Too Many Too mourn

Gabby sits on a bench and composes herself before answering and you kind of wish you had not opened you big mouth as these people were her friends. " The company was to be deployed here to help the on site CDC team but only a quarter of us ended up here and most of us were the support staff only a small number of us were combat troops, the rest ended up being redeployed to Fort Hallow when the shit hit the fan over there and that was a stupid idea as we had lost so many to the virus by then".

Gabby shakes a little and you realise she is crying so you give her a hug as you have no idea what to say or really do other then that. After crying for a few minutes she recovers, "thanks I needed that, I have been bottling that up for a long time now, but I digress. We started out with 73 personnel when we arrived on site, within a couple of days of arrival we had lost the Captain and my LT to the virus, the Major had to step in and assume command for the short term even though she was not a part of are command structure she is some specialist in Biological warfare. Over the next month we lost another 40 plus people to the virus or reassignment so when the attack happened we had only 20 people left a great split of 14 women and 6 men who had the beta virus . So with the people we have found so far we only can account for eight of them officially".

Great that means you have to find twelve people who are most likely dead from the army, but what about the CDC people you wonder. "Gabby how many people were there that where not part of the army, you said they were the CDC, what happened to them".

Sighing deeply from Gabby gives you the idea this is not going to be something you are going to like hearing. " Calling them the CDC is a bit of a misconception they were more like a collection of doctors, lab techs and scientists from many different branches of the medical community, take the Major for example she was originally part of the CDC group representing the army Bio warfare group, they as a group got hit just as bad as everyone else with the virus, they started with 200 people within 2 months that was 100, by last week they were down to only 37 of them 20 were men who had already had the virus and made it out the other side, the last 17 were women who had not had the virus or had the beta version, I think 6 or 7 of them had the virus when the freaks got out, we have found only 4 of the CDC group so far".

So doing the math, worst case is you have to deal with 49 dead bodies tomorrow, you hope you can find some more people alive or this is going to suck. As you wonder if you should try and find somewhere to get some sleep a naked and very wet Lee runs past you been chased by a equally wet but at least holding a towel, Alex who is angry but oddly trying not to laugh as she chases after her daughter.

You and Gabby watch the two of them round a corner, " um should we help her do you think", Laughing so hard she falls of the bench Gabby eventually replies " hell nooo I want to see if they make another pass". Only a short time later Lee comes back around but gaining a lead on her mother. " You need a hand Alex", you ask as she comes round the corner, " no I think I will have to rethink getting her to ware cloths she did not like the pants at all".

Both of you are trying not to laugh but not really succeeding, recovering a little composure Gabby offers an idea " have you thought of a large shirt maybe or a dress she seems to like her freedom", sighing Alex sits down and puts her face in her hands, "I do not know what to do I have to do everything with her to show her its ok, it is like she is a toddler again, but at least she is alive and I can work on it with her".

As Doctor Morris is saying this you see a head pop round the corner out the corner of your eye and smile as you have an idea, "Alex find the biggest shirt you have and ware it for a while then give it to her I think that will work, have you noticed she is smelling everything before she makes a choice if it is good or bad". Alex now looks up and seems to realise you are right before heading back to her office, after she has left Lee walks the way she went and both you and Gabby smile at her and do not move. "That is one very strange girl its like she is operating on a pure defensive system or something, I hope the doc can get her back" and then Gabby looks at you with a look of knowing at some point you are going to have to help her by fucking her.