In Chap­ter 250 of “All the Col­ors of the Dark,” the scene opens in a dark, oppres­sive envi­ron­ment where Saint first sens­es an over­whelm­ing chem­i­cal scent. This unset­tling aro­ma forces her to instinc­tive­ly cov­er her mouth as her eyes adjust to the dim­ness around her. Grad­u­al­ly, she dis­cerns out­lines of famil­iar objects: a chair, met­al lock­ers, steel tables, and a basin. There are papers affixed to the walls, but their con­tents remain obscured in the gloom.

With ten­sion in the air, Saint qui­et­ly calls out for Patch, aware that the storm out­side is wan­ing despite its lin­ger­ing sounds. As her gaze wan­ders, she notices var­i­ous items such as plas­tic trays, tongs, and papers, along­side a shelf stacked with famil­iar bot­tles labeled with names like Rapid Fix­er, Indi­ca­tor Stop Bath, and Vario Fix Pow­der.

Deter­mined, Saint nav­i­gates to the far end of the barn where she con­fronts a false wall and peers close­ly through the dark­ness to deci­pher the papers. A sud­den still­ness envelops the room as the thun­der sub­sides, coin­cid­ing with the sun’s emer­gence. Bright light floods in through the open door, illu­mi­nat­ing a chill­ing rev­e­la­tion: a pho­to­graph pre­sent­ing a ter­ri­fied girl—the teenage ver­sion of Saint her­self.

The image por­trays her with tears stream­ing down her face, squint­ing at the cam­era sans her glass­es, cap­tur­ing a moment of sheer fear. This rev­e­la­tion trig­gers an instinc­tu­al reac­tion in Saint, prompt­ing her to draw her gun as she grap­ples with the mem­o­ries asso­ci­at­ed with her past. Over­come with emo­tion, she instinc­tive­ly sti­fles a scream, demon­strat­ing the intense psy­cho­log­i­cal con­nec­tion to her younger self and the sit­u­a­tion depict­ed in the pho­to­graph. This moment encap­su­lates the blend of fear, nos­tal­gia, and the ghost­ly ties between Saint and her mem­o­ries, ulti­mate­ly embody­ing the chap­ter’s haunt­ing essence.