Within an hour of Castiel and John returning with the All Cure, Forrest and her mutes had gotten all of those in the infirmary set up on the drug. Forrest overseeing everyone who was currently down on a bed to be the first given the medication. Once they had been treated, Castiel and a few of the other Mutes set out to give the cure to all on the base. Even those not showing any symptoms, ensuring that the virus would be eradicated from the population of the city before the vaccine would be given. Forrest had explained, that within a day everyone should be good to get the vaccine, and that once again Mind Fyer would be an extinct virus. It was good news to all, seeing as once again the city had managed to evade death. While some had still fallen to the virus, the outlook for everyone else was excellent.
Elizabeth had found Forrest working in the infirmary, and much to the doctor's protest had ordered her to rest herself. Castiel and the other mutes were very much capable of seeing to everyone's recovery, but Forrest still wanted to make sure that everyone was alright. Elizabeth insisted and had managed to get Castiel involved on the matter. She stood no chance and was nearly chased from the infirmary by the pair. She had walked the halls like a zombie, and as tired as she was she had a few more things to get done. She had returned to her room, looking at the familiar sight of the place she called home. Her things all in place, and the room tidy seeing as Castiel had taken it upon himself to be the housekeeper. She had never been organized with her things, and even now things never changed.
The shower she took was welcoming; she did not even bother standing. She had sat on the floor of the shower, letting the hot water wash over her in silence. The morning shower she had taken had been quick, seeing as she was not in her bathroom. Not this time, her promise from earlier to fall asleep inside was almost fulfilled. But she could not sleep, not when she had decided how to spend the next few hours. Carson had wanted to spend their day off together, and generally speaking they had. Not in the sense, they had both wanted, but there was still a chance for that. She had a plan, and with John's help, she would be able to do it easily. He was the one with the best movie collection after all.
While his fever had gone down, his body hurt. It was a collective issue that everyone who had been in the itching stage now had. It had been from their bodies involuntary twitching and convulsing; it had left their muscles sore and fatigued. He was tired, but he was staying awake. He had not seen Forrest since he had woke up an hour earlier, and as the mutes walked around the infirmary, he had managed to gather that Elizabeth had forced her to go and rest. He just wanted to see how she was doing, to know she was, in fact, alive, and not somewhere on a bed like he was. She had done it, just as he knew she would. Sure, rumors had spread of her explosion at Woolsey, but he wanted to hear it straight from her.
He kept his watch, looking each direction from his bed. Soon enough, a familiar frame walked along the hall. A few of the Mutes offering her a welcoming and affectionate series of calls as she walked into her domain once again. She smiled, when she found him awake laying in bed. His body now covered with a few blankets, and his face had started to regain its color. He was recovering, and while it may be a few days till he was back on his feet as he should be; he would be okay. "Good to see you awake." She said as she walked to the side of his bed, a laptop in her arms along with a DVD case.
"I would say the same, but I think you are supposed to be resting yourself, love."
She was dressed casually, unlike the typical daily attire she was wearing sweatpants and a loose-fitting t-shirt. Her hair wet, but braided as always. She looked refreshed, as she stood at his side. "Yeah I know, but I am not working, I am here to visit you." She explained, her smile large. Seeing as the only ones really working around the infirmary were the Mutes, she was not concerned about others taking note of their interactions. His eyes lit up, and she smiled, now seeing the spark had returned to them. "Besides, it is Friday." She stated, with a slight smirk.
He raised a brow to her, "So cartoons?"
"No, we had a deal remember. I said I would start joining your movie nights if you would come down when I told some of my Loonrian stories."
He did remember the deal they had struck sometime in the past day or so, but he did not expect her to be so willing to start so soon. "Well, that would be true love." She smiled, her grin huge as she looked at him.
"well, make some room then." He looked at her a bit confused, but suddenly he understood. He shifted in the bed, using some of the little strength he had left to scoot over in the small medical bed. She set the laptop down next to his legs, along with the DVD. She sat down on the bed, pushing herself up and onto it.
"You no this is not something I would allow normally." He joked, watching as she shifted around to where she was leaned against his chest, not touching any of the monitors hooked to him.
"Well, right now Cas and I are in charge here. I can allow it."
He smiled, lifting his arms up to where they were wrapped around her. Resting his face against her hair, he watched as she grabbed the older laptop and began to set up the movie player on it. "So what did you choose? For our movie?" He was a bit curious, considering she probably had no idea what to expect with any of the movies.
"Well, I went and asked John what a good movie would be to watch with you. Told him I owed you a real movie. He suggested this one." She said as she held the DVD cover over her shoulder so he could see it.
"Oh, that just figures." He said, looking at the cover of Braveheart in her hand.
"John said that it would be a good one to watch with you, and maybe help me learn some things about Scotland." He was holding in the laughter, seeing as it would make his ribs hurt. He just shook his head. "Well, it might." He said watching as she began to get the movie ready to play on the laptop.
"Where is Castiel? I figured he would be trying to get some sleep too." He asked as she leaned back more against his body, the laptop resting on her lap where they could both easily see it.
"He is in the morgue. He said he wished to sit vigil for those we lost today."
"he knows he does not have to do that?"
"He does, but it is how he is. A few of the other mutes will join him once they all are happy with how everyone is here. Mutes take the death of a patient very seriously. They will be the ones to help prepare them to go back to Earth."
Carson nodded, his understanding before he just let his head lean against hers. They were quiet again, without words they spoke in one another's comfort. He was proud of her, excited for her. She had taken his place in the infirmary with ease, and proved exactly why he needed her in here. She was just as skilled and worthy as anyone else here.
They did not know they had one person watching, and that one person had managed to sneak a picture from around the corner he hid behind. Rodney was smiling, an evil smile. Looking at the picture on his tablet, he turned to walk out of the infirmary. He had gone to check on Carson, and apologize for causing problems earlier. But that could wait, as right then he had the proof that John and Evan had been looking for. He smirked, as he began to make his way away from the infirmary, and towards the mess hall. Knowing full well that a certain Major would love to see that there was now concrete proof that he had in fact won the bet against John. In fact, Evan had won the bet by around three and a half hours. The scientist smirked, knowing full well that someone was about to be in for a very rude awakening, knowing that his cheating had in fact not worked out.
Ill be open with the fact i have been slacking bad on this, and i will say i have no idea when i will get the next story up. I do plan to keep going lol. We have started to settle into our new ranch and with winter fast approaching i will soon have more time to write again. Thank you to all who have read and followed, hope y'all have enjoyed! Hopefully you wont have to wait to long for the next one! - Beastie
