sickness

jesse was a healthy man he lifted weights his arms were well defined but not too bulky his body a good layer of fat covered him but didnt stop him from squeezing into tight places if need be his legs had seen plenty of runs in his life and was according to his firends was what inspred them to work out. all of that was being pushed to its limits as jesse was being chased by one of his former firends in a abandoned factory far from a green zone

"Jesse over here!" Jesse looked left while still runing from the creture which was now closing distance between them

mel was on an roof of a building pointing to the entance he knew what that ment and summoned what ever energy he had left and booked it to the building smiling that this run was almost done. The creture was screraming it head off swtching between all fores and running it had followed jesse for 2 miles around a crater marked field, jumping over fallen trees, through collapsed buildings and was now mere inches from grabbing Jesses neck when he ran inside a building and ducked inside then a metal pipe made contact with the it causing it to go limp and fall to the ground its body close to jesse , who had stopped and was now trying to catch his breath.

"I....made...it"Jesse managed to spurt out inbetween bouts of dry heaving. mel was climbing down the crude rope ladder rushing to jesse with a canteen." not...yet" jesse extended his palm foward to stop mel. at the entrance loke was over the infected with a wide smile on his face satisfied with his handiwork, he looked at mel and put his wrist together while pointing at the infected. "please do so loke ,the scent jesse sprayed on himself are gonna drive it wild when it wakes up" loke gave mel a toothy grin and grabbed a bag by the entrance and began restraining it.

"Are you good now?" mel asked jesse who was now sitting on a stool still breahting heavy. " Yes, just leave the canteen on the floor " jesse sputted "and shut the door."

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Loke was busy restaining the creture often stopping to look at it "a pitiful thing" he thought "so fragile, a single smack with a pipe caused it to be knocked out" the creture was now softly wimpering curled up with its front and back legs tied up its body facing away from loke. "I'd end this things life right now but these folks want to keep it. ill be dammed if i know why tho i wonder if these things are in constaint pain and thats what causes such aggression."

"are you done loke?" mel asked appering in the doorway loke gave mel a thumbs up and a flat expression. "good lets get started" mel took off the messenger bag she was carrying and laid it on the ground next to the creature, taking out surgical equipment and needles placing them neatly in rows on the floor. loke watched curiously wondering what this was for then mel took out a box with a few buttons on it with wires coming from it the wires ended with small pads. she took a needle and filled it half way with somthing then injected it into the creture "its somthing to numb pain it would be a leathal dose by our standards but seeing what it endured while it was chasing jesse its better to be on the safe side". mel took out a hair clipper she looked at loke "can you hold its head im going to shave it" loke looked at her with consternation but hestanitly obyed and held the things head still.

pads were attached to the head of the creture in a pattern "loke tell me if you see any changes in its movments when i start the test. loke wondered what this test would reveal or would all this be a waste of his time. "ok were everything looks good now we wait while it does the scan" loke looked at her and gestered a waking motion with his fingers "no im not looking to see how they move more so how there brain detects movment because as far as i can tell they're blind and their hearing is dull but they seem to have a keen sense of smell thats why we used scent to lure one here" loke then pointed to his chest and made a nametag shape then pointed to the creture "i havent decided a name for them" loke pointed to the other equipment the was next to the box "thats... after the scan" she trailed off after saying that. loke ran his thumb across his throat and pointed to the now still creature. "why dont you check on jesse for now, the scan is gonna take a while" loke gave her a wry look but stepped out of the room.

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jesse was chugging the canteen when loke approched him "she kicked you out already?" he took another swig and wiped his mouth "and here i thought you two would get along" loke walked over by the entrance and picked up a pipe looked at it thoughtfully there was a dent where it made contact with the creture "its impressive, i dont know what causes us to turn into that but it sure as hell makes them tough and full of stamina" loke showed the pipe to jesse on closer inspection the dent held small shards of the creture along with an oily substance pooling in the center of the dent. loke gestued his head to where mel was jesse was still focusing in the dent loke made a whistle jesses head snapped towards him "you whistle to me ever again and youll be next for live bait" loke ignored this threat and pointed to the pipe and to mels room "sure try it see if she will let you back in" there was a little venom in jesses words. he walked back into the room with mel