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"That’s fine Becks, Alaric, you guard ie" I stepped away fro the helo tell Dr Abbey she has guests, shall we?"
I felt al our approach to the CDC as alked ward the building Mahir and Maggie went first, followed by Becks, alked backward so as to keep her gun trained on un out and, I knew, pointed at , they’d take e It was reassuring
At least they’re well-trained, said George
"There’s that," I ht actually keep the to be my responsibility anymore
We were still about ten yards ahen the door opened Dr Abbey stepped into vieith a shotgun braced against her shoulder and Joe the Mastiff standing next to her, lookinghim trespassers
"So you caroup before settling on uard because…?"
"I was bitten about five miles back," I replied "There was a pack of infected in the woods I’m pretty sure we killed them all, but you may want to send a cleanup crew, just to be certain"
"We didn’t run a blood test because we didn’t want the results uploaded to the CDC database," said Mahir "Given the circumstances, it seemed somewhat… less than wise"
My stomach sank I hadn’t even considered that "Shit," I whispered
Nobody expects you to be doing any heavy thinking right after a zoht hiun "I would have settled for a bottle of wine, but I guess a new test subject and the location of some fresh corpses will do Come on, all of you Shaun, don’t try to touch anyone, or my lab techs will have to blow your head off"
"That’s fair," I agreed
"Good boy" Dr Abbey s Becks lead the rest of us inside
The new lab wasn’t as established as the old one, which meant it was more cluttered, with boxes everywhere, and didn’t yet have that ground-in "science" sloves This lab se as things got up to speed Maybe they could hang so it back
Of course, that assu units had a distinctly temporary look to them, like this was just a stop on the way to some more distant destination The ht
Lab-coated assistants scurried here and there, unpacking boxes, carrying trays of samples from one place to another The assault rifles they all had strapped around their waists were new,their situation That was a bit of a relief I would/dibe leaving my team with no one to defend the doo of the nearest techs "Take this group to the cafeteria Get theether sona we had for dinner That’s not even suitable for feeding to the pigs"
"Yes, Dr Abbey," said the taller of the lab techs He turned to the group "If you’ll come with ave hi look "All of you, please, don’t We’ve said everything that needs to be said So don’t, okay?"
"All right," he said, and turned to follow the lab tech Maggie cast an uncertain glance back in ered for a ht froia foronly me, Becks, and Dr Abbey behind And Joe, of course He sat next to Dr Abbey, tongue lolling and tail wagging He was the only one of us not equipped to understand the gravity of the situation, and I sort of envied hiry?"
"I’ to do with hiun trained on me as she spoke, professional to the last Her hand was shaking only slightly I didn’t do as hen I was in her position
"Fair enough Come on, Shaun" Dr Abbey waved for me to follow her as she turned and started down the nearest hall She didn’t call for anyone else to keep an eye on h
We walkedaround towers of cardboard boxes and past hastily constructedthis and that and vanishing down hallways or through doors I guess y lab isn’t a si unit fro nods and quiet greetings to some of the lab techs we passed She stopped only e reached a door labeled ISOLATION III "In here," she said, and opened it I didn’tfor, an invitation? Get in"