"You sure your alright?" Jim asked SG as she stood leaning against the wall in his office, two hours had passed since the virus had been unleashed into the cities water supplies, and currently G could be found holding a private meeting with Jim and Moss in the captains office.
"I'm fine, be it a little pissed off, but I'll live." SG said with a sigh as she kept patting her utility belt, specifically the pouch that the cure was kept inside, and that caught Jim's attention, for SG had informed Jim and Moss about her encounter with her shape-shifting adversary.
"He just gave you the cure?" he asked the squirrel tailed heroine.
"Yep, he said one cure wouldn't be enough to save the whole city," SG said with a snarl as she clenched her right fist, "I should have stopped the virus from being unleashed, I've failed." SG said with a sad sigh, and that caused Jim to stand up from his desk and pat her left shoulder.
"There was nothing you could have done, the virus was triggered by remote control, so I doubt any of us could have stopped it, besides the building blew up as soon as we approached it, when we got through the debris we could see ruptured canisters, once filled with the black liquid that is the 'Carnation' virus." Jim said in a calm manner, and that surprised SG, she would have thought he would be more pissed off.
"I'm surprised your so relaxed Jim, me I'm stressed out as shit." SG said with a surprised tone.
"Anger won't help the situation, we need to remain calm." Jim said with a smile for her sake. Suddenly the phone on Jim's desk began to ring and he picked it up, and after a few seconds slammed it down and frantically turned on the TV mounted on the wall, and what it showed, shocked all three in the office.
"Citizens of Los Angeles," a gas masked figure began, and even though the voice was disguised, SG could recognize it as her shape-shifter enemy she had fought not to long ago, "'Carnation' has been unleashed, but fear not, there is hope in the darkness, I have hidden ten cures in the city, and I over the course of ten days will give you the locations of the antidotes, but fore now, it is time for the location of the first cure, head to the Burger King on 12th street, there you will find the first antidote." 'Shape' said as the transmission went black, leaving the trio to exchange nervous looks.
"I don't know about you boss, but I don't like this one bit." Moss said as he folded his arms for extra emphasis.
"Agreed, Squirrel Girl I need you to secure that antidote, I don't trust the panicked civilians to make a decision with this antidote, but I trust you." Jim said with a smile, and that made SG nod as she quickly rushed out of the police station and took to the rooftops.
'Why the hell would he give out the location of these antidotes?' SG thought to herself as she leapt from building to building, making haste towards the location of the antidote, she had to get there first, but as soon as she could see the Burger King, it was obvious that she had not goteen there first, there was a huge crowd standing outside the Burger King, and it seemed like the staff had barricaded themselves inside, to try and stop the crowd from coming in, but SG knew there was a way into the building, there was a hatch on the roof, that was her ticket in, but how could she get inside without them noticing her?
She reached into her pocket and called Jim, "Jim, I'm at the Burger King, but there is a huge crowd outside, and it seems the staff has barricaded themselves inside the restaurant, can you possibly provide a distraction so I can sneak in unnoticed?" SG asked the police captain.
"We'll be there in 20 minutes, I can't promise how long the distraction will last, but you'll have your window, but be careful, it's going to be a tight squeeze." Jim said as the line went dead.
20 minutes later S.W.A.T. vans showed up, and police officers armed in riot gear stepped out of the back of trucks, and Jim was one of them, wearing a S.W.A.T. tactical vest, and carrying a megaphone, "Everyone disperse this instant!" Jim ordered in an attempt to distract the crowd, and judging from the angry yells, and as soon as the sound of rocks hitting riot shields reached her enhanced hearing, she knew it was time to make her move, she quickly ran behind the crowd and climbed up the side of the Burger King, found the hatch on the roof, and dropped inside the restaurant, to be greeted by the very nervous looking manager.
"Squirrel Girl, thank God you're here, as soon as the broadcast reached the airwaves we locked all the entrance points and blocked them with anything we could find, but I don't know for how long that will keep that mob outside." she said in a frightened tone, and SG decided to try and comfort the distressed manager.
"I'm here now, and I'm going to find that antidote before the mob does, have you guys and girls been looking for it?" she asked the manager.
"We've searched everywhere but the bathroom, I'll go with you and look for it." the manager said as she and SG headed into the bathroom and began looking for any trace of the antidote.
Roughly half an hour passed, and they still had no luck, suddenly SG's phone began to ring, "Squirrel Girl, I don't know for how much longer we can control this crowd, you'd better hurry it up in there." Jim warned, as SG hung up the phone.
"Where the hell is it?" the manager cried out in desperation, as SG finally spotted something, a small detail that could possibly be what they are looking for. All th wall tiles where a deep blue, but one small tile was a lighter shade of blue, and that made her smile as she walked up to it, and the tile came right off, revealing a small hole in the wall, and she reached inside of it and pulled out a familiar blue tinted vial field with a liquid inside of it.
"Found you, you bastard." SG said with a smile as she pocketed the vial and pulled out her phone, "Jim, I found the antidote, I'm taking it back to your office..."
To be continued...
So Doreen and the police have two of the antidotes, but there are still eight left, what do you think will happen, please let me know.
