Inner Wasting; an Inanimate Insanity Infection AU

To Save; an Equal Sacrifice.

MATURE GORE DESCRIPTIONS. 

Cabby's POV:

I look over to Test Tube and wait for her to continue her analysis of Candle's blood. I'm scribing for her as she speaks; we've been doing this for about half an hour. I don't really understand all of what I'm writing, but I'm sure Test Tube understands, right? She's smart, I just hope she can figure this out. We've deduced that the infected cannot be killed; Candle says that Silver's heart stopped and he was unmoving, but here he is! Allegedly, he wasn't breathing either. It sounds like they can withstand a lot of damage..

"Well, there's a severe lack of white blood cells. I barely see any, actually. Wait, are there any in this sample?.." Test Tube starts, "...uhmm. Okay so there's no white blood cells."

I finish writing the blood description then look at Test Tube, "None? How was she even still alive? Well- was.."

Test Tube frantically looks around in the microscope one last time, "None! I have no clue- this is impossible! Infection would almost immediately kill her!"

"Unless that's what it's doing?.." I mutter, flipping through all the descriptions I scribed for Test Tube.

"Wouldn't they be rotting then?? Silver's body isn't rotting! In fact, he seems really sturdy! I mean, golly, look what he did to Dr. Fizz! He's still unconscious, even after we just patched him up!" Test Tube replies, gesturing to Dr. Fizz who is lying unconscious on a beanbag.

I blink. She's right. This makes no sense! None! How can one have NO white blood cells?? And Silver clearly isn't weak. He tore up Dr Fizz! Clawed the daylights out of him! Silver didn't seem to give up either- I wonder what stopped him from killing Dr.Fizz? Hm. Looking at where all of Dr. Fizz's wounds are, it seems that Silver had him pinned with two arms and then proceeded to claw him. No clue for how long- we would have to ask Dr. Fizz. I mean, that is, if he was even able to comprehend it all!

I bite my lip, "I don't know. This is.. theoretically, impossible."

"Me neither, Cabby. All we can do is try, right? I mean, all of this is theoretically impossible. Mutations aren't supposed to happen like- this. No radiation exposure seems to be present either.." Test Tube sighs, leaving the 'experiment' desk.

I sigh, "There's nothing that could be radioactive here- I still think it's the firefly, but how could a little thing like that do THIS? A tick would make more sense.. Only if we had the specimen, it'd make a lot of things easier."

"Any information would make this easier," Test Tube mutters, "Hang on a sec, I'm going to switch out Dr. Fizz's bandages."

I nod and proceed to clear off some of the desk so we can have some space to work. Test Tube approaches Dr. Fizz and starts dressing his wounds once more. I turn back to my "Inner Wasting" file. We decided on that name, since Silver seems no less than 'wasted'. And the fact that Candle firmly believed this had to do with inner flames. So we landed on Inner Wasting. Not that creative, but theatrics isn't what we're here for. We're here to figure out what it is and how to cure it! Can we cure it?.. Is it possible? I promised Candle that I would save her-

"Eghhghhh.."

I turn to see Dr. Fizz groggily sitting up and rubbing his eyes. Jeez, he looks horrible! How strong IS Silver? If he's able to do this before leaving, what would've happened if Silver HADN'T left? I shudder and bite my tongue.