[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 (Dead) OrangeTwelve=Oran JestingWorm697=Mr. Jester Batpug74=Bat Secondary character: John Watson=Walter "Watts" Hutsen (Dead)[/spoiler] The ship was in ruins. The passengers and staff had all abandoned their daily activities and barricaded themselves inside their rooms after tearing apart the ship to find any sort of material that would protect them from the impending gas attacks. Some clogged the air ducts with towels, some filled their door cracks with peanut butter, some even tried to steal life boats and complete the journey to England on their own. Along with the ever present fear, came an uprising of men and women who took it upon themselves to patrol the ship in search of the fugitives. And after nearly twelve hours of searching, one of them found something..... _____________________________________________ Celle, Jason, and Snow stood in a cold damp room with a body bound to a chair in front of them. According to the staff, the room had once been a bathroom but had been torn out due to pipe leakage. Now it was empty, covered in white tiles with various pipes protruding from the wall and empty boxes stacked in the corners. In the center sat the woman. She was tied with thick black cord, and had a few round purple bruises on her face. Snow examined the body "Its fresh. Maybe an hour" "I'm assuming she was gassed, just like Moose" said Celle. "He did say they'd need another test subject" "So now they know The Omega works" said Jason. "Great. It's only a matter of time before they make more and kill us all" "Which is why we need to act now" said Snow. "And what are we supposed to do? We've got no leads. All we've found from this dead body is that we're definitely in danger" snapped Jason "Both of you, shut up!" Yelled Celle. They fell quiet. Celle was frantically looking around the room "What are you doing?" Asked Jason "Do you hear that?" Whispered Celle. They listened. A faint whisper of voices could be heard. They carefully walked around the room, trying to locate where the sound was coming from. Suddenly, Snow halted, pressing a finger to her lips. She carefully crept to the corner and pulled a large box away from the wall. Behind it was a small door, nearly four feet high. She turned the little latch and opened it to find a crawlspace. The voices were louder within. Snow pulled off her high heels and crawled though the door. Jason and Celle followed. "Celle, you still got that gun?" Whispered Snow. "Yeah" he answered, reaching into his coat and pulling out the revolver. They continued though the dark musty tunnel till they reached another closed door. The voices were louder behind it "If you're not off this boat in the next hour, I'll gas you along with them!" Snow recognized that voice. It was Mr. Mortis "That's not enough time!" Shouted another voice. John's. "I could wear a mask." "Its out of the question!" Spat Mortis. "You're too much of a nuisance. You'll get yourself caught, and they'll find me." "Well an hour isn't enough time. I'll be too far from land and a lifeboat won't last long" said John. "Does it look like I care?" said Mortis "You promised me freedom" sputtered John. "You said you could erase my record." "I did" said Mortis. "Here" "What's this?" Asked John. "Your identity" "I said I wanted my record gone, not my life!" "What's so important about you? You've got nothing but a bad history and a name. What does it matter if you're not you as long as you get to start over?" "I've got a wife!" yelled John. "I wanted to see her again! I can't just run away and start over." "I see." Said Mortis quietly. "I had a wife once. Children too. I'm about to see them again in a place where the law can't keep us apart. You could do the same" "So your solution is we both die?!" "Why not?" "Because I'm not a lunatic like you!" They heard a click "Put it down John" said Mortis calmly. "You lied to me!" He shouted "Put the gun down" he repeated. "I can fix this" "How?" Demanded John. "If you get the communications back up, I'll send one telegram and you're free. I've got friends that can do that. Just put the gun down. Good. Now help me carry this" Snow motioned to Celle, who handed her the gun. She turned and kicked in the little door, bursting into the room. She was met with the sight of John and Mjol holding a massive white gas tank, about to walk though a open door. She pointed the gun at Mjol's head "Drop it" she commanded "If you say so" said Mjol. He dropped the tank, and dove at Snow knocking her to the ground and pinning her down. She fired the gun as he jumped but was too late. She dropped it as she hit the floor. Jason sprung from the door and kicked Mjol off of her. He bent to pick up the gun just as John snatched it up and aimed it at Jason's head. Celle fell through the door and kicked John in the knees, making him stumble and lose balance. Snow lunged at him and pushed him over, ripping the gun from his grasp. Jason and Celle fell on top of him and held him down. Snow looked around. Mortis and the white tank were gone. "He's gone!" She shouted. She turned just in time to see John throw Celle and Jason off him and rise up. He made a grab at the gun in her hands, dropping it. He turned towards the door and bolted "Get up!" cried Snow. Jason and Celle pulled themselves to their feet and ran after him, Snow following with the revolver. To be continued