You probably not going to like this chapter, but science and truth are unfair. We have to deal with it, sorry.

Driving through the road where the forest is seen left and right side, and stretch through couple miles away. Driving through detours and turns to lose the corrupted family and they're now Miles away. The vehicle was a total mess where the roof is broken through and the left passenger door was torn off, but they didn't care. All they need right now is to get to Lincoln and try to fix this whole situation.

"How far are we?" Lynn said while having an ice bag against her head. The impact between the Lynn and the wall left her with a headache, even lucy as well. Lisa looks at her device monitor, the same device that aided them to track lily's disabled tracker. What she noticed on her monitor was unexpected, but the results are what the genius child want.

"Actually, it seems that Lily's tracker is heading towards us," she claimed, believing that her brother is either coming to their direction or was run down by the feds.

"Really?" Albert questioned while he is currently driving, but the back wheel axial is having problems considering that an old blind idiot crashed his car from the back, so Albert finds it difficult to drive and steer with this broken vehicle.

"Positive, we should be close to him in less than 7 minutes" she was relieved to find out that she is coming close but was also worried either if he was heading towards their direction away from the feds. If they get to Lincoln before them, the cure for the corrupted family will be no more.

"Wait, how are you going to make the cure if those monsters, aka family are close to our tails, you might not have time" Lucy pointed out. Lynn and Albert were also curious, knowing Lisa, she would need the mass amount of time and concentration to conduct her experiment. Like her previous experiments were burst for her lack of time and precision.

"Well, while you two were unconscious…" Lisa pulled out a projectile weapon underneath the seat, considering that the van belonged to the feds and it might probably be filled with firearms in hidden places. But the projectile weapon that Lisa pulled out was modified with a cartridge filled with empty syringes, tubes and neon lights are attached to the gun. "I invented a projectile-"

"Wow no no no no, put that thing away, it's dangerous" Albert didn't think it was safe for Lisa to handle a projectile weapon especially that big. Lola was intimidated how the weapon is pointing at her face "don't point that to my face"

"Calm yourselves you two, this is designed safely" she assured "This has multiple injection needles in the cartridge containing noble gases, rubbing alcohol, dish soap, salt, and other solutions to break down Lincoln's pure pathogens from his DNA and only leaves certain elements in the serums"

"Meaning?"

"This will cure our family, even Lincoln" Lisa concluded. Everyone in the van was very pleased, especially Lynn "Alright, lets head back and cure them, cure Lincoln, and boom problem solved"

Lisa facepalm herself "Weren't you listening, we need Lincoln's pure pathogens, aka blood sample first and place it in the slot and the device will do its job in the solution process, and then we can do the curing"

She made a point, without Lincoln's blood sample, the solution is incomplete and unable to proceed the curing process. Lola knew another problem with Lynn's statement "Plus, we have another problem with the feds"

"And the media is full of lies that makes us look like criminals" Albert added "I'm not sure how that problem is going to be fixed"

It was nothing much to fix not that the media sound in the word is spread there's nothing else they can do to clear and sort all this mess out even if it's Famous Tate crime scene the fence we would still be on their tail for any evidential counter with their work especially when Lisa hacked into the system. The last thing they needed was another problem coming through their tails, but…

*Bam*

Startled by the sound of a gunshot and the back window glass of the van shattered, along with bits of glass flying through the interior of the vehicle. The family was shocked as they lowered their heads down, Lisa could tell it wasn't from her modified projectile weapon. "I thought it was safe, Lisa!" Lola yelled

"It's not me!" she yelled but when she lifted her head and noticed something heading there way. "Of course the feds are here" Lisa snapped

Looking for behind it was multiple feds cars along with two flying helicopters. The rest pull their heads and can see one particular car who's ahead of the group, and the right passenger seat a man pulled out a handgun aiming at the vehicle and begin to fire. "Get down!" Lynn yelled as everyone ducked down and bullets flew everywhere.

"How did they find us?" Lola yelled in fear. None of them weren't sure how they were able to track down the family, even Lisa was stumped, but in reality, the vehicle belonged to the feds considering that it might contain GPS tracking system in every vehicle in case of an emergency situation such as this one. Although the downfall of this they're leading them right towards Lincoln, and Lisa knew this, but the only solution out of that possible disaster was to ditch the van.

