When the general stepped into the clean, sterile laboratory a short while later he was greeted with two industrious looking young men in lab coats.
"Where are the lieutenants?" he asked imperiously.
The blonde looked up. "I'm sorry General but a seal cracked this morning on the new batch. They're in quarantine right now."
"No one said anything about that!"
The door had shut behind him and now the other young assistant spoke up from behind him. "There are a lot of things no one mentions. After all, this project is secret, isn't it?" The tone was innocent and light but it stirred the hairs on the back of the general's neck. He turned to glare at the young man.
"Be careful of your tone soldier!"
Quatre spoke up, trying to distract the general's attention and wondering what Duo was up to. "Perhaps sir it would be best if you came back tomorrow when the lieutenants are released?"
"Forget that! I don't have unlimited time that I can just throw it around! I have other business to oversee. Just tell me how the work is going."
"It's very effective General. As you know, it's proven to be airborne and very virulent." Duo's voice was a deceptively soft drawl that Quatre couldn't figure out but he could feel the wintery cold clutch at his heart, the diamond sharp arctic cut that lived behind the other's eyes.
"Yes, yes. I know that already. We did the tests, remember?" The man was clearly becoming impatient.
"Although those were hardly fair subjects."
"Of course not. Dirty subhuman L2 rats. Just tell me if you're ready for the next tests!"
And now Quatre saw the danger. L2, he knew was where Duo was from. Was this vengeance for the colony he protected? Had he perhaps seen someone who had contracted this mysterious contagion?
"It'll be hard to find subjects."
"Just use the same ones we did last time. No one will notice and if they do, they won't care."
Lightning fast Duo had grabbed the general around the throat and had some sort of hypodermic needle pressed into the tender skin of the general's upper arm. "Guess what General? Someone cared."
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