A/n: Sorry for the long wait in update, but I was on a week long road trip from southern California all the way up north to Vancouver Canada, and when I got back, I had like two days to pack up the rest of my things because I had to move because my fall semester started today, anywho, here's the new chapter,its basically the interrogation continued,plus a few extra stuff I hope you'll enjoy.

-Pessi Rom

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Chapter Nine : Burn Out

"Who are you working for?" Olivia asked Allen Jenkins,knowing this time he would answer the question and any other she asked, truthfully.

"I never met them, they just contacted me one day, about a year ago." Allen answered.

"What did they want you to do?" Charlie asked.

" First to get them a file from the Hartford system, they paid me twenty five thousand dollars." Allen said.

"What did they make you do next?" Charlie asked.

"Then they wanted another file, that had higher security then the first. I refused, but they threatened my sons life." Allen said angrily.

"What did they want with the files?" Olivia asked wanting to get to the information concerning the lab and chemicals.

"It was research on a top secret performance enhancing drug they are working on at Hartford. They wanted the formula, I didn't want them to hurt my son. So on my shift I managed to go through the security protocols and send them the files undetected." Allen explained.

"And now because of you, four people are dead!" Olivia said .

"I never meant for that to happen, I didn't know...they didn't know about that side effect!" Allen said in defense.

"That doesn't change the fact that your cowardice created this mess...that... that drug is killing innocent people!" Olivia said.

"Do you still have the formula?" Charlie asked, taking over the question, seeing how upset Olivia was getting.

"Only the original, the formula that created the powder substance was modified ,the people who hired me have it." Allen said.

" What are the identities of the two men found at warehouse 28?" Charlie asked thinking they might get a lead from the names.

" Brent Garrison and Mike Dawson." Allen said not giving any additional information. Charlie wrote down the names.

" What did they have to do with the substance." Charlie asked.

"They were scientist paid to work on Minodrin." Allen answered.

" Is that what its called, the substance?" Olivia asked speaking suddenly.

"Yes." Allen answered.

" What was Steven Fuller doing with Minodrin?" Olivia asked, she figured if they knew what it was supposed to do,they could use that information to stop its adverse effect on both Peter and James Sterling.

" After I gave them the formula, I thought they were done with me ,but then a few months later they wanted me to use the secure network at Hartford to recruit test subjects, they threatened my son again, so I had to do it." Allen said continuing to use his son as an excuse for his actions.

"How many people did you expose to Minodrin?" Charlie asked.

"Including Steven Fuller, I recruited a total of fifteen participants, six from Hartford, the rest from various companies." Allen answered.

" We're gonna need the names of the other fourteen, so we can question them." Charlie said handing Allen a piece of paper and pen.

"There's no need...they're all... dead, the experiment was failure...they'll be coming for me next." Allen said.

"You said the original formula was modified, how so?" Olivia said thinking back to his earlier statement.

" The original formula was for a pill, the scientist turned it into a powder that could be easily dissolved in water . In doing that ,they made the drug more potent...and with great consumption... deadly." Allen said.

"How long have you known Minodrin was radioactive and deadly?" Olivia asked anger clearly in her voice.

"....." Allen stayed silent a guilty expression on his face.

"How...long?" Olivia asked again leaving a space between the two words.

" ...Six months." Allen hesitated then said.

"People like you make me sick." Olivia said looking disgustingly at Allen.

"What exactly does Minodrin do?" Charlie asked.

"Like I said it was a performance enhancement drug, it helped the participants to think and work faster. It's like speed, and attention deficit drugs ,rolled into one,but the effect is doubled. The problem was that the dose had to be increased over time to get the same effect as the initial dosage, I guessed the participants eventually burned out." Allen said no remorse at all in his voice.

"You son of a..." Olivia began,but Charlie gave her a look and she stopped.

"How did the scientist...'burn out'? " Charlie asked.

"I don't know, I got a message saying to go to warehouse 28, when I got there I saw the bodies , so I ran to get the hell out of there, that's when you guys caught me. I have absolutely no idea how they got that way." Allen explained.

"I'm going to go call Walter, to tell him what we've learned, call me if this piece of work tells you anything else that can help?" Olivia said.

"OK." Charlie said.

"Hey, what about my son, they'll know I talked to the FBI, they'll kill him." Allen said as Olivia started to walk out of the room.

"Your son has already been moved to a secure location, you keep telling the truth and maybe you'll see him again." Olivia said then walked away.


Harvard, Boston Massachusetts : 2 Hours Left

"Hows the progress on the cure, Walter?" Olivia asked as she walked into the lab.

