Lily fell silent in front of the storage room when she saw the cryonic tube holding Matthew's body. She looked straight at Matthew, who was put back in his cryonic box after he sucked the blood of two Paramedics and Mr. Graff.
"Stop everything, Max," Lily said coldly.
Max immediately turned to Lily. He looked at her in disbelief. "What are you thinking, Lily? We can't let him roam."
Lily approached the panel that controlled Matthew's cryonic tube. She glanced sharply at the two research assistants standing near the board that contained the box. The two of them finally stepped aside. They didn't usually see Lily look like that.
"Careful, Lily!" Max scolded Lily's arm, which was about to turn off Matthew's cryonic tube.
Lily turned to Max and gave him a very sharp look. Max was silent. Knowing Lily, he had never seen Lily's eyes look so angry in all his life. Lily took a deep breath and then turned her attention back to the control panel of Matthew's cryonic tube.
Max could only be silent when Lily turned off all the functions in Matthew's cryonic tube. "Hope you know what you're doing, Lily."
Lily was silent and did not respond to Max's words. She then pressed a button to open the cryonic tube. As soon as the cryonic box opened, Lily turned her attention to Max.
"Get everyone out of here," Lily begged Max.
Max immediately shook his head. "I won't leave you alone with Matthew."
Lily took a deep breath as she looked at Max. "Please, Max. Get the others out of here. Nothing will happen to me."
"What if he bites you like he bit your father?" Max asked.
"He wouldn't do it," Lily replied.
"You don't know what he's going to do. You mustn't act recklessly, Lily."
"I won't, Max. Now take it all out and leave me alone with him. You can watch me from the control room," said Lily.
"Are you sure you'll be okay?" Max asked Lily again.
Lily looked at Max. "I'm not okay right now. Hurry up and go."
Max took a deep breath. He didn't know what Lily was going to do to Matthew. But he also couldn't do much because Lily had asked him to. And Lily looked pretty sure she could handle Matthew.
"Come on, let's get out of here," Max said to the research assistants in the storage room.
The research assistants glanced at Lily for a moment. Then they followed Max as he walked out of the storage room. Ryan, who had been watching from the storage room door, was surprised when he saw Max walking out of the storage room with the other research assistants.
Ryan grabbed Max's arm as Max was about to leave. "Hey, Max. What are you doing? Why did you guys leave Lily?"
Max looked at Ryan with a long sigh. "You'd better go too, Ryan. Let Lily be with Matthew."
"But Matthew is dangerous. How can I leave her alone with the blood-sucking monster?" said Ryan.
"This is Lily's want. She wants to be left alone with Matthew," Max replied.
"What if something happened to her?" Ryan asked Max again.
"Lily knows what she's doing." Max nodded slowly at Ryan and immediately walked away from the storage room.
Ryan immediately turned his attention to Lily as soon as Max left the storage room. Lily turned out to have seen Ryan holding Max out of the storage room.
"Go on, Ryan. I'll be fine," Lily said to Ryan with a small smile.
"But—"
Lily immediately nodded her head. Ryan stared at Lily for a while. He finally complied with Lily's want and walked out of the storage room. After Ryan came out of the storage room, Max did the procedure to lock the storage room door from the outside.
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Lily stood in front of the cryonic tube that kept Matthew's body while looking at Matthew. He closed his eyes. "Get up. You don't have to fall asleep anymore."
Instantly Matthew opened his eyes and looked straight at Lily. Matthew's gaze surprised Lily slightly because Matthew's eyes were completely white. But slowly, the color of Matthew's eyes returned when he was looking at Lily.
Lily opened the cryonic tube and let Matthew step outside. "You must be shocked."
"I should be dead. What have you guys done to me?" Matthew asked.
"You're not dead yet. Your parents brought you here twenty years ago," Lily replied.
Matthew's eyes widened after hearing what Lily said. "Twenty years ago?"
Lily nodded her head. "What do you feel when you suck the blood of two paramedics and the professor who helped you?"
Matthew frowned. "What did you say? I suck their blood?"
"You don't remember that you sucked the blood of three people?" Lily asked.
Matthew shook his head.
"You suck them until they dry," Lily continued.
"I don't remember it at all. All I remember is that I was very thirsty. I had a hard time controlling it when I smelled the blood. Furthermore, I don't remember what I did," said Matthew.
"What do you feel now? Are you still thirsty?" Lily asked Matthew again.
"To be honest, I still feel thirsty. I'm trying hard to hold it in," replied Matthew.
Lily then glanced at Matthew's hand. She swallowed a little when she saw Matthew, who had clenched his fists.
"Can you bring me back? I don't want to be a monster," Matthew pleaded.
Lily was silent for a while before she answered Matthew's question. As long as Lily was silent, Matthew could hear Lily's heart beating very fast. Suddenly he felt the quiet storage room turn into a boisterous room.
Apart from hearing Lily's heartbeat, Matthew could also hear other sounds from the little creatures around the room. He could even feel the cobwebs high above his head.
Matthew also heard people talking outside the room he was in. All the voices filled his head and distracted his attention to Lily. Matthew's breath was rising and falling uncontrollably.
"Get out of here," said Matthew, grunting softly.
"What wrong?" Lily asked as she drew closer to Matthew.
Matthew suddenly took a step back. "Go! Hurry! I don't want to hurt you."
"Let me help you," Lily said.
Lily's eyes widened when she saw Matthew turn to her with his eyes turning white again.
"GO!" shouted Matthew, holding himself back so he wouldn't hurt Lily.
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