Chapter Nine- Leaving the CDC

Camellia woke up bright and doe eyed and she pounced her husband and cooed ''Wake up Glenn!'' Glenn groaned like a walker and he looked at his wife like she was the devil incarnate. Camellia cooed ''Oh come on lazy bones up and attum'' she smiled at their children and Sam cooed and squealed and Camellia picked him up and said ''Shall we fix some breakfast my love'' Sam babbled and Camellia nodded first she went back upstairs and looked inside the nursery area and it hadn't been touched she took some things that they might need and took a moveable basinet so she could have Sam in the kitchen with her.

T-Dog walked into the kitchen area and looked and saw Muffins bacon and eggs along with some fruit that had been cut up and said ''You made all of this?''

Camellia looked at him and said ''Yep I thought I would be nice to everyone''

T-Dog helped her carry out the food and Camellia pulled Sam along with her she heard her husband come in he groaned ''Cam please help me''

Camellia snickered and said ''You shouldn't have gotten so wasted last night but since I'm a caring and loving wife I will come to your aid'' she handed him a cup of juice and dropped two drops of hangover cure inside she said ''Don't take the Aspirin Jenner put out for you guys.''

Glenn nodded and took the cup and downed it quickly and he sighed in relief when the headache started to dampen, he looked at his wife gratefully and put his head into her side and mumbled ''Thank you.''

Camellia saw Teddy sleeping with his head on the table. Camellia put his plate in front of him and Teddy sniffed and his eyes opened and he said ''Muffin chocolate chip.'' He sat up and grabbed the muffin and started stuffing his face. Camellia smiled Teddy had gotten his love of Chocolate from Remus she rubbed his head. Teddy looked up at her and said ''Thank you.''

Camellia said ''Your welcome luv'' and then put Glenn's plate in front of him and she moved Sam next to her and Sam was biting his toes contently.

Cam started eating her breakfast her eyes narrowed when Shane walked in he had scratches on his neck along with a busted nose she looked at Glenn and saw him smirking Cam hit him and Glenn looked at her and said ''Yes Dear.''

Cam shook her head and went back to eating her food. T-Dog said ''Glenn got you good last night Shane'' Shane grunted and his eyes narrowed at Glenn and T-Dog said ''What happened to your neck Glenn didn't do that.''

Shane grunted ''I must have done it in my sleep.''

Rick said ''I've never seen you do that before''

Shane said ''It's not like me at all'' he looked at Lori and Lori kept eating her bacon.

Cam rolled her eyes and shook her head he had apparently took her advice last night and it didn't end well. She looked and smiled and said ''Doctor Jenner''

Jenner looked at her and said ''Good morning Camellia.''

He took a muffin off the plate and was about to eat it when Dale said ''I know it's early…''

Andrea said ''We didn't come for the eggs.''

Jenner opened his mouth and Camellia said ''He didn't have to let us in last night he wasn't supposed to but he did at least let him eat you didn't have people demanding answers from you.''

Andrea frowned at her and Jenner said ''It's fine Camellia I'll just take two with me'' Camellia nodded and Jenner said ''Follow me'' he led them into the classroom and Camellia eyed the clock on the wall that was counting down she interlocked her finger's in with Glenn's.

Glenn looked at her and Camellia said ''Be ready to leave Glenn when this explanation over don't come back in here''

Glenn asked ''Why?''

Camellia said ''Trust me''

Glenn said ''Always'' and then looked at Jenner said ''Give me playback of TS-19.''

Vi said ''Playback of TS-19.''

Jenner said ''Few people ever got a chance to see this. Very few.''

Up on the wall an oversized display shows varying 3-D views of human head's

Carl asked ''Is that a brain?''

Jenner answered ''An extraordinary one. Not that it matters in the end. Vi Take us in for E.I.V.'' Camellia looked at him when he said that Jenner's eyes dimmed afterwards, she had noticed it sometimes when she really looked at him, he had bags under his eyes and his eyes didn't sparkle anymore. She knew then that TS-19 was Doctor Candice Jenner his wife.

