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Mortal Plague
Chapter 1
"Ow, son of a…" Yelled the frustrated boy from under the old rusty car. He wheeled himself out from under the old hunk of metal and held on to his bleeding, grease covered hand. "Hey Hilde I could use a little help in here."
"Bring the first aid kit right Duo," came a small, sarcastic voice from inside the house.
"Yes…smart ass," he whispered the last part under his breath. Duo stood in the middle of the large garage in a black tank top and a gray, working suit unzipped with the sleeves dangling by his waist. His braid was loose and little tangled wisps were flying here and there. He cursed again as the blood dripped through his fingers.
"Here we go let's get you cleaned up," Said a small girl around his age walking through the door. She wore a dark purple tank top with a pair of loose black wind pants. She carried along with her a small white box marked with the traditional Red Cross. She walked over to him and took his hand off his wounded one. She cleaned the deep cut with a wet rag and some alcohol.
"Ow, ow, ow that really stings."
"Y'ah know for a Gundam pilot you sure can be a baby, how did you cut yourself so badly."
"The damn wrench slipped and tore a piece of the carburetor that sliced me." After Hilde finished bandaging up his hand she stood to go back into the house. "What would I do with out you Hilde."
"Let's hope you never have to find out," she said and disappeared through the doorway.
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"Sir we have reached the air filter for colony L2…over," whispered the young soldier.
"Excellent proceed with the initial testing of the virus," ordered a calm deep voice. The soldier nodded to himself and pulled out the small vile from his pack. He wiped the sweat off his forehead and slipped on a gas mask before opening the vile and releasing it's captive into the L2 air supply.
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Hide sat in front of her computer typing in orders and dates from customers. Suddenly she felt something warm on her upper lip. She placed her fingers on her lip and pulled them away and stared at their tips. They were stained red with her blood. She felt something warm by her ears as well and figured it was also blood. Suddenly she could taste the blood creeping up from the back of her throat. In a panic she pushed away from the table and began to run towards the garage. She felt herself growing dizzy and could feel her knees begin to buckle.
"Duo…help," she gasped before falling to the floor. She felt a surging pain running through out her body blinding her with a bright light, then everything went black.
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"Hilde what was that…Hilde are you okay," Duo felt fear growing the back of his mind when she didn't answer. He took a rag and wiped the grease off of his bandaged hand and opened the door to the house. His eyes grew wide with horror when he saw Hilde. She lay sprawled out on the floor her chest barely rising as she struggled to breathe. Red liquid trickled out of her nose, mouth, and ears. He ran towards her and scooped her into his arms. "Hilde wake up…Hilde please open your eyes." She didn't respond. Panicked Duo ran out of the house and placed Hilde in her car. He climbed into the driver's seat and took off as fast as he could towards the nearest hospital.
When he pulled up to the hospital he was greeted by to paramedics that pulled Hilde out of the car.
"Jesus not another one, this is the seventh one within the half-hour," commented one of the men as he wheeled Hilde into the hospital. Duo ran in after them only to be stopped by a nurse asking for information.
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"Mr. Maxwell may I speak with you for a moment," said the doctor while shifting nervously. Duo stood and the doctor escorted him into Hilde's room. "Your friend is not the only person experiencing these symptoms." Duo looked around the small room as he walked towards Hilde's bed. There was one other person in the room, a little girl probably ten or eleven years of age. An older man was by her bed weeping into her limp hand. Duo turned away from the depressing scene and stared at yet another. Hilde was covered in wires and tubes and her face was so pale it was almost white. He felt his heart fall into his stomach as he saw this. The doctor walked passed him and checked her vitals. "It's a new kind of virus, for some reason it has only affect the females of our community." His face was tired and saddened by the day's events. "We have lost several of the cases and are studying their bodies to figure out what this virus is attacking."
"Thank you doctor may I have some time alone please." The doctor nodded and lowered his head as he left the room. Duo walked next to Hilde and sat down. "Hey babe don't you leave me just yet." His eyes scanned her body; she was so weak and pale looking. He grabbed her hand and softly brushed his lips against her cool skin. He lowered his eyes and stared at his feet. A horrible, wailing, beeping sound brought his eyes towards Hilde's monitor. No it wasn't coming from hers.
"Oh God doctor please help my little girl," wailed the older man from across the room. The old doctor ran into the room and towards the pale child. After several minutes the doctor turned off the monitor and covered the child. Words were passed between the doctor and the grieving father before they both exited the room.
"Please stay with me Hilde, I don't know what I would do if you were gone."
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Dr. Jenelle Allen rubbed her eyes as she pulled away from the tiny microscope. She had been studying the new virus from the L2 colony for hours. Her blonde hair that was tied up into a tight bun was coming loose and strands were falling in front of her glasses. Her head was spinning trying to figure out what this virus actually is. It is obviously air born and once it infects and kills its host it dies as well.
"How's it coming," Jenelle jumped startled by her visitor. She turned and looked to the doorway and smiled. Sally Po her long time friend and colleague leaned against the frame of the door. Sally smiled and walked into the small lab. "Have you figured out the vaccine for that new mutation of the flu?"
"No I got this last night and it was urgent, it's a completely new virus that is reeking havoc on the L2 colony." Jenelle stood aside and let Sally look through the microscope.
"Wait a minute did you say the L2 colony? Why hasn't this been reported on the news?"
"The colony doesn't want panic to ensue, they are just turning away all visitors to the colony but no actual news coverage."
"How many casualties?"
"Nearly the entire female population has been wiped out, those who aren't dead are dying." Sally stood up and worry and grief filled her face. She excused herself and walked out of the room. Jenelle shrugged and continued her work hoping she would find the answer soon.
SVX: Hey that's the end of Chapter one sad I know. Please E-mail your comments I would love to read them. Bye ^_~!