"Where am I?" Katherine shouted. She had been trying for what seemed like hours. Her hands were bonded behind her back and the room was kept pitch dark. Katherine writhed her wrists against her restraints, hoping to find a way to escape. She thought back to James, Nate, all those who had been lost to get her here.
"It won't be for nothing, James. I promise you." Katherine gritted her teeth and prepared herself mentally for the pain that would come from escaping her handcuffs.
But it would seem fate had something else in mind for her.
The lights flashed on, momentarily blinding Katherine.
"Agh!" Katherine grunted as her eyes struggled to adjust to the new light.
A man stood in front of her. Shaun. Katherine rose to her feet, ignoring the pain and the screams of pain that resonates throughout her body. All signs of the fatigue and her injuries from the previous battle.
"Director…" Katherine spat, mustering up as much strength as she could manage. Shaun looked visibly upset, he placed his hand on an unseen glass that separated the two.
"Mother…" Shaun grunted. It seemed he was affected more than his pride would allow him. "You chose to forego your family for these… savages. Your own son…"
"You're not my son." Katherine hissed. "My son was stolen from me years ago."
"I'm right here, Mother." Shaun moaned, clearly upset. The room shook and dust fell from the ceiling. Katherine looked up while Shaun kept his eyes glued to his mother's face.
"What did you do with my friends?" Katherine asked, less aggressively in an attempt to lure Shaun out of his normal arrogant and protected self.
"As if that mattered how. They're coming for me. Humanity's last best hope now will soon be gone." Shaun sighed. He coughed into his hand violently before grabbing a handkerchief from an unseen pocket. He quickly hid it away but Katherine managed to spot a few red spots on the once white cloth. "I hope you're proud of yourself." Shaun grunted inbetween coughs.
"Shaun… that blood." Katherine whispered. "Are you sick?"
"It doesn't matter anymore. I have no reason to live anyways." Shaun sighed, he suddenly began to stumble as if he struggled to even stand.
"Shaun!" Katherine shouted slamming both hands against the glass. "Help! Somebody help!"
"Stop." Shaun gasped. "It's too late for me now. But it's not too late for you."
"Shaun what are you talking about? It's never too late, just let me out. James is a doctor he can-"
"No!" Shaun roared. "I will never let his kind touch me."
"His kind? Shaun?"
"It's not worth the time nor the effort." Shaun slammed a button on the table he leaned on and a small helmet shot down from the ceiling while a seat materialized from the floor.
"What are you-"
"No time." Shaun wheezed before hacking and coughing once more. "Get in. Now."
"Shaun…"
"Now…" Shaun's voice was barely audible. Katherine nodded and leapt into the machine a small laser cut the bonds off her wrists so she could rest her wrists on the seat.
"What now?" Katherine asked. Shaun looked deeply into her eyes.
"You survive." Shaun slammed his hand into the table once more. Suddenly the helmet smashed onto Katherine's head as an electric shock rippled throughout her body. The pain was unbearable as it traveled from her head to her feet. Katherine felt like she was about to die. Then darkness.