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ControlIt¶s been almost a year now; nearly a year since this resistance was formed, since I became captain of the resistance, and since I became infected. We¶ve all become morecomfortable with our lives in this hell. We¶ve lost friends, gained new ones, and found someinformation that could help win the war. I just hope I¶ll be around.Over the past few weeks, Rage has become stronger and has proven it to me. I blackedout more than just a handful of times. I was doing some paperwork for the Organization onetime, blacked out, and woke up in the armory with a pound of C4 in my hands. I¶ve done all Ican to try to figure out how to stop it, but I doubt it will even matter. The Organization can¶teven help me. All I can do is enjoy my last days of life with the people who really matter,although, over the past few days, Rose has been acting differently.Rose has been avoiding me, neglecting her duties and shifts, and disappearing for hours. Ididn¶t think anything of it at first, but after three days, I¶ve begun to worry. I need to talk to her and find out what¶s going on. Tonight, before her shift as Nightwatch, I¶ll do it.³Rose!´ I called and chased after her. ³Wait up!´She stopped and waited at the base of the stairs for me to catch up.³Hey. I haven¶t seen you in a while. What¶s going on?´ I asked.³Nothing,´ she answered. Her voice sounded dead.³Well, I need an answer for why you¶ve been skipping you shifts,´ I said sternly.³I don¶t have an answer for you.´ She sounded like she was annoyed or upset.

³The truth would be good.´ I was getting a little angry.

Yes! Get angry! She¶s keeping a secret! She refuses to tell you anything anymore!

³I can¶t!´ She ran up the stairs and left me alone.

You lost her. She is no longer yours. The end will come, and you will be alone.

³Shut up!´ I yelled as Rage continued to laugh.He was right. She was keeping something from me. I didn¶t know what it was, but I hadto find out. We had to talk about what was going on. I didn¶t care about our relationship as muchas I cared about her actions affecting the people¶s safety. What if she decided to skip another shift of Nightwatch, and the Plague attacked? I couldn¶t let that happen.I tracked down the person whose shift was next. I told him to send Rose to my officewhen he took over. Rose¶s shift wouldn¶t end until 11:45pm. I had to wait two hours, which gaveme enough time to plan out what I would say. I was never good at talking to Rose about seriousthings. Something about her presence stopped me from saying what I wanted to. If I could findthe words I wanted to say everything would be good. That was all I wanted. I wanted things to be better.

Ludicrous! Talking won¶t solve anything! Let me kill her! She has betrayed you!

³Be quiet,´ I said calmly. I didn¶t always yell at Rage. I tried to make conversation withhim once. It went okay, if you liked to know about all the people he¶d killed.

You think I¶m wrong? I¶m never wrong. I know all of her darkest secrets. She has lied to you, and she will continue to lie to you.

³That¶s why I ordered her here to talk. I need to get all of this resolved,´ I told him as Icleaned up my desk.

You are making a mistake. If you want to know her whereabouts then I¶ll tell you.

³No!´ I calmed myself after raising my voice. ³I don¶t want to hear it from you. She willtell me.´

Fine! You¶re making it harder for yourself. Your kind is lazy, and here I am, providing you with an option to do less work, but you don¶t take it. Absurd!

³You¶re stereotyping. Not all humans are lazy. Do you think I¶m lazy?´ I asked.

You are the exception. You¶re my host. You were never meant to be like the other Corpses.

³Thanks, I think.´ That¶s the closest I¶ve ever gotten to a compliment from Rage. It waskind of nice, in a weird way.We talked as I waited for Rose. It was an okay talk. He gave me a history lesson on thePlague that was really unnecessary. The information wouldn¶t help with the war. It was useless, but it did pass the time.

You¶ll learn more about them soon. The Rose Bud is here.

I stood, walked to the door, and opened it. Rose was leaning against the wall. Her armswere crossed, and she was hiding her face from me. I always knew something was wrong just bylooking at her eyes, and she knew that. She didn¶t want me to see her eyes, but I didn¶t need tosee her beautiful brown eyes to know that something was wrong. She made it obvious.