Michelle looked anxiously out of the broken window of the hotel.
There were shards of glass everywhere. The virus was leaking into the night
air. NHS people were rushing to contain it. Nicole Duncan came up to her,
in a biohazard suit.
"Michelle, Tony asked me to look after you." Michelle sighed. There were still people to control.
"I'm fine." She answered.
"no you're not." Nicole grabbed her, she was surprisingly strong, and escorted her out of the hotel where they isolated her. Nicole began to give her some blood tests.
"I'll be right back" she left the makeshift isolation 'room' just as Michelle's cell phone rang.
"Dessler" she answered.
"Michelle, it's Tony." There was silence for a few seconds. "I know there's not much time left for you. Gael told me about the acclerant. I just want to say-"he paused. She could hear his heavy breathing on the other line. She wanted to just hug him and tell him that everything was going to be allright. "I love you Michelle. I'm so sorry for being such an asshole" tears stung her eyes.
"I love you too, Tony." She cried for a few minutes. Nicole had a look of disbelief on her face, as she looked into the scanner.
"how are you feeling?" Tony asked.
"I'm not symptomatic yet." She paused, noticing that Nicole was testing her blood a second time.
"that's good." She heard a voice in the background. "listen sweetie, I have to go." He said, and hung up. nicole walked over.
"Michelle, you don't have the virus." She gasped.
"can I go back to CTU now?" she asked.
"yes, you can. But the clothes you are wearing have traces of the virus on them. we need to burn those. You can borrow a pair of my scrubs"
"thank you." Michelle responded. Ten minutes later she was driving back to CTU in a pair of slightly oversized scrubs and a sweatshirt. The ride took about fifteen minutes. She pulled into the parking lot. She saw a dark figure walking towards her. she put her hand on her gun, just in case.
"Michelle!" the person called out. it was Jack. "don't you have the virus?" he asked, keeping a safe distance.
"no, I wasn't affected." She said. Jack walked towards her, and gave her a quick hug.
"you should go see Tony" he said. "he is almost completely inconsolable" she nodded and went inside of the building. She turned down an almost deserted corridor, to get to Tony's office quicker. She climbed up the stairs and walked straight to his office. He had his head in his arms. She pushed open the door. He looked up and gasped.
"Michelle....... I-I thought that you had the virus"
"no, I don't Nicole tested me and I don't" he ran over to her and squeezed her tightly. He buried his face in her hair. Chappelle opened the door, startling them.
"what the hell is going on here?! Michelle, what do you think you're doing here? We're all going to get sick now!"
"I don't have the virus. Nicole Duncan tested me and I'm normal."
"thank god." Chappelle said, the second nicest thing that he had done all day for her. "um, I can take care of things here, if you two want to go home."
"thank you sir." Said Tony.
"no big." Chappelle answered. The two of them walked out of the office, holding hands.
"is he on happy pills?" Michelle whispered as soon as they were in the garage.
"probably" he answered. He opened the passenger side for Michelle, and then got in and started up the car. Michelle fell asleep on the way. Tony carried her into the house.
****************2 weeks later*******************
Michelle woke up with a start. her nose was running. She went to the bathroom to get a tissue. When she turned the light on, she screamed. There was blood gushing down her nose and out of her mouth. Tony came running.
"what? What's wrong honey?"
"I- I have the virus........my nose is bleeding. You must have it too....."
"honey, you're fine." She looked in the mirror again. Her nose wasn't bleeding. "come on, let's get some hot chocolate, or something" he said, yawning. And wrapping his arms around her neck. She nodded and followed him to the kitchen. The next day, she woke up on the couch, curled up in Tony's lap.
"you've been asleep for a while." He said.
"yeah. Was I dreaming last night?"
"you must have been. Are you okay now?" he asked. She nodded. Suddenly she jumped up from Tony's lap.
"T-T-ony, I thought that Gael was dead" she had a look of horror on her face. she was pointing at the door.
"Michelle, are you sure that you're okay? There's no one there." she closed her eyes for a second. when she opened them she breathed a sigh of relief.
