Investigation of the Structure.~Plot Mission 2.~

Uriko pushes the keys at altria.

"oneesan! hurry! we still have to find shiro-san!"

Grasping the keys she slides them into the lock,clicking it open.Pocketing them just in case she steps out,breathing a sigh of relief when her reiatsu returns to the surface again."Right,now to locate Shiro.." Closing her eyes she focused on his spiritual signature,managing to find it after a few moments.She opens her eyes,worry showing in them."It's too weak..he's either exhausted and unconscious or..badly hurt..come on." Stepping out of the room she runs down the corridor,passing many empty cells on the way.Soon,it opens into another corridor,curving to the left.Following it they come to a long hallway with corridors branching from it at regular intervals.Looking at the white,sterile walls she shivers,fighting down the rising feeling of dread.Unconsciously placing a hand on Tsukiyomi's hilt she resolutely moves forward,at a slightly slower pace.There's a sudden shout and a door further down on the left flies open,a small strangely shaped Hollow running out.

~With Shiro~
The man in the long lab coat stained with dried blood smiled in satisfaction,talking to himself as he usually did,for no one else could be so interesting to speak with."Ever since the move we've had so few good test subjects,they all got transferred or terminated..and now a live Arrancar comes bounding in,what luck!He was even kind enough to bring shinigami friends.." Laughing with glee he adjusted his glasses,leaning down to study Shiro's face."Mhm,but you're far more interesting for this phase..even without the spheres fragment.."
~Note:Shiro's located in one of the labs in the last hallway branching from the corridor Uriko and others are currently in.

shin was worried to hear the words from altria saying shiro might be unconscious...

"Just how big is this place...we need to find shiro soon if he's unconscious...uriko-san, can you track him?"

Uriko pauses and then perks her ears. She growls and dashes in the direction of shiro's reiatsu, but a bared gate stands in the way. Uriko looks around at the base of the gate and notices a gap near the wall, uriko squeezes through it then reverts back to normal. She turns to shin and altria.
"shhhh.... hand me the keys.... the lock is on this side." uriko turns around to see if anyone's coming. seeing no one she turns to altria again.

~in the other area~

Shiro moans then opens his eyes half way, he looks around then sees a man in a white lab coat. Shiro tries to move but realizes he's been bound and paralyzed, he tries to squirm but his body refuses to respond. He glares at the man, fear showing in his eyes.

shin faces uriko in a more concern way..

"Are you sure you want to do this? It's not safe."

Uriko looks somewhat scared, but nods slowly.
"......If i back away now...... I won't be able to live with myself..... knowing that i abandoned a friend........" she pauses then smiles, "even though shiro's an arrancar.... he's shown me...... shown altria....... shown you..... they're not all bad...... " She stops smiling then looks back feeling shiro's reiatsu signature grow a little stronger. "!! oneesan..... i need the keys so i can open the gate for you two."
uriko's eyes grow a more concerned look.

~in the other area~

The drug that was causing paralysis begins to wear off on shiro. Feeling the numbness ebb away, Shiro wakes up and begins thrashing around. The ropes that were binding him begin to break, their fibers coming apart.
"grrrrrrrr.... rrrrrrrrrr..... gotta....... get........ Freee!" Shiro manages to break the ropes and makes a dash for the door. He doesn't get very far before something machanical grabs him.

"!! Gah!!! Let me go!!! DAMN IT!!!" shiro tries squirming his way out but feels his strength begin to fade. "n-no...... not... now..." he starts fading from consiousness, but forces himself to remain awake. Shiro glares at the man in the white lab coat, with a pained look in his eyes. (they're begining to turn dark) (and shiro's been bound again by some machanical thing)

Digging her hand into the pocket she pulls out the keys and passes them through the bars to Uriko,"Here,let's hurry..I have a very bad feeling." Shivering slightly she looks around nervously.

