Homeward Bound Clinic

## Layout and Structure

The clinic was located on the ground floor of a multistoried building. Between the staircase, which led up to other rooms with no connection to the clinic, and the clinic itself was another room with a security door system. The doors of both sides of this room had to be unlocked every time they were used as the doors clicked shut whenever they were closed. Behind this security entrance was the big waiting hall of the clinic, which was connected to the treatment room and the office of the owner.

## History

### Cherish your Life

The Homeward Bound Clinic was a recovery clinic for drug addicts located in the downtown area of the city. The clinic was run by Jill Tuck under the motto "Cherish your life." Thereby, she was supported by her husband, John Kramer, a successful civil engineer. Besides Jill, a few nurses worked at the clinic, which was specialized on the addiction treatment with methadone. On one occasion, William Easton, manager of the Umbrella Health insurance company, sponsored a party for the clinic. On this occasion, John and William got to know each other and got into a conversation about William's work and his dubious business practices. However, despite their disagreements, John eventually became his client.

Despite his initial support for her work at the clinic, John soon became worried about her safety, especially when she continued to work there when she was pregnant by him with a boy, Gideon. On one occasion, he witnessed a fight between two patients, Cecil Adams and Gus Colyard, who had slapped Cecil in the face after he had complained vociferously about the long wait for his methadone treatment. After having been separated from each other, Cecil pulled a knife from his pocket, but John told him to reconsider what he was about to do. When Cecil angrily asked him what his problem was, John responded that he was his problem and soon he'd be the problem of everyone else. Eventually, Cecil put the knife away.

### The Robbery

One night, while John was waiting for Jill before the clinic, he made acquaintance with Addison Corday, a prostitute who offered him her company, which he rejected and instead told her to go home. Unknown to him, Cecil and his girlfriend, Amanda Young, who was one of Jill's patients as well, had invaded the building as Amanda suffered from extreme abstinence symptoms and had therefore persuaded Cecil to rob the clinic. When Jill was the only person left, Cecil suddenly had scruples and tried to dissuade Amanda from robbing her. However, she urged him even further, and eventually persuaded him. As Jill was about to leave, Cecil knocked at the security door at the entrance, claiming that he had forgotten his jacket in the waiting room. After initially hesitating, Jill eventually went back and got him his jacket. However, upon doing so, Cecil pushed her back and threatened her with a knife, thereby forcing her to open the door to the clinic. After obeying his order, Cecil told her to stand back. He quickly stole the medications and then ran back. Thereby, he accidently slammed a doorknob into Jill's stomach, who was in her seventh month of pregnancy at this time. As she saw the blood on her skirt, she slumped down and started to cry. Cecil tried to calm her down and asked her what happened. However, when he realized what he had done, he quickly fled and left Amanda behind. Upon leaving the clinic, he was spotted by John. Alerted by this, John ran into the clinic and found his wife, thereby not noticing Amanda who had gone back to her hiding spot. He brought Jill to the Angel of Mercy Hospital where he met Deborah, one of the nurses, who immediately took care of his wife. However despite all efforts the doctors weren't able to save the child.

### Jigsaw

Following Gideon's death, John suffered from severe depressions. However, he eventually found a new purpose in life when he decided to test other peoples will to survive by putting them in potentially deadly situations, thereby becoming known as the Jigsaw Killer. His first victims included patient's of Jill, such as Cecil and a man named Paul Leahy. Despite knowing about his deeds, Jill didn't tell the police about John. Eventually, Amanda was tested by him as well and thereby became the first known survivor of one of his games. Shortly afterwards, he recruited her as his apprentice and successfully converted her to his ideals. After that, John visited Jill at her clinic to talk to her about their work. While he deemed his one work necessary, he told Jill that her work at the clinic was for nothing as he believed that her patients were only using her and her good nature and only came to her to avoid their prison sentences. Furthermore, he didn't believe that her methadone therapy was successful as it made no difference if her patients were addicted to their own drugs or the methadone. Jill tried to explain that they only needed time to overcome their problems. This made John angry, causing her to yell at her, claiming that noone would appreciate life without having a close experience with death. However, he calmed down and finally revealed Amanda to her. John then tightly hugged his ex-wife and reminded her how she had already given up on Amanda, calling her a "lost soul". However, Amanda had overcome her drug addiction and claimed that it was John who had helped her.