Sean leaned back against the seat looking out the car's front windshield to watch Sam walk up the steps of Tesla High School. I am so glad I came with her to Eureka. What would I do without her? Sean thought. "All Around Me" by Flyleaf started playing from the backseat. Reaching back Sean found Sam's purse and found her phone. The caller I.D. said Alex. Opening the cell Sean answered, "Sam Spiare's cell."
"Hello…is Sam there," asked the voice hesitantly.
"Sorry she's not here right now….who is this anyway?" Sean replied a little harshly.
"Um… Alex…she'll know who I am," said Alex at first confused but then confidently.
"Ok I'll tell her you called," Sean said coolly hanging up.
Who was that? I mean I know all her friends and he's not one of them. I thought she liked me? Should I still ask her out to dinner tonight? Should I even give her the message…yes… she would find out if I didn't. Sean hung his head as these thoughts swirled around his head.
Sean's head suddenly shot up when he heard police sirens coming towards him. What the heck? he thought as Carter's jeep pulled up next to Sam's car. Jumping out of the car Carter put up an electric police tape all around the school's entrances.
"Carter what's going on?" Sean yelled out the window scrambling out of the car.
"Stand back Sean," Carter yelled back as he finishing putting up the electric tape.
"Ok I'm back so tell me what's happening in there?"
"Well what I have so far is there's some kind of contamination in the school's air system. It originated from one of the science labs and we were able to close off all of the vents leading out but we think a few people were in the lab at the time," said Carter speaking slowly trying to explain it correctly.
"Was it a class of students?" Sean asked hoping not.
"No we don't think so…we think it was just a few kids and maybe a teacher,"
"Oh no was Zoë in there too," asked Sean hoping for Carter's and his sake she wasn't.
"Well she was defintily in the school but I'm not sure if she was in there yet," replied Carter dejectedly.
"What about Sam? Have you heard from her?"
"Sam was in there?" exclaimed Carter.
"Yeah why?" Sean replied hesitantly.
"Well, we are going to need her help if the infected people have any chance of survival," replied Carter talking faster now. Sean face just went pale.
"I need to find Sam,"
"You can't Sean," said Carter holding him back.
At that moment Jo's car came roaring around the corner with Zane practically pinned to the seat due to the speed of the car. Jo yanked open the door jumping out and Carter looked over at Jo just for a second loosening his grip slightly. Suddenly Sean sprinted off towards Tesla's side entrance.
Sam practically skipped down the hall towards the room where she thought Zoë would be. I'm here in the fantastic town of Eureka, I get to see my best friends who I haven't seen in years, and I am almost going out with the man of my dreams. This is the life… Sam thought smiling to herself.
"Zoë!" Sam called down the hall when she saw her friend appear at a doorway.
"Sam! What are you doing here?" Zoë called back stepping out of the classroom.
Running up to the doorway Sam gave Zoë and hug and replied, "I moved back to Eureka to work here at GD."
"Is Sean here, too?" asked Zoë smiling leading Sam into the lab where Pillar, Lucas and a teacher were already inside.
"Yes he is as a matter of fact."
"Well what are you working on?" Zoë asked knowing her friend always got interesting projects.
"Um…I'm working with Zane in genetic engineering,"
"Really, isn't that an old project like dead end, no more, useless," Zoë said shaking her head.
"No project is useless, Zoë," Sam said with a shake of her head.
"Whatever," Zoë replied turning back to her project to show Sam what she was working on while in college.
"There is a contamination of the air in Lab 7. Closing all air ducts out and sealing all doors." A voice from the speakers stated. "Virus contamination in Lab Seven. All other labs and classrooms please head to the auditorium."
Everyone looked up terrified. "We should probably go the auditorium with everyone else," Sam said not understanding their terror.
"We can't…this is Lab seven," Pillar replied shakily.
Sam stared over at her. "This is not good…"
The next thing Sean knew he was waking up with a pounding headache. Oww thought Sean as he looked up into the face of Zane.
"What happened?" Sean asked slowly rubbing his head.
"You made a run for the door and Jo tased you. You dropped like a rock," Zane replied helping his friend up. "But don't worry I understand why you ran to find Sam," said Zane quietly glancing at Jo.
"Oh…"
"Just forget about it. Oh and we got some updates on the Tesla virus. Its no longer contagious but a few people were contaminated," said Zane updating Sean.
"Who?"
"Well….Zoë, Lucas, Pillar, a teacher, and …. Sam," Zane said his voice trailing off, "And they only have two hours left."