Dead of Night - Part 35
by Ada Woods
Woody? Are you there?
I’m coming Ada. Hang in there, we’re on the way.
It’s not Ada, Woody. It’s Alicia.
Woody?
Who is this?
It’s me, your wife!
I promise you, baby.
I’m alive.
How is that possible? I saw you infected.
It’s a long story. Are you on your way here?
Why do you have Ada’s phone?
Is she…
She’s hanging on by a thread.
But I’ve stabilized her.
Will she be okay?
I think so.
If it were anyone else…
Don’t even say it.
Is it really you, Alicia?
It’s me. I’m with Ada and we need your help.
I’m headed to you with a full medical team.
I know. I read Ada’s texts.
How is Seth?
Alicia?
I don’t know. I don’t think he made it.
When I got here, Ada was already above ground.
The lab was locked down.
He had her initiate containment protocols.
Are you certain?
It’s the only thing she told me before she passed out -
The lab was burned and then flooded.
Nothing is ever getting in or out of there again.
He must have had a reason for doing it.
He was shot. And he was dying.
Sounds like him. Going down with the ship.
It’s for the best.
Who knows what else was lurking down in the zoo?
You’re right. It’s for the best.
He’d be happy to know the last thing to come out of that lab…
was the best thing he ever created.
Jesus, this is some fucking mess we made.
We’ll have plenty of time to blame ourselves later.
And we did it so Ada could exist. Remember that.
You’re right.
First we have to fix this.
I know.
Seth thought he knew why your vaccine didn’t work.
The vaccine does work.
But only on Ada, right?
Because of her altered genetics.
Is that correct?
Alicia?
No. It worked on Ada because she is the only one I vaccinated.
What?
The only person I gave the vaccine to was our daughter.
I wanted her safe In case something like this happened.
But I saw you inject everyone in the program.
You gave me my shot.
I gave you a placebo.
I don’t understand. Why would you do that?
Declan wanted to kill billions of people, Woody.
Completely rid the planet of those he thought unfit to exist.
Like a modern-day Hitler.
When I found out about his plan…
about how much damage could be caused by a single person with enough of a capacity for evil…
getting their hands on the virus that WE helped create…
I just couldn’t be a part of it anymore…
I had to keep pretending I was working on what the government wanted…
but I was secretly figuring out how to make the project fail.
But how did withholding the vaccine help prevent anything?
It did.
When the government thought the vaccine failed, the powers that be…
began pushing to shut down the project.
And I knew we as a country would NEVER release the virus -
unless we had an effective vaccine.
So I made sure the people calling the shots believed we didn’t.
Alicia, I don’t know if I can cover this up.
If there was a way, I would.
But if the vaccine really works
we have to start mass producing it immediately.
So I can’t see how to reconcile this.
I don’t want to cover it up.
If there are repercussions, I’ll live with them.
But right now there’s too much work to be done to worry about that.
We have to put an end to this mess Declan created.
Seth said he thought he could generate an actual cure from Ada’s blood.
He did create one. It’s why I’m here.
Ada had a sample of this cure with her when you found her?
Something we can produce more of as well?
Yes. But what I meant was…
the cure is why I’m still alive.
Seth created it before this started.
It’s what brought me back from the infection.
Seth cured you? How did he even find you?
He didn’t.
Sgt. Delaney injected me.
The day Ada saw me in the woods near Declan’s cabin.
I’m confused.
I imagine so.
And I promise to explain everything when you get here.
But right now I have to look after our daughter.
I love you, baby. And I’ll see you soon.
I love you too.
But Alicia, be aware…
Seth told Ada the truth.
How much did he tell her?
I don’t know exactly. But she knows she’s different.
You mean extraordinary.
Yes.
She’s going to have questions when she’s better.
I promised to tell her everything.
Okay. We’ll do it together.
I’m sorry, Woody, I have to go.
One more question. I promise.
Yes.
Alicia, why would Seth need Ada’s DNA to create a cure?
Alicia?
Because we used her DNA to create the virus.
I’ll see you soon, Woody. Please hurry.
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