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The next time I woke up was due to a door slamming shut. Looking up groggily, I saw Katherine opening my cell motioning me upward.

"What do you want?" I asked, giving her an exasperated expression.

"I'm giving you what you want," she told me, leading me out of the room. Before I left, I gave Leona one more parting look as she worriedly stared back.

"Which is?" I inquired.

Her rainbow eyes found mine as a sinister look appeared on her face. "I'm showing you how I make Catchers."

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The feeling of pure terror washed over me. Who was she turning? William? Alex? Mackenzie? I felt like my heart had sunk deep into the bottom of my chest. Could it be Cole?"

"Relax," she rolled her eyes at me. "It's none of your friends."

"Is that supposed to make it better?" I challenged. After all, some Supernatural was going to be losing their entire being today. There was no upside to this.

She looked at me from the corner of her eye. "Would you like it to be one of them?"

I gulped, feeling guilty when I told her no. If someone was going to be murdered, I'd much rather it was someone I didn't know rather than one of my friends. It weighed heavily on me, but didn't affect me as much as it would have had I known the person.

Katherine led me down a series of hallways, a set path in mind that didn't falter when Catchers would try to stop and talk to her. I felt an uneasy feeling in my stomach. This was something that I didn't know what to expect. Would it be gruesome? Frightening? I had no idea.

Finally, we rounded some more corners until we reached a set of white double doors. Katherine opened them with a flick of her wrist, leading us into a lab set up much like a hospital was. The Catchers there didn't seem surprised when they saw me alongside their leader as they worked on computers that displayed long pages full of medical words that I didn't understand.

"This way, Taylor," She told me as she continued forward, leading me around a corner.

We arrived at a set of glass doors that went into a room with a single hospital bed in the center. Around the edges of the room held many Catchers, each suited with a clipboard and pen that looked at their leader with admiration.

If I didn't know any better, I would assume that I was the one becoming a Catcher today. I was pretty much sure that wouldn't happen right now at least. We haven't been here very long and I'm sure that Katherine had a lot more planned for us.

"When are they coming?" Katherine asked one of the Catchers as she stretched out her arms.

"Whenever you're ready," They stated. "Shall I call them in now?"

"Of course," Katherine turned to me, her rainbow eyes shining as a sinister smile rose onto her face. "I'm sure our guest cannot wait another second."

A high pitch scream erupted from down the hallway. My whole body swerved just enough to see a young girl thrashing around in the arms of several Catchers. My body froze as I immediately recognized who it was.

"Jenny?" I whispered, my voice shaking. I thought back to the first time I met Mackenzie's roommate, how sweet and welcoming she was. I thought about how she was one of the few who survived, joining the Big Six on the journey to DC. She should still be back there with Sophia and the others, so why was she here?

I felt like I had been killed ten times over while the realization hit me. Something must've happened to them back at the agency. If Jenny was here, were the others as well? Where are Sophia, Claire, and everyone else? I have been worrying so much about us down here that I hadn't realized that there is still a war playing out on the outside. Judging how Jenny is now here, were the others already turned or even dead?

Her green eyes widened as she looked at me. "Taylor!" She spoke, now not struggling with the ones holding her. "You're still alive!"

"What happened? Why are you here--"

"This isn't the time for chit chat," Katherine glared at me. "Strap her down and you, Taylor, please take a seat."

"Like hell I will," I shot back, stepping forward to grab Jenny only to find my body completely immobile. I shifted my eyes up just in time to see Katherine smile and pushed her hand out at me, sending off a wave of telekinesis that slammed me into a chair rested on the side. As I came in contact with it, my head snapped back, painfully hitting the wall behind me until I found myself unable to move yet again.

"Just pay attention, Taylor," she winked at me as the Catchers began strapped down a wide-eyed Jenny to the table. "This can be quite the learning experience for you."

I couldn't move. I couldn't talk to scream. All I could was stare at these monsters begin the process of removing the humanity out of a girl. Jenny was young, only thirteen, and to have something like this happen to someone like her was devastating.

