Who's on a roll!
Primal's on a roll!
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As always, love to my readers.
Expect the next chapter soon, I'm writing like made because the plot is about to really pick up.
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The few days that Morgan was given off because of the 'break in' flew by faster than she thought possible. Admittedly she did achieve a lot of progress on Alex's condition thanks to the new data and models. However there was still something missing from it all, something that was holding Morgan back from finding the answer they both wanted and needed. It was frustrating but Morgan didn't have time to pout at the computer and hope it would come to her. With her holiday up she had to face the fact that she would have to return to work, much to her dismay. For two days she had been watching on TV as the building was swept by investigators and the men in the gas masks. While they had been creepy on their own, the fact that Alex seemed fearful of them only made it worse. Why would he have a reason to fear anyone!

Despite all these things she had no choice but to grin and bear it. Luckily the bruising around her neck was pretty much gone and unless you knew where to look you wouldn't see anything. Relations between her and Alex had improved as well. Things were going back to normal and she was actually shocked to realize that Alex was making an effort to be nice to her. This showed particularly well that morning when she was faced with going back to work.
"Just breathe and relax. They have no reason to suspect you." He sighed as he watched her shake as she drank some coffee.
"Says you…what if they find prints? What if someone saw us?" She chattered before slowly raising the cup to her lips. She hadn't slept that well the night before.
"It will be fine Morgan. Stop worrying." He insisted as he got up and moved over to look at her face to face. "If things don't seem right then come back here. Tell them something came up." Morgan snorted and looked away for a moment.
"Like what? I got sick? I don't have anymore sick days." She growled as he smirked a little. Hey he thought it was funny at this point.
"Tell them someone in your family passed away and you got the call on your way in."
"Alex that's not only horrible but it is very bad karma." She scolded before setting the cup down. "Alright well…I might as well just go in…" She sighed. He gave a nod and actually walked her to the door.
"You'll be fine...you'll see." He assured before putting a hand on her shoulder. She flinched when she caught the movement though, both of them freezing then. There was a moment then were they both just stood there and realized that perhaps they weren't as fixed as they thought they were. Alex sighed, moving his hand the rest of the way to put it on her shoulder and give it a small squeeze. "Stay safe." He muttered before turning to leave her. She nodded, sighing then before heading out.

It was amazing how long it had been since he had first shown up in her house. When Alex had arrived there had been ice and snow outside her house and now? All the trees were lush and green again, birds were singing and people were walking around in shorts and V necks. Morgan continued to note peoples clothes on the way in and did so long enough that she almost ran into someone.
"Crap! Sorry!" She gasped, laughing as she almost completely knocked them over.
"It's quiet alright." The man laughed, turning then to look at her. "Oh Morgan! Hey." It was Eric. Seeing him made a stab of guilt flare in her stomach; the voice in the back of her head reminding her that abusing his friendliness had allowed the break in to happen.
"Hey Eric." She smiled back, trying to seem like her normal self. It was becoming hard though. She knew she had to look as guilty as she felt…
"Can you believe what happened? The break in and all?" He hummed as he started to walk with her.
"No it was….pretty wild." Morgan laughed softly as she took to staring at the ground.
"And on the 28th floor! Thank goodness it wasn't in my sector, I don't know what I would have done if that had been my lab…" He glanced to her. "Can you imagine?"
"Hmmm? Oh gosh no…" She rushed to say before biting her lip. She winced some, having forgotten it was sore. She had bite through it the night of the break in after all… "So uh….do they know how much damage was done?" She asked as lightly as she could.
"Oh it was a total loss, a couple million at least." Eric said confidently. "We all may be affected, our projects that is." He added.
"Why is that?" Morgan asked; too focused on the upcoming building to think it through. She was seeing a line of people outside the gates, not sure why everyone appeared held up.
"Well the RX -120 was the biggest lost. That thing was apparently wrecked from the inside out." Eric frowned. That had been the machine Alex's tendrils had attacked, the extractor…
"Well shit." Morgan snorted, just then realizing how many departments that would effect. Just about everyone used that thing once a week at the least. Now what would they do? "Any idea on if we'll get another one?" She asked, realizing it was stupid that the company had only ever bought one.
"No idea. The company makes them but they're still really expensive to produce from what I've heard. The weird thing is those chips the thief was after aren't used in those…so I wonder why he trashed it…" Morgan felt her heart leap into her throat. Shit, shit, SHIT.
"Well um, maybe he didn't know which machines had them." She offered as they stopped in line.
"Morgan those chips are highly secret, only the people who make those machines normally know where they are in the machine and which have them. If they knew enough to get them out they should have known which machines had them and which didn't. It doesn't add up…" He sighed.
"You sure know a lot about them." She pointed out then, trying to turn it on him some. Eric looked at her in shock and held up his hands.
"Hey, I didn't do it. We're all suspects really. I mean…you knew about the chips. We all do. We all had to be trained to use those machines so everyone here could have been capable of tearing them open." He smirked some then and elbowed her lightly. "So don't go blaming me Miss Morgan." He teased as she laughed and flushed some.
"Sorry. I couldn't resist." She admitted before focusing ahead.

