"I've wanted to do that all day." Juniper said with a smirk as Gus slumped over in the center of the hallway. She glanced back over at Rhaine and raised her eyebrows, "Anyway, he was part of a sensory network of linked minds that all connect back to demonic sadist, so, you know . . . we should probably run." Dimly, she considered the wisdom of burying a bullet or two in the man, but, for all the things Juniper was, she wasn't the sort to murder someone in cold blood. Even if they did probably deserve it.

It occurred to Juniper that she didn't know whether or not Aegir needed line of sight to affect her mind. If he was here, now, she had no doubt that he was going to do whatever it took to avoid being implicated in her little rampage. That might include shutting her down cold, so she wanted to put as much distance between the two creatures and herself as she could manage.

"Two serums." she mentioned, pumping her arms as the hallways moved around her with increasing speed, "Say what you will, seems that Rena is an equitable bitch. They probably intended to use the other one on you, get a little role reversal going on."

SYSTEM REBOOT COMPLETE. DAMAGE ASSSESSMENT MINIMAL. BOOTED FROM SYSTEM RESTORE POINT …

Tinman ran through the procedures that it possessed before leaving the chamber. It door was unlocked not that a locked door could slow it down though being slow on the stairs.

Going to the elevator it called it down, the unconscious guard within. It had the long wait on the elevator then it would have the long wait back up ...

They beat feet though restrained as she was there wasn't much she could do. Of course Rena, if she were tapped in to her little security network knew where she was now.

“Probably,” Rhaine says with a solemn nod. “Right.”

OK, this looked right thought the radio on Juniper's belt crackles to life.

“Run, dearie. In the end it won't matter.” Rena's voice and she's chuckling darkly at that.

"Yeah, yeah . . . no escape. I've heard that one before." Juniper said, her own voice coming out of the thick-necked form she was wearing. Not that she had actually escaped last time, though that was more because when she'd felt the noose drawing tight she'd decided to try and kick the hangman's legs out from under him. This time there was nothing on her plate but escape, if not for her, than at least for Rhaine. Heck, the thought that she'd get to tweak the creature's nose one more time almost made what was sure to follow worth it.

Rhaine was quick on her feet, no doubt, she wasn't one of those cute little things who was pampered and spoiled and expected to be nothing but pretty. She was used to being in the mix, in the hardscrabble of a soccer match, and Juniper was appreciative that she could take care of herself somewhat even in her unfortunate state. She supposed her father had had a hand in that. That said, her stride was too short, and with her shoulders held back she was left with a somewhat awkward gait that was slowing her. Juniper put her head down and put on the speed, reaching down to sweep a leg behind her pumping legs and scoop her up and gather her up against her chest, the other arm cradling her shoulders.

"Who says chivalry is dead?" she smirked, "Okay, which way?"

“I'll get you and your little dog too,” Rhaine shook her head quiet bored when these things tried to scare them now. Of course if Rena was right here before her she would have terrorified but their routines grew rather old …

She is surprised as she is scooped up. She supposes that she was going too slow with time being of the essence. She grins at the comment. “Keep it up and Dani's going to get jealous.” She kids. She hoped she wasn't doing anything that would make Dani mistrust her or what not though she considers if Dani might be interested in meeting Shine at some point.

First things first though. Get out of here. It gets fogy after a moment the left … this wasn't right, she doesn't understand.

“I'm sure they brought me in this way!” If it were some one not so inclined that was tracking their way along then well sure, they could get lost but she shouldn't be so lost

“This should be the way, I don't get it.” The pair could hear the heavy falls as something large headed this way as they reached some sort of labs.

Juniper's borrowed face smirked slightly as Rhaine responded with a nonchalant quip of her own. It was good, keeping an open dialogue helped fight back the oppression of this place and kept her from fixating on her own bizarre circumstances. That said, she couldn't hide the slightly trickle of a bead of sweat rolling from under the brim of her hat down her cheek, or a slightly nervous quality to that smirk. Rena was a monster, and borrowed superpowers or no Juniper didn't think she had the tools to take on head to head right now. So instead she was playing Pacman in a maze where she couldn't find the power pellets.

"Shit." Juniper said, slowing her pace slightly as Rhaine apparently lost track of the route. Aegir, God damn it. It looked like she had an answer as to whether or not the octopoidal creature required line of sight to tinker with a mind. Tampering with Rhaine's memories of the route to take would have been child's play for his ancient mind, no wonder Rena had seemed so smug over the radio. Though, that having been said, if he was actually here there was no guarantee she wasn't still back in the theater right now.

"Gus mentioned this Aegir thing in context of a wipe." she said, "Probably a memory wipe, meaning we've got a telepath tinkering with your sense of direction. We're just gonna have to work it out on the fly." she said, as if trusting her hunches were really any safer. The low "whud, whud, whud" of Tinman's heavy tred was already audible as she looked around for some kind of sign or directory she could reference. Christ, he must've been hauling ass if she could already hear him.

