Ronnie Anne gripped the doorknob to the supply room, but it wouldn't open.

"Dammit!" She cursed. "He's got the keys!" She went a little further down the hall and came back with a fire axe. She started to hack at the wood around the doorknob, trying to break it loose. "You're a dead man, Lincoln!" She swore. "Or whatever the hell you are!" At last the door gave way, and she kicked it open.

Lincoln was standing right in front of the group, covered in frost and very angry. He had lit an emergency flare before the door opened, and was holding the flame dangerously close to a stick of dynamite. "Anybody touches me and the whole camp goes…" He seethed. "Go ahead, Santiago, torch me." Nobody moved; they weren't stupid enough to attack him right now. "Put those torches on the floor and back off!"

Reluctantly, Ronnie Anne and Liam did as they were told. "Now, back off! Way off!" Lincoln snapped. Ronnie and Liam glared, angrily, as the white-haired man stepped out from the supply room. "You bitch!" He muttered.

"You would've done the same thing." Ronnie Anne replied, coldly.

"Don't argue with him." Liam said.

"Alright…" Lincoln slowly knelt down to strap the flamethrower to his back. "Everybody in the rec-room. From now on, nobody gets outta my sight."

Twenty minutes later, Lincoln was starting to regain his body heat as he pointed the flamethrower around the room. No one would dare make a move against him, considering he was still holding the dynamite. Clyde explained what he found and why the group reacted the way they did.

"So, you guy's decided to have yourselves a little lynching party, huh?" Lincoln chuckled, sardonically. "Well, did it ever occur to this fucking kangaroo court that maybe somebody was trying to incriminate me by ripping up some of my clothes and shoving them up the furnace?!"

"We ain't buying that!" Ronnie Anne snapped, prompting Lincoln to prod her with the end of the nozzle. She stepped back, slightly. "You've gotta sleep sometime, Loud."

"Yeah? Well, I'm a real light sleeper, Santiago. Anyone tries to wake me… and we go." At last, Lincoln had warmed up enough to think properly. "Okay… I've got an idea for a test. But first, everyone follow me as we lock up Santiago in the garage."

"What for?!"

"For your health." Lincoln snorted and pushed her out the door. Everyone did as they were told; following the two outside until Lincoln pushed Anne into the garage. "We'll see you later." He promised, half-heartedly, as she flipped him off. He latched the door so that she couldn't get out and turned to the others. "Clyde, go untie Rusty and Haiku… we're gonna give my test a try."

When Clyde finished his instructions, Lincoln put the dynamite on the table next to him and ordered everyone to stand in a row. "What do you have in mind, Linc?" His friend asked.

"Okay, me and Clyde found a metal plate inside the storage room. He said it was in Zach's arm to fix his bones. Gave me the idea that maybe this thing can't imitate stuff that's not alive. And so, it pushes that stuff out of it when it takes you over."

"Well, how does that help us?" Rusty crossed his arms, indignantly.

"Lynn, give me your flashlight." Lynn patted around her pockets until she found what he wanted. She gave the light to him, and he stepped in front of their older sister. "Now, Leni… I need you to open your mouth."

"What?" Leni was confused, as everyone else was.

"Just do it." He ordered. After a brief moment of hesitation, Leni opened her mouth as wide as she could. She tilted her head back as Lincoln shone the light inside, spotting shiny metal pieces capped over her pearly-whites. At last, he moved the light away, sighing with relief.

"Okay. Leni has fillings. So, she's human. Look, see?" He shone the light into his own mouth, letting Leni see his own fillings. Leni nodded with a small smile, finally understanding what he was getting at. "Now, put this on and watch them." He took off the flamethrower and gave it to her.

Next, they moved on to Lynn. The sporty woman opened her mouth for inspection, showing off her own metal fillings. Lincoln ordered her to put on the second flamethrower and step back, to keep an eye on the others. Leni was still standing close to her brother, ready to protect him if necessary. The others looked skeptical about Lincoln's test. "Hey, for now, it's something."

