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  Two dirty looking men open up the door and enter. One of them is huge and has a slackjawed look on his face. He wears overalls that look like they've never been washed. The smaller of the two is wearing a mechanic's jumpsuit and trucker's cap. When he sees you a big grin spreads across his face making him even creepier than the larger one.
  
  "Hoo wee! Well look at what we got here! Doc really has been fixing up this place, because that is one sweet piece I tell ya what!" the smaller one exclaims.
  
  You can only guess these must be Leslie's "assistants."
  
  You sit up immediately and try to arrange your gown to cover you as much as possible.
  
  "Didn't mean to startle ya darlin' but I'm Jed and this here's my brother Hugo. What's yer name and what the hell are you doin' in here?" the smaller one says.
  "My name's Suzy, and this is my room. What the hell are YOU two doing in here?"
  "Whoa, easy there blondie. This is where me and Hugo always go to hang out when we're on standby as it were. No point in headin' back ta town right now anyway, since it sounds like the shit's really hit the fan out there, but never mind all that, what's all this about this bein' yer room? You some new live in whore for the Doc to fuck when his snooty sister isn't putting out?" Jed asks.
  
  Jed gets closer towards you meanwhile Hugo hasn't moved from the entryway. You're feeling very threatened.
  
  "No, I'm Lilith's guest, now will you please leave my room?" you say.
  "Lilith's guest? Wait, you sayin' you HER whore? Well shit, I like the sound of that even better! So you ever been with a guy at all or are you strictly a pussy licker?" Jed asks with a pretty predatory look in his eyes.
  
  "The pair of you better get out of here. Lilith has made it clear she doesn't want anyone else in here." You say standing up from the couch.
  "Oh is that right? Well I ain't heard nuthin' about it and I take my orders from the Doc, not his snobby bitch of a sister. So I think you better just settle down blondie. In fact, I think you better start making yourself REAL comfortable." Jed says and starts fondling his crotch while still approaching you.
  
  You're steadily running out of options. About the only thing you can do now is either threaten them to the point that they back off or beg and hope they take mercy. Either option isn't likely to succeed.
  
  > threaten them
  You focus your mind and try to muster up all your courage for what you're about to say next. It might very well be suicidal, but if the unthinkable is going to happen, then at least you can take comfort that you stood up to them even as scared as you are right now.
  
  "Look, you fucking inbred rednecks, get the fuck out before you get in some major shit so deep that you ain't got the hip waiters for it!" you exclaim.
  
  Jed is hardly intimidated and his expression changes from perverted leer to burning hatred.
  
  "Hugo get out of that entryway and close that fucking door. I think this little blonde bitch needs to learn I don't take orders from whores. Let alone one that isn't sucking my cock, but I think we can change that situation." Jed says.
  
  "You think that's supposed to fucking scare me?" you say and then Jed grabs you by both arms squeezing tightly. He presses his body against yours and looks down at you menacingly.
  
  "Oh I can tell you're scared bitch, I've been doing this a long time. And even if you weren't, you better damn well be. Last time I saw Doc's sister she was outside speaking with some soldier boys. She ain't gonna be down here in time to save your ass and if you think that we'll get in trouble for fucking you up, you over estimate your worth. At the most, we'll get chewed out by Doc, for pissing off his sister by wreckin' her kitty licking fuck buddy." Jed says.
  
  You just look down after Jed's response. Still holding your arms tightly he addresses you again.
  
  "What? Got nuthin' else to say? Yeah that's what I fucking thought. You fucking whores talk tough when you think you got a savior, but when the shit goes down, you shut the fuck up real quick."
  
  You start laughing and look up at Jed's face, which is now showing a bit of confusion due to your response.
  
  "You truly are one dumb ass fucktard, Jed. You keep thinking I'm Lilith's whore, or whatever fantasy YOU put in your own goddamn pathetic little head of yours. If I was her whore, don't you think I'd be dressed more like one? Look at how the fuck I'm dressed! I'm in a fucking HOSPITAL GOWN! Who wears hospital gowns? FUCKING PATIENTS! I'm her patient! I'M FUCKING SICK AND CONTAGIOUS YOU STUPID ASSHOLE!" you shout with a mixture of contempt and amusement.
  
  At this point Jed takes his hands off of you and backs off a bit.
  
