Spencer was finishing up in his room He had done some cleaning after he called his father. That pink good had dried to something like concrete. It was like silly putty from what he could remember before it dried making it something unique. He must have mixed a bunch of his art supplies together when he was out of it. "I wonder if I can replicate it later and maybe even make it different colors." Spencer thought. He was back in his room readjusting his holster and rechecking his gun when he heard the door slam open and then closed.
"Spencer where you at?" Sam shouted. She noticed the apartment was clean again. Spencer moved his new art out of peoples way. "What's up Sam!" Spencer answered. He heard the sound of foot steps approaching his room. He was just putting his gun in his holster when Sam walked in. "I'm just here to get some... Spencer! What's that in your hand?" Sam was floored. She never knew that Spencer owned a gun. "Look dad gave it to me when I became Carly's guardian." Spencer said. He tucked it into the holster and hid it under his button up.
"Do you even know how to use that thing?" Sam asked. "Yes Sam dad taught me how to shoot, clean, and disassemble and reassemble it. It was one of the one conditions to be Carly's guardian when dad was stationed. How is Carly anyway?" Spencer said. Sam walked out of Spencer's room and over to Carly's with Spencer following. "She seems to be doing better. She is drinking a lot of water and she is really cold." Sam went over to Carly's dresser and started rummaging through one of the drawers to get the requested items of clothing. "How is she feeling? Is she still in any pain?" Spencer asked as he watched Sam.
"I don't know really. If she is it doesn't seem to be as bad as when we were in the hospital." Sam closed the drawer and turned back to face Spencer who was leaning agents the door jam arms crossed. "Her bite wound healed really fast also. It's not even a scar really." She walked back towards him and past him heading back to Freddie's place. Spencer followed behind. Before Sam opened the door she turned around to look at Spencer. She studied his face and the way he was standing. "You seem... different." Sam said. "What do you mean different?" Spencer asked. "I can't put my finger on it. You just seem different."
Sam said as they walked out of the Shay apartment. They entered the Benson apartment without knocking. Sam walked over to the couch where Carly was laying down. Marisa and Sam helped Carly over to Freddie's room. They placed her on the bed. "I'm going to talk to Spencer help her change and then go ahead and put her in Freddie's bed ok. Put her cloths in the hamper." Marisa instructed. "Ok." Sam answered in a huff. She tossed the pajamas on to the bed and started to help Carly change.
Marisa left Freddie's room and walked back to the living room. Freddie and Spencer where sitting on the couch. They where quiet and kind of staring off into nothing. She went and sat in the arm chair next to Spencer. "How is she doing?" Spencer turned to look at Marisa. "She is weak and cold but she seems to be doing a lot better. But there is one other thing that we noticed." Sam came into the living room, grabbed the big cup that Carly was drinking from, and went to the kitchen where she filled it with more water.
Freddie, Marisa, and Spencer all looked up for the moment to watch. "So what is it that you found out about Carly?" Spencer asked. Sam walked back into the room with Carly's water and made her way back to Freddie's room. Freddie got up to follow Sam. "Well it seems that Carly's eyes have changed color from brown to pale blue. I've never seen anything like that before." Marisa finally told Spencer. "Whoa! is her vision ok, can she still see?" Spencer asked. "Yes her vision is fine Spencer." Marisa said.
Freddie caught up to Sam as she went back to his room. He watched as Sam handed the glass to Carly who drank greedily from it. He walked over to his desk and grabbed his Pear Pad and then walked out to the hall. When she finished she set the cup on the bed side stand and laid down and huddled under the blankets. "Thanks Sam." Carly said. "No problem kid. Get some sleep we will check on you in a little while. Don't hesitate to ask for anything Carly." Sam told her. Sam got up and looked at Freddie. They both left the room but did not shut the door all the way.
They stood in the hall out side his room. Freddie gave Sam a hug and as he was holding her. "How are you holding up Sam?" Freddie asked. Sam hugged him back breathed in Freddie's sent letting it calm her. "I'm ok. How are you?" Sam countered. "I am ok. It has been a wild day. I'm going to check the net for more information. I think you should call your mom maybe she can come here." Freddie spoke. "Oh man my mom I should call her your right! Give me a moment." She reached into her pocket for her Pear Phone and started to call. Freddie retreated back to the living room.
He went and sat back down next to Spencer. "Her wound is healed aside from being cold she looks to be getting better." Marisa finished. "Thats good to hear. Thanks Miss Bension." Spencer said. "Carly is resting. Sam is calling her mom to see if she is ok and to come over." Freddie told his mom and friend when they finished. "Oh dear I hope Sam's mom is ok and can make it here." Marisa said. Sam came into the living room and sat down on the arm of the couch next to Freddie. "Did you get ahold of your mom Sam?" Freddie asked. "No. I got this dumb computer voice saying something about the call can't be completed at this time." Sam replied.
