David saw the boy and did not waste anytime doing what Erika asked of him. He took the stim and looked for where the boy was hurt and in a instant injected it on the opposite side of the wound. There was no needle or anything, it was quick and painless. The medicine would also kick in quick causing the wound to numb and the bleeding to stop as quickly as it started. David sighed as he did so and tossed the stem aside. He then sat back and then looked to Erika. She had her body lowered and staring outside for any signs of the enemy as Miles floored it. The humvee was much faster then the old car Kiley had been driving even with the extra weight. Erika did make a mental note that they were to grab another vehicle first chance they got. Right now she was focused on the current task at hand.

        The vehicle made a quick turn down a street. The bridge finally within view. Miles cranked the humvee up as much as he could push it. Turning the wheel side to side to avoid the abandoned cars. It took little to no time at all for them to reach it. Once she felt they were far enough out she nodded and turned her attention forward. Now they were on the bridge and hopefully beat the Xenomorphs to it. Sure enough it did not take long before she felt the bridge began to buckle. "I hate being right..... the bastards are using their spitters to melt the cables that hold this bridge together. They hoped to collapse it and trap us and any other survivors on the island." She said. She popped her head out of the window beside her and looked behind them. She could see the Xenos hard at work on doing just that. However, she had full confidence in their speed that the bridge would hold long enough for them to get across and the vehicle was fast enough to see it done. She glanced forward and noticed something on one of the arches. This caused her to sit back down and inside. Without warning she grabbed the wheel and pulled it to the right just in time. A large ball of acidic spit hit the road beside them where they would have been had she not done that. It quickly began to eat a hole where it had hit.

               Miles was almost about to yell at her until he saw the spit fly right past them. How in the hell did she see that coming. He then began to recall some of the reports on her and then he realized that maybe there was a few other things they did to her besides give her augmented arms. He looked forward waiting for another moment she would do that. She turned and looked to Jarvis's position. "You see them on the arches? You open fire on them." She said. Once more, just as she gave out the order Jarvis immidiatly began to open fire on them killing a few and easily scattering the rest.

           With his help making it the rest of the way was no problem. "Where to next?" He asked Erika. Erika looked to him and then back forward. "We head back to the base,... split into two vehicles and we find a good place to settle our asses down. The base will be a good place to stay low for now. It's defenses will see to that for awhile anyways." She said. That was the plan and that was what they were going with. If the others had any disputes they were free to hop out now while they could. 

           As they closed by she noticed that there was a good sized line at the base. A lot of people were being checked and scanned in and once they had been they were allowed inside. The humvee pushed forward and past them and once the guards saw Miles and Erika they opened the gate for them to go by. What the group would see were tents and temporary housing for the refugees of the city. She watched as they pushed forward. She gulped and looked to everyone. "There is enough room in my place for all of us. It will be safer that way." She said. She then gestured to Miles to proceed. What the group would come across was a good sized building. About the size of a Queen sized mobile home. However, it was just for one person. The base had many of these buildings within it for the other high raking officers such as herself. When she exited she noticed a eighteen year old girl. Oriental by the looks of her sitting against her place. She had a .44 magnum resting beside her as she looked into what would seem like a locket. She sighed and decided to walk on over.

       "Hey you know how to use that?" She asked the girl. Hotaru looked up and over at her shocked to even see someone come up to her. She then looked down at the pistol and then back up to Erika and nodded. "Yes, yes I do... I'm sorry is this housing yours? I will move if you like?" She said. Erika then stepped closer and tossed her a canteen full of water. The girl caught it alright.
"Take a drink of that,... then I would like you to move your but inside." She said gesturing to her door. The girl looked up and then at the door and then back at Erika.
"You sure?" Hotaru asked. Not to sure how to react to the lady.
"Yes, I am sure. I am in the need of action ready people to join my little militia. So far I got two girls in the humvee with a little boy. With you we increase our standings pretty high." She said. Hotaru nodded to her answer. She accepted what she heard ,but was a bit confused still. She unscrewed the top of the canteen and took a drink of the cold water. She then saw her reflection inside and noticed how she must look. She was covered in blood not her own. She sighed and then poured the water over her face washing most of it out. 
"Before you ask,... no I am not hurt. It isn't my blood. It's my fathers. One of those things took him from me." She said. She then understood her current position and liked the idea of joining Erika even more. By doing so she would be given a chance to see the one with the Nine on it's forehead. She would then use her father's pistol to get her revenge. She suddenly smiled and this caused Erika to raise a brow. 

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 Outside the base and waiting in line was Yojiro. He was to unequiped to go after his Fiance. Perhaps with a little help from someone inside he could do so. He was so unsure of it all as well. After what he had gone through he had little faith that his boys would keep her safe. Then he heard a familiar sound. The sound of a motorcycle. Not one of those things you see bikers ride. It was more expensive and a lot more fancier looking. It was a kawasaki. The driver took notice of him and drove it right up to him. However, tied to it was something familiar, and something he did not want to see right now. Not like this. This put the feeling of dread and sorrow on his face.

          When the rider pulled off her helmet and revealed to him Taki, he knew just from her tear stained face that what she found at it's location was a horrible sight.
"I am so sorry Yojiro... I tried to save her I did." She said. "A Xenomorph had gotten to her first. It had the number Six on it's forehead." She explained this so that Yojiro would not blame himself. Infact better yet, plan to take it out on the creature that did it. He then looked behind her and noticed she had a friend. 
"Whose he?" He asked. Taki handed him his sword before looking over to Ramiro. "Oh him,... I found him and kind of adopted him." She said. Yojiro snorted as he couldn't imagine her doing something like that ever. He then looked forward and then back at her.

 "Well it's good to see you made it anyways. At least one person that means a lot to me survived..... Danny's dead." He said. She glanced towards her helmet and then back at him. "Looks like we both failed.... I know it sounds odd that I cared about my Rival but.... that's the thing. I wanted to win you over yes, but never in such a way... plus she was kind of a good friend as well." She said. Yojiro smiled and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Don't blame yourself Taki... there was nothing you could do." He said. He then gestured towards the gate. "Let's just get inside and find something to eat. I am starving right now." He asked. She nodded and climbed off the bike swinging one leg over and joining him in the line. 

   Ramiro shook his head at the whole thing and then hopped off as well. He felt kind of odd being beside two orientals. Then again as bad as he looked people would probably think he was their grandpa or something. He had to chuckle at that and when Yojiro and Taki looked at him he simply waved them off.