Chapter 116: Cruel Fate
"I see," Sid said with a slow blink remaining stoic.
'…hehehe…three…TwOOOooooo…ONE!' the dark clone said as something heavy impacted with an object.
It gave the sound of exploding a watermelon; however, the Third Child felt phantom splatters of something that smelled like fresh iron with liquid dripping down his face. Seeing his vision go into a red tinted static, it cleared to show everything in a gritty, gruesome prison cell. At the same time, the door behind him shot open and slamming hard against the wall it was hinged to. About to slowly turn his head, a figure walked passed him quickly on his right.
"Finally!" Dr. Conrad said with relief and irritation. "Get this freak away from-!?"
"SHUT UP!" Ryu yelled and slugged the older man with a downward cross punch. The doctor was in partial shock from being hit in the face again and how much it hurt. Feeling his collar being grabbed furiously, he was pulled to his left to be face to face with Ryu.
"I have had enough listening to you," the Chief growled at him with scorn. "I will personally enjoy the inescapable justice that will be delivered to you."
"…pffftu…" Ernst said turning his head to the right and spitting blood onto the floor. "You can't do a damn thing police boy."
"I just did," he said shoving the doctor into his chair. "Alright, we are done. Get this criminal out of my sight and into our BEST cell."
"I'll make sure my lawyers give you a heavy dose of reality of assault charges," the older man said grinning as the chief walked out of the room without saying anything. Turning his attention to the person that was still sitting, the teen boy was still stoically staring at him.
"Didn't you hear him numbskull? We are done. Get out of my sight."
"W-Wait!" someone cried out from a far. Hearing multiple footsteps from the other side of the wall, they were getting closer to the room. At the door way, four heads peered in with alert eyes.
"There you are you miserable subjects!" Ernst shouted spitting out blood onto the table. "I will punish each one of you for disobeying me! Get in here and release me now!"
"None of them will be doing that Dr. Conrad," Nami said entering into the room with a stone cold face.
"Excuse me WOMAN, I am their guardian. I am their owner. They are my subjects. You can't tell me what I can and can't do with them."
"You have any legal proof to say that you are their guardian…or for that matter, all the other children that you converted to be your subjects," she said evenly walking closer to him.
"HA! That is rich. Why not ask all of them. They were more than willing to come with me and gave their consent to my guardianship. I was the parent they never had and gave them-!?" he said smirking at her until he was slapped hard in the face. Mildly surprised from being hit again, it stung hard. Cringing a little with a smug on his face, he turned back at her to see her glaring at him.
"Oohhh, did I touch a nerve?"
"You…monster," Nami said shaking all over and clenching her hands into fists. "I will never forgive you for what you did to her."
"To whom my hysterical dear?" he said enjoying the sight of her getting out of sorts.
"You don't deserve to know you scum sucking son of bitch," the secretary seethed through her teeth before turning around and walking away.
"Ikari…make sure he doesn't leave until our personnel come and transport him."
"…" the male pilot said standing up and turning around. Seeing her leave the room, he bowed.
"Very well Miss Blaze."
"Ha! I'd like to see him try!" Ernst yelled. Slowly, the four meek teens peer back into the room again.
"Will you four come here?" he said in a calm tone; however, they were not looking at him, they were looking all around the room.
"I-Is it…safe to e-enter?" one male teen asked shaking a little.
"I believe so sir," the Third Child said sliding his chair in and walking toward a sidewall. Slowly, the four frail adolescents slowly walked into the room still looking slowly around the room.
"What the hell are you subjects doing? Get over here and free me!" Dr. Conrad he barked in a demeaning tone. The four stayed close together as they went to the opposite wall of where the male pilot was standing. About to bark at them again, the female twin came into the room.
"Ah, my prized subject. You will let me out of here, yes?"
"No," Rana said looking down at him.
"What?"
"I said…no," she said gravely. Turning toward her twin brother, he had his back facing the wall. He seemed to be not focusing on anything as he faced toward the table. Walking toward him and getting close, she immediately hugged him.
"You would trade me over that double? I raised you when you were abandoned by your father!"
"You are no different from that man!" she stated loudly in the room. "You only think for yourself and use anyone and anything to get your means. You don't even care of the lives you destroyed or the ones that you even created!"
"You don't talk back to me you miserable selfish lab rat!" the older man stated with anger. "You all will obey-!?"
