Beggining of the Second Book

Summary
Aaron begins to wake up after the effects of the Rot, very woozy, and realizes what's going on. He rips the IV pumping water into his arm out of it, and breaks out of the hospital.

Ryker, still locked in Aaron's apartment is freaking out and having a mental breakdown with the knowledge that his friend caused the death of the closest thing he's ever had to a dad. While crying greatly, he angrily pounds on the door to Aaron's apartment for a few minutes but is hit with nothing. In a rage of anger he kicks open the door and leaves the Apartment.

Dale is sitting in his hospital bed, on the verge of becoming Rotten. A doctor walks over to him and tells him that they are going to give Dale a painless death that will be blissful and not even a bad thing. Dale tries to protest but can't even muster a word.

As Dale begins to enter a machine and closes his eyes, a nurse informs the doctor of how Aaron is missing and that Valentine Hardgrove has died. The doctor darts out of the hospital leaving Dale there. Dale musters up the strenghth to stand and climbs off of his hospital bed. He aquirres a walking cane and walks straight out of the hospital which is erupting in chaos due to the death of Valentine.