Everyone was passing by some odd machine that beeped on occasion. It looked like a big metal tub covered in lights and buttons with a giant tuning fork on top. Some people were being pulled aside by the gasmask men in addition and it appeared to be at random. She passed a few of these people after a moment and both she and Eric couldn't help but eavesdrop as the men in masks questioned them.
"Where were you between 2200 and 0100 the night of the incident?" The mask breathed. The woman he was interviewing was someone Morgan recognized. It was someone from Eric's floor and she looked pissed.
"I went to a movie and then went home! Now would you PLEASE let me go? I have a lot of work to do!" She huffed.
"Ma'am do you have anyone who can prove this?" He sighed as he wrote on a pad of paper.
"Yes I do! Ug you military ass holes…" She continued to ramble on, Morgan shivering some and actually tuning into Eric some. God they creeped her out…those masks…
"You okay?"Eric asked as he let his arm go around her casually.
"Yeah I just….they creep me out…" She sighed as he nodded.
"Yeah, they are pretty spooky. I have to wonder why they wear those things…" He muttered as he glared a few of the men down. As they got closer to the giant machine Morgan started to get a bad feeling about something. They were looking for something and if Alex was scared of them…could they be looking for him? She looked at herself then, realizing that he had been close to her for months, close to her that morning…hell his hand had been on her clothing! Could…that machine…?

She froze as Eric continued forward a few steps before he realized she wasn't with him. He turned and frowned.
"Are you okay?" He asked, coming back close and looking at her. "Morgan you don't look so well…you're pale." He added as his voice became worried.
"I erm….uh…" She needed to get out of here! This was not SAFE! Before she could make a run for it however, the universe granted her a bit of rare luck. Her feet were starting to move backwards, trying to turn her so she could run but then she watched it happen. A man came out to see how things were going. He had to be a sergeant or some higher up in the military by his looks and he was drinking a large thermos of what she assumed to be coffee.
"How is it going boys?" He asked the group of men by the machine. Morgan noticed then that they all had guns, large AK's by the looks of them. They all saluted the man then before one spoke up.
"Excellent sir. No signs yet." He replied as the sergeant nodded.
"Good, good….keep it up boys!" He chimed as he went to walk around the machine but as he did so he tripped. Morgan couldn't see on what but the man fell flat on his face and with him went his coffee. It however landed on that machine and spilled all over it. It didn't seem to have an effect at first but then it made a horrid grinding noise and shut down. "Son of a BITCH!" He roared as he jumped up. Every one of the gas mask men swarmed around it, trying to figure out if it could be saved or not. "Ahhh hell….Corporate is not going to like this…WHO LEFT THIS GOD FORSAKEN CORD HERE!" He roared then as he turned on the men.

As all this unfolded people just hurried inside, not caring about procedure or wanting to deal with these rude men. Morgan and Eric were among them, the pair shuffling inside and hurrying towards the Genetek building.
"What a mess…" Eric sighed before looking at Morgan. She seemed so off and he was still worried about her. "That was pretty funny though huh? You would think they'd make them water proof." He grinned then as he tried to cheer her up.
"Yeah…funny." Morgan nodded. Her stomach was still a wreck and she felt like she might throw up. They were on to all this…they had to know… Her mind continued to panic as they headed in and finally shut down when she suddenly realized she was at her own work station. With a sigh she just focused on work and tried to get something accomplished.

