Cal frowned and looked around. "Wait... me...?" he asked, his hand still tight around Emily's.
Emily looked at Cal and her mouth opened. "No, don't take him," she whispered.
"Yes. Dr. Lightman. They chose you."
"They chose me? What the hell does that mean?"
"They get one person back... they want you back," Trace said.
"Me?" Cal asked again.
"Yes..."
Emily let go of Cal's hand and whispered, "Dad, if you don't go... who knows what will happen."
"I'm not leaving my daughter here with you bastards."
Trace walked over, holding a black sack. "I'm going to put this over your head and we're going to leave."
"No!"
"Or I'll shoot the girl."
Cal shut up and sighed heavily. "Dammit."
Emily looked over to Gillian with a terrified look.
Once Trace was gone, Gillian scooted over and took's the place of Cal's hand. "It's fine... we're going to be just fine."
"You don't know that!" Emily whispered.
.:.
Cal was pushed out of the van in the parking lot to the office. He walked in and found Ben standing there, waiting for him. "What the bloody hell is wrong with you?" Cal asked angrily.
"I'm sorry?"
"Why didn't you bring Emily home! It's too freakin' dangerous for her!"
Ben frowned and said, "Because we need you on the other side. It's dangerous for us to lose you."
"We need Emily back, ASAP."
"I'm sorry... I didn't even think..."
"I can't believe you. My daughter's sitting there scared out of her... What the hell is that?" Cal asked, pointing to a screen.
"That's them... we have had eyes on you the whole time."
"And you haven't been able to find us?" Cal yelled.
"No! We haven't! Trace set it up... he wants us to know what's going on or something like that."
Cal sat down in front of the screen and stared at Emily and Gillian talking. "Is there sound?"
"Yeah." Ben pressed a button and Gillian's voice became clear.
"It's alright... He's back with Ben trying to figure things out... Don't worry."
Cal took a deep breath and shook his head. "Dammit... this is so crazy."
"Tell us what happened."
He looked up at Ben and asked, "Huh?"
"What do you remember last?"
"Um... the gas."
"The gas?"
"We were all hanging out in the office. Loker and Ria in the lab... Gillian was doing some shit that bores me... and I think Emily was getting food when..."
She walked into Cal's office with a frown. "Dr. Lightman... I need to show you something."
Cal stood up and followed her into the hallway. "What the hell?" He stared up at the vents where a green looking gas was seeping through the metal. "We need to get out. Go outside... I'll get everyone else out."
Ana nodded and quickly hurried outside.
The green smoke made it further down, causing Cal to cough. He pulled his shirt up over his mouth and ran to the lab. "Where are Loker and Torres?" he asked.
Most of them turned and shrugged.
"Ok, get out of the office. There's a gas leak or something and we're all evacuating. Go stand down by my car... right now!"
People got a little confused, but eventually the lab was clear.
He coughed loudly as he went on to the next room. "Gillian! Get out!" he yelled.
She looked up from her computer and saw the smoke piling in through her door.
"Oh my gosh! What is that?"
"I don't know, but I don't think it's safe and we need to get out!"
"Who else is inside." She pulled him into the office and shut the door.
"I dunno... Loker, Em, Ria... a couple other people."
"Alright... um... let's go get them."
"No, I can get them. You need to get outside before it hurts you."
She quickly smiled and then pulled the door open.
The smoke was coming faster and thicker. It stung in his eyes.
He pulled his shirt back to his mouth and squinted, watching Gillian run to the door.
He turned to run to the kitchen, but heard a thump.
Gillian had collapsed right outside of the door.
He ran over and skidded to a stop beside her. "Gillian?" He kneeled down and held her head. "Gill!"
He had dropped the shirt to grab her and was beginning to feel woozy.
Gillian looked like two Gillian's and his own voice sounded lower and further away.
He coughed a couple more times and then fell to the floor, soon passing out.
"That's what I remember... Seeing Gillian collapse and then I started to feel woozy and passed out too."
"Well..." Ben said. "We have footage if you'd like to see what happened."
"Definitely." Cal watched Ben's hands as he found the video.
A/N: Have I managed to confuse you? Thanks for reading.