protect icarus

this ended up being about the escape from Blackwing, but just a short scene, so not much about how it happened etc is clear. & maybe “saving” dirk more so than “protecting” him but… hope you like it.

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Svlad was woken up by a loud alarm blaring from all over the hallways of Blackwing.It was something he had never experienced before. Throughout the years Svlad had been through a countless amount of alarming - pun intended - ways to be woken up in Blackwing, but an emergency alarm had never been one of them.Suddenly the door to his room flew open. One member of the Project Incubus, the psychic vampires, was standing at the doorway. “Icarus.” Said the tall vampire with glasses.“Please don’t hurt me.” Svlad heard himself plead.“We gonna get you outta here is what we gonna do.” The man replied and extended his hand towards Svlad. “Come on, kid.”“What?” Svlad asked.The tall vampire sighed. “We gotta way out but we’re running out of time! You wanna get out of here, don’t you?” The man explained.Svlad nodded quickly and got up from his bed.“Well come on!” The man raised his voice.Svlad quickly followed the man out the door and they made their way down the hallway toward the rest of the psychic vampires. And a fourth man Svlad has never seen before. Or, a boy.“Icarus, meet the Rowdy 3. I’m Martin. That’s Cross, Gripps and Vogel.” The man, Martin, made quick introductions and then started pushing his way toward the exit. “Now, let’s get the hell out of here.”The men started running down the hallway and Svlad’s heart was pounding in his chest. He had no idea what the Rowdy 3 had done to disable the top level security at Blackwing, but right now, he did not care.He could see Gripps smash open the doors. Cross and Vogel followed suit, howling as they went and Martin gave the heavy doors a hard, victorious kick before stepping out.Svlad stood a few feet away from the door and just stared. He had expected to see the bright sunlight and feel all the emotions at once, but it was night, so it was dark out and Svlad couldn’t really wrap his head around the open door. He saw trees. He saw a bird fly by. He saw figures - other projects? - running away from the facility.And then he saw Mr. Priest.Svlad’s heart dropped to his stomach. The rest of the Rowdy 3 had already made it out. Only Svlad remained in the hallway, suddenly blocked by Mr. Priest.“Stop right there, Icarus.” Mr. Priest growled and pointed his gun at Svald’s head, instead of the Rowdy 3 already out of the facility. Svlad froze in the spot. He could see the Rowdy 3 staring at him from a van they had hijacked from the parking lot. He couldn’t believe how close he had gotten. He’d almost breathed the fresh air. He’d almost got out. Almost.“We can do this the easy way or the hard way.” Mr. Priest announced. “Go back to your room, Icarus.” He said. Then he turned to the Rowdy 3. “And you. I’ve called for backup. You’re never maiking it through those gates.”Tears started flowing from Svlad’s eyes.“Go.” He whispered. “Go!” He then yelled at the Rowdy 3. They still had a chance.Martin gave his friends a look and then suddenly they all walked towards Mr. Priest and Svlad.“You finally going down old man.” Martin growled. Gripps pulled his sleeves over his elbows and Vogel looked furious.“No. I never lose. Don’t take one more step.” He said, but his gun stayed on Svlad.“We both know you’re afraid of us and we ain’t in chains anymore.” Martin chuckled.“Boo!” Screamed Cross.“One more step and Icarus here gets a bullet in his brain.” Mr. Priest shouted. Svlad closed his eyes in fear. He had always been certain he’d meet his end in Blackwing, but this particular scenario never made it into the possibilities he’d come up with. He was certain the events of tonight were going to have painful repercussions for Svlad. If the Rowdy 3 were smart, they’d just run to the van and drive. Mr. Priest was afraid of them. They were out of their chains. They had a chance. They could get out. They should. Why wouldn’t they? Suddenly he heard the gun go off and Svlad braced himself for pain. But it never came.Svlad slowly opened his eyes only to see Mr. Priest unconscious on the floor and the Rowdy 3 over him, sucking the energy out of him like they had done to Svlad too. He couldn’t believe his eyes.When the Rowdy 3 finished, Gripps and Cross high-fived and picked up Vogel and began to carry him toward the van.Martin grinned at Svlad. “Let’s get going.”Svlad blinked several times before speaking. “You… You didn’t leave.” He said.Martin turned back around to look at him. “We ain’t monsters, even if that fella thinks so.” He replied and pointed at the still unconscious Mr. Priest.“Thank you.” Svlad whispered.Martin nodded and Svlad smiled. This was the first kindness he had been shown in a long time. They’d saved his life. From Mr. Priest and from Blackwing. Then Martin started walking towards the van and yelled over his shoulder: “He ain’t gonna stay that way forever, ya know!”Svlad took one last look at the facility he had been forced to live in for the last several years. And then he ran after the Rowdy 3, who patiently waited for him to get in before closing the doors to the van.And they drove straight through the gate doors.They were free.

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