Chapter Eight

There was one drink that Yvonne loved, apple juice. No one else wanted it; no one else liked it, just Yvonne. Therefore it was perfect, Dave could put the virus into Yvonne's apple juice and hope for the worst. Dave saw an opened carton and poured tow tubes of the luck virus into the carton and put it back in the fridge.

About half an hour went by, Dave sat in what were now his quarters and waited, and waited. Eventually Yvonne came back from playing with Matty and downed the whole carton.

"That tasted weird" Yvonne said quietly to herself. She thought nothing of it though, it had been open and in the fridge for a long time, she just carried on as usual, taking care of her children and making sure that Lilimay was okay. It took three hours for the virus to take effect. Suddenly Yvonne felt sick; she threw up her last meal and quickly became dehydrated. She collapsed onto the floor but at the time three-year-old Matty was the only one in the room with her and there was nothing little Matty could do.

Cat was passing and heard little Matty's cries

"What's up Matty Matthew? Cat asked as he walked into the room

"Mummy's poorly" Matty cried "help her please"

"Okay Matty Matthew" Cat promised, "I'll help you"

Cat ran over to Yvonne and helped her up. She wasn't very steady on her feet. She was wobbly and couldn't' walk in a straight line. Cat filled up the biggest glass he could find and made Yvonne drink it.

"I think you need to go to the medi bay" Cat suggested, "You don't look well"

"I don't feel well" Yvonne agreed, "I think you're right"

"I'll come with you" Cat offered, "we'll take Matty Matthew too!"

The walk from Yvonne and Arnold's room to the medibay took them down corridors and over metal bridges. They were making their way across one of the bridges when Cat heard squeaking and turned around. Panic hit him as he saw the bridge shake

"Yvonne, Matty Matthew, be careful" he called as he put his hands out. Matty was close enough to grab Cat's hands before the bridge gave way, but Yvonne wasn't. Cat put Matty down and reached out for Yvonne but it was too late. The section of the bridge gave way and Yvonne fell backwards and crashed to the floor.

"Mummy" Matty called "mummy's gone!"

Cat didn't know what to say or do with Matty. He didn't' want to look in case it was bad news and he didn't want Matty to see Yvonne in a bad way. Cat heard the metal door shriek below, it was Chloë and Lilimay. Cat prayed that Yvonne was okay and crept with Matty across the bridge and into the medibay.

"Mum" Lilimay screamed "Mum, are you okay?"

"Lilly" Chloë called "there's nothing you can do, just leave her"

"No, Chloë" Lilly snapped, "I can't just leave her, she's hurt"

"Lilly" Chloë put her hands on Lilly's shoulders "she's dead, Lilly, there's nothing you can do!"

Lilimay stepped back and stared at her mother's dead body. Blood was pouring out of the back of her head and her eyes were fixed open.

"She's dead?" Lilimay asked, "She can't be!"

"She's fallen from up there!" Chloë pointed up at the broken bridge "there's nothing anyone could have done, she would have died instantly, just pure bad luck!"