"Grandfather, make a hard right and into the woods!" she yell as she pointed at the woods

"What?!" Albert was confused. Driving to through the woods can be difficult while the vehicle is damaged to handle any bumps. Even the back axle can't absorb shocks or impacts.

"Trust me, we need to drive in the woods for a couple seconds and run on foot, and here" Lisa grabs a handgun under the seat and hands it over to Albert, but hesitated.

"NO, and I'm not grabbing that- put that thing away!"

"If we stay on the road we might lead them to Lincoln, and we won't be able to cure, Now. Go. To. The. Forest" she pointed, giving a stern look. Albert agreed and turns right into the forest, but stayed in the direction where Lily's tracker is placed. In a couple of seconds, the back-left tires popped causing the vehicle to swerve left and right. Bushes and branches were hit multiple times and the family is now worried, but they noticed the feds are nowhere in sight, for now.

"How far are we?"

Lisa looks at her tracking monitor "Only two minutes until-" the van crash right into a tree making the family stuttered and dazed. Luckily they were wearing seatbelts to prevent any injury. Looking around it's no use in driving, so they got out and ran on foot, Albert decided to bring the handgun with him, just for precaution.

"So how long do we have on foot?" Lola asked

"Nine minutes" Lisa stated

XXX

Realizing the mistakes you make or very unpleasant to remember even worse is acting on it. it is hard to overcome the guilt that is now overwhelming his body and his mind, especially when that guilt gave a strong impact. That guilt Lyra stored to form a fist and the energy was too much for a child to handle as the punch were to stop a heart. On the side road where the forest is seen between sides, Lincoln is in the state of tears while holding Lily in his arms. Running without any stops or break to catch his breath.

(an hour early)

Out of nowhere, the Anderson brothers heard a loud slam out the hallway as if the bathroom door was swung open with an intense force. From what they could describe is the sound of rapid run footsteps and later another door slam was open indicating that their sister's door was open.

But they could hear was crying, the cries were not their sister's as it sounded deeper than that.

"What's going on?" Jake asked as he opens the door and in a split second, he sees Lincoln running out of the room while carrying lily in his arms. He looked to be in tears and sobbing.

"Lincoln what's going on!" Jake yelled in concern as he got out of his room and goes towards the crying child. "I made a mistake, I shouldn't have run away!" Lincoln center as he got to the front door and heads out.

"Wait!"

"Where is he going?" Sophia asked as she also looked to be worried too.

"I think he's going back"

"Where?"

"I think home"

XXX

Outside the home in the driveway, Lincoln was running as fast as he could in order to go back home, he realize how dumb, how ignorant it was to run away in the first place, taking Lily with him. With the people, he does not know in the first place. Lily was startled by this behavior as she looks at Lincoln and noticed how he was in tears, she felt concerned.

"Wincoln?"

Lincoln didn't notice this since he is still on the verge of crying and tears, along with that shameful guilt that he's overwhelmed with. All he can do was run and cry, but the most important thing he has in his mind was to go back home, was to go back to his family. Although he didn't know where to go in the first place as his family was also looking for him, and he already knew that, but he doesn't know where to find them if they're in a move.

"I want to go back" Lincoln sobbed as he was still running with no hesitation of looking back or even go back to retrieve his belongings that are inside his backpack. But one thing he didn't know, how and where to go to reunite with his family?

"W-where do I go?"

Lyra- "I know"

(Present)

Lyra- "hmmm"

The voice sounded unsure of herself.

"where do I go next?"

Lyra- "I'm not sure, I unable to track your relatives…hold on"

Lyra was able to take visual in one of the corrupted family, especially when one of them is on air. Through one of the perspectives of the corrupted family, she was able to see swarms of identical vehicles heading right towards her and Lincoln. Although this didn't bother her since she now has a corrupted army to deal with the problem.