Juniper glanced up as a cool rush of fresh air brushed over her shoulders, seeing an air vent piping breathable atmosphere deep into the earth. Then she looked at the bundle in her arms. It could've been so easy, but nooooooooooo. She smiled reassuringly.

"Come on, all we've got to do is keep moving up. Gotta be plenty of elevators down here to move all that heavy equipment." she said pushing her way into one of the laboratories in the hopes that the low door would slow Tinman down a bit. Idly, she wondered how he was tracking her movement . . . hacked into the closed circuit cameras for the facility? Heat? Directed by Aegir's poking around in the two girls' heads? Any way she sliced it, she had to find a way to lose him.

“Telepath?”

With her stay on the island she had not encountered any telepaths to her knowledge. She shook, her head with a sigh. OK, going up worked though how to get this thing out of her head …

She could hear Bucket Head getting closer to them as they entered a lab, Juniper clicking the door lock closed.

The room had what one would expect to find in a lab.

Granite topped tables, a sink, some vials and flasks. There was a camera set in the corner of the room focused on the door, at the end of the room was an elevator that went up only.

“H8 ...” Rena grinned as she spoke into the radio. Her eyes watching the monitor. The girls going about in circles now. In truth Tinman was still some distance from the girls but her associate next to he was taking care of matters messing with the perceptions of the two girl's so they misjudged the position of the construct.

Really, it was at Rena's prompting that he did this now for when he played he enjoyed creating worlds and painting a spectacular picture though now he was caring out Rena's whims.

The minds were close. Though he wished that he could have been true to his word in staying out of Juniper's mind he had no choice really. Well, since he had to brake his end of things their earlier deal would be broken, he sighed inwardly at that for he had really been looking forward to that, some other time perhaps. Given her nature he was sure that the opportunity would arise again.

Monster or no, Juniper could not hope to match his power. If he had wanted he could have already ended this though Rena of course had not wished for him to be quick about it. Even so Rena was less interested in the blond and Aegir looked through the monitors at her.

He had sensed her ties to another girl, Dani. He could sense her fear and while he enjoyed more pleasant emotions fear was something that wasn't unused to his kind either.

Aegir considered as he watched the pair enter into H8, he just altering their auditory response here since his tampering already had Rhaine hopelessly lost. He had considered this, his eyes flickering to Rena who he had linked into the minds of the two girls so she could see and hear as they while still being conscious of what was going on here.

It was like watching a TV where she could change the channel back and forth.

“Good. Though it is about time to torment Amelia further ...” she smiled as she gazed at the telepath.

"Makes sense, doesn't it?" Juniper said as she strode through the lab, still carrying her diminutive charge in her temporarily masculine arms as she moved through the lab. She kept her eyes open, scanning the dim shelves for something she could use to get Rhaine's arms free. She'd considered trying to use the revolver, but she was too worried that she'd accidentally hurt the girl in the process.

"I mean, how else would they keep all this bottled up? Disbelief will only take you so far." she sighed softly. She really hadn't the foggiest clue how she was supposed to keep Aegir out of her head. She blinked slightly as she saw an elevator in front of her, letting her breath out in a rush of air for a moment. It was more than a little convenient that she'd happen to pick the exact room she wanted if she was looking to get off this floor. She narrowed her eyes slightly as she approached the elevator.

There it was. A gentle feeling of elation, of hope, of progress. She scrutinized it hard, trying to determine if it was really hers or if it was being impressed upon her. She started to turn away from the elevator and felt that slight pang that she was allowing her paranoid to drive her to a mistake . . . how far might the next elevator be? Would she even find it before the Tinman showed up. Yeah, she was pretty sure she didn't want to lock herself in a tiny metal box without any easy method of escape.

"WHUD" Juniper's eyes glanced to the side as Tinman's tread made glass beakers shake and rattle in their cabinets, gritting her teeth. On the other hand, it was preferable than trying to to deal with a giant angry robot loaded up with sex toys and chemical stimulants.

Juniper took a step back into the elevator and pushed the "Up" button with an elbow. If nothing else, it'd slow 2179 down, though if they hit the top of that elevator shaft and emerged out into a coliseum Juniper swore she was going to have a conniption.

Gently, she set Rhaine back down on the floor and started undoing her uniform top, "Much as I enjoy the view, let's get you covered up. I can't imagine you much like being on display to any and everyone who happens by." her borrowed form was tall enough, she figured the uniform jacket would do the job.

“Yeah, I guess it does make sense.” Before today she had not set foot in a lab. Suffice it to say she had not even imagined anything like this. She looks around the room. It appears to be a lab of sorts … chemistry? She's not totally sure but there are locked up chemicals, of course shattering the glass of this cabinets would open them if they really needed to get at them.

Well nay there periodic table hanging on the wall misinterpreted this room. Maybe it was a biology lab or perhaps a bit of both as Shine finds a few tools. The saw and scissors to little good against the capture wire but the scalpel cuts through the rubber of the cable then wire beneath with a little effort.

“Thanks,” Rhaine pulls on the jacket. Of course she didn't like being on display but had little choice in that matter.

