Infection

[cityship]

The disease spread through the City, and through the City, to the crew. Those who came in contact with the invisible killer would slowly begin to exhibit many of the symptoms of a common flu: nausea, chills, and fever.

But they would not feel lethargic. No, quite the opposite. Their energy and their activity would only increase. And now, so would their aggression and pent-up rage...

...and it would increase very, very quickly. So quickly, that you might almost lose your mind.

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[prettycoolguy]

The Chief's armor shielding flared up when Jamie kicked him. It was almost exactly like kicking a brick wall.

"I don't think that's a good idea," the Chief said, instead stabilizing his grip on Jamie and moving to snag both arms so he stood less risk of trying to pull too hard and hurting himself. He had no intention of letting him go, not now that he knew more about the situation.

To the other two, he said, "We just got warning from Stacy that a bio weapon leaked. A pathogen. Makes people go crazy. We didn't have any kind of confirmation about whether anyone caught it. I think this is that."

"As for you," he said to Jamie, "We're going to medical. Either you can walk, or I'm carrying you."

He didn't think this was going to go the easy way, but trying mattered.

[riseupnchargem.livejournal.com]

"I don't need to go to medical, I'm not sick I have work to do so let me GO." He was all but frothing at the mouth by now, blood-tinged teeth bared in a permanent snarl as he redoubled his efforts to escape. Bastard! It was just fine for bigger, stronger people to pick on him when he got in a bad mood, wasn't it? This wasn't fair and he really, really wanted to let one of them have it. "It" meaning a prolonged bloody death, in this instance.

[craaazyisland]

Steve's eyes went amusingly wide at the mention of the pathogen that made people "go crazy." Then he was the one who looked like he wanted to hide behind Miku.

"Is it... is it really contagious?"

[prettycoolguy]

"You're raving like a lunatic and bleeding from the mouth. Now come on."

<< Dr. Sera, I've got a crew member I'm bringing up who just tried to kill Miku for bumping into him. Get some restraints ready. >>

The Chief lifted Jamie off the ground. Carrying people was always kind of awkward, particularly when they weren't so keen on the idea, but he'd done it before.

"Fluid borne, according to Stacy," he tells Steve. "You contaminated?"

If so, that is Bad.

[craaazyisland]

"No!" Steve said, extremely quickly. "I'm not, I swear!"

[ghost-bait.livejournal.com]

Miku put her hand on Steve's arm. "He isn't. They fought, but, I didn't see anything particularly messy."

Well, except for the fact Jamie split her boyfriend's lip, anyway.

[riseupnchargem.livejournal.com]

"I'll contaminate all of you I'll freakin' KILL YOU!" Jamie jerked and twisted furiously, heedless of the pain now. And then the Chief picked him up. Jamie hated being picked up. Hated hated HATED. He'd had far too many experiences with people grabbing him up and carting him around like a little kid - no, like a pet that existed to be tormented and dominated for the amusement of everyone around it, just because it couldn't fight back. He twisted and thrashed in his captor's grip, uttering a snarling roar of frustration.

"I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE WITH YOU PUT ME DOWN LET ME THE HELL GO!" He was shouting at the tops of his lungs now, fighting like a wild animal, driven purely by the need to free himself so he could tear these people apart.

[craaazyisland]

It didn't take much more than the mention of contamination for Steve to want to get out of there.

"We'd better go," he told Master Chief, grabbing Miku by the arm and motioning that they should move it. "Before we, uh... you know."

[ghost-bait.livejournal.com]

Miku nodded and glanced up at Master Chief. "Yes, you're right. Good luck, sir." The two of them turned and started down the opposite hallway.