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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Agamon" data-source="post: 1070250" data-attributes="member: 184">*Ding* The elevators doors slid open, revealing a hallway similar to the others the group had traveled through already.  As everyone was leaving the elevator, Jaya told them, “I really have little reason to be up here; neither does Dr. McDermott.  The fact that you are all with us wouldn’t help make the explanation become any easier.  I don’t see us getting out of here without a fight, so be on your guard.”“So, there will certainly be a fight, then?” Max asked, his brow furling.Jaya sighed and nodded.  “Yeah, I don’t think they’ll just let us stroll out the front doors.  This situation could get messy, but try not to lose your cool.”  She looked down the corridor.  “Hmmm, it’s been a while, but I’m pretty sure its this way,” she said, and began to walk in the direction she was facing.  The others followed, though some anxious looks were exchanged.They followed the hallway past an intersection and rounded a corner.  Three armed men, facing each other and talking, stood in front of a red metal door.  They turned in unison at the group’s appearance.  “Hey, who are you?” one of them asked.“We’re under orders to move these subjects,” Jaya responded quickly.“What?  Move them where?  Why’d you bring them up here?”  The guard made a move to grab his communicator.  The other two went for pistols at their belts.“Yo, I don’t think so,” Tyrone said, raising his hand.  Suddenly, it was as though reality began to ripple around the guards.  As the ripple hit each of them, they stood rigid in their tracks.  The strain of holding all three men motionless was apparent on Tyrone’s face.  “Little help for a brother?” he asked through clenched teeth.Before Tyrone even finished speaking, Kiro leapt through the air, swinging his leg around as he did, his foot connecting with two of the guards’ heads.  As he landed, he turned and punched at the third’s chest, sending him back into the wall.  In a matter of seconds, all three were slumped on the ground, Kiro standing over them.Before anything could be said, however, a wailing alarm began to sound.  “Dammit, that camera!” Jaya exclaimed, looking up at the camera pointed at the door.  “Let’s get outta here, fast!”  She nearly dropped her card as she hurriedly slid it in the card pass beside the door.  But the door didn’t open.“My cardkey doesn’t work!” she said, throwing the card to the ground.  “We need through this door, now!”Kiro attempted to force it open, but the metal door wouldn’t give.  Jaya turned to Max.  “We need you to change, Max,” she said.“No,” he replied nervously.  “There must be another way.”“Listen, we need to get out of here, now, don’t you understand?” Jaya yelled at him.Max’s face turned grim.  “No, I won’t do it!”“Change, damn you!” she said, as she backhanded him in the head.As Max flung his head back, his eyes became a deep yellow and the muscles in his face looked as though they were straining to burst the skin.  He staggered back a few feet, as he began to grow in height and proportion, his clothes tearing as he did.  He gave out a bellow that resonated above the blaring alarm as large horns began to protrude from his head and his form began to cover itself with brown hair.  I moments, where Maxamillion Romanoff once stood, there was now a hulking beast of man with the head of bull.  It leaned in towards Jaya and snorted.  Jaya stumbled back a few steps.“Aye carumba, what the hell is that?” Miguel shouted.“It’s Max…” Jaya said, the luster gone from her voice.“Not Max,” it rumbled in reply.  “Call me Minotaur.”“Uh, okay, Minotaur,” Jaya said.  “Can you open this door for us?”It looked at the red door and seemed to smirk.  “To get out of this hole?  My pleasure.” It took a single stride towards the door and kicked at it with its other foot.  The door burst open and flew ten feet down the hall on the other side.Everyone stared at the doorway momentarily before regaining their senses and rushing through it, hoping the way out was not far behind.</blockquote>

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