MOTH MOUND

CHAPTER 11

RESOLUTE

DEFINITION

Admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering.

"She was resolute and unswerving."

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DATE - JULY 11TH 2015

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Outside, Fritz wore a fond yet concerned smile as she watched Skylar, Dex, and Naya as they hit each other with bats. Or instead, Skylar and Naya would hit Dex, and Dex would tell them to try again. These were times when being a Virus would be impeccably helpful. Bruises only lasted for no more than fifteen hours for us.

Fritz's eyes trailed down to her clipboard that bounced along with her anxious knee. She scanned Skylar's paper until there was a shadow over her shoulder. As she looked up, she likely expected it to be Joslyn, but instead, Veronica stood on the staircase. In her hand, she held graph papers with scattered lines.

Veronica held up one of the papers beside the scene of Dexter getting hit by the ball. The graph titled 'MMH-02' had lines that had a perfect pattern of bouncing off the ground, staying level, and then flattening again to only repeat that action.

Fritz cleared her throat and caused Veronica to look over. The scientist placed the graph back as she watched Fritz. Veronica responded with a 'hm?' sound. Fritz realized that she had no idea how to talk to the scientist, as she had that type of energy to her, "Is something wrong?"

"No, not at all." Veronica unemotively responded. It was then that I became aware of the fact that the head scientist was just a few feet away. As quietly and quickly as I could, I re-edit the pages to make sure that Reece was never mentioned, and I even took the liberty to exclude the mention of the dead body in the freezer.

As I tucked the false logs away between the clean papers, I heard Fritz speak, "Have you seen the Warden?" She asked, and Veronica just nodded with another hum, as she jotted a few things down on a clipboard with her pen lid between her teeth, "Is he alright, he got-"

"Kicked in the shins for provoking a Virus?" Veronica finished, mumbling slightly, "He took about five painkillers and passed out an hour ago," Fritz made a face and was about to speak when Veronica continued, "He'll live." She was so calm about it, and rightfully so, he's done this a few times throughout the years and been fine.

Veronica peered around and clicked her tongue. Fritz noticed and made an instinct sound before she explained, "Adrien and Joslyn are inside." Veronica furrowed her brows and nodded, eyes on the graphs again. Adrien's statistics had risen significantly a few times due to a particular blonde.

"Holy shit, I caught it!" Dex cheered, which brought the two scientists to gaze over. Indeed, lodged into Dex's palm was the baseball. He and Naya both cheered as Skylar stifled a laugh with her forced unimpressed face.

To show her support, Fritz's clapped, "Good job, Dexter!" The Doctor grinned, even though she was disturbed by the sight. Dex gave a big dumb grin, which Naya shared though Skylar just scowled at the psychiatrist.

Fritz had slightly cowered as Veronica had raised eyebrows. However, they were both distracted when there was a click of the door behind them. Joslyn, with two styrofoam cups in her hands and a large kitchen knife in her mouth, hopped down the stairs. Only then did I remember the blood that coated her jumpsuit

Fritz panicked and stood up, "Joslyn, no, hold on!" She rather hastily took one of the cups, and Joslyn removed the blade from her mouth. She nonchalantly ducked away over to Clover, who was still sketching away. Though when she saw Joslyn, her eyes brightened.