Rupi watched as the Master Specialist stalked down the corridor, leaving the brown skinned doctor outside of Kyli’s chamber. She didn’t need the woman, no expecting much of a threat from a nymph. There was a brief moment of silence as the Master Specialist disappeared around a corner, going to investigate whatever the earlier gunfire had been. Hopefully it wasn’t a guard prematurely putting down a patient. She was about to leave the matter to Natalie Dayton when she heard yet another gunfire, this time in a completely different section.
Coming from the cells where Natalya had been stuffed in. Without warning, or reason, Rupi found her heart beginning to race.
Someone better not have put the wolf down prematurely she thought, abandoning Kyli’s cell to go and check up on it. Normally she wouldn’t. Normally she wouldn’t even think twice about what might be happening to a patient, if she had other things on her plate. If the unfortunate individual died, Rupi would merely shake her head and write it off. But strangely, she felt an urge to check in on Natalya and hopefully discover who the hell was firing off single shots in this Cell Block.
She found chaos outside and inside of the Cell. Another shot resounded just as Rupi reached the glass panel, enough for her to stare in surprise at the scene inside just as the guard finally opened the door and moved in. The nurse, the tutor she had picked for Natalya, was on the ground bleeding his guts out. Rupi merely pursued her lips, turning her gaze to see a certain blonde woman cowering in the corner. The guard who had entered just ahead of Rupi already had his rifle up, readying to unload his entire clip into the poor creature.
He raised his rifle, targeting Natalya through his sights. His finger hovered just in front of the trigger, ready to squeeze and riddle the Russian woman with innumerable bullet holes.
“Stop! Don’t shoot.” Rupi suddenly cried, turning to the side and darting into the room. The guard merely snarled, his two fellows still laying on their feet, but thankfully there was no gunfire. But the guard didn’t let up, keeping Natalya in his sights and his finger near the trigger. But Rupi stepped in, put herself in front of the guard, uncaring that the rifle was now aimed right at her chest. She reached out, clasped the barrel of the gun between her hand and with her vampiric strength, proceeded to twist the barrel into an impossible angle. The groaning of metal was briefly heard as Rupi glared at the man.
“Doctor, this is the second incident in one hour! You know the penalty for misbehavior of this sort.” The guard sneered, despite the bending of his barrel. He had a sidearm and a knife to finish the job if he had to, not to mention his fellow rising to his feet, with his own rifle. He looked down at his own injuries then glared at the Russian girl.
“That bitch!” He roared and took a step towards her, intent on beating her down. But Rupi reached out and grabbed his shoulder, yanking him back. Her strength was surprisingly impressive, for a woman of her slender build and size. But feeding on Akila only recently ensured she would still be at the top of her game.
“Stand down.” Rupi ordered, her grey eyes fierce and unrelenting. “If you can quote procedures then you can follow them as well. No executions of patients without a direct order from a doctor. And I have given none and nor has anyone else.” She sneered in reply. She gazed down at the nurse then, her expression unchanging. She was used to see guards and nurses wounded, even killed, like this. It wasn’t the first to happen under one of her patients. He could still be saved as well. “Help him out. Quickly, if you want him to live.”
“We don’t.” One of the guards replied.
“Do it anyways. It’s an order.” Rupi replied, impatience laced in her tone. She didn’t care for their antics. With a staggering step, they picked up the nurse with a grunt and heaved him out, leaving a trail of blood. Soon, she and Natalya were alone.
Rupi turned her angry glare upon her next, but the tightening around her jaw and the narrowness of her eyes slightly loosened when she regarded the creature.
“Privet.” Rupi suddenly said, holding out her arm, palm open and fingers pointed to the ground, in a gesture of peace and truce. Hopefully she didn’t try to bite her arm again…
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