Around noon Morgan was starting to work herself into a panic again. The machines outside were down but they had more coming in. In addition to that, a smaller prototype version had been set up INSIDE and during their lunch breaks they were rescanning all employees. When this came to Morgan's attention she had to find a way out. She was trying not to show how panicked she was either but speed walking in the halls did steer some attention her way.
"Miss!" It was one of them…one of the gasmask freaks. She froze, turning then to look back. Two of them were coming her way, both with guns in hand.
"Y-yes?" She asked, hands knotting together as her heart raced.
"All employee's are required to be on break at this time. Where are you going?" They asked.
"Oh well..you see…" She had to come up with a good lie and fast. "I'm just headed to my locker. I thought I had some Lactate on hand but it seems that I don't." She laughed weakly. "I'm Lactose intolerant you see and I know they have milkshakes today. If I don't grab that little pill I'll suffer for the rest of the day." They seemed to buy it, the pair nodding but then replying with.
"We understand miss. Let us escort you." Her heart sank. There was no getting out of this….
"Hheeyyy Morgan!" She and the men spun then as Cadence appeared. She grinned, rushing over and giving her a hug. "Aren't you going to lunch? They have milkshakes today." She beamed.
"Oh, I am but I have to get my Lactate. I forgot it." She explained while her eyes bored into Cadence. If she wanted to make up for being a bitch for all these months now was the time. She blinked, seeming a bit lost before…
"Way to go. Forgot it again?" She grinned. Morgan could breathe a little easy.
"Yeah…" Morgan laughed before looking back at the men.
"Oh, I'll go with her guys. Go and get something to eat yourselves." Cadence grinned back to the troops. She was good at that 'girlish charm' thing, giving them both a flutter of her eyes and a small glance down her shirt. Both seemed to be alright with it, nodding then and heading off as did the girls.
"What the hell was that about!" Cadence hissed in a whisper.
"Cadence I HAVE to get out of here…I just…please. I need your help." Morgan begged as they headed towards the back of Gentek. Cadence hesitated before she narrowed her eyes.
"Morgan….does this have to do with the weirdo living with you?"
"Cay please…" Morgan begged. "I promise I'll tell you everything if you just get me out!" Morgan begged. Cadence had never heard this level of desperation in her voice before and after looking in her eyes she knew she had to help. The woman looked like she was near tears…

"Alright…fine. Come with me. Hurry." She whispered as she grabbed her hand. She rushed through the back of the building, taking a service elevator down to the first floor and starting to head towards the back. They ended up in a loading deck that was luckily empty but also closed up. There were no trucks in and no lights which made it not only difficult to navigate but unnerving. When they finally found a door Morgan and Cadence peeked out to see a clear shot out. There was only one problem…
"Shit!" Cadence shut the door and both of them leaned against it. They had a clear shot but…the problem was there was a group of men guarding the back entrance with another of those machines and this one was working.
"How am I going to get out now?" Morgan sighed as she put a hand over her eyes.
"Hey just….relax. We'll think of something. We just need to distract them…" Cadence reasoned as she peeked out again. It was about 12 yards to the perimeter wall and the exit. She knew Morgan could run that distance but getting the guards far enough away….
"I could always distract them."
"Cadence no…I….I can't let you risk your job for me…" Morgan hissed. There had to be another way to get those men to move.
"Well….what if I just act like I found something really shocking and they come over? I can make a big scene over something small." She reasoned. Morgan snorted at that and nodded.
"That's for sure."
"Ignoring that…" Cadence sighed before opening the door again. "I know what to do, Morgan you just get ready to run…" She reasoned.
"Alright and Cay….thank you so much again…" Morgan got a smile back in return before Cadence tore out the door. She slipped around the side of the building but couldn't find anything to freak out over so…she did the next best thing and took out her phone. She took a moment, looking at the men before speaking.
"OH MY GOD! I can't believe it!" She half shouted before giving an excited little scream. The men looked over at once, said something to one another then tore off towards Cadence. Once Morgan thought they were far enough she tore out the door. She ran as fast as she thought possible, until her lungs were burning and her legs hurt. She was just about to pass through the exit when…

"You there! STOP!" She stumbled and slowed enough to look back. There were other men coming around from the front and they had seen her. The ones Cadence had distracted were still with her and these…these were new men. They hadn't thought about those walking around the building... Morgan didn't stop she simply glanced and then kept running. She was just about to slip out when two things happened at once. First, the machine to her right went off. The top, rotating piece that looked like a tuning fork went into the air before letting loose an ear piercing siren. Morgan shouted, throwing her hands over her ears before she managed to hear something else above it; Gun fire. She screamed then, diving to the side and tumbling to the ground. They were SHOOTING at her! However she didn't have time to lay there and panic. As soon as she hit the ground she shoved herself up again and kept going. She took to the alleys for awhile, not even paying attention to where she was going. She just wanted to get as far away from Gentek as possible…

