Author's Note:
Another small chapter and unfortunately we see "The Factory" come to a close as I begin working on the next story. I also have another fic coming up after this, it doesn't continue the story however. In the meantime, we see the aftermath of the Repco factory burning down into a crisp and how our survivors deal with it.

Chapter 7: Epilogue

The wreckage of the factory burnt out, Caulfield was weakened significantly from this and dragged himself to the flowing river. He screamed out in his raspy voice as the water hit his crisp body, the feeling subsided as the water cooled down and soothed his burns. He went over to the wreckage and grabbed a body, it was fresh, slightly burnt and believed to be dead. Caulfield dumped the body of Phil into the lake, the water hitting the fresh burns and cuts on Phil's body woke him up. He screamed loudly as the water splashed onto his burns.

Dan woke up in his hospital bed. He thought to himself if it was all just a horrific dream, he saw his inured body, every cut, bruise and burn on his body was still there. Dan had trouble relaxing as his body was in tremendous pain, the sheriff walked over to Dan's room and had a small chat with him. "Dan, Sheriff Reid. How's it going?" The sheriff began.

Dan sat there in silence, his throat still hurt and he found it hard to talk. "Well, you're alive. That's a good thing, my officers managed to get a report on what happened at the factory." Reid said. "A…a…and?" Dan asked, his voice either too raspy or breaking prematurely. "There were no bodies, we thought the bodies burned in the blaze. However there is proof that Caulfield may still be alive." Reid said, this did not put Dan at ease and instead made him feel guiltier as Phil's efforts weren't good enough to stop him.

"What about Phil?" Dan asked. "No body was found, Phil is reported as missing. We have more witnesses coming in to try and help us find him." Reid said. "I wanna be there, when the witnesses come." Dan demanded. "No can do, you have to stay here for another 48 hours." Reid said. "Please, Phil is my best friend and I won't be able to rest until he's found." Dan retorted. The sheriff reluctantly accepted Dan's request and made their way over to the witnesses. Meanwhile Caulfield and Phil were still out there, somewhere…