My Blood

Chapter 14 My Blood

"Thank you, thank you, we are very grateful." Rick says as he keeps his gun pointed at the doctor, the other members of the group also have their guns raised as Doctor Jenner and the soldiers point their guns at us as well.

"My name is Dr. Edwin Jenner." Jenner says with a smile and lowers his weapon, at this, the soldiers who are next to him also lower their weapons.

Rick lets out a sigh and lowers his gun along with the rest of the group.

"Before entering the underground facilities I need to take a blood sample from each of you, it is the price of admission." Dr. Jenner comments pulling out a strange device. Immediately afterward, he begins to take blood samples from everyone. There's nothing out of the ordinary until it's my turn.

"I don't want, I don't want." I say crossing my arms. "You will not suck my blood with that strange thing." I exclaimed looking away from the doctor.

Justin, what are you doing? Andrea asks approaching me. "It's just a blood sample." Andrea tells me quietly.

"Okay, okay, it's just a kid, I can get a sample of your blood later." Jenner says ruffling my hair.

I have to find out why these people are so interested in me, will they work for Wesker? These people obviously know me, however, they have not tried anything against me. I need to play my cards right.

"I'll give you a sample of my blood in exchange for treats." I say with a giggle. This confuses Dr. Jenner a bit before he smiles again. "Quite a businessman, huh? Deal done."

"Doctor Jenner is everything in order?" asks one of the soldiers narrowing his eyes in my direction.

"Yes, everything is fine, no problem. They can enter underground facilities." Jenner says quickly before walking away from me. "Please follow me to the elevator." Jenner says to the rest of the group.

Rick starts to introduce himself and then the rest of the group introduce themselves, I was the only one who didn't introduce himself, although Andrea did it for me. "And this adorable young man is Justin, my self-proclaimed little brother." Andrea comments with a giggle squeezing my cheeks.

After this the two soldiers introduced themselves, one of them is called Lenny and the other Eliot, they don't seem like much, but it bothers me that they are watching me so much.

Later, we all gather in the dining room where we enjoy a good meal. While the adults chatted among themselves.

"So you two are from Fort Benning?" Shane asks both soldiers, sipping some wine. "What happened to the base? Is it still standing? Do you receive survivors? Shane asks taking a sip of wine.

"No, we have lost all contact with Fort Benning for weeks, we assume the base fell, things were not so good when we left to assist the CDC."

"Shit." Shane whispers. "You were right Rick, coming here was the best option." Shane says nodding in Rick's direction.

Soon the conversations become more lively again until a smile forms on my face, everyone eating like they're some kind of family is quite funny. I almost feel a little envious, almost.

"What do you have Justin? Do you want some wine?" asks a rather drunk Glenn. Offering me a glass of wine.

"Nope." I say sticking out my tongue. "It's just that we seem like a family." I say, at this, conversations stop and everyone at the table pays attention to me. "A very strange family." I say between laughs. "And dysfunctional." This brings a round of laughs to the table.

"Justin, how nice that you consider us family." Amy lunges at me and hugs me smothering me between her breasts. She appears to be drunk.

"Stop it, Amy, you're going to suffocate Justin." Andrea says laughing a little.

"It'll be fine, the little bastard is enjoying it." Merle says, at this, everyone at the table starts laughing. Stupid Merle.

After several hours most of the people were asleep, I took my backpack and put my knife in my waist, it was time for a meeting with the doctor. I don't know how the meeting will go, but I prefer to be sure, I still don't know their intentions towards me.

I walk out of my room and find one of the soldiers waiting for me in front of my room, I think his name is Eliot. "Huh, I wasn't expecting you outside my room." I say scratching my head. "I'm on my way to see the doctor. Can you guide me?" I say with a giggle pretending to be nervous.

"No problem Justin, follow me." Eliot says with a smile on his face. Immediately afterward, he begins to guide me through the corridors to the laboratory.

"So Elliot right?" He just nods his head. "Eliot, why did you leave Fort Benning? Wasn't it safer to stay at the military base?" Eliot is silent for a few seconds as if he is searching for the best answer.

"We came to protect the CDC, do you know that here they can manufacture the cure for this disease?" Eliot tells me, given this, I only feign interest in the subject.

"That's awesome Eliot, they're like heroes." I said tilting my head a little. "Did they manage to make the cure?" At my question, Eliot shakes his head as we continue walking.

"Dr. Jenner is working hard to find a cure, but maybe now we have hope." Eliot says with a smile on his face. Well, this is another red flag, my presence has definitely changed the plot of the series. Obviously, I knew that many things would change, but I did not expect this.

Shortly after, we arrived at Dr. Jenner's laboratory. "Welcome Justin, come on in, I was waiting for you." Jenner says with a smile on his face. "You can go, Eliot, thanks for getting him safely." Eliot just nods his head and leaves the room. Now there's just me with the doctor.

"Hello doctor, do you have the treats?" I say with a charming smile.

"Quite a little dealmaker." Says the doctor handing me a lollipop. Given this, I take it and start eating it. "So you just need a blood sample? Won't you cut open my head and dissect me?" I ask with the lollipop in my mouth as I take a seat and start to swing my feet. If he tries to do something strange, my knife will find its way into his brain.

