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“Women are more willing to trust and less likely to use their weapons out of fear.However, Steve, Sid, Brandon, and Roland have proven themselves trustworthy.I will accept the four of them in place of four women if they are willing.”
“Hell yes,” Steve said under his breath this time.
The general glanced at me before answering.“I can’t promise there will be five hundred female volunteers, but I will do my best to facilitate that.And any vaccine we create will need to run through trials to ensure it’s safe for distribution.But the volunteers will be among the first people to receive it once it’s approved.”
Molev held out his hand, and the general shook it.
“Then let’s get started.We have a team ready to collect samples and run tests.”He gestured toward the door.
We fell in around Molev with me walking beside him until we reached a large glass window next to a glass door.Inside were all sorts of things.Weights.A treadmill.A tank with water.A chair with wires.
“No,” I said before the general could open the door.“You can take his vitals and his blood, nothing else.”
“Miss Wells, you’re in no position to—”
“I’m in every position to stop you from making mistakes that will cost us—”
The general gestured while I was talking, and a hand closed around my arm.
All hell broke loose quickly.Molev twisted around, grabbed the throat of the soldier holding me, and lifted him off his feet with ease.The others drew their weapons.My group drew theirs.
A low rumble started in Molev’s chest.
“Stand down,” the general said.
The soldiers were a little too slow for Molev’s liking.He threw the soldier he held at them, knocking them down along with Sid.
“I apologize, Sid,” Molev said.“I thought he would keep his legs together.”
Roni lost it.I’d never heard her laugh so hard in all the weeks we’d been together.
Ignoring her, I looked at the general.
“Molev gave Patrick chances to prove he was trustworthy time and again.And he made the wrong choice every time.This wasyourchance to prove you have good intentions, too.We, the exhausted and afraid remnants of humanity, can’t afford more mistakes like this.We need Molev’s help.
“Now take a sample of his blood, and get to work, or watch him walk out the door.”
CHAPTERFOURTEEN
The general remainedquiet for a very long time.
“Very well, Miss Wells.How do you propose we collect our samples?Out here in the hallway?”
I met his condescending attitude with a slight shrug.
“Yes,” Molev said.“Here in the hallway, not in your lab.”
The general didn’t try to fight it again.
While a woman in a lab coat took several vials of blood from Molev right there in the hallway, I studied the chair and the tank.I didn’t know science, but I knew how to check the plug on an espresso machine.And a plug was a plug…and that chair had one.The wires connected to it could only have one purpose.The same with the tank that had a lid.It was open now, but I knew if Molev went in there, it wouldn’t be.And why else have a huge hose at the bottom if not to fill the tank past where it was already filled?
More importantly, what had they been thinking?That he’d be okay with being electrocuted and drowned?And what would they have done if they’d killed him before finding a cure?
“How long will it take to find a vaccine?”I asked, looking at the woman.
“In simple terms, we need to analyze his blood and isolate the parts that make him immune,” she said.“But it sounds easier than it is.”
“The team will be working around the clock until we have what we need,” the general said.
