Frozen Transfusion

[Sanguine Frozen Boy]

Samantha sat on the edge of the bed and looked up through the see through glass, spotting the odd looking storm clouds before spotting an opening in the sky with small spinning objects. She was not familiar with what it was as stared directly up into the spinning objects and her gaze didn't leave it. She spotted something coming towards her at an amazing speed before it stopped and began to drop down towards her which propelled her into action. She jumped off the bed toward Jake and knocked him over backwards into Luna just as the object smashed through the ceiling and landed next to the bed. She sat up off of Luna and Jake and looked back at the familiar powered armor, this time it appeared to be smaller and it's hands were slightly oversized. What appeared to be armored cords ran from it's hands to it's back where there was a large canister filled with blue liquid. Two bolts of lightning struck the inactive powered armor before it began to hum with life, several lights on it began to glow as it stood straight up and spoke.

"Activating the Hell Raiser." The machine had a slightly hispanic accent, it's eyes began to glow a devilish red as it rose from it's kneeling position. Samantha recognized the name and she immediately began backing out of the room even before Jake and Luna had gotten to a standing position.

"What is that thing?" Luna asked as she looked at it with his mouth agape.

"Don't look and wonder, just get the hell out!" Jake shoved Luna toward the door as the powered armor brought it's hands up to grab them. Luna quickly followed Samantha's example and began running down the hallway towards the exit as Jake closed the door behind him. Samantha looked back and watched as Jake had barely gotten two steps before the door splintered and exploded outward behind him. She decided that looking back wasn't the best idea and so she looked forward toward the outside courtyard.

"What's going on here? All the members of my mother's clan are coming back to haunt me!" Samantha suddenly stopped dead in her tracks as the powered armor landed directly in front of her.

"Capturing Target." The Powered armor reached toward her, it's hands stopping only a few inches from her. Luna Scooped Samantha up as blue liquid sprayed out of the back of the armor's hands down onto the ground. She watched as the liquid quickly solidified and rolled across the ground like a ball.

"Don't stand still sweetheart, that thing wants you." Luna set Samantha down as she pulled something small from her pocket and turned back towards the large powered armor.

"Luna, I'll distract it, You get it from behind." Jake shouted as he ran up towards the powered armor and delivered a heavy kick to it's chest and this only caused it to reel back slightly. The armor didnt' seem as well protected as the other one had, but even a bullet might not penetrate it. The powered armor swung hard and fast with it's closest hand, sending Jake sprawling across the ground into the gate nearby. It then turned it's sight on Samantha who was now standing across the courtyard unable to get to the exit that it was blocking.

"Come take your mother's place Samantha. Huron says he'll forgive your actions." The powered armor reached it's hand out in a very human like gesture as if the pilot within was a human. Samantha didn't doubt the possibility and knew she had to buy Luna a good distraction. Luna took the moment to move out of the way of the powered armor which of course, didnt seem to want to let her. It watched her every move until Samantha spoke up.

"You don't exist anymore hell raiser. You were reported dead from a friendly mech explosion and here and now you say you exist? Prove that you're the real hell raiser." The machine looked befuddled by her words. It took it's gaze away from Luna and looked at the ground.

"I visited you when you were still a child. Don't you remember?" The machine stood tall and let it's hands raise in the air as an act of arrogance, proving the there was indeed a human pilot who could make mistakes. "I am the hell raiser! No one messes with the hell raiser!" A moment after they finished their speech they quickly leaned forward as Luna grabbed onto their back. Luna quickly pressed her hands up under the powered armor's neck plated and tugged hard on the sealing, twisting it to one side and then the other. The small object she had in her hand appeared to be an eletronic lockpick to which she was using on the suit's complicated sealing. There was a low hiss before there was a light beeping sound that seemed to take Luna off gaurd. "My mission is a failure..." The helmet part clicked off and a small confined blue colored explosion took place where the armor existed, but Luna didn't appear as though she had been caught in it.

"They changed it again and I couldn't save the person within." Luna landed next to Samantha and had been holding onto a pole when the explosion had occured, however her hands seemed slightly singed.

"You know about them too?" Samantha turned towards Luna with a troubled look.

"Frozen's my boyfriend, I have to know everything about him. He was a tank mercenary in their clan for some time." Luna looked at the smoking wreckage as it finnally collapsed. "They're coming for you and your blood, you have to get rid of it and fast!" Luna looked toward Jake and quickly realized he'd been injured. She made her way over to him and knelt next to him.

Samantha thought to herself about her mother's clan. She barely remembered anything about them but with the members that had come back from the grave, she could remember them. She saw several others looking down at her from her crib but their faces were a haze to her. She also couldn't remember the name of the clan her mother had been in. She shook her head and tried to shake the memories. She had to find a way to exchange her blood with a phantom. "Where am I going to find a phantom. It's not like they hang out on New Tokyo." Samantha looked in towards the city and noted a very large building that was glowing with activity. It reminded her of a ball with dancing and singing and people with dresses and tuxedoes. She spit on the ground and hated looking formal and all the people who looked down upon her dark attitude as well as their snobby dislike of social outcasts. She loved to wear what she did and she loved to command her own ship even if she had gotten it blown to pieces the last time she'd used it. A thought ran across her mind as she watched Jake stand up and hobble back in towards the hospital where several nurses helped him back in towards his bed.

"Alright Samantha, let me take you to your father where it's at least slightly safer than it is here."

"Yes, take me to my father, I want to hold a ball to attract all the rich snobs."

Luna looked at her and rose an eyebrow. "I'm sorry?"

"I mean, I want my father to hold a ball so I can look for the most handsome man whom I'd love to transfer my blood to." She smiled delicately at Luna who laughed out loud.

"Sure, sure. My prize boy has always been the skinny short boy though, but you go ahead." She took Samantha's hand and tugged her lightly towards the hospital.

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