As the helicopter set itself down, Twilight was helped out by Nick and Adam. Twilight looked up to see a large columned building, with several protrusions. There was a large blue entrance marked with "JTF" extending down a large set of stairs. As Nicks team, Adam, and Twilight entered, they were sprayed with a fine mist. Twilight walked in and gasped. The inside was bustling with people. JTF units tended stalls like merchants at a market. Twilight saw three distinct wings, marked with "Security", "Tech", or "Medical". As Nick and his team opened a crate, Twilight could see it was full of bullets and magazines. Before she knew it, Paul was standing next to her.

"Let's get you two to Doc Kandel. You probably need it." he said, taking Adam and Twilight over to the Medical Wing. Twilight sighed as she saw the inside. It looked like a miniaturized hospital. Twilight could see several rooms of varying kinds.

A quarantine.

What looked like an intensive care unit.

A clinic.

A pharmacy.

An alcove stocked with yellow jumpsuits and masks.

A laboratory of some sort.

An area marked "Decontamination".

And a area where several children were taking medicine.

"Doc Kandel! Got some patients for ya!" Nick said, and a brown-haired human came out from the lab, wearing hospital scrubs stained with what Twilight assumed as blood. She had a kind but worn face.

"Yo, Agent. I'm 65%with the vaccine. I sent word out to all the safe-houses in Manhattan. They said we're goddamn miracle workers." she said, laughing. "Right now? I don't doubt it."

"Only sixty-five percent?" Nick asked.

"It takes a while to weaken or convert the Green Poison to a nonlethal form. So, I'm working as fast as I can." Kandel replied. "Hey. Go have a seat. I'll get to you two in a sec."

As Twilight and Adam sat down, Adam pulled over a JTF officer.

"Hey, has anyone made it here in the last two months?"

"Quite a few. Mostly women and kids, though. Three guys. One's in the tech wing, one's in the Quarantine, and the last one's helping out with the food." the officer replied.

"Thanks. Where's all the food at? I think the last guy is a pal of mine."

"Upstairs on the left. Have a nice day." the officer replied, before walking off.

Adam smiled and sat down.

"So, is your friend here?" Twilight asked.

"I think so." Adam said.

"Okay, let's get started."

Twilight looked to see Doctor Kandel walk over with a clipboard. As the two of them conversed about personal info, Twilight's answers just seemed to be coming from nowhere.

"Okay, miss Twilight, that should be good. Mr. Barry, you're next."

As Adam and Kandel talked, Twilight fell back onto the bed, and she sighed. As she mused, she thought about what happened that made her come here.

"Twilight?" Adam asked.

Twilight looked to see Adam getting up.

"Wanna grab something to eat?"

"Sure."

As they walked out and up a flight of stairs, Twilight walked into a small cafeteria, if you could call it that. It consisted of a few microwaves, a set of hot plates, a few pop-up tables and folding chairs, and around seven crates of food that people were using as tables.

"Adam!"

"Jerry, man!"

Twilight turned to see Adam embracing a man of about the same age, with dusty blonde hair and glasses.

"What happened? When I lost contact with you..."

"Goddamn radio broke. I made it though." Jeremy said. "Here, let's get you all some grub."

As Twilight and the two of them sat down, Jeremy microwaved some food for them. As they ate, Twilight felt at home. Then, she saw a brown and black tabby cat brush up against her.

"What's with the cat?" Twilight asked.

"Oh, you mean Horace? He just showed up here one day." Jeremy said. "We don't mind him."

"Why'd you keep him?" Twilight asked,

"Well, he keeps the rats in check, he's really lovable, and he's friends with everyone. He's basically out unofficial mascot. Even the K9 unit dogs don't mind him." Jeremy said.

"I see. He is rather cute." Twilight said, stroking him, and he purred.

"Yeah. I should tell you about the time he caught a rat nearly a foot long." Jeremy said.

"A foot long rat?" Twilight asked, slightly shocked.

"Yeah. That damn rat was getting into our garbage and being a real pain, and two days after Horace showed up, we find him strutting in one day, with a huge rat in his mouth." Jeremy said, and they laughed.

"That sounds like it was funny." Twilight said.

"It was. The JTF call him the JTFeline. Get it?" Jeremy said, and they laughed again.

"Yeah." Twilight said, scratching Horace behind the ears, which he seemed to be enjoying. As the conversation went on, Twilight noticed the sun was going down, and off in the distance, she could see a large wall.

"What's with the wall?" she asked no one.

"That's the Dark Zone."

Twilight turned to see Nick walk up with his team.

"Dark Zone?"

"That's where the virus hit the hardest. There? Its every man for himself. It's chock-loaded with good gear the first wave left behind, but it's full of looters and rogue agents. By the way, our commander, Faye Lau, wants to see you." Nick said.

"I'm going with. I can help with explaining." Adam said, standing up.

"Fine. We're going now." Nick said, and as they walked out, Twilight managed one last glimpse of the Dark Zone Wall before she was led into the security wing. She was led to a woman with a bandage over her eyes, and she was walking with a limp. She was currently talking to a man wearing a police badge.

"Lau? You asked?" Nick said.

"Yep. Agents, stay here. Miss Twilight? We need to speak." Faye said.

"What did I do?" Twilight asked.

"Nothing. It's we're curious, that's all. About a few things." She said. "Have a seat."

Twilight sat down, and sighed.

"Where do we start?"

Faye smiled.

"Where do you come from? Really?"

Twilight sighed and admitted the truth.

Author's Note

Chapter!

Yep, the JTF now knows. And there's explanations coming in the next chapter.

Have a nice day.