Fear and Pain pt.29
Hello, hope you are having a good day.
Mattie felt tears fall down her face. Leo tried to wipe the tears away but couldn't. He rapidly lost strength.
"Don't cry, Mattie. Be fine." Leo slurred.
"I know you will but you're so weak. It hurts seeing you like this." Mattie cried.
"I know."
Then Leo groaned painfully. Mattie squeezed Leo's hand and shushed him.
"It's ok." Mattie whispered.
"I'm going to get him some water and something to calm his fever." Mia answered. Mia left the room. Mattie kissed Leo's lips. When she pulled away she put her left hand on Leo's forehead. She rubbed his forehead gently. She gently rubbed Leo's hand. Leo looked at her and tried to smile.
"The baby's kicking again." Mattie said.
"I feel?" Leo wondered.
"Sure."
Mattie put Leo's hand on her stomach. Leo cried happily when he felt the baby kick.
"You can't die. You have a family to look after." Mattie said.
"I know. I don't want to die either." Leo whispered weakly. Mia came in with a cup of water and something to help Leo's fever to calm down.
"You need to take this. It'll help your fever." Mia ordered. Leo nodded. Mattie helped Leo take his pills. Then she made sure that he got enough water. When Leo had finished the cup of water, he went to sleep. "The medicine made him drowsy. He must have been tired."
"He has to be ok. We need him." Mattie answered.
"I know."
Then Imogene woke up.
"What's wrong with Leo?" Imogene asked.
"He's got what you have but his is much worse. I just hope he doesn't slip into a coma." Mia replied.
"He won't. He's strong."
"What do Imogene and Leo have in common that could cause this?"
"I don't know. Maybe when Leo wakes, we can find out." Mattie sighed. A few hours later, Leo woke up. Mattie kissed Leo's lips and smiled when Leo kissed back. "How do you feel?"
"A bit better." Leo replied as he slowly sat up. Mattie helped him.
"We're trying to figure out why you and Imogene are sick. We know part of it for you is from being tortured for 6 months."
"Guys, I think I know. I think it might be the tracking chip that I injected into us." Imogene said.
"Did you put an old and a new one in Mattie?" Leo wondered.
"No just the new."
"You have an extra new one and old one?"
"Yes. I'll go get them and the computer."
"Ok."
So Imogene got what they needed. When Imogene went back in, she sat down on the bed. She did what she needed to do.
"Let's see what happens when the two come in contact with each other." Leo said.
"Ok." Imogene answered. When the two tracking devices came into contact, the computer screen showed what was going on between the two. The two devices started causing chaos on the computer screen. "Ok, this is showing what the two devices are doing. I programed this to show us what would happen when in a human body. It's also telling me what would happen in the human body."
"Ok."
"The two are fighting against each other. It's like a battle." Mattie said.
"Thing is, I did this test a few months ago and this didn't happen. It was working the way it should work. I wonder why its doing this." Imogene sighed.
"We'll figure it out." Leo answered.
"Then we should get to work."
So for the next few hours, they tried to figure out why it was causing the reaction that it was causing.
"Could it be that you did something different?" Mattie wondered.
"Nope, if I did, we would know. I think someone hacked the new chip and made it seem like I was causing this." Imogene replied.
"Well they failed. I agree. I think someone did hack but they would have to be an Elster to do it." Leo answered.
"Or an Elster hacked into it and let someone have access to it."
"What do you mean?"
"I think Mum might have something to do with it. She been watching me closely. She might have figured out how to do it."
"What?"
"She did try to destroy the program." Mattie reminded.
"Leo, I know you love her and I do too but I have known her longer. She can be very mysterious. Who knows who's side she's on. We need to be careful. I just finished checking the chip over, the old one has nothing to do with it. So Mattie has a corrupt chip in her too." Imogene explained.
TBC
What do you think will happen? Who do you think hacked the chips and why would they do it?
