41. Triumph (part 2)

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After the reunion Slattery filled them in on everything that had been going on in New Orleans.

He had indeed made a convincing expression as an supposed Immune and gotten to a higher position using his police background as a source for intel, which had impressed both of the Ramsey's and the others working with them. And so he was introduced to their scientist who was apparently helping them with the process of infecting people to find more Immunes for their cause.

And the scientist turned out to be someone he had already met. It was Quincy. The Immunes had found him injured but alive, and from the white doctors coat they knew he was valuable. But Mike had quickly persuaded him to work alongside him, as he told him his family was safe and alive. So they came up with a plan.

"They thought we were producing some hideous mixture to infect people with the virus, but as it turns out we were manufacturing the vaccine in small amounts. Since I took some doses with me." Mike told them as they all sat around a bonfire. Listening to the telling like it was a ghost story.

"We were giving the cure to the people at the places we knew they were going to strike a day before, and helping some of the people to escape in a secure place."

"Rest of them were then discovered the following day as Immunes, making the Ramsey's think they were growing their army."

"But what about the bodies? Not all people are Immune?" He heard Rachel ask.

"Well we had to plant some infected that had died already, to make it convincing." Mike said with a look that told them he wasn't exactly happy about this particular part of the plan.

"They didn't know any of what was going on right under their noses."

"So since the Immune army was suddenly big and strong, we held a party in celebration of it, and the rest of the guys came with a sub."

"Then when they were drunk enough we took our attack. Holding them at gun point. We had after all gathered quite the resistance force in disguise." He smiled.

"We locked most of them to a prison that was guarded by the military."

"And the Ramsey's.. Well, they got a different fate."

"Since they were infecting people with this horrible virus, we broke into the CDC headquarters and well.. We weren't that picky. Took some Ebola and other samples with cool names. It was all Quincy though. I was just the leader of the operation." Mike told them.

"So you infected them with the samples?" Rachel asked not sure if she should be horrified of the fate they got, or happy that they got what they deserved - Taste of their own medicine. Quincy nodded seeming a little uncomfortable at the attention he was getting.

"Locked them up and we'll see how untouchable they're are now. Well, we won't see it, but you get the picture." Mike added even though he had doubted their decision for the Ramsey's, but in the end the Ramsey's had been spreading the deadly virus, giving infected teddy bears to innocent children. Sentencing them to death.

"And when did you find Mike then?" Tom gave a look at his father.

"Well our paths got crossed along the way.." Jed started his part of the storytelling.

"I had my radio back in the cabin and kept hearing about this Olympia place in Baltimore. Well, time was all I had and eventually I got tired of waiting and left to see what the fuss was about." Jed told them.

"So I ran into this guy, Thorwald. He told me this crazy thing about this woman by the name Granderson."

"Amy Granderson?" Jed heard and saw Alisha stand up and look at him.

"Yes, you knew her?" He wondered.

"She is my mother." Alisha said. "Is she alive?"

Jed shared a look with Mike and it was enough to tell Alisha that her mother wasn't alive anymore. She left the crowd and Maria followed after her.

He then told the rest of the story. Thorwald and he had stopped the shenanigans Granderson was doing. Claiming they had the cure, luring sick people to Olympia only to give them a lethal shot and then throwing their cold bodies to the furnace to keep the power on in the town. He still felt shivers on his back when he thought about it and during this battle, Thorwald had taken Granderson's life.

Kara, Maria and Ravit were sitting with Alisha later in the evening. She had just heard what her mother had been up to. Feeling sick by the thought of it all. Who had she been? She had always been distant, but now she didn't even know her anymore. Had she ever? How could she have done something like this?

"You want to talk?" Kara asked and Alisha glanced at her, her eyes wet from crying. Crying tears for that her mother had died. She was torn between if she was experiencing ache and sadness inside of her because of her mother, or for the people her mother had done wrong.

But as she tried to wipe the tears flooding down on her face, one thing was clear. Her mother wasn't worth the tears she was crying. Not after what she had done.

"I can't believe it. How could she?" She shook her head as if this was all a nightmare. But it wasn't.

"It's over now. She's not hurting anyone anymore." Maria gave a hug to Alisha as she sat beside her.

The world wasn't the same anymore. Hearing about what Alisha's own mother had been up to. It sounded horrible, what had made her do something like that? She did wonder what was waiting for them when they would return with the cure now? Would there be more of the likes of Amy Granderson or could they start rebuilding the country? She was alerted by Danny that their son needed her, so she left to tend to the baby. Walking little slowly and carefully as she had just given birth only yesterday.

"Hi little Frankie. Mommy's here." She took the baby from Danny. Feeling for the first time more confident that whatever would happen, they would make it through. She felt there was a future for them.