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Jenna hadn't been kidding about having a lot of work to do.

Once they'd finished breakfast, she'd insisted that they make haste to the lab which Julianna learned was hidden underneath the mansion, making her wonder just how big this place was. The only visible way inside was by inserting a special code (which Jenna had entered so quickly that she'd not been able to see exactly what it was), and everything was so white that it was nearly blinding. There was a strange scent in the air that Julianna couldn't quite describe either. Whatever it was, it certainly was powerful.

Jenna's office, it seemed, was the only one that had a different color to it and, unlike the others, wasn't as unorganized; a bright cheery yellow that was almost a complete reflection of Jenna herself. Papers were scattered all over the desk which sat off in a corner with what Jenna had explained was a computer on top of it. A cabinet filled with almost every medical utensil one could imagine, files filled with things that Jenna was adamant were classified, and an exam table in the very center of the room.

The very first thing she'd done was check Julianna's vitals- blood pressure, temperature, heart rate, and pulse- before conducting a more thorough physical exam which involved Julianna having to remove all but her lingerie. It had made her feel self-conscious for a few moments, but Jenna put her at ease by making it as quick as possible. All the while, she would take the time to note anything that she found curious.

For one, she was particularly interested in a scar which was on Julianna's neck (one she would have never known was there if she hadn't mentioned it). By appearances, Jenna guessed that it was a bite wound that likely happened before her hibernation. Another abnormal bit about her was the fact that there were two small, but incredibly sharp looking, fangs that replaced her normal canines. Jenna had no explanation as to how she came to have them. Julianna suspected they had something to do with the Sang blood that she carried inside her.

Finally, they came to their current activity- drawing blood.

'I thought you'd already gotten that," Julianna said after Jenna began pulling out a strange needle and several empty vials that had her name and other bits of information scrawled on them. Jenna gave her an apologetic look.

'We did, but we need more to compare it with samples from the Advents and Sangs," Jenna explained. 'Whoever placed you in your cryogenic sleep was kind enough to leave four vials which contained samples of both. It's not going to be easy to do this without recent samples of each, but we have to work with what we got."

'I still don't see why the sample you took from me in the first place won't work…" Julianna muttered. Jenna patted her still bare shoulder.

'Orders are orders," she answered, producing a blue length of elastic. 'If you don't mind, please relax your arm as much as possible and make a fist." She asked, tying the elastic around Julianna's bicep. The hybrid did as she was bid and relaxed her arm while Jenna's latex covered finger began pressing at the vein in the crook of her arm. Looking for a good one, Julianna guessed. Apparently she found one that was suitable, for Jenna took out a small packet from her lab coat pocket, ripped it open and took out a flat white square that had an antiseptic smell to it before rubbing it all over the place where one of Julianna's veins was showing through the skin.

'Hope you're not afraid of needles," Jenna said, grabbing said needle and pulling off the cap before angling it just right. 'You can look away if you want."

'I'm fine," Julianna said, watching as the slender bit of steel slid into her vein easily. Almost immediately, blood began to fill the vial which had been attached to the back of the needle. She never flinched or looked away when Jenna took it out and attached another to that end. All told, she took about ten vials of blood before producing a cotton ball and pressing it just over the place where the needle was in her arm before withdrawing it and wrapping a sticky blue material over the cotton ball and her arm before finally taking off the elastic.

'You shouldn't need this with your regenerative abilities, but just in case they aren't fully working yet, I'd rather put it on you," Jenna said conversationally, picking up the vials and taking them to the cabinet where a strange metal container sat. As she put one vial in each slot of it, Julianna took that as her cue to get dressed.

'How long have you been doing this?" Julianna asked, slipping back into her pants.

'About six years now," Jenna admitted. 'I got accepted into college when I was seventeen and had my degree in medical assisting when I was twenty-four. Thankfully, I was able to find work with Umbrella rather than spend the rest of my life slaving away in a hospital."

'Umbrella?"

'It's one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world besides Tricell," Jenna explained before stopping herself. 'You probably don't know what that means-"

'Pharmaceutical is the manufacturing and dispensing of medication" Jenna gave her a surprised look. 'I read about it in a book up in my room."

'I was about to ask if you had a background in medicine with all those words," Jenna laughed.

'I think I might have because I knew exactly what all the terms on your paper meant."

'I thought you couldn't-"

'I can't remember big details about my life, but I'd like to think I know my fair share of medical things since those books weren't difficult to understand." Julianna admitted.

'It's possible that you might have then," Jenna concurred. 'Speaking of your memory, we'll work on some exercises a little later to see if we can get it up and running again."