Lyra- "turn left into the woods and head north"

"Why?" Lincoln was confused with Lyra's pinpoint direction that would lead him to the woods

Lyra- "well your family...had an accident"

XXX

In the middle of the woods where a crashed black van had impacted a large tree. Many agencies swarmed around the vehicle for any leads, for them, the search is imperative to find the family before they are off the radar. One particularly agents seemed to be very cross. Each agent wears high military suit great precaution with the boy.

"Sir, the family left the vehicle, but we were able to pinpoint tracks, they lead south, Romero" Kim spoke on his communication earpiece, moments later he nodded and signals everyone to head south. All armed and rushed forward with cation, knowing his men, he needed to clarify a few things. "Whatever you do, do not shoot-to-kill. We need them alive, especially the boy!" Later an agent walks up to Kim while holding a tablet in his hand.

"Sir, we're picking up high levels carbon, ions, unknown chemicals, and sound waves heading in our direction, and it's moving quick"

Kim didn't think it is important as he rolled his eyes and head with the rest of the group "it's probably acid rain, nothing serious"

{acid rain- rainfall made sufficiently acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes environmental harm, typically to forests and lakes. The main cause is the industrial burning of coal and other fossil fuels, the waste gases from which contain sulfur and nitrogen oxides, which combine with atmospheric water to form acids.}

"I don't think it's acid rain, you see, the readings detect humanoid life form" he flips the tablet to Kim and showed six red dots on the map and its heading right towards the group. This gave tension to Kim and took action.

"Hmmm… I'll check with Abigail, she's on air so she might see in visual" he explained as he heads back with the group and later talked in the communication earpiece. "Abigail, we have unknown anomalies heading towards us from north, 90 degrees, I need you to find out what's going on"

~"Are you certain of this?"~

"Yes, one of my men found unknown anomalies in the radar, though it was acid rain it's not, the anomalies have human carbon compounds, along with other unknown chemical components"

~"Alright"~

Later Kim noticed one of the flying vessels from the air above him separates from the group of vehicles and heads north, indicating that Abigail heads out to check the strange anomaly. This leaves Kim heading south and after the family.

"Again, do not shoot-to-kill, we need them alive, so don't try to shoot severally, especially the bo-"

A loud blast startled the whole group and came to a halt. The blast came from the south side, where Abigail headed. Later a large gust of wind hit their bodies and they were able to see bits of shard metals flew past them, but unfortunately, the speed was intense where the bit took down three men.

"Man down, man down" one the feds yelled as he aids the fallen men. Kim wasn't sure where that blast came from, but this might have to do with the anomalies.

"Abigail, what happened?" He asked in his communication earpiece to get a status report, but there was only silence.

"Abigail?" It was silence, only leaving static white noise. The blast must be a crashed vessel and an accident had occurred, he thought.

"Sir, unknown anomalies in 47 meters from the north are accelerating towards us at a rapid pace!"

Kim didn't know what to do next, either follow the direct orders or not. Later he noticed a loud static noise coming from the north and from what he could see was flickering light from the far distance of the woods. Multiple figures seemed to appear from the distance and it's heading close, along with...music?

The figure started to be clear in visual and it wasn't what he was expecting. A loud bark was heard from the figure or in Kim's perspective, a giant purple maned wolf, along with other unknown creatures.

"Take positions, fire at my command!" He yelled as others raised their rifles and aimed, waiting for the command, but the tense vibration from the ground was intense. What they didn't expect was a glass-like shard shot out from one of the creatures and hit one of the men in the chest, indicating that corrupted-Leni shot one of her diamond shard.

Although this took out part of her body mass, considering how her body is made up of carbon and carbon only, she was able to absorb carbon particles from plants and trees to fill that missing mass. seeing how plants are similar to people, each individual holds one-third carbon.

"Fire!"

XXX

Lyra- "We're almost there, just keep heading north"

Lincoln began to feel tired and began to walk to catch his breath. Lily was still puzzled by the long run and her brother's tears, she began to tap Lincoln's cheek to get his attention.

"baa?"

Lincoln has a small smile but he wasn't happy, not until he could make things right. "You want to go home, right?"