Dr. Conrad stopped talking from seeing his vision go static for a second before seeing the environment changing. It slowly morphed from being in the interrogation room towards a gritty, gruesome large prison cell. Blinking, a sense of familiarity came over him.
'…I…remember this cell…yes…' he thought looking around slowly.
Seeing where the four meek teens stood, they tried poking a child that was face down on the floor. Oddly, their fingers didn't pass through and touched the child's body. No air escaped the little boy's mouth as it remained still and silent. One of the male teens nervously grabbed the child's shoulder and rotated him to see his front. All four recoiled back from recognizing the boy's extremely pale face and skin.
'…that is right…that subject gave out when I gave the injection,' Ernst thought blinking in mild surprise that the teens were interacting with the vision environment. Hearing heavy footsteps, he turned to his right to see an a black silhouette with black-red eyes staring down at him. Recognizing the aura, it squinted at him.
"Who are you?"
"…I…w…O…n…D…e…R…" the figure replied in a demented whisper.
"You…get away from me you parasite."
" #$ &! $Heeeeeee #$% #$%" it stated with a hiss chuckle that kept lowering in pitch. The older man was about to shout when a fist hit him hard in the face. Veering hard to the left, there seemed to be more power in the blow than the chief's. Ignoring the fresh blood that came into his nose, he glared at the silhouette.
"I dare you to do that again!" he shouted when the dark figure produced an inhumanly wide grin. Multiple rows of jagged teeth were seen when it opened its mouth. All the sudden, his arms were held down with great force. Blinking, he saw his four subjects holding him down. About to wonder why they had that much strength despite their frail bodies, he saw all of them had black-red eyes.
"What are you doing!? Don't hold me down you imbeciles! Get these constraints off me this instinct," he shouted at them while trying to lean farther back in the chair.
"DoN'tYoUrEmEmBeRdOcToR?"
"…i…t…ssssssssssssss…t…i…m…e…"
"Ffffffffoooooorrrrrryyyyyoooooouuuuurrrrrrrrttttteeeessssttttttt," one of the female's spoke as she and the other girl reached under their shirts and pulled out something. The strength of both males doubled as they held down his arms to not move.
"Stop that…I command you to stop," Ernst stated feeling fear grip him as both female's got into position. Both pointed their objects directly above his hands.
"HERE $%& %$^WEEEEEEEE #$^ #$^g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-gooooooo," all the subjects said at the same time with a chorus sadistic tone.
"N-no…NO," Dr. Conrad shouted as both objects whirled loudly to life. Both descended downward.
"N-N-N-N-NO! STOP IT! STOP-AAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!"he screamed.
"…!?" Rana said turning away in fright. The whirling sounds gargled and slowed down a little till the drill bits went through the doctor's hand. Hitting the chair, the females rotated the drill in a circle to create a bigger opening.
"…" Sid said staring stoically as the older man screamed even harder. About to tilt his head in confusion, he felt Rana hold him tighter and shiver. Looking down with his eyes, he saw her cringing and plugging her ears.
'MaKeHeRsEeThEeNlIgHtEnMeNt,' the evil voice spoke in his mind unable to withhold his demented giggling fit.
'Very well sir,' the Third Child thought and moved his arms.
"…!?" the female twin said feeling his arms moved and go behind her. Having a slight apprehension of him spinning her around to make her watch the torture, she cringed. Instead, he gently wrapped his arms around her in a hug and pulled her close to him. Surprised from the action, she became disoriented from seeing the environment around her change.
'…what…the…?' she thought seeing that prison cell changed back to the interrogation room.
Still being hugged, there were four people holding them and shivering visibily. Only moving her eyes, it was the four frail teens. They looked terrified and were gripping them for dear life. At the same time, there were no drills whirling. Only the doctor's screams and cries in pain were sounding in the room. The thought of looking back came, but she didn't move. She kept her eyes closed and held onto him.
"Starting to feel guilt about your crimes scumbag," a man stated in a deep voice.
"SCREW YOU!" Ernst shouted while moaning and cringing in pain.
"That's what all of them say when they are caught," another man stated as the sounds of cuffs were being undone then relocking. "Alright, stand up."
"I'M FREAKING BLEEDING! THOSE SAVAGES DRILLED INTO MY HANDS!" he yelled as he was lifted up.
"Move."
