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Your Hollow Heart	By : KyuKitsune Category: G through L > Hollow Man Views: 3682 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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~oooOYOHOHOooo~
Chapter 18
Ever since the other day, everyone has been on edge and couldn't help as they were all waiting for Linda and Matt to show up and obtain some information on what's about to happen as soon as they arrived at the compound that morning. Hopefully with good news as everyone was thinking this to themselves when the two came in and ask for them to get to the conference room.
While Matt took care of explaining the situation to everyone though inwardly wondering if things would go as smoothly once the officials swoop in to take care of this mess of theirs. They knew who the blame lied but they had also done nothing to stop Sebastian from going this far and like the Titanic were sinking heavily to their icy watery grave which was called unemployment.
Linda was trying to keep it together as they all went to resume their normal duties, though some were also looking to see this being the last day of their career and were thinking of checking their resumes or any available jobs when the time came. She had no clue when this would go down and was getting agitated with each passing minute that went by and still nothing.
But there really shouldn't be any reason to fret, knowing that Kramer had specifically told them he'd notify them first thing when he did but then all this waiting was nerve-wracking. Matt had to go do something and giving her a quick peck on the lips, "Everything will be okay."
He was doing his best to reassure her while he also felt he needed to tell himself that. Linda watched him walk away while she was heading down the hall and passing Sebastian's chambers which had the door open though she was too busy to notice until he spoke first.
"What? No good morning for me? Don't you like me anymore?" She whirled around to find him standing by the door arms crossed and looking over at her with a blank expression on his face. Somehow Linda felt the hair on the back of her neck standing but chose to tell herself there's no reason to get jumpy and give away anything when she try to smile and saying in a reassuring tone, "Oh, sorry. I-I'm in a hurry."
"That's okay. It's going to be busy day." Linda try not to let it show but she swore she heard the smugness in his voice, like he knew something she didn't. She was trying to suppress the shudder as she hurried off and went to go towards the lab to where Matt was suppose to be. She found him sitting at the desk twirling a pen in his hand, an obvious sign he was also getting agitated while staring at the phone in front of him.
"When did he say he'll call?" He shrugged as he didn't really know but figure was trying to get everything underway, "He's probably meeting with the committee right now and they're trying to figure out what to do while also writing our pink slips. I guess we should hope they won't put some charges up if we get lucky and they let us go with just a warning."
"Yeah that would be a huge relief, I rather take getting fired than being hauled in like some criminal any day of the week." Linda would've like to say she agree but thinking to Sebastian earlier comment and couldn't help how those words sound inside her head, "I'm gonna call."
She picked up the phone and started dialing, waiting for someone to pick up. "Hello, yes Dr. Kramer please…excuse me?...When…I'm so sorry…" Matt could tell something was wrong when he listen to her speak and notice how she pale after hanging up and turning to him. "He's dead. Drowned in his pool last night."
This shocked him as he didn't think that was possible since they saw him last night, why would he…it was, surely it couldn't…
Linda went to go pick up the phone again and started to punch in a different number to call, "Yes…General Thompson please…thank you." She waited to be put through but after a few seconds the line went dead.
"Hello? Hello?" She click on the hook-switch a few times and still got the same thing where it didn't make the ring tone. Matt took it from her and try it as well but got the same thing. He then went to check the other lines and found the intercom inside the compound to work. "Intercom's working, but there doesn't seem to be an outside line."
"We got to get out of here." The two rush down the hall heading straight towards the elevator. Linda push the button and waiting for it to open and ask for her authorization. "Foster 1 Delta 8-3-5!"
"Authorization invalid. Request denied." This surprised them as it was the first. She then tried the keypad again and got the same thing. "Here let me try." Matt put in his code and when asked for his he said, "Kensington 2 Romeo 1-5-9"
"Authorization invalid. Request denied." Linda saw Matt was trying again and she couldn't help muttering, "Tell me this isn't happening…" They had to go find the others and tell them.
They found everyone else at their various work stations in the lab and seeing them enter and notice something was up when they saw the look on their faces.
"We've got a problem." She explain what was going on and seeing the worried look on their faces as well when they realize they could be stuck down here. There were no set check in procedures and could take weeks before anyone even decided to come look for them.
Frank hurried to one of the monitors and was busy tapping on the keyboard to check the system online. A graphic of the elevator system pops up on the screen. He highlight the security terminal and hitting a few more keys to have the screen reduces to a series of numbers.
"You think you can get in?" Everyone was turning their attention on him as he was working into finding out what happen. "Already in. It was only a second level encryption."