"Goo"

"I take "goo" as a yes" he said. He tried to keep his smile but the guilt was too much to put aside from tampering his facial expression. Lily found his strange expression to be odd.

"Wincoln?" Lily was beginning to feel worried and confused. She didn't know what was going on since she's a toddler and things around her are not understandable in her mind.

"I'm going to be fine, I'm just… tired" Lincoln lied and smiled again, but the feel still clouded his mind. Lily grew a smile. "Baa"

"One thing I know was the cops who were brought to search me, I wonder what they'll do" he remembers the last call from the gas station, something Leni said about the cops who would help and cure, but that would mean losing his powers. He didn't mind losing them, although Lyra is his powers, so that would also mean Lyra would be gone. "Oh"

XXX

The void is dark and quiet, leaving Lyra and another unknown pathogen in her bacterial form. This one is curious.

"I don't mean to question your plan and position as omega pathogen, but I'm not sure about this next phase" one of the pathogens wasn't sure where this was going, they follow her but she didn't explain her whole plan. "Plus, don't you need Lincoln and his family separated? Also, Lana is corrupted but she's not in Luna's control"

"Look, everything needs to be put in place, each of them has a roll. Lana is made of amino acids, the basic building blocks of human principles, but can't keep her in my control since she is important. She will reunite with the rest, but for now, I need to do something else"

"What about Lincoln's desire to return home?"

"I can't allow that since I disconnected from his bond gene I also lost control of the neurons I've rearranged. So I have to do this process all over again, but this time it'll be different"

"How" the thing about her was not making sense to the small micro-bacteria, but knowing how dangerous she can be is rather scary.

"Well, two emotions are used on one objective, each can cause the person to move or retreat from the objective, but one of them can be extinguished and later forgive. That emotion is called anger. But there is another that could work perfectly"

"That is?"

"This is normal for people to have, especially children in the dark. Can't overcome the things that might give the disadvantage?"

The small pathogen started to realize what she was referring to "Are you referring to 'fear'?"

"right" she agreed, but the other didn't like this one bit. Seeing how the child had been through enough it gave her chills.

"What could you possibly want from all this, all this death, emotional damage, and destruction mayhem, what could you hope to gain from all this?"

"Well…have you ever considered that I'm one of Lisa's seven deadly sins"

"Envy"

"You think Lisa is willing to give Lincoln the opportunity to perform miracles?" Lyra begins to walk close to the pathogen in disappointment. But this gave worried and fear.

"Uh...maybe"

"NO! She wanted to be pure, free from her seven desires. Not only that, she also implemented her envious desires in me" she was up in front to the point of physical contact.

"so you feel envy for your sisters, again why are you still doing this?"

"Liza Pride Wisdom think she's all-knowing from the group, but I know more than what she could offer, the world is not what it seems"

"Uh… what?"

"We live in one universe and one only, no multiverse, no omniverse, it's all misunderstood from the human knowledge. The multiverse is real but not in a way you see it" she stated

"How?"

"There are many earths and they are exactly the same out there in this universe, but different events" she explained "This earth is like a vast nervous system, the knowledge that is contained is misused and the people use it for arrogance"

"But that's just the way of being humans, we are-"

"Not humans, only pathogens who our ancestors are the first of evolution of life and the responsible of the next evolution step for humans, but slight errors within the human mind. I will make this world free from errors, but if I wanted to do that I need to break down the universe and start a new"

"Your not making sense, you can't possibly be serious, this is madness" she stated but Lyra was close to her and she didn't look happy.

"Is the Einstein's equation, I will convert it all into energy and later reverse the process, and it depends whether I use it for the best"

XXX

Albert and the rest were not having a good time after the crash, but luckily for them, Lincoln and Lily are getting near in distance in Lisa's tracking monitor. Although the speed from the receiver seemed to be decreasing to the point of slow steady speed, in Lisa's thoughts she believes Lincoln might be waking. But for them, they were running for the thought of being chased by the feds.

"Do you think they're following us?"

"I don't know, Lynn, maybe getting almost shot means we are getting chased!" Lola yelled in ignorance.