  "Shit!" he shouts.
  "Oh what? Am I not so attractive now that you've found out I might have shit that will make your dick fall off? Come on stud, I'll make it totally worth it! I guarantee it'll be the last fuck you'll ever need." You say and start grabbing at him and laughing.
  
  Jed gives you a hard shove causing you to fall backwards.
  
  "Fuck! Hugo, this bitch has got the crotch rot somethin' fierce! Open up that fucking door!" Jed shouts.
  
  Hugo comprehends the situation just well enough to follow Jed's orders and it doesn't take long before they're both out the door. Unfortunately Jed isn't quite so stupid to leave the door open or unlocked since you hear a firm click. Of course maybe he was just so scared of you possibly getting out that he took the time to lock it. In any case you got rid of them and you're alone again.
  
  You're quite pleased that this is the first time you actually employed an assertive method this week and it worked out. Your arms hurt from Jed squeezing them though.
  
  A half hour later, you hear the door again. This time it's Lilith and she looks somewhat harried when she comes in. She's also carrying a tray of food with what looks to be meat on it and some potatoes on it. She places it on coffee table in front of the sofa and also gives you a bottle of water. She then sits down on the chair Jed was sitting in.
  
  "Whew. Sorry about that. Just one thing after another. Anyway, there's your food. It's left over meatloaf from yesterday that I heated up. Hope that's okay. We still had quite a bit left and I didn't really have time to prepare anything else. Leslie usually does most of the cooking around here anyway."
  
  You stare at the meatloaf, which doesn't look all that appetizing. The potatoes look okay though. You notice your eating utensils are plastic. Guess Lilith isn't completely trusting of you either.
  
  "What's wrong? You're not a vegetarian are you?" Lilith asks.
  "Um, no. Not at all." You say and poke at the meatloaf.
  "You think I poisoned the food?"
  "Actually I didn't think that, until you just mentioned it. I was just thinking of how unappealing the meat looks." You say.
  "Well not that this might help calm your fears, but I didn't poison or drug the food. There wouldn't be much point in it; you're my control subject after all. As for the look of the meat, well my brother's a good cook, but he's never been big on presentation, but I assure you it tastes much better than it looks. Of course you don't need to eat it. There are potatoes there."
  "No, I'll eat. I'm hungry enough and I don't have that much choice." You say.
  
  You take a bite of the meatloaf and it's actually just like Lilith said, it looks awful, but it does taste good.
  
  "You were right." You say.
  "Well I do understand the hesitation. I remember some of the meals my brother has made in the past and they looked more like something that already was digested. He's gotten a bit better with it though. Anyway, so how have you been feeling? Still no sudden mood swings or violent urges or anything I trust?" Lilith asks.
  "Well no, but I did have to act crazy to get two redneck assholes out of here."
  "Oh no. (Sigh) Jed and Hugo came in here? I told my brother not to let those assholes wander around down here picking the locks to places they're not supposed to be going anyway!"
  "Apparently they were under the impression I was your personal whore."
  "What?! Why the hell would they think...nevermind...they didn't do anything to you did they?"
  "No, like I said, I acted crazy. Or more specifically I convinced them I was sick and contagious. They left real quick after that."
  "Heh, good thinking. Explains why I saw their shitty pick up truck screech out of here earlier."
  "Hope to never see them again." You say continuing to eat.
  "Yeah well that will be arranged. I'll tell my people stationed outside to shoot them on sight if they return. I don't care if Leslie complains about it either. Besides, there's news that we all might not be staying here much longer."
  
  You stop eating for a moment.
  
  "What do you mean?" you ask.
  "Well as I said, the National Guard are currently stationed in town and trying to maintain order. While they might succeed, GZ doesn't fancy their chances and would rather not lose a valuable employee such as myself in the possible chaos that will spill over. So they're ready to ship me and my brother out of here to a GZ shelter, a proper company one, not the ones that have been built for the common public. It's just as well considering the reports we've been getting on the world situation." Lilith says.
  
  You take a drink of water wondering what this means for you.
  
  "When is this going to happen?" you ask.
  "Maybe tomorrow, definitely by Friday. I'm going to miss this house, so many good memories here especially with Leslie. I can only imagine the talk I'm going to have to have with him. Looks like he's going to have company job whether he wants one or not. Oh well, he'll get used to it..."
  "What about me?" you interrupt.
  "Well, that is the question isn't it?" Lilith says, taking off her glasses and rubbing her eyes.
  