"you're right, I must have had a nightmare last night." She sat back down. Tony couldn't shake the feeling that something more was wrong with her than a nightmare.
"Michelle, Tony asked me to look after you." Michelle sighed. There were still people to control.
"I'm fine." She answered.
"no you're not." Nicole grabbed her, she was surprisingly strong, and escorted her out of the hotel where they isolated her. Nicole began to give her some blood tests.
"I'll be right back" she left the makeshift isolation 'room' just as Michelle's cell phone rang.
"Dessler" she answered.
"Michelle, it's Tony." There was silence for a few seconds. "I know there's not much time left for you. Gael told me about the acclerant. I just want to say-"he paused. She could hear his heavy breathing on the other line. She wanted to just hug him and tell him that everything was going to be allright. "I love you Michelle. I'm so sorry for being such an asshole" tears stung her eyes.
"I love you too, Tony." She cried for a few minutes. Nicole had a look of disbelief on her face, as she looked into the scanner.
"how are you feeling?" Tony asked.
"I'm not symptomatic yet." She paused, noticing that Nicole was testing her blood a second time.
"that's good." She heard a voice in the background. "listen sweetie, I have to go." He said, and hung up. nicole walked over.
"Michelle, you don't have the virus." She gasped.
"can I go back to CTU now?" she asked.
"yes, you can. But the clothes you are wearing have traces of the virus on them. we need to burn those. You can borrow a pair of my scrubs"
"thank you." Michelle responded. Ten minutes later she was driving back to CTU in a pair of slightly oversized scrubs and a sweatshirt. The ride took about fifteen minutes. She pulled into the parking lot. She saw a dark figure walking towards her. she put her hand on her gun, just in case.
"Michelle!" the person called out. it was Jack. "don't you have the virus?" he asked, keeping a safe distance.
"no, I wasn't affected." She said. Jack walked towards her, and gave her a quick hug.
"you should go see Tony" he said. "he is almost completely inconsolable" she nodded and went inside of the building. She turned down an almost deserted corridor, to get to Tony's office quicker. She climbed up the stairs and walked straight to his office. He had his head in his arms. She pushed open the door. He looked up and gasped.
"Michelle....... I-I thought that you had the virus"
"no, I don't Nicole tested me and I don't" he ran over to her and squeezed her tightly. He buried his face in her hair. Chappelle opened the door, startling them.
"what the hell is going on here?! Michelle, what do you think you're doing here? We're all going to get sick now!"
"I don't have the virus. Nicole Duncan tested me and I'm normal."
"thank god." Chappelle said, the second nicest thing that he had done all day for her. "um, I can take care of things here, if you two want to go home."
"thank you sir." Said Tony.
"no big." Chappelle answered. The two of them walked out of the office, holding hands.
"is he on happy pills?" Michelle whispered as soon as they were in the garage.
"probably" he answered. He opened the passenger side for Michelle, and then got in and started up the car. Michelle fell asleep on the way. Tony carried her into the house.
****************2 weeks later*******************
Michelle woke up with a start. her nose was running. She went to the bathroom to get a tissue. When she turned the light on, she screamed. There was blood gushing down her nose and out of her mouth. Tony came running.
"what? What's wrong honey?"
"I- I have the virus........my nose is bleeding. You must have it too....."
"honey, you're fine." She looked in the mirror again. Her nose wasn't bleeding. "come on, let's get some hot chocolate, or something" he said, yawning. And wrapping his arms around her neck. She nodded and followed him to the kitchen. The next day, she woke up on the couch, curled up in Tony's lap.
"you've been asleep for a while." He said.
"yeah. Was I dreaming last night?"
"you must have been. Are you okay now?" he asked. She nodded. Suddenly she jumped up from Tony's lap.
"T-T-ony, I thought that Gael was dead" she had a look of horror on her face. she was pointing at the door.
"Michelle, are you sure that you're okay? There's no one there." she closed her eyes for a second. when she opened them she breathed a sigh of relief.
"you're right, I must have had a nightmare last night." She sat back down. Tony couldn't shake the feeling that something more was wrong with her than a nightmare.