'I thought you said that that was a bad idea since I've been sleeping for so long?"

'I did, but I'd like to start small and work from there." Jenna clarified, handing Julianna her shirt.

'How long will I be staying down here?"

'At the most, I'll have you remain here each day for no longer than an hour. I'm sure you would get bored really quick watching me decipher the results of your tests," Jenna said.

'Actually, I think I wouldn't mind to sit in and watch. It'd give me something more to do and be less work for you if you have anything that needs to be done around here," Julianna replied. 'It looks like you have your hands full enough running tests for everyone when your office could use some tidying up." She hoped Jenna wouldn't take offense to her pointing that out. Thankfully, the young woman simply smiled in appreciation.

'Well, that's very kind of you to offer to do so, but I'm afraid all you'll be allowed to do at most for me is help me sort papers and the like. The medical tests will be run by me and whoever else they have assigned to work alongside me," Jenna explained. 'Besides, I rarely get out of here until about nine or ten at night, so it'd be nice to have an extra set of hands. But God knows I wouldn't want to put undue stress-"

'I almost went crazy from boredom last night, so it's no problem for me," Julianna assured her as she pulled on her shirt and smoothed it out.

'I almost guessed as much after I saw the towels piled up in your room and the broken hairbrush," Jenna pointed out. 'If it's alright for me to ask, why did you take so many showers?"

'I didn't like the way I smelled," Julianna began, pulling her boots back on and lacing them up. 'I don't know why, but it seemed like being around a human makes my skin crawl."

'You'll probably scrub the ever living hell out of your skin tonight then after being around me all day," Jenna laughed. 'I guess your senses of smell and the like are so sensitive that the smells that someone like me would have would be the foulest things to you."

'Everyone that was in the dining hall smelled horrible to me," Julianna admitted. 'Almost as bad as Oswell does."

'Mr. Spencer had an odor to him?"

'It's not an odor, it's a universal smell that all of you humans seem to have," the redhead explained. 'Almost like something is decaying if you will. Like a flower, that's been dried out for a long time."

'Oh, I see. So… it's like a stench of death?" Jenna asked.

'Something like that, yeah," Julianna agreed. 'You're different, though. There's no scent of death around you." Her eyes grew serious suddenly. 'How old are you, anyways?" Jenna was taken off guard for a moment.

'How old do I look?" she asked. Julianna glanced at her for a minute or two before answering.

'To be completely honest, you look like a child trapped in a woman's body."

'I suppose that's what I get for not looking my age," Jenna laughed. 'I'm actually twenty-six, though."

'You're older than me then."

'Not necessarily. You're two hundred years older than me, remember? Now it's my turn: how old are you?" Julianna smiled a little at that question.

'How old do I look?" she asked in the same tone as Jenna had. Brown eyes looked her up and down in return.

'You look like you're nineteen years old."

'And you could pass for a fourteen-year-old."

'Well, they do say that it's a good thing if you don't look your age," Jenna said with a giggle. She started to say something else before a harsh knock on the door interrupted her, drawing not only her attention but Julianna's. The moment her red eyes locked on the door, she sensed something on the other side, something far stronger than any normal human…

'Come in!" Jenna called, not noticing that Julianna's entire body had tensed. The door opened and heavy footsteps entered the office. All at once, the atmosphere changed as Wesker came over the threshold, locking eyes with Julianna as he came in.

'Good morning, Wesker," the raven-haired girl began, her smile disappearing. The blonde man didn't even seem to notice that the women had been enjoying a good conversation. Just as he had last night, Wesker was still wearing all black, except this time his black coat was gone. The sleeves of his shirt had been rolled up to reveal his forearms and a pair of black gloves covered his hands.

'Jenna," he replied in that cold voice, never looking away from Julianna. 'Have you finished the tests I asked of you?"

'Yes, I have," Jenna answered, going to her desk to pick up a folder and walking back to him. 'The results are all here." Wesker accepted the documents from her and opened up the folder, flipping through the papers.

'And the samples from Miss Dashara?" he asked without raising his head. Julianna bristled at that- she didn't like the way her surname came from his mouth. As a matter of fact, she didn't like anything that came from him. If he noticed her reaction, he surely didn't say anything.

'I just took some new ones from her this morning," Jenna confirmed. 'I'll be examining them alongside the samples found in her chamber later this afternoon. I expect to have a report on my initial findings before the end of the day."