  "While I haven't been able to do the tests and ask the questions like I wanted to earlier today, I'm fairly certain you're fine and you're one of those few that aren't affected by the side affects of the drug. I have a few theories on why that might be, but nothing solid. It doesn't really matter anyway I suppose at this late stage." Lilith remarks.
  "So...I'm free to go?" you ask.
  "Well, I do want to keep you for observation for one more day. I mean might as well since we might not be leaving tomorrow anyway. After that, well I suppose it's up to you. If you want to leave, you will be allowed to leave. You probably should keep in mind however, that returning to town might not be the best idea, so I'm not sure where you'd go. Do you have anywhere to go?"
  "Not really. I mean I don't have my phone so I can't even call anyone who might give a shit. Not that my family would give a shit of course, so I don't really even have a home at this point."
  "Hm, well that leads me to the other possible option, that I can probably take you with us. Might take some string pulling and calling in of favors, but if you want to come with us, you can."
  "Go with you? To a GZ Shelter? What would I do there?"
  "Oh I'm sure we could find something, no need to worry about that. You'd have to follow the rules there though. Life would be quite different, but with the way things are going, I'm sure life is going to be different anyway."
  
  You just nod silently as Lilith stands up to head back to the door.
  
  "Tell you what. Let's dispense with any more interrogation today. You already had to deal with waking up strapped to a gurney, not knowing where you were, being told that the world may end soon and that you may or may not suffer a negative side affect of a drug, not to mention those redneck rapists barging in here. I think you deserve to relax for the rest of the day and night."
  "So, that's it?"
  "For today it is. Like I said, just make yourself at home for now. This will all be over soon and you won't be a prisoner here. I'm glad you've been making this easy Suzy. That's definitely a good thing." Lilith says and leaves.
  
  Alone once again and now you've got the whole night to contemplate your situation, which has changed again.
  
  Escape is now looking unnecessary given that Lilith seems to not have any insidious plans of going back on here word. You're not even sure it would be a good idea to do so anyway now considering she mentioned GZ security are now guarding the perimeter of the house.
  
  Of course that still leaves the question of "where will you go?" While she's already warned you about town, you really don't have anywhere else. You don't even have a vehicle. You suppose you could always just risk heading back home or maybe even Julie's assuming either place is still standing.
  
  The offer to go with Lilith and her brother is just odd though. It really is an unknown factor, but if things are really getting as bad as Lilith claims, maybe you need to embrace the unknown.
  
  You spend the rest of the night pondering your options until you eventually get sleepy and drift off on the couch.
  
  > Next day... 
  You wake up once again a prisoner, though perhaps not for long and despite everything, you're actually feeling slightly optimistic about your situation. Very slightly.
  
  You aren't sure what time it is, but knowing your usual sleeping habits, it's probably at least the afternoon. You imagine you'll be getting a visit from Lilith as usual soon so you start perusing the nearby books until she comes in. You pick one that looks interesting to you.
  
  As you're reading "Unusual Sexual Practices From Around the World" you start hearing the faint noise of what sounds like yelling or shouting. Doesn't really sound like any actual words though, more like just noises, still the sound isn't completely distinct.
  
  A few minutes later you hear something that sounds like a gunshot. You start to worry and keeping you ears open, but you don't hear anything else unusual until you hear that familiar sound of the door opening up. Fortunately it's Lilith and not someone who isn't supposed to be in here. Once again she looks a bit beleaguered as she carries in what looks to be a small medical bag and a notebook.
  
  "Um, is everything okay? I thought I heard shouting and a shot." You say.
  "Yeah, I imagine you would have given your proximity. You remember I said you were my control subject? Well some of the others down here aren't and they've been getting worse. My brother just put one down that was starting to break his restraints. I have a feeling the rest are going to have to be put down as well, because I don't think I'm going to bother having them transported with us when we leave, which is looking like today since shit is reportedly getting even worse in town.
  
  The "putting down" of subjects is a little concerning until Lilith immediately follows up her statement.
  
