(I'll draw some pics of Emmie and Diabla soon. Just need to think up Diabla's design. Yup...)

"You white blood cells are so narrow-minded!"

"And what makes you so sure of that?"

"Just cause I'm a virus doesn't mean I'm here to destory Frank!"

"Like we're going to believe that!"

Ozzie stood with his back to the jail cell. Diabla, a teenage female Red Death Virus copied his pose from behind the bars. For the entire afternoon the two had been arguing over the virus' innocence. She claimed that all she did was come to Frank to track down her mother, who was planning an attack on the city, but the entire Frank Police Force believed she was lying.

"Plus," Ozzie began, "you said Thrax was your father? That'll really keep you here!"

It was obvious that Diabla had enough. She grabbed onto the back of Ozzie's shirt through the jail bars and growled over his shoulder.

"Listen buddy, do you care about the fate of Frank, or over some weak little virus who's claw hasn't even grown to 'full killing' power yet?"

Ozzie choked slightly as Diabla pulled tighter on the back of his shirt. "The fate -choke- of Frank!"

"Good..." Diabla loosened her grip, but still held on to him should he try to walk off "Now lemme tell you something. Around sixteen years ago, Thrax got married to Emmie Phasema, obviously an Emphysema Virus. Emmie then had me, but was angered when she found out I was a Red Death virus instead of the Emphysema one she wanted me to be. She left me with Thrax, and they went their seperate ways. Thrax would take me into every body with him as he destroyed it, but I secretly tried to stop him behind his back, even though I was unable to each time. It wasn't until he reached Frank that I planned to stop him altogether, but I slipped off the egg and fell into the fabric of Frank's shirt pocket. For that time, I lived on that piece of mouldy bread in the pocket, and the hope that some cell in that body would get rid of him for me."

"And this has what to do with now?" Ozzie muttured. Diabla gave him a rough tug on his shirt.

"Quiet you!" She snapped, then picked up where she left off. "Anyway, a few days ago, at the zoo, there was a man smoking near where Frank was. Riding on one of the smoke wisps, I saw my mother Emmie. She flew into Frank! I didn't waste any time climbing up the fibres of Frank's shirt until I reached his mouth. As soon as I got in, those stupid 'Mouth Patrol' Cells came after me!"

"Holdup!" Ozzie pulled away from Diabla's grasp, "I said I wanted to hear why I should let you go, not a whole life story!"

Diabla sighed and slumped against the bars. "Look, if you don't want that madwoman going around destroying Frank's alveolar walls, let me go so I can take her down!"

"If it'll quiet you down, I'll let you go." He produced the key from the inside of his sleeve. "But I'm still not trusting you one-hundred percent. Me and Drix are coming with you."

Diabla mumbled something, that gave a shrug of indifference. "Well, could always help to have backup!"

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Id Diabla telling the truth? What's Emmie's plan for Frank? All this coming up in Part 2!