"ARREST THEM! THEY ASSAULTED ME!"
"Shut up and keep moving!"
"…" Sid said watching the two policemen escort the doctor out of the interrogation room. When he couldn't hear the older man's cries anymore, he looked back forward.
"Is everyone feeling unwell?" he asked in a stoic tone.
"…is…is it over?" one of the females asked quietly.
"Yes miss. The interrogation has ended."
"I-Is it safe to move around?" one of the male teens asked peering an eye open.
"I believe so sir," he said stoically without moving. Blinking, he looked with his eyes to see that Rana hadn't let go. Her face was still against his as he heard her breathing slow down and her pulse slowing.
"Are you well Miss Rana?" he asked quietly.
"…is…is he gone?" she whispered.
"The doctor, yes."
"What about…the other one?"
"For the time being, yes," he replied then felt her sigh in relief. She relished the rare action of him hugging her more that the usual soft ones. Feeling his hands slowly retract, she felt the other teens begin to let go of them. Seeing them slowly look back at the table, all of them blinked several times.
"Is something wrong ladies and gentlemen?" the Third Child asked quietly.
"…where…" one stated walking toward the chair and inspecting it. "Where is it?"
"Yeah…why is it…not here," another asked walking toward with a confused look on her face. "More so…what happened to the prison cell?"
"It's the demon again," one of the male teens stated in whisper and stood close to the twins. "It's here with us."
"But…but didn't the doctor claim he shot the demon?" the other female teen stated peering around from behind the male pilot.
"Y-Yeah…he did…but…there is no blood or holes in the chair."
"What about the prison cell? That looked like Shinji's cell, didn't it?"
"Was it your cell Shin-I mean, Rana?" the male next to the twins asked looking at her.
"…" the female twin said looking downcast. Resisting the urge to flinch from hearing the dark clone speak to her, she grimaced a little.
"…y…yes…"
"…I'm sorry!" the male teen said bowing his head toward her. "I shouldn't have said that. P-Please forgive me!"
"…" Rana said not liking how the evil voice was giggling and hissing at her. About to say something, someone came back into the interrogation room.
"We are all done here. You guys can follow me. We'll go back to the secretary's office," a policewoman stated seeing all of them look at her. Of the frail looking ones, they seemed apprehensive. The male twin gave a stoic expression and nodded his head. The female twin seemed to be deep in thought or depressed.
"Very well. We shall follow you," Sid stated and walked toward the officer. The others blinked and followed. Rana stood in her spot still lost in her mind. Hearing them leave, she looked up to see only one person had remained.
"Is something the matter Miss Rana?" the Third Child asked walking toward her.
"…I…I don't know," she stated looked at her hands. "I thought…I identified myself as someone…then I am told and recognized as someone else…I'm not sure who…I am at the moment."
"Does it disturb you?"
"…yes…" the female twin said looking up at him to see his neutral expression. "I don't like this feeling…what do you see me as?"
"I see you as who you are Miss Rana. My other half as my twin sister," he said slowly blinking. "With these current developments, should I address you differently?"
"…" Rana said giving him a smile and hugging him again. "No. I like my name, our relationship, and our unbreakable connection."
"I see. Then I will not address you differently," he said anticipating the dark clone to say something to him. Hearing nothing and believing that he should respond in some way, he gave a light hug back.
"…" the female twin said smiling wider and gave an affectionate hug. "Can you stay addressed as Shinji? I like that to be your name."
"Very well," he said softly and rubbed her back a little. "I believe the others are waiting for us Miss Rana."
"Yes!" she said letting go then grabbing his right hand. Smiling back at him, she walked toward the exit with him in tow.
'DON'TFORGETWHOYOUARE!' the dark clone screamed into his mind as both twins left the room.
Taking a quick glance back into the room, the entirety of it was covered in complete bloodshed, inners, skeletons, and various piles of dead bodies. The last sight that the Third Child saw was the grotesque form of the evil voice as its multiple black-red eyes were boring at him with glowing irises. The various mouths that were grinning at him were stained with black and red blood.
Back in NERV HQ, Ritsuko was going over the maintenance reports on all the Evas. Double reading over the report, it showed that Unit-01 was mechanically sound. Other than the usual accounts of superstitious vibes from the Eva, there seemed nothing wrong with it. The data even showed that it has been offline since the last Angel battle.
