The Outbreak Chronicles Book Two Crisis Ties

Chapter 24

"I need you to find Harper and bring her to me." Scott told us when he finally sat down to eat.

""What do you need her for?" Nolan asked.

"I want to test her in case I'm right and it would be better to have her isolated then where she can infect others. Drew and his group haven't had any luck finding her they have an idea they want to try using the overhead sprinklers to try and flush her out. They need people in the hallways if she runs from one of those areas." Scott said, "Blossom also gave me her permission to do whatever I think I need to do to save her and possibly help others."

"She's a brave girl." I said, "We'll go look for Harper."

"Hunter and I will head towards the cafeteria." Daisy said.

"Ash and I will go the opposite way then." Nolan said.

Scott nodded and waved us out of his room. Nolan watched where Daisy and Hunter headed, and true to his word he dragged me along behind him heading the other way. He started opening doors and checking what was inside the rooms. We were almost to the end of the hallway when the overhead sprinklers started raining on us. Nolan did a dance with his arms out and his face up towards the spray.

One of the doors that Nolan hadn't tried opened and Harper came out. She was screaming and scratching at the water that hit her, her face and arms were bleeding from multiple wounds. She saw me and froze before she hissed at me and threw herself at me. Nolan barely got his arms around her waist and spun her away. He lost his balance and slammed Harper into the open door's frame. She hit her head hard and slumped to the floor. Nolan looked at her and came over to me. He checked me over for any marks. When he didn't find any he kissed my forehead and rested his on mine, looking into my eyes. His hazel eyes were the only thing I could see, then he moved his head and pulled me in to a hug. He was still hugging me when Drew walked up.

"Am I interrupting?" He asked, he was watching Nolan but I couldn't read what his expression was.

"No Harper just went after Ash, I stopped her but for a second I thought I had missed." Nolan said as he stepped away from me.

"Are you hurt?" Drew asked walking over to me and checking.

"Thanks to Nolan, I'm good." I said and went over to Harper.

"We should get her to Scott." Drew said and scooped her up. He didn't look back as he headed back down the hallway.

"Whoops, looks like I got you in trouble with the boyfriend. Sorry." Nolan said.

"You know for some reason I really don't think you're sorry." I said and he shrugged.

We followed Drew back to Scott's room, where he led us to a small cell that he already had set up for her.

"You were ready for her." Drew commented.

"No I set up for Blossom but the penicillin seems to have slowed down the infection, and the results from Hunter's blood were a hundred percent so I'm going to try that on her next. First I need to get Harper's blood to run the same tests on." Scott said.

"Do you need someone to hold her down?" Nolan asked.

"No she's out I can do it with no trouble, however could you make her a plate of food and bring some juice from the fridge for when she wakes up?" Scott said.

"I've got it." I said.

"I'll help." Nolan added and followed me to the alcove kitchen off the living room.

"Really don't think you're sorry." I said when we were out of earshot form Drew.

"You're better company." He said.