She wasted no time leaving the F.A.U Headquarters not even bothering to take her car, running all the way home. Arriving at her apartment building she skids to a stop when she sees the building on fire and people evacuating in a somewhat controlled manner. Disregarding her safety she runs into the building unaware a not-so-friendly individual is watching her.
She makes it into her apartment without much difficulty, luckily the fire has reached it yet. Looking around she finds her love isn't there but she spots the dismembered body of her pet most of it gone.
"Lou....no...." She whispers unable to believe her eyes fighting back her tears but forces herself to look away from the tragic scene knowing she has a limited amount of time before the fire arrives. Rushing through the apartment she's able to grab a few things before rushing out of the apartment and building just in time before an explosion causes the building to erupt in flames.
She doesn't stay in the vicinity of the building but instead decides to take the long way back to the F.A.U building. When she returns no one pays attention to her disheveled look as she returns to her room. When she enters she's so preoccupied with her thoughts on how to find her love that she doesn't notice Astrid immediately but when she does she startles.
"Sorry, I didn't see you there." Sharon says but Astrid simply stares at her only her tense but relaxed stance giving nothing away.
"What did you do?" Astrid asks her emotionless words making her flinch.
"I have no idea what you're talking about." Sharon says gathering the remnants of her courage.
"Really?" Astrid asks stepping to the right so that she can see the rat presumed dead still alive with its flesh melting off of its body eyes sealed shut due to dried blood.
"How is that possible?" She whispers fearfully to herself while Astrid watches eyes calculating.
"What did you do?" Astrid asks but Sharon stubbornly remains silent.
"Listen lady I don't have to keep you alive since you did illegal experimentation and used my blood without my consent and we both know what the laws say. So do this the easy way and tell me what I need to know." Astrid says and Sharon pales knowing Astrid's right. The laws don't tolerate this type of insubordination and there are rarely any exceptions so she knows if Astrid is to share that she is the creator of the monster her days'll be numbered.
"I didn't think that things will turn out this bad." Sharon says as she sinks to the floor tiredly.
"I just wanted to save him." She says tears streaming down her cheeks. but Astrid doesn't respond.
"We just wanted to be happy and have a family but he's been sick since birth and it worsened because he had to protect me from his family. I had to save him, I couldn't let him die and your blood was the key." Sharon says looking up into the dark almost soulless eyes of Astrid.
"And in your desperation to save the one you love you created a monster that has killed innocents. Congratulations." Astrid says the assassin in her taking over as she calculates ways to get rid of the threat.
"What's going to happen to me?" Sharon asks as Astrid places her hand on the door hoping to get an answer but she doesn't. Once alone she looks at the cage again to see the rat going into cardiac arrest before it stills.
"You're not a monster. Why did I make you into a monster?" She whispers to herself trying to find an answer but can't.
Astrid leaves the F.A.U heading to her brother's city apartment where she can get the required gear to go hunting that night hoping to put an end to the mindless killing machine created from her blood.