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"John!" Alex broke out of his fugue, closing the distance between the steps He barely even felt the pain when his knees sla for a pulse with one hand, he said, "John? Sweetheart? Can you hear me?"
John hosts in bad horror movies, and it made Alex’s blood run cold "Alex?"
"I’ to call 911 You just…you just keep still"
"They beat h to look up at the e, when they were both so da, and so wonderfully full of opti I went for Indian Drove past the lab…lights were on I thought you’d gone out again I thought you were choosing those damn monkeys over me" The venom in his voice made Alex juet you…found them They let them out, Alex They let them all out" John closed his eyes "I’m sorry I couldn’t stop them"
"Stop who?" asked Alex, frozen
"Said you were…experi on aniot" John sighed "They said we deserved…everything we got"
"Stay with me, sweetheart Stay awake Stay withas he raised it to his ear "Hello, 911? This is Alexander Kellis My husband has been badly beaten We’re located at…" He took John’s hand in his as he gave the address, and held it until the a--to let hiht To let him know that this wasn’t how it ended
John didn’t say a word The ambulance arrived, and the EMTs loaded John into the back, leaving Alex to follow in his car If John woke up on the way to the hospital, no one noticed; no one heard whatever he ht have said Jonathan Kellis was pronounced dead on arrival at 9:53 PM on July 10, 2014 If there was any mercy in this--and there was no h to stay that way
Jonathan Kellis, husband of infaht following a beating at the hands of unidentified assailants Mr Kellis had apparently surprised the Dr Kellis’s lab No suspects have been identified at this time…
July 13, 2014: Allentown, Pennsylvania
After six days of snooping, bribery, and the occasional outright lie, Robert Stalnaker had finally achieved his goal: a e student who had blown the whistle on the leaders of the Mayday Army It had been more difficult than he’d expected Since the death of Dr Kellis’s husband--so that was not his fault; not only did his article not say "break into the lab and free the experimental virus," it certainly never said "beat the et the chance"--the security had closed in tighter around the arded as the state’s star, and really only, witness to the actions of the Mayday Ar to be sure the et one shot at this
The door opened, and a skinny, anxious-looking college boy stepped into the room, followed by a pair of visibly armed police officers Stalnaker would have attempted to convince them to leave, but frankly, after what had happened to John Kellis…these were unsettled tiood for everyone involved Especially since they were authority figures with guns
"Thank you forhis hand to be shaken The college boy had a light grip, like he was afraid of breaking so Stalnaker"I’m Robert Stalnaker, with the Clarion News in New York I really do appreciate it"
"You’re the one rote that article," said Matt, pulling his hand away and sitting down on the other side of the table His eyes darted fro the exit routes "They would never have done it if you hadn’t done that first"
"Done what, exactly?" Stalnaker produced a notepad and pencil fro ready to take notes The recorder was already running, but somehow, it never caused the Pavlovian need to speak that he could trigger with a carefully poised pencil "I just want to know your side of the story, son"
Matt took a shaky breath "Look I didn’t--nobody told irl I know just told ood weed I was co off finals, I was tense, I needed to relax a little That was all"
"I understand," said Stalnaker encouragingly "When I was in college, I heard the siren song of good weed ood?"
"Aw, man, it esoht quickly dimmed, and he continuedabout revolution and sticking it to The Man and how this dude Kellis was going to screw us all by only giving his cold cure to the people who could afford it I should have done the research, you know? I should have looked it up It’s contagious, see? Even if we’d left it alone, let Dr Kellis finish his testing, ould have all been able to get it in the end If it worked"