Suzy’s Strange Saga

You focus your mind and try to muster up all your courage for what you’re about to say next. It might very well be suicidal, but if the unthinkable is going to happen, then at least you can take comfort that you stood up to them even as scared as you are right now.

“Look, you fucking inbred rednecks, get the fuck out before you get in some major shit so deep that you ain’t got the hip waiters for it!” you exclaim.

Jed is hardly intimidated and his expression changes from perverted leer to burning hatred.

“Hugo get out of that entryway and close that fucking door. I think this little blonde bitch needs to learn I don’t take orders from whores. Let alone one that isn’t sucking my cock, but I think we can change that situation.” Jed says.

“You think that’s supposed to fucking scare me?” you say and then Jed grabs you by both arms squeezing tightly. He presses his body against yours and looks down at you menacingly.

“Oh I can tell you’re scared bitch, I’ve been doing this a long time. And even if you weren’t, you better damn well be. Last time I saw Doc’s sister she was outside speaking with some soldier boys. She ain’t gonna be down here in time to save your ass and if you think that we’ll get in trouble for fucking you up, you over estimate your worth. At the most, we’ll get chewed out by Doc, for pissing off his sister by wreckin’ her kitty licking fuck buddy.” Jed says.

You just look down after Jed’s response. Still holding your arms tightly he addresses you again.

“What? Got nuthin’ else to say? Yeah that’s what I fucking thought. You fucking whores talk tough when you think you got a savior, but when the shit goes down, you shut the fuck up real quick.”

You start laughing and look up at Jed’s face, which is now showing a bit of confusion due to your response.

“You truly are one dumb ass fucktard, Jed. You keep thinking I’m Lilith’s whore, or whatever fantasy YOU put in your own goddamn pathetic little head of yours. If I was her whore, don’t you think I’d be dressed more like one? Look at how the fuck I’m dressed! I’m in a fucking HOSPITAL GOWN! Who wears hospital gowns? FUCKING PATIENTS! I’m her patient! I’M FUCKING SICK AND CONTAGIOUS YOU STUPID ASSHOLE!” you shout with a mixture of contempt and amusement.

At this point Jed takes his hands off of you and backs off a bit.

“Shit!” he shouts.
“Oh what? Am I not so attractive now that you’ve found out I might have shit that will make your dick fall off? Come on stud, I’ll make it totally worth it! I guarantee it’ll be the last fuck you’ll ever need.” You say and start grabbing at him and laughing.

Jed gives you a hard shove causing you to fall backwards.

“Fuck! Hugo, this bitch has got the crotch rot somethin’ fierce! Open up that fucking door!” Jed shouts.

Hugo comprehends the situation just well enough to follow Jed’s orders and it doesn’t take long before they’re both out the door. Unfortunately Jed isn’t quite so stupid to leave the door open or unlocked since you hear a firm click. Of course maybe he was just so scared of you possibly getting out that he took the time to lock it. In any case you got rid of them and you’re alone again.

You’re quite pleased that this is the first time you actually employed an assertive method this week and it worked out. Your arms hurt from Jed squeezing them though.

A half hour later, you hear the door again. This time it’s Lilith and she looks somewhat harried when she comes in. She’s also carrying a tray of food with what looks to be meat on it and some potatoes on it. She places it on coffee table in front of the sofa and also gives you a bottle of water. She then sits down on the chair Jed was sitting in.

“Whew. Sorry about that. Just one thing after another. Anyway, there’s your food. It’s left over meatloaf from yesterday that I heated up. Hope that’s okay. We still had quite a bit left and I didn’t really have time to prepare anything else. Leslie usually does most of the cooking around here anyway.”

You stare at the meatloaf, which doesn’t look all that appetizing. The potatoes look okay though. You notice your eating utensils are plastic. Guess Lilith isn’t completely trusting of you either.

“What’s wrong? You’re not a vegetarian are you?” Lilith asks.
“Um, no. Not at all.” You say and poke at the meatloaf.
“You think I poisoned the food?”
“Actually I didn’t think that, until you just mentioned it. I was just thinking of how unappealing the meat looks.” You say.
“Well not that this might help calm your fears, but I didn’t poison or drug the food. There wouldn’t be much point in it; you’re my control subject after all. As for the look of the meat, well my brother’s a good cook, but he’s never been big on presentation, but I assure you it tastes much better than it looks. Of course you don’t need to eat it. There are potatoes there.”
“No, I’ll eat. I’m hungry enough and I don’t have that much choice.” You say.

You take a bite of the meatloaf and it’s actually just like Lilith said, it looks awful, but it does taste good.

