As he sat behind the glass wall, he wondered if he would ever get out. When he agreed to help Charles test his cure, he didn't imagine this.
"You want to live, and I can help with that. Right now, you are slowly dying from this disease.", Charles said.
Angelo was given six months to live. That's how quick it killed you. Charles was wearing gear to keep him from getting sick.
This hospital was quarantined to the sickness. When they brought him here, he passed by rooms filled with dying children and older men and women.
Only a handful of people his age. He was thirty, on his way to work taking the city bus when a woman accidentally coughed in his face.
"What can you do for me that they couldn't?", Angelo wheezed.
He coughed and when he removed his hand away from his face, blood covered it. Charles smiled.
"Cure you", he said.
Angelo tried to laugh, but his chest hurt and body ached.
"I'm a scientist with the Center for Disease. Me and my fellow colleagues have been working day and night to find a cure. I've found it", Charles said.
"Then why are you here alone?", Angelo asked.
"I used animal DNA in my studies, that's frowned upon. If they knew, they could cut off our funding.", Charles explained.
Angelo coughed harder.
"So you want me to test it", Angelo smirked.
"Yes", Charles replied.
"Why are you so sure it's going to work?", Angelo asked.
"Because, I took a sample of the disease from my daughter and combined it with the cure. It works, and fast I might add", Charles said.
"So then why not give it to her?", Angelo asked.
"Because it hasn't been tested inside the human body. She's my child, if it doesn't work, she'll die", Charles said.
Angelo chuckled.
"So fuck me, right. I'm no one to you", Angelo said.
"Exactly. Sorry, but by your information, you've got no family left. What do you have left to lose", Charles said.
Angelo raised a brow.
"Fuck it, I'm dying anyway", Angelo said.
Charles shrugged. Angelo nodded.
"I'll do it", he replied.
"Good. I'm Charles McMahon", he said, holding his hand out.
Angelo shook his gloved hand.
"Angelo Rollins", he replied.
They has transferred him, along with a man who just recently contracted the disease and another who was days away from dying to an underground bunker.
They had put them in the same room, Angelo was checking on the man who could barely breath.
"What's your name man?", Angelo asked.
Axel. Wyatt", he wheezed, Angelo almost didn't understand.
"I'm Angelo", he replied.
Axel smiled as best he could. Angelo looked at the man pacing.
"And you?", he asked.
The man stopped and faced him.
"Jax Ambrose", he said, before coughing, spots of blood in his hand.
"You've just started showing signs, I see", Angelo said.
Jax nodded. The side door opened again and a man was pushed in. The door slammed shut and this guy banged on it.
"I'm not sick. Let me out", the guy screamed.
Angelo stood slowly.
"What do you mean you aren't sick?", Angelo asked.
The guy turned.
"I'm a guard here, I make sure no one finds this place. They asked about me and my family history. Then they said it was mandatory for everyone around the bunker to get some sort of shot to help their immune system", this man said.
Angelo looked out the giant window.
"Charles? Where is Charles? I need to speak with him", he said for anyone who was listening.
Charles walked into the room and over to the window.
"He's not sick. Why is he in here?", Angelo asked.
"Because I need to see if it he can get sick. He's got the cure running in his body", Charles said.
Angelo couldn't believe it and neither could this poor kid.
"Are you crazy? What if it doesn't work? You are killing an innocent man", Angelo said.
Charles shrugged.
"Its too late", he replied.
Angelo looked at the poor kid.
"The disease works quickly. If he's not sick by the second day, then it works. You three will be shot up tomorrow.", Charles said, before walking away.
"What's your name kid?", Jax asked.
"Kace. Kace Reigns", he replied.
"I'm Jax, that's Angelo, and our dying friend there is Axel", Jax replied.
"How old are you?", Angelo asked.
Kace swallowed.
"Nineteen", he replied.
"Fuck", Jax mumbled.
Angelo didn't feel good about this anymore. He prayed it worked, for this kid's sake.
The next morning, he wanted to check on Kace. Noticing he was still asleep, he left him alone. He checked on Axel next, still breathing, slower, but still here.
"Let me guess, you've got no family either", Jax said, making him turn to look at the blonde man.
Angelo shook his head no.