"I'm almost there,but there's still something missing, I need to know how they modified the original drug. Are you sure, this Allen Jenkins doesn't know anything about the altered formula?" Walter asked frustrated.

"He said the people who hired him have it,but I don't exactly trust the guy." Olivia said.

"The hospital just called." Astrid said suddenly walking into the room.

"Is Peter alright?" Olivia said worse case possibilities appearing in his head.

"They said he's getting worse,the radiation is spreading up his abdomen, like it did with James." Astrid said with a grim look on her face. Olivia suddenly turned to Walter and spoke

"I know you can solve this Walter. A few days ago, you said something about how all this was familiar. could Hartford be a secret division of Massive Dynamic. Think about it, all of our cases until now have been connected to William Bell, I know you can solve this, and Peter believes in you too." Olivia said.

"Yes, each stage of this investigation has me reaching in my memory trying to grasp it... I'm going to try one more thing. You should go be with Peter, he shouldn't be alone right now, and I know he will be most pleased to see you right now." Walter said then turned to the samples and chemicals on the table.


Scottsburg General

"Hey you." Peter said when Olivia walked into room.

"Hey..." Olivia said walking over to him.

"Why the long face...is someone dying." Peter said jokingly.

"That's not funny." Olivia said clearly not amused.

"Sorry...I say stupid things,when I'm in bad situations." Peter said.

"I'm the one who should be saying sorry." Olivia suddenly said.

"For what?" Peter asked confused.

"For getting you into this. If I'd never tracked you down to be Walter's guardian, you wouldn't be here now, laying in this hospital bed." Olivia said avoiding eye contact with Peter.

"That's not true Liv. It isn't your fault, it's the bastards who cooked up this radiation or whatever the hell it is! And if you'd never tracked me down, Walter wouldn't be doing what he loves, again. And as for me, I would never have met you, and that's something I would never want to take back." Peter confessed.

Olivia glanced up and met his eyes, seeing the sincerity in them, and hearing it in his voice as he spoke. She felt so helpless, Walter and Peter had come to mean so much to her,they were a team after all and the thought of losing Peter ,just that single thought, filled her heart with emotion.

"What are you thinking about?" Peter asked Olivia, seeing that her mind was somewhere else.

"Nothing really." Olivia lied. She really wasn't ready to admit to ,the ultimate conclusion to her thoughts about losing Peter, either to him ,or to herself.

"Hows James doing?" Peter asking seeing that Olivia didn't want to talk, so he changed the subject.

"His vitals are stable, that machine of Walter's is doing a good job. Walter thinks he's close to the cure, hes going to call me when he cracks it." Olivia said confident that Walter would solve this. As she mulled over that last thought, something clicked in her head.

"I think I might know what Walter's missing, about the modified formula!" Olivia said figuring something out.

"What did you figure out?" Peter asked hopeful.

"Remember how I didn't get sick, even though I was just as close to the radiation as you were?" Olivia said.

"Yeah,but what does that have to do with the missing piece?" Peter asked still confused.

"Well, think about it, what do all the victims have in common?" Olivia said. Peter thought about it , then the answer came to him.

"They're all males!" Peter said catching on to the same wave length as Olivia.

"Exactly!" Olivia said.

"But, wait, how does that help me and James?" Peter asked getting the concept,but not how it could help in curing him and James.

"There must be something about males, that makes this drug work in them, and not women and vice versa." Olivia explained.

"Gotcha." Peter said , smiling a little at the role reversal of sorts.

"I'm gonna call Walter." Olivia said walking toward the door excited about her revelation. She stopped when she heard Peter speak.

"Hey, Liv." Peter said.

"Yeah?" Olivia said turning to face him.

"You're kinda brilliant." Peter said wearing his trademark smirk.

"Right back at ya." Olivia said then exited the room, to call Walter.


A/n: So, I've been working on this chapter on and off for like almost three weeks, I wrote a little, stopped ,cause I wasn't sure where to go, and kept coming back till today,when I finally finished it , as they say Rome wasn't built in a day. and neither are new chapters, unless I'm really inspired , or full of caffeine, lol, anyhow hoped you liked this chapter, this story will be ending very soon. I've got a couple of things to wind up, solving of the case etc and of course lots more Bolivia fluff. Since university started up again I can't give an exact date of when the next chapter will be up,so just look out for the new chapter through story alerts, or leave your email and I will let you know when I update, thanks for reading a review/construct criticism is greatly appreciated.

-Pessi .Rom