[spoiler]Cell-3=Celle Briggs Student Nazo=Nate Briggs (Dead) Snowy=Miss Snow HoTh=John Hothman xX_miniatimat_Xx=Mini (Dead) TheGreatAdidas=Greg Adler VP Hammer=Xavier (Dead) Mjolnirschpang=Mjol/Mr. Mortis NIL=Ninette (Dead) MØØSE=Tom "Moose" Martin Artemis=Arty Crowe (Dead) Verminator=Verm Digsby (Dead) Zbruh=Zhenya Deatheater200=Jason Darth Turtle=Daniel Turk Ems468=Ems OrangeTwelve=Oran JestingWorm697=Mr. Jester Batpug74=Bat Secondary character: John Watson=Walter "Watts" Hutsen (Dead)[/spoiler] "Moose!" cried Greg, sprinting down a hallway and waking up the passengers. "Moose!" Moose's name echoed through the ship as the team ran in every direction, checking any room that wasn't locked and interrogating any resident still awake. Suddenly, Greg was thrown backwards to the ground as he collided with someone. "You alright?" Said Greg, shuffling to his feet and holding out his hand to the man on the floor before him. "Yes, thank you" he said, taking Greg's hand and pulling himself up. The man was well-dressed for this time of night, and was holding a clipboard. Greg remembered what Ems had said previously as they were leaving to search for Moose: "Question everyone you meet" "Excuse me, but did you happen to see a man? He's about 6'1, skinny, brown curly hair, wearing glasses, tan trousers and a light blue shirt? Probably no shoes since he just came from bed." "Sorry, no. What's his name?" Said the man, straightening his collar. "Well his names Tom Martin but we all call him Moose." "Ah, so you're part of the investigation as well!" He said happily. "Um, I suppose so." "Mr. Jester" said the man, extending his hand. Greg shook it reluctantly. "Sorry Mr. Jester but I've got to go." Greg turned to leave before Mr. Jester stopped him. "Wait! I've been meaning to talk to you and your party. I work with the mental hospital that housed Mr. Inglewood and I've been looking in to what happened to him. It's my understanding that he was caught up in all this murder business" "Yes he was but I really must go. I'm looking for my friend." Greg turned to leave once more. "I'll help you!" Said Mr. Jester, following Greg down the hall. ________________________________________________ "Just breath normally" said through his mask. He placed two hands on the canister, and turned the valve. Moose tried to hold his breath, but he could feel the gas seeping into his nostrils. It stung. He shook his head vigorously, trying to shake off the mask. Mjol laughed. "Try all you want, Tom. You're not getting out of this alive. If the gas doesn't kill you then we will." Moose kicked the chair, squirming and writhing in desperate attempts to break free. His air ran out, and the gas began to fill his lungs, burning his insides. The lights began to fade....... He heard footsteps, coming closer and closer, and voices, although he couldn't make out what they were saying. His head hung limp as his consciousness left him. "Leave him! There's no time! Take The Omega" Said Mortis in a harsh whisper. The heavy footsteps thundering down the hall were coming closer. John closed the valve and ripped the tubes out of the canister as Mjol pulled aside a curtain in the corner and ushered John and Bat through the small doorway, closing it behind them. Zhenya kicked the door open and ran into the room, Jason following behind. Jason dove forward and ripped the mask off Moose's face. "Moose? Hey Moose!" Jason slapped him across the face and shook him by the shoulders. "Wake up!" Zhenya quickly untied Moose's bonds and pulled his limp body from the chair, hastily carrying him into the hall and running in search of help as Jason ran after them. _______________________________________________ "Lay him down there!" Ordered Snow Zhenya gently laid Moose onto a table as Snow began pulling out syringes and strange bottles from the cupboards of the infirmary. "Everyone out!" She shouted. Zhenya, Jason, and Ems (who had met them along the way) quickly shuffled out of the room and closed the door. Just then, Greg came running up the meet them, Mr. Jester on his tail. "You found him?" Panted Greg "Yeah we found him. Who the hell is this?" Said Jason. "Mr. Jester" he said, once again extending his hand. He didn't seem the least bit out of breath. "He wants to talk to all of us when we get the chance" said Greg. "Not now. Come" said Zhenya. He began to walk away. "Where are we going?" Said Ems "Probably back to where we found Moose" said Jason. "He was in a little room in the maids