Alrighty... You've waited long enough, I think... This chapter is shy of about 15-25 words compared to last chapter... But, I'm hoping you'll enjoy it none-the-less! ^^ - Scitah
"Ha. Oh, you're real funny now, Nilah. About to die and you're insulting me?"
"No-GASP- I'm just sayin' th'truth! GASP Now stand still." she croaked out again.
She glanced around and could swear she saw the shape of Shaun around the corner…
Kolbe frowned at her, staring at her face until he felt her shoes on his chest, "What the-"
Nilah kicked as hard as she could, which worked marvelously as she and Kolbe skidded in opposite directions.
They were a good 25 feet away from one another and once she stopped sliding, James, Erik and Kyle rushed to her as she coughed loudly.
Kolbe sat up and brushed his chest off, "Oh, you made a huge mistake now, Nilah… This was my best suit!"
"That's funny." She gasped, glancing at him from her position on the floor, letting her vision clear, "Cause you look like shit in it!"
Shaun then appeared in her vision and she nodded at him as he blocked her view, "My God, Nilah. You alright?"
"Who is that? Your boyfriend?" Kolbe spat, standing.
"Why? You jealous?" Nilah took deep breaths, coughing still.
"Jealous? Of him? No." Kolbe spat.
"No. Of me Because I could always find long term relationship material while you had floozies and whores who just wanted your money!" Nilah spat venomously back, getting to her knees.
"I had a few long term relationships!" Kolbe growled, dusting himself off.
"With what? Your mirror?" Nilah stood as well, resting a hand on Shaun's shoulder to keep herself from falling, "But, seriously, Kolbe… For how long? A month? That does not count, Kolbe. And you know it!"
Shaun had the bat in a holster on his back for convenience, which Nilah noticed.
It's handle was just over his left shoulder, which was the shoulder she was leaning on.
Kolbe began to walk forwards, "You know, I would have been in a relationship with you if you had said yes."
"Why would I say yes to some one like you?" She said in a low voice.
"I'm handsome, I'm rich, I'm in power."
"Don't forget a bigot, self centered, egotistical, lying, vindictive, cynical, pushy, over powering, stupid, pin headed, and insignificant in the shorts." Nilah smirked raising her right hand, index and thumb showing a good 1 and a half inch gap.
Kolbe growled, "Shut your mouth, you-"
Nilah pulled the aluminum bat from Shaun's shoulder and pointed it at him, "Watch yourself… I'm a wicked swing with this."
Kolbe backed up, "Easy, Nil-"
"Shuddup!" She shouted, moving towards him. "This is where you take your entourage of poor souls and get the fuck out of my new country! I know why you're really here, Kolbe. I won't go back to America to work for you. So, just fucking leave! And no, we're not working on the same project. We're working on something better…"
Kolbe raised his hands, "Which is?"
"None of your fucking business! GET OUT!" Nilah screeched, moving towards Kolbe again.
"Ni-" Kolbe began again, backing away.
"GET THE FUCK OUT! OUT! OUT! GET OUT!" she screamed.
The soldiers grabbed Kolbe and dragged him away, "I am not finished! I will be back, Nilah!"
"And if you even dare, you'll be arrested and no longer a General!" she spat, glaring after Kolbe.
He tried to shake the soldiers loose, but they were able to keep a tight grip on him.
Nilah followed to the front door, Shaun following her, and they both watched as Kolbe was pushed into a black car and driven away.
Heaving a great sigh, Nilah rubbed her neck and held the bat in front of Shaun for him to take.
"Would you really have hit him?" He asked.
Nilah looked at Shaun, then chuckled and nodded, "Yeah." she croaked out, throat scratchy and raw.
He holstered the bat and chuckled, shaking his head, "Come on… Let's get you some tea."
Nilah nodded, "Good idea." and followed Shaun back down stairs.
He held out the chair for her and she sat in it thankfully, still rubbing at her neck.
Her shoulder was sore, her throat enflamed, and back slightly pained.
What a lovely day, huh?
Shaun rushed around as the guys came in and sat around the table too.
"So…" James began, glancing at Kyle and Erik before continuing, "The whole Re-Animate thing was brought on by the need for perfect soldiers?"
She looked at him with a smirk, "Remember when I compared David to the movie Doom?"
They all nodded, "Did you honestly think there was such a difference between our current situation and that one? Think about it…" she paused, frowning as her voice cracked, "Oh, man… Hurts t'talk."
"Then don't. I think I got this one." Shaun said, handing her the tea.
"Kay. Thanks." She croaked, sipping.
"In the movie, there's this facility on Mars-"
"Olduvai!" Nilah coughed out.
