I'm not exactly sure about this one. I just really love these books and wanted to write this. So please let me know what you think. And I don't own Virals. I only own Jess and any others characters I come up with as the story goes on.

Chapter 1

Tory's POV

"Where is Ben?" I asked glancing at the bunker entrance for the tenth time in the past fifteen minutes. Earlier we all agreed to meet the bunker.

"For the millionth time Tor, we don't know." Hiram Stolowitski said without even looking up a he threw a tennis ball for my wolf dog Coop. The ball bounced off the wall and rolled to my feet. I picked it up and tossed it across the room.

"He'll be here eventually Tory." Shelton Devers said glancing at me before returning his focus to the computer screen.

"He's not normally late. He knows it's important that we figure what happened to us." Another glance at the entrance.

You're probably wondering what we're talking about. A few months ago the four off us got infected with an experimental strain on parvovirus when we saved Coop from the parvo experiment. At first we had major flu like symptoms, but after that faded we were different. The virus changed our genetic blueprints, leaving canine DNA in our double-helixes. We were Virals . When we flared we had wolf like senses and speed.

I probably sound crazy, but it's true. No one knows except for us and Dr. Marcus Karsten who created the virus. But he's dead so he can't tell anyone or even explain the virus to us. And no we are not responsible for his death. That's another story.

That's why we were meeting today. Ever since we found Anne Bonny's treasure I had the bunker tricked out with some insane computer equipment so we could research the virus and try to figure out what happened and how our new found powers work.

Finally Ben came through the bunker entrance. Before I could say anything Hi pounced first. "It's about time you showed up. It's downright cruel to be late and leave us to deal with an annoyed Tory Brennan. How could you possibly put us in a dangerous situation like that and act like everything is fine?" Hi had a flair for drama and sarcasm.

Ben just rolled his eyes. "I got a little held up arguing with Jess."

Shelton turned away from the computer screen. "You mean she's finally been released from solitary?"

"Yep." A voice said as Jessica Blue appeared from the bunker entrance.

I haven't seen Ben's sister in months. It was mostly because like all of us she's a bit of a science geek. She's really into boats, computer stuff, gadgets and forensics like her brother, Shelton, Hi, and I respectively. But her main interest is a little more dangerous. Jess had a knack for explosives. She lives for Fourth of July fireworks and she has admitted to setting off a few firecrackers in the off seasons.

Her latest stunt was actually a chemistry assignment. I didn't ask for details, I really didn't want to know. In the name of this assignment she ended up mixing a very explosive brew. She had the unfortunate luck of her dad walking in the room the moment it caught fire. After recovering from the burns she was grounded indefinitely. Which didn't stop her from staying in the bunker and watching Coop from time to time while he was still sick. Until she got caught. She then was sent to serve the rest of her sentence across the harbor in Mount Pleasant with her mom.

I knew that Jess knew we stole Coop from Karsten's lab. What I didn't know is whether or not she knew that we were Virals.

Hi was the first to react. "It's about time you made it out. You've been missing all our brilliant ideas."

Jess grinned. "You meant the ones that involve committing multiple felonies?" Seeing our faces she laughed. "Ben's been keeping me in the loop. I have to say the one I respect the most so far is stealing that map from the museum."

In our defense we did return it unharmed. Well mostly unharmed. I had to write something on it, but it was on the back so no one viewing it on display will see.

I still wasn't sure why she was here so I glanced at Ben and tilted my head toward the door. He nodded and followed me outside. "Ben I know she knows about Coop and our many felonies and I do love her to death, but why is she here?"

He sighed and shifted his feet. "Because Tory, she's a Viral too."