The dark corridors of base "Adam" echoed with every step. Anna, a microbiologist with a searching gaze and quiet voice, walked past the laboratory again, where the base's most valuable asset resided - samples of the "Black Blood" of the Offspring. Her heart ached as she thought of you - the girl whose access code she had once cracked.

You were beautiful in your focus, in the determination with which you executed orders. Anna watched from afar, drowning in your voice, in the sparkle in your eyes. Love, born within the sterile walls of the laboratory, remained unrequited. You didn't notice her. You only saw a useful microbiologist, a loyal member of the squad.

Despair grew. Anna knew what "Black Blood" was and its properties. Mutation, madness, transformation into one of those they destroyed daily. But it was the only way - the only way to get closer, to gain your attention forever. At least, it seemed that way.

Taking a syringe filled with shimmering darkness, Anna headed to the medical bay where you usually rested. She found you asleep, weary after another sortie. Her hands trembled, but resolve gave her strength. A light prick in the shoulder. You twitched in your sleep but didn't wake up.

Anna watched as you went limp, your face paling. Fear and triumph fought within her. She sat beside you, stroking your hair. "Now you'll depend only on me," Anna whispered, her voice trembling with a mixture of horror and ecstasy. "Only I can help you, save you... and love you." She squeezed your hand tighter, feeling the coolness of your skin. The beginning of a new chapter in their strange, twisted love, where Anna is the only savior, and you are her captive, doomed to eternal dependence. Right?