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Demands and Commands

I look at Blake dumbfounded, "Where's Eve? Gloria? Xander? Caroli- Carolina.. oh my god Carolina!" I remember as tears spill from my dark eyes silently.

"Zenna! Calm down!" Blake assures me grasping my shoulders. "Take me to them." I demand, he stays silent and I continue "Now Blake." "Alright, fine." he agrees.

We make our way down a dark thin corridor, there's dim lights radiating the floor. "Hey! Stop there!" the guard from before shouts.

"She's not allowed out, allow me to take her back-" He tells Blake while trying to grasp my arm. "No she just wants to see her friends. I'll take her back as soon as she's seen them I promise" Blake reassures the guard.

The guard's mouth draws into a thin line and he simply nods and strolls away. 

We approach a door with rusted numbers "490" hanging loosely from the door. Blake knocks and we wait until we hear a small croaking gasp escape the rusted lock indicating the door has been unlocked.

We enter, I instantly spot Gloria standing behind the door. "Zenna?" She asks. "Gloria!" I cry running up to her embracing her in a loving hug.

"Are you better, Zenna? How are you allowed out?" Gloria asks confused.

"I woke up and I was in a strange room, there was an IV tapped to my arm" I explain touching the middle of my arm - the very place which the IV was plugged in. "I opened the door and a guard tried to take me back, I ran away from him and found Blake. I told him to take me to you and Eve." 

"Typical, you just have to be a troublemaker - even in the hands of the good guys" Gloria chuckles at my explanation.

"Come and sit, you look as if you're about to faint" She tells me with her eyebrows furrowing in worry.

We sit down comfortably on her small bed, Blake takes a seat on a small wooden chair placed in the corner of the room. I only noticed now the soft rhythmic movement of the boat as a result of the waves pushing against the boat calmly in reassurance that they are still present.

Making clear of our predicament. "She's dead, Zenna. I loved her" Gloria begins to sob uncontrollably.

"She hated me before she died, she thought I betrayed her. I couldn't even save her. Fuck! I'm such a coward!" she yells.

I pull her into an embrace and we both sob until we feel nothing but emptiness.

"we're survivors Gloria. Look what we've gotten to - we're saved. We no longer have to deal with the never ending threat of being eaten. We will get through this. Carolina will always be there - we will never forget her. We all loved her and these feelings will never go away. But we have each other, we've already been through so much more shit together" I reassure her, stiffening at the thought of all we have experienced in the last couple of months.

"Where's Eve?" I ask "I assumed she'd be her too.", "Zenna, Eve's been under surveillance. She tried to kill herself again after seeing Carolina she couldn't take it anymore." Gloria speaks while Blake lowers his gaze downwards to the ground.

I stand up abruptly, my head feeling a little dizzy and my vision starting to darken. I quickly try to recover myself before building up the courage to speak.

"Take me to Eve." I command sternly.

"But Zen-" Gloria begins before I cut her off immediately "I need to see Eve!" I snap.

Here I am again, walking through yet another dimly light corridor will the beam of the lights reflecting the shiny floor creating a darker atmosphere - almost mimicking the glow of an eerie moonlight on Halloween.

Occasionally the lights would flicker, Blake told me there's been issues with lighting.

We arrive in what looks to be similar where I woke. Some sort of medical ward?

We pass my room and the door is left ajar along with the blankets pulled messily back.

A couple doors down and we reach what I can only assume is Eve's room. The door isn't like Gloria's. Eve's door is more stiff and ridged looking - it looks like the person living here (or trapped) would have difficulty getting out if locked in.

We knock on the door - yet again waiting in response.

There's no answer. Blake, Gloria and I look between each other "What now?" Gloria questions. "I don't know? What normally happens when you see her?" I ask.

"I-I haven't seen here. Now would be the first time." She admits. 

"Wha-" I am about to question as to why Gloria wouldn't see her, it seems incredibly peculiar for Gloria who is arguably the most caring individual ever to not visit her suicidal friend.

"They wouldn't let us see Eve, they said her mental stability wasn't good enough for her to have visitors - only doctors and nurses are allowed to see her. It's been the same with you as well- when Xander, Blake or I tried to see you they never allowed us to" Gloria tells my with a frown.

I look at Blake's face to observe his facial expressions and notice a shift as well. His neutral expression has been automatically changed to a frown.

I push on Eve's door to see if it would budge. It doesn't - it only emits a rough heaving sound.

"Zenna, you're going to hurt yourself. Let me take you back to your room, you've been out longer than you should've been" Blake mumbles.

I keep going at the door trying to pry it open. Blake tries to grasp my thin arm in his hand. I yank away from him and give the door another shove, only this time it opens.

Gloria and Blake's eyebrows raise in surprise.

I push at the door again and step into the room. I can instantly feel a shift in the atmosphere and aura of the room. The room is clouded in a dark and brooding aura.

The room is very cool, I feel a chill creeping over my body, creating goose bumps on my bare arms and legs.