Alice woke up at the sound of a voice. But she was still groggy, so she couldn't get up. Nor could she anything clearly when she opened her eyes. All she saw were three shadows, arguing.
"... for us."
"Us? You mean the world or your bosses?"
Alice couldn't be sure, but that voice sounded like Lewis.
"I had just about enough of your smart mouth! You were supposed to watch her."
"From what he told me, she defended herself. You can't blame her for that."
"No. But it's not up to me to blame her."
"Sure, keep on being their lapdog."
Alice would have laughed, if she knew what Lewis was talking about.
"You're this close to being off the job, so I'd watch that..."
Alice, who still hadn't fully grasped the fact she killed people, and the fact that something else was going on that she wasn't fully aware of, it was too much for her mind to handle, so she allowed herself to pass out again.
"Alice! Alice, wake up!" the sound of her father's voice woke her up.
Alice opened her eyes: "D... dad!"
The General looked surprised: "What's the matter? You're acting like you've seen a ghost."
Alice shifted her head, looking for the bodies of Sharon and Linda, but she didn't see them. Nor did she see a drop of blood that indicated somebody was murdered.
"Where are they?" she asked, "Where are Sharon and Linda?"
The General didn't know what she was talking about: "Alice, I got worried when you didn't come home. I spend most of the night looking for you, until Mr. Powell told me he saw you leave the gym after practice. Guess he was wrong, you just fell asleep here."
"He what?" none of this made any sense to Alice, "No! Mr. Powell told me to spar, and they..."
Alice didn't know how to finish her sentence, as nothing she saw made sense anymore.
"Alice..." her father started, "... did you eat meat during lunch? You know how that gives you nightmares."
Abruptly, Alice got up: "Why don't you ask Lewis? He was there."
"Lewis?" the General didn't know who she was talking about.
"General West's son." Alice added, annoyed, "He's spent classes with us today."
"That's impossible." the General replied, "If his son were to come here, I'd have been briefed."
"Sir!" the General's aid, the Sergeant, called for him, "I just got two girls reported missing."
"Frank." the General turned to the Sergeant, "Do you know anything about General West's son coming here?"
The Sergeant looked surprised: "No, sir."
"Look into it anyway." he ordered him.
"Yes, sir!" he replied.
"Frank!" Alice called for him, "Who's missing?"
The Sergeant had to look at his notes: "Er... Linda Mack and Sharon Klump."
This was beginning to make less sense. Alice's father was trying to make it seem like she dreamed having killed those two girls, but now the same two end up missing. If killing them was only a dream, it would be too much of a coincidence that those same two girls end up missing.
"Do you know them?" the Sergeant asked.
"Do you mind?" the General snapped at him, "She's not well."
"I'm sorry, sir." the Sergeant replied.
"Just go and check what I just told you." he ordered.
"Yessir!" the Sergeant said, hurriedly, before leaving.