Pandemic

-Come on, hellish creature. Just react. You're a bloody hybrid!

My outburst seemed as ineffective as my immediate return to Spartackus. Naturally, I could conjure up another portal and grant us access to the interior of the ship. There was the small detail that a female who was probably jealous would have decided to block all my return access if the ship's security sensors picked up any trace of contamination after the virus had reached the planet's surface.

Scarllet! Ah, I could twist that neck very easily.

Was there any chance that Max would notice the miserable detail?

I looked at the old TV again. Humans had no idea what was happening or who they were fighting against. What did we even know about those creatures? The truth was just one. Even the Confederacy feared Ravenack and his creatures. There were no effective weapons to kill them in their impenetrable armor. After the symbiosis process was completed it was another problem.

Those creatures could very easily assimilate the shape of their host.

The memory was rooted in the blood from which they fed. The fire did not fight K'Aldriants, nor did the cold hold them back for long. For a long time, our scientists believed that the only hope would be a biological weapon.

I looked with some pity at the image of them with masks covering their faces in an attempt to avoid further contamination. It was useless. It was in the very air they were breathing.

Small Mountain was a small town.

There were few houses and far from the mines you could find the old school and a precarious hospital. It was a smaller population with few inhabitants that would not attract as much attention at the beginning of the invasion that started.

Cursing, I decided to dress the girl in clothes I had stolen from a hairdryer on the back of the motel. They weren't the best but would keep her warm. Antibiotics! I needed antibiotics and there was nowhere near where to get it. At least I hoped could control one of those primitive vehicles without too much trouble.

Klaus!

My mind went back to the past.

I could almost hear him there, talking about his planet and the lack of everything. How Klaus would have rejoiced to return to Earth if he were still alive. Thinking about it didn't help improve my mood. There were some uses for having an alien and even more human boyfriend when you were lost and trapped on planet Earth.

Ah, I was an excellent captain in my world. I could fly almost any ship. A car couldn't be that difficult! It was enough to engage the first gear and control the pedals.

-Letting the car die frequently is more than just one of the signs that the steering is being carried out the wrong way ... When sitting in front of the steering wheel, put one foot on the clutch and the other on the brake, with the gear set in the brake to avoid that "pull" forward. When starting ... Sir, how can such an inanimate object die? - Iron's metallic voice aroused my thoughts.

I sighed without answers. And what interested me? I just needed to get to the miserable hospital.

-Can you trace a direction to the location I need, Iron? - I asked patiently. - That's all that matters. The state of the girl is still ...

-Feverish, sir. A clinical diagnosis to detect the possible causes of elevated body temperature above 39 degrees can give evidence of contamination in your blood. My sensors do not detect any neurological damage. Temperatures between 39.4 ° C and 41.1 ° C can also cause hallucination, convulsion, irritability, and confusion.

Iron was sometimes too detailed even for my taste.

-Just a damn location, Iron. please! - I pleaded and approached her.

I'm not sure what was wrong with me. I couldn't see that hot, weakened body at all. My mind only invoked the fighting and strong spirit that I knew she had. I had never seen anyone as stubborn or troublemaker as that creature before.

-Let's fix this fever, girl. And soon we'll be safe on the ship again. - I said it out loud.

It was like holding a damn lifeless body in your arms. Only her low moans said otherwise. Curse!

-Huuurts .... - The complaint came very low.

It didn't make any sense. She should be immune to the viruses of those creatures if she carried their gene in her system. What was wrong then? What part did I miss?

Once again I managed to censor myself for not having read the medical reports. A hybrid and reacted exactly like a human.

"What curse did they do to you?"

The fever was still irritatingly loud and insistent.

- Let's go! I mumbled, but I still held it very carefully when walking to the transport vehicle. It was the muffled heat of that planet. Using magic there was exhausting.

I stopped sighing heavily when I managed to get the girl huddled in the passenger seat and shook my head.

It couldn't be that difficult.

I sat positioning myself behind the wheel suddenly lost.

- Sir, you need to start the engine using the keys.

Keys?!

Great!

"Could someone explain the miserable detail to me? Exactly where?"

- Naturally. - I explained attentively to the panel while handheld the infernal key.

Pedals? Was I alone trying to drive such a vehicle? Damn the devils!

-Girl! I believe it is an excellent time to decide to wake up. - I muttered under my breath.

I could very easily try to maintain a connection with her mind.

-Cailín! - I called hesitantly.

Her fever was starting to make me uneasy.

Of course, there were always rumors. Even more so when K'Aldriants were involved.

Experiences!

Fuck! Ah, not even the Confederacy would do that.

Pure Shit!

I couldn't think of anything else to justify the girl's way.

I should be overjoyed. I could easily explain that the hybrid had not survived. Even Ravenack would have nothing to complain about in our bargain.

Hellish curse. I could almost imagine the cause in her weakened way.

K'Aldriants fed on the blood and fluids of a chosen host.

Had she ever eaten like this before?

Reaching the age of maturity would require much more than your organism.

I managed after several attempts to find where the miserable Keys finally fit and started the ignition.

The vehicle protested in a strong pull and it was the time just to keep the girl in the seat with one hand while the other held the steering wheel.

Pedals ?! There were three. The theory was very different. Brake, accelerator, and clutch.

- Sir, it would be advisable to use the clutch to handle the gears and ...

"Great Iron. It was easy to talk to. I wanted to see it done!"

Again a new bump!

-Fuck the damn vehicle! - I burst tense.

My eyes were shining in the falling night emanating electricity.

A damn portal. It was just what I needed. And then Scarlet would have a lot to explain!

I raised my hand, conjuring all the magic I could channel. It was not easy.

I took Angel in my arms trying not to notice her inconsistent words. The girl took a long time when I choked on a plague I left the motel parking lot.

My feet found solid support an instant later and I gasped. The shouting around ...

It was pandemonium with people running, ambulances, and police cars.

-Need help! - I shouted advancing indifferently the frightened people with masks on their faces.

-And everyone around here! - someone replied annoyed.

It was the end.

The contamination spread too fast with the planet's high temperature.

-I need blood! Now!

The man dressed in white stared at me, assessing my furious expressions.

-But...

I paid no attention and carried Angel into the building.

Antibiotics and blood! The girl would not belong to having seizures.

-Hey! someone else shouted. - You can't come here and ...

He was a human with almost gray hair.

A beautiful redhead accompanied him and I seemed to have interrupted a heated argument with my arrival.

- The girl has lost consciousness for some time. High fever and ...

The man grunted and approached the stretcher where he had knocked Angel unconscious.

- Did you use some kind of narcotic? Alcohol? - he asked.

He quickly experienced the girl's pulse and then her eyes with a sigh.

It was pure instinct.

The intuition of someone who for years had been a slave host.

- No! The girl needs blood and ...

- Mercy. The hospital is full. I have no blood bags in stock. Can you tell which blood type?

Curse! A meddling doctor!

- Just do the damn transfusion on the girl. It has all the blood you will need. I have the same type and compatibility.

There I used the rest of the power was able to master to control the doctor.

K'Adiants were metamorphoses.

A host when it managed to survive symbiosis fatally assimilated part of the characteristics of those creatures.

I only knew that the girl needed blood and would not be able to feed like those creatures.

Not yet!