<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/61/EmilieAutumn.jpg)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Lulu Bennett -</strong> <em>Dazed, bewildered, and worried...</em></span></div><br/>Dinner at the Waffle House had been pleasant and full of laughter. As the trio returned, Paul and Lulu had lingered at the staff lounge to chat before heading back out in search of an open store with the Star Wars boxed set. It was true. She's never seen Star Wars yet and everyone who's ever found out had given her the same reaction. "Oh my god? Are you serious? You<em>have</em>to watch it!" Though so far Paul was the only one who had actually gone a step further as they returned to the quiet lounge with movies in hand.<br/><br/>It was already late to begin with, and seated on the comfortable couches, Lulu's eyelids started drifting closed and she struggled to keep them open only to see double as she attempted to stare at the television. Soon enough, sleep had grabbed at her...only to be abruptly snatched away with an insistent shaking. She heard someone yelling as if from miles away and tried to shrug away the person who was telling her to wake up. Then suddenly she was being pulled to her feet.<em>The building is on fire.</em>What? Her mind was sluggish as was the rest of her, then suddenly everything became less dreamlike and sharpened as her mind finally began to focus.<br/><br/>"What?!" she heard the edge of panic in her own voice, letting Paul lead her through the hallways and then the stairs. The sound of others' confused yells and directions of 'This way!' assaulted her ears. Just as soon as everything seemed unbearable, they were outside. Clean, crisp air eased the coughing from her lungs and she quickly joined the rest of the confused group outside. It was a moment before she looked around and felt slightly relieved as she spotted familiar faces. Ronin, India,...was that Bastiaan?<br/><br/>...Where was everyone else?...An icy fear gripped at her, and it had nothing to do with the early morning cold.