(Thanks to AlexTheMortal, jamesss, angie2282, LanceDusk, and Can't Get Any Better for your reviews! All rightio, something I guess you didn't expect so soon. Read on!)

James never appeared, and Leslie spent the night in a fitful sleep, thrashing around and sweating, dreaming of James not accepting him anymore. No-one from the hospital had come back now, so Leslie was alone with his thoughts. Tally had gone to explore the base and talk with the inhabitants.

"It's your looks I fell in love with, Leslie. Now you're ugly, you're disgusting."

"James, but..."

"Don't talk to me, scum. This relationship is over!"

Leslie let out a strangled cry, twisting in the covers and fell to the floor, jolted from his nightmares. Leslie stayed on the floor, breathing hard, and sweat beading his head. He finally got up, stroking his scars, silent. Leslie bent down to a sliding draw underneath the bed, and frowned. His usual clothes weren't there, instead was the black leather trousers and jackets, complete with black polished boots; just like the one Zack, Rose and everyone else they had met wore.

Since there was nothing else to wear, Leslie pulled on the clothes, marvelling in the warmth, and how it seemed to fit him snugly.

"Quite amazing, aren't they?"

Leslie turned at the sound of the voice and saw a familiar chocolate eyed young woman, also dressed in the same leather clothes. "Paige!"

Paige smiled at Leslie, her face pale, but otherwise looking fine. "Hey Leslie. How are you doing?"

"Truthfully, I'm a bit worried... but what about you Paige? What exactly happened with you, William and Trent?" Leslie questioned.

Paige's eyes darkened, and she recounted the tale of the game involving William and her, before going off to the truck to find some supplies. There, she recounted Trent attacking and stabbing her, before she went in and out of consciousness. Paige talked about how she regained consciousness to see Rose and Zack, and the next thing she new, she was in hospital, and had been ever since.

Leslie listened intently, before sighing when the story ended. "I never thought William would do that. Trent, I can see, considering he killed Zach, but I forgave him... I see that was a mistake."

"I agree. Initially, William was controlled by Death, and I thought that was the only reason why he was bad. But power corrupted him. He is a lost soul." Paige said, rubbing her hand across her cheek. "I want to visit them Leslie."

"What do you mean?"

"William and Trent are down in the prisons, in a special containment unit. I just want to find out exactly why they betrayed us. But... to be honest, I don't want to go alone. I know you're hard to break. Can you come with me?" Paige asked. "I fear I may be affected by seeing Trent alone. Who knows how he will play his mind games."

"Paige..." Leslie started hesitantly.

"Yes?"

"Why do you despise Trent so much? I mean, even back when he helped us survive the zombies, you regarded with plain hate."

Paige sighed, stroking her hair out of her eyes. "There is much you don't know about me Leslie. I block so much; even Tally would be unable to penetrate my mind. The only person who knows about my life as much as I do... is Trent."

"Trent?" Leslie repeated, bemused. "But then... what was your relationship with him, if you knew him beforehand?"

"Another time Leslie... another time. Come, let's go to the prison."

Leslie nodded, knowing where the line was, and he was inches from it.

LINE BREAK

Tally had gone down to the hospital dome, and was surprised to see only the injured from the truck as well as the two girls, who she learnt by reading their outer thinking were Lorraine and Christine. Tally had also woken up to find the leather outfit, which also fitted her perfectly.

"Alice?" Tally called out and Alice turned from the foot of the coma-ridden Alex.

"Yes?"

"How is he?"

Alice shrugged. "I don't know. He's showing no response to anything I do. His pupils don't even..." Alice squinted at Tally. "What is it?"

"Shh..." Tally said, concentrating hard.

"Tally..."

It was a whisper, nothing more, but Tally heard it. "Did you hear that?" She asked Alice.

"What?"

"...It's me... Alex..."

Tally suddenly realised that it was Alex's actual mind talking to her. "Alex? What..."

"This is really odd you know. Talking to you without actually talking. I cannot feel my body though... I cannot feel heat or any touches. I can't see or hear. I've just been repeating your name in the hope than somehow you'd hear me."

"Guess you were right, huh."

"I guess so. Where am I? I remember Mila going mental and then... nothing."

"Well, you're in a coma at the moment, not responding to anything the doctor does. You hit your head or something."

"Is everyone else all right?"

"Well... no, to be honest. Rain and Max are dead. Other's are injured."

"No way!"

"That's not all. William and Trent are traitors. They attempted to kill Zeke, and..."

"GET OUT OF HERE, PRINCESS!"

Tally suddenly gasped, feeling a harsh force from Alex's mind, pushing her away. It was so much she fell down to the floor, shocking Alice who was looking at her unusually. Tally shook, actually frightened.

Alice suddenly gasped, and she and Tally watched as Alex rose, his eyes shut, like a ghost. He stood up, the wires ripping from his body. Alex's eyes shot open, showing black and nothing else.

"Oh oh oh; What DO we have here then? My escaped prisoners taking refuge in a base? How sad." It was Alex's voice, but it was completely without his personality.

Alice stiffened, but dug into her pocket and pulled out a radio, talking into it rapidly and quietly.

"I don't care what you do, Alice Chantrey. Another cat with nine lives, huh. I believe it was a flagpole to the face, yes? Messy, I seem to remember. Talk all you want. I just want to convey a message." Alex's head turned to Tally, who was pale and sweating, her mind filled with blackness and fury, an intense pressure. "Please refrain from trying to read my mind, princess. It will not work."

"Wh-who are you?" Tally managed to mutter, looking over at the others in the hospital section. Nurses and Doctors had fled to the side rooms, while the injured Zeke was still attached to a bed near Alex's. The others that were brought there yesterday were not there anymore.

"Are you really that stupid, princess? Do I REALLY have to go through it again? I go by many names, but you can call me Death."

"Death!" Tally exclaimed. "What... why are you..." Tally couldn't continue and collapsed onto her hands and knees, panting hard, the blackness not going.

"I am here merely to convey a message. I know of your supposed 'war' and of these people with abilities, including you, Tally. Mind-Reading, seeing the future, none will help you to survive. But I'll entertain you. I'll let you take the first step in this up and coming war. But be sure, at the end, no human shall live. At that, I need to go. See you later folks!"

The door suddenly burst open, slamming against the wall before about ten people jogged in, dressed in body armour complete with helmets; They rose their machine-guns and fired. The bullets whizzed over Tally's head, riddling the body of an again unconscious Alex before he even fell to the floor. Blood spurted against the wall as bullet's entered his flesh. One went straight through his eye, and blew the back of his head open.

Just as quick as it started, the torrent of bullets stopped and Alex's now dead body fell to the floor. The ten armoured people ran forward, two put Alex's body in a white zip-up bag, while the others grabbed clothes from the medicine cabinets and cleaned the blood up quickly, before just like that the people disappeared, the place where Alex was completely clean.

Tally paled, slightly frightened. She stood up shakily, blinking at Alice. "What the... why did they..."

Alice's eyes hardened. "To prevent risks. If anyone here has contact with Death, be it possession or otherwise, they are killed. This is to prevent any kind of spying on Death's part."

Tally was in deep thought, her head still pulsing with Death's rancid mind and the image of Alex being killed.

(R.I.P Alejandro "Alex" Thebes.

All right, bet none of ya expected a death in this supposed 'Safe' base! Well, everyone who gets possessed by Death seems to die, don't they? Just ask Miguel, Rose, and even William.

See ya next time and thanks once again!)