Lex groaned. Where was she? She sat up, trying to get her eyes to adjust to the bright light. It looked like a lab of some sort. She looked around, glancing at the sharp tools, some she knew, others looked different, their uses something she didn't want to know, then there was something covered with a curtain, what was behind that? Did she even want to know? She shuddered, trying to stand, but only ending up falling back. Her legs were like jelly. Lex's body was obviously still trying to wake up from whatever she had been given.

She managed to stand, willing herself, but still being wobbly, grabbing onto the nearest wall in-order to stay up. She sighed, shutting her eyes. What was going on...

Lex looked towards the only door in the room, it was all the way across from her. She groaned a little bit louder, how was she going to get over there without falling? She looked around, there wasn't much that she could push and hold on to without it breaking or going to forward and wheeling away. She pushed her back up against the wall. "Come on, Lex..."

She took a deep breath, taking a bold step forward. Her body was beginning to react the way that it normally should, with the slight limp. She walked half-way to the door, then turned her sights towards the white curtains. What was behind there? From what it looked, there was a tube, a large one, like the ones that you'd see in a horror film that was holding some sort of engineered monster or something like that.

Lex reached for the curtains, ready to pull them apart, but that was when someone walked in. She retracted instantly, turning her attention towards them.

"You're awake... and moving." the male spoke, eyeing her closely, almost like he was disappointed. Lex analyzed him. He was wearing a lab coat like a scientist, wearing the cliche' scientist glasses. His eyes were brown, his hair a complete mess that was the colour of coal, and his skin only slightly tan, but still pale as it could get.

"Where am I?" Lex whispered, glaring at him.

"Now, now. You'll find out soon enough. Don't go demanding things." He grinned. "I'm Conners, a pleasure to meet you..." he trailed off, expecting Lex to finish his sentence with her name. She didn't reply, just stared at him, eyes narrowed. "...Okay then, uhm... Well, Brian wants to see you."

"Well, I don't want to see him." she hissed.

"Please come with me..." Conners walked over to Lex, ready to help her walk, but, she refused, just pushing him away. "... Okay then... Just... follow me if you're not going to accept my help." he huffed, rolling his eyes. She was so stubborn, but that was the best thing about her.

Lex's motor skills had returned once she walked more, and she felt good about that. Whatever they gave her really messed her up. Lex's gaze began wandering, noticing the walls and floor of the hallway. They were completely white, and not to mention the lights were so close there was barely any shadow. Surely if something came through here with camouflage, they'd be easy to see...

She looked to the ground. Scar better not have came after her. If he did, he'd be running into a trap and he wouldn't even know it. They were thinking about using her as bait, weren't they? Damn FBI or whatever, doing whatever they could to get their hands on things that they didn't even understand...

"Lex." Conners spoke up, looking at her before he opened a door, gesturing for her to go inside.

She glanced at him, then held her head up high, slowly walking into the room, it looked like an average meeting room, only a little bit less friendly looking. Her hands balled into fists and she remained silent until the door shut, alerting the three men to her presence.

"Ah, Alexa. Nice that you could join us. You woke up sooner than we expected... Usually that drug keeps someone out for quite a few hours..." Brian smiled.

"You must have not given me a good enough dose, or just misjudged me..." She growled, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Calm down miss Woods... Now, I'm certain you're very curious as to why we brought you to this lab..." one of the government officials spoke up, looking her way as he removed his sunglasses. "See... I'm sure you know-"

"About them?" Lex quickly snapped, not wanting to hear about all this again. "Look... I swore to myself I'd never talk about anything that happened that day, especially about-"

"Alexa. Please. We already know about Scar and everything that went down." the male spoke, glaring at her. "We just need to know something is all... Scar is attached to you, we just need your help to bring him in to speak to him is all..."

"Yeah... and by speak you mean dissect and and take his weapons for your own." Lex retorted sourly, really just wanting to go back to her apartment and forget these past days happened. It's been so chaotic. What with Scar coming back and all of this.

"Lex, whose side are you on here?" Brian whined, giving her a puppy-eyed look.

