CHAPTER: This May Sting
He was relieved cause he was stomped. He even had to ask one of superiors for help on a strictly confidential basis. " What do you have?"
" Some months back I had a chip in my neck with a bomb, it was set to detonate at a certain time. Do you think is possible to do the same thing only with something that releases the virus in her system at a given time."
Sam was surprised that he didn't think of that. When he was in medical school he learnt about it. It was a chip that contained medicine and it was released in the patients system at a given time. However in Max's case it contained a virus. " It's a possibility."
" How much of one."
" A huge possibility." Everything except one thing made sense. Why she suddenly was affected. " I'll be there ASAP with some equipment."
Alec looked at the phone. That was it, it was so simple and they never thought of it. " We, got It." he told OC.
" Are you sure?"
" Dr. Carr is coming, we'll see."
He went to Max who was reading a book. He wasn't going to tell her that they had an idea. He wasn't 100% sure he was right. " Can I see in the back of your neck?"
She wasn't sure why but she nodded and sat up. She moved the plait to show he neck.
Her neck had no barcode. "You removed your barcode?"
" Yeah, why?"
" It's kind of strange not seeing it."
He began to poke her neck gently with his finger. He couldn't feel anything but he couldn't feel his chip and it was in him.
" What are you expecting to find?"
" Ah. . . you'll see when Sam gets here."
" Come on Alec tell me," she insisted. She coughed after.
He took hold of her hand. He didn't want to tell her incase it wasn't what they thought it was but she wanted to know why she was sick. " It's the virus that's affecting you."
She didn't quite understand. " It's not supposed to, it never did."
" I know but something triggered it."
He face sank in horror. " But Alec, there's no cure for the virus."
He pulled her close to him. " I know Maxie. But that's why Sam is coming. We think we figured out something. You're going to get better hopefully."
" But what if I don't get better."
" You have to."
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Dr Carr came in the apartment shortly after. With him he brought a portable florescent light and a medical knife kit. He went to Max and stopped. She was getting a lot worse. " Good Morning Max."
" What is it that you're going to do?"
" You'll see," he said smiling. He was certain that Alec was right on the money.
Max looked at Alec and he nodded his head.
While Carr set up his equipment Max and Alec sat holding hands, she was afraid. " Ok Max, all you have to do is lie down on your stomach. It's going to sting a bit so I suggest that you hold on to something or someone, which ever you prefer."
Max did what he said and held her grip on Alec's hand.
" Where's the barcode?" Sam asked.
" She removed it," Alec explained.
" Uh huh."
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" Alec, you are a genius?" Sam said as he pulled out a small very thin chip out of Max's neck.
" So, it was there?" Alec said.
" Yep, there are four actually. This could hold enough bacteria to mess her up for life."
Max winced at the little bit of pain that traveled trough her body. She couldn't believe the answer was there all along. " So when these things come out, I'm cured?"
" Uh huh, just as soon as you get raid of what got into your system." He pulled out the last one. " And you have Alec to thank for that. If it weren't for his little brainstorm you'd be . . . you'd be really sick."
" So why did it suddenly start to make me sick."
" My guess is the laser you used to remove the barcode must have interfered with it." He put some cotton on the small cut at the back of her neck.
" Oh yeah, I reached late because I was removing my barcode. Then I started to get sick. I never connected the two."
" Well I guess the chip eventually couldn't handle it anymore. It wasn't designed to handle it."
Sam put on the band-aid. " In a few hours you'll be able to touch whoever you please."
NOTE: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. And my explanation.
I was watching TechTV news and they had a special on chip technology and I saw the medicine thing and this story popped in my head. I based the whole story around that bit information.
He was relieved cause he was stomped. He even had to ask one of superiors for help on a strictly confidential basis. " What do you have?"
" Some months back I had a chip in my neck with a bomb, it was set to detonate at a certain time. Do you think is possible to do the same thing only with something that releases the virus in her system at a given time."
Sam was surprised that he didn't think of that. When he was in medical school he learnt about it. It was a chip that contained medicine and it was released in the patients system at a given time. However in Max's case it contained a virus. " It's a possibility."
" How much of one."
" A huge possibility." Everything except one thing made sense. Why she suddenly was affected. " I'll be there ASAP with some equipment."
Alec looked at the phone. That was it, it was so simple and they never thought of it. " We, got It." he told OC.
" Are you sure?"
" Dr. Carr is coming, we'll see."
He went to Max who was reading a book. He wasn't going to tell her that they had an idea. He wasn't 100% sure he was right. " Can I see in the back of your neck?"
She wasn't sure why but she nodded and sat up. She moved the plait to show he neck.
Her neck had no barcode. "You removed your barcode?"
" Yeah, why?"
" It's kind of strange not seeing it."
He began to poke her neck gently with his finger. He couldn't feel anything but he couldn't feel his chip and it was in him.
" What are you expecting to find?"
" Ah. . . you'll see when Sam gets here."
" Come on Alec tell me," she insisted. She coughed after.
He took hold of her hand. He didn't want to tell her incase it wasn't what they thought it was but she wanted to know why she was sick. " It's the virus that's affecting you."
She didn't quite understand. " It's not supposed to, it never did."
" I know but something triggered it."
He face sank in horror. " But Alec, there's no cure for the virus."
He pulled her close to him. " I know Maxie. But that's why Sam is coming. We think we figured out something. You're going to get better hopefully."
" But what if I don't get better."
" You have to."
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Dr Carr came in the apartment shortly after. With him he brought a portable florescent light and a medical knife kit. He went to Max and stopped. She was getting a lot worse. " Good Morning Max."
" What is it that you're going to do?"
" You'll see," he said smiling. He was certain that Alec was right on the money.
Max looked at Alec and he nodded his head.
While Carr set up his equipment Max and Alec sat holding hands, she was afraid. " Ok Max, all you have to do is lie down on your stomach. It's going to sting a bit so I suggest that you hold on to something or someone, which ever you prefer."
Max did what he said and held her grip on Alec's hand.
" Where's the barcode?" Sam asked.
" She removed it," Alec explained.
" Uh huh."
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" Alec, you are a genius?" Sam said as he pulled out a small very thin chip out of Max's neck.
" So, it was there?" Alec said.
" Yep, there are four actually. This could hold enough bacteria to mess her up for life."
Max winced at the little bit of pain that traveled trough her body. She couldn't believe the answer was there all along. " So when these things come out, I'm cured?"
" Uh huh, just as soon as you get raid of what got into your system." He pulled out the last one. " And you have Alec to thank for that. If it weren't for his little brainstorm you'd be . . . you'd be really sick."
" So why did it suddenly start to make me sick."
" My guess is the laser you used to remove the barcode must have interfered with it." He put some cotton on the small cut at the back of her neck.
" Oh yeah, I reached late because I was removing my barcode. Then I started to get sick. I never connected the two."
" Well I guess the chip eventually couldn't handle it anymore. It wasn't designed to handle it."
Sam put on the band-aid. " In a few hours you'll be able to touch whoever you please."
NOTE: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. And my explanation.
I was watching TechTV news and they had a special on chip technology and I saw the medicine thing and this story popped in my head. I based the whole story around that bit information.