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Chapter 3 - Blood

"What?" Gwen asked.

"I can't feel any pulse." Owen replied. Jack sighed and picked Chandra up.

"Why is she even here?" Inato asked.

"She must have thought we could help her." Jack replied and took her into the rooms where they held the other Alien's they had caught. Jack placed her on the floor and put his hand on her cheek. He lifted her face and kissed her passionately. When he parted she gasped for breath, a smirk crossed his face. They stood and she rested her head on his shoulder, sobbing quietly.

"Please get this thing out of me." She moaned.

"We will." Jack replied and pecked her again. Gwen offered to the entity to take her as host (again). the thing left Chandra and they caught it in the cage and it died. Chandra crumpled to the ground under her own weight, she couldn't stand on her own. They layed her out on the floor and closed the door. Owen kept a CC video feed on her. Most of the time she was curled up in a corner.

"Jack, I don't think we should keep her in there." He said.

"Why not?" He asked.

"Just look at her, she doesn't move at all." Owen replied.

"Hmmm." Jack muttered.

"That's it?! HMMM?!" Gwen asked.

"Will it make you all happier if I go down there?" He asked. They nodded vigorously, Jack sighed and walked down the stairs. He opened the glass door, offering to Chandra that she could leave. She turned her head towards him from the corner. Her face was very pale and her eyes were sunken in and dark.

"What?" She rasped.

"You look terrible." He said, becoming more concerned. She laughed in a dry, painful way.

"I'm used to it by now." She muttered and turned back to the wall.

"Come on, get up." Jack said and picked the girl off the floor, he touched her arm and she hissed.

"Get off me!" she screamed and pushed him to the floor. Jack stood up again and turned to the camera.

"What do you want me to do now?" He asked them, even though he knew they couldn't reply. Then the Epiphany came. He spun around to look at the girl.

"Are you hurt?" He asked, she barely nodded. "Where?" He approached her and she lifted her sleeve. A long, infected gash ripped through her skin.

"Have you had this the entire time?" He asked, leading her up to the Hub.

"Ever since I came here." She replied. That's been four days. Jack thought. Owen cleaned the wound off and bandaged it for her. Gwen and the others looked at the gaunt Teen.

"I suppose now I'll have to go back down there." She whispered, the entire room went silent.

"No. You can stay up here. Right Jack?" Gwen told her.

"Fine." Jack sighed and walked to his office. Chandra stood up and ran after him.

"Wait." she called. Jack turned back to face her, She hugged him like She was a little girl. "Thank you." She muttered and placed an object in his palm. she backed away and he looked at his hand.

"Where did you get this?" he asked. It was a small rounded object that looked like a remote control.

"I dunno, I found it." She replied and took a step away.

"How did you get out?" He grabbed her arm.

"Like this." she answered and stepped through the glass door. The others gawked.

"You mean you could get out the entire time?!" Owen exclaimed.

"Yep." she smiled. Jack let out a frustrated sigh. "So whether you came to let me out or not, I was always free." Inato walked into the room when they were playing basketball later. Owen scored a point, as well as his team. They walked out and Jack tossed the ball to him.

"Inato, are you alright?" Chandra asked, he looked very frustrated.

"I'm fine. You guys go have fun." He replied.