Infected // Jikook

DAY FOUR (pt.2)

The men inside the truck filed out quickly, running to the entrance where the military men where. Jimin's clumsiness failed him in this moment and he tripped hard on a crack in the ground. He quickly tried to stand but was grabbed by his ankle by an infected man. He screamed loudly in fear and Jungkook turned to him.

Hearing the scream and seeing Jimin close to being but his eyes widened and he wasted no time running to him. He kicked the infected man right in the face, watching him slump to the ground as he pushed Jimin forward. As they ran Jimin turned to look at Jungkook only to see that an other infected man had a hold on Jungkook, it's mouth wide open for a chomp.

"J-Jungkook!" He called out just as the infected bit down onto Jungkook's shoulder, hard. The pain he felt was immense as the infected saliva made contact with his clean blood. He pushed the infected man off of him and grabbed Jimins hand. If he was going to die he'd make sure Jimin was safe first. His shoulder burned so bad he couldn't hold the tears in his eyes.

As they made it forward the men, who'd killed all the infected, pointed all their guns at Jungkook. "Get away from him." A man commanded to Jimin, who shook his head. Tears poured down his cheeks. "No please don't kill him!" He begged. He just got Jungkook in his life for a few days. They couldn't rip him away already. "Jimin." Jungkook's voice called out, low and deep but also gentle. Jimin looked up at him, seeing all the dark veins through his pale skin, his eyes turning from the sparkly dark brown to a milky grey.

"You know what happens when people are bit.. you need to stay away. I don't want to hurt you." He said, his hand clutching his wounded shoulder. "No!!" Jimin refused, hugging Jungkook tightly. "I told you I wouldn't leave without you! I promised I'd protect you! I can't leave you!!" He cried. Unable to help it, Jungkook began to cry too, holding Jimin. He knew it might be the last time so he held tight.

"You have to Jimin.. I can't hurt you I won't forgive myself." Once again, Jimin shook his head. "I'll have to die with you." He said, determination clear in his voice. Taehyung stepped forward with a worried expression. "Jimin!" But Hoseok stopped him. "Taehyung stop he could turn any minute. You'll get bitten too." The military men stared at Jungkook with an unreadable look on their faces. "Shouldn't he have turned already..?" One of them asked.

Their commanding officer nodded, walking forward. "Hey. You. I need to ask you some questions." He said. Jimin glaring at him and not moving an inch. "Do you feel any muscle tightness..? Headaches? Nausea?" He asked. To which Jungkook shook his head. "The only thing I feel is this bite." He said, meaning every word. "Commander he could be the answer.. if he hasn't turned yet he might be immune. We could stop this!" A younger official called out.

"You need to come with us to solitary confinement. If you do not comply you'll be shot on sight as you carry the virus. You're the first a-symptomatic person we've seen so far. We'll need to conduct tests on you" he said, every gun there training on him again. "No! You can't do that to him!" Jimin said, his anger taking over. It just wasn't fair.

"Jimin stop.. if I can stop this somehow.. I'll do it. If that means you'll be safe." Jungkook said, holding Jimin's hand gently. "But.. you can't leave him alone! Please at least let me visit him!" He begged. The men looked at each other and sighed, handing him a pass. "Come with us. The two of you over there will go through the regular boarding into Busan." The commander called out to Taehyung and Hoseok, who where then taken care of other men as Jimin and Jungkook where taken somewhere else.

When they walked in, people saw Jungkook and screamed in horror. The commander, ignoring the screams, grabbed Jungkook by the arm. He placed something over his face fo stop him from being able to bite anyone. Just in case he fully turned without their knowledge.

The two of them where brought to the center of disease control recently set up in busan for this exact virus. They came in and where given knew sets of ID. Jimin's visitor pass and Jungkook's subject testing pass. A woman in a lab coat walked towards them. The serious aura leaking off of her. "I'm doctor Lee. Mr.Jeon.. Mr.Park. Follow me." She commanded.

Jungkook was placed in a glass room with a bed and nothing else. Jimin was not allowed inside to his dismay but he stood outside and watched. "What.. are you gonna do with him?l he asked to the woman who gently pulled off her glasses and set them down on the desk in front of her. "Well.. we believe this disease is a mutated form of rabies. They aren't zombies like the public are calling them. They're still alive. Their hearts are beating and they're still breathing." She said, standing and walking towards the glass structure, her heels clicking.

"There was a bio chemical leak in the Daegu district. A raccoon with rabies was contaminated by it and became patient zero. He attacked a hiker and the disease was passed onto him. It took about 24 hours for the pathogen to learn how to fight against the cells in the human body. That is him over there." She explained, pointing to a dead body strapped to a table. "The virus attracts the nervous system. The onslaught of symptoms are muscle aches and tightness, nausea, headaches and worst of all, seizures." She said, sighing and tucking a strand of short brown hair behind her ear.

"The virus attacks the part of the brain that controls rational thought, fear and self preservation in the frontal lobe. As well as the part of the brain that controls animal like tendencies and needs. Hunger and hunting. With Jungkook here.. who has no symptoms, he might be able to cure everyone who has it and stop others from getting it." She said, staring hard at Jungkook through the glass.