Marie Lockwood.

|| Well behaved women rarely make history. || Orphaned socialite, OC for #AHSVirus || 18+, Graphic Content ||

[Marie Lockwood. @UntappedBravery]

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[Marie Lockwood. @UntappedBravery]

@IsBeingCured -talking and shuffling around.

She had to go down eventually, but she couldn't seem to get her legs to work.

[Marie Lockwood. @UntappedBravery]

@IsBeingCured -first floor, and so far, she didn't see anyone. Good.

But she knew they were down there. She could still hear them, -

[Marie Lockwood. @UntappedBravery]

@IsBeingCured -her way toward the stairs. It was time, time for her to be brave.

She stopped at the top of the staircase leading to the -

[Marie Lockwood. @UntappedBravery]

@IsBeingCured -used it a couple of times before, and stood to her feet. She took a few deep breaths to steady herself before she started -

[Marie Lockwood. @UntappedBravery]

@IsBeingCured -things she had been hiding from since this all began.

She held her father's rifle tight, a bit unsure of it, only having -

[Marie Lockwood. @UntappedBravery]

@IsBeingCured -she wasn't prepared for this.

There was no time left to be scared though. Now, she would have to face her fears, the -

[Marie Lockwood. @UntappedBravery]

@IsBeingCured -herself. At least they were alive. And that meant that perhaps they could be help. Help that she so desperately needed. But -

[Marie Lockwood. @UntappedBravery]

@IsBeingCured -infested /her/ house.

And she sat there, hidden away, absolutely terrified.

At least they were living, she kept telling -

[Marie Lockwood. @UntappedBravery]

@IsBeingCured They were inside. Marie could hear them. She had heard the door breaking open, heard as they blocked it back, heard as they -

[Marie Lockwood. @UntappedBravery]

@IsBeingCured -closet, waiting.

[Marie Lockwood. @UntappedBravery]

@IsBeingCured -didn't know how to react. She grabbed the rifle off the desk, holding it close to her chest, and slipped inside the room's -

[Marie Lockwood. @UntappedBravery]

@IsBeingCured -And from the looks of it, they were breathing.

She waited so long for this moment, but now that it had found her, she -

[Marie Lockwood. @UntappedBravery]

@IsBeingCured -rustling outside. Then voices. She fell to the floor and crouched by the window, daring to peak over just a bit.

/People./ -

[Marie Lockwood. @UntappedBravery]

@IsBeingCured -from spreading, but she hoped it was full of things she'd never have to use.

Suddenly, she heard it. First, it was a soft -

[Marie Lockwood. @UntappedBravery]

@IsBeingCured -something of use. This volume had quite a few interesting facts in it regarding the care of wounds and how to stop infection-

[Marie Lockwood. @UntappedBravery]

@IsBeingCured -book on medicine was in her hand. She had taken up reading everything in their personal library to try and teach herself -

[Marie Lockwood. @UntappedBravery]

@IsBeingCured -study, his rifle laying across the desk, not that she really knew how to use it, but it made her feel safe nonetheless. A -

[Marie Lockwood. @UntappedBravery]

@IsBeingCured -mattered anymore. There was daylight and there was nighttime. That's all she needed to know.

She sat in her father's old -

[Marie Lockwood. @UntappedBravery]

@IsBeingCured -a clock, she wasn't any good at telling time, and her wrist watch had stopped working a week ago. Not that time really -

[Marie Lockwood. @UntappedBravery]

@IsBeingCured -where her father still laid chained. It was just past midday from what Marie could tell from the sun's position, but without-