Okay, sorry I'm late people, but I had my reasons (No, I'm not putting them here :P)
Chapter 6 - Mutation
The Boomer twisted and gurgled as something which looked and sounded unpleasant occurred internally. Based on Steven's comments, Richard knew the Boomer's entire stomach area was being rebuilt into a less damaged form. Deciding to take a closer look, Richard shot his tongue out, wrapping it around a light pole, and swung over to where Kieran was standing.
The Hunter had barely moved since he had injected the Boomer. He was waiting, claws at the ready, to handle any commons drawn to the commotion.
Richard in the meanwhile, was simply staring at the mutating body before him. Kieran had told him that the process of returning an infected to a cured status was horrible, but he had no idea until now that Kieran had really meant HORRIBLE, not just gross.
The Boomer's huge stomach deflated like a large, flesh-coloured, balloon, causing a burping noise to issue from the creature.
Its skin ripped and stretched taut as the serum repaired genetic damage to the body's skin and internal organs.
Slowly, the oversized Boomer shrank down to the appearance of a normal, overfed human (if one which wears torn and bloodied clothing).
With a final groan, the Boomer stopped twitching and stood up uncertainly. The last of the serum kicked in as he did so, causing all his lost hair to regrow, producing a sound similar to a wet mop being thrown on tiles. It startled Richard somewhat, seeing a bald man grow shoulder length hair in under a second.
The Boomer now looked around at the odd pair staring at him. A hooded man and a tall man who's tongue could easily pass as a rope. He also noticed that the tall man was holding another person in his tongue. Digging through his memories, he managed to recall that this person was a "common infected", a normal person gone mad.
Opening his mouth to ask what they were doing, he was shocked to have the hooded one punch him in the gut while striding past him, causing a chain-reaction within the Boomer's body and causing him to vomit all over the common. The tall one retracted his tongue and yelled at the common, adopting a panicked tone,
"RUN! THEY ARE COMING! RUN NOW!"
The infected didn't understand a word, but the tone was unmistakeable. Turning, the infected fled down an alleyway, howls and screams following him as his brethren smelt him and began their chase.
Making a rude gesture at the hooded man, the pair smirked slightly, followed by the hooded one speaking "Sorry, we had to do that to test if your infected powers were still present. Please forgive me. We also decided that a decoy would be a good way to get rid of any infected looking for you or us."
The sound of a muffled screech from a few blocks down informed them that the slimed infected had been caught.
"We had better get going." The hooded man added.
His taller friend hopping on his back, the hooded man leapt onto a nearby building, followed by the tall man's tongue shooting down and pulling the Boomer up.
As he reached the top, a man holding a hunting rifle approached, smiling.
"Welcome to the team."
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