As the hatch opened the light from the outside world penetrated into the dark and secluded room. Down the hatch came the albino girl. Her face was covered in dirt and small splatters of blood. An unhappy look was placed upon her face. The noises of her entrance woke Jack and Ezra. She flicked the lights on which caused my unadjusted eyes to pain for a moment. Afterward, Jack and Ezra got breakfast and sat down to eat it next to the albino girl. It was finally time to hear the truth. A moment of silence dawned over the group as we waited to hear her words. We anticipated her first words with great care. After what felt like an eternity of waiting she finally spoke.

“This island is owned by the UN. The security cameras were created by them and on the nights that the pig’s attack it was them shooting the pigs to protect you. The reason why you are here is so that they can do research on the creatures using live subjects, or at least that was the plan originally. However, something happened in the research center and everyone who had been watching you and protecting you is dead.”

I couldn’t help but let out a gasp at what I had just heard. It felt unreal. However, she didn’t seem to be finished speaking so I tried to hold back my shock and tried to listen carefully to every word that she spoke.

“As to what they were researching on this island dates back to before humanity. Long ago these creatures ruled the land. They lived in harmony together. Except for one creature. The original pig. It hungered for the flesh of the other creatures desperately. It ate all that it could, duplicating itself to eat even more. It created different variants of itself all with different ways of reproducing. However at some point, the first human was created, my father. After that my mother was born. They had children, one of them being me, however, they were afraid of the pig. So they tricked it. They made a boat called the ark and asked all of the animals to get on the ark to find a new land without the pig. They then told the pig to get on the ark and have a feast. The creatures learning that they were tricked managed to drag my parents onto the boat as it sailed off to the island. Foolishly I snuck onto the ark to try and save my parents however, it didn’t work. My mother was ripped alive and eaten by the animals and from there they became like the pig and desired flesh like the pigs. It was savagery. Half of the animals went extinct on that ark. However, my father managed to control the pig using some long-lost magic and became the ruler of the creatures. Eventually, we landed on the island and my father started doing cruel experiments. He created new versions of them and sent them through a secret tunnel back to his children on the mainland. Eventually, the creatures managed to break out of fathers magic however, they couldn’t kill him as long as the spell was active so they cursed him to a small piece of land on the island where he now resides. With that, I lost my father’s protection and had to hide from them. Eventually, the UN found this island and offered me protection as long as I worked for them and that’s where we are now.”

I couldn’t believe what I had just heard. It felt like a cruel fantasy. My mind felt overwhelmed in front of the information, however, as I was thinking Ezra asked a question. “Why a church? Why put us there?”. She looked at him and spoke, “because that is where father did his experiments most creatures won’t dare to go there”. I sat there in silence however, the silence was quickly broken as she continued speaking “starting tomorrow you will have to survive on your own. I will tell you how to escape but, you must do it yourself.” I was surprised at what she meant and wanted to ask but, she continued speaking “Today will be my last day on earth. I have grown tired of living on this island for thousand years and at this point, I have lost everything even the will to live”. I wanted to talk her out of it however, I couldn’t. I couldn’t imagine living for thousands of years in fear of dying every day it sounded like torture. We sat there in silence for a moment not knowing what to say. Eventually, she got up and walked down into the basement. When she came back up she had a map in her hands. She placed it down in front of us and spoke. If you can make it back to my father he can help you get back to your homes. Usually, the bell has to ring seven times for you to be able to enter where my father is, however, with the UN people dead you would have to go and manually ring the bell. The bad news is that when I went back up the church had already been burnt down by the creatures. So you only have one more choice. On the ark, there is a bell. If you can travel there you can ring it. However, you would have to get to my father in a day which would be impossible with how far you have to travel. So you have to bring the bell back to where he is, then ring it. But, carrying the bell back with the creatures around would be difficult. Luckily under the ark, there is an entrance to the underground facility the UN operated in. So take the underway back to father and ring the bell there and then finally you can escape.” My mind was flooded with the information that she said however, we had no choice.