Eve

Finally getting a break from the chaos Sho and everyone else has not been attacked for the past 41 hours. Jess and Sophia are asleep in the back and Maria is driving behind them. Both Maria and Sho are tired but relieved that they have nearly arrived in California. Maria calls Sho on the phone and he picks up. "What is it, Maria?" Sho asks. "You take it from here. We're almost in California and I'm assuming you can get us to your stepparent's house." Maria replies. Sho agrees and they continue driving.

While driving Sho decides to open the radio for a bit of entertainment. "Breaking news, the location of the experiment now named "The Paidikí Sfagí experiment" otherwise known as "The Child slaughter experiment" has been found. A police dispatcher has recently got a call from someone claiming to be "Chris Johnson". One of the children brought into the experiment. Afterward, the dispatcher claimed to have heard the voice of a woman who gave the location of the experiment. The experiment is expected to be held within Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska. The police, FBI, and military are rushing to find the remaining children and have begun a search of the area to locate and save the children." The news states.

Sho was shocked and quickly called Maria. "What is it Sho?" Maria asks. "They found where the kids are! Finally, this nightmare will be over." Sho says with joy. "Are you serious?!" Maria says excitedly. Their excitement accidentally woke up Jess and Sophia. "What's wrong?" Jess asks. Sho turns to her to explain the wonderful news not noticing a truck heading in their direction. "Look out!" Jess yells. Sho looks back to see the truck about the hit them. Sho tries to turn the car away but was no use. The truck was too close and it rammed into the back of the car. The crash causes the car to flip over and the truck drives off and Maria barely gets to see the face of the driver and saw a woman smiling. She fires at the truck but was no use so she gets out of her car and rushes to help Sho and his family.

"Sho! Where are you?!" Maria yells out. Maria hears Sho struggling and helps pull him out. Sho is barely able to stand and grips Maria. "Jess and Sophia! Are they safe?!" Jess asks. Maria didn't answer and Sho's face turns pale as he realizes they are still in the car. Sho tries to run to the car but falls to the ground so he crawls towards the car. "Jess! Sophia!" Sho cries out but got no response. Sho tries to get inside the car and sees both Jess and Sophia dead in the car. "NO!" Sho cries out. He tries to reach for them but was pulled out by Maria. "Jess! Sophia!" He cries out again as he watches the car collapsed on itself. Sho now devastated is crying on the ground while Maria tries consoling him. She helps him up and seats him inside her car before driving off.

A few soldiers from Adam's house appear to have been tailing them. They all stop at the crash site and one by one exited their vehicle. "Suspects are on their way to California. They have been in a crash. Suspects are possibly injured." the soldier says on his radio. They investigated the scene and found the bodies of both Jess and Sophia. "Two victims located. Both deceased. A woman and a child." The soldier says on the radio. With the assistance of the other soldiers, they managed to extract the bodies from the car. "Jesus Christ." the soldier says to himself. Other soldiers took the bodies away and the soldier got back into his vehicle and drove off leaving the others to look after the bodies. "I'm going after the target. He'll reach your destination soon. When he does I'll corner him." the soldier says on the radio.

Maria drives as quickly as she possibly could passing well over the speed limit. She keeps driving when she sees something in the distance and realized it was a barricade of military vehicles. Soldiers armed to the teeth and aiming their guns at them. She cant turn around or push through so she's forced to stop the car. "Get out of the vehicle with your hands up!" a man yells. Maria obliges and gets out of the car. She helps Sho out of the car and holds him up. "He's in no condition to do anything! He needs to go to the hospital!" Maria explains. Suddenly a helicopter flies by and she can see a sniper on it. Followed by a vehicle coming from behind. "State your names!" the man demands. "My name is Maria Cortez and this is Sho Woodford! He needs to be taken to the hospital immediately!" Maria cries out.

The man rushes over to them followed by two medics. The medics took Sho off of Maria and the man walks up to her. "Where have you been?! I was worried sick when you wouldn't answer my calls!" he says. Maria was surprised when she recognized the man. "William?!" Maria yells out. She hugs him immediately with tears in her eyes and he tries to comfort her. "It's alright. You're safe now. You can tell me everything back at the station." William says. He signals the soldiers to stand down and everyone follows.

Sho is taken to the nearest hospital and Maria is taken by William to the station. At the station, Maria tells William everything that happened to them. William surprised by the information finally fits the dots that were in his case. "I see. My men were sent to check up on Adam after his life support signaled no pulse and it seems through a misunderstanding they ended up hunting you all instead." William says. He stands up and looks at the documents he has. "But man. To think this case would go so deep. I'm sorry you all were dragged into this." William adds. Maria assures William it was okay and William then shifts the topic to the crash and which Maria further explains how it had happened. "The woman in the truck...she has a similar description to a woman we're currently investigating as the possible host of the Paidikí Sfagí experiment." William says. Maria was surprised by hearing this. "I thought the host of the experiment was Joker." Maria says. "You haven't been in the office so you're unaware of the recent information we've gathered. There is substantial evidence to support the hypothesis that Joker isn't the real host of the experiment. I won't get into the specifics but that's what we know." William explains. "Then who is the possible host?" Maria asks. "The recent evidence is pointing to a woman by the name of Eve Valentine. She also coincidentally matches the description of the truck driver that slammed into Sho's car."