Chapter 6

Amy was upstairs with Christina whilst the others were all in the kitchen. They had shared out the medical records they found at the shoe factory and were reading intently. After a moment Dani looked up. 'I have no idea what I'm looking for.' She said, waving the paper around. 'How do we even know these records have anything to do with whatever is happening?'

'That's kind of the point isn't it? We don't know what's happening.' Lisa said. they had cleaned and dressed the wound on her back and she was leaning forward, trying not to put any pressure on it.

'They might be nothing.' Katherine said. 'But we need to be sure.'

'Hopefully Amy's having more luck.' Lauren said. 'This is her job after all, she knows what everything means better than we do.'

'Hopefully.' Katherine said. There were lots of charts and pictures of the human body. Many names had been redacted, but there were simple things they could understand. 'I keep seeing 'test failed' and 'trial unsuccessful' written in here.' Katherine told them.

'Whoever wrote mine has to have the worlds worst handwriting, I can't make out most of it.' Lauren said.

'Maybe it was some sort of drug test, like to find a new cure for something.' Lisa said.

'This is so frustrating!' Dani said, getting up and pacing the room. 'I'm making coffee.'

Xxxxxx

Christina woke up at home in her bed. Her vision was slightly blurry for a moment but she quickly rubbed the fuzziness away and sat up slowly. She noticed Amy sitting at her dressing table. 'Aimes.' She said, clearing her throat. Amy turned from her seat and smiled.

'Hey sleepyhead.' Amy came over and sat next to her on the bed as Christina pulled herself into a sitting position. 'How do you feel?'

'Like a building fell on us.' Christina let out a breath. 'Is everyone okay?'

'Everyone's fine, they're downstairs.' Amy told her.

'And how long was I out for?'

'A couple of hours.' Amy said, Christina nodding.

'What were you doing over there?' Christina asked. Amy went back to the table and picked up the files before coming back to the bed.

'Looking through the files we found, see if they mean anything.'

'And?' Christina asked, taking a few bits of paper from the file.

'As far as I can tell, they're reports on patients who were in a medical trial.'

'Like finding a cure for cancer?'

'Kind of.' Amy said. 'The medications here wouldn't be used for cancer treatment.'

'What would they be used for?' Christina asked.

'That's the thing, nothing.' Amy said as Christina looked at her, confused. 'These drugs wouldn't be combined, for any reason.' Amy said as she turned over a few more pages. Her eyes were drawn to the top of the next page and she froze.

'Aimes?' Christina asked. 'You okay?'

'Yeah, it's Jack.' She said, looking to Christina.

'What's Jack?' Christina asked.

'Look.' Amy showed her the paper.

'Patient forty-eight, male, twenty-nine, Jack Simmonds.' Christina looked back up to her. 'You think this is demon Jack?

'Would make sense.' Amy said. 'Why he'd be there.'

'We need to tell the others.' Christina said, trying to get out of bed. 'Come on.' She stood but her coordination was still a little off, Amy grasping her arm as she lent on the bedside table.

'Easy.' Amy said. 'Let me help.' Christina smiled as they slowly made their way downstairs.

xxxxxx

'Hey.' Lisa said as she saw Amy and Christina walk into the kitchen. Amy was supporting Christina's waist as she sat her down at the kitchen counter.

'Hey.' Christina smiled. 'Everyone good?'

'We are now.' Katherine said, reaching over and squeezing her arm. 'And thanks for saving us.'

'Any time.' Christina grinned. Dani came over and put a coffee in front of her.

'Oh my god I love you so much.' Christina said, smelling the coffee as Dani hugged her from behind. 'Lisa, how's your back?

'Nothing a nice long bath won't fix.' She said.

'Amy, we have had no luck with these files.' Lauren said leaning back in her chair. 'Help us!'

'Well, that's why we came down.' Amy said. 'We found Jack in one of the files.'

'What? How?' Dani asked, sitting across from them.

'He was a patient.' Amy confirmed.

'A patient for what?' Katherine asked. 'We thought it could be some sort of medical trial.'

'I agree.' Amy said. 'And Jack was a part of it.'

'What, so the shoe factory was a front for a demon hospital?' Lisa wondered.

'Unless…' Christina started.

'Unless what?' Lauren prompted.

'Chris I can feel your brain working.' Amy said.

'Sorry, but what if it wasn't a trial to cure something, what if it was a trial to create something.'

'Create something like….?' Dani paused. 'Like demons.'

'They were engineering demons, turning humans into demons through DNA injections, and combinations of cocktails.' Amy rambled.

'You said it yourself Aimes, these drugs would never be used together.' Christina reminded her.

'But who is doing it? And why?' Lauren asked.

'Could make a nice demon army for yourself.' Lisa commented.

'Chris, we almost forgot.' Katherine said, looking around the room.

'What is it?' Christina asked.

'Those hooded figures from your dream were at the shoe factory.' Katherine told her. Christina looked at her, stunned for a moment.

'But how is that possible? It was a dream and I'd never seen them before that.'

'We don't know.' Lauren said. 'But I definitely saw three hooded demons, with Jack, right before the floor collapsed.

'So it was more than just a dream.' Christina said to confirm it to herself more than anyone.

'Chris, I was thinking….' Katherine started.

'No, we're not doing that.' Christina said, trying to stand but she was still slightly shaky. Amy was there to back her up.

'Doing what?' Lisa asked.

'Sometimes when I go into people's memories, or dreams, I can help fill in missing pieces.' Katherine explained.

'I'm confused.' Dani said.

'Okay, so Chris can only remember seeing these demons in her dream, nothing about what they actually did. It was a tiny section of probably a much longer dream.'

'So you can go back in the dream with her, and fast forward and rewind things she doesn't remember from it, essentially.' Lauren said.

'Exactly.' Katherine said.

'No.' Christina said. 'It's too dangerous.'

'Why is it dangerous?' Amy asked.

'We tried it once when we were younger.' Katherine said.

'And?' Lisa prompted.

'And, Katherine had a seizure because of the amount of strain it put on her, and I lost my memory of the two days before it.' Christina told them.

'Shit.' Dani commented.

'That was a while ago Chris. I'm much better with my powers now.'

'I know you are.' Christina sighed. 'I didn't mean to imply you weren't, it's just….'

'This has been a rough day.' Katherine said, coming over to her and putting a hand on her shoulder. 'You're exhausted, I think we're all pretty worn out, so why don't we sleep on it and decide tomorrow?'

'Okay, fair enough.' Christina gave in.