"So, I'm gonna die because my dads made sure I flossed?" Clyde snarked, nervously.

"No one's going to die." Lincoln promised. "Just open your mouth."

"Linc…" Clyde pleaded. But Lincoln and Leni wouldn't let up. Clyde finally opened his mouth, showing no metal fillings.

Lincoln sighed. "Just go stand over there." Clyde moved away to the other side of the room, with Lynn pointing her weapon at him.

Next was Rusty. "Linc, this is ridiculous."

"Just open your mouth!" Leni ordered. With the current situation, she was fully shifted into protective mode for her siblings. Rusty looked at the older woman, then glanced back at Lincoln. "They're porcelain." He said, plainly.

"Then go stand with Clyde." Lincoln motioned with his head, and Rusty begrudgingly obeyed. "Anybody else have porcelain fillings? Or clean teeth?" No one replied. He moved on to Penelope and Haiku, who graciously opened their mouth without hesitation. Lincoln saw their fillings and moved on to Liam.

"Linc, this ain't right." The hick argued, but Leni wasn't having it. She poked him, roughly, with the nozzle. He opened his mouth, showing off his rotten, but un-capped, teeth. Leni shoved him over towards Rusty and Clyde.

"Okay, Haiku, you and Leni go get Santiago. We'll give her the test."

"W-why don't we just leave her where she is?" The doctor shivered.

"We have to be sure." Lincoln answered.

"C'mon, doc. Let's go." Leni beckoned. Despite her overprotectiveness, she figured Lincoln knew what he was doing better than she did. Lynn kept her weapon trained on the others while Leni and Haiku went out into the cold again.

The women struggled against the strong winds as they made their way to the garage. Haiku unbolted the door and Leni stepped inside. But Ronnie Anne was nowhere to be seen. They checked behind the shelves and snowcats, trying to find the mechanic. Suddenly, Haiku noticed a hole in the corner.

"Good God." Leni murmured. "We have to find her!" The blonde chef quickly rushed back outside, with the physician in hot pursuit.

"Leni, wait!" Haiku saw her stomping over to Lincoln's shack. "Leni! Stop! Come back!" But just as she opened the door, she was pulled into the shack, startling Haiku.

Back inside, Lynn and Lincoln did everything they could to keep the suspects back. Rusty tried reasoning with Lynn, but she wouldn't budge. Clyde kept trying to logically prove his innocence to Lincoln, but his friend wasn't listening. Everyone was arguing with everyone else.

Suddenly, a loud banging noise came from the main entrance. Lincoln ordered Lynn to stay with them while he went to investigate. Liam tried to take advantage of the distraction, but Lynn stopped him just in time.

Lincoln hesitated at first, thinking maybe one of the things had gotten to his sister and friends. But his conscience made him open the door. Haiku stumbled inside, screaming at the top of her lungs as she tried to stand up. "Oh, God! Oh, dear God! Oh, Jesus! Oh, Christ!"

"Haiku! Haiku, stop! Breathe!" Lincoln tried to calm her down. "What happened? Where's Leni?"

"She-! She took her!" The doctor spluttered. "Ronnie Anne took her! LYNN!" Haiku rushed into the rec-room, where the dog handler was still keeping the others captive. "Lynn! She took Leni! She took your sister!"

"What?!" Lynn screeched.

"Lynn, stay on them!" Lincoln ordered, seeing that the suspects were also growing antsy.

"Lynn, she took Leni!" Rusty yelled.

"Go git 'er, Lynn!" Liam backed him up.

"No! Stay on them, Lynn!" Lincoln shouted.

Lynn didn't know what to do. Her head told her to stay and watch the others, but her heart told her to go save her sister. The yelling went on for what felt like an eternity, as the tension got worse and worse.

CRASH!

Everyone turned their head to the source of the noise. "She's inside." Clyde whimpered. Lynn rushed out of the room, with Liam, Rusty, and Lincoln close behind. She rounded the corner, and saw Ronnie Anne holding a rifle from Lincoln's shack, aiming at her.

