Chapter 6: Informant
Luke and Doc are inside Luke's car heading to their destination to meet with the person Luke was on the phone with.
"And you're sure he can help us?" Doc asked
"Absolutely, if there's anybody who knows more about the germ/bacterial community, it's my good friend, Jonathan Hemoglobin," Luke said as he stopped the car and parked at their destination.
The upper back: 2:20 pm
They both exited the car and walked towards a coffee shop that says 'Pus N Cream Cafe' and they saw a red-blood cell sitting at a table, drinking a cup of coffee with some muffins.
"I always knew this would still be one of your favorite spots in the entire body" Luke says while walking towards the other cell
The red cell looks up and smiles at his best friend "Well I can't help if they make the best mocha carbachino and nucleic nut muffins."
He finishes eating the last of his muffin, stands up and high fived Luke and says "It's good to see you again Luke, how's it going?"
"Same to you and everything's great, I'm no longer on Spit detail" Luke says
"So, does that mean the guys back at the station still aren't calling you spit boy anymore?" Johnny asks
Luke flinched a little before answering "No and hopefully it stays that way."
"Um...Spit boy?" Doc asked confused
"Oh uh...right Johnny this is Special Agent Doxycycline Amphetamine, he's the cold pill I told you about and recent visitor of Matthew" Luke says trying to change the subject.
"Another cold pill huh? Nice to meet you" Johnny greets Doc as he holds out his hand.
"Likewise, and please, call me Doc" Doc introduces himself while shaking Johnny's hand.
"Now that we're well acquainted, time to get down to business" says Luke getting straight to the point "Johnny the reason I asked to meet with you here, is because we have a situation on our hands."
"What kind of situation are we talking about here?"
Luke explains the recent occurrences that led up to now, from the situation in the throat to the dam collapsing in the Nose.
"So you really think there's a virus here?" Johnny asks after Luke finishes explaining everything
"I don't think, I know there is, I saw it with my own eyes"
"Don't get me wrong, I would do whatever I can to help, but I only know what goes on in the germ community I don't know anything about viruses" Johnny says.
"Which is why I was hoping you would know any germs that might know something," Luke says.
Johnny thinks about it for a minute, then realizes something "as a matter of fact, I do know someone !"
"Who?"
"A flu shot that was injected into this body last week, calls himself the mole, if anyone knows about any viral attack or infection it's him".
"I really appreciate you helping us out here Johnny" Luke thanks while shaking Johnny's hand.
"That's what friends are for man, now let's go find him."
Underneath a fingernail: 3:45 pm
Back at the old abandoned warehouse, Anne decided to make it her new hideout right after killing Measles, she and the rest of the germ-crew were currently gathered around a table
"Hey boss, looks like your plan worked" says one of her men as he holds up a newspaper and places it on the table in front of her.
Anne looks at the paper and sees a photo of Luke and Doc on the front page, which reads 'Cop and Pill stop Cold'. She takes a good look at the picture, particularly of Luke standing next to Doc.
'Luke Marrow huh? He's kinda cute for a white blood cell' she thought to herself with a smirk on her face 'too bad I'll have to kill him along with everyone else.'
Anne looks back at her henchmen and says "that's right boys, I've got this city exactly where I want it"
"What about the cop and the pill?" One of her henchmen asks
"Well if they give us any problems, then things will definitely get heated very quickly."
With that, she ignited her finger/claw and placed it on paper where Luke's photo is and set it on fire instantly turning it to ashes. Then she stands up from her seat.
"Alright, now I want everyone to meet up at the zit down at the forehead at exactly 8:00 pm tonight, there we'll discuss the next phase of my plan" Anne instructs.
"You got it boss!"
The Left Ear: 5:05 pm
"You're sure this is the place to meet him at?" Luke asks
"That's what my contact said" Johnny answers "from what he tells me, the Mole is very secretive and doesn't like meeting in public areas."
Luke, Doc, and Johnny were all sitting in Luke's car, while waiting to meet the Mole. Just now, they see a mysterious figure approaching in front of the car, this person was wearing a button up oversized trench coat, with a high collar covering his face, and a hat on top of his head, only his eyes exposed.
The trio saw the approaching figure and immediately stepped out of the car and met with him.
"Are you the Mole?" Asked Luke
"That depends, which one of you is Jonathon Hemoglobin?" He asks
"That would be me." Johnny answers
"Ah Mr. Hemoglobin, it's a pleasure to meet you, sorry about the change of scenery, but as you know there's a reason why I'm called the Mole." The Mole says while shaking Johnny's hand.
"I understand, and thank you for agreeing to meet with us," Johnny says as he stops shaking the Mole's hand
"No problem, now how can help you?"
"Well I was hoping you could help my friend here" Johnny says while gesturing towards Luke
"And you are?" The Mole asked Luke
"I'm Officer Luke Marrow of the MPD" Luke introduces himself while flashing his police badge "you see, I asked Johnny to arrange a meeting with you, because we were hoping you might know something about a viral attack."
"I see, Mr. Hemoglobin did mention he would bring two other people with him, but I expected to be a police cell and a cold pill. And you believe I know something about a virus running around in this city?"
"That's why we're here."
"Well you came to the right place, considering I'm a former virus now flu vaccine, I have full knowledge about any virus-related activity" the Mole explains, but became serious "but listen carefully after this, I want you to pretend that this meeting never happened and I was never here."
"Ok, but why?"
"Because, Matthew's in great danger, you're right about one thing, there is a virus in our midst and this one in particular is so deadly that she goes by the nickname 'The Red Death'."
Luke's eyes widened in shock when he recalls the small germ saying 'The Red Death is coming', then he continues listening to the Mole.
"Her real name is Anne, which is short for Anne Thrax and she's lethal as they come. Rumor has it that she took out the local crime boss Measles and has taken over his operations and leading an army of germs."
"One more question" Luke says "how do we find her?"
The Mole answers "There's a meeting going on tonight at 8:00 up in the forehead at this new place called 'The Zit' you can't miss it's huge."
"Thanks again for your help" says Johnny.
"No problem" the Mole says "and remember, I was never here." And with that, the Mole turns around and walks into shadows and disappears.
The trio were left taking in all the information that was given to them, until Luke finally spoke up.
"Now we definitely know there's a virus here" he says.
"So, what do we do now Luke?" Doc asks
"Now, we head over to the forehead, but we'll need disguises" Luke looks at Johnny and says "Johnny I really appreciate you helping me out here man."
"No problem, and I'm more than happy to help especially when there's a virus on the loose." Johnny says as he shakes Luke's hand.
"Alright, let's go catch a cold!"
TO BE CONTINUED….