"Some security system." But their relief was short-lived when Frank typed in a few more keys and his eyes widen when he found what was causing the error. "There's nothing wrong with the system. Our codes have been removed."
"Removed? By who?" Course as soon as he said this, he felt like that was rhetorical as he thought there could only be one-person smart enough to do so. But would he really go that far…
"Here's a clue, only one code remains." And turning to the group he told them whose it was, "Dr. Sebastian Caine." Everyone was in total shock and yet they knew they had to do something if they wanted to get out of here.
They made their way for Sebastian's living quarters and using the thermal goggles when they found his faux skin and clothes on the bed and no sign of him anywhere. "He's not in there." Linda head toward the phone and using it to call out to him, "Okay Sebastian, fun's over. Tell us where you are?"
They waited and for a moment they were unsure he would respond but heard his voice on the other end, "I'm sorry but I can't let you turn me in."
"Sebastian... where are you?" This time everyone heard him over the intercom, "You have no idea what it's like. The power of it. The freedom. I can't let that go."
"C'mon Sebastian. You're scaring me. Tell me where you are and we can talk about it." She was hoping she could get a clue where he was precisely and that Matt or the others could locate him if she kept talking to him.
"There's nothing to talk about, not anymore..." Then he hung up and Linda heard only the beep of the intercom as it clicked off. "Sebastian! Sebastian!" She turn to the group that was by her side, "I want search parties. Thermal goggles and tranquilizers, I want them to be fully loaded!"
Everyone quickly went to gather the stuff and meeting back in the conference's room and seeing everyone had a set before splitting off into different sectors and checking where Sebastian could possibly be.
Janice was the last to exit as she was pulling the goggle on and adjusting them while checking on the ammo on hand. There was no way she was going to let Sebastian get her, no sir! She had the thermals turn on and was exiting the room and about to take a turn when out of the corner on her left side, Sebastian came lunging out with a phone cord and using it to strangle her before she even had the chance to scream.
She try to fight him but he made to use the walls to hit her over and over again and waiting until her struggling came to an end and took her final breath before he let her drop onto the floor like a dead fish.
One vermin down, five more to go...get ready everyone because I'm coming after all your sorry asses, especially you, Matt, Linda...
~oooOYOHOHOooo~
No one took notice that one of their numbers had been taken down as everyone had spread out and were scooping certain areas while staying on guard in case he jump out at them. When no one had came across anything and were heading back to the room to regroup, Sarah had turn her head to the filing cabinets and took notice of a heat signature inside one of them.
"Guys the cabinets over there." Everyone stood back while Matt went forward, Linda was right behind him, having her gun train on it in case Sebastian decide to surprise them as he grab the handle and making sure Linda was ready as he open it and someone fell out.
Only it wasn't him, it was Janice, her face was blue and her eyes bulging out of her sockets with an I.V. cord wrapped around her neck.
"Jesus oh my god." Linda bend down to look at her and saw she had multiple blows to her head. She must've struggled against him while being choked to death.
"How, how could he do this? He snapped. He fucking snapped." Everyone seem to agree with what Carter said and Matt turn as he went to sit by the desk, "It's worse, he's thought this through."
"What are you talking about?" Everyone turn their attention onto him as Matt had figured something out that they hadn't, "He knew we were going to turn him in. He knew that his career would be over and his only way out was is to make sure no one knows what he is or what he's done." He walked back with a tarp in hand and using it to lay over Janice's body. He couldn't help feeling this was their fault that she was dead. If they only hadn't gone through this none of this would happen.
Linda seem to understand where he was going with this as she came to the same conclusion, "Which means he'll get rid of us."
Sarah who was standing right next to her and seeing the redhead took her anger out on them and slapping Linda in the face, "Goddamn you! You could've stopped this at any time!" Matt went to tell her to back off but everyone could tell she was right but no one wanted to make things worse as they had to stay focus and figure out what to do.
Linda turn to Frank and asking if he could restore their codes. "I'll try, it'll take me some time but I'll give it my best shot."
Matt went to see how she was and seeing the red mark on her face wasn't too bad. "We can't afford to sit around to wait here." They had to do something and find him before Sebastian picked them off one by one.
"We're gonna take him down. We find him, before he finds us." She got Carter and Sarah to follow her and move one of terminals to activate it. "We designed it to help find the rats we kept dropping in year one. They were too small for thermal scans."
They saw the screen show a map of the compound and seeing the activity motion detectors were up and running. Matt toggled a switch and they saw it pick up anything moving about, some in the habitat area and one in the corridor. That was where Sebastian had to be.