Finally, she was confined to the table, unmoving just as I was. I assume Katherine used the same power on her as she did me to keep her still because I know she would be fighting it if she could.

"Please," I heard her voice crack, so at least she was given the freedom to speak. "Please don't do this to me."

"It's all for the sake of the war, sweetheart," Katherine stated as she rolled out her neck. "You'll be a pawn for me."

"Please!"

Katherine ignored her pleas and placed her hands on Jenny and the whole atmosphere of the room changed. The Catchers stepped back, watching their leader as they would take notes. Even I, despite not having my powers, could feel how strong of a force she was radiating on the girl.

"The first step, Taylor..." Katherine paused while Jenny continued to sob from behind her, completely incapable of saving herself. "The first step is to kill her."

"What?" Jenny yelled as Katherine turned back to her and placed her hand over her heart. "No!"

The screams I heard next were ones I would never forget for the rest of my life. They echoed through the room and I was so sure that Leona could hear her from all the way back at our cells. I tried my hardest to break out of grip that Katherine had on me, to spew the most horrible insults I could at her, but I was useless as I watched one of my teammates die before my eyes.

Then the screamed became a gurgle until they stopped cold. I avoided looking at her, keeping my head low. I didn't want to see her like that.

"You let the heart stop," Katherine told me. "Then heal it while infecting the soul. No one can come back from death, if even for a minute, without it affecting them in some way or another. I should know, right?"

I knew people came back from the 'dead' all the time. Think of all the people that have been revived at hospitals, all the CPR and AED equipment used to keep someone alive. I'm sure it took a toll on the person, and that Katherine had something else up her sleeve to make it even worse.

"I give them a part of myself," she started, her hands in the familiar healing motion that I've seen Sophia and Claire do so many times. "That's how Catchers become stronger and how I benefit from them changing. My power goes to them and it feeds back to me. All the Catchers and I, we're a chain. If I fall, they all do as well."

A sharp gasp escaped Jenny's mouth and she began taking in gulps of air. I immediately released the breath I hadn't realized I had been holding, but I wished she would have died completely in that moment. Death would be better than what she's going to become.

"Now..." Katherine spoke and I could hear exhaustion creeping up on her from all the power she must be doing. "Now they're physically changed, but that's not everything. You must change their mind too."

Katherine got very close to Jenny's face, her rainbow eyes piercing into her light gray ones that were now bloodshot and droopy.

"State your full name," Katherine spoke evenly, her compulsion returning to her words.

"Jennifer Kylie Harvard," the girl's voice spoke in a low monotone, in the hypnotic phase of Katherine's power.

Katherine's hands moved to her head, her fingers resting gently on her temples. "Now Taylor, I'm going to go through her mind. Even powers as strong as mine cannot completely rid a person of their most prized moments. If I could, it would use a large amount of energy. The goal is the mask the memories, replacing them with hatred and anger."

Jenny's gray eyes caught mine for one last second before Katherine forced her to shut them. Little did I know that in that moment, that was the last time I would see even a hint of the true Jenny within that girl.

"The Supernaturals are trying to kill you. They're disgusting, useless creatures. Catchers are stronger, more intelligent. It is a privilege to become one, not a misfortune."

She continued spewing lies using her compulsion with Jenny repeating them. With every new sentence Katherine spoke, Jenny's voice began becoming darker, more disgusted and arrogant. I was slowly watching the humanity seep out of this girl until she held the same tone as all the others.

"And the last step, Taylor?" Katherine peeked over her shoulder at me, a triumphant grin on her face. "You have to seal her mind."

She placed her palm on Jenny's forehead and I watched in fascination as a deep purple glow illuminated from her hand. I could hear Katherine's breaths coming out heavier now, her eyes shut in concentration. Sweat beaded down her forehead as the glow darkened, becoming black. Just as Katherine pulled her hand back with a gasp, the lights flickered and shut off. They were out for a few seconds before coming back on. Everyone around me seemed unaffected by that, as if it happened all the time as Katherine leaned against the table that Jenny was still lying motionless on, struggling to regain her breath.

