Chapter 2

9:15 am

Molly looked at her watch for the fifth time in the past ten minutes. It wasn't enough that Sloane had to choose a i coffee i shop of all places, but he had the presumption to assume she would wait. Deciding enough was enough, she gathered up her purse and jacket and started to leave when she was interrupted by Sloane.

"Going somewhere Molly?" he slyly spoke.

"You certainly took your time" she bitterly replied.

"Yes, well I'm here now aren't I so lets get down to business shall we, oh but before that, can I interest you in a coffee?...my treat?" hoping she would take up the offer in order to succeed with his plan.

She knew she really had no choice to talk to Sloane or not and even though she'd already had a coffee before Sloane arrived she could really do with another one, so she removed slipped off her jacket once again and hung it over the back of the chair before sitting back down opposite Sloane.

Before they started discussing anything Sloane ordered them both a coffee.

"Ok it will be ready in a minute or two" replied the young waiter.

"So, where should we start Molly?" Sloane asked.

"Ok well first, here is a copy of the protocols for Threshold" she said as she handed Sloane a folder with the protocols inside.

"We will also equip you with the necessary equipment as in stun guns, listening devices and so forth."

Before continuing the waiter came back with their coffees.

"Thank you" they said in unison.

"No problem…just doing my job" he casually said before returning to the counter.

"Before we continue, would you excuse me? I have to use the ladies room." Molly said gathering up her purse.

"Sure, don't be too long though or your coffee will get cold." He replied with a grin.

"I won't" She smiled but then rolled her eyes as soon as she turned around. This guy really was a bit of a creep after all.

While Molly was gone, Sloane casually pulled out of his jacket pocket a small cylinder container containing a strong drug in liquid form. He read the directions and warning information on the label.

Directions: Dissolve in Liquid then drink; will take 30 minutes to take affect don't drive for at least 24 hours after taking this so it has time to ware off.

Warning: May cause excessive drowsiness after use for up to 16 hours.

May cause unawareness and make you feel spaced out leaving you vulnerable.

"Hopefully she drinks the whole lot and the drug takes affect or else my whole plan will fail" he thought to himself before looking around to make sure no-one was paying attention to him and then in one quick motion poured the liquid into her now warm coffee. He then picked up his coffee and took a long sip until he saw Molly was now walking back to the table and placed it back down on the table anxious for her first action to be to drink the coffee.

She sat back down and to Sloane's surprise skulled the rest of her coffee.

She caught him staring at her which caused her to blush. "What? .It was getting cold" she replied with…

This caused Sloane to grin with success, as everything was so far going as planned.

Molly continued explaining her protocols to Sloane for the following 20 minutes then quickly summed everything up.

"Excellent. So when do I start" came Sloane's reply.

"You can start today actually" she said grabbing her purse and standing up and putting on her jacket.

They walked out of the coffee shop and not seeing Molly's car anywhere he commented. "Do you need a lift Molly?" he asked.

"Oh um no thanks I'll just take a cab, besides I have to make a quick detour and pick up a few things at home first" she told him.

"Well it will be quicker if I give you a ride than wait here for a cab" He responded.

She thought about it for a split second before agreeing with him that it would be faster and taking up the offer.

As they buckled up Sloane glanced over to Molly who was looking quite pale in the cheeks.

"Are you feeling okay Molly?" he asked.

"Yeah fine just a little tired that's all" Molly said before resting her head back against the head rest and looking out the window.

When she didn't say a word for about 5 minutes Sloane pulled over on the side of the road and checked to see if the drug had taken affect yet. He carefully turned her head so it was facing him and noticed her eyes were tightly shut and her breathing had slowed down. He turned his attention back to the road and took off again towards the abandoned warehouse he had found for them to hide out. Sloane smiled to himself as he drove through the backstreets. This was going to be a very interesting day.

10:15 am

Cavennaugh, Ramsey and Lucas arrived at the Threshold Command Centre earlier than Molly went to meet Sloane so they could keep an eye on the tracking device she was wearing. They noticed that the tracking device was finally moving after 1 hour of waiting which had obviously been when Molly and Sloane were at the coffee shop, but they also realized that it wasn't heading in the direction of the command centre.

