The room was a bloody mess. "I'm not getting the damn deposit back on this" Claire muttered. Lily's body had begun to bloat, her once smooth and pale skin now mottled and stretched tight. Even though her first inclination was to vomit, Claire knew she had very little time to act. Self preservation first, dealing with the aftermath later. She tried not to touch anything that was spattered with gore or brain matter, but the Chanel earrings she had given Lily glinted in the light, slick with her own blood. Claire blinked, feeling her emotions drain from her, an icy feeling trickling down her forehead and nose, ending with the cooling of her fingertips.

With two small jerks she ripped the earrings out and scanned the room for Lily's gun, not sure if the wounds were self inflicted or had come from one of the many enemies the girls had been collecting. After a brief scan she saw a flash of white from under the divan and bent to scoop up Lily's handgun. There was blood on the mother of pearl handle, making a unique pattern. Entranced, Claire had to shake her head to clear it of unimportant musings. "Not now. This isn't the time for one of those silly blackouts." Even as she spoke to herself she could feel the darkness falling. The next several minutes were spent tossing every hiding space in the apartment, looking for money and ammunition.

As she stood in the bathroom, frantically digging out the back of a bar of soap, she looked up and saw herself in the mirror. "No. NO!" She dropped the shattered pieces in her hands and grabbed the toothbrush holder, smashing it into her reflection and the monster she saw. "I don't have time for this!" She screamed, clawing out the remaining pieces of the fractured glass, blood beginning to flow freely from her ribboned fingertips.

With a few ragged breaths she managed to calm herself some, willing the cold to come back over her and continued her raid. With 2 guns and several thousand dollars in silver certificates she felt as prepared as she could be for the next step. She left her former home with one last glance at Lily and clenched her fists. "I will figure out who did this, and they will pay."

As the door swung shut, the darkness fell completely and the woman known as Claire died as surely as Lily had.