"What about the claim that the staff in the observation room as well as the Sub-Commander stating that the Unit self-activated?" she asked the lead tech with her.
"I heard about that," he said with a straight face. "I honestly did not see Unit-01 turn on by itself. There was one of my crew members that freaked out claiming that its eyes lit up. However, the rest of my crew stated no such thing occurred. The only thing that we saw was a bit more commotion in the observation deck, but nothing hugely noticeable."
"…that is a bit concerning…" she said looking through a couple of documents. "During this time period, did you notice any power fluctuations?"
"Before the techs cutoff power to the Eva cage, there was a constant flow of power going toward all Units without deviation. Nothing outside the margin of error in regards to power allocation and distribution."
"…" Dr. Akagi said putting one hand in her lab coat pocket while the other continued to hold up the clipboard.
"Was the staff and Sub-Commander okay from this claimed event? They aren't going senile, are they?" the tech lead asked.
"From what the Commander has told me, there was nothing wrong with them or showed signs on MRI scans."
"Man…I almost want to suggest self-destructing that thing," he said quietly.
"That is an option…however, until further notice it remains grounded. I'll make my report with what I have. Finish up with whatever you have left before trading off."
"Roger Dr. Akagi."
'So the episode was isolated…strange…that reminds me of when Ikari went down that blacked out hallway,' Ritsuko thought walking away. Shivering from the memory and immediately ridding it from her mind, she headed toward the medical facility.
'If I know any better,' she thought walking down a hallway to an elevator. 'He will be there with her.'
"…" she said with a small frown as she reached the elevator and pressed the call button. Hearing the bell sound and the doors open, she entered. Pressing the floor she needed to go to, the doors closed and the lift went down.
"That reminds me," Ritsuko said to herself as a smirk came to her face. Remembering the phone conversation that she walked on not too long ago, she was eager to find out more.
"I'll wait until I visit…her to make a call. I'm sure she would be pleased to know the Commander's words."
'…y…y…y…e…e…e…s…s…s'
"…!?" Ritsuko said flinching from the faint sound of someone's voice.
Vaguely recognizing it, she slowly looked around in the elevator. Seeing nothing out of the ordinary, she turned her back to the lift doors. Feeling the elevator slow down to a stop, the doors opened. Walking backwards out of the lift, she slowly began to feel something to fester inside. Turning around, she walked quickly away. Heading down the hallway, she didn't dare to look back wanting to get far away from it as possible.
Seeing the connection hallway of the two buildings, she walked a little slower. Reaching the administration desk, she asked for the rooms the pilots were in. The receptionist gave her a list of the room numbers. All the sudden, the admin staffer picked up the desk phone.
"...yes...Dr. Akagi, the call is for you."
"Thanks," she said grabbing the desk phone and placing it to her ear. "Dr. Akagi speaking."
[Oh my god Rits! Did you hear what happened?!]
"Hear what Misato?"
[There was a shooting at the Sakura Palace this evening!] the Major stated as she drove faster down a main street.
"Yes I heard about that. Dr. Ikari and the children are here in the medical facility."
[Oh my god! Are they okay?! Are they hurt?!]
"I am at the admin desk so I will be checking on them in a bit. I did not hear any of them getting injuried."
[Oh thank god] Misato stated with a heavy sigh of relief. [So everyone is there and fine, right?]
"All except Shinji and Rana," Ritsuko said leaning against the counter.
[W-What do you mean? What's wrong with them!?]
"Calm down. Both are at the police station. Apparently, they were key witnesses to the shooting…and as far as I can tell, they weren't injured either."
[…] the Major said slowing her car down and immediately pulling to a parking lot. Getting into a space, she tried to relax.
[I'm so glad none of them got hurt. I know Shinji can take care of himself…but a shooting is still no cake walk experience.]
"I'm sure with his experience, he is use to it."
[This has turned into one rollercoaster ride of an evening. I was hoping that with his mom taking them to an outing with friends, it would lighten things up from how hectic and straining things have been.]
"It did remove them from the everyday routine. I'm sure the intention was good. Just bad luck and timing."
[Yeah. Do you know which police station those twins would be at?]
"Best guess, probably the one that Pilot Hymity belonged too."
[I'd bet on that too. Alright, I'll go see if they are there. Let me know how the kids and Dr. Ikari are doing when you see them.]