"That's him, in corridor six." Matt went to go grab a pair of walkie-talkies while Carter loaded the tranqs. He tossed one to Linda and she gave it a check to see it work. She saw the two getting ready to head out while leaving them to stay behind and Frank finish inputting their codes back into the system.
"Be careful." Matt nodded as he knew they were going to have to be careful. "Just watch our backs." They exit the room and Linda quickly locked the door behind them.
They made their way toward corridor six and both men were keeping their eyes peeled for any sign of movement that wasn't visible but having the thermal checking for any heat signature that stood out. Linda was tracking their signals and speaking into the walkie and letting them know where to go.
"Take a right at the next access way. He's working his way back to the offices." They went in the direction she told him and Matt thought of something, "If we split up, can we trap him in corridor eight?"
"If he keeps heading in that direction." It might work but only if Sebastian was going that way. She just hope that the both of them would be all right.
Matt nod to Carter seeing that he understood what they were doing and heading down the separate access-way.
Back in the observation room, Linda watch the two separate and come around Sebastian in a pincer move. She kept her eyes on the one in the middle but then suddenly it disappear. No that's impossible. She grabbed the walkie and called Matt, "I lost him. Matt I lost Sebastian."
"He probably just stopped moving." She could hear the unease in his voice and knew he was thinking the same thing as he became more cautious with his footsteps. He slowly approach the corner and saw a heat signature at the far end.
Sebastian! It had to be him! He level his pistol and was about to take a shot when he heard Carter calling out when he saw him, "It's me!"
He lift the thermals and saw Carter running towards him, "Do you have anything?" He shook his head, "Nothing." They both look around and wondering how he could just disappear. "How did he get by us?"
"He couldn't. There's no way." They both put their visors back on and then Carter noticed something over to the side, "There, behind those pipes. He's not moving." Matt went to look in the direction he was pointing to and saw a heat signature clinging to the wall.
"Doctor Caine? Can you hear me?" There was no response but the two being wary that this could be just a trick to get them to lower their guard. Matt spoke into the walkie, "We see him. But he's not responding. The heat signature doesn't move." He holds the gun up and keeping it train on the figure huddled behind the pipes. "C'mon…c'mon…"
The two made their way over, moving slowly and signal Carter once he got a clear shot and seeing he did the same himself. "Covered." Matt took the first shot, firing it at the heat signature. It bounced off the wall but there was no sound of it hitting flesh, just metal.
"What the…" He made his way over and realized it was the vent that was making it appear there was something there. "Just a vent, a goddamn vent." Linda was calling to him and swore he was there. Just as he was about to make a response he heard Carter gasping and whirling to find he was jerk three feet in the air, kicking wildly. He was suspended in mid-air by the neck and gasping for air.
Matt took to firing the tranquilize, shooting at the ceiling until one hit the pipe and saw Sebastian's form lying on top of it. "Sebastian? Goddamnit! Let him go."
He could see that he was keeping his hold on Carter and when the steam got too much he threw him to the side, having him him one of the bolts and breaking the skin around his neck. Blood spurting everywhere while Sebastian took off and disappearing from sight. Linda was calling to him and Matt press the button and asking, "Where is he? Where the fuck is he?!"
"He's right on top of you! What's going on? Are you okay?" Matt was too busy reloading his gun to give her a response while also staying on the move as he didn't want to wind up like Carter. But Linda was frantic and kept calling and he took to responding as soon as he saw no Sebastian coming after him.
"Carter's down. He's hurt and losing a lot of blood!" He knew Carter needed a transfusion if he was to get out of here alive and the blood was back in the room with the others. He heard Linda calling for him on the walkie and had to ask her to slow down and repeat what she said.
"He's close, he's coming right at you!" Matt look around him and thanks to all the steam in the room, it was hard to tell where exactly Sebastian could be coming in from. "Where?"
"Twenty, maybe thirty feet." She heard him cursing through the other end as he said, "Goddamnit, I got thermals all over the place. It's all the damn vents. I'm starting to lose resolution on my thermals!"
"Get out of there!" He didn't need to be told twice as he was running off with no idea where he could be but rather not stick around to find out.
Linda and the others sensing how bad the situation was once they heard Carter was down and she thought of how Matt was by himself and Sebastian could get him once his goggles were out of juice. She went to grab hers and heading for the door. Frank try to stop her but she gave him that look that clearly said she was going whether they liked it or not. "Someone has to get to Carter, he's in corridor eight and we'll meet you there."
"But…" Linda shot him a look which told him to zip it and do as he was told once he and Sarah grab their equipment and followed her out.
Matt thought this must be how the rats felt when they go through a maze and not sure which way to go to get the cheese. Only he was scrambling to get away from a invisible killer who had no qualms of getting blood on his hands.