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An hour and one long cab ride later Morgan was walking up to her door. She was sore and had some scraps on her hands and arms but…she was fine otherwise. She had to wonder about Cadence and hoped that she got out of everything alright. She didn't want her getting in trouble for something that was her fault which all of this was. Groaning she put her head on the door before she moved to unlock the door. Slipping inside, she put her keys on the hook by the door before moving into the living room.
"Okay so let me explain-" She began before she found herself screaming again. Something had snapped around her waist, snatching her forward before she collided with a wall.
"Oh shit! Morgan!" She looked up, realizing the wall was actually Alex's chest. She looked to her waist, seeing his whip arm had been wrapped around her. It was vanishing fast though and shifting back into his normal arm.
"What the HELL was that about!" She hissed as she moved away and brushed herself off some.
"Sorry…I didn't know it was you…what are you doing here?" He asked as he watched her move back.
"Genetek is like a hornets nest. Those gas mask people are just…everywhere. They're interrogating employee's and have huge scanners up everywhere….Alex….they're looking for you aren't they?" She wanted answers; there was no hesitating this time. But Alex didn't say anything; he just stood there and sighed. Morgan threw her hands up and gave a shout before leaving for the stairs. "Well I'll let you know now that we are SCREWED. I ran from them, they SHOT at me. That place isn't safe anymore and neither am I. I'm done. We HAVE to get out of here." She ranted as she hurried to her room. Alex was following her though she didn't notice, not even when she dragged out a suitcase and started to throw cloths in it. "I'm going to have to leave town, maybe even the country…"
"Morgan just…hold on won't you?" Alex sighed he came in. She turned then, making a face and about to point out that he hadn't asked to come in. "Look…I'll fix this. You don't have to leave town just…give me a little while okay?" He asked. It was…frightening how calm he was.
"Alex…you promised you weren't going to consume people anymore…"
"I didn't say I was. I'll just…fix this." He assured. "Are you alright? You said they shot at you." She blinked then, surprised he had paid attention.
"Yeah I think so…they missed." She looked at her hands and arms some. "It's just scraps…I'll live." She nodded before looking at him.
"Alright well…stay here. I'll be back later on tonight. I can find out what's going on better than you can." He smirked as those tendrils came out. Morgan made a face and swatted one away before moving to put her cloths away.
"You do that…I'll…find something to do." She sighed, mind on her computer and the models. With a plan set the pair parted company, Morgan staying home for once and Alex heading to Gentek.

Several hours later Morgan had reached a critical point in her work. The models were all saying the same thing and there was good data there to support it. It was just…hard for her to comprehend, to really grasp and accept. By the end she just pulled up an image the computer had generated. It was probably the last image the RX-120 had taken before Alex wrecked it. It was of his blood, the image showing a fuzzy outline of his blood cells and the faint outline of a vein. It all looked normal…except for the fact that floating in his blood were thousands of little viruses. His blood cells were coated in them too, making them appear oddly shaped and mutated, or at least that was what she had thought. Now, after the hours of work she was realizing something. The blood cells weren't coated in the virus…they were made of it. As she watched the video she could see them twisting, bending and changing inside his blood stream. This alone could only mean one thing and it was still hard for her to understand. Luckily for Morgan she didn't have to struggle with the idea for long because Alex came back about half and hour after her discovery. As he entered he sighed, pushing his hood down before moving into the living room with his sights set on the kitchen. He looked a little worn and when Morgan turned to talk to him he actually hushed her. Even more shocking was when he returned and with an apple in hand.
"Alright…now talk." He chuckled, taking a bite out of it as he stopped at her side. He was actually eating…and she wasn't forcing him to. She couldn't help but smile a little before she turned back to the screen.
"So, while you were gone I decided to be productive and work some more. I've been close to a break through for awhile so I knew it just needed a little more thought. I was right." She smiled as she pulled up a few models and then that short clip from his blood.
"And?" Alex pressed.
"And…well." She sighed, looking from the screen to him. "Alex I don't know how to tell you think but….you…you are the virus. At least that's what this is telling me…"
"Oh yeah, I knew that."

There was a long pause, silence filling in the room before Morgan was on her feet and in his face.
"WHY the HELL didn't you tell me!" She screamed, growing angrier when he laughed some.
"I don't know I guess I just…didn't remember to." He shrugged as he moved to sit. "But you know now. The tests helped and you have more than enough data correct?"
"Well yes but-"
"Then keep going." Alex sighed as he moved to sit on the couch. The TV came on and Morgan knew he had clocked out for the night. With a groan and a few coarse words she dropped back in her rolly chair and turned to the computer. She took a few minutes to move everything she needed back on the flash drive and eventually had to use the other one too. With everything saved on there she went into the computer's driver and typed in a command.
'Do you wish to clear all data?' It asked. Morgan sighed, looking back to Alex for a second before eyeing the screen again. She took the mouse and moved the cursor over 'yes'. One click later the screen went black and the computer started to clear itself off.

This time…she would start completely fresh.