Annalisa slept heavily, trying to slightly adjust to the change in time zones, she was in the big city New York, New York and had come from the west coast where she lived. She woke some time around 3 o'clock in the morning as her body signaled to her it was time to get ready for work. As Annalisa stretched her arms and looked around the lavish hotel room, the school had gone all out for the kids trip to New York. She looked around the room noticing the 6 empty cots, she began to worry, where were her students? Maybe they had woken up early and went next store to the boys room to get Mr. Ricken, the Science teacher she was shadowing over until she had her full year of training. She swung her legs over the side of the queen bed and hoped down barefoot on the plush carpet. She wiggled into her slightly too small jeans and tennis shoes, keeping on the socks and tanktop she slept in. Heading out the hotel room door she grabbed her brown leather jacket off of the chair sitting next to the door which held the key cards to both of the rooms. Walking three doors down she knocked on room number 325. She shifted her weight from one foot to the other, she was slightly overweight but her 5 foot 7 inches held it well and with her long red hair and blue eyes, the men she met never seemed to mind the few extra pounds. She stood there for a few minutes knocking repeatedly, finally she called out "I am coming in" towards the door and swiped the key card quickly opening the door once the small light on the silver toned handle turned green. Swinging the door open and stepping inside she was greeted with the same empty cots she had found in her own room her blue eyes shone with worry as she raced around the one room hotel suite not sure where she expected them all the be hiding but she didn't know what else to do. Running back out of the hotel room and down the hall she started smashing the elevator button with an urgency she couldn't describe, she wasn't sure why she was so worried, they were probably all downstairs asking the concierge where the nearest 24 hour diner was. The elevator made a slight ding sound as the doors opened accepting her inside. Breaking her trance she pressed the "L' button to go down to the lobby to find her class. The ride was only about 40 seconds but it felt like years as the doors opened up showing off the elaborately decorated hotel lobby she strode up to the front desk, why was no one here? The hotel phone sat of the hook on the desk asking the missing person to hang up and try their call again. Annalisa was terrified, where could everyone be? Since she had woken up she had seen not one person in one of the most frequented hotels in one of the busiest places in the world. Looking out the glass doors she saw that the sun was just now starting to peek around the skyscrapers and once again not one person strolling past the hotel on the way to work, or home from the bar. She walked over to them and pushed the door wide as she stepped out, it was then she knew something was wrong, some of the windows near by were bright with fire, car alarms went off in the distance, vehicles piled on one another and purses and briefcases littered the city's sidewalk.<br/>3 months later<br/>Annalisa strode down the walkway towards the shop she had spotted the day before, instead of the same cubby cute young woman she appeared to be before she had become extremely thin, living off of a diet of canned fruits, beans, and dried meats. Her long red hair wrapped messily in a sloppy bun on the back of her head, she still wore her Brown leather jacket, but now it was layered on top of a gray zip up hoodie and pink tanktop, she had stolen a pair of smaller mens cargo pants from one of the shops she had passed in the city and upgraded to top of the line running sneakers that were already showing the signs of extreme use. She had walked 2 blocks everyday towards the residential area hoping to find a place to stay for a while, in her backpack she had a flannel blanket, a blow up pillow, an extra pair of clothing, a carton of menthol flavored cigarettes, a stun gun, and some feminine products. As she was rounding the corner towards the entrance of the shop she had found she heard a voice, no, wait, she couldn't of heard a voice she must be finally using it. Slipping her hand into her pocket she pulled out a small handgun, she really wasn't willing to use it, she had about 24 shots left and was not willing to waste them. She walked up and looked around and that is when she saw him the first thing she noticed was how scruffy he was, the demons she had seen didn't have beards, he must be real. Her heart started racing she wasn't sure if she should shoot or talk. She just stared at him unsure of what to do.