Okay, so I'm suffering from a bit of writer's block at the moment,…..

"An old warehouse?" Booker asked doubtfully.

"Mhm. This is where I've tracked the killer to. He's in here somewhere." Diane pointed to the entrance. "It's locked, so we'll have to find another way in. Do you know anything about lockpicking?" she asked. Booker shook his head.

"No, but…I think… I think I used to. Let me take a look, at least. Can't hurt to try." He got out of the car. He walked over to the lock and started fiddling with it. Diane, meanwhile, opened the glove compartment, took out a red wrench, and got out of the car. She crept behind Booker…

"Well, fuck. This is a key-only type of lock. And I don't have the key." He turned and saw Diane with the wrench. "What are you doing? I told you, nothing can open this thing up except the key, which we don't have."

Diane grinned evilly. "Maybe you don't, but I do." And she swung. Booker crumpled to the ground, knocked unconscious. Diane unlocked the door and dragged Booker into the bathysphere waiting inside.

"And now, we wait."

_It took only a few minutes for Johnny to come. He was dragging what seemed like a corpse behind him.

"Johnny, who was that?" she demanded, pointing at the "corpse".

"Now, now, missy, don't go counting your chickens before they've hatched. You see, I broke into the apartment, grabbed the girl, and got out. The little brat wouldn't shut up, though, so I had to sedate her. And don't worry about the babysitter, she was taken care of, too." Johnny grinned. Diane clapped her hands ecstatically.

"Oh, Johnny, dear, you've really outdone yourself this time! Oh, wait until I tell Atlas! He'll be so pleased!" Diane began to jump up and down for joy.

"We'd better go, miss," Johnny reminded her. Diane stopped her victory jump and nodded. They both climbed into the bathysphere and down they went.

Diane sighed in relief. "Home again home again," she whispered. She couldn't wait to see Atlas. She was sure he was feeling the same way.

"But are you sure, Dr.? She doesn't look like she is capable of the procedure," a German woman said. Anna groaned. "Oh," the same woman said. "Nevermind, then. Suchong, the Little One is up. Let us begin the procedure now."

"Not now, Tenenbaum, I-wait, what? She is up? Good, good! Let us begin at once! Cedric, bring me my tools," a Japanese man said. Anna heard footsteps running.

"Coming, sir! Here," Cedric said.

"Good. Now, Brigid, come here. I need you to inject her with this while I prepare her for the mental conditioning," Suchong said. Anna gasped and opened her eyes to find herself strapped to a table in what looked like a sort of lab. She looked around and saw a German woman holding a bottle with something in it. The woman was very pretty; she had brown eyes, and brown curls that reached all the way to her shoulders. She could not have been older than 19. Anna decided that she must be "Brigid Tenenbaum". The other one, a Japanese man, was Suchong, Anna guessed.

How did I get here? Anna wondered. She thought back to the previous morning. Daddy said he had to go somewhere for a while—oh! That man, he took me! He stole me, and now those evil people are going to experiment on me! Oh, daddy, please, please come and save me! Anna desperately tried to get out of the straps, but that unfortunately only caught Brigid's attention. She looked at her, then turned back to Suchong. Anna noticed that she was pointing at her. A few moments later, Brigid came over.

"Do not worry, little one. You will be safe. We are going to have you eat a slug—"Brigid began, but was cut off by Anna screaming.

"NO! NO NO NO NO NO! WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?! WHY DID YOU KIDNAP ME!? DADDY!" she screamed.

"Now, Suchong! Shove it down her throat!" Brigid yelled. Suchong did so, and she almost choked. She had no choice but to swallow to slug at that point.

"Very good, child. Now, we will inject you with lots of ADAM, and then we will take you to be mentally conditioned. Then, to be bonded to a Big Daddy. Alright? Do not be afraid, little one. You have nothing to fear."

Anna wanted to scream again. She wanted to punch her in the face. But she couldn't. She was too tired. Realizing that she had no choice, she obediently nodded her head.

"Very good," Brigid said. She then procceded to stab the girl in neck with a syringe. As Anna turned her head towards her, she noticed that the syringe was filled with some kind of red liquid.

"Is that the ADAM you were talking about?" she asked. Brigid nodded.

"What are you going to do to me?" she asked again.

"We are going to turn you into a Gatherer, or, as they are more commonly known, a Little Sister. You will gather the ADAM from dead corpses all around Rapture with your Big Daddy at your side to protect you."

"Why? What makes you think that I'm going to go along with that?" she demanded. Brigid just smiled. It completely unnerved Anna.

"Because we told you so, little one. All good girls gather. And now, so will you."

The last real thing Anna saw was Suchong placing a saw against her forehead. Then everything went black.

Well, Jim-Dandy, folks! Wasn't that a shocker? So, do you like my story so far? Let me know what you think, please! J

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