Chapter warning: This specific chapter contains dark themes and rape. If this is not your cup of tea, please do not read. I do not want to upset any of my readers. In addition, I own nothing but Jenny Blake.
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Chapter 4: TS-19
The group stood in the lobby on guard; it looked like a normal office lobby. A man started walking down the stairs wearing a white doctor's coat over his clothing.
"Hello, I am Dr. Jenner…Is one of you infected?" He asks.
"Was. He did not survive." Ricks speaks up.
"What do you what? What are you doing here?" the Dr. asks.
"A chance to live." Rick states.
"That's a lot to ask these days.." Dr. Jenner says.
Jenner looks at the group, he speaks to all of them, "I will need you all to submit some blood tests. If you want to enter."
Rick nods for the group, and relaxes a bit, "We can do that. Not a problem." Rick steps side to side a bit nervous still.
"Go and get what supplies you need, I will not be opening those doors again." Jenner says.
The group manages to get all their things and Jenner starts leading them to some rooms they can stay in.
While walking to find the rooms Rick asks Jenner, "Where is everyone?"
"I am the only one here." Jenner says.
An awkward pause passes.
"I am Rick Grimes."
"I am Professor Edwin Jenner."
"We are underground now?" Jenny states.
"Yes. Are you claustrophobic?" Dr. Jenner asks.
"I am lightly." Carol says.
"While, try not to think about it." Dr. Jenner says with a smile.
Jenny did not think this is all peaches and cream. No exit. There is no exit, she kept thinking over and over again.
They come into a very large room with a large computer screen and with other computers spread around in small desks.
"Vay. Lights please. Oh, and say hello to our guests." The Dr. says.
"Welcome guests." A female voice says over the speakers.
"So, there are no researchers, no one is trying to find a cure?" Rick asks.
"Only me. Now through that door is my lab where I will take blood samples. One at a time. The others can stay in here. After the blood tests, I will show you to your rooms." He nodded.
Rick nods in agreement, "I'll go first."
Jenner and Rick start walk into the next room. When Rick is done, Carl, Lori, Shane, T-Dog and Glenn come next. Sophia, Carol, Andrea, Jacqui and Dale after them. One by one the blood samples are taken. Soon it was Daryl's turn and lastly, Jenny. Daryl didn't seem to happy about the ordeal. With a few growls and pushes from Rick he got over it. Lastly, Jenny got hers done as well.
"Give me a half hour, for some standard tests. There is a kitchen on the opposite side of the room. Feel free to help yourselves." Jenner said.
T-Dog, Shane, and Glenn scurried toward the kitchen whooping and laughing. They start rummaging eating, like animals.
Rick looks at Carl, watching him smile speaking with Sophia. Rick feels as ease, 'This place could be the answer' he thinks.
A half hour later, Dr. Jenner comes out and asks for Rick to come into the lab.
"How the test's go?" Rick says.
"Good news, everyone seems pretty healthy. Except two of your people."
"Which two? What's wrong with them?" Rick says.
"Under normal circumstances, I would never disclose a patient's secrets. However, different times now. You are their leader, correct?" Jenner asks.
"Yes. What's going on?" Rick starts to get nervous and curious.
"The woman Lori Grimes, she is pregnant. Not very far along, 5 weeks maybe. She probably doesn't even know yet." Jenner says.
Rick is shocked. Five weeks! He knows that this means it cannot be his. The baby is Shane's. He starts to get dizzy and finds a chair. He puts his hand in his face and rubs his face. "Okay. Okay."
"Are you alright?"
"Actually, I may be sick." Rick starts getting nauseous.
"I'm sorry if the news disturbed you. Bringing a child into this world is going to be different. I take it Lori is your wife" Dr. Jenner says sympathetically.
"Yeah…but there is no way the baby is mine."
"Oh my. That is disturbing…The other woman, Jenny Blake." Jenner starts.
Rick looks up to the doctor, focused again. 'Oh god what now' Rick thinks.
"…she seems to have a condition. She is a special one."
"Condition? What kind of condition?" Rick asks.
"She has an auto-immune disease. Lyme disease, she looks to have had it for a long time now. This disease is not curable." Jenner tells Rick.
"Oh. Why is she special?" Rick says.
"The auto-immune disease is going to help her in this world. In fact, she maybe able to help all of us! Her condition, enables her body to attack itself. The good cells and the bad cells. I am going to ask her for another sample. Her disease may be the answer to stopping this virus! There is something else too. She has something else in her blood, I have never seen before. I must run more tests."