"Where's Leni?!" She aimed her flamethrower at the mechanic. "Where is Leni?!"

"Drop it!" Anne ordered. She was in no mood to be taking orders. "Drop it right now!"

"Where the fuck is Leni?!"

"Lynn, blast her!" Liam shouted. "She killed Leni!" The redneck stepped out from behind the corner and caught a bullet in the stomach. Lynn looked down in horror as Liam fell to the ground. She dropped the nozzle and held her ear to his mouth.

"He's not breathing!

"Rusty, Lynn, pick him up and bring him to Haiku!" Lincoln thought, quickly. "I'll keep an eye on Santiago." Anne sneered at that comment as she held the gun, tighter.

Rusty and Lynn picked Liam up and dragged him to the rec-room. Haiku acted quickly, ripping open Liam's shirt and striking it once with her fist to instigate a reaction. When that didn't work, she ordered Penelope to wheel the defibrillator over to her.

"You asshole." Ronnie Anne sneered at Lincoln.

"You would've done the same thing." Lincoln retorted.

"Quit that bickering!" Haiku ordered. "Clear!" She gave Liam a jolt, but nothing happened. "Clear!" She tried again, this time his arm moved, slightly. "Okay, one more time… clear!" She pushed her arms down onto his chest again, and it split open into a giant mouth that bit her hands off.

Haiku's blood-curdling screams filled the entire facility until she collapsed from the blood loss. Liam's arms separated themselves from the rest of his body and attacked Penelope. The arms transformed into insect-like animals that latched themselves onto victims. Penelope screamed in terror as the monster bit into her neck.

Clyde tried to push Lincoln and Lynn to cover, but didn't make time for himself. Liam's body started to spasm out of control, until a long tendril ripped out of his chest cavity and struck Clyde in the chest. Lincoln pulled his friend behind the couch.

Rusty, meanwhile, had tried to escape, but Liam's body suddenly lurched back to life and bit his ankle. Rusty fell to the ground, recoiling in agony. Liam's body opened it's mouth wide, uttering the same inhuman scream that Zach and the dog did. It sprouted four more legs and started to crawl towards Rusty.

Rusty tried to crawl away, but the thing was too fast. It managed to get on top of him, ignoring his cries of pain as it absorbed him. "Someone burn it!" He yelled out in desperation. Ronnie Anne tried to use her gun, but it was no use.

"Lynn, burn it!" She and Lincoln ordered the brunette. But something was wrong with her flamethrower; and it wouldn't fire. "Burn it, Lynn! Torch it!" Lynn adjusted the nozzle and twisted the tank's valves open a little more. That did the trick. Flames engulfed the aliens, making them shriek, fiercely. Then, she turned to Penelope and put her out of her misery.

Then, she saw Lincoln kneeling next to Clyde. Clyde was breathing heavy, unable to talk as Lincoln held his hand, tight. "It'll be okay, Clyde… I'm here for you, buddy..." Lincoln looked at his older sister and, with a heavy heart, stepped out of her way so she could end his pain.

Ronnie Anne noticed that her gun was empty, so she threw it on the floor. The Loud siblings and Clyde looked at her, suspiciously. "Alright…" She motioned with her hands. "Who's first?"

"Open your mouth." Lynn pointed the flamethrower at her.

"... what?" Anne shook her head, confused.

"God damn it, Anne, will you just fucking open your mouth?!" Lincoln's tone made it evident that he was in no mood to be trifled with. Anne opened her mouth, and the two Louds saw her fillings.

A while later, Ronnie Anne had just finished putting on her own flamethrower when Lincoln appeared in the doorway. "Anne… where's Leni?"

"I didn't kill her." She promised. "She's asleep in your shack."

"Okay… me and Lynn are going to go give Lisa the test. If she tries to make it back here and we're not with her, burn her."

"Right."

Lincoln and Lynn found themselves fighting against the storm once again as they held tightly to the guyline. But just as Lincoln could see the light in front of the shed, Lynn yelled back to him. "Hey, Linc! The door's open!"