Vi said ''Enhanced internal view.'' The main screen changes to show the upper shoulders and head of the subject. The screen skews to a horizontal view then increases the magnification. The image becomes more and more detailed. The magnification shows the Inside the skull. It appears to be lit with bright blue threads of energy. Some areas are denser with light than others but there are lighted threads throughout the skull. The detail zooms in until the threads become closer and pulses of light can be distinguished.

Camellia said ''Synapses''

Jenner looked at her and said ''I knew you were the brightest student in your class''

Glenn said ''What are Synapses?''

Camellia answered ''It's a person's life experiences, memories. It's everything. Somewhere in all that organic wiring, all those ripples of light, is you the thing that makes you unique and human.''

Daryl said ''You don't make sense ever?'' Camellia spit out her tongue at him and huffed crossing her arms.

Jenner said for her ''They are electric impulses in the brain that carry all the messages. They determine everything a person says does or thinks from the moment of birth to the moment of death.''

Rick said ''Death? That's what this is, a vigil?''

Jenner nodded and answer ''Yes. Or rather the playback of the vigil.''

Andrea said ''This person died? Who?''

Jenner said ''Test subject 19. Someone who was bitten and infected… and volunteered to have us record the process. VI, Scan forward to the first event.'' ''Scanning to first event.''

The screen shows a message "Scanning Forward" The brain has lights still flickering in the outer areas but the center has become dark as if black roots were growing inside.

Glenn asked ''What is that?''

Cam whispered ''It's the virus'' she watched the darkness invade the brain.

Jenner said ''It invades the brain like meningitis. The adrenal glands hemorrhage, the brain goes into shutdown, then the major organs. Then death. Everything you ever were or ever will be…gone.'' Andrea's tears catch Jenner's attention.

Lori said ''She lost somebody two days ago. Her sister.''

Jenner to Andrea ''I lost somebody too. I know how devastating it is. Scan to the second event.'' Scanning to second event.

Jenner said ''The resurrection times vary wildly. We had reports of it happening in as little as three minutes. The longest we heard of was eight hours. In the case of this patient, it was two hours, one minute seven seconds.'' A red glow flickers at the base of the brain. The rest remains dark. Random sparks shoot out into the larger area of the brain but no further lights grow.

Lori gasps ''It restarts the brain?''

Camellia said ''No the virus gets them up and walking around'' Lori huffs at her and Camellia shook her head she said ''Come on Glenn let's go'' Glenn nodded and followed her out picking up Teddy on his way out and Camellia did the same with Sam. She didn't need to know anymore. She said ''I packed everything we can use already all we need to do is get out of here. We need to tell them.'' Glenn nodded and they walked towards the big room and the doors were shut Camellia said ''He won't kill them Jenner isn't that type of person.''

Glenn said ''What's going to happen.''

Camellia said ''This is the CDC Glenn the power has been off for two almost three months with no fuel being brought in to stop the diseases from getting out after the power goes out the building will be destroyed''

Glenn said ''Ok I will come back but I need to get you out first.''

Camellia said ''Glenn…''

Glenn shook his head and said ''Come on'' Camellia and Glenn rushed up the stairs and they got up there and tried to find a way out she was about to use magic when the others came running up. Camellia had Sam strapped to his chest and Glenn had Teddy on his back in his carrier.

The men started to shoot the glass she said ''It won't work bullet proof.''

Carol ran over and said ''Rick I found something when I was cleaning your uniform'' she pulled out a grenade and Glenn took Camellia and Sam and covered them and Rick took out the pin and there was an explosion near the window.

They ran from the building and Camellia got into the Drivers seat and Glenn in the passenger seat. They watched Andrea and Dale come from the building and Camellia put a shield over the RV. The building went up in flames and Dale and Andrea got up and got into Dale's RV closing the doors.