"Something else…?"Rick asks.
"Yes a mutation perhaps has to do with her disease. Her body should be getting weaker. Instead it is getting stronger. I must speak with her."
Rick walks out, stunned by the information given to him. Lori and Shane having a baby. Jenny could be in danger or the answer. 'What the fuck?' Rick thinks.
"Jenny…I need to speak with you, come with me." Rick goes back into the lab with Dr. Jenner followed by Jenny.
"What's up Rick?"
Rick tells what Dr. Jenner has said.
"Yes, I got Lyme some years ago. The symptoms come and go. But, lately I have noticed they have disappeared. I have been always on the move since the, well, the end of the world." Jenny says.
"Jenny I would like a few more samples."
"That seems fine, I suppose." Jenny says.
"Wonderful."
"I'll stay with you." Rick stays and holds Jenny's hand while Dr. Jenner take more blood.
The couple, steps into the computer room when Jenny is finished. Dr. Jenner leads them to their rooms.
Carol and Sophia take room with Jacqui. Dale, Glenn and T-dog take another room. Shane heads for the bar. Daryl takes a room alone as does Andrea and Jenny. Lori and Carl enter a room. Rick does not follow. He slumps into the wall in the hallways and sits on the floor, he closes his eyes in exhaustion. Lori looks for Rick and finds him.
"What are you doing out here?" Lori asks.
"Don't know." Rick says without opening his eyes.
"Rick we need to talk. Talk about how we are going to do this. Carl knows nothing. I don't want him confused, he has been through so much."
"I don't want to talk about that right now." Rick growls out.
"Well, when do you?" Lori huffs.
"Just clean up Carl, have him take a shower and give yourself one." Ricks stands up. "For now Carl and the group, will just think we are a family. I don't need any complications right now." Rick whispers.
Lori sighs, "I told Shane you know." Lori whispers without looking at him.
"Great. Is that why, he finally agreed with me? Out of guilt?" Rick lets out a chuckle.
"No! I asked him to support you!" Lori says.
"Yea. I definitely don't want to talk about this right now. I'm gonna go look around." Rick wanders away in search of something, he doesn't know what though. He left Lori standing in the hallway alone.
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~C.D.C. dining hall~
It's dinner time. Glenn found bottles of wine to go along with the frozen dinners. The group is all relaxing, eating and drinking having a grand ole' time. Except, Carl, Sophia and Jenny everyone is drinking wine, and lots of it.
Jenny scans the room her eyes met Rick's. His eyes find hers and is full of lust. He gives her a wink. 'Oh boy' she thinks. She smiles and looks away. She eats slowly, watching everyone. She starts smelling something odd. 'What the hell is that?' She starts the sniff the air. 'It smells delicious. I want it.' The smell starts making Jenny aroused. Now she is even more confused. 'What the fuck is going on?'
She looks to Rick, who is staring at her from across the table. 'That scent, it's Rick!...it's intoxicating. Why I am smelling Rick from across the room?!' Jenny stands up abruptly and goes to her room, she has a worried look on her face. Rick watches her confused at her actions. She shakes her head going down the hallway. Something weird is going on. She hears foot steps behind her, she stops. The footsteps stop. She look behind her. She doesn't see anyone. She feels though as if someone is there. She does not like this feeling. She continues to her room. She hears the steps again, she walks faster. She opens her door and goes to shut it. But, a hand gets in the way.
"What's with the running away? You alright?" Shane says slurring his words.
"Yup I'm just fine. Thanks." Jenny says very fake enthusiasm trying to convince Shane.
Shane starts to peer in the room and takes a deep breathe. "Good god. What is that?" Shane asks pushing himself into the room. He sniffs the air toward her, pushing her to a wall.
"Shane? What are you doing?" Jenny begs.
"I don't know. You. You just smell good enough to eat." Shane waggles his brows. "Come on, now, you want this don't ya." Shane places a hand on her shoulder and rubs her arm up and down with his fingers.
"Shane I think you have had way too much to drink. I think it is time for you to leave." Jenny commands.
"I think…you're bullshitting. I can feel, hell I can smell how much you want it." Shane bends his head to hover by her ear and whispers, "Even if you don't think you do." He smiles evilly.
Jenny shoves Shane forward with all her power. Shane drunk, is caught off guard, he falls back on all fours. Jenny quickly strides past Shane to get to the door. Shane sticks out a hand and grabs her ankle. Pulling her down, he crawls on top of her and she tries to fight back. She kicks him in the balls.
