JP - Herbert does not have Worms afterall

Herbert looked up at Kiana and shook his head, trying to make sure she understood not to trust the man.

Kiana frowned, confused and not knowing who to trust. So she tased the guy in the surgical scrubs too.

The man in the surgical scrubs fell to the floor as well, twitching and screaming. At least Herbert hadn’t screamed like a little bitch.

Kiana turned on the naked guy. “Who the fuck are you, pervert?”

“I’m Herbert!” He roared at her before groaning in pain. “Fuck, that hurt!”

“Why are you a naked human?” Kiana asked Herbert, getting the taser ready for another blast.

“I think that might be irrelevant considering I woke up on a table with that guy trying to cut into me with a scalpel!” Herbert blurted and pointed at the man in scrubs. “Ugh…”

Kiana wondered if she should taser the guy in scrubs again. “They can turn you into a human but can’t even give you a pair of whitey-tighties?”

“I think they didn’t care since they were gonna open me up and probably steal my organs, Kiana!” He slammed a fist on the ground. “Can you please find me some pants?!”

“Why would they need to turn you into a human first?” Kiana was confused but she tased the guy in scrubs again and stole his pants. And his wallet, because fuck that guy.

Herbert had to take a moment to figure out how to grab and put on the pants. “How do you work these things?!” He asked, unsure of how his fingers were supposed to grab onto anything. “Being human is confusing…uh…I don’t know.”

The scrubs guy was unconscious at this point.

“One leg goes into each leg. Usually you’d be wearing underwear too.” Kiana said distractedly, going through Scrubs guy’s wallet.

After getting the pants on, Herbert worked the guy’s shirt off and pulled it on with a bit of a fight. “So, you figure out where we are? I wanna find out why they made me…human.” He grimaced. “Also, I heard a familiar name…you ever hear of Loreen?”

“Yeah, Loreen the… bitcher? That doesn’t sound right. She has done some really terrible experiments, including bringing Canestone back to life after Tzeitel and Klaire killed him the first time and enhancing his powers and giving him a healing factor.” Kiana grimaced. “She’s probably behind this, I don’t know why she’d do this… I don;t know why she brought someone like Canestone back from the dead either.”

“I don’t think she is.” Herbert replied. “They mentioned her name as if they were trying to…uh…what did they say? Uhm….” Biting his lip, he tried to think of the proper words. “Something about stealing her work and…using it against metas.”

“Well, fuck.” Kiana said. “We need to get out of here. Get Frisk, get the Underground knowing what’s going on here.”

Herbert nodded and jumped at the sound of a loud bang down the hall. Claws were parting a door, breaking it open harshly. “For now, let's just…uh…run!” He said, grabbing her wrist and pulling her along in the opposite direction as a monstrosity much like the things Loreen used to make broke through and rushed toward them.

Kiana ran with Herbert, every other word she said was fuck. She had her taser ready but was not sure if it had enough juice left, or if it would have any effect on this monster. <Anyone there? Help!> Kiana tried calling to any animals nearby.

The animals she did hear were begging to be let out of cages and torturous situations. Even the bigger animals had no power here.

Herbert ran into a door and growled as he tried to twist the doorknob like he’d seen Kiana, Gelf and Sorley do so many times, but it wouldn’t turn no matter which way he moved it. He didn’t see any locks or buttons anywhere and slammed his shoulder into it. “Kiana, just run!” He said, gesturing down another hallway. “I’ll distract it!”

“I’m not leaving you behind, for fuck’s sake!” Kiana said angrily. “C’mon!”

The moment she said that he suddenly got the door to break open. “Huh?” Grabbing her arm, he pulled her inside and quickly hid with her under a table as the creature made it to the door. It leaned its head in, moving back and forth as if trying to listen to them. Looking at its eyes, Herbert knew it was blind and held onto Kiana tightly as he tensed.

The creature, after a moment, pulled from the room and moved down the hall.

Kiana relaxed slightly when the creature left the room, but remained hidden under the table. <Jesus fucking christ, I just wanted to deworm a pig.>

Herbert rolled his eyes. <I don’t have worms, Kiana. I told you that before.> He explained and waited a few minutes before getting out from under the table. They would have to move quietly if they were going to get out of this place. <Take off your shoes so it won’t hear them.>

<You can still hear me? Shit… We need a vet to test you for worms… or a doctor… Dammit, I just got these shoes last week.> Kiana took off her shoes and tied the laces together and draped them over her neck.

Herbert facepalmed and silently groaned. <I don’t have worms, damn it! They actually checked before this all happened!> Leaving the room, he glanced down the hall and glared at the monster as it kept going. <Good riddance to that thing. Come on.> Turning, he went the opposite direction and tried to open every door they passed.