147 Treating the Boy that Turned into a Ca (1/2)

Day 5 – 12:54 PM – Parking Area, Queens Row Elementary School, Queens Row Area A, Bacoor City, Cavite

”Is this the same as that one?”

Harvey hurriedly showed the nail sized pebble that he had just taken to Mark. As Mark asked the soldier in front of them for something like this, it could be given to him in exchange for saving his son. He was still afraid of Mark but considering that he had given his conditions to the soldier in advance, it meant that he was really able to save his son that had gone feral.

Mark took the pebble from Harvey and nodded. He could feel the same energy coming from the new pebble and it was no doubt that it was similar.

”Where did you get this?”

Mark asked the parents.

”We got it from the zombie cat that bit our son and daughter. The cat looked normal except that it had a lot of metal sticks sticking out of his body. It managed to slip into our house last night and bit my children. Out of rage, my wife bashed the cat's head too hard that the brain splattered and this stone flew towards to the wall. We thought that this stone is normal at first but Monique said that she can feel some sort of energy from it.”

Harvey narrated how they came to find this odd pebble while also revealing other things.

Hearing the narration, Mark came to realize. It seemed that not only him but other Evolvers could feel this energy. Also Harvey had just mentioned that his son and daughter were bitten. If his son was here and became a Mutator, the sister could either be dead or the infected that was currently sitting inside their vehicle.

”Your daughter is that infected inside the van am I right?”

Mark asked once more causing the color on the face of the husband and wife fade. They did a lot of work using makeup and even putting sunglasses on their daughter so no one would realize that she was infected but how did this man know? Looking at the others except from the people that belong to their group, they did not seem to realize even though the door was wide open when Harvey was searching for that strange pebble.

Hearing Mark, the others were also shocked. What they saw there was a girl about nine or ten years old sitting quietly. It was strange that the girl was wearing glasses but they never thought that the girl was actually infected!

Harvey and Monique might be able to fool others but not Mark. Mark could detect mental and emotional fluctuations from people and he did not detect anyone inside the vehicle. Yet, there was someone sitting on the passenger seat. There were only two kinds of people that Mark could not detect those fluctuations from. First was dead people and the other was the infected. Since the girl was sitting there and was moving slightly, there was no doubt that she was not a corpse which could only mean that she was an infected.

Under Mark's scary stare, Harvey's weak will collapsed and he stammered as he admitted it.

”Y-yes. She's our daughter. I- We know that it's not good to bring her after she became a zombie but please, spare her! She doesn't attack people!”

Mark's eyes shone after Harvey admitted that their daughter turned out to be something like Janette. Though it was really not hard to see since the infected girl was not gagged or tied in any way but was not behaving like those blood-thirsty infected outside.

Seeing how the two paled after their daughter's condition was revealed, Mark shook his head.

”You two shouldn't worry about your daughter. I also have an infected in the similar conditions as your daughter. If you can let me examine her later and give me this stone, I'll assure that I'll save your son.”

Mark beamed with a smile. This was really a good thing. Mark was having a dilemma about how he would be able to research what happened to Janette since there was no one to compare her to but this family came this time with a girl with the same conditions. His enthusiasm flared inside as new knowledge about the infected could now be revealed.

When Mark said that they should not worry about their daughter, the felt relived but also surprised that their daughter was not the only one who turned to become like this after turning into an infected. Still, they could not help but hesitate when Mark asked permission to examine their daughter.

”What kind of examination are you talking about?”

Monique asked.

”Nothing much. I'll just compare her conditions to the infected we had. Also I won't hide it since you will see it anyway but the one we had started to lose the infected traits she had.”

Mark spoke deciding to reveal some facts that even Captain Dela Rosa's eyes dilated.

The squad captain never thought that the infected Janette looked like that despite being an infected was actually her losing her infected traits. As he looked at Mark and his group, Captain Dela Rosa was being more and more mystified. He would probably believe it if Mark said that he had more knowledge about the infected that the scientists in Bay City had not discovered yet.

”You mean… Our daughter can also be saved?”

Monique's eyes shone with hope but she was bound to be disappointed as Mark shook his head.

”You can't say that it's save. Once a person turned into an infected, there's no going back.”

What Mark said disappointed the two but at least it seemed that Mark had no ideas to desecrate the body of their daughter. The husband and wife stared at each other before Harvey nodded.

”Okay, we agree for you to examine our daughter. Just promise us that you won't do anything unacceptable to her.”

There was still a hint of hesitation but Monique spoke her agreement. But then, they almost fell down when Mark replied.

”You two have to say many things but it's not like you two can't disagree. Or else, you two will lose your son you know that?”

Mark shrugged his shoulders after informing that others that Monique and Harvey had no choice but to agree to his request. There was no other leeway to it. Even Captain Dela Rosa looked desperate after Mark admitted that he could do something about Failed Mutators which meant that even the military or the government had no way to help. Only Mark had the way to do it, and maybe, not only in this country but in the whole world.

Mark then put Abbygale down beside him and spoke to Monique once more.

”Alright, give me your son.”

On Mark's cue, Monique carefully handed her son to Mark.

RRRIIIIIPPPP!!!

A ripping sound of clothes echoed followed by a splash of blood.