Hi Guys and welcome back to Blizzard! So, it's been roughly a month since I uploaded last and when I say roughly, I mean exactly a month tomorrow, so a recap is definitely warranted. Basically, James' Dad has potentially turned into a mouse-man hybrid and they need to come up with a cure! Luckily, James may know someone who can help!
That's pretty much it, so let's crack on shall we?
Kendall, Carlos and Logan all glanced at each other at James' confession before Kendall finally asked the question. "You know someone who could help? Who?" he asked, causing James to shrug slightly.
"He's this super smart guy that I met at university. He works in genetics and stuff and he owes me a favour" James replied, before turning towards Logan. "Do you know where the biologists ended up?"
"I…yeah, they're just in a lab across campus" Logan replied, before letting out a sigh. "But are you sure this guy can be trusted?" he continued, causing James to nod.
"He can be trusted not to say anything. If we don't tell him too much, and only what he needs to know as well as the fact that it's urgent, then I'm sure he'd be willing to help"
"Well, that's promising" Logan mumbled sarcastically under his breath, causing James to glance over at him.
"Do you have any other ideas?" James asked, causing Logan to shake his head.
"James is right, we're low on options and if this is a lead then I suggest we follow it" Carlos spoke up, causing James to flash him a small smile.
"Thanks, Chief" James replied, before letting out a sigh. "So, it's decided then? We'll go and see him?" James asked, causing everyone to very hesitantly nod.
All except Carlos.
"I'll go get the data ready" Logan spoke up before Carlos said his piece.
"While you guys go and do this, I'm going to go to Diamond Inc. Someone should have eyes on Mr Diamond and besides, it's the next logical course of action if I'm investigating the death of Doctor Burrens. I can question him, and keep an eye out for anything suspicious" Carlos said, causing James to briefly open his mouth to object before closing it. This didn't go unnoticed by Carlos however. "You looked like you had some objections to that James" Carlos stated, causing James to shake his head.
"No, you're right, it is the logical thing for you to do and it would provide us with at least some idea as to what states he's in now" James replied, his eyes casting down to the floor briefly. "Just, go easy on him," James asked, causing Carlos to nod ever so slightly.
"I will do, don't worry. I'm not going to do anything to provoke him, I'm just gonna ask some questions" Carlos replied, causing a faint smile to grow on James' face.
With that, the two teams got ready to head off, with Logan grabbing a memory stick with limited data on it and Kendall grabbing his backpack, just in case he needed to make a quick exit.
"So, how do you know this scientist?" Kendall asked as he, James and Logan walked over to the lab across campus.
"Oh, we dated throughout college" James shrugged but Kendall couldn't help the jealously that spiked through his chest. To have gone through all of this with James, only to get jealous over an ex was ridiculous and Kendall knew this, but that still didn't stop the feeling.
"Can I ask why he owes you a favour?" Kendall then asked, causing James to shrug once again.
"He kind of owes me his job" James stated, causing Kendall to raise his eyebrow once again, James rolling his eyes as he did so. "It's not what you're thinking. One day I brought him home to meet my dad and the two of them got talking about biology and whatnot. I had no clue what was going on, but my dad certainly seemed to know about it all and at the end of the conversation, my dad offered him a job. It wasn't intentional" James explained, causing Kendall to nod once again.
The two of them went silent for a bit as Kendall thought over what James had said. A few seconds later, another question popped into his head.
"How come you never introduced me to your dad?" Kendall asked, causing James to glance at him slightly.
"Really? With everything going on, that's the question you're going to ask me?" James replied, causing Kendall to roll his eyes.
"What? It was just a question, I'm just curious" Kendall stated, causing James to let out a sigh.
"You know how I am with my dad. Back then, I suppose I felt like I still needed his approval and that, but now, it's not like that. I don't need him telling me who I should date, or whether he approves or not. All that matters is how I feel towards them" James explained, causing a small smile to grow on Kendall's face. "Besides, you have technically met him and if I'm being honest, that meeting was going to be just as good as any official meeting with him" James stated, causing Kendall to let out a soft chuckle, thinking back to how Henry had treated him when he'd saved his life.
If that's how he acted to a hero, Kendall hated to think how he'd act towards a regular person.
As conversation stopped, the three of them reached the lab, causing them to quickly climb the stairs as James now toom the lead. Walking through the corridors, James kept his eye out for a familiar name, and as soon as he stopped it, he turned back to face the two of them.
"Remember, don't say why we're here. All he needs to know is that we need him to do something for us and whether he can do it or not" James stated, causing both Kendall and Logan to nod. With that, James knocked on the door and waited for a response, which came in the form of the door opening.
"James Diamond, it's certainly been a while," the man said, flashing James a huge smile.
"Dr Stetson" James replied, causing Jett to let out a chuckle.
"Just call me Jett" Jett replied, as he glanced at Kendall and Logan before turning his attention back to James. "And who might these be?"
"This is Logan Mitchell and Kendall Knight, two researchers for Diamond Inc" James replied, causing Jett to extend his hand out to both of them, Kendall shaking it begrudgingly as his jealously spiked once again.
"Anyway, what brings you here?" Jett asked, causing James to let out a soft sigh.
"I'd rather not discuss it here. Can we come in?" James asked, causing Jett to nod, moving away from the door and further into his lab. Kendall couldn't help but put his hand on James' waist as they walked in before they all took a seat. "So, what's up?" Jett asked, causing James to let out a sigh.