"Do it again sweetheart, that turns me on" Shane sneers. "I'm gonna make you feel so good."
Jenny starts to become terrified. Her eyes widen, with one hand Shane holds down both of hers. Shane starts pulling down her sweat pants, that Jenny had found earlier after her shower. He holds down her legs with his muscular thighs. He looks to the door, it's locked. 'Perfect' Shane thinks.
"No hard feelings darling. I want you now. I will have you now. You tell anyone. I will kill you and your boy, Rick,
while he and you sleep, understand…?" Shane growls out.
"Fuck you!" Jenny spats.
Shane frowns and rams three fingers in her pussy roughly. Jenny cries out. "Now, now, what was that?" Jenny doesn't know what to do. She stares in his eyes with defiance and says, "F-U-C-K Y-O-U!"
Shane pulls out his hand and slaps her across the face. Her grabs her face. He laughs, "I like that. You are a spit fire, aren't you. You're so sweet smelling. And so wet for me…"
Shane let's go of his face and unbuckles his belt. He pulls out his hard massive cock and strokes it, slapping her on top of her clit. "I love having Rick leftovers…I'm going fuck you so bad you're gonna wish you never looked at him." Shane threatens.
Jenny doesn't close her eyes, she tries to struggle, he is overpowering her. She can't move. She opens her mouth to scream. Shane sees this. He takes his belt and wraps it around her face to muffle her talking. "Now..shh shhh we don't need no interruptions. Know do we?" Shane ties her hand with the cord the laying on the floor attached to a lamp. "There now the fun can start." Shane licks his lips and grips with his cock in one hand, rips open her shirt with the other hand. He roughly seizes both her tits and kisses and bites them crudely. Shane stops sits up and places his cock to her entrance and shove his rock hard member into Jenny's tight hole. Jenny's eyes widen and she tries to scream.
"OH yea, that's right. Fuck you. You slut. You are so TIGHT, oh yea bitch…"Shane starts spewing words.
Shane starts fucking Jenny hard and fast and picks up a rhythm. Jenny is lost. She closes her eyes.
"I told you. I want this." Shane says pumping in and out of her. Her slaps her tits back and forth and unevenly, drunkenly starts thrusting with more powerful strokes.. He can't stop. He doesn't know why he picked her. He loves Lori. There is just something about her. He had to have her. Rick keeps looking at her. Rick is Lori's husband how dare he look at another women. He pulls out and flips Jenny over. He grabs her hips and lines his cock for her pussy and shoves himself in again. Jenny tries to scream. Shane starts striking her ass as he draws out his cock.
Jenny feels Shane become stiffer and know it will be over soon. Soon, she is going to kill him. Suddenly there is a knock at the door. It's Andrea,
"Hey Jenny, are you okay. You left dinner kinda earlier." Andrea says. Andrea also noticed Shane is nowhere to be found. She became worried.
Shane finishes and is sweating.
"Hmmm, round two comes a knocking." Shane says.
Rick joins Andrea outside the door.
"The door is locked, but she's not answering." Andrea tells Rick.
Just then, Dr. Jenner runs down the hallway to tell them.
"Where's Jenny? We need to find her. She needs to be isolated." Dr. Jenner says.
"What? Why?" Rick says with worry.
"I'm not sure how. But, she has a mutation. I don't know how. But, her hormone levels are erratic and off the charts, she needs to be isolated for observation. Now. I don't know the effects that can happen. " Dr. Jenner huffs, clearly out of breathe from running.
"What the hell you talking about?" Rick demanded. Then he turned and started pounding on the door. "Jenny open the door! It's Rick. Jenny! OPEN UP!" Rick screamed.
Jenny looked at Shane. He looked around, dazed and disoriented. He looked very confused. He started buckling up his pants. He put his finger to his lips and said the hush up. He untied Jenny's wrists and pulled her up. The scent hit him again. Shane took her and though her down on the bed with her belly facing down. His manhood stiffened again. He put a chair against the door under the knob. Jenny tried to crawl away from him, he held her down. He pulled his cock out again and shoved it into her. He started pumping into her wildly. He just couldn't stop. He wanted her, he had no control. Jenny screamed though the belt.
Rick put his ear to the door, he heard noises.
Rick started slamming his body into the door. Daryl and T-Dog ran down the hallway.
"What the hell is going on?" Daryl yelled.
"Something is wrong with Jenny." Rick said. "We need to get this door down now!"