Even with the goggles, all the heat from the pipes was making it hard to distinguished what was in front of him and Sebastian could just pop out and get him. He then heard movement and then a voice calling out, "Marco...Polo... Marco... Polo..."
Matt had no idea where it was exactly but wasn't taking chance as he fired a shot in what he was sure that's where it came from.
"Not even close." Matt reacted as he swung his leg out but feeling nothing in his way and then taking notice of the fire extinguisher on the wall. That might help. He hurried to grab it and turning the nozzle out in front of him and spray the area. He saw something through the foam and seeing it lunged out to grab him, sending him tumbling down the tunnel.
He was thrown against the wall and felt pain shot through his head. He moves away, still holding the extinguisher and spraying once more to see something then took his gun to fire at it. The figure leaps away and Matt realized that he had no more shots left.
Dammit this was not good. Matt pulled himself up and was moving back down the corner but hearing Sebastian's voice speak out to him. "So... just out of curiosity, how long has my best friend been fucking my ex-girlfriend."
"Sebastian. Get a hold of yourself. You aren't thinking rationally."
"She's a pretty sweet fuck, isn't she?"
"Calm down, Sebastian... we can talk this through. It's not too late." He saw the shape moving within the mist, the fine powder swirling in clouds behind it and was coming towards him.
Matt knew he was not going to hold back any punches as he kept moving forward and trying one last time, "C'mon Sebastian, don't do this. I'm your friend."
"I'm sorry, but I just feel that our friendship is holding me back. I'm sure you understand."
But before Sebastian could get to him, Linda had showed up, fired a few shots at him and saw him moving away. This gave her the chance to get to Matt and pull him to his feet and getting them out of there. She just hope that Frank and Sarah were okay and got Carter the help he needed.
The two had indeed found him, he was laying in a pool of his own blood and as Sarah check his pulse, finding it was faint but still there. "Pulse is weak. Breathing... shallow. It's pretty severe. I need to get him a transfusion fast."
She figured one of them had to go back and get the stuff and since she knew which blood type was needed and thought it be better to go by herself while Frank watch over him and handing him her sweater and told him to hold over the wound. "I'll be right back. Keep applying pressure!"
She ran off and knowing that it was a big risk she was taking going off alone but she was told herself to stay focus on the task as she rush back to the medical lab and heading to where they kept the extra blood in the supply freezer.
She grabbed as many as she could get her hands on, knowing Carter lost a lot of blood and would need at least about—
Sarah heard the door slam behind her and whirling around to see no one there. Could it be that he was in here with her? She listen and hearing nothing but the sound of her own breathing and was starting to panic thinking he could be moving in right behind her, "Dr. Caine." She knew she couldn't reach the door without him coming at her and keeping her hold on the gun but had nothing to aim at.
She thought of one way and grabbing the packets and tearing them over and splashing the contents out on the floor. She was becoming hysterical as she made to paint the entire floor in front of her red and realizing she had only one left. She was shaking in fear and looking at the ground and saw no footprints or anything that stood out.
She kept a hold on it and seeing no sign of him and thought maybe she had imagined it. That was until she felt something move in behind her and whispering in her ear, "You missed."
She whirled and having the thing squirt out and splash onto the figure standing behind her. But instead of blinding him like she would've hope, she found Sebastian had reach to grab hold of her, throwing them onto the floor and rolling about in the blood. By the time he manage to overcome her, his was partial visible and staring down with the gun behind pointed at her.
"Please no. Sebastian stop." She knew this was it, that it was obvious that Sebastian had her right where he wanted her. She hated how weak she sound, begging for her life while the gun was being center stared at her chest, "No please. Don't do this to me."
She thought back to everything that has happen and seeing her life flash in front of her and by the time she felt the trigger was pull and felt the tranq pushing straight into her heart, knocking her into oblivion.
She fell lifelessly onto the floor, her eyes closing for what was to be the last time as Sebastian reaches out to grab her face in both hands. It was a real shame that she barely put up much of a fight and yet Sebastian had figured she'd come by herself when she did and would be easier on getting rid of her just like he did Janice.
"I've always admire your feistiness." He then swiftly twisted her head, hearing her neck snap like that of a celery stick before dropping her to the floor. "Well that's three down, three more to go…"
~oooOYOHOHOooo~
Joey's day was turning out to be quite the opposite of what was happening down in the lab and having no idea of the horror that was going on down there. But she had been so focus on other stuff that she didn't realize that she spent nearly the whole time walking aimlessly down her street so lost in her own thoughts.
