Penultimate Chapter Time!
The next day, as the two siblings sat together on the floor, two piles of neatly folded clothes were slid into the cell. They took and examined them, before struggling to put them on. Barbara wore a long skirt, with a t-shirt and hoodie, whereas Paul wore a long sleeved shirt and jeans.
That night, Strauer appeared in their cell, and gave them specific instructions to go to the front of the hall (where the viewers now stood.) After they left, Strauer walked up to the unconscious Dr. Peters and injected her, this time with a green, slimy looking substance. Almost instantly, she woke up, eyes wide and mouth gaping.
"Ah, Dr. Peters. I see you've decided to join us."
There was a look of pure terror on her face.
"I take it you want to know what's going on. I have had you sedated for a few days, after all. So your, children, could learn a bit more about themselves. And now, dear little Barbara will bare the offspring of her brother."
"Why? Why are you doing this? What's your goal?"
Strauer sighed. "The Candy Beasts in this room, what do you think they want? They've been tortured, beaten, and killed by humans. If they got out, what do you think they'd do?"
There was an eerie silence. "No answer? It's quite simple, Doctor. They'd kill their captors and exterminate their species. And naturally the humans will retaliate. Nuclear war will break out in approximately two weeks. The appocalypse is ready to happen."
"Then why do you need my kids?"
"After the human race is extinguished, the Candy Beasts would have no goal. They have no purpose, unless I give it to them. They have no reason for life, unless I give it to them. So, I gave them two purposes. Destroy humans, and obey the likes of your children and their descendants."
"What if they find you? Or you're caught by humans? You'll die too."
"And you think this scares me? Getting up every day and going through this again and again is what scares me. Living, is what scares me. Dying is easy."
Dr. Peters was astonished. "You're crazy!"
Strauer looked up from her. "You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody's crazy..."
He looked back. "Well, Dr. Peters, you'll be happy to know that your sister, Christin, is completely safe. I am, after all, a man of my word." He walked out and tossed her a phone.
"You have five minutes."
Dr. Peters struggled to get up, but was too weak from being drugged. She resolved to use the phone.
"Hello, Christin?...Yes I know...I know... Christin, listen to me! You need to get somewhere safe, an underground bunker or something... Well, find one!... I know, use those deep underground caves outside of town, build up from there...Take a few people if you can. There's going to be a war... I know... I can't... I just can't!... I know, and I love you t-"
At that moment, all of the doors to all of the cells sprung open. It was chaos. Candy Creatures were running everywhere, attacking scientists, destroying machinery. Dr. Peters ran, but was caught by the hook of a large candy cane. A large group of Candy Creatures surrounded her with horrible gnashing teeth.