“You were right.” You say.
“Well I do understand the hesitation. I remember some of the meals my brother has made in the past and they looked more like something that already was digested. He’s gotten a bit better with it though. Anyway, so how have you been feeling? Still no sudden mood swings or violent urges or anything I trust?” Lilith asks.
“Well no, but I did have to act crazy to get two redneck assholes out of here.”
“Oh no. (Sigh) Jed and Hugo came in here? I told my brother not to let those assholes wander around down here picking the locks to places they’re not supposed to be going anyway!”
“Apparently they were under the impression I was your personal whore.”
“What?! Why the hell would they think…nevermind…they didn’t do anything to you did they?”
“No, like I said, I acted crazy. Or more specifically I convinced them I was sick and contagious. They left real quick after that.”
“Heh, good thinking. Explains why I saw their shitty pick up truck screech out of here earlier.”
“Hope to never see them again.” You say continuing to eat.
“Yeah well that will be arranged. I’ll tell my people stationed outside to shoot them on sight if they return. I don’t care if Leslie complains about it either. Besides, there’s news that we all might not be staying here much longer.”

You stop eating for a moment.

“What do you mean?” you ask.
“Well as I said, the National Guard are currently stationed in town and trying to maintain order. While they might succeed, GZ doesn’t fancy their chances and would rather not lose a valuable employee such as myself in the possible chaos that will spill over. So they’re ready to ship me and my brother out of here to a GZ shelter, a proper company one, not the ones that have been built for the common public. It’s just as well considering the reports we’ve been getting on the world situation.” Lilith says.

You take a drink of water wondering what this means for you.

“When is this going to happen?” you ask.
“Maybe tomorrow, definitely by Friday. I’m going to miss this house, so many good memories here especially with Leslie. I can only imagine the talk I’m going to have to have with him. Looks like he’s going to have company job whether he wants one or not. Oh well, he’ll get used to it…”
“What about me?” you interrupt.
“Well, that is the question isn’t it?” Lilith says, taking off her glasses and rubbing her eyes.

“While I haven’t been able to do the tests and ask the questions like I wanted to earlier today, I’m fairly certain you’re fine and you’re one of those few that aren’t affected by the side affects of the drug. I have a few theories on why that might be, but nothing solid. It doesn’t really matter anyway I suppose at this late stage.” Lilith remarks.
“So…I’m free to go?” you ask.
“Well, I do want to keep you for observation for one more day. I mean might as well since we might not be leaving tomorrow anyway. After that, well I suppose it’s up to you. If you want to leave, you will be allowed to leave. You probably should keep in mind however, that returning to town might not be the best idea, so I’m not sure where you’d go. Do you have anywhere to go?”
“Not really. I mean I don’t have my phone so I can’t even call anyone who might give a shit. Not that my family would give a shit of course, so I don’t really even have a home at this point.”
“Hm, well that leads me to the other possible option, that I can probably take you with us. Might take some string pulling and calling in of favors, but if you want to come with us, you can.”
“Go with you? To a GZ Shelter? What would I do there?”
“Oh I’m sure we could find something, no need to worry about that. You’d have to follow the rules there though. Life would be quite different, but with the way things are going, I’m sure life is going to be different anyway.”

You just nod silently as Lilith stands up to head back to the door.

“Tell you what. Let’s dispense with any more interrogation today. You already had to deal with waking up strapped to a gurney, not knowing where you were, being told that the world may end soon and that you may or may not suffer a negative side affect of a drug, not to mention those redneck rapists barging in here. I think you deserve to relax for the rest of the day and night.”
“So, that’s it?”
“For today it is. Like I said, just make yourself at home for now. This will all be over soon and you won’t be a prisoner here. I’m glad you’ve been making this easy Suzy. That’s definitely a good thing.” Lilith says and leaves.

Alone once again and now you’ve got the whole night to contemplate your situation, which has changed again.

Escape is now looking unnecessary given that Lilith seems to not have any insidious plans of going back on here word. You’re not even sure it would be a good idea to do so anyway now considering she mentioned GZ security are now guarding the perimeter of the house.

Of course that still leaves the question of “where will you go?” While she’s already warned you about town, you really don’t have anywhere else. You don’t even have a vehicle. You suppose you could always just risk heading back home or maybe even Julie’s assuming either place is still standing.

The offer to go with Lilith and her brother is just odd though. It really is an unknown factor, but if things are really getting as bad as Lilith claims, maybe you need to embrace the unknown.

You spend the rest of the night pondering your options until you eventually get sleepy and drift off on the couch.

You have 1 choice: