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Mortal Plague
Chapter Three
"Mr. Maxwell you have a call in the lobby," said the young nurse as he entered the room. Duo stood from Hilde's bedside and headed out the door. As he walked through the halls all he saw were male doctor and male nurses. All the women in the hospital had been struck with the same illness as Hilde and were either dead or dying along with all the others. As Duo reached the lobby he gagged a little and coughed but shook it off. 'I must be commin down with some kind of cold,' he thought as he answered the call.
"Duo how are you, are you alright," it was Sally Po her face and voice gave away her concern.
"I'm fine just very tired, but Hilde isn't doing too good…they don't think she is going to make it." Duo felt the tears beginning t form in his eyes but he forced them back. Sally's face fell and her eyes glazed over with tears.
"Oh Duo, no, I am so sorry." Duo nodded in response not really knowing what to say. "Duo my friend and I are working on trying to cure this virus tell Hilde to hold on." Duo said he would and said his good-byes. As he walked back to Hilde's room he felt a little dizzy and stopped for a moment to regain his balance. He walked into Hilde's room to see her roommate being wheeled out. 'Not another one this is ridiculous.' Duo sat next to Hilde and held her hand in his.
"Please hold on Hilde we'll make it through this."
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Sally felt the tears run down her cheeks as she hung up the phone. Duo had looked tired and pale and the news about Hilde was hard to take. Sally stood from her desk at the Preventer's head quarters and headed towards the labs. AS she walked through the halls she felt a tap on her shoulder she turned to see Trowa wearing his Preventer's uniform.
"Sally are you all right?"
"No Trowa I have just received terrible news about the L2 colony and Duo and Hilde." Trowa's expression didn't change it remained the same stoic appearance. She told him the situation as they continued to walk to the labs as they reached the door it flung open to appear a frantic Jenelle. "Jenelle what's going on?"
"I figured it out and why the men are showing no symptoms."
"Tell us."
"Well I found out that this virus works faster around the X chromosomes. So the women would naturally show signs of the virus faster." She led them into the lab and sat down in her chair to face them. "It's very deadly for obvious reasons and for now it is still processing the Y chromosomes. That colony is as good as dead." The room fell silent as all it's occupants soaked up the information.
"Where the Hell did this virus come from."
"That's the strange part as far as I can tell its man made."
"You mean someone made this disease," Trowa lifted an eyebrow finding this piece of information astounding. Jenelle nodded and brushed some loose blonde strands behind her ear.
"Who would create such a horrible thing, for what purpose," Sally asked beginning to grow angry knowing a person might be responsible for her friends' deaths.
"Chemical war fare," all three of the room's occupants turned towards the door to see Heero Yuy. He leaned against the door his arms crossed in front of him his emotionless eyes panning the room. After the war he had disappeared he had only occasionally kept in touch with Duo for certain mobile suit parts. He walked in the room and sat in a chair in the corner.
"Heero, how, where, why…how do you know it's for chemical warfare?" Sally turned to face the boy who she decided wasn't a boy anymore. He had changed like the other four pilots. His boyish features had melted away during his two-year absence to reveal more manly, chizled features. He was taller but his growth wasn't as drastic as Duo's and Quatre's had been but he had reached at least 6'1".
"A group of rebels from Earth has grouped in mass numbers determined to get revenge from the colonies for the White Fang attack three years ago."
"So they are going to kill of all there inhabitants with a disease?"
"Apparently so."
"We have to get this information to Duo."
"No!" Sally looked at Heero in disbelief. There was so much anger in his voice.
"Why Heero we need to help him and Hilde and…." Heero held up his hand, which caused her to go silent.
"There's nothing that we can do, until we get the cure." He stood and began walking to the door. "Trowa contact the others we have a mission."
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Duo woke up hearing screams of urgency in the halls outside Hilde's room. Duo walked out into hall and jumped out of the way as a stretcher rushed past. Duo stared at the patient, it was Hilde's Doctor.
"It's the same virus."
"I thought it was only affecting the women?"
"Looks like it's expanding its hosts." Duo listened to the two men argue and he began to think. He walked down to the receptionist desk. The women that had been there was gone. 'Probably sick or dead,' thought Duo. He walked over to the man behind the desk.
"I want a blood test done on me."
"Sir we are a little busy at the moment and…"
"Listen I really think you should give me and every one else in this god damn hospital a blood test." Duo shouted at the man grabbing the front of his shirt. The man nodded and lead him into a small room. Duo sat down on the small metal table as the man pulled out a small seringe. He pierced Duo's skin and filled the tiny tube with his blood.
After an hour had passed the man came back into the room his face was pail and filled with sympathy. Duo knew what the man was about to say.
"Mr. Maxwell I'm afraid to inform you but…" Duo grabbed the chart and looked at the picture of his blood sample. There were thousands of them even more than Hilde's blood had, had. Duo cursed and set the charts on the table he began to walk out the door then stopped and turned to the male nurse, who seemed confused about the whole thing.
"You might want to get yourself tested as well I'm pretty sure everyone in this colony is infected."
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Quatre sat in his office signing some documents for his company when a servant poked his head into the room. "Master Quatre you have a phone call from a Mr. Trowa Barton," he said before leaving the room. Quatre smiled and pressed the small button on his desk. Trowa's face appeared on the screen in its usual stoic state.
"Trowa it's great to hear from you, how are things?"
"This is a buisness call, we need for you to come to the Preventer's headquarters here on Earth immediately."
"Why, what for?"
"This line is not secure you will receive more information when you arrive." With that the screen went blank leaving a very concerned Quatre. He started to straighten up his desk getting ready to leave. Before he headed out the door he buzzed his secretary.
"Miss Raffler I need you to have my shuttle ready by this afternoon."
SVX: That's chapter two hoped you will keep reading!! Comments and opinions welcomed! ^_~