"Now, my dear Jennifer..." Katherine got out as the Catchers untied the straps holding her down. "Rise as one of us."

Jenny's body, so still and unmoving that I almost thought she was dead again, sat up on the table, her eyes still shut. Her palms rose her to face, rubbing away the exhaustion as if she had just woke up from a good night's sleep. When she pulled back, I found a pair of pitch black eyes staring back at me, a little smirk resting on her lips.

She turned to Katherine as I watched in horror. "Thank you, master," she spoke in that new, horrific voice. "Thank you for giving me a true purpose."

"Of course, my child. Welcome to your new life."

The Catchers behind the clipboards began talking animatedly to her, while Jenny sat back and listened with a happy expression. They led her out of the room, leaving me with Katherine as she sat up on the table, looking down at me.

I could see the fatigue on her features, something that was so rare with Katherine. If I could, I would attack her right then and there. After seeing what she did to Jenny I wanted nothing more than to kill her. Our blood relation didn't matter in this situation anymore. She was hurting my real family now, the ones whom I've stuck with for months, and bringing the others into this war when they didn't need to be.

"Go on," she spoke evenly. "I know you have something to say to me."

I felt the release of power on my lips, allowing me to speak again. I didn't dare say a single word but instead stared at her in disbelief. I know she's had a rough time coming, but that didn't give anyone the right to completely eliminate what makes a person themselves. She has basically created a cult by brainwashing them into believing that what she's doing is right.

Katherine hummed, most likely digging into my thoughts like she always does. She didn't dare make any comments about my conclusions and instead waited for me to say something.

"How?" I found myself asking, staring her straight in the eye. "How do you do something like that and have no remorse?"

"Why would I when I'm bettering them?" She countered, arching an eyebrow and bringing on her infamous smirk.

I just looked at her in disbelief. "You're a monster," I seethed. "You have these amazing powers and could've done good with them, yet you chose the opposite of that."

"Taylor... You're one of my descendants. Have you ever thought about if you could do things like this? If you, or even Mackenzie, are capable of so much more? Say what you want about the good versus evil, but it seems to me that being the bad guy gives you much more freedom with your powers."

That made me think a bit more, recalling what happened with the turning. Right after Jenny was changed, the lights went out. Did Katherine have some sort of Lightning ability as well, much like Mackenzie? Was she hiding it or just unable to control it?

I gulped as a dark thought sprung up in my mind. Would Mackenzie be able to do this too?

And with that, I blinked and found myself back in my cell, now able to move. Leona jumped up and crawled over to the bars, staring at me through them.

"Are you okay?" She asked, looking me up and down. "What happened in there?"

I didn't say anything as I felt the tears coming on. Within seconds I was having a full-fledged panic attack, sobbing while Leona tried to offer whatever bit of help she could. I cried for Jenny, for our imprisonment. For the people we've left behind that are most likely killed or in a predicament much like our own now. I cried because I knew that if I didn't get out of here, I was most definitely going to become a Catcher as well.

After what seemed like hours, I finally calmed down and allowed myself to think clearly again. As with all situations like this, my sadness and fear easily turned to anger as I thought about Katherine. She was at her high point for sure, but I have already made her nervous when I somehow came in touch with my powers again. I was challenging her abilities being here and she knew that there was a chance that could happen again.

"Leona," I spoke, making the Earth across from me perk up. "I'm going to get us out of here."

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I know, I know, I know... I'm the worst person in the world. I apologize SO MUCH for not updating. I've had a crazy month and the worst writers block because of it. I'm not going to dwell on the negatives too much, because the major positive is that this chapter was FINALLY UPLOADED!

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So I think I'm back. I'm pretty sure I am. My quarter ends on Monday so I'll have more time in December to write and relax. Plus, this story is about to get real intense so I'm excited to write :)

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