~With Shiro~
Smiling gleefully the man pats a metallic arm lovingly.It belongs to a blue mechanical thing,square shaped with four extended arms,two of which are currently tightly holding Shiro."You won't get away,Kikai here was specifically made to handle Arrancars.Her arms are coated with a substance that absorbs Hollow spirit energy,therefore struggling is useless." Turning around he walks back towards the metallic table,motioning to "Kikai" with his hand.It whirls around slowly and moves towards the table,using the awkward looking arms with surprising grace and quickness to tie him down with strange white straps.Leaning over Shiro the man lightly runs a finger over the #7 tattoo. "So,you're an Espada,most lucky.The only other one we caught managed to get away so quickly,such a shame too,her reaction was most pleasant to watch.I hope you wont disappoint.So please,do struggle and scream all you want..and by the way,those straps are also coated with the same substance that is on Kikai's arms." Smiling widely he walked towards the cart to the side and picked up a syringe filled with something red.

Shiro's eyes widen with terror realizing who the man was talking about.
(in thought)
'Miyuu!!'

Shiro's eyes turn black and vermilion, and he thrashes around so hard the lower strap breaks. (shiro's voice is distorted) "GRRRAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!! I.. WON"T BE....... YOUR EXPERIMENT!!!!!! RAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!" shiro continues thrashing, the strap reistraining his upper body starts to snap.

Uriko unlocks the gate and flings it open. She whips around sensing shiro's reiatsu blaze with fury. she darts ahead.

"oh shiro-san... we're coming."

Running down the corridor towards Shiro's reiatsu now blazing with familiar fury she grips her zanpakuto,pulling it out."Uriko,Shin..be careful.I don't know what happened but..if he's in that state..like last time.."

~With Shiro~
Taking a few steps back in alarm,the man motioned to Kikai,"Here,you do it and quickly." One of the arms grabbed the syringe carefully and moved towards Shiro.

Shiro snaps the strap and lunges at the man fangs bared.
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! YOU"LL PAY!!!!!!!!" shiro is blocked by the robots arm, but manages to bite the man's arm, blood gushes out.
"rrrrrrrrgggghhhh......"

a burning sensation corses through the man's arm, causing imeanse pain.

~With Shiro~
Screaming in fury the man jumps back,clutching the wounded arm."Kikai..detain him..as long as he's alive I don't care what state he's in!"

~With others~
Rounding the corner,they run into a brightly lit room.In the right corner a man in a lab coat is standing clutching a bloody arm.Near is Shiro with a blue robot of some kind advancing on him.Hearing their arrival the man turns around.Seeing his face she freezes,blood draining from her face."You..no,no..impossible.."whispering those words she takes a step back,shivering.

Shiro rushes at the man again and attempts to bite him again, his fangs glisten with blood. He is knocked back by the robot and hits a wall, and is knocked unconsious. Shiro's frenzied stated disappears.

~Ignoring Shiro the man focuses his attention on new arrivals,a smile slowly appearing on his face."Well,well,if it isn't the lost lamb and here we've given up on you.How wonderful that you have decided to return to the flock."

~Eyes darting to Shiro's unconscious from in worry and then to the man again she takes another step back,gripping zanpakuto so hard her knuckles go white. "You..I don't know what you're talking about.." Trying to sound convincing her voice comes out unsteady and trembling instead.'Run away,run away,must run away..no,no,can't leave him here...run away..no,stop it..'

~Smile growing even wider the man shakes his head,"But I think you do,my dear." Wincing in pain he rips of the bloodied sleeve,exposing the still bleeding bite wound.Reaching into a pocket of the lab coat he pulls out a small vile with green looking liquid inside.Uncorking it,he pours the liquid onto the wound.There's a hissing sound when it meets the skin and after a few moments the wound stops bleeding and begins to close.Tossing the empty bottle aside he motions to the machine,"Kikai,finish what you were doing before,do the injection before the rowdy thing wakes." With a click the robot moves towards Shiro.
Fighting down the panic she flash steps before the machine,standing in front of Shiro."Stay away from him!"

