A Snakehearted Experiment: Momentary Escape [Closed]

This was something that Amelia had not expected at all. Her sweet little innocent White Tiger Cub, Shiro, was emitting an energy that she didn't think he had. She was currently on the opposite side of the lab, laying down and getting some rest while Doctor Hebi was out when it all started. From where she was, she was unable to see what was actually going on, but she could tell that it wasn't good. After a few minutes of just sitting there and and sensing this strange energy, it suddenly died down and began hurrying off. She heard a loud clanking sound and then sensed that Shiro was running. And what shocked Amelia is that she sensed him actually exiting the lab. "Oh no... Is that even possible?" she thought to herself as she jumped up from her spot on the floor and ran as fast as she could over to the scene. She wasn't expecting for anything to be along the floor, so she wasn't paying that much attention and tripped over something, causing herself to tumble to the floor. "Ow..." she said as she rubbed her side and looked back to see what she tripped on. Her eyes widened and she really wanted to scream, but slapped a hand over her mouth.

"Oh my gosh... How is this possible?!" Amelia thought to herself as she pushed herself back to her feet. She backed away from what was one of Hebi's Selves after being killed by what she thought was ice. She accidentally tripped on something else and looked back to see that there was yet another dead Selve right there. Her eyes widened and she got up once more, looking around until she saw that they were all dead. "Shiro... what have you done?" she thought to herself when she realized that he was still out of the lab. She walked around, her arms curled into her chest as she went out of her way to avoid the bodies that lay around her. She came to a vent and realized that it was probably the loud clank that she had heard because the cover was off. It was much larger than the first vent that little Shiro had come through and she knew she would be able to fit. "He's... doing this on purpose..." she thought. She was slightly saddened by it, but at the same time kind of happy. Shiro cared a lot about her and wanted her to be able to go outside. He knew that she would not leave Hebi, but a trip outside while he was gone might not be too bad.

Amelia went over to the vent and laid down, pushing herself through on her stomach. She followed the path that she could sense Shiro had gone through. After maybe two minutes, she saw the light at the end of the tunnel and hurried a bit faster. As she came to the outside, she squinted her eyes as the sun shined down at her. Her eyes had to adjust and took a few seconds to do so. She looked around and smiled when she saw Shiro sitting on a log and staring at her with a cute smile on his face. She could only smile back at him. "You know, you're probably gonna get in trouble for that mess you made back there." She said to him with a smile, but he didn't care about it. He turned away and ran off, knowing that she would follow. "Shiro!" she called out to him and began chasing him. Shiro ran and ran for quite a while and Amelia was not slowing down. The little cub was fast for his small size.

After a while he finally stopped running and Amelia stopped to try and catch her breath. "S-top.. running... n-now please." She said between breaths and he smiled up at her. She smiled back and then looked around. At first they had been running through a lot of trees through a large forest, but now they had come to a small clearing. At this moment, they stood at the top of a waterfall, looking down to a lake that it fell into. "Wow..." she thought as she took in the wonderful scenery. Shiro suddenly jumped over this small cliff and into the water. Amelia tried catching him, "Shiro!", but he was a little too quick. As he landed in the water, he came back up and showed her that it was okay. Amelia blinked a few times and then nodded, "All right.. JUST this once. I don't want Doctor Hebi thinking I am going to leave him..." She said and then backed up, only to run forward and off of the cliff, landing in the water below. There were no rocks that she had to worry about, which made her happy. As she came up, she seemed to automatically know how to swim rather fast and came over to Shiro, hugging him as the small cub snuggled it's fur face against her.

Amelia wasn't even aware of another's presence, nor was she really concentrating enough to realize that Doctor Hebi had returned to the lab. She was having fun in the water, smiling a she watched little Shiro swim around. Out of no where, someone appeared next to her. She blinked a single time and then smiled rather sweetly to him, not realizing that this man was the enemy. "Hel-..." her greeting was cut short when suddenly he grabbed her neck and pushed her through the water fall, causing it to part. Her eyes widened in utter horror as she raised her hands upwards and pressed them against the males chest as if to attempt to push him away. She struggled, but her strength was obviously no match to this man. She didn't know if she had any either, so it's not like it would help much. Instead of using her nails or anything like that, she thought of one thing she knew she had that did damage when she used it. Her tail.

As he brought up his large sword, her eyes widened even more and she brought her hands to his wrist to try and pry it off. At the same time, her tail removed itself from where it usually sat (around her waist) and swung as quickly as it could towards the arm of her attacker, attempting to cut it off so she would drop back into the water. At this time, a panicking Shiro was swimming back to the shore and immediately ran towards the lab. Unlike Amelia, he was able to sense the Doctor's return and knew he was the only one that could fight this monster. He only hoped that he got there in time. As he came to the vent, he stopped when he saw Hebi coming through and began hopping around in a panicking motion. "Hurry, hurry, hurry! Amelia! That man is hurting her! He's going to kill her!"