"-And they were a testing facility, an archeological dig, and a weapons testing facility. Well… In the digs, they found bones, humanoid bones-"
"Lucy and her baby." Nilah cleared her throat.
"-And in the bones was a 24th pair of Chromosomes… So, the scientist's extracted or recreated it or something and tested it on convicted felons on death row with murderous intentions and such.. The crazy kind… And this had already happened and created the Imps, which was what the human's with 'evil traits' turned into!" Shaun explained.
The three stared at Nilah and Shaun, then Kyle blinked a bit, "How does that pertain to our situation?"
"First time, we were attempting to create the perfect soldier and something bad happened, causing the humans to become un-human. We've finally got it under a form of control, but now, the 'dig' has reopened and we've created…" Nilah looked towards David, "What ever David is! And if we don't cure him of all undead traits, I'm afraid we'll have another epidemic on our hands…"
Shaun nodded and pointed at Nilah from his seat to her left, "What she said."
"Then shouldn't we put David in a safer place?" Erik asked incredulously.
"Unless you wanna ship David off to the sun, there is no safer place… We keep the hallway lights on and he can't escape… And no blankets for him, either… Or else he'll escape." Nilah cleared her throat again, "No offense!"
David chuckled, "None taken." it sounded as if he were right behind her and all five of them turned to look.
He wasn't in the room at all!
David was still in his cell… Much to everyone's contented sighs.
"Christ, David… Don't scare us like that!" Nilah coughed out, having gasped and hurt her neck when she whipped her head around.
"I'll try not to… What an interesting comparison… Do you honestly think I'm contagious?" David asked, which made Nilah glance up in though.
"We don't know for certain, David…" Kyle began.
"How man-" Nilah coughed lightly, "-Many more cells do we have, exactly?"
"We have five over all, so that makes four." Kyle said.
"Fill the four rooms with four other Re-Animates-" She rasped, "-Then put a sample of one dose into some form of warmed meat, then two doses, then one dose of David's blood, then two doses of his blood… Put it into the meat and give it to the four Re-Animates… It's time to experi-" she coughed yet again and took a sip, "-ment."
So the four males Nilah worked with rushed off to the large holding chamber, not in it, yet, and peered out.
"Think it should be around the same sex, age, and heritage?" James asked.
Shaun stared out and got closer to the observation window that was one way.
"No… I don't think it would matter much, anyways." He stated.
The Re-Animates moved slowly, bumming around and bumping lightly into each other.
Catching a glimpse of blonde curls, Shaun pressed his hands and face against the window, "Did you guys see that?"
"See what?" Kyle asked, stepping forwards, but not as close as Shaun.
"I could have sworn I saw yellow curly hair…" Shaun muttered, looking around frantically for the signature hair.
"Blond curls? Got a thing for a yellow bounce, Shaun?" Erik teased, crossing his arms.
"No. David's wife had blond, really, really curly hair!" Shaun said, then glanced back, "How many women do you know with bright blond really curly hair?" He went to turn back to the window, then looked back at them, "Naturally… Not done like that."
"My sister had dark blond waves…" James muttered. "But nothing like David's wife's hair…"
Shaun nodded and peered out at the crowd of Zombies.
THWAM!
Shaun and Kyle leaped back as a face peered at the mirrored side of the window, bright yellow curls matted and dirty.
"Daaaaaaaaa!" She moaned out, frosted eyes darting around.
"What the hell is taking so lo- HOLY SHIT! It's his wife!" Nilah shouted.
"Are you serious?" James asked watching Nilah walk up to the window.
"Yeah… That's Vivian Luca… I didn't realize we had her!" Nilah said in utter awe.
"Daaaaaaaaaa-dddddduh" Vivian groaned, missing the 'vi' in David's name.
"She-She's looking for David…" Nilah gaped.
"Some Re-Animates do retain certain traits from their previously lives, you know." Shaun said smartly.
Nilah glanced back, then looked at Kyle, "Give her the double dosage of the serum." then turned back, placing her hand over the window where Vivian's hand was on the other side.
Vivian glanced warily at her own hand, then turned numbly and walked away.
Nilah's hand fell, "Give me her file… Fetch her…" she then walked out.
Shaun glanced around, "How do you get them out without dieing?"
Kyle smirked and walked over to a small panel and pressed a red button.
Across the room, the walls opened up and the smell of baked meat filtered from the small hallways.
"To the first floor." Kyle said stoically and lead the group up to the first floor.
To be honest, Shaun's never seen a door to any rooms on the first floor, so this got him curious as they used the stairs and went out to the hall and went straight past the entrance hallway and into what Shaun thought was another stairwell, but was actually a short hallway with white hazmat suites and large guns.
Shaun stared as the other's began to get ready, "… Holy-"