Daryl slammed his body with Rick into the door. The door broke as they stumbled into the room and fell on the floor. Andrea, T-Dog, and Dr. Jenner look through the doorway and froze. They watched the scene unfold. They had never witnessed such a brutal sight. There on the bed is Jenny, belly down, with her face pouring blood from the belt tightly fastened to her face. Shane is holding her wrists at an odd angle. She has no clothes on. There are bites and bruises forming on her body. Shane is not fazed by the people who just broke down the door. He remains thrusting into Jenny at a mighty pace.
Daryl and Rick look up, falling through the door. All Rick sees is red. Time stops for him, he hears nothing. He vision goes tunnel and he quickly leaps up and runs straight for Shane and pummels into him. Shane falls to the ground hard. Daryl goes to help Rick hold Shane down.
More people start coming down the hallway.
Lori yells, "what the hell is going on?" She peers thought the horror scene that it is Jenny's room. She gasps and covers Carl's eyes and tells him to go with Carol and Sophia. Carol nods and takes the children to her room.
T-Dog, Daryl, and Rick are beating Shane back, who just keeps getting him and going for Jenny. Shane doesn't even notice the men holding him back.
Rick gets up and takes a piece of the broken chair and butts Shane in the face, this knocks him out.
Dr. Jenner and Andrea are with Jenny and gently lift Jenny up. Rick goes to Jenny and removes the belt from her face. Jenny is unresponsiveness and awake. She appears to be in shock.
"She's in shock. Let's get her to the lab." Jenner says.
Rick wraps a bed sheet around Jenny, and gently lifts her up and carries her, following Dr. Jenner.
"Rick, what do we do with him?" Daryl points to unconscious Shane.
"Tie him up." Rick growls.
Daryl nods in agreement and T-Dog helps Daryl tie Shane with Dale's duck tape.
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Jenny lays on her side staring at the white wall. She hugs her blanket, laying on a medical gurney. She hates this, feeling fear. She hears Rick and Jenner whispering in the other room.
"I'm sorry what happened to your friend. That was unsettling. Your friend Shane…" Jenner began.
"He is no longer my friend." Rick snarled.
"Well, yes, nevertheless. He was not himself. Am I right?"
"I have never seen him like that." Rick looks down and pinches the bridge of his nose.
"Jenny is special. You know about her Lyme. As does she. But there is something else. She's the next link!" Dr. Jenner states proudly.
"Link? What link?" Rick asks.
"Of evolution…this virus that has caused our race, homo sapiens to become extinct, there are others. In France, a scientist had found another like her, Jenny, no one believed him. I did not either. But now I am convinced." Jenner is gleaming.
"So she is advanced?" Rick asks.
"Oh yes, and right now, she's in the middle of mutation advancing. I have seen this before, but it was in wolves and in a rare turtle once…" Dr. Jenner starts rambling about turtles.
"What, so let me process this, Jenny is in heat, like a cat or something?" Rick inquires.
"Well, not quite, but yes. She may have noticed some weird things happening to her lately. I have to question her, to guide her. But your friend Shane, sensed her ovulation cycle, it literally drove him mad. He had no control over the situation." Jenner informed.
Rick sat down, shocked. He suddenly felt very guilty.
"A few days ago, Jenny and I …we…oh god…it was…I didn't realize what I was doing…did I" Rick started to freak out.
"You mean you and Jenny had intercourse?" Dr. Jenner asked. Rick nodded slowly. "Did she enjoy it? Was it consensual?"
"Yeah, I believe so." Rick said.
"Well then, there's no fault. She choose you. You should be honored. Wait. Aren't you married to Lori?"
Rick nodded again. He sighed.
"OH boy" Dr. Jenner frowned.
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Rick walked into the room Jenny is resting in. He slowly walked over to the bed. Jenny looked up and was relieved to see him. He squat down and held her hand and rubbed her cheek with the other hand.
"Hey." Rick said.
"Hey" Jenny replied.
"I'm so sorry this happened to you. I have known Shane I very long time. Considered him a brother at one point. I never thought he was capable of such…brutality." Rick said.
She closed her eyes and sighed. "So what did the doc have to say." Jenny asked.
"That you are a very special young woman." Rick said with a gleam in his eye.
The door opens it's Andrea, "Rick, he's awake and pissed off. What's going on?"
"Hold him for a few more minutes. I need to speak with Jenny before I tell the group. It will be easier to only explain you all once. Everyone meet in the computer room" Rick reassured.
Dr. Jenner comes in the room and speaks to Jenny, Rick stays out of the way and lets him do the talking.
