13. Hope
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14 days ago he had taken off his mask. Exposing himself to the virus. But yet he was still here.. Puzzled by why?
As he was kneeling down in front of the gate facing the guards that held him at gunpoint. He saw a figure come out in a hazmat suit and issue the order to stand down.
Thank god, he thought and closed his eyes and took his hands down from behind his head. And then he felt the touch of stiff fabric around him. Opening his eyes he saw the person inside the hazmat suit, holding her hands around him. It was Kara. She had survived.
Luckily the wound on Frankie's arm was a through and through. He had tended to the wound best to his capabilities. Using alcohol to disinfect the wound before he had closed it with a home sewing kit. As there was nothing better around. But few days later Frankie became worse..
He broke out a fever.. One of the symptoms of the Red Flu.
He was standing inside the isolation tent as Dr. Scott was running her tests. Waiting for the results. Then he saw Dr. Scott coming into the room with Kara. This was it. He was afraid of the result. Hearing the words..
You're infected.
But as he studied the face of Dr. Rachel Scott, she broke out a faint smile. Stating that they weren't infected. What?
"Are you sure the person you saw was infected, Danny?" He heard her question.
"Had to be." He gave a puzzled look towards Rachel and Kara.
"I'm running additional tests to find out more. So in the meantime make yourself comfortable." Rachel stated.
"And Frankie?" He glanced at his friend. Lying still on a bed. He was hooked up with a IV-bag to treat his dehydration, receiving oxygen and Danny could see his heart rate on the monitor beside him.
"Most likely his fever was a result of a infection caused by the gunshot wound. Those antibiotics you gave him stalled the infection. But he has a severe case of blood poisoning." He heard Rachel explain. "We just have to wait and see, he's getting treatment for it." Rachel continued and he nodded to her before she left the room.
"What you did for him was very brave." He heard Kara say as he moved to meet her eyes.
"I would do it again." He said not thinking about how she must have felt. Hear him sacrifice himself for his friend.
"Well he's your family." He heard her say with a tone of sadness. "I guess so. Might just be the only one who's left of my family.." His thoughts went to think of his little sister and brother. His mother and father. He sat down on the floor inside the tent as he leaned his head against his knees.
"Danny.." He could hear Kara's voice behind him and then he felt her back against his as she was sitting on the other side of the tent. God he wished he could touch her, forget what was happening around them just for a moment. To just feel her warm body embracing his. But he was stuck inside of a bubble and he felt the tears burn in his eyes.
And then he lost her.. She wasn't sitting behind him anymore.
Before he saw what was happening she had entered into the tent without a hazmat suit and was walking towards him. He followed her with his eyes as she moved across the tent to sit beside him and placed her arms around him. He rested his head on her chest and he couldn't stop the tears from coming as he let out a sigh. He felt the pain pour out of him.
Next thing he remembered was the sound of Dr. Scott as he woke up, he had been sleeping on Kara's lap on the floor.
"He's immune!" "Frankie is immune." He hardly registered the words as Rachel came inside the tent. Obviously they were out of the woods now.
"What?" He got up and looked as Rachel was checking Frankie's vitals. "I need to draw more of his blood. He might just be the key to create the vaccine." Rachel told them as she was preparing to draw the blood.
"And Commander Foster. I don't think Chandler will be pleased about your stunt." "But I can say you went in after I discovered Frankie's immunity." Rachel gave her a look and then glanced at Danny before focusing on Frankie.
"Commander?" He glanced at her. "Yeah, I got my promotion. Not exactly the ideal way to get it, but the Captain has faith in my abilities." He heard her words.
"Danny, you can leave the tent now." Rachel said as she was done with the blood samples and was leaving.
"I want to stay." He said firmly. Frankie wasn't still safe and he didn't want him to be alone in case he didn't make it.
"I'll stay too." Hearing that she wasn't going to leave either, made him feel slightly joyful.
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