I Got A Story Book Of My Own • Tank Dempsey

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Little Rock, Arkansas 1917
Crimson's Laboratory
(Dimension 65)
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The blue spiraling portal popped up once again, in a new location. The group walked through, Primis had no idea what to expect while Love had little of an idea. "Where have you taken us, Richtofen?" Nikolai said pulling his hatchet out holding it by the handle.

The group wounded up in a dark laboratory, it was definitely not abandoned. The lights were dim and machines were still functioning. The room had a cold temperature as there was a large freezer in the other room.

"I don't know vhere ve are..." Richtofen admits looking around "a new lab is all I can say" he walked ahead of them being a curious cat. He wanted to see more. "Frauline Hannah vhere are ve?" Looking around the place herself, Love's forgotten past started flashing back hitting her hard.

She remembered where she is right now, a laboratory, buried deep inside a bomb bunker, in Little Rock Arkansas. A state where she was born and raised in. "Frauline Hannah?" Richtofen spoke up again

Nikolai, Takeo, and Dempsey could see she was feeling uneasy. "Hey hey Love" Dempsey said walking forward he grabbed her shoulder and forced her to turn around "are you alright? Where are we?" He said too her, her head kept turned staring at a picture in a broken frame.
A picture of her and her partner.

The picture was taken before the apocalypse started, a time when there was happiness with their love. Instead of anger and violence, broken love. "Love, where are we?" Dempsey asked again

"Love you will be alright" Takeo assures her "Tell us where we are"

"Umm—" She hummed being hesitant still remembering, it made her anxious. Outside of her hum they started to hear footsteps and faint whistles, of course they weren't alone.

Primis' first instinct was to hide so they went to hide, Dempsey continued holding Love's arm pulling her back with them.

Nikolai and Takeo hid on one side of the room in a stealth position, both holding their weapons ready for anything. Richtofen and Dempsey had to hold the anxious girl down, Dempsey holding his arms around her and Richtofen having his hand over her mouth so she wouldn't get them caught with her screeching. They hid under a big table in the corner of the room, they could barely see Takeo and Nikolai so that was good.

"Shhh" Dempsey whispered keeping her close, the footsteps got louder as the figure got closer, the whistles got more sinister as the figure got closer.

Then the metal door was open, and now they were not alone. What seemed to be a scientist walked into the laboratory, whistling expecting to be alone.

The scientist, was no other than Dr. Andrew Crimson, formally known as Andy Crimson.

Only Takeo, Nikolai, and Dempsey could recognize his face as they have seen him before. Nikolai shot the man for god sake. Richtofen never met or seen the guy until now and by the shocked looks on the others faces, he thought this guy wasn't good.

Takeo was already ready to fight, he gripped his hand tight on his katana's handle. He remembered what Love had to them, about how this man treated her.

Andy was closest to Richtofen as he walked over to where he hid, Dempsey forced the girls head into his chest. For one to minimize her whimpers but also, he wanted her to feel safe. But she'll only feel safe when they leave that hell hole she once lived in.