  "Relax, you're not getting shot unless you start regressing into a savage and let me guess, you've experienced no problems correct?"
  "Nope. Feel fine. Just a little anxiousness, especially being near people that might be turning into beasts." You remark.
  "Don't worry about that. They might escape the restraints, but they aren't escaping out the rooms. We made sure of that when we had this area built it had solid doors and walls. Anyway, since things are moving rather quickly now I suppose I'll just wrap up your little part in this observation which isn't going to take long."
  
  Lilith at this point pulls out a syringe and a tourniquet along with some cotton balls and rubbing alcohol.
  
  "Now I'm just going to draw some blood, not inject you with anything."
  "What do you need my blood for?"
  "Oh just need another sample for testing. I mean I already drew blood from you when you were unconscious a day ago, so this is just a follow up really. Considering you're not frothing at the mouth or destroying this room by now, I'm very certain you weren't affected by whatever exposure of the drug you might have in contact with, but never hurts to be thorough. Your arm please."
  
  Lilith has more or less been playing square with you so reluctantly you hold out your arm and after prepping it she begins to draw blood.
  
  "Ugh, hate needles." You say looking away.
  "Most people do. Leslie used to hate them too. Still does actually. Really odd considering he's a doctor and uses them on a regular basis...then again I suppose it's different when you're using them on other people. There we go."
  
  Lilith finishes up and you're rubbing your arm watching a tube of your blood go into another container and then placed back into the bag. Lilith then starts flipping through pages of her notebook.
  
  "So, I guess I'll be free to leave soon?" you ask.
  "Yes. I'll have the clothes you were wearing brought to you soon. I'm sure you're sick of wearing the gown. After that well, I guess you can make your decision on whether to go or come with us. I contacted a few high ups at the offices and they said it was fine if I brought you." She answers without looking up.
  "Oh. Well I guess that does open up options for me then." You say still unsure of what you're going to do.
  
  You have been meaning to ask Lilith about something she said to you yesterday though.
  
  "Hey, I was sort of wondering...what did you mean yesterday about me not being a beacon of sanity?" you ask.
  "Funny you should ask, since I was just about to do a last minute interview with you, so I had at least a few more things to put down in my report. Most of what I've got on you is only through observation or what Bobby told me. It would be nice if I had something directly from you. Of course as I keep complaining about, things haven't been ideal lately."
  
  Lilith finds the page she was looking for and then focuses complete attention on you.
  
  "To answer your question...keep in mind this is based on all observation and mostly Bobby's words so I'll admit this isn't necessarily an accurate assessment of your personality. No offense is meant, but here's my impression of you and why and please feel free to interject whenever you want."
  
  Lilith goes into a psychological assessment of your character and while you do fill in on some of what she might be missing and clarify on other aspects of your life, she doesn't really lose a beat in her view of you, indeed it only seems to enhance it.
  
  She starts off by talking about your introverted behavior to the point of falling into escapist behavior. She discusses that some of this is due to being the product of a dysfunctional family where you were only ever close to your mother since she was the only one that ever displayed any positive attention and when she died that was one of the major turning points of you shutting yourself off from the world and "giving up" in general. However Lilith mentions that this relationship wasn't exactly the healthiest since it placed pressure on being "good and proper" which apparently had some negative effects on not just you, but your other sisters as well.
  
  Then she mentions that while you finally broke out of this shell a bit when you met Bobby, that relationship wasn't exactly built on a stable foundation to begin with and indeed just fed into your world of fantasy on some level, with Bobby being a "Prince" whisking you away from the clutches of a "villain" (Your uncle in this case). Most of your relationship was co-dependency and enabling behavior since who would anyone that considered themselves "normal" stay with a man who doesn't just murder people, but essentially runs a cult?
  
  She then goes on to say that while she does think you did care for Bobby on some level, she doesn't believe that you were really capable of ever loving him and not because of his sister, but because deep down you're not really capable of the emotion at all. She mentions that you're so used to your own company and withdrawn that you can't even form proper attachments. Even a "non-normal" one like you had with Bobby.
  
  She finishes up by saying that while much of your personality can be explained by "nurture", there is evidence that all of the behaviors you exhibit were all just laying in wait to flourish anyway. Other members of your family have their own personality problems (Sadism, suicidal depression, narcissism, nymphomania, paranoid delusions, psychopathy, etc) meaning that it's probably all genetic on some level. She even believes that under certain circumstances you could not only be capable of great violence, but also revel in it.
  
