Chapter 2: New Alliances
The Back 7:15 PM
Thrax walked up to the entrance of The Mole and butted up to first place in line.
"Hey man, you're going to have to wait in line like everyone else, starting at the back. Now go." The door attendant said.
"Make me." Thrax said coolly running the claws on his right hand through his dreadlocks.
The door attendant answered Thrax's challenge by swinging a punch. Thrax caught the punch, shook his head then broke the germ's hand with a loud snap.
"OWWWWWWW!!!! DAMN IT! WHY DID YOU HAVE TO BREAK MY FREAKIN HAND MAN!" He yelled in pain.
"I'll break more than just your hand if you don't let me in there." Thrax said with a snicker.
"All right man. All right. I'll let you in. Just don't hurt me again. Okay?" The germ said.
"Fair enough." Thrax replied as the big germ moved out of the way so Thrax could enter.
The Mole was like your typical nightclub. It had loud music, dancing, hot girls and a bar. Thrax walked over to the bar and took an empty seat.
"I might as well get a drink while I'm here." Thrax thought.
"What'll it be Mac." The bartender said as he walked over to Thrax.
"Insulin shot." Thrax replied waving his hand slightly.
"A fan of the sweet stuff eh? You got it." The barkeeper replied with a chuckle.
Moments later the bartender returned with Thrax's drink. Thrax paid the bartender and took the shot down in one hit.
"Damn." The bartender noted. "I've never seen anyone take down an insulin shot in one hit with out passing out. You some kind of virus or something?"
"Maybe." Thrax replied.
The bartender chuckled. "Maybe huh? Well I bet that you are a virus because I've never seen you in here before and trust me I've seen almost every bad cell in this city come in here once or twice."
Thrax stared at the bartender. "You said you've seen EVERY bad cell in here once before?"
"Yeah, just about. Why, you looking for someone?" The barkeeper asked.
"Actually, baby, I am. I looking for the boss around here, a guy who goes by the name of Draco." Thrax replied.
The barkeeper froze in his tracks. He turned to face Thrax with an expressionless face. "Trust me. You do not want to find Draco. She isn't the kind of person that you want to mess with."
"She?" Thrax asked in disbelief.
"Yeah, she and trust me if you come in here looking for her and you find her, she'll humiliate you, kick your ass and then she'll kill you. She is not someone that you want to cross paths with."
"I bet!" Thrax said with a laugh. "Look, I can take down anyone, even a chick, you dig?"
"No, not this one. She WILL kill you. No matter how powerful or confident you are, she will always be more so. She is a deadly virus after all and she runs everything with an iron fist."
"Mmmm, a chick virus and a deadly one at that. This will be fun indeed." Thrax said with a smile.
"Look man, you're crazy."
"Yeah baby, you bet I'm crazy. I'm also a deadly virus you know and I've killed many in my time and trust me, I'm not through yet."
"You will be if you encounter her."
'We'll see about that, now where is she?" Thrax asked leaning closer to the bartender.
"Yo, barkeep, is this guy giving you trouble?" A large, 4-armed, green germ asked.
"I don't know. He's been asking on where he can find the boss." The barkeeper replied.
"Why's he asking about the boss?" The green germ asked.
"I dunno but he's asking for trouble."
"Well how's about we give to him? Yo, Red!" The green germ yelled.
Thrax turned around and didn't say a word.
"You looking for the boss, well c'mon. I'll take you to her."
Thrax followed the germ to the very back corner of the club where he saw a table covered in shadows.
"Um, boss." The green germ said submissively.
"What do you want." The shadow replied.
'Well, um…"
"Spit it out already damn it."
"Okay, I'm sorry ma'am. Well this guy standing behind me says he's been looking for you and he wants to um… talk to you."
"Well would you mind moving out of the way so I can see this guy?"
"Sorry boss." The green germ said as he moved out of the way so the shadow could see Thrax. There was a pause and Thrax could tell that Draco was looking him over.
"All right. Leave us, now!" The shadow ordered.
"Yes boss." The green germ replied as he began to walk away.
"You, Red, sit." The shadow ordered.
