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Chapter 109 - Upright Rows

"Put all of this stuff in the truck and head back."

"Where will you be, Sir?"

"I have an itching that needs scratching.

DON'T WAIT UP FOR ME!!"

*Ti…ti…tick*

"Follow me, this way Heartchilds."

"What are you looking for?"

"A girl who used to live here about thirty years ago."

"Good luck finding her. Everything has been switched to online."

"I don't think she'll be there. Where is your storage?"

"What's her name? I'll help you search."

"Ruby Eliotra!! Protector of the…..'Hey, can I have the flashlight? I can't make out these last words."

"Boxes can get a little dusty when not used, Sir, but this should be it. Anything else of service just give me a call. I'll be….."

"Upfront?"

"Ruby, what is the Upfront? What is this place?"

"The Upfront is where Mrs. Eliotra took her baby girl, Ruby to. She was born not with the DNA of an animal but with DNA of a plant. So, since there were no noticeable physical ailments, the nurses assumed once the flower had died, it would leave. After a week in the hospital it was not so. Recovering from injury after injury, not only did she grow immensely during her stay but could regrow at a moment's notice. Tests under sunlight began, showing promising thoughts. The nurses wanted to keep the baby as their own to help extract her DNA and put it in others, but her parents would not allow it."

"YOU OKAY BACK THERE?"

"I'M GOOD. Just reading."

"Anything of interest?"

"Yeah. Why so many gravestones?"

"Her parents didn't believe what the nurses told them, but upon taking little Ruby home, they soon found out why their nurses were so happy to keep her. They on the otherhand were not for they know once the flower in her dies, so too would she. Thus extracting the flower without harming their girl commenced. Many tried, many failed, but none succeeded."

"Patients. I called them my siblings for that is what they were. Half my childhood was spent shifting from my mansion to this place on a daily basis. My parents were comforted that this place was the best of the best. Everyone who came in never came out the same. They were cured. Or so it seemed."

"All hope seemed lost for poor Ruby had not a small hospital called Upfront contacted the family. This hospital was known to cure any ailments and sprains a baby was born with. On the surface they looked willing to accept all, and families were greatly pleased with their results. Every kid who went in came out changed."

"We stand upright and true. A child saved is a life made.

Come on, I'll show you what really went on behind closed doors. Watch your step though, Cleaners were never here. Everything was done in house by staff only."