"I need to know if it's possible to destroy a specific DNA cell" James stated, causing Jett's eyes to widen.
"Can I ask why you're inquiring?" Jett asked, causing James to shrug.
"You can ask, but I'm not going to tell you" James replied, before seeing Logan pull the memory stick out of his pocket.
"This contains all of the information you'll need" Logan stated, causing Jett to grab it with confusion all of this face. Shoving it into his computer, Jett began to review the limited information Logan has given him, but it was more than enough for him to get a basic understanding.
"James, why are you asking me to do this. I mean, this is so pretty serious genome alteration. It would be completely unethical for anyone to work on this, let alone come up with a way to counter it without some sort of valid reas-"
A ringing phone cut off Jett as Kendall quickly pull the vibrating object from his pocket. Seeing it was Carlos, Kendall was quick to pick up as the blond bolted from the room.
"We have a problem" Carlos announced as soon as Kendall picked up the phone, not giving the blond a chance to talk. "I've just arrived and found someone laid on the floor with lacerations across their chest, looks like the butler. EMT's are on their way but so far, I haven't seen Mr Diamond. I can hear scuttering coming from a room nearby though, so you need to get here immediately, I think he's changed"
"I'll be right there" Kendall stated, turning when he heard footsteps from behind.
"You better be, I'm going to investigate" Carlos replied before cutting off, leaving Kendall to let out a sigh.
"Who was that?" James asked with an eyebrow raised, causing Kendall to run his hands through his hair.
"It was Carlos. He said that he's just arrived at the apartment and he's found someone on the floor with lacerations across his chest. He said it looked like the butler" Kendall explained, causing James' eyes to widen.
"Butters" James muttered under his breath as tears started to gather in his eyes. "What else did he say?"
"Only that he heard scuttering coming from a nearby room, so he's gone to investigate and that I should get there right away" Kendall continued, as he now began to head towards the closest bathroom, James keeping pace with him.
"I'm coming with you," James stated, causing Kendall to shake his head.
"No way, it's too dangerous" Kendall stated, as he headed into a bathroom, before pulling his top off, revealing suit underneath. As the blond changed, James continued to argue his point.
"Why not? He's my father and there might be a chance that I can talk him down or something. If I can help, then I want too" James stated, as Kendall shoved his clothes into his backpack.
"You can help by staying safe and getting Jett to develop that cure. That's the only way we're going to fix this." Kendall began, placing a kiss on James' forehead before pulling his mask over his face. "Besides, you mean far too much to me and I'm not going to let you risk your life like that" Kendall continued, pulling away from James before heading to the window.
"But I'm supposed to be ok with you risking yours?" James asked as Kendall lifted the window up and began to climb out of it.
"Trust me, this is for the best. I love you" Kendall finished, before creating an ice slide and dropping down into it.
Before James even had a chance to argue his point again, Kendall had skated away, causing the brunet to pick up the blond's backpack from the floor, swinging it over his shoulder as he made his way back towards Jett's lab.
"Can you do it or not?" James asked Jett directly as he walked back into the lab, causing him to startle briefly at James' voice.
"Where's Kendall?" Logan asked, but his question went unanswered as James asked once again.
"Can you do it or not?"
"Yeah, of course, I can do it, but that isn't the issue" Jett replied, before letting out a sigh. "This isn't ethical"
"I don't care if it's ethical. Are you doing to do it for me, or do I need to find someone else who will? After all, you do owe me" James stated, trying to blink the tears away from his eyes a discreetly as possible.
Still, it didn't seem to go unnoticed by Jett, who let out a soft sigh as his eyes flicked to the floor before back to James.
"Fine, I'll do it. But after this, I'll require some sort of explanation as to why I've wasted company resources on a private project" Jett replied, causing James to nod as Jett began to get to work.
As he did so, Logan pulled James away briefly, his eyes narrowing on James as he kept a firm grip on his arm.
"What is going on? Where's Kendall?" Logan asked in a hushed whisper, causing James to let out a sigh as a couple of tears fell from his eyes.
"He got a call from Carlos, who said that he thinks my dad has turned. He found our butler injured on the floor and he could hear scuttering coming from a nearby room, so Kendall's gone to help. I need to get there, but could you stay with Jett and get this cure done as fast as possible?" James asked, causing Logan to nod as he let go of James' arm.
"Go, I promise I'll let you know as soon as we've got something" Logan replied, causing James to nod.
With that, the brunet found himself pacing out of the lab as he headed towards his childhood home.
He only hoped he got there before anything even worse happened.
So there we got! A bit of a shorter chapter today, but it looks like everything is coming together with Jett and Logan working on a cure for them while Kendall and James go to help Carlos!
I want to say a massive thank you to Guest, Winterschild11, EpicallyObsessed and RainbowDiamonds for reviewing the last chapter and I'm so glad you enjoyed it! You're all rooting for a cure to be found, so hopefully, this chapter helps reassure you all, but if you've learnt anything from my stories, it's that nothing is easy!
Also, a massive thank you for bearing with me with this upload. It's been a mad few weeks, with uni and my dissertation being due but now it's all calmed down, relatively speaking, I should be able to get back on an upload schedule! I also want to wish you all the best with everything that's going on recently! It certainly seems to have come out of nowhere so I hope you that you're all doing ok and feeling alright!
I hope you all have a great week and I will see you all next Monday for the next chapter of this! Until then, stay safe and
TTFN 😀❄