"How far are we, I don't think I can keep on running any longer" Albert asked. He could feel his body losing energy, and his heart beating at a rapid, bold pase. He started to slow down and felt an involuntary contraction in his thigh muscle, meaning… "Cramp, cramp on my thigh!" he came to a halt and sat down on the ground. The sisters also came to a stop and aided their grandfather.

"Pop-pop, are you alright?" Lucy asked

"Yeah, i'm fine… I just need to catch my breath"

"But we have to hurry, pop pop, were almost there, please" Lola begged, she was worried about her grandfather and didn't want him to be left behind

"Sorry sweetie, but this old man is not that young who once was" Albert stated

"Grandfather, were almost there, just two minutes to go" Lisa insisted "we can walk to reduce your pain if it's fine with you"

Albert slowly got up from his sitting position and nodded "Alright, let's go" he began to walk and the rest did the same, but that came to an immediate until…

"STOP, PUT YOUR HANDS UP!"

The voice yelled and once they turn around to see who was it from, it was Kim, and he appeared to be in a bad condition. He held a handgun up to Alberts level, but his hand shook since there's a piece of diamond shard on his left shoulder and another in his right thigh. The family placed their hands on the air causing Lisa to drop the projectile device.

"I don't want to do this, but come with us and no one will get injured" he motions the gun in a downward motion which indicated the family to get down on their knees and place their hands behind their back, and they did.

"Why are you doing this?" Albert asked, he was upset.

"It's my job, you're lucky my boss wants all of you alive" he scowled and walks closer while still holding the armed gum.

"Why?"

"Well without him, you would all be dead" he explained. This gave them chills down their spine. "Lincoln loud, who has the power and ability that strong and dangerous should not be in his hands, you think we're going to let him roam around the earth with no consequences?" he grabs the diamond shard that was logged in his thigh and getting to pull, while he did that, Lisa felt I was a good moment to retrieve her projectile weapon. She begins to move slowly and extended her arm, but Kim walked up and kicked the projectile from Lisa's reach.

"There will always be the consequence" he finished his statement. Lisa gulped as she began to move back in place.

"But Lincoln wouldn't use his powers to hurt anyone" Lynn jr counter.

"Really, he killed a homeless man, what do you call that?" he claimed, but they didn't know what to say and weren't sure why he did so, but he had a reason, they thought. "And those creatures that took down half my men contained the same pathogens from him, so I believe he's also responsible for the death of my men!"

"Wait, what? You think he did this?" Albert was confused

"Those creatures are tied genes with the rest of you, and judging from the numbers I'm looking at, he took many of yours" he claimed as he took another diamond shard off his shoulder and tossed it out the side.

"He didn't intend to infect us" Lucy said

"Those creatures headed straight at us and attacked, that was no coincidence" he stated, considering how his partner was killed in crash and half his men were brutally murdered by numbers ways in high shock waves, crushed, scratched, slashed, and burnt (chemically). "get on your feet and head-" his earpiece communication interrupted his sentence.

~"Sir, one of the creatures escaped!"~

He grew intensely irritated and stressed, he already watched his men die in ways he couldn't shake his head. "great, just what I need" he muttered and pressed his communication piece "go after it, why are you informing me this?"

~"It's heading towards you!"~

"Oh no" he raised his weapon and looks the other way, wait for the creature to come. Wasn't sure which one got loose but he didn't have the necessary devices for certain types of situations. While Kim was distracted, this gave the family the opportunity to escape. They slowly stood on their feet and later… ran.

Kim heard the snapped branches and once he looks back, they're gone, along with Lisa projectile weapon. "What the, again!?"

Then a yellow mist came from behind at a rapid speed and surrounded his space from any visual of the light. This was not cloud of smoke.

Lyra- "no need for violence, just put him to sleep"

The smoke started to close in and created a chemical that made Kim feel weary and tired to the point of slumber.

BZ

Halothane vapour (Fluothane)

Methyl propyl ether (Neothyl)

Methoxyflurane (Penthrane)

Fentanyl

The chemical ingredients for…

"Crap...no... sleeping gas…" Kim fell to the ground, knocked out by the amount of mist inhaled in his lungs. the cloud of smoke Began to compress itself to construct a human-like form… Luan.

