A/n: My medical knowledge is taken from the medical shows I watch and some of it will be loosely made up,so if what happens next seems impossible, remember this is basically a scifi story,the impossible can happen,lol, enjoy the new chapter.
-Pessi Rom
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Chapter Six : Frozen
Harvard, Boston Massachusetts
"What did you figure out,Walter?" Olivia said as she and Peter entered the lab. Walter had called before they left the hospital ,saying he had an idea.
"Well...I was thinking about how this radiation spreads." Walter said.
"By consuming the body's water." Olivia said .
"Right, so if we can slow down that process, we can stop the spread of the radiation." Walter said.
"But how...wait a minute, you're not thinking , what I think you're thinking." Peter said catching on to Walter's theory.
"It could work, it would give both us and James more time, to solve this." Walter said.
"It's too dangerous, what if something goes wrong." Peter argued.
"Hold on, what are you two talking about,if this could help James, we should do it, what exactly did you have in mind." Olivia said not getting what the big deal was.
"He, wants to freeze James." Peter said.
"Freeze him, how would that help?" Olivia said confused.
"Well, if we're able to freeze the water in his body, it would take longer for the radiation to absorb it ,and spread to the rest of his body." Walter explained.
"That sounds dangerous." Olivia said.
"That's because it is, his temperature would have to be lowered drastically in order to freeze him,he could get brain damage ,or it could kill him."Peter said.
"Not necessarily son, there is a way to freeze him, without killing him." Walter said then started scrambling around as if looking for something.
"You aren't seriously thinking of using that." Peter said.
"Using what?" Olivia said. Sometimes it was like Peter and Walter had their own way of communicating, and she was usually left looking lost and confused.
"This." Walter said wheeling out this metal machine that had all sorts of tubes hooked up to it.
"What is that?" Olivia said looking at the strange machine.
"Its a form of cryogenics, its more temporary, then the other types, and it hasn't been used in years." Peter said stressing the last part.
"How does it work?" Olivia asked Walter, she didn't know when it had happened,but she'd started to trust Walter and his crazy inventions.
"Well, what we do is essentially inject ice water into his central veins, along with a chemical, that will instantly freeze the water around it."Walter said pointing out what the tubes were for, and the part of the machine that would hold the ice water and additional chemicals.
"Do you think it could work?" Olivia asked.
"Yes, I'm certain, to a degree." Walter said.
"This is insane." Peter said still stubborn and adamant about being against this idea.
"Peter, I know you're worried about James, I am too, but this is all we have right now , it's something that can work, we don't have much time." Olivia said.
"Fine,but we're testing it first." Peter said.
"Of course we have to find the right concentration of the chemical...Alice , where are the box of frogs I ordered?" Walter said forgetting her name as usual.
"It's Astrid, Walter, and here you go." Astrid said appearing with a box of green frogs.
"Right, thank you." Walter said. Astrid went back over to the computer just as a call came in.
"Liv,its computer forensics, they found something and are faxing it over now,they think Peter might be able to decode it." Astrid said.
"K, I'm gonna call the hospital, I don't think we should move James, I'll get a truck, so we can go to him." Olivia said then pulled out her cell.
Olivia made some calls, while Peter and Astrid worked on deciphering the faxes, the FBI forensics team faxed over. And Walter worked to get the right combination of the freezing chemicals. An hour later all the calls were made, the information decoded and, after four exploded frogs, the right combination of ice water and chemicals, was found.
"I've got it, two parts ice water and 1/4th chemical ." Walter said.
"Good, job Walter,everything is set up, the truck should be here in a few minutes." Olivia said then walked over to Peter and Astrid.
"So, most of this is just extra code to take away from the real message,but we figured it out." Astrid explained .
"So what is it?" Olivia asked.
"They're GPS locations, this one comes up a lot in the encrypted emails,its pretty close to where James was found ,it's probably where Steven Fuller's new job was." Peter said excited as he pointed a specific set of numbers.
"That's great, first we take care of James, then I'm leading a team to check out the location." Olivia said.
Scottsburg General Hospital
"So, you're gonna freeze me?" Steven asked after they told him.
"Yeah, it will stop the burns from spreading." Peter said.
"Is it gonna hurt?" Steven asked in a quiet scared voice.
"No, kid, the doc is gonna give you something, so you wont feel a thing." Peter explained.
"What if I don't wake up, what if I'm stuck frozen forever, I don't want to do this, you cant make me do this!" James said starting to freak ok.
"It's going to be ok , kid, I promise, we will find a way to fix this,you can trust me." Peter said trying to reassure the boy.
"O..ok, I trust you...I'm ready, it'll be just like the movies,right." James said calming himself down.
"Yeah,just like the movies." Peter said , then he motioned for the doctor to come in with the sedative.
" Will...will you be here when I wake up." James said as he started to drift into unconsciousness.
"Yeah, kid, I'll be here." Peter said as he watched the boy slowly drift off.
"G-good." James said before drifting completely into unconsciousness.
"You ok?" Olivia asked walking over to him.
"Yeah,lets go find the SOB's that did this to him." Peter said walking away from the hospital room.
Scottsburg Virgina, Few Miles Where Bodies Were Found
Olivia, Charlie, Peter and other FBI troops, were outside an old warehouse, the location of the GPS coordinates they deciphered from Steven Fuller's emails. One tea,, led by Charlie, went around the back, while the second team, led by Olivia .went through the front.
"Clear!" Olivia said as they entered the first room guns raised. They went through several other rooms, which also ended up being empty, they were going down a long corridor, when Peter pointed out a back room.
"Liv,over there, do you smell that." Peter said as he edged toward the door.
"Peter,wait!" Olivia said but he had already approached the door, he had his hand on the door nob.
"Its locked." Peter said.
"Step back." One of the other officers said, then kicked the door open. Inside was a small lab and several vials of a white powdery substance.
"Get some hazmat suits, there may be radiation, I don't want anyone getting exposed." Olivia said motioning for everyone to step away from the open room.
"Uh,Liv, I think it's a little too late for that." Peter said motioning to the hand, he'd opened the door with, which was starting to be covered by the radiation burns.
"Oh,no." Olivia said staring shocked, at his burned hand.
A/n: Thanks for reading, hope you liked the chapter , I couldn't help but leave ya with a cliffy,lol,but things start to get intense from this part on. So next week is my birthday ,the big 21, so I'll probably end up updating again this time next week , because I've got plans early in the week and will be partying on the weekend, construct criticism/suggestions/reviews are greatly appreciated, thanks again for reading.
-Pessi .Rom