'Good," Wesker said, closing the folder and looking at the hybrid before him. She couldn't see for certain, but Julianna was more than sure that his eyes had been looking her up and down. That almost was enough to make her take a swing at him. Almost. Given that his sunglasses prevented anyone from seeing his eyes, she wasn't one hundred percent sure. Another tense moment passed between them before he turned to leave. 'And Jenna?" He called over his shoulder.

'Yes?"

'If for any reason our house guest is uncooperative with you, give me a call as soon as possible and I will make sure there will be no more insubordination on her part." Wesker finished, walking out the door and closing it behind him. Julianna gave the place where he once stood a death glare. What she would give to have her guns back! That son of a bitch better be so glad that I'm unarmed. She conveniently forgot how futile it had been shooting at him in the first place.

'Don't mind him, Julianna," Jenna said, touching the hybrid's shoulder. 'He does that to everyone."

'He's a prick," Julianna huffed under her breath. Jenna laughed.

'Well, he pretty much runs the place, so he's not paid to be a sweetheart." Jenna admitted. 'Not to mention he can be a bit melodramatic at times." This caught Julianna's attention.

'Oh?"

'Yeah, especially when it comes to things that annoy him," Jenna said. 'For instance, there was someone not too long ago that was talking about some anti-terrorist group. They brought up a guy's name and he just got all high and mighty about it before going into this longwinded speech about how they are the biggest nuisance."

'Sounds like he'll be doing the same about me pretty soon," Julianna guessed.

'And if he does, I'll let it go in one ear and out the other," Jenna added, her smile returning. She turned back to her desk and walked over to it. 'Now then, I promised you that I would give you the books I've been reading about the Advents and the Sangs, didn't I?" Julianna nodded, her interest piqued at the mention of books. Jenna nodded in return and bent over to open a drawer. Grabbing what she was looking for, Jenna dispensed nearly ten books on top of the dark wooden surface. Julianna's eyes went wide at the sight, her mind completely blown by how many were there. But Jenna wasn't finished; over and over she reached into the drawer and pulled out more books until there were three stacks of twelve books each right in front of them.

'These will no doubt keep you busy for hours," Jenna laughed, seeing Julianna's expression. The hybrid shook her head and came closer to the books, picking them up one by one to look at the titles. Never To Die: An Account of Advents, Bloodborne: The Horror of Eclipse, The Other Dracula, this is the jackpot of history books, Julianna thought. Her spirits rose as she looked at them, hoping that they would help her to remember something about her history. If anything, I'll know more about how I came to be, she thought, sitting down on a stool that had been sitting by the medical cabinet and picking up one of the books.

For the rest of the day, that was how Julianna passed the time. While Jenna worked on her blood samples, Julianna learned that Eclipse was spread through contact with an infected person's blood or bodily fluids. When Jenna input her findings on a handheld device, Julianna found that the process of becoming an Advent or a Sang took seventy-two hours. She also took note that not every person would change if infected: the mortality rate was so high that only thirty percent of people would be fortunate enough to become an Advent while the other seventy percent either died or became a Sang. At least with the Advents, Eclipse died out without ever harming the person again whereas the Sangs were forever cursed with Eclipse for the rest of their lives.

Instead of going to lunch with Jenna, Julianna remained behind to continue reading, this time going through a rather thick book which detailed accounts of some humans who'd been alive during the major outbreak in 1897 (Ironically just three months after the publication of the novel Dracula) who described how they'd seen neighbors and family members die screaming that their blood was boiling in their veins. It even went into graphic detail of how those who were afflicted ripped their veins from their arms in a last desperate attempt to stop the pain only to die minutes later from both blood loss and pain. A horrible way to die, Julianna thought to herself. She was momentarily glad that she was born with Eclipse rather than having to change in the way other Advents had.

Somewhere towards the middle of the book, Julianna found a chapter delegated solely to the hybrids of Advents and Sangs. This proved as interesting as the rest of the book, specifically, when one of the chapters described exactly how one was able to know if they were in the presence of an Advent Sang hybrid:

Born of unions between Advent mothers and Sang fathers, hybrids are every bit as powerful as their parents. Like their sires, hybrids are adept at hiding in the open, but there are a few signs that may indicate that someone is a hybrid. The very first thing one will notice is the vibrancy of the hybrid's eyes. Ranging from algae greens to sapphire blues, stormy grays and the palest of silvers. There are even reported cases of hybrids having the bloody carmines of a Sang or even reptilian oranges and amber tiger eyes. In certain light spectrums- specifically ultraviolet light- their eyes will give off a glow.

Julianna paused here for a moment. That was most certainly interesting. She continued on.

