LOTS OF PROFANITY!!! Yu have been Warned ;)
She screamed suddenly as the arms wrapped themselves around her. They quickly released her and she whirled around to see a man doubled over behind her. It took a moment for the pounding of her heart to subside for her to hear the laughter that was bubbling out of him. "JACK!" She said angrily, watching as Jack stood up all the way with a face red from laughter. She was suddenly so angry she could throw one of the jars of bile straight into his face. Suddenly she realized that she was wearing full protective gear and he wasn't. "Shit! Jack put that on now!" She said motioning one of the protective masks. He looked at her strangely for a moment. "I said NOW damnit!"
He walked over, grabbed a mask, and slid it over his mouth. She sighed a little, turning back to the specimen. She quickly recapped it and sealed it with biotape. "Ugh, I don't know how you guys wear these things all the time." Jack said, motioning to the antiviral mask on his face. She was breathing heavily, her hands shaking as she stuck the containers into another red biocontainer. She sealed that container with tape as well, and then stuck it into the mobile fridge. "What the hell are you doing in here?" She asked him, spinning to look at him with a furious expression on her face. His smile fell slightly, and he regarded her with apologetic eyes. "Uh… The big guy told me to move it. I can't believe you didn't hear me come in, it's not like that door is exactly quiet."
She let her breath out slowly, "I was distracted…." She said looking to the equipment strewn about. "Uhm, I need you to go tell the big guy that you can't move us yet. I have to make a few phone calls and clean up." He nodded, the kind smile returning to his face. "Okay, but if he shoots me I am going to turn into a zombie and come back to eat your brain." She let out a small chuckle, and motioned for him to leave with one gloved hand. As soon as he was gone, she used snapped some quick shots of the virus from her computer and attached them to an email which she quickly sent back to the Atlanta headquarters. Grabbing up the phone then, she quickly dialed the lab in Atlanta.
"CEDA Lab this is Bill-"
"BILL! It's Jennifer Roberts, lab Tech ID 60479. I am out at base 3, Savannah and I just stumbled on to one big bastard of a problem. Please tell me June is still there."
"Deborah June? I think she has left-"
"If she has left, or if she is avoiding me I need you to conference her in with me. NOW."
"Look she said she didn't want to-"
"Look if you fucking value your life, you will put her through NOW! I am not kidding. I have a level 4 agent here with a unknown lethality rate and believe me when I say if you don't get her on the fucking phone heads are going to roll! And I won't have a damn thing to do with it."
"Okay… Hold on."
*Ring, ring*
"CEDA, Deborah June speak-"
"DEB! Holy shit, I am so freaking out right now."
"Jen? Fuck I thought I told them I didn't want to be-"
"Deb, shut the fuck up and listen to me. I just sent you an email of a virus from a Green Flu vic. Load it now…"
"Jeez, you know you can be really fucking pushy-"
"Deb just stops talking and do it."
"I am! I am! I am turning the computer on now-"
"Holy shit I am shaking so bad. Just turn it on already."
"I am moving as fast as I can Jen."
"No the fuck you aren't!"
"Okay, it's up… Wow good pictures, where did you snag them?"
"I told you already, from a Green Flu vic-"
"I can see that. So you called here, bullied your way to my line, just to show me something I have already seen?"
"Deb, look at it. The loops and swirls! It looks like a fucking FILO!"
"Jen, calm down. I have been in this trade now for fifteen years, I have seen a real filo before. This does not look anything like it."
"Bullshit Deb! I've seen some of the Ebola slides, this bitch could be its fucking sister-"
"Jennifer if you do not calm down… I will send these off to the level 4 group, but I am telling you it looks nothing like a Filo!"
"Deb, what do I do? I've been handling this shit all day-"
"You'll be fine! It's not a Filo! You are just overreacting! Look, you've been out there in the hot sun for the last three days for almost sixteen hours a day! You're getting bubble fever. Why don't you take today and tomorrow off and relax."
"Deb I could be-"
"Jen, if you don't take the day off I'll pull you off the project. Now get your shit and get out of there pronto."
"But Deb!" *silence* "DEB! GODAMNIT IT!"
"If you would like to make a call please hang up and try again…"
She slammed the phone down back into its cradle. "FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!" she says repeatedly slamming it into the cradle as if to make her point to some unseen person. She heard a chuckle from behind her, and whirled around to face the voice "JACK! I thought I told you it wasn't fucking FUN-" She stopped abruptly to see that it was not Jack but Cain standing there. He winked at her, and sauntered over to where she was. "You know, you are so sexy when you're angry." She turned red in the face, her mouth opening and closing as if to say something witty but unable to find the words. She was too angry right now to say anything other than a stream of colorful obscenities. Suddenly the door opened and in walked Jack. "Hey Jen? You done yet? That guy is getting awful impatient" She turned to the equipment and began cleaning it up with shaken hands.
"Hey let me do that, you look like you need a smoke." Cain said to her. He was right, she was shaking so badly she could barely stand without throwing something. "Fine, thanks." He smiled, and as she was walking out he said over his shoulder. "Now you owe me a drink." She scowled and furiously removed her lab gear and slammed the portable's door shut.
She began walking in the direction of the shuttles, her eyes fluttering nervously to the line of sick people lining up at the gate. "Jen! Wait up!" she heard Jack say from behind her. She turned to him, tapping her foot impatiently. "WHAT?" He stopped quickly and looked at her nervously. "Are you okay?" She sighed, itching for a shower. "Yeah I am just gravy, I just got a three day breather!" "What? Okay wait up alright I just gotta move this thing-"
"Jack, I still have to change into my clothes so take all the time you need." She said, suddenly feeling very tired. "Okay cool, so I'll park this bad boy and meet you at the shuttles? You wanna grab a bite to eat?" Her shoulders slumped in mild irritation, but she looked at him with kind eyes. She had always kind of liked Jack, but knew he had secret feelings for her. What was with these men? "Alright, fine. But I want Pizza and you are buying." He grinned happily and padded off towards the mobile unit again. She sighed heavily, turning to walk to the makeshift locker area that had been set up. Men…