"What?" The doctor says with a little sweat running down his face. "Of course not!" Jenner exclaims. "I just need a little of your blood, that's all."

"Okay, you can have just a little." I say with my charming smile. "I trust you doctor." At my words, the doctor proceeds to take a sample of my blood.

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"What happened to your arm, Justin?" Jenner says after taking some of my blood and putting a band-aid on me, however, he seems quite interested in the wound on my arm.

"I got shot by accident." I say making a pout. "But it doesn't hurt much anymore." I say shrugging.

"Impressive, extremely impressive." Jenner mentions as he checks my wound, at this, I get a little nervous is there something wrong with me?

"Doctor, is something wrong?" I ask a little nervous. At my question, the doctor just shakes his head.

"It's not a bad thing, just that your body is healing faster than normal. Usually, a shot to the arm would take days to heal, however, your healing process is quite curious." Jenner says bringing a hand to his chin. Now, this gets my attention.

I lean forward a bit. "So I'm special?" I say with an innocent face pointing at myself with my hand.

"Yes little Justin, you are a very special boy." Jenner says with a smile ruffling my hair.

"Is that why you and the soldiers already knew me before I came here?" I ask tilting my head a little, then continue licking my lollipop. Tell everything to this adorable little boy Jenner, spill your secrets to my cutie.

Dr. Jenner stumbles a bit. "I have no idea what you're talking about Justin." Jenner responds quickly. To which, I just cross my arms and pout when my lips start to tremble.

"When I got here, those soldiers didn't stop looking at me and neither did you, tell me the truth doctor, I won't tell anyone, I want to help. I trusted my, doctor." I say with my puppy dog eyes glazed over like I'm about to cry.

"You're not going to tell anyone about this, okay? Otherwise, I would get in trouble." Jenner says quickly, to which, I just give a quick nod. I got you, Jenner.

Dr. Jenner sits next to me and snorts a little. "At first we thought that the virus came from some remote country in Asia, we had no idea how it was transmitted, it could be microbial, viral, parasitic, my wife spent whole days investigating before that virus reached the country." Jenner says taking a photo out of his pocket, it was the photo of his wife.

"She was a hero." I say looking at the photo. I'm not interested at all, I just play the role of the good boy.

"Yeah, she was." Says Jenner saving the photo

"There are so many things we don't know about the virus, yet my wife was hell-bent on finding out where the virus started." Jenner laughs a bit. "With the help of some colleagues, she succeeded." Jenner says raising a finger. "She managed to identify patient 0. It was not the other scientists, it was her, my wife, who took the first step to save the world, while the other people who could do something about it hid like rats." Jenner sighs, rubbing his eyes.

"Who was patient 0?" I asked tilting my head.

"Justin, patient 0 was your father." Jenner says placing his hand on my shoulder. My father? That doesn't make sense, in the series they never revealed the origin of the virus. This is so confusing. I need more information.

"My father? But my father was in Japan when this all started." I asked scratching my head in confusion.

"People started getting sick when your father traveled out of the country, he traveled through several Asian countries until he reached his base in Japan. My wife analyzed the data of your father's trip, the first infected areas are precisely those that were in your father's path. It was not a coincidence, however, what we do not understand is why it only affects residents. None of the other soldiers got sick." Jenner responds.

"According to information we obtained, your father had some kind of allergy, but he never had a check-up, therefore, we were unable to obtain any information. By the time we tried to locate your father, it was already too late, all contact with Japan was lost."

"Justin, do you know anything about it? Did your father have contact with something strange before he had that strange allergy?" Jenner asks me looking into my eyes.

I quickly shake my head. "I have no idea doctor, but I'll help him in any way I can." I say with a smile. Jenner just sighs.

"That is why we know you, as his son, you became important to us along with the rest of your family, but none of them could be located in time. Justin, I want you to understand one thing, this blood sample." Jenner says holding up a vial of my blood. "It may be the key to a cure. However, I need to study it first." Jenner comments standing up.

By now, I'm done with the lollipop Jenner gave me. "Go rest, Justin. Tomorrow we will know the results." Jenner says with a smile on his face as he leads me to the door.

"Good night doctor." I say with a smile.

"Good evening Justin." Jenner says closing the door. "Candace, we are about to save the world." I heard Jenner whisper behind the door.

I quickly go back to my room, close the door and throw myself face down on the bed. Then I began to laugh like never before, using a pillow to dissipate the noise.

"It was me, all this time, it was me, hahaha, this is so funny." I say while having the pillow on my face.

I remember when my father took me to shoot a shotgun and the recoil of the gun caused a finger to bleed, my father at that moment just suctioned the wound and put a Band-Aid on me. That day my father sick.

My blood, my blood caused my father to fall ill. However, I don't want to be a human pin, I don't want to save the world. I don't want, I don't want, I don't want.

A predatory smile spreads across my face. In the series, this place runs out of fuel and the self-destruct system starts. However, these soldiers may have supplied fuel, so I can't rely on my knowledge of the series in this situation, I guess I'll use the ultimate weapon. I will improvise.

So many questions, few answers, what a thrill.

The CDC will certainly be fun.