Free at last though Tinman is fairly close, bears and vials rattle as they make their way into the elevator shaft ascending upward. The trip nowhere near as long as last time the doors opening up a moment later …

The lab was real, the elevator ha not been. There Tinman would gather them since he was altering their perceptions further as the door opens and …

Aegir was there, mouth tendrils twitching. He seemed to be in some sort of control room that had been brandished with monitors of the facility. On displayed Tinman in a corridor, another showed Rena elsewhere in the facility watch this very room.

White eyes scanned her and there was a short disapproving shake of his head. I preferred you the way I've seen you before … and I do not believe we've had the pleasure, Rhaine. I am Aegir, the telepath as Ju – Shine has stated to you already. The next move belongs to you, careful, you are in check. The game is so close to being over.

Rhaine didn't so much put on the jacket as Juniper settled it over her shoulders and did up the top two buttons so that it would stay secure. She didn't want it to straight jacket the girl, but the pale gray cloth hugged her shoulders well enough to cover her chest and her ass . . . so long as she didn't move too quickly. Of course, that left her damp, pink slit and slim pale belly still out in the open, but there were limits to what Juniper could manage at the moment.

The elevator came to a lurching stop far earlier than she would've expected it to and June turned on her heel towards the door, stepping between her charge and whatever waited for her on the other side of those glistening metallic doors. She didn't expect Aegir's familiar face, by all rights that should have been impossible with what Gus had relayed to her. Which meant that this was in her head. Shit, she swore internally once again.

"It's not exactly a red letter day for any of us." Juniper said, a bit sourly, "But at least it keeps these pants up."

Without much more in the way of a greeting, Juniper brushed by Aegir, taking care to step between the spread of coiling tentacles that lay across the floor.

"The game would be a lot easier to play if you'd just abided by the rules from the outset." she said with just a bit of heat in her voice. Oh, she wagered he was under duress, playing to expectations to avoid blowing his cover the same way he'd repressed her ability to reveal his connection to her work. Though the lack of trust involved in that particular modification had her blood hot too . . . that was exactly the kind of tampering she'd asked him not to do when they'd first struck their little bargain. Still, he was here, now, and it sounded like he was trying to make it right, so she wasn't going to take the time to unload on him just yet.

"If you want to tell her my name, fine. There are no microphones to pick it up in here." Juniper said, turning her eyes to the screens arrayed about the room, "Are these all factual representations of the facility?" she asked, organizing the screens into a rough map in her head. She eyes hovered on the hulking form of Tinman lumbering through the halls, his long arms swaying in time to the heavy trod of his boxy metal feet. She hadn't even seen that hallway . . . but he was clearly further away than she'd thought when she'd heard the beakers rattle in their cases. Rena, it seemed, was content to watch her suffer from the safety of her office for the time being . . . well, good. At least that meant she wasn't in play. Slowly Juniper pointed her finger out towards the walls of monitors and slowly turned, looking for an out, something she could hunt for, something close.

And mate … The rules, here are no rules here.

There was a loud EEP as he ensnared the blond as she passed. Aegir was indeed quite a ways and while the girls were still in his sensor range Rena was content to watch them flail. The control room was so sort of illusion an for the time being Rena was getting a different show on the monitors than this one.

He can sense her anger of course though he does not have time to consider it as he regards her for a moment. She was indeed an interesting plaything and seeing that he had violate their bargain, something that had only happened once before when he grew too eager he would not take her yet. He enjoyed watching her struggles and giving her just enough rope …

Well, she could play jump rope with it for all he cared though his primary interest had been watching the girl at work. Ultimately he knew her struggles would get her into far more trouble than the information was worth, if it had not just been ripped from her mind.

In a way that had made him wonder how long it would be before the place beat her down. And yet at the same time there had been something that rooted for her in at least maintaining her sanity for another day.

The monitors? Oh, I could have a different Godzilla movie playing on each if I wished. It is more or less accurate, however you are not where you believe you are. But I will give you a partial success … Shine ... Perhaps she was in a room being miked, even though his words to the pair were telepathic their own had not been.

You have until Tinman catches up to you to make up your mind.

It worked for Shine, it should work for her though she was nervous as she looked at the big octopus like creature. Perhaps it was her fear of such creatures when she was a little girl on o the boys teased and scared her with one. She could not stay out of the water though.

She ebbed out, afraid of it as it coiled tentacles about here waist and wrists not using more than enough force they detained her at the moment.

Juniper turned sharply on her heel when she heard Rhaine's distinctive "EEP!" from behind her. Sure enough, Aegir's mauve limbs had snatched her companion up in their grip. There was a tense look on her face as she looked into his blank white eyes, shifting her weight as she considered his words. Two things became apparent . . . this little tet a tet wasn't nearly as secure as she'd originally thought, and Aegir wasn't going to be helping her out of this one. Well, that suited her find.

"Hmph . . ." the tension went out of her shoulders as she her breath out slowly through her nose, drawing herself up with a personable smile on her lips. Then, with the lightning reflexes that had always characterized her, she quickly drew and fired the pistol twice, looking to drill a pair of holes through his bulbous cranium. "No rules suits me fine."