“Like the Doc? Does he know Hebi?” she thought to ask him, but changed her mind when watching him. Her eyes widened even more. She was confused to what he meant and he was scaring her a lot. Her body had begun to tremble once he had begun to yell in pain. She had not meant to cut it off, it was more like reflex. “I'm sorry!” She screamed as she raised her arms to protect herself. As if that was going to help against an opponent such as him. As he acted as he was going to attack her with his sword, she covered her head with her arms and screamed in her mind, “HEBI!”

Amelia looked up when nothing happened and felt someone grab her hand. When she saw that it was Hebi, she truly felt thankful. She glanced back and forth between the two of them after Hebi had used his snakes to prevent this man from attacking her. “Peter...?” Amelia thought as Hebi told her to leave and knew she would remember his name. As Peter left and Doctor Hebi looked to her, Amelia felt her heart sink as she saw the concern in his eyes. She felt so guilty for leaving the lab now. As the water came falling down onto her face to wash the blood off, it successfully hid the tears that were now falling down her face. She had thought she was going to die. She did not expect him to come and save her, and yet his name was the one she thought of when she felt the end was near. This really only confirmed her thoughts about the feelings she had been feeling towards him.

“I'm... s-sorry...” she mumbled, looking down as the water from the falls splashed down onto the back of her head. She stared downwards toward the lake below and closed her eyes in shame. “I'm.. so sorry...” At the moment she was being held up by her wrists so she couldn't do much more. She only waited for Hebi to tell her what to do now. She hadn't even noticed that he was sorta drained and beaten up yet. She would once they got out of the water though.

Amelia merely nodded to him. He was right. She was going to have to prove that she was sorry for what she did through actions. Words were meaningless at times, and she assumed this was one of them. As she was pulled into him and they dropped down into the water, she blinked a few times, wiping the water from her face every time more got on, obviously not realizing it was useless if she kept going right back under. It seemed she was using him as some sort of flotation device!!! She looked down to him, for some reason her cheeks began to heat up and she could tell she was blushing, but she ignored it. Looking away, she listened to what he wanted and immediately panicked. He wanted her to life a pillar of water. "Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no! How am I going to do that? I still... I still don't know how to bring out my own power..." she thought to herself, the look on her face showing the worry she felt. "I feel so stupid... I can't even look at him now..." She lowered her head, still looking away from him. She felt ashamed. After what she had just did to make him worry and she still didn't know how to use her power.

"I-I'll... try..." she said in a lower whisper. Last time she had done anything with moving water was during the experiment. She saw that the water had come in through the walls and was utterly shocked. She had no idea she could control it so well or that much. To bring it from the surface and down through the walls of the lab was definitely impressive on her standards. Now she had to do it on her own and the only thing she was worried about was disappointing Doctor Hebi. She closed her eyes and relaxed. By doing this, she allowed her body to relax and her head lowered onto Doctor Hebi's chest. "I need to make of pillar of water..." she thought and tried to imagine it in her head. She kept hearing a strange beating sound and realized that it was Doctor Hebi's heart. "Well that's new... I've never heard a heart like that..." she said out loud without realizing it, "Shows how unique he really is." A sweet smile formed on her face and she began to giggle.

Listening to his heart, imagining the pillar of water, AND being in water at the same time was definitely taking it's toll on her mental state. She was becoming ridiculously relaxed and actually began to fade into unconsciousness. While her consciousness faded away and she began to fall asleep, the water beneath them began to shift and lift them higher into the air. Although it wasn't very quickly, after thirty seconds, the entire lake was half way empty as most of the water was now in the pillar. "Wait... I'm supposed to be... Oh no!" she broke her train of thought and opened her eyes. She looked around and only for a brief moment did the two of them stay into the air. The water began to drop and unless Doctor Hebi stopped them, they began falling with the water and into the lake.

Amelia practically latched onto Doctor Hebi as they fell. She hadn't even realized that she was using her power. She was just so relaxed and had been imagining it. The fact that they had been brought so high startled her. She could see over all of the trees in the area and farther. It wasn't something that she thought she could ever do by relaxing. She felt Doctor Hebi wrap his snakes around her and felt like she would be safe. She relaxed just a bit, the wind roaring passed them as they continued to fall. Then she heard something she never thought she would hear, especially from Doctor Hebi.

"You are warm."

The words he spoke caused her to look straight up to him. She didn't know what it was, but Amelia was drawn to him in a way that she didn't understand at that moment. Bringing her right hand up to the side of his face, she brought herself forward and without really thinking, she satisfied her own want and need. She pressed her lips against his in a soft kiss. She had thought about it many times before, but never had the courage to do it. As her lips met his, her heart sped up in excitement. She wasn't even worried about whether he would react negatively to this. It was just something that she desperately wanted and finally went for. SPLASH! In the middle of the kiss, the fall that felt like an eternity finally ended and they fell into the lake, and finally their lips parted. She wanted to push that kiss further, but was unsure on whether Doctor Hebi would like that or not. It may have only lasted a second or two, but Amelia loved it. She loved him and hoped that this little gesture would show that.