Victor recognized the path taken by the investigators. Oh, and they did not go to see them (the knocked out) because it was... It was going to be in vain, according to them.

On the way, Victor went on to explain the abilities they had, or well, that they had discovered they had: they could hear sounds far away from them, they regenerated quickly and from their back came out a kind of tentacles (which seemed to be without... It seemed as if they were just muscle, without any layer of skin on top) that they controlled at will, and which were very strong, strong enough to pierce a person easily. They did not want to tell the details of the latter.

When they reached the upper floor, they followed the path the researchers were supposed to have taken, but...

"This is... Different."

Victor whispered.

- What do you mean, different? - James asked.

- Yes, how is that? - Nicole asked as well.

"I mean... The path is still the same, but... It's different at the same time..."

- ...What? - Mathias said.

"But it doesn't matter... Let's keep going."

They continued walking until they came to a dead end... Well, it did have a door, but it was locked. They couldn't open it with any of their keys. The way was supposed to be that way, but now there was a room.

- What now? - Nicole asked.

- Hmmm... What if we look for another way? - Mathias proposed.

- No, no... I think it would take longer this way. What if you open the door using your powers? - said James.

- Ah, that... I'm going to try. - Mat said and, using his PSI Creations, he forced the steel door, which was really thick, and opened it.

"Let's go through."

Nicole shuddered.

- ...I'm still not used to that. - she said.

They went inside. It was a room... Long. It had a kind of a strange smell, like... Ash? Sulfur? Something like that. On the left side was a hatch, with some sort of computer next to it and, going straight ahead, there was a locked door.

"Let's keep going."

Victor whispered and kept moving towards the door. James used one of the keys he had and unlocked it. As the four of them were about to leave, Mat heard something speaking to him.

"Save us..." "Help..." "Free us..."

What they were saying to him made almost no sense, and that was all Mat managed to hear... Besides crying.

- H-hey... - Mat said. - I think, in there, there's... Something.

- What do you mean, something? - said Nicole. - You mean... Mutants, like Victor? Ah, no offense.

This last she said to Victor.

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- I guess, but... What if they are people who...? - Mathias said.

- Ah, then... You want to release them. - suggested James.

- Yeah, but...

- Then do it, even if they're not people, we can still... You know. - James suggested as well.

- Oh, okay.

- B-but what are you saying, are you serious? - claimed Nicole. - You can't do that!

- I'll take responsibility. - Mat told her, and added. - You guys stay away if you want.

- All right, let's go. - James said.

- ... - Nicole.

"I'll protect you all if anything happens."

They went outside and Mat stayed behind to open that hatch.

"They're too secured..." Mat thought.

After analyzing that hatch for a while, he realized that he couldn't open it with conventional methods (...) and that, after seeing that machine next door, he didn't know how to operate it. So he decided to break it down with his PSI creations. At first he didn't succeed.

- Mathias... Don't make so much noise... - said Nicole.

- Ok...

He did it again and... He broke it. Everything was dark inside. He shone his PSI flashlight. He saw several people in strange chairs. Tied up. It was similar to Victor's, but there was no blood. Also, they had some sort of helmet on.

"They... Are they human? ...I feel like they are, but..."

Even with those thoughts, Mathias released them using his PSI Creations. He cut off the things that were keeping them imprisoned.

- This... Y-you can come out now. - Mathias said.

Those people just sat there.

- H-hey. - Mathias approached them.

“I starting to feel hostility, but why?”

At that, those people got up without taking off the helmet that was connected to the chair, it had a long cable... They were kind of thin and... They were naked.

- Huh?

But they didn't have... Nothing. They were flat on the chest and the crotch. They had, on the torso, like open wounds and... Their heart was exposed, but it wasn't moving. They started making strange noises.

"Agh! I should have known." Mat thought. "They're monsters..."

Mathias crushed them using a green PSI block. They... Exploded. They were scattered all over the room.

"I overdid it too much." Mathias said to himself, he was scared.

- Hey, Mat. - James said. - What was that?

- N-nothing. - he said. - They were monsters and... You know.

- ...Shall we go now then? - James said.

- Yes, yes...

They got out and went on their way. The path was confusing and all, but, according to Victor, that was the right one.

When they were going, Mathias thought:

“I’m still feeling that hostility...”