Shu had backed away with immediate hesitation as everything started to unfold with the immediate worry that something hideously terrible was going to happen. It had always been his experience in these places that nothing but disaster happened and now Viral had been shot by a drug that was causing his friend nothing but pain and distress. He didn’t know how he was going to help his friend or if this was already it for them all over again. Staring at the scene in front of him in fear he gradually backed off, his hands going to his neck as he watched Viral struggle. This was the collars all over again and the resistant to try and stop that, but this time it was so much worse when it could be administered at any time. Wincing as if he was in pain too he shrunk down a little, closing his eyes as he tried to get the horrific images of his past struggles out of his head. “No…no please, not again…” he mumbled, shaking his head, “It’s the collar…! Need to be good o-or…”

Viral looked completely absent as the drug took effect, his own personality appearing as if it had just been stabbed to death right in front of him as his mind quietly contemplated what it might be like without it. Everyone sounded so distant except for the voice of the scientist and as his continued to invade his mind everything else continued to turn clouded. He was trying to stop it as it tried to push everything about him out of his own mind, all his memories and his own thoughts being forced into an oppressed state with only the pressure of all of them collectively only barely stopping them from disappearing completely.

As his eyes continued to stare down at the ground his index finger barely twitched as Takeshi approached him, demanding that he’d return to them and beat the man whose voice echoed in his mind clearly. Takeshi’s voice sounded like nothing to him but he was there and obviously talking to him, or rather shouting at him as if that would make a difference. Continuing to stare down his claws soon started to twitch, almost looking like he was trying to break free right up until that last twitch that turned into a clenched fist, his pupils sharpening before he threw his fist straight for Takeshi’s face.