𝕄ℂ𝕐𝕋 𝕩 ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕆𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕙𝕠𝕥𝕤

𝔼𝕣𝕖𝕥 ~ 𝕃𝕦𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕔𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖

Request: Nope, I did get an Eret request, but not this

MCYT: Eret

Minecraft or Irl: Irl

Type: Angst/Fluff

Pronouns: They/Them

Notes: Y/N=Your name

Premise: Sci-fi AU. After a radiation leak one year ago, certain people exposed to the alpha particles began to mutate. You and Eret were Scientists who studied these people. But in another leak, Eret's cells began to mutate too. (Basically an excuse for me to use all the fancy Physics shit I learnt in class today)

Trigger warnings: Swearing

Y/N's POV

The alarms tore through my mind, the flashing red distracting me from my goal. I couldn't be distracted. All my colleagues were pushing past me in the other way, clutching their most important documents, some leading subjects away. Me, being me, was heading towards the danger.

There was no confirmation as to the extent of the radiation leak. All I knew was that it was bad enough for a full Lockdown. They'd give people ten minutes to evacuate, and then they'd seal the building. Quarantine it. Contain it. It was safe to say I wasn't getting out. But that didn't matter to me in the moment, no, what mattered, was finding him.

"ERET?!" I reached the door to the reactor, shoving it open and stumbling through onto the metal grated ledge. "ERET!" I called out again, searching for the brunette. I'd left him for two minutes... Two minutes for him to take readings from our nuclear system. And now this. The lights were flickering, making it near impossible to see. I found the railing to the stairs, gripping it with one hand. The other pulled the sleeve of my lab coat over my face. I needed to breathe as little as possible or I was screwed. I made slow progress downwards, holding my breath.

A crunch sounded from under my foot, and I looked down to find I'd stepped on a black biro. Looking down a few more steps, I found Eret, collapsed and unmoving. He was still clutching his clipboard, usually fluffy hair all over the place. He'd obviously tried to run when he heard the sirens, but been knocked out from the radiation. I needed to move quickly.

I removed the hand from over my face, sacrificing the thin barrier of safety to help my friend. I wrapped my arms under his shoulder, slowly dragging him up in the stairs. I grunted with effort, straining as I neared the top. I was never the strongest.

"Come on- FUCK!" I yelled, losing my grip on Eret and falling painfully, my back slamming against the ground. The air was knocked from my body and I gasped desperately. I needed to get him out. Now.

I got back up, struggling, and once again began to pull him towards me. I reached the door, slamming all my weight against it. I pulled the man through, closing it behind me. I stopped, panting for breath with my hands on my knees. I collapsed against the wall.

That's when Eret's body began to convulse.

Fuck. That's the first sign of contamination.

"Shit, shit, shit! Eret?" I pulled his head into my lap, holding his face still. "Eret can you hear me?" The corridor was deserted. It was definitely over ten minutes. The doors would be shut and we'd be trapped here. I smoothed back his hair, a tear of hopelessness dripping down my cheek. Please. Not Eret. Please. Not him.

The thought of leaving him and escaping myself didn't even cross my mind. It was impossible for me to think of such things. I'd managed to close the reactor door, so that probably offered a little more protection. It was military grade steel, three inches thick. The radiation in our reactor core was Alpha anyway, so it had the least penetrative properties. It couldn't even pass through paper or skin.