As Thrax sat down and his eyes adjusted to the shadows, he could see that Draco looked a lot like him but with some subtle differences. Draco had green eyes, long black hair that seemed to go down to the middle of her back, her skin color was a darker red than his and her clawed fingers were all about the same length. She was wearing a larger black trench coat than his. Hers had a belt and many buckles. She wore black pants, a black tank top and black combat boots. She had DNA chain around her neck that contained about the same number of beads as his did. He only wished that he had his bracelet.
"So you got a name?" Draco asked.
"Yeah. The name's Thrax." Thrax answered smoothly.
"Thrax huh? Well Thrax I've been hearing some things about you lately and it is to my understanding that you could prove to be a problem to my operation here."
"Really?"
"Yeah, really. I heard you broke up a black market sellers convention and then killed off everyone in the building by burning them to dust."
"Yeah. That's right baby. I did that but I guarantee you ain't seen nothing yet."
"Uh huh. Well Thrax on top of that I also got word that you were causing some trouble outside the club. You broke our doorman's hand, didn't you?"
"Yeah. I did that."
"Well then Thrax I'm going to make the assumption that you use force to do business. You're one of those viruses who will to anything to accomplish his goals. I like that. I like that very much. Now, what business do you have here, in Shane?"
Thrax crossed his legs and put his right elbow on the table and coolly replied, "I have a promise to keep to a dear friend of mine. To fulfil that promise I'm going to need manpower, and lots of it."
"And what exactly are you planning on doing?"
"Baby, I'm gonna take down Shane. I'm going to invade the brain, sabotage the hypothalamus and get that hell out before this body dies. That's what I'm going to do." Thrax replied, sitting back in his chair.
"Now that I don't like. This body is not free for invasion and destruction, especially by other viruses. Go find another body to kill."
"No. I don't think you get it. I HAVE to take THIS body down and it has to be done as soon as possible. You dig?"
"No Thrax. I don't dig. Now I suggest you beat it before I do something I'm going to regret." Draco said standing up.
"Is that threat?" Thrax asked standing up as well.
"You bet Red. You bet it is." Draco replied coldly.
"Well then, bring it on baby. After all, you're only a chick virus. I can take you down anytime." Thrax boasted.
"A chick virus? A CHICK VIRUS!" Draco yelled. The music stopped and everyone stopped dancing. The attention of everyone in the room was focused on Draco and Thrax.
"Yeah baby. You heard what I said. You're a CHICK virus."
Draco laughed and stared at Thrax menacingly.
"Well this chick virus is going to kick you ass, right here, right now. You up for a fight, to the death?"
Thrax ran his tongue across his upper lip. "You bet, but it'll be a shame to have to kill a pretty chick virus such as yourself."
"Same goes for you Red. You're not so bad looking yourself but looks aren't everything. As of now you're and obstacle in my path that's about to blow away."
"Oooo, I'm shaking in my combat boots." Thrax said sarcastically.
As Draco and Thrax made their way to the center of the room, the crowd parted to create a path for them. Some germs moved the tables and chairs that were in the way to the back of the room and the big green germ gave a wad of cash to the club owner to pay in advance for the damages. Thrax and Draco each got into their fighting stances at opposite ends of the room.
Thrax extended his deadly claw and waved it menacingly in front of his face, grinning evilly. Draco just stood in her fighting stance with a confident look on her face. Thrax made the first move by charging at Draco with his claw. Draco stepped aside grabbed Thrax's left hand with her right, ducked and flung Thrax over her shoulder and into the wall behind her.
Thrax pulled himself out of the indent he had made and stood up.
"That was pretty good. This outta be interesting baby."
Draco motioned him to bring it on. Thrax threw a punch but Draco blocked it and countered with a roundhouse kick that sent Thrax to the floor. Draco walked over to Thrax and put her foot on his back.
"What? Is that all the fight I'm going to get out of you today?" She asked mockingly.
Thrax responded by grabbing her ankle and flinging her to the ground. Thrax did a backhand spring and stood before Draco. Draco got up and gave Thrax an uppercut that sent him flying through the air and into a table. Draco walked through the crowd, grabbed Thrax by the shirt collar, and kicked him back into the center of the room.
