She heard a sigh afterwards.

"You'd better know what you're doing." the voice said.

At that point, she heard a knock on her door, before it was opened.

"From now on, no talking to subject 345D." a guard told her.

"He is irritable and unstable. Leave him alone." they ordered her further.

"Otherwise, there WILL be consequences." they then threatened.

Immediately, Theo looked ready to panic. Panic at the thought of being locked in the room. However, SOMETHING in Sierra's eyes was keeping him from doing so.

"...ah... ah..." he stammered.

"I don't like it when they lock me in here." he said.

"But... but okay. Okay." he then said, calming down ever-so-slightly.

"....but... protected?" he asked her.

"From what? What's going on?" he asked further, nervousness and agitation in his tone.

"........" Theo was silent, before nodding.

"Kay." was all he said.

"I'll be quiet. I'll stay here." he told her.

"I always stay here, anyway." he added quietly, before looking at her.

"...don't be hurt." he then said.

"You're too nice to be hurt." he reasoned.

As he felt the bubble surround him, Theo felt something he hadn't felt in... since he couldn't remember.

Safety.

Honest to goodness safety. He felt like he was safe in that room for the first time.

"....." he was silent, before sitting up and letting his legs stretch out for the first time in a long while as well.

'...maybe...' he thought.

'Maybe she CAN save us all...'

"Holy crap." Zeke muttered, as they felt the wail.

"...yeah." Azazel mumbled.

"When she screams, it's serious business." he said.

"But that's the signal, remember." he then reminded them. "She's started the attack, so we need to back her up." he continued, Zeke nodding in response.

"I know." he replied.

"We need to wait until the wailing stops, then storm in." he confirmed.

"You ready, Aedan?" Azazel asked the zombie.

"....." he was silent, before approaching her.

"R-really?" he asked.

Sierra just nodded.

"...." he was then silent, before he peeked out the door, and saw that the personnel there were, indeed, incapacitated.

He then paused, and looked back at her.

"You... you're a spirit." he said.

"But... you were solid earlier..." he added.

"Huh?" Theo asked.

"No..." he replied.

"No, I can't." he told her.

"Why do you ask...?" he then asked her, trailing off a little.

He then looked away, shying from her gaze, as he started to feel uncomfortable once more.

"..............." again, Theo was silent.

He then sighed, and bit his bottom lip.

It was clear he was hesitant to do this. It seemed that his time in the place had taught him to hide things about himself, but Sierra seemed to be cracking that shell slightly.

Then, as though he had finally released a smidgen of stress, his body collapsed to the floor, and a different-looking spirit remained standing there.

"THAT'S how." he answered.

Theo nodded.

"Yes." he replied.

"They killed him, drained him, embalmed him, and had me possess the body." he told her.

"As a poltergeist, I cannot possess a living thing, but if the soul has moved on... well... it's another inanimate object, really." he lamented.

"So they essentially stuffed me in there, and threatened to use my... well... spirit energy of life... for research purposes if I ever left it." he finished.

The one in question was Zeke, and he was busy trying to organise all that were there, as well as see if anyone was missing.

He stopped what he was doing, before looking over towards her.

"Eh?" he muttered.

"Someone that should come back with you?" he asked.

"Who? And why?" he asked further, before looking over and calling out to someone.

"You! Stand over by Agent Azazel!" he told them, to which they did so. He then looked back at Sierra to await her answer.