Soldiers of Misfortune: Parasite Lost by Kyle Aho

Author:Kyle Aho [Aho, Kyle]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Cyberpunk
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Dr. Eris Malliny had taken over the research from Gideon, who was now under close observation in a lab guarded by a pair of armed security and a combat drone. Over a month had passed before he went into the coma that all infected eventually succumbed to. Apate waited for two weeks in her cell before she was informed that he came out of the coma. She wasn’t sure if she was happy that his body hadn’t rejected the parasite and killed him because that meant eventually he would mutate like all the rest. On top of these concerns she was burdened with the knowledge of what experiments the facility ran on the infected and that both her fiancé and newborn child were being subjected to such tests.

Apate had to have an emergency C-section after the incident. Since then all of the tests they ran showed signs of infection in the child but despite the existence of the parasite there seemed to be no ill effects. No one knew what that implied.

Dr. Malliny put Apate’s entire family under observation and forced them to undergo a daily barrage of tests based on new information they were getting from the animal experiments. Concerned with further exposure to the parasite, Apate hadn’t been allowed to hold her baby at all since he was taken from her belly. She also hadn’t been allowed to see Gideon and only heard stories from other doctors to update her on his progress.

Apate heard footsteps coming down the hall. One of the women on Gideon’s team walked toward her room staring at a digi-pad. It took a moment for Apate to remember the woman’s name.

“Chelle! Can you tell me how he is? How both of them are?”

Chelle’s attention was pulled from her digi-pad for a fraction of a second before her eyes lowered back to it without a word. Apate watched as she walked away. Right as Chelle was about to round a corner toward the cafeteria a voice turned her around. Dr. Malliny waved her hand and shouted down the hall for Chelle to join her. The two walked toward each other and stopped just outside Apate’s room.

“Dr. Malliny, can I see my boy?” Apate asked through the glass. Both Dr. Malliny and Chelle looked up at her. “Please? It’s been… almost a month I think, I can’t remember exactly. Even just a video feed of them?” Apate continued.

Chelle’s eyes softened.

“I’m sorry Apate, we-”

Dr. Malliny snapped her fingers and pointed into her own eyes. Chelle looked at her and then back to Apate only to be snapped at again. They finished discussing something about the alleles of the parasite that Apate didn’t understand before Dr. Malliny escorted Chelle down the hall.

“Eris please? I just want to see my fiancé and my child, please? Dr. Malliny!”

Apate slammed her fists against the glass and tried to use her access code to leave the room even though she knew it no longer worked. Many more days went by with similar results.

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