"Bitch." Thrax mouthed as he struggled to get back up. Once he was on his feet again he saw Draco coming at him. She charged, jumped up in the air and aimed a kick at his head. Thrax ducked, grabbed her foot and flung her into the crowd. She landed on top of the green germ.
Draco got up, pushed the crowd aside and faced Thrax.
"You're pretty good." She said and spat blood. "Now I think it's time to kick it up a notch."
Upon hearing this, the crowd stepped back as far as they could form Draco. Draco's eyes began to glow bright red as her body was engulfed in bright red flames. Draco charged at Thrax and punched him in the face. Thrax flung back and landed in the bar. Thrax was covered in the liquids that had come out of the bottles that he had broken when he had crashed into them. There was glass in his dreadlocks and there was a stream of blood that flowed from his forehead onto the floor.
As Thrax tried to get up his hands found themselves on the broken glass, which embedded into his skin. Thrax grimaced in pain as he rose to his feet. His blood now flowed from his hands, creating a small puddle on the floor.
"Aw, is the big bad virus in pain?" Draco asked in a mocking baby voice.
Thrax answered by jumping over the table and kicking Draco in the stomach. Draco doubled back in pain and fell to the floor. Thrax kneeled on the floor by Draco, preparing to deliver the final blow. The crowd was now cheering "Draco, Draco, Draco!"
Draco rolled away from Thrax and got up.
"You'll pay for that." She said.
Draco ran over to Thrax and kicked him in the place where the sun don't shine. Thrax screamed and then doubled over in pain.
"YOU BITCH, YOU BITCH, YOU BITCH!" he screamed. "Why the hell did you do that!?!"
Draco laughed. She walked up to him and kicked him hard in the back. Thrax slammed into the wall.
"Well Thrax, it's been fun but I think that it's about time that I ended this. Good bye Thrax." Draco said as she walked up to him, her claw on her right hand extended and glowing.
Draco pulled her hand back but just as she was about to kill Thrax, the claw on his left hand (it was no longer glowing) was pushed through her left shoulder. Draco cried out in pain and surprise. The crowd gasped. Thrax pulled his claw out of her shoulder and looked at Draco. Her expression was nothing short of absolute surprise. Her eyes were wide and her hand was over her wound. Her gaze was on Thrax.
Seconds later her gaze had shifted to her wound. She lifted her hand off it and her blood fell from her hand and onto the floor. Draco stared at the blood on her hand.
"I didn't think it was possible." She said in shock. "But you, you actually drew blood. No one has EVER done that before."
Her gaze shifted back to Thrax who was in great pain and breathing heavily.
"I can't kill you now. There must be something special about you if you were able to injure me in this way. For that I must respect you." Draco said as she turned around and began to walk away.
"So you want me to kill him for you, boss?" The green germ asked, stepping in front of Draco.
"Draco's expression went from that of shock to anger. "NO!" Draco yelled, grabbing the green germ by the neck. "Haven't you heard a single thing that I have just said? He is not to be killed. You got that!?!"
"Y..eee…sss." The green germ choked out.
"Good." Draco said as she dropped the germ.
The green germ rubbed his neck and asked, "So what do you want done with him. He's gonna die if he doesn't get medical attention."
Draco stopped. "For once you're right. I need you and a couple of other germs to wrap him up in a blanket and carry him out to my car. I'll take him home with me. After all, I am a certified field doctor." She said with a grin.
The green germ and three others got a blanket, wrapped Thrax in it and carried him out to Draco's car.
"Put him in the back seat." Draco ordered.
The germs did as they were told.
"Now go!" Draco ordered.
Draco climbed into the front seat of her black sports car and inserted the key into the ignition. The engine hummed to life.
"Why, why are you doing this?" Thrax asked weakly from the back seat.
"The reasons are mine alone to know Thrax. Now you try to relax. We'll be back to my place in no time. Trust me, I'll fix you up." Draco replied not turning around.
Draco heard Thrax start to say something but it was cut off. Thrax has passed out, most likely from the pain. Draco cruised through the veins and arteries of Shane, making her way up to the lymph nodes where on the outskirts of one of the lymph nodes was an old rundown, spooky looking house where the most dangerous of all the organisms in Shane lived.