"Sure, sure. Talk to you later."
[Bye]
'Guess we won't need to worry about transporting the two here,' Ritsuko thought handing back the phone to the receptionist.
Walking down a hallway, she looked at the list. Leaving the First Child and Dr. Ikari for last, she planned who to check on first. Reaching the first pilot, she checked in with Asuka. Finding that she was relatively fine and stating that she wanted to beat up the Third Child, she left. Going to Toji next, he was more or less fine as well. However, he stated the the same type vivid nightmare the Second Child had.
Taking note of his statement, Dr. Akagi went to the Fifth Child's room. Entering, she saw the ex-officer was sitting in her bed and looked deep in thought. Approaching her, the female pilot darted her eyes toward her. A sense of trepidation came to the scientist seeing the pilot's behavior. Blinking, she ignored it for the time being.
"Hello Pilot Hymity."
"Hi Dr. Akagi."
"How are you feeling?"
"Other than trying to feel less paranoid, I'm fine."
"Paranoid about what?"
"Rather vivid nightmare to only wake up into another nightmare before really waking up."
"Sounds troubling. What kind of nightmare?"
"The same ones that the other pilots had: at the Sakura Palace, a sinister he-she figure, tentacles, cannibalism, and rape."
"Both did say that too. Quite a phenomena to have all party goers have the same vivid dream."
"…Yes…" Rayne said then moved a little in her spot. "Do you know where Shinji and Rana are?"
"I believe they are at the police station based on what the Commander has said."
"Police station…oh…for those men that tried to take advantage of us?"
"Hmmm?…no, not exactly. Apparently there was a shooting that occurred during the time you were all there."
"…!?" Rayne said in shock. "Oh my god. How many got hurt?"
"I do not know the details. I'll have a staff member find a newspaper and bring you one."
"…" the Fifth Child said curling in her lips and pressing down on them. Anxiety was taking over as she tried to calm herself down.
"Is there anything else that you feel needs attention or addressed?"
"No…I think the paper will help calm me down a little."
"If I hear anything more I will let you know," Ritsuko stated walking towards the door. Hearing a thankful reply, she left the room.
'And now,' she thought stopping in front the room that held the First Child. 'Let's see how she is fairing.'
Knocking on the door and opening it, she saw that Ayanami was laying down on the bed and staring at the ceiling. Closing the door and walking toward the foot of the bed, Rei glanced down and watched the doctor get closer.
"Hello Pilot Ayanami."
"Dr. Akagi," the female pilot responded in her monotone voice and stared back at the ceiling.
"How are you feeling?"
"I am recovering."
"Are you hurt?"
"Physically no," she said sitting up then brought her knees to her chest. "I thought I did something when Pilot Hymity reassured me that it was just a dream."
"More so a nightmare like the others?" Ritsuko asked picking up the clipboard and looking at the medical documents.
"Yes…though…it felt real," Rei said looking at her hands and visibly cringed from remembering it. She was still surprised at how much of a negative bodily reaction it gave her.
"Which part made he feel ill?"
"…I…ate people…who were live...and screaming."
"…" Ritsuko said blinking in surprise then looked at the First Child. She noticed that she looked disturbed.
"I could…smell…taste…hear…feel…and perceive my cannibalism of a large man," Ayanami said quietly as she felt goosebumps litter her body.
'That is the first time I have seen her react that strongly from a dream,' Dr. Akagi stated noticing that the pilot was even paler than normal. Shaking her head, she did remember Misato telling her that she was a vegan from personal standings.
"I see. Would you like anything to help with the nausea?"
"I believe I will be adequate for now."
"Okay. I will add it to the notes so the staff will have some on standby if you need them."
"Very well."
"Is there anything else you need?"
"…do you…know what happened to Ikari and Rana?"
"I believe they are at-?" Dr. Akagi started to say when the wall phone near the door began to be paged. Turning and walking toward it, she picked up.
"Dr. Akagi speaking."
[Greeting Dr. Akagi. How are you?]
"Ikari?" she said loud enough. She didn't see the blue-haired teen's ears perk up.
"…I'm a little tired, but well. How are you?"
[I am the same.]
"I see. Are you on base?"
[No. I am still at the police station on the south side of Neo-Tokyo.]
"Were you and Rana witnesses to the shooting there?"
[Yes.]
"Are you two okay?"
