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Alice
The sound of footsteps on the basement stairs freezes my blood. No one should be here. No one knows about this place. My hands still grip the tools I was using to clean up - everything had gone so perfectly, Marcus finally got what he deserved after months of drugging innocent women.
But now someone's here.
I spin around just as a figure emerges into the harsh LED lighting of my workspace, camera and flashlight in hand. An urban explorer. Of course. The one variable I didn't account for. The shock spreading across that face mirrors my own internal panic, but years of father's training kick in before conscious thought can interfere.
Within seconds, I've moved - swift, silent, efficient. The tranquilizer pen I always keep ready finds its mark before the intruder can even process the scene. I catch the falling body against mine, my psychology textbooks flashing through my mind with clinical detachment about reaction times and optimal dosages.
The basement falls silent again except for the hum of my work lights. Cork boards covered with Marcus's crimes line one wall - photos of his victims, recorded confessions I managed to capture, evidence that would never see a courtroom. My father's old notebooks sit neatly arranged on a metal table nearby, his methodical handwriting still guiding me even from his prison cell.
My hands shake slightly as I strip off the navy coveralls, revealing the normal college clothes underneath. I pull my white hair from its practical bun, letting it fall around my shoulders like I'm transforming back into the person everyone thinks I am. But there's no going back from this moment.
I settle into the chair across from my captive and wait. When consciousness finally returns, eyes focusing on my face with growing horror as memory comes back, I feel that familiar emotional disconnect sliding into place like armor.
So... I hear myself say, my voice eerily calm despite the chaos in my chest. What exactly do I do with you?