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door and the others gathered behind them, each of them putting a hand on Paivi or Peter.
"Are you sure you're ready for this?" Peter looked into her eyes. He didn't bother to shield his grief.
She nodded. She had to see. She had to know the truth. And at the least, if like Molly, she could take her dad beyond the walls of hell for a decent death or burial, then that's what she had to do.
Peter placed his hand on the side of the scanner to the right of the door.
The door slid open to reveal a grisly scene.
A man Paivi remembered from her dream stood in front of a metal table. A body lay beneath him. Wires and tubes trailed out of both wrists, ankles, knees, and hips, as well as out of the crook of both elbows. The tubes were filled with a green liquid. Electrodes were stuck to the bald man's head and his skull vibrated.
A large needle with a tube attached was stuck directly in the center of his heart and red blood flowed through the tube into the ceiling. Monitors on the wall beeped and reported numbers and stats that Paivi didn't comprehend.
"What are you doing here?" squeaked the small man in the lab coat. His bushy eyebrows rose in alarm. He spun toward them brandishing a scalpel.
"Yeah, you're going to stop us with that scalpel?" Xavier laughed.
Paivi sensed a surge of energy from someone behind her and the doctor's scalpel flew against the wall with a clang and dropped to the floor.
The doctor lunged for a bright red phone that hung to his left.
Paivi's eyes bored into the small man and she flicked her hand at him lazily.
He froze in mid-lunge, but she allowed him to be able to speak. She needed to know how to disconnect her dad.
"They won't come. There aren't even any in the mountain that we've found. Not like we'd have a problem dealing with them like we dealt with the others." Paivi crossed the room to stand in front of him and narrowed her eyes. "Dr. Todesengel. That's your name, isn't it?"
"What is this, you insipid girl?" Dr. Todesengel said, his accent thick and gutteral. He narrowed his eyes, which were darkened by the shadows of his heavy brows. He had a distinct gap between his teeth. His words whistled through it. "You have no idea what you're doing here."
"Oh, I know what I'm doing here." She walked past the doctor to her dad's body and gently pulled the electrode free from his head. It gave her a shock, but nothing strong. Her energy shielded her. She pulled another one free as Dr. Todesengel looked on in horror.
"No, no! He was my greatest experiment. You can't do this!" He squealed as she pulled off the last two electrodes.
Her dad's head stopped shaking and lay still and silent. She fingered the tubes.
"He's my father, you monster. I'm taking him home." She took one of the needles inserted into his hand and gently freed it. Blood mixed with the green fluid oozed from the wound. Her dad's arms were barely more than skin and bone. She feared she would have to carry him out of there.
"You are making a horrible mistake, little girl." He screamed at her. "You will kill us all."
She flung a hand toward his face and released a burst of energy. He fell silent, his eyes frozen with terror.
"Go round up whoever you can find," Paivi said to the others. They stood in the doorway with sad eyes. "We're leaving this place as soon as I get him unhooked."
The group filed out the door, following Peter. Xavier stayed, moving closer to the metal table. "Can I help?"
Paivi looked up through a veil of tears as she struggled to remove a needle from her dad's knee. "Just stand there. Be there." She swallowed a sob. "Thanks."
The needle came free from her dad's knee and it bled worse than the others. His blood did not run red like it should. It had a greenish hue. His eyes fluttered.
Paivi's heart thudded in her chest. "Daddy?" she whispered.
His blue eyes appeared from under the thin lids. At first they were fixated only on the ceiling. He didn't move. He didn't see her.
Paivi sucked in a deep breath
"Are you sure you're ready for this?" Peter looked into her eyes. He didn't bother to shield his grief.
She nodded. She had to see. She had to know the truth. And at the least, if like Molly, she could take her dad beyond the walls of hell for a decent death or burial, then that's what she had to do.
Peter placed his hand on the side of the scanner to the right of the door.
The door slid open to reveal a grisly scene.
A man Paivi remembered from her dream stood in front of a metal table. A body lay beneath him. Wires and tubes trailed out of both wrists, ankles, knees, and hips, as well as out of the crook of both elbows. The tubes were filled with a green liquid. Electrodes were stuck to the bald man's head and his skull vibrated.
A large needle with a tube attached was stuck directly in the center of his heart and red blood flowed through the tube into the ceiling. Monitors on the wall beeped and reported numbers and stats that Paivi didn't comprehend.
"What are you doing here?" squeaked the small man in the lab coat. His bushy eyebrows rose in alarm. He spun toward them brandishing a scalpel.
"Yeah, you're going to stop us with that scalpel?" Xavier laughed.
Paivi sensed a surge of energy from someone behind her and the doctor's scalpel flew against the wall with a clang and dropped to the floor.
The doctor lunged for a bright red phone that hung to his left.
Paivi's eyes bored into the small man and she flicked her hand at him lazily.
He froze in mid-lunge, but she allowed him to be able to speak. She needed to know how to disconnect her dad.
"They won't come. There aren't even any in the mountain that we've found. Not like we'd have a problem dealing with them like we dealt with the others." Paivi crossed the room to stand in front of him and narrowed her eyes. "Dr. Todesengel. That's your name, isn't it?"
"What is this, you insipid girl?" Dr. Todesengel said, his accent thick and gutteral. He narrowed his eyes, which were darkened by the shadows of his heavy brows. He had a distinct gap between his teeth. His words whistled through it. "You have no idea what you're doing here."
"Oh, I know what I'm doing here." She walked past the doctor to her dad's body and gently pulled the electrode free from his head. It gave her a shock, but nothing strong. Her energy shielded her. She pulled another one free as Dr. Todesengel looked on in horror.
"No, no! He was my greatest experiment. You can't do this!" He squealed as she pulled off the last two electrodes.
Her dad's head stopped shaking and lay still and silent. She fingered the tubes.
"He's my father, you monster. I'm taking him home." She took one of the needles inserted into his hand and gently freed it. Blood mixed with the green fluid oozed from the wound. Her dad's arms were barely more than skin and bone. She feared she would have to carry him out of there.
"You are making a horrible mistake, little girl." He screamed at her. "You will kill us all."
She flung a hand toward his face and released a burst of energy. He fell silent, his eyes frozen with terror.
"Go round up whoever you can find," Paivi said to the others. They stood in the doorway with sad eyes. "We're leaving this place as soon as I get him unhooked."
The group filed out the door, following Peter. Xavier stayed, moving closer to the metal table. "Can I help?"
Paivi looked up through a veil of tears as she struggled to remove a needle from her dad's knee. "Just stand there. Be there." She swallowed a sob. "Thanks."
The needle came free from her dad's knee and it bled worse than the others. His blood did not run red like it should. It had a greenish hue. His eyes fluttered.
Paivi's heart thudded in her chest. "Daddy?" she whispered.
His blue eyes appeared from under the thin lids. At first they were fixated only on the ceiling. He didn't move. He didn't see her.
Paivi sucked in a deep breath
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