Sasha
Please answer your texts I’m sorry for everything
Melanie
Sasha! Are you ok??
Melanie
Where are u guys??
Sasha
I locked myself in the van.
Sasha
They had me tied to a chair with rope and zip ties when I felt these cold hands on the back of mine
Sasha
And all of a sudden my hands were free, and I started working on the ropes
Sasha
then I saw who’d freed me
Sasha
He looked so different.
Sasha
He had these beautiful gleaming scales all over his body
Sasha
He swatted at the agents with his…claws
Sasha
Got one right in the throat
Sasha
The other in the stomach
Sasha
Then they just started firing
Sasha
I locked myself in their van
Melanie
I was just texting with him
Melanie
I can’t believe it
Sasha
I’m a little bruised but I’ll be fine.
Melanie
What kind of stuff did they ask you?
Sasha
They asked me about Dr. Hyland. About Anders
Sasha
And they asked me about you
Sasha
I think they read our phone conversations
Melanie
I shouldn’t have been such a bitch to him
Sasha
You can’t think like that
Sasha
He died doing the right thing
Melanie
I’m on the path heading back to campus.
Sasha
This place is going to be swarming with agents in like 5 minutes.
Sasha
Do you think you can find your way to the Lake Finch in the dark?
Sasha
Ok. Meet me by the rope swing.
Melanie
Heading that way now. I hope.
Sasha
I just heard them on the radio here.
Sasha
They’ve located the van. They’re coming.
Melanie
Dude, get out of there!
Melanie
You are not safe here. Neither of us are.
Melanie
Go to your dorm, pack some stuff, and go home to your parents.
Melanie
Don’t talk to anyone.
Sasha
What are you going to do???
Melanie
there are more like me living here in the woods.
Melanie
But you need to get out of that van!!
Sasha
I think I can hotwire it.
Sasha
Then I can pick you up and we can escape together
Sasha
Did you find the lake?
Melanie
Yes! I’m at the rope. I’ll wait for you.
Melanie
And since when do you know how to hotwire a van?
Sasha
How hard can it be?
Sasha
I’m googling it now
Sasha
They’re opening the door
Sasha
Melanie, I’m sorry for everything. For the pills
Melanie
I know you were only trying to protect me
Sasha
Promise me you’ll find me
Melanie
This isn’t goodbye, trust me
Melanie
I’ll make these assholes pay
Sasha
You’ve been a great friend, Mel.
Melanie
Ugh I see flashlights
Melanie
They’re getting closer!
Sasha
I hope you understand that all of this is for your own good.
Melanie
Wait, do you have something to do with this?
Sasha
They can track you through my phone
Sasha
There’s no use in running.
Sasha
they told me they could cure you
Sasha
Not the way they cured those other students
Melanie
And you believed them??
Sasha
Even if it doesn’t work...
Sasha
do you really want to be a freak for the rest of your life?
Melanie
I can’t believe this
Melanie
This can’t be you
Melanie
Sasha would never do this
Sasha
There was a time when that was true
Sasha
But then you started ignoring me
Sasha
And becoming obsessed with all of these lame boys
Sasha
Every week, a new one
Sasha
And I’d have to hear about it. Every single detail.
Sasha
From the first hookup to the breakup, three weeks later.
Sasha
and look where it got you
Melanie
They’ll kill me. You’ll have to live with that for the rest of your life
Sasha
They just want to run some tests
Sasha
And if they cure you, you can thank me ☺
Melanie
I don’t get it. Anders rescued you.
Sasha
We were actually counting on you to bring him to us
Sasha
But he showed up early, while we were rehearsing
Sasha
Murdered two federal agents
Melanie
He was trying to save you because he thought you were in trouble
Melanie
and YOU lied to me!!
Sasha
You needed me to do that.
Sasha
They should have gotten you by now.
Sasha
How are you still texting
Melanie
Maybe I got them first
Melanie
These side effects make me look ugly
Melanie
Stronger than ever
Melanie
Looks like you weren’t lying about hiding in the van
Melanie
Were you going to wait for your new FBI friends to rescue you?
Melanie
I can see your phone glowing
Melanie
Yeah that’s the child safety lock that I just activated
Melanie
the keys were on the dead agent’s belt
Sasha
we can talk about this
Sasha
Stop banging on the back of the van like that
Sasha
You’re going to push it over the ledge into the water
Melanie
That would be terrible
Melanie
what kind of friend would do such a thing?
Melanie
One more push and it’s all over
Melanie
Best if you just calm down
Melanie
Good riddance, Sasha. Remember, you did this to yourself. ☺
