'Hello? Anyone here?' Gabe knocked a few times on the door. 'It's about your daughter!'

No response followed.

'Ma'am! I'm a doctor, open up!' Dr. Cunningham waited for a few seconds. 'Damn it! Could she have left?'

'In her condition?' Naomi looked at him. 'I doubt it'

Gabe thought for a while.

'Say, is breaking in illegal under these circumstances?'

The woman sighed, then took a hairpin from her hair.

'If it's to save her life, then it's not' she said and kneeled, then inserted the pin into the lock. A few seconds later, they heard a click,

Naomi slowly turned the knob. It was unlocked. Gabe was so amazed he almost dropped his cigarette from his mouth.

'Wow… Why didn't you tell me you could do that?'

'A woman is allowed to have her little secrets, Gabe' she smiled. 'Let's go!'

The two doctors entered and started looking around.

'Hello? Ma'am, my name is Gabriel Cunningham! I'm a doctor from Resurgam!' Gabe yelled. Again, no response.

The apartment was medium sized – it consisted of three rooms and a toilet.

The first room they checked turned out to be the kitchen, which was completely empty.

The second was Lizzy's room, which also didn't have a soul in it.

Finally, the two stood in front of the last door – to the living room.

'She should be here…' Gabe chewed on his cigarette. 'You ready?'

'Of course'

Gabe slowly opened the door.

'Ma'am? Didn't you hear… Oh my God…'

The woman was standing in the middle of the room without moving a muscle, her hair and clothes a mess.

But what truly terrified the doctor was the blood (most likely Lizzy's) around her mouth.

'Are you alright?' Naomi asked.

The woman didn't respond.

Gabe approached.

'Ma'am, do you need any—'

'GABE WATCH OUT!' Naomi yelled.

At this moment, the mother jumped and attacked Gabe. He barely had time to protect himself.

The woman was holding him in her grip and was desperately trying to bite his neck.

'ARGH! WHAT THE HELL?' he yelled.

Naomi took her gun out and pointed it at the woman.

'Let him go! Let him go right now!'

The woman looked Naomi in the eye.

The medical examiner trembled.

"Those eyes… they look so… dead…" she thought.

The woman threw Gabe at Naomi, knocking them both out, then jumped through the window.

'Were you bit?' Naomi looked at Gabriel's neck.

'Nah, I'm alright. Not even a scratch, see?'

'Quickly! We've got to chase after her!' Naomi rushed to the door.

'Ouch… coming…' Gabe got up and went to the door.

The duo left the building and looked around.

The woman was nowhere to be found.

'Let's split up! Maybe we can-' Naomi's sentence was cut short by a scream down the street. 'Quick!'

The two started running as fast as possible towards the screams. They appeared so far away.

Along the way, they saw a crowd of frightened bystanders, two of which were bitten.

'I'll call Maria! You catch her!' Gabe said and took out his phone.

'Alright!' Naomi kept running, desperately trying to catch the woman.

And then, she heard a gunshot.