A/N spoiler! kindof... in Hunger, Edilio does not develop powers. but in my version, hes a shapeshifter! :D

' Where am i?' Astrid wondered as she wandered around what apeared to be an old, run-down gymnasium.

She was alone.

"Astriiiiid..." she heard Sam calling her. Her name bouncing around the room like a Super-Bounce bouncy ball.

' This is so strange...'

"Where are you Astrid...?" That was Sam's voice...wasn't it? Sam wasn't usually that condescending.

"Sam?" Astrid called "I'm over here Sam!" 'Sam will know what this place is.' Astrid hoped.

The lights were dim. A little too dim for Astrid's taste. But her eyes were already adjusted to it.

To her right, there was a set of double doors. Unlocked. Joyful, Astrid ran over and yanked them open. To her surprize, a painfully bright light flooded the gym to greet her.

"AGH!" Astrid fell backward onto the cold wooden floor, sheilding her eyes from the harsh light of the outside world.

"There you are." Sam was standing in the doorway looking cute as ever. "What are you doing on the floor?"

Embarrased, Astrid stood up and ran to hug her boyfriend. Once in an embrace, she started to ask him what was happening. "Oh Sam, I was so scared! and the voice, and the light, and I just want to kno whats going-" Sam cut her off by pushing her (rather forcefully) away from himself.

"Sam, wha-" *BOOM* the gunshot was deffening and unmistakable.

Still staring into Astrids eyes, Sam said, "...he made me...threatened Pete...had to...Im so sorry..." And he fell to the ground as Edilio. Dead.

Dumbstruck by what just happened, Astrid was unable to say anything when Caine stepped through the doors and picked Astrids shell-shocked body off of the dirty floor.

Brought back to reality by Caine's touch that made her want to gag, Astrid spun around and tried to find an exit. But the gym was now pitch-black in comparasin to the light behind Caine. But that was no matter to Astrid. She had ran for her life in the dark before, she could do it again. That is, if within three steps she hadn't run smack into Diana holding a rope and a needle ( 'No doubt not properly sanatized' Astrid thought)

Astrid's last thoughts had been a mixed-up jumble of terror and frantic emotions before her body unwillingly succomed to the creeping cold of the sedative that had been plunged deep into her veins