Outbreak by C. Alexander London

Author:C. Alexander London
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

It was a beautiful hotel suite in the finest hotel in Havana, but all the room service croissants in the world couldn’t hide the fact that Sinead was a prisoner.

Every time she moved, the goons moved with her; every time she spoke to anyone, the goons watched and listened. They doubted her loyalty; they suspected her of treachery.

They were not wrong.

She was betraying them. It was what she did best.

Sinead Starling had applied to work for ShkrellX over a year ago, in a fever of idealism and inspiration. It was an important job, and she’d gotten so bored sitting around taking Internet classes. ShkrellX was a cutting-edge biomedical company. They designed life-saving drugs for all sorts of rare illnesses, from dengue fever to Ebola. They even made a specialized migraine medicine that eased her brother Ned’s pain, although for that one, they charged $850 for a single pill.

As a company employee, she would get them for free. It was one of the many perks.

She’d also earn an amazing salary, ridiculously large for a girl of her age without a college degree, and she would get to do amazing work. She’d be a part of the team fighting some of the most insidious diseases on the face of the Earth. Her job would be saving humanity from destruction every single day.

That was what Mr. West told her when he’d offered her the job. She’d accepted on the spot, sealed the agreement with a handshake. She saw her work for ShkrellX Pharmaceuticals as the surest path to redemption. She’d made mistakes and hurt her friends, but she knew if she could help total strangers around the world, then maybe she could be forgiven. Maybe the Cahills would forgive her.

If she had a time machine, she’d go back and smack herself across the face for being such a fool. If she had a time machine, she’d go back and change a lot of things.

She’d been there nine months before she realized that ShkrellX wasn’t interested in curing diseases or helping people. They only wanted to make money.

“Don’t worry,” Mr. West had reassured her. “You can do good while doing well. Just imagine what all your old friends will think of you when a terrible disease breaks out and you are on the front lines of curing it! Won’t that be something to celebrate?”

Of course it would, she’d thought. Dan and Amy saved the world all the time, but what had Sinead ever done? She would forever be a traitor in their eyes, unless she did something amazing. Then Amy and Dan and the others would respect her again.

But ShkrellX had other plans. Curing diseases was time consuming and expensive. But if a disease broke out for which they already had a cure, then they could simply make a huge profit.

So they wanted Sinead to steal a certain disease from the military. No one had ever seen this disease in the world, so no one else would have a cure. Once it was unleashed, ShkrellX would cure it and the company would get rich.

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