[hr][h1][i]Jennifer, Meifeng, and Anna[/i][/h1][sub]by [@BurningDaisies] and [@Mr Allen J][/sub][hr]

[color=gray]Anna was steadily gaining consciousness. Whatever cocktail of sedatives and painkillers still coursing through her veins was starting to wear off. The anaesthetics, however, were still in full swing. Her mind was still caught in a thick haze, but she was nominally aware of her surroundings. Even if everything around her looked liked an out-of-focus watercolor painting, she could still hear Meifeng's voice, but didn't have the strength to respond. Meifeng held up a hand, which Anna couldn't tell apart from the table behind it. Pain lanced through her head each time she tried to break through the malaise, until finally she whispered out a few words, full of snark and sass. [color=DFDFDF]"I can't see... you idiot."[/color]

Meifeng simply sighed, and dropped her head. It was hopeless. Anna was too drugged at this point. Meifeng wished that she could help her.  She really did, but there was only so much she could do. 
She groaned, [color=DFDFDF]"Love you too, Anna."[/color] 
She clenched her fist, and nearly felt like crying. Would this cause permanent damage? God, she hoped not. Meifeng rolled her head to the side when she noticed that Ratchet was getting mighty talkative with the prisoners. She saw them, and they looked like Ratchet's siblings, or something. And she hoped to God that they were alright. She felt a little shitty knowing that they were in the thick of all this too. It should be worse for Ratchet.

[color=DFDFDF]"Don't worry,"[/color] Meifeng turned towards them, keeping Anna steady. [color=DFDFDF]"I'll get us out of this-"[/color]

With smile on his face and an off-key hum, Geer strolled into the room. No fear or suprise on his face as he fixed each fugitive with an awkward stare. Through his horn-rimmed glasses, he met everyone's eyes with a  distant expression He blinked once, turned, and approached a medical cart. Without an ounce of hesitation, he calmly picked up a silver scalpel, and with an apologetic grin turned to Jen, who was the closest. [color=DFDFDF]"Sorry for the intrusion, I was just looking for something to scoop out the last of the peanut butter."[/color] As quickly as he entered, Geer waltzed out, shouting [color=DFDFDF]"The keys are in the security room, by the way!"[/color] over his shoulder to stunned onlookers.

[color=DFDFDF]"What."[/color] Jen  had completely stopped her search for the keys, just to stare at him. 
Though, she was slowly reaching around for something sharp - just in case he attacked; maybe she could put a pencil through his eye or something. Anything. She was on guard, but surprisingly he didn't attack at all. He just grabbed a scalpel, and walked out of the room as if he never saw them. But, Jen wasn't anywhere near stupid enough to just assume that this guy was just going to forget about what he saw. He was going to get that giant thing, and they were going to destroy the whole lot of them. Jenny quickly whipped around towards Ratchet - noticing that her [i]family[/i] had been captured, too. She remembered them... Yeah, she remembered their faces. How couldn't she? They were in the fair, in the middle of all that chaos: the place that Jen first met Ratchet. With all the bloodshed and chaos that took place that day, it wasn't a pleasant thing to remember. [i]I... honestly wish we met under better circumstances.[/i] Jen quietly thought to herself. She honestly didn't know what to say to Ratchet, or her cousins. So, she choose to say nothing. Just quietly acknowledge them, and focus on the task at hand.

[color=DFDFDF]"Guys... we [i]have[/i] to go stop him."[/color] Jen said, as she took her hands out of the cabinets. [color=DFDFDF]"If he tips them off, we're [i]screwed[/i]."[/color] She was dead serious.

Meifeng on, the other hand, kept her hands on Anna to keep her standing up. Every bone in her body prepared for the fight. To pull water out of her pocket dimension, then fighting with all that she has. Because she was practically [i]raised[/i] to never go down easy. To die standing on her feet, instead of lying underneath her enemy's foot. Yet, she couldn't say that she wasn't afraid. Her eyes were wide, and her hands were shaking. She remained strong to the best of her ability. She was... honestly caught off guard when the strange man simply just walked into the room. He didn't fight, or cry for his freaks, or anything. He just grabbed a scalpel, mentioned peanut butter, and walked out,telling them that they'll find the keys somewhere else. Jen was right though. They [i]have[/i] to go after him.

[color=DFDFDF]"[i]Agreed.[/i]"[/color] Was all Meifeng said, before she practically shoved Anna over to Jen, and ran right out the door after Geer. Deploying her water, which hit the ground and dragged along it. She charged after him, hoping to catch up and give him one hell of a beating for all the things they'd done to Anna.

[color=DFDFDF]"Mei-"[/color] Jen shouted after her - but she was interrupted when Anna was sent flying towards her. Jen had to take a step back, and when Anna hit her, she felt the impact. - but managed to catch and wrap her arms around Anna. She let out a sigh, and looked around. Jen was hoping that Meifeng didn't ruin everything herself. She turned to Ratchet, and her cousins, [color=DFDFDF]"C'mon, we gotta go. We'll come back...."[/color] For all of her talks of heroism, Meifeng left Anna behind. Then again, there wasn't much they could do with Anna - nor was there much she could do herself. Jen pulled Anna along with her out the door, because leaving her in here didn't seem all that smart.[/color]