The D Wing was quiet. It was always quiet. their steps sounded unnaturally loud on the floor, so much so they subconsciously tried to walk more carefully. Doors with lights above them lined the hall. Out light meant no one was in the room. Red light meant it was occupied. X hated the red lights. Too many times they had been lit for his friends, and too many times the Hunter never saw it extinguished.
This time, there was only one red light.
X walked straight towards it. A lone Hunter, on of Zero's 000 Unit, stood guard, but moved aside without a word to let them enter.
The room was sparsely furnished and dim. A single bed, a couple of chairs, and a nightstand were the only furniture, aside from the closed capsule itself. Lights and monitors kept track of the occupant's vitals and recorded them digitally, as well as printed out a hard copy for records and the doctors. All gathered around, peering in through the clear panel in front over the face. Rock looked peaceful and calm, as if only sleeping.
"You can't tell he was hurt," Roll commented, a bit amazed.
"Dr. Cain is the best," X agreed. Blues put his hand on the glass.
"I guess all we can do is wait."
"Maybe while we do," X put in, "you could answer some questions for me."
"I thought you'd have some. What would you like to know?"
"Um... everything? Why was I put into the capsule? Where did you all vanish to? Where's Dr. Light's lab, and why wasn't I there?" Blues chuckled at the stream of questions.
"Seems I'll have to tell you the story of what happened near the end of father's life, starting right around the time we began building you." Zero made as if to leave. "Zero," he put in, without looking over at the Hunter and making him pause, as well as giving X a funny feeling, "you might want to stay too. This involves you." X thought that Zero didn't look too surprised, but rather like he'd swallowed a bug, and not the virus type either.
"It does?" It was more a statement than a question. Blues nodded, dropping to sit down in a chair, and letting his mind wander back to the year 20XX...