John and I began to go, but I hear the alarm go off,

Five. It called out, John and I ran behind Sarge,

" Pinky, use the grenade!" Sarge told him through the comm,

Four. The announcer said as we ran, I was faster, but more lean

" Use the goddamn grenade!" Sarge yelled again, but the countdown continued,

Three, two. The countdown was almost completed,

" Throw it!" Sarge yelled but the countdown completed, we stopped in the middle of the facility. Pinky was no where to be found, but I swore I heard a voice, I shook

my head and walked back to Sarge,

" Anything?" He asked as I shook my head,

" Nothing, perimeter is cleared, nothing" I replied as I held my bruised wrist,

" Pinky's gone. That fucker ran." Duke said in a voice of annoyance, so he did run, the thing was after him, so he ran, fight or flight, so flight was more than fight.

" Shit. It got through." Sarge said as lights flickered, I stood next to John as this occurred,

" What the hell is that?" I asked as the voice over spoke,

System reboot. Time required to begin renewed operation: Five minutes. it said as I see Sarge is getting upset, nothing was going right,

" Quarantine cordon is breached. This mission is no longer containment. Get all the weapons and ammo you can. We're going through. Move!" Sarge ordered us, I got

my comm on and tried to get ahold of Sam,

" Sam, come in. Over." I told it, nothing came to,

" Sam, do you read me? Over." John spoke into it, nothing again, what happened to her?

" Come in!" I yelled as I was getting worried about her,

" She's not answering." john said as Sarge watched us,

Time required to begin renewed operation... four minutes and 45 seconds. The overvoice said as Sarge then looked at us.

" You got three." he told us, John and I ran,

" Sam! Come in, Sam!" I yelled into the comm, I jumped up the steps, skipping over four at a time, John right behind me,

" Sam!" John called for his twin, we both got to the lab,

" Sam, why didn't you answer your comm? We gotta go now!" John said as she looked deep in thought,

" Why did they take Goat and not Destroyer?" She asked herself, I was confused about this, she then looked up at John and I,

" Why Carmack and not Dr. Thurman?" She asked as she listed more people, why is she doing this?

" What?" I asked as she then watched me,

" Lucy had the 24th chromosome... but she wasn't a monster. She died protecting her child,not devouring it." She explain to us, John then watched me,

" Why did the same chromosome that made her superhuman... turn Stahl into a monster?" she asked us, why is she asking this about something so long ago yet was

reoccurring yet again.

" Let's go." john said as we needed to get out of her, now,

" Just give me a minute." She told us, I shook my head,

" We don't have a minute." I replied as she looked persistent about this,

" Then give me 10 seconds." She exclaimed as I calmed, John was by my side, she showed the tongue that shot at both Duke and her earlier,

" This is its tongue. This is brain matter from Portman." She said as she put the swab over it, the tongue shot up, as if coming to life, she pulled the tongs away, it

was starting to back down.

" This is from Destroyer." She said before squirting matter on a swab, she motioned the swab and tongs over the tongue, no movement at all,

" It's choosing, John. Jace. It's choosing who to infect." she said as she watched us,

" It's choosing? How is it choosing?" I asked as she sighed, this was important to her,

" There are genetic markers for psychotic and violent behavior. It could be a specific neurotransmitter... it's picking up on, a ganglion. Latching onto numbers in the

DNA code linked to..." She was explaining to us, John was watching as I had my weapon close,

" Linked to what? Evil?" I asked as she then looked at me, she looked as if something was becoming worse or developing.

" Ten percent of the human genome is still unmapped. Some say it's the genetic blueprint for the soul." She said as she took off her lab coat, she grabbed two vials of

C24, showing it to John and I,

" Maybe C-24 is what destroyed the population. It would explain why some of them had to build the Ark... to escape to a new beginning. Some it made superhuman.

Others, monsters." She said as I realized something, we need to get out of here,

" Oh, my gotta get out of here now." I said as John then saw my slight panic.

" What?" She asked as she was concerned, this is bad, really bad.

" Come on, let's go, come on." I said as she looked confused,

" The people quarantined on the other side of the Ark... they won't all be infected!" John said as I shouldered my gun.

" What's going on?" Sam asked as I gave her a look of danger, no Flare Out was happening, but this was bad, if Sarge kills the uninfected then he is no better then

things we killed,

" Sarge is going to kill them all." He told her, this was bad, I scanned the lab,

" Come on." I said as I went to the door, I was checking if anything was here, it was clear, John came to my side,

" We are good" I replied before the three of us began to head to the transporters,

" John, we need to survive" I said as he held me,

" And we will" He replied before the three of us ran, I watched as Sam had something, but right now, we need to get to Earth, and stop Sarge from doing anything

stupid or worse.