[b]Jessalyn - Haywood - Center of Town[/b]

Jess enjoyed the walk. The young man seemed like he might have been a politican before the outbreak. He was very good at either evading her questions all together or answering them without really answering them.
He was just leading her back to her room when they got the news that Levi was having them all get togther for an announcement of some kind.

"It's not a regular thing," the young man told her. "Something must have happened or is about to change."
Jess was worried, her stomach got into knots. "Can I just go lay down?" she asked, hoping she could skip it.
He shook his head. "Unfortunately announcements mean everyone has to come. I'll try to get you a chair though," he said kindly and led her towards the center of town. 
There were no seats so he had her hold on to his arm for support. There were more people here then she'd thought at first. And what she saw only heightened her worry.
There were no women between the ages of 12 and 40. Men and boys everywhere, but no young women or teenage girls and very few children. She didn't like it at all. But questioning her guide about it was useless. It was one of the questions he wouldn't answer.
 She was looking around, wondering when she could get some water to drink when she heard a man start speaking.

The voice...
It couldn't be...
Jess slowly looked up... and froze, her eyes wide with terror.
It was him. There was no way she could ever forget that voice, that face, those eyes...

Levi, the leader of these people, was the man who had gotten her pregnant...

Jess wanted to run. She wanted to scream. But she couldn't do anything. All of the blood left her face and for a moment she was afraid she was going to faint.
"Hey," the young man said, taking her arms gently. "You feeling okay?"
Jess couldn't even answer him. Her vision had gone blurry. She felt hot and cold at the same time. Everything was a blur and voices became a hum in her ears.
The next thing she knew she was sitting on the ground with the doctor's face close to hers, looking into her eyes. 
"She's suffering from some kind of shock, and her rapid breathing and tears indicates a panic attack."
Rapid breathing? Tears? Jess hadn't even been aware of either.
"... away from the crowd... cool and quiet... dark... possibly a sedative..." words floated around her. She struggled to make sense of it all.

She had to get away. She had to get away from here. Had to escape.
He was the leader of this place...
There were no women... no babies...
He was going to do something to her... kill her... kill her baby...
Had to get away...

"Get away to where?" a voice asked her. A voice? The doctor.
"Get away from him..." she murmured, her eyes wide and voice trembling with fear. "Don't let him... he'll... my baby... don't let him..."
"When did all of this start?" the doctor asked the young man beside her.
"When Levi started to talk. She just started shaking and things got worse from there."
The doctor looked at her thoughtfully, then towards Levi. 'I wonder....' he thought and shook his head. Whatever the case, they needed to get her to calm down before she did any damage to herself or the child.
"Miss? Look at me alright? I need you to try and calm down. This elvated state or distress could harm the baby."
Jess had to focus hard, but she got the gist of what he was saying. For her baby's sake she had to calm down. But with the sound of his voice she couldn't.

"Please," she begged in a whisper. "Please, let me go. Let me out of here. Don't let him hurt me."
"Who? Who is going to hurt you?" the doctor asked.
"Him," Jess whispered and pointed at Levi.
The doctor frowned. It seemed his suspiscions were confirmed. "Help me get her back to her room," he told the young man.
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Things weren't much better once they reached her room. Jess still shook, still had that wide-eyed terrified look of a scared kitten.
"Please I'm begging you, let me leave. Just open the gate and let me leave."
"We can't do that," the doctor insisted. "You wouldn't last five mintues on your own."
"I won't last half that long once he realizes who I am," Jess insisted.
"And just who are you?" the doctor asked.
"I am the woman he forced to have sex in return for safety," she said bitterly. "I am the woman he abandoned after he got me pregnant."
"The baby is Levi's?"
"Yes," she answered. "Now please, let me go."
The doctor patted her shoulder in sympathy. "I'm truly sorry, but I can't." He said and turned to the door. "I will return soon and check on you. You have my word nothing will harm you or your baby. I swear on my own life."

Jess watched him leave, watching her hope leave along with it. She heard a key turn in the lock.
She covered her stomach with her hands, trying not to cry. "We'll be alright..." she promised her baby. "We'll be alright... Lynn and Floyd will come for us... we'll be alright..."