[hr][indent][color=darkgray][b]PENNSYLVANIA PLAZA // MADISON SQUARE FIELD HOSPITAL[/b][/color][/indent][indent][indent][indent]The elevator came to a stop and the door opened, but Bates sighed and thanked his partner. [color=feadbe]"Thanks for that... Now, let's find out what the hell is going on here."[/color]

Upon reaching the partially opened door, Bates pulled out his pistol and slowly pushed it. But, he felt something blocking it and began pushing it with all of his strength. He made his into the room and saw the firefight that recently took place. Seven more NYPD officers laid dead on the floor with bullet holes throughout the body. The blood suggested that the killings took place recently. Then, Bates saw the scientist from the feed still working on something despite his dying state. It was oblivious that something was wrong with him. Before Bates was able to say something, the scientist picked up the pistol and blindly fired in their direction. 

Instead of returning fire, Bates made sure to hide behind cover and tried to reason with him. [color=feadbe]"Hold on, we aren't here to kill you! Captain Romero sent us here to get some fuel. Do you know her?"[/color]

The scientist put his pistol back on the tablet and began to violently cough up blood. [color=a9bbad]"Yeah... she was the one that abandoned them."[/color]

[color=feadbe]"Who?"[/color]

[color=a9bbad]"The people that sought our help and we just gave up without putting up a fight."[/color] the scientist turned around and approached the window that divided the rooms. [color=a9bbad]"My name is Doctor Elliot Horton. I used to work at the Bellevue Hospital before I was transferred to this field hospital, assigned to research the virus and find possible treatments. I...I think that I am the only one left for the team."[/color]

[color=feadbe]"Were they killed by the officers?"[/color]

[color=a9bbad]"Oh, no. My associates either ran away or died from the virus itself. I was in the lab when the officers were trying to get access to the supplies. I knew they were looking for blood, so I acted first."[/color] Elliot once again coughed violently that he nearly lost his balance. Bates asked if he was alright, but there was no response. He asked again, but still no response. Before he asked for the third time, the scientist sighed after wiping the blood from his mouth. 

[color=a9bbad]"I... I'm infected and its slowly killing me."[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent]
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