"Try the land line then." Freddie got up and grabbed the phone on the counter and handed to Sam. Taking the phone that was handed to her she dialed the number and put it to her ear. Everyone was watching as she did so. It was a little weird but she ignored it. The phone rang and rang and rang. "She's not picking up!" Sam was a little scared and instead of showing that she got angry. She slammed the phone down on the coffee table. "All it's doing is ringing!" Sam was mad. Freddie was going to say something when she picked up the phone again and dialed a new number.
When she stood and walked over to the corner of the room he was not sure who she was calling but instead of dwelling on it he started to look at news and blog sights about what was happening in the Seattle area. He was checking the official new stories and they all said the same thing. Rabies out break, stay indoors, CDC and National Guard have vaccines for those infected, and some reports of rioters. Then he started to look at the less official blogs and splash face posts. It was a lot more scary what people where reporting. It was almost unbelievable. Reports of people being attacked and not stopping even after being seriously hurt. He did not know what to believe till he came across a video. When he watched it the color drained from his face.
Marisa picked up the jar with the black stuff in it and took it to the kitchen. She wrote on it DO NOT EAT with a permeant marker and then placed it into the fridge and then started to cook dinner. She was worried and needed something to focus on. She started to make enough for all of them plus T-Bo. Thinking of him she worried about him being able to get home. She pulled out her phone and called him. Spencer got up and went to Freddie's room. She was huddled under the blankets and looked to be asleep. He walked in quietly and just stood watching Carly for the moment. He went into the room to go sit on the the edge of the bed. The movement on the bed disturbed Carly but she did not wake.
Satisfied that she was ok and not wanting to risk waking her he got up and left the room. The Phone seemed to ring for forever but it was finally picked up. "Mel! Thank goodness you picked up. Are you ok?" Sam said with relief washing into her voice. "Sam? Yeah I'm fine. I have been trying to call you and mom since I saw the reports about the Rabies out break but something is up with the cell phones. Are you and mom ok?" Melanie questioned "Well I haven't been able to get ahold of mom but she can take take care of herself. I'm fine I just wanted to know if anything weird is going on where you are?" Sam asked.
"Not really. Some of my friends said they saw the National Guard come through. I think there is a road block but I'm not sure." Melanie explained. "Look what ever it is it's not Rabies. Did you get those Nunchuku mom sent you? Keep them close Mel I'm serious, stay away from people acting funny, and if they get to close use them got it." Sam ordered Melanie. Mel wanted to protest but Sam's voice was so serious that she knew that she was not playing around. "Ok Sam I will. Tell everyone to be safe as well. I love you Sam." Melanie said as a good bye.
"Yeah I care too." Sam said to Melanie. She turned the phone off and turned to Freddie. Seeing him she could see he looked scared. "Whats up Freddie?" Sam walked to him and sat next to him. She caught the tail end of the video as it went grey and the re-watch symbol popped up on it. "You have to see this. Everyone you have to come see this video!" Freddie said loud enough to get his mom and Spencer's attention. Spencer and his mom came into the room. They came over to Freddie and leaned onto the couch to see whats up.
Freddie held up his Pear Pad so everyone could see and pressed the re-play button. "Freddie what are we watching?" Marisa asked. "Just watch." Freddie told his mom. The video started out as just a person filming from one end of what looked like his apartment balcony into the street. You could see people just going about there day. It did not look like many people where out. Probably scared of the out break. A person looking like a woman wandered into the street from out of frame and just stood there. A car passes. The vid wobbles as the person taking it moves to the end of the balcony.
The person in the street is lost for a moment but as the vid stops wobbling it centers back on the woman was still standing there. A person shouted at the woman that was standing in the street and the camera moves to show that person. It was barley heard but what ever was said the woman's head whipped in that direction. You could hear the scream as she ran strait at them. The crazed woman barrels right into the unsuspecting victim and starts tearing at his clothing, biting, and snarling.
Marisa covered her mouth. "Freddie I don't want to see this. And none of us should have to see that." She closed her eyes and looked away. People ran in and out of frame. You could see people taking people photos and vids of there own as they watched the carnage. "Mom you really need to see the end." Freddie said. Finally some person ran up to the attacker with a bat. He wound up and swung with a good swing. He tagged the woman in the shoulder. The woman rolled off her victim and turned to the person with bat. She stood and faced the person with the bat her arm that was clobbered hung uselessly.
Her face and clothing where covered in blood. The man on the ground scooted back till he was up agents a building. The crazy woman ran at the man with the bat. He did not have time to get a full swing in so instead he uses the handle to smash her in the face. She went down with a sicking crack as her head hit the concrete. The video again wobbled as the person shooting moved again and then refocused on the original victim. He had several bits to his shoulder and arm.
