694 1 vs 1000 (1/2)

”Quinn, you need to calm down,” Sam said. ”The worst decisions happen when one is emotionally attached. I know what you're thinking and it's quite obvious, the Parasites are behind this and my bet is on Mantis. Even if that was the case, we don't know what this is, or how it works.”

”Do we need to?” Quinn said. ”We can ask the person who caused this himself, and I'm sure he knows the answer.”

”Sam is right,” Paul interrupted. ”To me, this looks like a type of poison. Due to my research, I've been studying it more than ever, trying to improve my own ability. Honestly, as long as we have a healer the poison shouldn't affect one this badly and they should be able to recover. For some reason, Dennis seems to be getting worse. A poison this strong. The only thing I can guess, is that it's part of Mantis's soul weapon.”

”I'm sure this won't have been the first time he has done something like this, my guess is he either has an antidote, or is the only person who is able to get rid of it through his own skill.”

Quinn knew Paul and Sam were right, he needed to calm down and think straight, but his body was already moving towards the exit of the door.

”Don't worry, I'll keep those things in mind,” Quinn replied, ”I know the perfect thing to calm me down.”

And before they could even try and stop Quinn, he was already gone.

”Should someone go after him?” Linda asked, not sure herself if it was the right thing to do.

”It's not him I'm worried about,” Blip replied. ”But the Parasites, we all saw what he did against the Sunshields…”

”Don't worry about Quinn. He won't kill Mantis until he knows everyone is safe,” said Sam.. ”That's just how Quinn is. For now, it would be best if we isolate everyone with a stomach ache, and try to find out if there is anyone else experiencing these symptoms. For one, we don't know if this thing can spread.”

”If Quinn goes on a rampage at the Parasites base, will Daisy get involved for breaking the deal?” Nate asked.

”I doubt it based on how things are at the moment,” Sam replied. ”Usually they are there just to make sure an all out war doesn't happen at that point and time. If someone breaks the agreement, it will make it so in the future others wouldn't want to comply. The trust will be broken and you will probably be blacklisted from the other factions for doing such a thing.”

If no one was willing to trade with them, then they would have to rely on their own resources. Which at the moment the Cursed family didn;t have much of, even basic things like food pills were running low. And the people were starting to get sick of just eating pills as well.

”If we can prove they broke the agreement first, by getting you guys sick, then it won't be a problem.” Sam said.

The others got to it and headed to the medical bay. Their symptoms weren't yet as bad as Dennis's but he had been directly touched. It felt like it would only be a matter of time before they were like him. Just in case, Linda went with those that were infected as well, isolating herself. On their way from leaving the command room, they noticed something, one of them was missing.

”Where's Sil?” Fex asked.

Chasing down the hallway after Quinn, Sil wasn't too far behind him.

”Wait!' Sil shouted, and started to cough shortly after, leaving a few drops of blood on the floor and wiping his mouth with his sleeve.

”Sil, you should head back and rest, you're not well,” Quinn said.

”Quinn, I know what you're feeling right now, I've been there myself,” Sil said, as he said these words, his throat started to choke up with emotion.

Quinn remembered what Sil had said to him, how he had told him about his past. Just like now, Sil was once filled with rage, he didn't care for anyone and had even ended up killing his friends.

”I know what emotions can do. If someone needs to hold you back, then I'm the only one that can.”

Not saying anything, Quinn continued to walk towards the teleporter, and Sil followed. When they arrived on the planet there was only one destination that they were going towards. Grabbing one of the jeeps they were on their way.

Right now, Quinn was ready to fight the whole faction on his own. One consisting of around one thousand plus members. If this was to happen, he would need all the MC cells he could get.

While Sil was sitting in the jeep next to him, he continued to cough and was sweating even more than before. Every time Quinn looked at Sil, it just made him even angrier.