Shiro wakes his mind somewhat fuzzy, He looks up and sees altria standing in front of him. Shiro grabs altria and sonidos to the far left wall away from the robot. "a-altria.... " shiro slumps against the wall, his voices wavering, " ......please....I have a favor for you........" he pauses then un-clips okamaru from his side and hands the sheathed blade to her. "take okamaru.... and get out of here...... NOW!!!!"
He opens a garganta behind altria and pushes her into it, then sonidos and grabs uriko and shin, then throws them into the garganta, before closing it shiro smiles sadly at altria. (whispering) 'altria.... thank you for the time........we've spent together...' the garganta closes.

(the garganta opens again and drops the three back at the 2nd division barracks.)

Shiro collapeses to the floor, completely drained of energy from opening the garganta..... his thoughts comfort him knowing that the others will be safe for the moment.Shiro looks up at the man, a scared glint show's in his eyes. to weak to move or fight back at the man, shiro mearly growls at him with his teeth bared.
"grrrrrrrr.... never..... harm...... al....tria...." shiro's voice trails off as he begins to fade from consiousness.

"NO,Shiro!" Reaching towards the garganta her hand passes through empty air.Collapsing on the floor she holds his zanpakuto tightly,whispering,"You fool..fool..",over and over again,her shoulders shaking.

~With Shiro~
Staring at where others have just disappeared the man glares at Shiro before smiling again."No matter,now that I know she's a shinigami it won't be hard finding her." Moving closer until he's standing above Shiro his smile twists into a grin upon hearing his words.Leaning down until he's eyes level with him,the man whispers,"It's far too late for that,dear Arrancar."

shin breathing very hard, punching the wall as he blames himself for what happened.

"Damn it! Here he goes again.."

~back in the ruins~

Shiro's eyes grow somewhat dark hearing the man's words. He growls again at him, baring his fangs. "you spiteful, bloody bastard..." shiro's words come out with uncontrolable hatered. Feeling his strength leaving fast shiro tries one last desprate attempt to open a garganta undeneath himself. only a very small garganta opens next to shiro. cursing to himself he quickly pushes a small sack into the garganta and closes it. Shiro looks at the man, and grins. "you think you're so smart.... don't 'cha? "

(the garganta leads to the same place where altria shin and uriko are.) (the garganta opens in front of altria and the small bag pops out.) (inside the bag are some reseach papers about the past 'subjects' who were experimented on. arrancar/shinigami. a note from shiro, explaining about how to use his sword and how to summon okamaru. and shiro's phionix insignia.)

(note about shiro's insignia)
(it allows someone else who isn't shiro to use his sword. The insignia only works for people shiro trusts, and it allows okamaru to be summoned. 'NOT JUST ANYONE CAN USE IT')

There's a pop and a small garganta opens,dropping a bag on the floor.Staring at it in surprise for a long moment she grasps it and opens.Pulling out some papers she scans the first page,turning white.Shoving them aside with shaking hands she turns the bag upside down.A small note and an insignia drop to the floor.Picking the note she reads through.

shin notices and asks altria about it

"What is it about? From Shiro?"

"Y-yeah..I think it's explaining how to use his sword and summon Okamaru..maybe we could use it to get him out of there..that dragon was a Hollow originally so maybe.." Shaking her head she continues reading.

"Let's go then. We still have time..."

he pauses as altria continues reading

The Note reads:

Altria,
I'm temporarily entrusting my sword to you, as well as my insignia. The insignia will allow you to control Okamaru, but in order to summon him you must say this incantation.

'Darken the skies, and crack the earth, and let thy voice roar like thunder! Rise... Ryu-sama Okamaru!'

Only summon him when you need to... His power may overwhelm you at first but as long as you have the insignia he'll obey your commands.

Shiro.

P.S.
I was able to recover some research files on a few arrancar and shinigami. I found one with miyuu.... and one on..... my fraccion... Desta...

(the note was abruptly cut off at the end)