[We were fortunate in not getting shot at.]
"That is good to hear. How bad was it?"
[A few dead with several wounded in both non-critical and critical conditions.]
"How awful."
[Indeed.]
"Did you call me specifically for something?"
[I believe you were going to call me Dr. Akagi.]
"…!?" Ritsuko said feeling her eyes widen. About to wonder how, she sighed on the inside not too surprised.
"I should not be surprised from you saying that. But, pray tell how that assumption came to mind?"
[BeCaUsEtHaTiSwHaTyOuWeRe…p…l…a…n…n…i…n…g] a familiar distorted voice came over the phone with various breathing and growling in the background. […i…S…n…'…T…tHaTrrriiiiggghhhhtttttddddddoooooooccccttttoooorrrrr!# $% #$]
"…!?" the scientist said recoiling and pulling the phone away from her ear. Feeling her vitals increasing, her nerves became tense.
"Dr. Akagi?"
"…!?" she said jumping a little. Turning around, the First Child was standing behind her with the same blank expression. Standing with hands at her side, she blinked. Forgetting about the eerie voice that spoke, she tried to not shout at the pilot for scaring her.
"Y-Yes?"
"…may I…" Ayanami said feeling a little warmth in her cheeks. "Talk to Pilot Ikari?"
"…" Ritsuko said looking back at the phone. About to put it to her ear to see if the call ended, she thought about how just spoke to her. Blinking, she handed the phone to Rei in which she grabbed it and walked forward. Standing in front of the wall phone panel, she placed the phone to her ear.
"Ikari?"
[Greetings Miss Ayanami. My apologies for calling so late.]
"That's alright."
[How are you?]
"I am…recovering for the most part…how about you?"
[I am a little tired, but well. Are you ill or hurt?]
"Physically no…I had an odd nightmare."
[Was it a surrealism or hyperrealism type?]
"…hyperrealism…"
[That sounds very unsettling.]
"It was."
[My condolences Miss Ayanami. I hope you don't have one that reoccurs.]
"…yes…" she said quietly feeling herself relax.
[How are the others doing?]
"More or less the same."
[I see. Hope they make a quick recovery.]
"Yes."
[Is there anything else I can do for you Miss Ayanami?]
"How long will you be at the police station?"
[My apologies Miss Ayanami. I do not know a concrete answer to that question. It depends on when the police see my usefulness is done.]
"I see."
[Is there anything…very well. Miss Rana says good evening.]
"…good evening…Ikari?" she asked suddenly feeling something odd from the phone against her ear.
[Yes?]
"…" Rei said pulling the phone away. Looking at, she dropped it. Ritusko saw the First Child back away from the phone while not taking her eyes off of it. Looking as well, her eyes widen.
[Miss AyanAmI #$% AREYOUTHERE!?] the phone stated as the earpiece end started to mutate and morph.
Recognizing the voice, Dr. Akagi watched as a crudely shaped mouth was forming while blood was oozing out of the microphone end of the phone. Not even waiting to see, Dr. Akagi walked quickly toward the door. Grabbing Rei' forearm, the scientist pulled her quickly to exit the room. Opening and closing the door, she let go of the First Child's arm and began walking away.
"Dr. Akagi?"
"I'm going to check on Dr. Ikari," she said not stopping or turning around.
'…?' Ayanami said rubbing her ear from still having the tingling feeling of the phone earpiece. Going back inside her room, she looked at the phone dangling from its cord. Looking around it, she saw what she thought she felt on her ear. Watching it as it slowly climbed up the wall, she could see how it came down from the ceiling. Picking up the phone again, she placed it to her ear.
"Ikari?"
[I am still here. Is everything alright?]
"Yes. A spider landed on the phone while I was talking."
[That is an unpleasant surprise.]
"Yes. Seems Dr. Akagi does not like spiders."
[I see…my apologize Miss Ayanami, I will have to end this call.]
"That's alright…see you later Ikari."
[…see you later Miss Ayanami.]
"…" Rei said feeling a small sad smile come on her face hearing the line disconnect. Placing the phone back in its slot, she walked back to her bed. Getting into it, she stared back at the ceiling. Thinking back on the conversation then about what happened during evening, she turned to her side.
'…I…really don't like…being alone anymore,' she thought feeling a small frown form on her mouth. Blinking and shaking her head a little, she tried to fall asleep.