I am soo f*ing sorry for the late ass updates! I just needed time to recharge my batteries!
"left chicago, left the filth hopped the box car headed south..." Temperance mumble to herself getting Megatron's attention as he and Knockout followed her down an Alley, their Alt-modes waited in a parking lot a few blocks away. Both mechs stared at her perplexed "Why you singing?" K.O. whispered as the blond looked at him. "being alone the last six months singing and talking to myself are the only things that keeps me calm and focused!" she huffed as the red haired avatar frowned "Well it's distracting me! you're going to get us caught!" the medic hissed as the gray eyed woman glared at him.
"I will not!"
"Will too."
"Will not.."
"Will too."
Megatron watched the two argue, before facepalming "Enough! what are you two children? or adults?" he growled at the bickering medic and mercenary they stiffened then mumbled "...adults" the warlord arched a brow at them then scanned their surroundings. before staring up at the hospital. his scans showed not threats in the area...well, live threats anyway; according to his new scanners the place was crawling with walkers.
"Are, you sure the files are still in there?" Knock out asked as he watching what appeared to be a zombie pushing a empty stroller. "Positive, I'm the one who hid them..." Temperance said watching the same woman a distant look in her eye. she shook her head looking back at the hospital. "This was our first base after the School." the blond explained as they made their way across the streets.
The three stared up at the sign NO[rthwood] HOPE Hospital "well that's encouraging." Knockout said as they entered through a broken window that led through the cafeteria, after clearing the first hall Temperance led them to the common area where a small "safe room" was set up; along with a map of Nevada and some parts of California.
Knock out frowned at all the red and overtaken areas, then noticed the Name HeLa, he's seen it on posters and graffitied randomly around town. " What's HELA?" the medic asked Temperance who was busy checking over a shotgun she found under a desk shed hmmed, Briefly glancing up at the red banner while Megatron was busy studying a graph that showed the infected and different types of strains.
"HeLa, I've been seeing it around the hospital and in town." The ash-blond frowned as Knockout repeated his question. "It stands for Health Environment Life Agency...it's their fault the plague advanced so quickly." the two mechs looked at her to continue "When the O-virus was in it early stages, it stared out as a simple Flu like disease. and of course that meant a vaccine was needed to combat it...and what do humans do when they make a vaccine?" Knock out answered " They used a weaker but, mutated version of the original illness." Temperance smirked tapping her nose.
"Exactly. But, Hela didn't know how to get a sample because; that orange Radiated goo turns to grey ash when introduced to a sterile environment. so, they improvised; got their hands on a blood sample tried to engineered it into an artificial virus and used it in the Vaccine, you can guess how it turned out." A sudden weeping caused Them to tense up, Temperance put a finger to her lips, as claw like fingers clutches the the safe room door.
Megatron and Knockout's eyes widened as this new walker entered the room. it's limbs were freakishly elongated as it stood seven feet tall. flesh a sickly yellow. it had bloody clawed out holes where it's ears should've been. no doubt, done by it's own hand. it' balding head was matted with crusted blood as it rotted scalp was slowly peeling off showing parts of it's skull.
both mechs tense as the soft almost childlike weeping slowed down raspy wheezing as it's sunken milky eyes looked around the room. before stepping closer to Temperance who stood still, it slowly sniffed the air turned to the E-type with a low growl and before it could let out a scream The ash-blonds's metal fist shot out over it's mouth the mercenary lifted the creature off it's feet before slamming it to the floor and stabbing it in the head. as Megatron and K.O. starred down at the thing then at Temperance in awe.
"What in the pit is that?"
That Boys is a Weeper. nasty, fuckers can imitate crying and sometimes speech. it's best to take them out before they see you. their scream alerts the hoard."
"They don't look like a fleshling...gender wise I mean."
Knock out said scanning the weeper's body, "Yeah that type of strain, I think the person was on hormones or they mutated to point where their bust and...'equipment' was not needed?" Temp said as simply as she could the medic's lips formed thin line as he checked what looked to be a hospital band "it says that she was hear for cancer treatment her name was Cr-" Megatron suddenly intervened "Don't. these aren't human anymore...so, it's better if they remain nameless." Knockout looked at the ex-warlord baffled, before calmly nodding Temperance just sighed feeling an odd sense of melancholy as she lead them farther into hospital.