What had that man done to Viral?! Whatever had been in that shot was causing her friend a great deal of pain, enough to drive him to his knees even. She wanted to tear that man apart for what he'd done and make him regret it, yet Yumi knew he might be the only one with a solution to... Whatever this was. Watching silently as her friend slowly rose to his feet she took a small step forward, eyes widening at the blank stare he was sporting now. "What... What did you do...?" she repeated as she approached slowly, not at all understanding what had happened. As she was about to reach out and touch Viral she was yanked away by Takeshi who darted towards her, struggling against his grip and giving him a glare as she was released. "He needs us you idiot! What do you think you're doing?" Yumi shouted angrily, trying to move again and being pushed back.

"The doc said he was trying to control him, do you really want to get that close?" Takeshi warned as he held his arms out at his sides, refusing to let Yumi get anywhere close. He wasn't going to let one of his friends get hurt again, not if he had something to say about it this time. Though in this case to keep Yumi and Shu safe he may have to hurt Viral, something he'd prefer not to do if it could be helped. Glaring at the scientist then as he continued to laugh he gave his knuckles a crack, approaching the man and growing only more annoyed as he continued to laugh. "Hey, unless you want to be in a full body cast you're going to fix what you did to our friend, you got me? Give him an antidote or whatever he needs, right now." 

"There is no antidote you idiotic boy, it's not a poison! And I think you'll find you're in no position to threaten me," the scientist chuckled, beaming as he folded his hands at his back. "This entire room is full of Beastmen, weapons to use as I see fit. They're all pawns to wield and send of to battle, and they do it simply because I tell them to! And now your friend, the Commander, is but one of my many tools! It takes only a single command from me to unlock all of those cells and they'll be set upon you within seconds. Do you truly believe you can beat all of them, and your friend?" This fight was over before it even began, they had walked into a trap completely unwittingly! There was a moment of hesitation with Viral present, but with him now under control he had nothing to worry about!

Takeshi gritted his teeth and turned on his heel, storming towards Viral as he rolled up one of his sleeves. "Hey, don't be some guys puppet, you hear me? You're better than that crap!" he shouted, watching as his friend continued to simply stand there and stare at the floor, "Come on and snap out of it already, we gotta kick this guys butt!"