I awoke feeling like a ghost. Not sure if I were alive or not. Wondering if Dans pill actually worked. But the instant I stood up you know… being inactive for a year… I seriously needed to take a dump. I flung the door open and darted outside the room "WHERES THE FUCKING BATHROOM!" was the first thing I said not really directing to question to anyone. Dan pointed to his left and I ran in there shut the door dropped my pants and sat down. And I after a minute I looked up and asked myself "was Dan and Ellie drinking coffee with a really pale bald man and people in white suits and Dracula masks?" I quickly finished up and opened the door and sure enough. Dan and Ellie were sitting at a round table drinking coffee with a very pale and very bald man wearing a white ruffley shirt and a black vest with a grey suit jacket and suit pants. Accompanied by two men in white suits with simple Dracula masks. "serve yourself some coffee and sit with us." Dan said pointing to the coffee pot. There was already a tall glass mug like thing there for me. I filled it about three fourths and asked Dan if there was any alcohol. "yeah cabinet right in front of you" I opened and examined what he had. First thing I spotted was a tall bottle of whisky. And the first thing I noticed on the label was "Pride of Ireland" This is good. I instantly thought to myself as I poured the whisky in the coffee. Then finished it off with 2 spoonfuls of brown sugar and some cream. I sat down between Dan and Ellie and moved my mask to take a huge gulp of my Irish coffee. I was sitting across from the bald man who I quite honestly didn't really trust. He smiled at me and extended his hand. "My name is Korse" he said as I smiled and shook his hand. "nice teeth" he said kinda laughing. I felt the points on my filed teeth. I had them all filed evenly into little points as I am a very paranoid person and thought it would be useful in certain scenarios where I am gagged or something. "Anyway." Korse said folding his hands. "I was just going to explain to Daniel and Eliana what Better Living Industries is. After the whole nuclear explosion we felt we needed to bring a sense of security and peace to the shaken up survivors here in California. And since there's was really no economy anymore we spent many months using the items at our disposal to rebuild Battery City in Los Angeles . And we have had great success. We've built labs and picked up scientist world wide to work in Battery City and have come to great discoveries. Like the long anticipated laser pistol." He said taking out a white oddly shaped pistol that read BL/ind on what seemed like the slide. "I bet its fake.." Dan said shaking his head alittle. "It looks pretty legit to me Dan. I in my many years of interest with guns have never seen anything like this before." I said looking at the gun with wonder. "Would you like a closer look?" Korse said standing up "Yes please I said also standing and leaning forward. "Well then here!" Korse shouted striking me in the temple with the back of the gun. It was an intense pain I have never felt before. The instant he hit me my vision tunneled and got blurry. All I could hear was Ellie's screams and Dan yelling "HOLY SHIT" as the two men with the Dracula mask stood up and pointed their guns at them. I didn't realize it but I was slowly leaning backwards. I tried to regain balance but ended up stumbling and falling. I looked up to see Korse looking down at me with an evil grin. "You'll be perfect." Were the last words I heard before he laughed and stomped on my head.