Synthia used to tell me that I had a strong mind and a beautiful heart.
She also mentioned that my persistence would help me achieve a lot in my life after death and that no matter what hurdle I faced, I would find a way to get over it, whether it be around or if I jumped it.
I read her old textbooks to learn everything she knew.
All her notes, all her studies, everything.
Because I wanted to be like her.
But, with age, I realized I wasn’t like her.
She wasn’t persistent to the point of being a pest like me.
She wasn’t needy and pathetic like me.
I’d never be like her.
But, I wanted to be me, so I wasn’t going to give up like I wanted to.
When I had my head together, I went to get my things by sneaking into Danny’s office, where I knew he had to have taken all my stuff. I found it on top of his shelf, so I snagged it and put it on my back to hurry out.
But, he came into the room, so I had to hide. I jumped up on top of the shelf and scrunched up into the shadows.
He sat down at his desk and I could heard him starting to cry. He slumped down and sobbed audibly.
“I’m such a horrible person,” he weeped to himself. “Jacob, you should’ve never made him meet me. We should’ve just never been around each other because all I do is hurt him. I don’t mean to, but he just doesn’t listen to anything I have to say. I love him and I want him to be my friend, but I just keep pushing him away, Jacob. You’d know how to fix this… but I can’t fix anything because I’m just another monster.”
He swung his head back and then his body deep into the chair. The light that shone in from the doorway illuminated his tears and his eyes were the mutated ones that could give a zombie a heart attack. He wiped his face with the back of his hand and tilted his head to the side, facing the opposite side of the room, where I wasn’t.
“I know he’s only trying to help, but I don’t want him hurt, Jacob.” He sniffled and picked up his files on someone. “Ivy’s dangerous, Andreas is dangerous, I’m dangerous. I know I can’t protect him from everything. Someone has to be the authoritative figure here. His overseer doesn’t even care what he does and neither do you. You’d let him set himself on fire if he told you it was for science.” He scoffed at his remark and chuckled a bit as he moved his hair back. He picked up a headband and pushed his hair back with it.
Then, he blushed, sitting up straight. He gave an awkward, nervous laugh. “Very funny, Jacob. He’s probably off doing something anyways; he didn’t go to bed. And, I’m assuming he’s not with you.”
I realized what he was doing.
He wasn’t just talking to himself in a weird figurative way; he was actually talking to Jacob.
I knew their connection was close, but not that close.
I couldn’t tell who had that gift, though.
I wanted to listen more, but as soon as Danny turned around in the chair to face his small window, I jumped down and rushed out.
I left the base with no trouble and went to the hospital that Andreas was found at. It was like a smaller-scale version of the base’s medical and testing area. It had enough for me to keep studying.
I dissected everything with my eyes and found a lab that was in the best shape I could get it in. I released enough energy to light the room and all the machines and proceeded to get to work.
I realized soon after checking Ivy’s blood again that the virus was clung to her red blood cells like oxygen and there were little to no white blood cells, which was a bit odd.
I drew my own blood then, considering if maybe it would be normal or give me a better answer.
I only took a little bit, not wanting to wear myself thin too fast, in case I needed to take more for another reason.
As I examined it, I noticed that a lot of my blood was weirdly-shaped white blood cells. They were bigger and off-colored, which was very odd. I tested it in a machine and it reported that they were white blood cells, even if they were odd.
I thought about what they were and then about my virus strand.
Suddenly, my radio went on, startling me. I picked it up and received the call.
“Kaleb? Kaleb, where are you?” It was Danny, and he was stressed out.
I leaned back to peer out the door of the lab and noticed the sun was out. I must’ve been so immersed in the research that hours had passed.
I pressed the button on my radio to answer Danny, greeting him.
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