tunnels with a bunch of other bodies." __________________________________________________ Nearly an hour later, Snow had done all she could to fight the poison and sat waiting anxiously by Moose's bed, unsure if he would ever wake up. She heard a knock at the door, and Celle entered with Daniel and Oran. "We ran into Jason who said Moose was here. Is he alright?" Asked Celle "I don't know" Snow said weakly. "I've never seen anything like this. I don't even know if I've given him the right treatment" "You did your best" said Oran, patting her on the shoulder. "What happened to him?" Asked Daniel "I'm not sure. From what Jason said, it sounds like he was administered some kind of poisonous gas. I've seen plenty of soldiers get gassed, and their bodies didn't behave like this" said Snow. Hopefully he can tell us when he wakes up. "I think we should go find the others" said Celle. _____________________________________________ It wasn't hard for Daniel, Oran and Celle to find the scene of the crime. All they had to do was follow the line of men pushing gurneys. After walking through dark, cramped maids tunnels, they reach a small set of doors. There were four doors, each one spaced far apart. Within the first door was a blank room with a chair in the middle. The second door let to an empty closet, and the third door was a room of bodies. All of them strapped to chairs with what looked like horrible diseases covering their skin. Ems was standing in the hallway looking sick, while Jason, Zhenya, Greg and Mr. Jester examined the room before the bodies would be toted away. "They look like they were being tested on" said Mr. Jester. "That would explain why all of them are differently disfigurated." "Door!" Shouted Zhenya. Everyone turned to see the curtain in the corner pulled back to reveal the very door Mortis had used to escape. "Open it" said Greg, pulling a knife from his boot. "Where'd you get that?" Said Daniel "I figured I should have something to defend myself" said Greg simply Zhenya slowly laid his hand on the doorknob, and pulled it open. Another empty closet "All that for nothing then" chuckled Oran as a hot faced Greg put away his knife "Wait" said Zhenya. He stepped inside the little closet and put his ear to the wall "Zhenya what are you doing?" Said Celle. "You're wasting time." Suddenly, Zhenya stepped back and brutally struck the wall with his fist, breaking through the thin layer of wood placed there. He pulled away the broken remains to reveal a passage way. "By God!" Remarked Mr. Jester On hearing the commotion, Ems rushed into the room and straight into the passage way "Wait!" Cried Oran "Come on!" She shouted The group ran down the tunnel after her. The passage seemed to be set inside the walls, and wasn't intended as a route for humans as the ceiling dipped and the walls narrowed unexpectedly. Ems came to a halt and dropped to the ground. At the end of the passage was a hole just big enough for someone to crawl through that had been crudely cut out of a piece of the wall "Found it! Come on!" She dove to her hands and knees and crawled through the hole. Zhenya followed after her, and pulled himself through the opening into another room. It was one of the passenger rooms, except all the furniture had been pushed against the door. Standing in the center of the room was Bat, holding Ems in a headlock with a gun to her temple. Zhenya slowly raised his hands above his head. At his feet was Oran, clambering though the hole. "Ems!" He shouted, diving forward. Zhenya caught him by the shoulders and pulled him back. "Don't move" hissed Bat "No way out" said Zhenya. "Door is blocked and tiny hallway is full. Stupid man" "I can fix that. If you want her alive you'll move that furniture out of the way." Said Bat. Zhenya nodded, and dragged Oran over to the door as everyone else crawled through the passage and followed. They began shifting the furniture and pulling it away from the wall, all the while Bat kept his gun firmly positioned on Ems's head. When the doorway was cleared, they moved back towards the passage and stood against the wall "Now let her go" said Daniel Bat smiled. "I don't think I will" Ems suddenly let her legs drop, forcing Bat to let go as his arm couldn't support her. She fell to the floor and kicked him in the knee, bringing him down. She flung herself after the gun still clenched in his hand, but he held tight. He brought his gun to her face, and pulled the trigger A deafening bang, and Ems was still