Blood stained his clothing and ran onto the sidewalk. He was breathing really hard then seemed to slump and his breathing slowed. A cop car lights and siren blaring came into scene. Two cops got out with his taser drawn and his partner had his gun drawn. You can hear shouts ordering the guy with the bat to drop it and get on the ground. The guy complied. The cop with the taser put it away and pulled out his cuffs. He cuffed the man on the ground. Once he was secured. The cop with the gun drawn put his away.
He moved from behind the car to approach the man slumped on the building. Before the cop could get to the man he started convulsing and then slumped to the floor. The cop ran the rest of the way to the man. He started checking vitals and calling into his radio. The man stopped convulsing as the cop was checking him pulled him away from the wall to lay him out. He pointed to his partner who ran to the trunk, he pulled something from the trunk. The man that was attacked sat up suddenly. He turned to the cop and lunged at the cop that was working on him.
His partner dropped the equipment and pulled out his taser. He ran and shot the man attacking his partner but it did not seem to work. He kicked the man off his partner, he dropped his taser and pulled out his gun. His partner started to roll away. The crazy started to scramble after the cop rolling till you see the flash and then hear the pop of two gun shots. The man did not stop till there was a third shot and the man fell to the ground. The video ended and everyone was silent. "That was just horrible Freddie. How could you show us that?" Marisa was not really seeing the true meaning of the video. All she saw where acts of violence.
"So what did we just see?" Spencer asked. "Is that even real." Sam questioned. "Oh its very real. There are at least three other posts of the same thing from the street. If this is a hoax then it is a really good one." Freddie said. Freddie handed his Pear Pad to Spencer. He started reading comments and looking at other videos. "This is something that is very dangerous. And it is not Rabies. It's like there..." Freddie trailed off. "Zombies." Sam finished. Everyone looked at her. "I think she might be right." Spencer said as he watched a different video. Marisa shock her head and went to the kitchen.
She was not convinced they where Zombies but she did know that something bad was happening when people attacked people and cops. "Dinner will be ready in about 20 minuets." Marisa called out from the kitchen. She tried to busy herself with the final preparations of dinner. Spencer kept reading and watching new blogs and vids. Sam got up off the arm rest and sat on the other couch. Freddie got up to sit next to her. He wrapped his arm around her and she rested her head on his chest. They sat in relative silence just relaxing. "That was intense huh?" Freddie said. "Very. It's just hard to believe. What if that happened to Carly. What would we do?" Sam said into his chest. "Hey Hey Hey Carly is fine. Other then her her eyes and being thirsty she is fine." Freddie wrapped his arms around her.
"I think I will go check on her and see if she wants some more water or food." Sam got up. "Or at least what your mom calls food." Sam quipped as she walked out of the room. "I heard that Sam." Marisa fired back. Freddie rolled his eyes. "Everyone it's time to eat. Freddie set the table please." Marisa instructed. Freddie got up to do as he was told. "Spencer stop with those violent videos and come sit down at the table." Marisa scolded Spencer. He got up and made his way to the table. Sam entered Freddie's room. She quietly sat on the edge of the bed and shook Carly's shoulder.
"Carly hey... hey how are you doing?" Carly woke to Sam shaking her. She took a deep breath. "Whats up Sam" Carly asked in a sleepy voice. "Dinners ready. Do you feel up to come eat or want me to bring something?" Sam explained. Carly blinked a few times. Sam saw for the first time her pale blue eyes. It was something that everyone will notice and it was something different to get use to. "Yeah I think I can use some food. I don't feel like moving though." Carly replied. "Hey its no problem. Lets get you propped up and I'll get you some food." Sam grabbed a few of the pillows and put them behind Carly.
"There you go kid I'll be right back. Sam got up and walked back out to the living room. "Carly says she wants some food but doesn't want to come to the table." Sam explained. Marisa went into the kitchen and then came out a few moments later with a bowl of soup and some slices of bread on tray. She handed it to Sam who took it back to Carly. "Here you go Carly." Sam put the tray on Carly's lap. Sam took the thermos and went and refiled it. "Thanks Sam." Carly started to eat. "Hey do you have a mirror?" Carly asked. "Umm... Hold on let me check the bathroom." Sam went to look.
Finding a hand mirror under the sink she came back and handed it to Carly. She looked into the mirror studying herself very closely. "Wow that is going to take some getting used to. I wonder should I get contacts to change them back?" Carly looked to Sam. It was the first time Sam really got a good look at her eyes. It was something really weird to see her eyes so pale a blue. "It's up to you Carly but you always look good." Sam complemented. "Thanks Sam." She set the mirror down and and continued to eat. Sam handed the remote to Freddie's Tv. "Take it easy Carly. I'll come talk to you in a little bit ok." Sam left to go eat dinner with the rest of the group.