She had been taking the time to try and think by herself and figure out what to do. She stopped and found herself standing in front of a small local church and not sure why but found herself heading inside.
It had seem like ages since she been to one and not since Gabe's passing all those years ago. Gade…she fingered the two rings and cross and wishing they were here to give her some idea of what to do as she could use some much needed advice right about now.
She wasn't exactly Catholic but did attend church when she and her family head in on Sunday and always did feel that there was a calming air in this house that was suppose to be their lord and savior. Beside what else did she have to lose...
She sat in one of the empty pews and was staring over at the cross with Jesus looking down from his altar and feeling like he was seeing right into her soul with those sentimental but sorrowful eyes. She didn't know what else she could do or even if someone could help her find the answers she was searching for.
God, how do you handle things when stuff like this happens on a daily basis even though this might not be exactly 'normal' but still it's just I'm in a bit of a dilemma with the situation we have. I know that you have had your reasons but I really would like some insight on what I should do…
"What seems to trouble you my child?" She lift her head to see the pastor coming over and seeing no one else around just the two of them. She saw he had come to see what was bothering her and not sure whether she could even tell him everything or just some, though decided to tell him a bit of her worries. She wasn't breaking any confidential as she only made to speak of her issues that concern her job, the condition of the person she was working with, her worries about Sebastian.
"…and so my friend has been going through a lot these last few weeks and I worry for him father. I care a great deal for his sake and I've been feeling like I don't know what else I could really do for him and fear should something happen…I just don't want to lose him."
She bit her lip as she struggle not to let the tears come when she envision her nightmare from the other night. The one of Sebastian dying during the failed reversal experiment and she couldn't save him even in his current state. She had thought the dream seem so real as the memory of that day replay itself there before she heard his voice and then it vanish.
Sebastian who came and soothe her worry and letting her know she had no need to fret. But she couldn't let go of the fear that ate at her when she thought how he was at the compound and having no idea what's happening. She saw the priest chose to sit down and seeing how upset she was and decided to give her some kind words in order to sooth her soul.
"My child, sometimes the work of god works in mysterious ways, we all do what we can during these trouble moments but you mustn't lose faith and try to remain strong for him." Joey looked to him and even if she thought that it was a considerable gesture yet he did not know the entire truth to the matter and doubt he would even think the same if he had. But she smiled softly, a bit grateful for this and could only nod back at him.
"Thank you father…" She left the church feeling not so much reassured as she would've like and didn't get as much an answer but thought that she needed someone who was on the same level as her. Someone who understood the bio-mechanics and knew what they were dealing with.
Sarah was out, she didn't like Sebastian to even understand what he was going through. Carter she doubt he could and so that left Matt. He seem like the only one willing to listen to her concern and could use some advice from him. She check her watch to find it was almost seven and figure most of the gang had taken leave and that include the two.
She just hoped he would be able to help her as he seem like the only one whose been trying other than herself. She had try calling his cell but getting no answer and figure he was probably at his place or maybe even Linda's.
She had her address on the GPS system and figure that maybe she could get the chance to talk to her in person. Perhaps convince her to let her come back though she didn't like the idea of begging but she was desperate for some answers and chose to swallow her pride even for just this one moment.
I'm doing this for your sake Sebastian, she told herself as she pulled up in the empty parking space and made her way towards the complex. She had no trouble reaching her floor and went to knock a couple times, calling out their names but didn't hear any response.
"Linda, it's me Joey, are you in there?" Her hand was on the door and felt the latch open and realizing they probably forgot to lock it on the way out. Man I shouldn't be doing this but what other choice do I have? She saw that no one was out in the hall and slipping in as quickly and quietly as possible and shutting the door behind.
This was so wrong, this was breaking and entering into one of her co-worker's home. Linda could easily fire her or call the cops if she knew what she was doing. But as she made her way through the apartment and saw no sign of either person which was sorta a relief but also had her frustrated in the process.
They must be at the compound still. Well that's terrific, she could try calling Matt's cell again and see if he picks up or—
But then her eyes landed on the half shut closet by the living room and notice a slip of paper that was under the door. "What the…" She picked up the papers, seeing that these were written in her handwriting and skimming down to find these were her previous notes from before. Wait what were they doing here? They were supposed to be at the lab with the others, but why did Linda have these?
Maybe she decided to look them over, but why would she go as far to hide them? She found others within the pile, some in Sebastian's writing and wondering what was going on when she came across a small vial lying underneath them.
She picked it up, noticing that it was half empty and as she read the label, her eyes widening when she realized what it contain and couldn't help putting it all together while saying with open dread, "Oh my god…"
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