  "But what does all this mean?" you ask.
  "Nothing much as far as my report goes except maybe a half assed theory on why the drug didn't seem to have an affect on your mind. I suppose for you it's greater insight on yourself, but I'd wager that given your introspective nature, you've probably already pondered all of what I've just told at one time or another. It's probably why you're not really insulted by my words, because you probably agree with everything I said on some level."
  
  You don't really have a response because what Lilith says is somewhat true. It's actually pretty damn scary how accurate she was given that all her information was mainly based on Bobby's words and the few conversations she's had with you.
  
  "Wow. Well I guess you didn't go the typical route and say I was a closet lesbian or something." You say.
  "Oh, no. I don't believe you're a closeted lesbian." Lilith chuckles.
  
  "You just have some repressed bisexual tendencies, but that's really a very minor point in the scheme of things. Anyway, I think we're done. I'll go grab your clothes and..."
  
  Suddenly the door opens up and you see an older man with wild hair that's completely white in color. He wears a bloody lab coat and has a pistol in one hand. You wonder if this Leslie.
  
  "Sis, you need to get your ass out here. We're under damn attack and we could use another pair of hands to hold a weapon out here." He says.
  "Who the hell is attacking?" Lilith says.
  "Who do you think? Damn crazies from town and your GZ boys aren't exactly the crack team they think they are. Just saw one of those fucking cowards run off...well before he got tackled and eaten by a bunch of those crazy fuckers."
  "Shit, they probably sent a bunch of fucking rookies. (Sigh) Fine, let's go Leslie. Suzy, you might want to stay here."
  
  Lilith gets up to go with her brother, and the pair of them leaves the room. You don't hear a click this time and you get curious...
  
  You get up and try the door, and find it hasn't been locked this time. They were probably in too much of a hurry to bother.
  
  You sort of wonder if you shouldn't take this opportunity to escape on your own terms, since you still have a bit of a trust problem with Lilith considering she did make a lab rat out of you. (Doesn't matter if she was "nice" about it)
  
  Of course maybe you'd be safer in here if there crazy cannibals out there.
  
  > leave the room
  You're not staying in here like a sitting duck. If whatever the things are that are attacking the house succeed in overrunning the place, you'd be trapped. Better you at least get to an area where you can run somewhere else, and with any luck you'll be able to escape this place altogether.
  
  You exit the room and quickly run down a corridor where you hope you'll some stairs in that direction, because with as noisy as the other patients are, you have just as much fear that one of them is going to get out their locked rooms and attack you despite the fact Lilith says they're secure.
  
  You soon find the stairs leading up and the sounds of gunfire and shouts get even louder. You hear a lot of glass breaking as well.
  
  All the action seems like it's going on in the front part of the house, so that's where you head away from and soon find yourself in the kitchen.
  
  From the kitchen you can see a door leading to backyard. Looking out the window, it doesn't appear that any of those crazy people are attacking from this direction so that's one good thing. It also looks like the fence would be very hard to climb since it's a smooth high wooden fence. If you were planning to escape, your chances of doing it this way have decreased.
  
  Still, you also notice the tree in the yard with branches that hang over the fence. You probably could climb it and drop down if you really wanted to get away. Of course with all those things out there, that might not be the safest plan, even if they aren't coming from this direction. You also feel a little vulnerable what with just wearing a hospital gown.
  
  Then you hear the chaos going on within the house and the sounds of what you think to be those things finally getting into this place.
  
  Wasting no more time, you look around for a weapon and a nasty looking machete catches your eye. You have no idea what one of these would be doing in the kitchen, but you're taking it and getting the hell out of here.
  
  As you're opening up the door you hearing the sounds of battle getting more hectic, in fact it even sounds like it's getting closer to your location...
  
  "I'm gonna check around back to make sure none of them are...HOLY SHIT!" A uniformed man with a GZ logo on it exclaims when you turn to face him.
  
  Having no idea who you are, seeing you hold a machete in your hand, the fact that you just opened the backdoor and him being totally surprised by your presence causes him to do the only logical thing a man in his position would do.
  
  He thinks you're a hostile and immediately opens fire on you with his rifle. You don't have time to do anything except fatally catch bullets at that point.
  
  When the chaos dies down, Lilith is annoyed about losing you as her control subject, but she gets over it.