Lyra- "Now, they're about to reach Lincoln, I need you to do a simple task, give them psilocybe and chlorobenzalmalononitrile"

The figure moves forward and heads south, where the family ran off to. This left the man in charge to sleep, meaning that the feds are without orders, a plan Lyra had expected.

~"sir?"~

The voice asked but no response from Kim, but what they didn't expect was something Lyra had in mind.

~ "Sir, the creatures are breaking the barrier, what are- AHHHH" *bam*~

Multiple screams can be heard, and other roars and unknown sounds are heard, but it didn't sound human-like.

Lyra- "This is going very smoothly"

The figure began to reconstruct her body and into a cloud form, making her move quick than a human average speed. The image around her is a blur and the air is thick, and the creature saw them, the family. The figure came to a halt and began to move closer and stealthy, and by the looks of it, they seemed to be near their destination.

"We're almost there, just a few meters away!" Lisa claimed with joy, the rest felt the same. From what they could see, there's a figure coming... Lincoln.

Lyra- "do it"

The cloud of smoke swoops in and surrounded the family just like how it did with Kim. Confusion and fear filled in their bodies and the chemical walls began to close in and released something that effects their minds.

"What the?"

"Hey, what is this?"

"I can't breathe"

C10H5ClN2

chlorobenzalmalononitrile, but the effects would wear off in a few minutes.

Their vision is a blur and their surroundings are indescribable. The cloud of smoke separated and heads back to its group, leaving the family drugged and hallucinating, a familiar voice is heard from the distance along with a toddler like sound.

"Hello?" the voice belongs to Lincoln, but they don't know that since their unable to focus and hear clearly.

"What was that sound?" Albert questioned, his vision is poorly and so was the rest. They were not able to see or hear properly, until…

"Pop-pop, Lynn, girls, I'm here!" Lincoln came out from the distance and begins to run towards them, looking desperate to come home. Although what's left of the family's reaction told otherwise, they can only see a dark figure coming straight at them, and the voice is raspy and echoey.

"What is that thing?!" Lola yelled in fear as she moved back.

"It's another mutant family, don't let it infect you!" Liza yelled as well, but Lincoln was struck by their words. Lily was happy to see their faces.

"Baa!"

"W-what" he said as he begins to walk slowly. He could clearly see their terrified faces, except for Albert. Lincoln gets closer but Albert pulled out a handgun, the same gun from the vehicle, he pointed at Lincoln. This is not what he was expecting.

"Stay back, I don't want to do this!" Albert yelled in fear but he gave a harsh tone to intimidate the figure, but in reality, he was intimidating Lincoln. Lincoln was getting scared as he puts down lily on the ground, afraid she might get hurt.

"Pop-pop, I didn't mean to yell or get mad before, but I want-"

*Bam*

One shot to the shoulder and Lincoln fell on his knees as he grasped in force on his bullet shot wound, but his wound dripped in blood and slowly heal with his pathogens. He watched his family in horror, seeing how his grandfather pulled the trigger on his own grandson. Lily was also shocked, she didn't know what was going on, but seeing how scared Lincoln was and how his arm is hurt, it made her feel fear.

"W-why?" he tremble and slowly moves back on his knees "I didn't-"

Albert shot another bullet but he aimed it at the ground next to him, giving warning shots. That startling Lincoln and Lily from the very bone.

"I'm warning you!" he yelled, Lincoln gets on his feet and slowly moves back and quickly grabbed Lily. Running back from where he came from. Just as he left, the family's visions begin to adjust and the effects are wearing off, leaving their minds clear, but they later saw Lincoln running.

"Wait... Lincoln?" Albert muttered.

"Is that Lincoln?" Lola questioned

"Lincoln, wait!" Lynn called out as she began to chase after him, the rest did the same, but something grabbed their legs and pulled them away… corrupted Rita.

XXX

Lincoln could only do was run, but it's hard to do that While his shoulder is severely injured. Although his pathogens are rapidly healing his wounds, it's not enough to completely heal in the first two days

"What did I do wrong?"

Lyra- "you didn't do anything wrong, let's go home… your real home"