and turned the girl over.
"Oh my god." Kate said kneeling down, she scooped the girl up in her arms and cupped the side of her face.
"Ivy?" Kate said shaking the girls shoulders. Kate pressed her fingers to Ivy's neck and sighed in relief feeling the heartbeat.
"You're not taking her!" Müller said running in with a gun in his hand, Kate and Harley looked at each other before staring at the man, Harley stood up, grabbing her bat and walking towards him.
"I'm going to kill you."
Harley said swinging her bat and hitting the gun out of his hand, she smashed the bat into his head.
Kate slid her arms under Ivy and lifted her up in her arms, she walked past Harley and Müller, he grabbed her foot.
"Help me!" He said, Kate looked at Harley and nodded before kicking him away.
"You hurt my daughter." Kate said before walking out of the room leaving Harley and Müller in the room
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When she woke up she expected to be strapped to a table with a tube up her nose, she didn't expect to be in an actual bed. She really didn't expect to be in her own bed, Ivy shot up and looked around franticly. Was she dreaming? She rubbed her face roughly and blinked a couple times, there were a mountain of blankets on top of her. She threw them off of her and looked at her bedside table, she picked up the little flower pot with a little wilting flower, she touched the flower petal and it came to life, the flower turned bright yellow and the vines wrapped around her hand. She smiled as the flower quickly became two, she smiled and put the flower back down and yawned, stretching out her arms.
She laid back down running her hands over the fluffy blanket, she remembered Harley got this for her during winter, she closed her eyes tightly pulling Harley's pillow under her head. Ok this has to be some sort of dream, she stood up and walked over to the door. She turned the door knob and walked out into the hall, she walked over to Kate's office and peaked in the small window, Harley and Kate were talking to each other, they both looked worried. She smiled, her heart raced in her chest as she stared at the two, they were finally getting along. She walked back into her room. This wasn't a dream, she didn't know how she got here but she would question it later, right now however the only thing she could think about was a hot shower, she got out of bed and opened the dresser to see all of her old clothes, she picked up a tank top and a pair of shorts and walked into the bathroom and turned the shower on, she looked down at her arms and frowned, they were covered in bruises from the guards and the straps that tied her down. Little needle marks left tiny scars around her arms. She shook her head not wanting to think about it, she took her clothes off and stepped into the shower.

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