Cavennaugh instantly grew worried and turned to Lucas to try and understand why the device was heading in the opposite direction of the Command Centre, which Molly was supposed to be meeting them there after her meeting with Sloane.

"Um…Cavennaugh, the tracking device is getting further and further away from here" Lucas stated with a worried look on his face. At that instant Ramsey came in the room, "I just tried calling her cell about 15 times and she isn't answering, so my guess would be she's not alone." Ramsey informed them.

Cavennaugh furrowed his brow and look at the two men. "I shouldn't have trusted Sloane" he muttered, the anger and regret on his face now clearly showing.

"Where does it say their current location is?" Cavennaugh asked.

"Yeah, here's the map for it" Lucas circled the location and then handed him the map.

"Thanks" he said before quickly grabbing his jacket and rushing out the door. Both Ramsey and Lucas just looked at each other with sad expressions.

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Cavennaugh was heading out to look for Molly with 4 of his men, knowing that it wasn't safe being around any infectee alone.

As soon as they arrived at the abandoned warehouse, Cavennaugh and his men retreated towards the door on the side. They approached the area with caution, slowly making their way towards the door. Cavennaugh slowly opened the door and waved only for two of his men to go with him. Quietly they made their way in the warehouse. Cavennaugh stopped and turned suddenly when he heard a voice behind him. It was Sloane and Molly, except Molly didn't look herself; she was extremely pale and looked drugged. Sloane had a firm grip on her wrist and kept her in front of him, knowing that Cavennaugh wouldn't risk shooting her.

"Sloane let her go now" Cavennaugh said keeping his voice calm.

The two of his men that followed him into the warehouse were soon at his side, ready to back him up.

"Ha, you think you're so smart don't you. You must understand that Molly doesn't want to go with you now. She's improved now, unlike you." Sloane said.

"Molly…please come with me, you're not like them, you have a choice here, we can help you just like we did with Lucas. Remember?" Cavennaugh pleaded.

"You don't understand, I feel so much better than I did before, so much more alive and stronger" she replied, stepping backwards as Sloane followed her actions.

Cavennaugh took a step towards them and at that instant they bolted for the back door. He decided his only chance in catching them was to shoot, so he took a shot which just missed Sloane. His men also shot but they were out the door before their eyes. They ran out to try and catch up with them but as Gunneson did, they just disappeared.

"Damn it" Cavennaugh gritted his teeth.

"Sir, Dr. Fenway is on his way over here to sample the fluids we found on a bed in a room at the back of the warehouse" one of the agents informed him.

"What fluids? Where is the bed?" he asked quickly, motioning for the agent to show him where the bed was.

The agent leaded him into a back room where there was the bed with fluids that he recognized as semen, but would be 100 sure when Fenway tested them, he also noticed that there were ropes around the bed posts that had blood on them, possibly from a struggle. At that moment Nigel Fenway arrived in the doorway of the back room.

He made his way over to the bed and pulled out a swab that he used to collect the fluid with.

"We'll know in a minute or two if this is semen although I'm already 85 sure it is." Fenway told him, and then also took a swab of the blood on one of the posts to see if it belonged to Molly.

"Cavennaugh, you do realize that if Sloane had unprotected sex with Molly she would have been almost immediately infected, which is probably the reason why she chose to escape with Sloane." He told him, and before Cavennaugh could reply the swabs were both ready with results.

Fenway sighed before reading aloud the results "The semen does belong to Sloane, and the blood…..does belong to Molly."

Cavennaugh was sickened at the thought of Sloane touching Molly. He was going to rip him to shreds as soon as he found him again. He put his head in his hands and sighed deeply, but was interrupted when one of his agents came in and handed him the tracking device that had been removed from Molly, now leaving no way for them to track Molly and Sloane.

They drove back to the Threshold Command Centre and found an unhappy J.T waiting for them.

"What happened out there, where is Molly now?" He asked Cavennaugh, raising his voice.

"We don't know" was the only answer he could give him, before walking away.