"As of now; I'm on my own." she simply put it.

"I believe miss Woods would like to know of the things that have happened with these things before." the government official spoke up. He pulled out a laptop from a bag, setting it on the table. He turned it on and began to load something up. Once it was ready, he turned it towards Lex, a video playing on it. It was video of one of Scar's kind killing a group of men inside what looked like a meat factory, all the hanging beef and the cold-looking temperature. "A while ago, one of your friend's kind came and killed a lot of innocent people. Now, you see, these things are monsters. They don't care about anything other than killing."

"They do care about much more than killing. You don't understand-" Lex began, but got cut off just as quick.

"-No, you don't understand!" he snapped, closing the laptop. "These things would gladly kill anything that standed in their way. They kill for fun; for sport, and what can we do? Nothing, that's what!"

"Charles..." Brian muttered, placing a hand on his shoulder. Charles nodded, running a hand through his hair quickly as to recompose himself.

"Look..." Lex started up again. "... These guys aren't heart-less murderers... You only see them that way cause you pissed one off trying to catch him and you interrupted his hunting ritual." she explained, "They only kill someone if they are armed or threatened them in the first place. Obviously, you guys threatened him, so, of course, he's not going to have mercy on your sorry asses."

"Look at you... defending them. You only see them that way cause one likes you, and you like it back. They're killers that'll do anything to get a silly human skull for just a stupid trophy." Brian spoke, seeming a little hurt, actually.

"If they were just killers that thought about nothing but themselves and trophies, then why am I still here? Scar could have killed me back then and taken back his weapon I had in my backpack no problem, but he didn't. They listen to us, they can understand us and will trust us if we prove ourselves worthy of it. They only kill those who fucking threaten and dishonor them! If you're holding a gun, I'm sure they think it's a challenge and will attack. Trust me, I know way too well..." she held her abdomen, remembering the kick she had received from one of Scar's companions before a Serpent killed them. That kick really hurt, she was surprised nothing had been busted.

"We've been trying to think of ways that it didn't kill you right away. Maybe it thought you had potential-"

"He." Lex corrected, sneering at the two. "He isn't an it."

"...Anyway, maybe he liked the way you reacted. They seem to get very interested in those that stand-up to them and aren't afraid." Charles shrugged. "But, that's a theory... We're still trying to figure out how they work."

"Sir." Conners entered the room, looking a bit worried. "We lost contact with the military working on the first floor; we're not sure what's going on... I was talking to one of them, then I heard a scream and the connection was lost!"

"Intruder Alert! Intruder Alert! Unauthorized Personnel In The Building!" a voice rang through the halls, everyone in the facility seeming to be getting prepared for something, running here and there from what Lex could see. They were doing something, they didn't seem panicked at all... Everything was way too calm for that.

"Scar..." Lex whispered to herself. Why couldn't he just stay away? He should know this was just a trap, something they wanted, probably anticipated, that he'd do. 'you big dummy' her hand was grabbed and she was pulled out of the room.

"Miss Woods, we're going to station you somewhere safe. You just stay there until we can get this situated..." Conners spoke up, taking her back to the same room she was in before she had been taken to the meeting room. "This is one of our safest rooms, so, don't worry. Just lock the door, and you'll be okay. Bullet-proof glass and all." he smiled, lightly tapping the glass with a knuckle before he shut the door, leaving her alone.

She looked around, going to turn on the light but noticed a light greenish glow coming from behind the curtain she was curious about earlier. She approached it once more, moving a small table with wheels to the side to make room. She grabbed the curtains, not sure what to expect to see behind them. Maybe it was a Serpent they had caught, or maybe it was nothing at all... She gulped, taking a deep breath in to help build up her courage.

She pulled the curtains aside and gasped at what laid behind them.


Author's Note: Eheh... Cliffhangers cause das how I do. I like to get you guys excited for more really, I just hope I'm not disappointing anyone with how my story's going so far! Again, thank you guys for the support.

What do you think's behind the curtains? heheh... You'll have to see in the next chapter!