"My mom died three months before I got sick. She was the last family I had", he replied.
Jax nodded, before looking at Kace.
"You think that's why they picked him? I mean, they won't just pick anyone. We don't have anyone left to look for us if we go missing, and I'm willing to bet that neither do they", Jax said.
That thought had been in Angelo's mind since they brought the kid in.
"Then we don't go missing. We live", Angelo said.
Jax nodded and looked out the glass window. Scientist and doctors either stood talking to each other or working on something.
"I really hope it works. There was this sweet ass I wanted to try out", Jax chuckled.
Angelo did too.
"When it works, that's the first thing I'm doing, with any girl willing", Angelo said.
Jax laughed. The door to their room opened and a man in a hazmat suit walked in.
"Follow me", he said.
Two more walked in to carry out Axel on the gurney.
"What about Kace?", Angelo asked.
"You'll be back. Its time for your shot", he replied.
Angelo nodded. They took them to a room, Charles was at a desk with three giant needles. Sitting both men in chairs beside Axel's gurney.
They strapped their wrist and ankles down.
"What's this for?", Jax asked.
"Precaution. Your friend Kace reacted with a bit of aggression after his shot. Don't need more people getting hurt", Charles said.
He lifted Jax's sleeve and pushed the needle in. Jax's jaw flinched, he exhaled when Charles pulled the needle out.
"Not so bad huh", Charles said with a chuckle.
Jax pulled against his restraints. His veins popping out and Angelo swore he saw his canines pop out more before pushing back in.
Jax's breathing was different. Finally he calmed down and fell asleep. Angelo swallowed.
"Don't worry, he'll be fine. The same thing happened to Kace.", Charles said.
Angelo nodded. Charles lifted his sleeve and grabbed a different needle. Sticking him with it, it hurt.
He felt the cure enter his body and suddenly he felt like he was on fire. Pulling on his restraints, his mouth felt weird, he had the urge to swipe his tongue across his teeth.
Was that his heart beat he could hear? The smell of rain, hitting his nose. Rain?
He relaxed and laid back. The light dimming as he closed his eyes.
He jumped up in bed and looked around. He touched his chest and then his arm where they stuck the needle. Removing the bandage, he looked for a bruise or a spot of blood. Nothing.
He was also alone. He didn't feel sick anyone. He could breath. He wasn't sore.
He made his way to the glass wall. Seeing three more rooms close to his.
"Jax?", Angelo called.
"He hasn't woken up yet", Kace said.
"Your finally awake", Angelo chuckled.
Kace raised a brow.
"Me? You. You've been asleep for three days since they took you away.", Kace said.
"What?", Angelo asked.
"I said the same thing when I woke up", Kace said.
"Angelo? Axel? Kace?", they heard Jax.
"We're here brother", Angelo called.
Jax showed up at his window.
"How do you feel?", Angelo asked.
"Like a million bucks", Jax replied.
"Me too", Axel appeared, looking healthier than when they last saw him.
It looked like Axel had never been sick. His color was back, his eyes clear, and his strength was back.
"It worked. It fucking worked", Jax said excited.
Angelo debated whether to tell them what he saw when Jax took the cure. They would probably think he's crazy, and honestly he wasn't sure what he saw.
Charles walked in with some men in suits. A man, Angelo recognized as the President of The United States.
"It works. We've gotten blood samples from each, no signs of the disease. Kace, he volunteered to take the cure and be alone with these men while they were still sick.", Charles said.
Kace raised a brow and chuckled. Angelo and Jax did the same thing.
"Volunteered my ass", Jax mumbled.
Angelo, Kace, and Axel looked at him.
"You heard me?", he whispered.
All three men nodded.
"And he hasn't gotten sick?", the president asked.
"No sir", Charles smiled.
He nodded and looked excited.
"I think you just saved our children", the president said.
Charles smiled.
"How long will it take to make more?", he asked.
"I've already made it. As soon as I noticed it worked on Kace, I knew I had to make more.", Charles said.
The president nodded.
"Don't tell him. They won't help those poor kids if we do", Axel whispered.
He knew they would hear him.
"I second it", Jax replied.
Kace sent them a nod.
"Agreed", Angelo replied.
He met Charles's eyes and they sent a nod to each other.