"So, I'm the new human? Weird…and why did Shane go crazy and no one else?" Jenny asks.
"I have my theory, it has to do with rank. Think of a pack of wolves. There's an alpha and an omega. Well Rick is the alpha and you're his new omega. Shane is also an alpha, is he not?" Jenner explains.
"I guess that makes sense, in theory. Huh, I did notice that I could smell better lately. At dinner, I could smell Rick from across the room. It smelled like he was right next to me, like when you hug someone. That's why I left to my room. I kinda got freaked out. Than Shane followed me…" she lowered her head and stared into space again.
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~C.D.C. computer room~
The group stood in the room awaiting a presentation of answers. Shane was duct taped to a chair with Daryl and T-Dog standing guard. Lori was stressed out and sitting with Carl.
Rick and Dr. Jenner entered the room.
"How is she?" Lori asked.
"Yeah is she going be okay? Carol chimed in.
"She will be fine. Your group has a wonderful asset in this young woman. Let me explain."
Dr. Jenner begins explaining the zombie virus, about his test subject number 19. How it is a virus, our extinction. His theories of evolution, the French scientist, the hormone increase, how her senses are heightened, she will be faster and stronger, think faster and how the doomsday, triggered this mutation within her.
"But why is Shane involved, why did he lose his mind?" Lori asks and stares at Rick.
"That is a delicate matter…"Dr. Jenner started.
"Shane he…is dangerous" Rick growled.
Shane tried to speak, but there was duct tape over his face, thanks to Glenn and Dale.
Rick steps over to Shane and rips off the tape in one strip. "Got something to say?"
"Yeah, this is bullshit. She wanted it, she was begging for it. No one has let me explain a damn thang." Shane shouted.
"You just can't stop can you?... Alright people, Shane cannot control himself, has no self-control. He is dangerous. Because of Jenny's evolution, she gives off a scent to potential men when she is..."
"Ovulating." Dr. Jenner cut in.
"Control myself? I can control myself! DAMMIT!" Shane yelled.
Lori just starts crying silently.
"I thought you would say that…Carol take the children out of here. Dr. let her in." Rick stares at Shane as Jenny walks in the room slowly and Carol, Sophia and Carl exit.
The group watches Shane's reaction, he breathes in slowly, his pupils dilate and he tries to look anywhere but at Jenny.
"Jenny come closer." Rick asks.
"Rick..for god's sake, stop this." Lori pulls on Rick's shirt. Rick puts his hand up to silence Lori.
Jenny stands 4 feet in front of duct taped Shane. Shane starts breathing hard, he looks at Jenny and then it hits him. He cock stiffens and he starts rocking the chair to get closer.
"NEED YOU…GET OVER HER GIRL…NEED TO TOUCH YOU!" Shane demands.
"Dr. Jenner if you please." Rick says.
The Dr. walks over the Shane gives him an injection. Shane falls asleep leaning forward.
"What is he doing? What are you giving him?" Lori demanded.
"It is an injection of medroxprogesterone. This will reduce his testosterone levels. He will be much easier to deal with now. Oh and valium. He is a danger, a ticking time bomb. Speaking of which, you all need to leave before this clock runs out." Jenner said.
"What happens when the clock runs out?" Dale asked.
"The air will go on fire. This is the C.D.C. do you know the diseases in this place. I am staying here. I am not equipped for this world. Nor, would I want to be. I spoke with Rick, pack your things. You have one hour."
They scrambled out and started getting their things back into the RV.
Jenner gave Rick a life's worth of medroxprogesterone, medical supplies and food, as much as they could take. Jacqui told the group she is gonna stay with Jenner. She said if she wants to go out, it will be on her terms. Andrea wanted to stay as well, but then she watched Jenny stumbling trying to exit with Rick and thought, 'stop being a pussy'. Everyone made it to their cars. Shane rode in the RV, hand cuffed to the bench, along with Dale and Glenn. Andrea drove Shane's car with Carol and Sophia. Rick drove his car, with Lori, Jenny, and Carl. Daryl went back in his truck and drove his motorcycle out, he decided to ditch the truck. T-Dog took his truck solo. They headed for Fort Benning.
Rick looked into his rear view mirror, he looked to Carl and Jenny. They were playing rock, paper, scissors. He smiled. He looked to Lori. 'Oh shit, Lori she's pregnant, I forgot to tell Lori.' Rick looked to her stomach and back at Jenny again. 'Maybe I won't, he thought 'she is early. She doesn't need to know yet. No one needs to know yet about everything.' Rick travels in line with their caravan.