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"Who are you?"

"My name's Alex, I'll be taking care of you from now on."

You gulp, "So I'm in hospital?"

"No no, this is a facility" He answers.

"What does that even mean?" you whine, burying your head in your hands.

Alex walks over to the table and takes a seat on top of it. "Look I know you're confused and scared so let me explain."

He places the sandwhich at the end of the bed for you. You grab it.

"Why don't you start by asking me some questions. What do you want to know?"

You look down at the sandwhich in your hand and then back up at Alex.

"Where's Ashlyn? She was hurt. I remember ... I went into the room with Sarah. OH MY GOSH. Where's Sarah? Where are my friends?" You begin to freak out as the memories come back to you.

Alex can sense you start to spiral so he quickly cuts in.

"They're all in similar rooms to yours."

He pulls an IPad out of the bag and turns the screen to you. On it is live camera footage of identical rooms, each with a different one of your friends in it.

"What- What is this place? Why are we here?" You start to tense up.

"It's a contamination facility. You are infected with a parasitic fungus causing intense hallucinations that will eventually take over the brain."

Alex gets up from his seat on the table and starts to circle. You narrow your eyes at him.

"When it does.. it causes zombie like symptoms"

"Liar" you mutter.

"What was that?"

"You're a liar" you repeat, this time louder. You run a shaky hand through your hair, "If you're telling the truth.. how did you even come to that conclusion? What tests did you even run?"

"It showed up on Tyler's hospital report," he answers, "We did some digging and found out that you kids went to Savannah at the beginning of the school year.. specifically the Sorrel Weed House. The fungus was found growing there."

You look down at the sandwhich.

"How did you know we went into that house?"

"We interviewed staff. The tour guide was able to identify you all" Alex explains.

You close your eyes.

Your stomach drops and as it does your appetite vanishes. You drop the sandwhich back onto the bed.

"But I didn't meet the tour guide.. or any staff for that matter," you say, now looking at Alex dead in the eye, "I didn't even go in with the rest of them. I went in after they had all left... how did you know I was infected?"

Alex clears his throat.

"Sarah didn't go in AT ALL, by the way."