Another interesting fact is that hybrids also have a near translucent skin color which will also glow under certain light spectrums. This is especially seen when one is standing under the moonlight. It's possible that when this occurs, provided the naked eye is keen enough to notice, one can observe what appears to be a violet substance flowing through the veins of their face. This is believed to be Eclipse coursing through the hybrid's veins.

Just as their Sang fathers, however, hybrids are forever cursed to carry Eclipse. Because it is constantly eating away at their red blood cells, hybrids must undergo blood transfusions at certain parts of their lives to replenish what they have lost. It's for this reason that many go mad for the lust of blood and have the potential to become a Sang if they happen to ingest human blood. Because of this, one should never underestimate the danger of associating one's self with an Advent Sang hybrid. While they are indeed beautiful to behold and see, it can mean an abrupt end to one's life very quickly.

'Oh really now?" Julianna said out loud, rolling her eyes in annoyance. 'If we're so dangerous, what does that mean for humans?"

'It means we are monsters for fearing what we don't know and destroying that which we refuse to understand." Jenna's voice rang out, taking Julianna by surprise. 'I'm sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you. I don't think you even noticed that I was gone in the first place; you didn't even raise your head when I left." Jenna laughed at this.

'It's perfectly fine. I didn't realize that I'd been so deep in the books," Julianna replied.

'You must have learned something new today, then."

'I did actually. Quite a bit to be specific." Julianna affirmed. 'Thank you for letting me read these."

'It's no trouble at all. Feel free to take some back with you to your room if you like." Jenna offered, to which Julianna decided to take up on. 'Are there any questions that you have that I can help you with?" The way she asked Julianna that made her wonder if she was expecting Julianna to say instead that the book answered any she may have had. In all honesty, Julianna almost said that, but catching the eager look in Jenna's eyes, she decided that that would just be rude.

'Actually, there is," Julianna began, not missing the bright smile that came to Jenna's face. 'I'd like to see for myself what Eclipse does to certain blood samples."

'Oh… you want to know if it's true that it causes the blood to boil in a person's veins."

'Yes," Julianna answered. Jenna nodded and motioned for her to follow her to the cabinet. Julianna marked her place and got up from her seat to the place Jenna indicated for her to stand.

'It's not Eclipse that does it," Jenna explained, taking a few vials out from a drawer that was so cold the air around it became white. 'Rather it's the body. Usually, when a person gets sick, the first sign is a fever. Fevers come about while the body is fighting an infection, but in the case of Eclipse, it's a double-edged sword." She poured blood from each vial into three small petri dishes, saving the last one for a sample of Julianna's blood. 'Eclipse reacts to heat in extraordinary ways. It's almost like it goes into a frenzy to take up all the red blood cells it touches, in a similar way that sharks go crazy from blood in the water." Taking a plastic dropper, she dipped it into a tiny vial that had a violet hue to it. Holding it up to Julianna, she could see that it seemed to give off a strange… glow?

'This is a sample of Eclipse in its advanced stage," Jenna explained before lowering it to one of the petri dishes. 'Watch what happens when I put it in the dish with the human blood." Carefully, she put a couple of drops in the dish. Almost immediately, the blood began to hiss and bubble causing steam to rise from the dish. This went on for a good thirty seconds before stopping, leaving only dried black blood in the place where the carmine fluid had been.

'That means that the person wasn't compatible with the virus?" Julianna guessed. Jenna nodded.

'This person would have died in minutes from pain," Jenna answered. 'Now observe what happens with this sample." She moved the dropper over the center petri dish and repeated the same actions as with the first. The blood in that dish turned black in a matter of seconds. 'Can you guess what would have happened to this person?"

'They became a Sang," Julianna muttered.

'Exactly. If they had been an Advent, there would have been no change to it." She moved her hand to the last dish which contained Julianna's blood. 'And now we come to your blood." She dropped a couple of drops into the dish. Surprisingly, the blood neither boiled or turned black. Instead, it seemed to swirl with both black and red, making it seem like an unholy whirlpool until the black began to overwhelm the red. 'This is what's going on in your body right now," Jenna broke down. 'Your red blood cells are being destroyed by the Eclipse virus. If you hadn't gotten a transfusion the moment you awoke, you would have become a Sang. That's why if you ever feel fatigued or lightheaded, you need to tell me right away." She warned Julianna. But Julianna didn't hear her. No, something worse had crossed her mind, one that sent chills down her spine at just what it could mean.

'If what you're telling me is true and each person is different in how they will react to Eclipse… then that means that the virus is capable of choosing who will live and who will die."