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It took almost a full day for the chaos to die down and the rescue team that had been scrambled together was already pulling out the 48th victim. A total of 47 people were dead, at least 200 injured. Multiple buildings had been obliterated or partially destroyed. The aliens had only been there for 10 minutes but the amount of destruction was catastrophic. Milly let out her breath in a deep sigh. She wouldn’t be surprised if the company just decided to give up on this whole quest and head back home.

Her thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door. “Yup, come in!” Milly said.

A tall orange-head girl with yellowish-green eyes entered the room, a look of concern and anxiety plain on her face. “Milly, I haven’t seen (F/N) around. Is she ok?”

Milly gave her a small smile. “(F/N)’s fine, Shirley. She’s injured – “

“She’s injured??” Shirley started.
“Yes but it’s not serious. She should be fine after a few days.”

Shirley paused for a while. “I’d better go see her,” she stated.

“No, Shirley, she’s probably sleeping. I sent Rivalz to check up on her. Don’t worry, you’ll get to see her soon enough.”

“Oh ok then,” Shirley said reluctantly.

“Oh umm Milly, was…was everyone in..err Lab 9 alright?” Shirley asked, with a slight blush on her face.

Milly hesitated, unsure of how to answer her good friend’s question.

“You..didn’t know, Shirley? They were..”

(At the same time in (F/N)’s ward)

“WHAT?”
“HE WAS WHAT??” I shouted at a stammering Rivalz.

“As I said, (F/N), he’s ok – “ Rivalz tried to interject.
“How is being locked up in the Containment room ok??” I retorted.

“Well, Nina said he’s most probably contaminated and so, we need to make sure he’s properly sterilized and stuff,” Rivalz tried to pacify me.

I sat back down on my bed, trying to figure out what was happening. I saw the alien leaping onto Lelouch but he had gotten back up. And..

No, I have to see him myself. I need to know whether it was really him.

I got up from my bed suddenly, shocking Rivalz who quickly blocked my way. “No, (F/N), I know what you’re thinking but you shouldn’t be leaving your bed. You should be rest- “

“Rivalz, move out of my way,” I sad slowly with a malicious undertone.

Rivalz visibly shuddered but refused to budge.

“Or would you rather I tell Milly about your love for her?” I said sinisterly.

“No!” Rivalz exclaimed. “Damn, you always do that, (F/N),” he said as he stepped aside.

“Thanks Rivalz,” I said as I hurried out the door, limping a little due to my injury.

As I reached the main door of the Containment room, I caught sight of Shirley running towards me. “(F/N)!! What are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be in bed?” she called out to me.

“Same reason as you,” I said curtly and promptly flung the door open.

The company’s head scientist Nina was in the middle of a discussion with a couple of other scientists. She turned towards us, giving a slight nod for us to enter the room.

“Dr. Nina, I – “ I began.
“(F/N), I wanted to talk to you about your experience but seeing as you were in bed, I thought it best not to question you at that time. Seeing that you came here voluntarily, I’ll take this opportunity to ask you now then,” Dr. Nina interrupted.

My eyes narrowed. I really wanted to confirm what had happened but there was no way I could disobey Nina. “Yes, Dr. Nina,” I replied.

“Right. So, you witnessed what happened to the scientist Lelouch Lamperouge in Lab 9 right?”
“Yes.”
“Can you please explain in detail what you saw and heard?”

I took a deep breath.

I began my story with how I saw Lelouch running down the stairs and continued up till the point where the tentacles were chasing me, without missing any detail. Nina, Shirley, and the rest of the people were listening to me intently.

“… and then I saw the tentacles closing in on me until it was barely an inch away from my face. I thought there was no way I would survive but..” I paused, replaying the events in my mind.

“Then what, (F/N)?” Dr. Nina’s voice snapped me back to reality.

“It just…. stopped.”