“We could cure you, you could be a normal person, but you might have to do something for us.â€?

Those words echoed through Isaac’s mind like thunder through a cave. Over and over, like an endless serenade, he repeated those words again until they were regretfully forever in his mind.

It sounded so promising, so unreal, Isaac didn’t know what to think, only those words ad infinitum.

The shadow man made a motion with his hand, and the “escort” picked up Isaac and began to bring him back. Linda followed in submission, but the man in the black clothing said,

“Linda, wait a moment.”

Linda halted in her tracks, a trained reflex that came from time and pain. She turned and said,

“Yes 7?”

The shadow man would be smirking due to his tone, but he merely said,

“He might not make it. You didn’t.”

“If I might 7, he is different.”

“Hmmm.. true, but I think it best that you go with him, maybe with you there he might actually do it.”

“And if he doesn’t?”

“Well then you should know 6, he becomes one of us.”