Akio may be a researcher working at a hereditary qualities company called Storm. Everything appears to be pleasant, secure, normal and boring until he hears commotions within the basement. Ryan may be a young hacker who's been on his claim for distant as well long, but he contains a arrange to settle that. Levitan could be a detainee. It's been that way for a whereas, and they didn't see any way out of this circumstance... until presently.
View MoreLevitan was rooted in place. They couldn’t move. They couldn’t process what they were seeing. Akio was being shoved into the white and blue van. Cold sweat poured down their back.“Forget about me! Run!” he yelled. His voice was distant, and the door slammed down on his words, cutting them short.That snapped them out of it. Levitan’s pulse was racing. “GET AWAY FROM HIM!” they roared.Hands grabbed at their arms and shoulders, trying to drag them back.“Levitan, it’s too late!” said James, clutching the back of their jacket. “We have to run!”“AKIO, I’M COMING FOR YOU!” they screamed, dragging the people clinging to them forward with each step, even though the
“Mayday, mayday! They’re coming!”Ryan’s voice echoed around the facility, booming and staticky. Voices boomed and shouted through the offices, and people bustled from place to place in other parts of the basement.They’d been found out.“Shit!” Levitan grabbed Akio’s wrist and bolted.Akio’s felt like he was going to be sick with fear. It was all he could do to listen to Levitan’s orders.There were four more doors left in the hall labelled “Mutations”. The other hallways seemed to branch off into laboratories and more offices. Akio swept the card through the first door’s reader and Levitan tore it open.The woman sitting on the bed leapt to her feet. Fluids dripped from her, running down her cheeks from her eyes, nose, and mouth. They stained her
Akio’s knees were shaking. He gripped the baseball bat in two sweaty hands as he followed behind Levitan. The four of them walked in silence through the dark alleyway. They were getting close to Monsoon.He kept his mouth shut because he was afraid that if he opened it, he would throw up. He was so close to Levitan, his face was inches from their back. This meant that he bumped right into them when they stopped abruptly.“Y’all ready?” they asked, looking back at the three of them over their shoulder.James and Hawke both nodded, and Akio made a slight whimper.Levitan turned away and the four of them stepped out of the alley and onto the sidewalk. The white letters of Monsoon glowed in the darkness. Underneath, in smaller letters, it read “For the Good of Mankind”.Akio’s heart pounded in his chest as they walked up to the building. A million things could go wrong. They weren’t w
Levitan woke up warm. They rubbed their eyes with their fingers and groaned, stretching their shoulders.There was a small, sleepy sigh from next to them and they looked down. Akio was still nestled up to them, tucked protectively under their arm. He had one hand resting on their stomach under the covers, and his hair was messy and stuck up on one side.Levitan chuckled and relaxed back into the blankets. They had no idea what time it was, but they decided that for just a few minutes, they didn’t care.Akio yawned and shuffled. He opened his eyes and looked up at them. “G’morning.”“Morning,” they said. “How’d you manage to hang on like that?”“Like what?”They yawned a little and scratched an itch on their collar. “Like an octopus. I toss n’ turn all night, usually.”“I think I woke up once,” he said, shifting so he was next to them proper
Akio had changed out of his dress, into a t-shirt and jeans, and had put his glasses back on his nose. He’d left the makeup on. He actually kind of liked it. Levitan had changed into a different pair of pants and had thrown the first pair out the window, never to be seen again.Five of them sat at the kitchen table, having a quick conference about what had happened, to discuss plans and debrief. Akio had attempted to sit next to Levitan, but before he could, Ryan had shoved his chair between them and plopped down, giving him a death glare as he did so.Naomi had listened patiently while they all discussed the events of the day. When it came to the part where Levitan had kissed Akio, she held out her hand and Ryan depositedanotherfive dollars with a dramatic groan.“Seriously?” asked Akio. “Have you nothing better to do?”
Akio had never worn a dress in his life. Right now, he was in the bathroom with Naomi, was staring at a red, form-hugging, somewhat low cut red dress that hung on the back of the door. It would be on his body in less than an hour.“I don’t like this plan,” said Akio firmly.“Well, isn’t that a shame?” Naomi handed him a can of shaving cream and a razor. “Go shave.”He held the can in one hand and the razor in the other. They were both pink. “I already shaved, today.”“Not yourface.”Akio dropped his arms to his sides. “No way.”“Yep,” said Naomi. “I can’t find my leggings, so your legs are going to be showing in this dress. Take off your pants.”“But-”“Take them off,
“There.” It was late at night, and James was helping them set up the bed, which was a mattress on the floor with a slightly dirty sheet on it, plus two pillows and a thick, fluffy quilt. They were in a tiny room, which when Levitan investigated the walls, they realized was a walk-in closet. “Sorry we don’t have more than one.”“Where’s Akio sleeping?” asked Levitan. “Ryan and I can share this.”“He’s talking to Dana,” said James. “Said he’d sleep on the couch.”“... Oh. I guess I’ll go get Akio, then.”James’s eyes all locked unblinkingly onto Levitan. Lev stiffened under this scrutiny.“What?” they asked, defensive.James held up his hands peacefully. “Hey, I didn’t say anything.”“All of your eyes ar
Akio’s blood stained Levitan’s hands as they held him. His head lolled back. He didn’t move. He didn’t breathe.For just a moment, they panicked. Their breath was shaky in their chest. Their mouth felt parched.“Uh,” said Ryan. “What’s with the dumb look on your face?”Oh. Right.Levitan dropped him gracelessly to the ground and wiped their palms on their cargo pants, leaving brown smears down their thighs. “Nothing.” They turned to the lizard girl who had fired the harpoon gun at him and pointed a finger warningly. “You could hurt someone with that thing. Put it away.”Akio’s blood pooled on the wooden floor. Levitan’s stomach twisted unpleasantly and they quickly looked away.The redhead stepped closer, all four hands balled into fists. “He works forthem! 
The hostel was small and scummy. They got a room with three twin beds, but none of them had blankets or sheets. The woman at the front desk gave them a once-over, brow tilted in slight disgust at the dirt that covered them almost head to toe before handing them the room key. Akio picked at the threads of his jeans and traced the address that he’d scribbled on his thigh. He sat on the bed, leaning against the headboard. His feet ached from running. “Not a bad place, huh?” Ryan flopped down onto the bed with his gameboy and started playing. He lay on his stomach, with his jacket under his chin. Akio winced at the sound of a shrieking chord, and looked over at Levitan. They had a harmonica in their hands. “Look what I found in my pocket!” they said, grinning. “Thought I lost this ol’ thing!” “Oh, god,” said Ryan with a melodramatic sigh. “Not the harmonica.” Akio wondered if he should be worried when he saw Levitan cup their hands around
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