friends. Funny, they don’t seem like your kind of people. Too… normal or something. No real fight in them. We’ll change that though.

Steve remains in the shadows, his mind trying to piece together what had happened at the house while he was away. Why did Belle not protect them? He’d have to get to Mark’s position fast and take him out. End this before it went too far.

Mark: They are struggling now, their resistance to the truth is high, but they all eventually submit, after they are changed. There is no exception.

He can hear a struggle and muffled screams from the speakers as whatever display of sadistic vulgarity Mark has planned plays out. Steve squeezes his eyes shut.