The Wuhan Mission by Irving Waters

Author:Irving Waters [Waters, Irving]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 32

Jimmy’s Mission

Jimmy arrived at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and showed his high clearance Government ID card. The guard examined the ID and ushered him directly through, bypassing the metal detector. Jimmy walked past Xue Lin’s cubicle and gave her a very subtle wink. Xue Lin kept her head down, furious at Jimmy for taking such a stupid risk. Dr. Wu appeared at the door to the Biosafety Level IV and stared at Jimmy for a moment without shaking his hand. He recognized him from the back of his car. This was the man with the pistol who worked for the CIA. Doctor Wu’s mind raced. How could it be that the Chairman had sent a CIA agent to him to get the virus? It just didn’t make any sense.. unless.... he was working both sides!

Dr. Wu led the way into his lab. Jimmy was astounded by the appearance of sterility. All of the sparkling clean glass walls and white cupboards and drawers, bright fluorescent lights...

The Chairman had sent down the directive to Jimmy that today was the day that he must go to the lab for the immunization and follow instructions with the dispersion device Wu was to give him.

Dr. Wu reached into the safe to pull out the green antidote vial for Jimmy.

Jimmy looked around ignorantly, waiting on Dr. Wu’s instructions.

“This is to protect you from the Yellow Virus. It is the antidote, and will make you immune to the virus that you will be releasing.”

Dr. Wu opened an alcohol swab and offered it, looking tiredly at Jimmy, cocking his head to one side, looking at his forearm.

Jimmy finally understood and rolled up his sleeve and swabbed his forearm area clean, while Dr. Wu prepared the syringe of the green liquid, tapping the air bubbles to the top and depressing the plunger slightly to expel the air. He administered the antidote, pushing the small dose into Jimmy’s arm.

Jimmy winced. The sharp sting of an injection was never something he handled well. He hated needles more than most people did.

Dr. Wu put a bandaid over the red dot, and began explaining the virus release protocol.

“May I call you Jimmy?” he asked, still suspicious and confused.

“Yes, Dr. Wu. Please.”

“Jimmy, I am going to give you a small high tech, glass spray bottle containing a yellow liquid. The virus is in this liquid. Your directive is to go to the Wet Market and spray it on and around the bats at the bat stalls.”

Jimmy looked back at Dr. Wu, silent for a moment, looking confused.

“But Dr. Wu, there are no bats at the market. They are not sold there.” Jimmy explained, shaking his head.

Dr. Wu frowned. “Oh! That’s unexpected. Well, I’ve never actually been in there. I detest open markets. So unhygienic. Nevertheless, that was the Chairman’s directive and I don’t think we should ask questions. His reasons have something to do with the genome sequence in my new virus, it has a lot in common with bat viruses. Well, never mind that.

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