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Pt. 1: the calm before the shots
Rabies is one of the most fatal viruses in the world...one of the most fatal viruses... most fatal virus... fatal... fatal... Megan's words keep running through my head, over and over, like a hamster in a wheel. And each one of them sounds ominously like a funeral bell. And here I thought the dead guy was just your usual, run-of-the-mill, hopped-up-on PCP/Ecstasy/what-have-you kind of whacko. Well, so much for that theory... And did she have to look quite so gleeful mentioning shots? Damnit, she knows I hate needles! Or at least she used to know... But from the way things are between us right now, she probably can't wait to use me as her personal pin-cushion.
Huh... where'd Ethan suddenly come from? And what the hell is he blabbering about? Night of the Living Dead? Yeah, that's pretty much how I feel right now... Zombie-attack?... *hope* to experience*? Okay, the guy is beyond crazy... maybe I can make him go away again...
"Don't you have any medical stuff to do?"
Nope, not working, he's still blabbering... Exceptional survival skills? Keen situational instincts? Boy, the average lemming has better survival skills than you do right now! Okay, second try...
"What do those instincts tell you right now?"
Oh, good, that finally did the trick... Oops, here comes the lady with the sharp, pointy objects.. well, if anyone has to stick any needles into my body, I want it to be her...
"Ready for your shots?"
Ugh... no, not really... but let's get this over with...
Pt. 2: autopsy talk
Beautiful? How the hell can you call a butt-ugly, deadly virus beautiful, no matter how old it is and who wrote about it? And Megan seems to be just as fascinated by the damn thing as he is…. Well, guess what – she isn't the one with the teeth marks in her hand…. I wonder if he'd still find it so fascinating if it *was* her instead of me…
Do they *have* to go into so much detail? WAY TMI if you ask me…. Hey guys, I'm standing right here! How come I have to be sensitive to the needs of a rabid cannibal and you get to take a perverse pleasure in trumping each other who gets to name the most gruesome symptom? Where the hell do they think they are – in a lecture hall in front of a bunch of med students? I SO don't want to know what I have to look forward to if Megan's pincushion thing doesn't work….
Good to have you back, Stafford? Just great…. I ask her out on a date and she jabs a needle in my butt – he shows up sprouting some medical jargon and it's good to have you back….
Hey, what's Dunn doing here? Actually, never mind, whatever it is, it's gotta be better than this lecture…. If I don't get out of here right now, aggression will definitely redline and inhibitions disappear! And she makes for a very valid excuse…. You two can keep gushing about your virus from hell for all I care!