Looking up at Mill[Sil], Pestile[Wevil] couldn't believe it. The thing that had caused him so much pain, this whole time, was floating about and it was there outside. A strange rush was felt, the agonizing small pain he consistently had in his stomach was gone. He couldn't even remember when the last time he felt like this was.
The tears of anger had suddenly changed to tears of joy. The first words that came out of his mouths wasn't how, what, or why. Instead, it was…
"Thank you, thank you…" Pestile[Wevil] said, uncontrollably sobbing more so than he did before.
"Wait!" Melissa[Hana] shouted, so loud that Archer[Quinn] thought his eardrum was going to explode. "You can extract the poison, but how? Paul was a level eight poison Skill[ability] user. Even if you can copy abilities, surely it should take some time to learn something like that?"
'Maybe for an ordinary person, but not for a Blade.' Archer[Quinn] thought.
"When Jorge[Mantis] removed it from me, I just felt what he did and tried copying it. It's easier than it looks." Mill[Sil] said, smiling.
Archer[Quinn] was relieved now. It looked like they finally had a way to remove the poison from his friends. With Mill[Sil] having just copied the Skill[ability], they would have twenty four hours to remove the poison, which was plenty of time.
Walking away, Archer[Quinn] was ready to head off back to the base and Mill[Sil] started to follow.
"Wait, Please!" Melissa[Hana] shouted. "Help us, you have to help us. And I'm not just talking about me, but the whole faction. We're all infected by the poison and if it's not removed, we will all die."
At first, Archer[Quinn] felt like he had no reason to help them, they were the ones that had caused so much trouble, not just for him but for the whole of their group, but after realizing what Jorge[Mantis] had done, it wasn't really their fault, but he couldn't just help them with getting nothing in return, right?
"And what's in it for me, why should we help you after what has happened to us? You've set us back quite a bit, " Archer[Quinn] said.
"Can't you just be a decent human being!" Melissa[Hana] shouted.
But, at that point, Pestile[Wevil] stood up and pushed her to one side.
"No, he's right, even if we were under Jorge[Mantis]'s orders, that still doesn't change the fact that their faction was affected by our actions, " Pestile[Wevil] said, bowing down.
"I can't speak for everyone in the faction, but if you do us this favor, then I'm sure everyone would be in your debt. We have seen your power, the things you are able to do, and I would like to join you. Join the Cursed faction. I don't mean as part of the Parasites either."
"With Jorge[Mantis] dead, the Parasites will have died with him. Isn't that right, Tony!" Pestile[Wevil] shouted.
"Argh, yes please, just fix my legs and remove the poison, I promise, glathrium, crystals, whatever you want!" Tony shouted.
Although Pestile[Wevil] seemed to be admirable and loyal, there were certain people that didn't seem to be the type like Tony. However, they really could do with their resources and people, and as long as Archer[Quinn] didn't give them a reason to betray him, why would someone choose to move over to the other side.
Seeing Archer[Quinn] thinking about it, Pestile[Wevil] thought he could give one more push.
"The word that you killed Jorge[Mantis] will get out to those in Daisy and the Graylashes. His Traveler Rank will no longer appear on the system. If this is found out by them, then they will Blacklist you. I know you might think this was justifiable, but truthfully, everything Jorge[Mantis] had done was during the fight with the others. He didn't actually break any rules."
"You were the ones that attacked us, and I'm not blackmailing you. I just wanted to let you know, either way whatever happens, I will put in the word, tell them that Jorge[Mantis] had started it."
There were nervous looks all around, and all that could be heard was Tony groaning on the floor.
"Fine, if Mill[Sil] is happy too, then I will get him to remove the poison from everybody. But there are some conditions. I will be taking all of the resources from this Shelter. Everything that did belong to the Parasites now belongs to us.
"However, I will only accept those that wish to come over to the Cursed faction. No one will be forced. If they want to join after helping them, then that's down to them. Quickly gather everyone you can and we'll get to work."
The first one Mill[Sil] went up to was Melissa[Hana], and he had done the same to her, moving the green liquid and then throwing it out on the floor.
"There are around a thousand faction members that have been poisoned. Removing it all at once. Won't that tire you out?" Melissa[Hana] asked, "What if you can't remove it from your friends after that?"
"Don't worry about me, " Mill[Sil] replied smiling. "I have more than enough power to remove it from everyone."
Saying those words so casually, and after witnessing everything Archer[Quinn] had done. Just who were these people? Both Melissa[Hana] and Pestile[Wevil] thought. One thing was for sure, they would soon be causing a huge shakeup in the Civil war.
Once they quickly removed the poison from the Parasite members, they would head off back to the ship. Archer[Quinn] was just hoping that this small delay wouldn't be too much of a problem for them.
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Back inside the training room, Rachael[Linda] didn't know what she was staring at. Arian[Fex] seemed to be stuck in the middle of a transformation. Half his head was bald, and one arm was bulging larger than the other, with sharp long nails.
"Arian[Fex] are you still there!" She shouted, preparing herself for possibly another fight.
"Grahhh!" Arian[Fex] snarled back, and there was nothing else. On all fours, he was on the move.
She got in a fighting stance and was ready, but then, she noticed that he wasn't going for her. Instead, he was heading for Wilson[Dennis], who was on the ground.
'Is it the blood!' She thought and started to move out. Her being an undead, Arian[Fex] did not care for her at all and was going for the thing his body was craving for most at this time.
Rachael[Linda] being closer was able to reach Wilson[Dennis] before Arian[Fex] had done, but she could see that Arian[Fex] was even faster than before. She threw out her fist, but the crazed Arian[Fex] had ducked the attack and dug one of its clawed hands into Rachael[Linda]'s shoulder.
As the nails sunk deeper into her skin, for some reason, the pain was worse than when she had broken her bones.
"Arhhh!" She screamed at the top of her lungs.
With his other hand, Arian[Fex] then pushed her to the ground out of the way.
"That scream, it was Rachael[Linda]'s!" Blip said. "I have to get in there, Joseph[Sam] quickly the code!"
"But-"
"Joseph[Sam], if she dies, then all of this will be on you!" Blip said, pulling him forward by his collar.
"Fine, we can deal with the consequences later, " Joseph[Sam] said as he inputted the code to the door.
Rachael[Linda], having been thrown to the floor, was still conscious, and before Arian[Fex] could reach Wilson[Dennis]'s body, she had grabbed his ankle. She wasn't going to let go and let him kill Wilson[Dennis].
"Rachael[Linda]!" Blip shouted, running towards her. Seeing his sister on the floor bleeding, he thought she was in trouble.
The strange beast that was being held back even started to claw at his dear sister's arm, and more blood and flesh were being seen getting ripped off.
Filled with anger and not thinking, Blip ran forward.
"Get off my sister!!" He screamed.
Eventually, the half crazed Arian[Fex] was able to slice Rachael[Linda]'s hand to the point where he had cut through the bone and was free. However, instead of going for Wilson[Dennis], he decided to go for another Human that was running towards him.
The speed coming from Arian[Fex] was unexpected and even Blip was only partially through his transformation. When it leapt up in the air, using its great strength, it had knocked Blip's hand away and then latched onto his shoulders. Using its fangs, it sunk them into the side of his neck, and the two fell to the floor.
"Blip!!!' Rachael[Linda] screamed.
To be continued....
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