"WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?!" Rachel yelled.
"What you did out there was unacceptable, even in those given circumstances." Mona said with a note of disgust.
"Why did you do that?!" Jamie added.
Cailin hung her head in shame and sighed.
"I don't even know... I've never acted like that before... It's just... "
"Just what exactly?", Mei asked as she walked in ," Just a sick twisted fantasy you'd get to live?! Just something you think would help me with my grandfather's death?! He would've been disgusted by what you did out there. So tell me, JUST WHAT WAS IT?!"
"I FINALLY HAD HOPE WHEN I MET YOU GUYS!" Cailin screamed at the top of her lungs.
The room went silent as the girl in question began to tear up.
"I saw my neighborhood overrun with those sluts! I saw what they could do! I was fucking terrified when I saw how many there were! I thought about my mom and dad! My sisters! My friends! THE IDEA THAT MY WHOLE FUCKING LIFE WAS BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM ME AND I COULDN'T STOP IT!!!!"
The room was encompassed in silent captivation.
"Then you guys showed me the cure, gave it to me, and Mei lead us here! I had hope that this could be stopped! To think that I could lose it because of some random asshole pushed me over the edge! What I did was fucked up! It was wrong! If I could undo it, I would!"
"Do you think you're the only one who's lost the people they care about?" Mei asked.
Cailin looked up.
"We've all possibly lost loved ones, but we need to be strong. I'm not sure your mother or father or friends or anybody you knew would accept what you've done."
Cailin began to sob into her hands, fully realizing how terrible of a thing she had done.
Suddenly, Mei touched her shoulder.
"Right now, there's somebody you need to apologize to, and I suggest you get to it."
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Cailin looked at the girl that was shaking in fear at her presence.
""Hey..... I wanted to tell you something..." Cailin began.
"Y-yes mistress Cailin?" the girl whimpered.
"You don't have to call me that." Cailin said.
Cailin stood there, comfortingly stroking the girl's shoulder as she explained what she had told the other girls.
"So, with that in mind.... I'm sorry for doing this to you. I plan on making amends with you starting now. Can you forgive a dumb little bitch like me?" Cailin asked.
"I-I think I will." the girl told her.
"Good." Mei said as she emerged from the corner, "Because from here on out, Cailin is responsible for your well being. You eat before her, she will bathe you, and she will meet your needs. She will also not be allowed to carry a weapon unless it's an emergency. If she does anything to harm you again, she's going to have to fend for herself. Am I understood?"
"Understood, Mei. " Cailin said.
"Good. Now you can help prepare dinner for... I'm sorry, what should we call you?" Mei asked.
"You can call me Carlie. " the pear bodied blonde replied.
"Okay Carlie, I'll bring you some food." Cailin said.
"Thanks." Carlie said.
And with that, Calin and Mei got to cooking.