ABOVE IS WHAT ISABELLE LOOKS LIKE. FOR MORE REFERENCE, ITS BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD IN JURASSIC WORLD
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"Hello" the man said, he had a gun pointed at us "anybody infected?"
"One of our group was but he's not with us anymore"
"What do you want?"
"A chance" Rick answers
"That's asking for a lot these days. Once these doors close, they won't open again. If you stay, your admission fee is a blood test"
"That's okay with us"
"I'm Dr. Edwin Jenner"
"I'm Rick Grimes"
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Jenner led us to an elevator after taking our blood. We all squeezed in at once.
"Doctors always go around packin heat like that?" Daryl asks
"There were plenty of them left lying around, I familiarized myself. You looked harmless enough, except for you" he says turning his attention to Carl "I'll have to keep my eye on you" Carl gave a small laugh.
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We all made our way into the main room. We were all eating together.
"You know, in Italy children drink wine with their meals" Dale says pouring wine in his cup
"Well, when Carl is in Italy he can drink wine" Lori says
"Come on. It's the end of the world" Rick said
"Okay" she says hesitantly
Dale pours him some. He drinks it and his face scrunched up.
"Ew" he says
"That's my boy" Lori says and pours the wine into her cup
"Just stick to soda pop, bud" Shane says
"Not you, Glenn" Daryl says grabbing the bottle of wine
"What?" He asks confused but a smile still on his face
"Keep drinkin little man, I wanna see how red your face can get!" Daryl exclaims and everyone laughs in response "want some more, ginger?" Daryl asks
"Hell yeah" he says as he pours more wine into my glass
"It seems to me that we haven't thanked our host properly. Cheers!" Rick says standing up
"Booyah!" Daryl yells and we all toast to Jenner
"So doc, when you gonna tell us what happened here? All the other doctors that are supposed to be figuring out what happened" Shane starts
"We're celebrating, Shane" Rick says "no need to do this now"
"Vibes already killed. Can't save it now" I say "let him go on"
"That's why we're here, ain't it? To find all the answers. We came here and found him. One doctor"
"Well when it started. A lot of them left to be with their families. When it got worse, when the military cordon got overrun, the rest bolted" Jenner explains
"All of them?"
"No. Many couldn't face even walking out the door. They opted out. There was a rash of suicides. That was a bad time"
"Why didn't you leave?" I asked
"I wanted to stay, keep working, hoping to do some good"
"You are such a buzzkill, man" Glenn says to Shane and we finish dinner.
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He led us into a narrow hallway with doors lined all the way down the walls.
"Are we underground?" Carol asked
"Are you claustrophobic?" He asked
"A little"
"Try not to think about it" he paused a bit "there's a rec room at the end of the hall the kids will like, just don't plug in the video games. There should be enough rooms for everyone, couches are comfortable but there are cots if you'd like. You guys can go shower, just go easy on the hot water"
"Did he say hot water?" Glenn said turning to us.
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Ana and I found a room together. We set up a cot for her
"Your back was out" Ana says
"I'm sure no one saw. And if they did, no one bothered to ask"
"I'm gonna shower" I say trying to get off the subject.
I stepped into the bathroom and turned on the water. I looked at myself. I looked dirty and blood was on me and my face. I took off my shirt and turned my back to the mirror, my back has scars from my abusive father. Some were on my upper back and shoulders, definitely visible from beneath my tank top. I looked down at my torso where there were more scars from the abuse, I just hoped no one did notice. I got in the shower and sighed at the feeling of hot water. The dirt and blood slowly became thinner and went down the drain. I washed my hair and body before getting out. I wrapped a towel around me and wiped a clear spot in the mirror. My face was clean and so was my body, it was nice.
I left the bathroom with my new clothes. Just a big t-shirt and shorts. I let Ana get in the shower and I stepped out the room. I went down the hall and into the rec room to check it out. I had a glass of wine with me from earlier. No one else was in here and it was silent. I heard the door open and turned to see Shane. He was drunk, the way he walked and his eyes were half open. I tried to leave but he pulled me back. He pushed me against the table and started to run his hand up my shirt.
"Shane" I said sternly
"Don't tell me you don't want it. I saw those marks. You like it"
"Shane. You're drunk" I say
"I know what I saw. Those scars on your back and what? More, right here?" He lifted my shirt to show my torso
"Shane!" I yelled "get off"
He didn't stop. I picked up my wine glass and smashed it on his head. He stumbled back against the wall. I stumbled back against another wall and stood in shock.
"I-I" I choked on my words. I moved my hands to the door knob and opened it up, I ran into someone. "Sorry" I mumbled
"Isabelle. Are you okay?" I looked up and saw Rick
"I'm fine" I lied to him. I couldn't tell him what happened between me and his best friend. I rushed past him and into my room. Ana had just stepped out the shower, her hair still wet.
"Isabelle" she said "what happened?"
"N-nothing" I stuttered
"Isabelle"
"It's okay. I'm okay. It's just been a long day and I've had a lot to drink for the first time in a long time"
"Promise me you're okay"
"I'm okay, Ana. I always am"
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