Emma
Why do u keep ignoring me and then disappearing?
Emma
They finally said I could visit u in the hospital -
Emma
but when I got there u had already snuck out.
Ada
Hey, Em. Sorry. I have some things I need to sort out -
Ada
And I need to be alone for a while.
Emma
Fuck that. U were alone through this whole shit storm.
Emma
There’s no reason to run now.
Ada
I’m not running. And I wasn’t alone. I had you. ☺
Emma
U still do, bitch. So what’s up?
Ada
But I know why my eyes are purple now.
Ada
I wish. What’s different about me was done on purpose.
Ada
My mom was involved in some pretty strange research -
Ada
when she and my dad were in college together
Emma
What do u mean strange?
Ada
I mean the kind of shit that ends up landing you a job working on a top-secret project for the U.S. military with a guy like Seth.
Emma
The scientist who lived underground?
Ada
Yeah. He and mom went to college together, too.
Ada
Apparently Seth had a crush on my mom but she was already seeing my dad.
Ada
Anyway, my mom and Seth met up again at MIT for grad school.
Ada
Seth had a girlfriend by then -
Ada
and they became close friends with my mom and dad.
Emma
That’s why ur mom was involved in making the virus?
Ada
I think there’s more to it than that.
Ada
You know my dad graduated from college and then suddenly decided to join the army, right?
Emma
I always wondered about that.
Ada
Me, too. I think this whole virus scheme was decades in the planning.
Emma
Did you ask Woody or ur mom about it?
Ada
I didn’t get a chance. The other shit pissed me off so bad -
Ada
I left when no one was looking.
Ada
Me. It turns out the stuff my mom was working on -
Ada
fucked her up pretty good inside.
Ada
When I was conceived, I had mad shit wrong with me. Fetus me, I mean.
Ada
The doctors told mom that if she carried me to term -
Ada
I’d likely die within hours of being born.
Ada
So they turned to Seth.
Ada
Not exactly. He reprogrammed me. On a genetic level.
Ada
Apparently Seth could.
Emma
Sooooo… what? Ur like wonder woman or some shit?
Emma
Is that why ur immune to the virus?
Ada
I’m immune because I was vaccinated.
Ada
I’m lethal to the infected because the virus was made from my DNA.
Emma
Are u fucking kidding me?
Emma
Ur mom used u to make this thing?
Emma
No wonder ur pissed.
Ada
As mad as I am, I feel ten times as guilty.
Ada
The people in the government who wanted the virus to be created…
Ada
promised my parents that they’d pay for the cost of the technology Seth needed to use in order to save fetus me
Ada
but in return, my parents had to promise to work on this virus project until it was successful
Ada
my parents essentially made a deal with the devil in order to ensure that I lived
Emma
Fuck that. And fuck them for doing it.
Emma
(except for the fact that I’m happy you exist!)
Emma
Ada! Don’t talk like that
Ada
half the planet had to turn into zombie mutant creatures so I could live?
Emma
it’s not your fault Ada
Ada
I think there’s more to it.
Emma
So go back and ask them.
Ada
I don’t know if I’d believe them if they told me.
Emma
U have to talk to someone.
Ada
I’m going to see Adam.
Ada
Has he contacted you recently?
Emma
Nope – I’ve forwarded you everything he’s sent me
Emma
I haven’t heard from him since…
Ada
Everything he’s said has ended up coming true.
Ada
God – I’m so mad I deleted him from my phone.
Emma
I’ve tried messaging him on my own…but he never responds.
Emma
I’m not even sure it goes through when someone tries to contact him first?
Emma
So, don’t feel too bad about deleting his number…is what I’m trying to say.
Ada
Yeah. Adam lived with Seth. And he tried to warn me – and you - about this plague.
Ada
He may be the only person I can believe.
Emma
But wait – didn’t you kill Adam when u burned the lab?
Ada
I locked him in but I didn’t initiate the protocols like Seth asked.
Emma
R u fucking shitting me?
Emma
Doesn’t the army ever check when someone says they burned that place?
Ada
They have no reason to doubt me.
Ada
As far as they’re concerned, I saved the fucking world.
Emma
Ur mom and dad will think ur hunting Christian.
Emma
They’ll come looking for u.
Ada
They won’t have time.
Ada
Dad’s in charge of stemming the spread of the virus and rounding up infected.
Ada
And mom is working twenty hours a day vaccinating the rest of the planet.
Emma
Ur really gonna go back to San Antonio and let Adam out?
Ada
What else do I have to do?
Emma
True, I guess you’ve earned a few days off. ☺
Emma
And what about Christian?
Emma
You still plan on killing him?
Ada
I’m pretty sure it would be murder -
Ada
now that things are getting back to normal.
Ada
But I haven’t decided yet.
Emma
He did set your mom free. Even after you killed his dad.
Ada
Are you saying that should count for something?
Emma
No. I want u to shoot the prick.
Ada
Maybe they’ll catch him first and it won’t be up to me.
Emma
Either way, watch ur back.
Emma
He’s still G.I. Joe’s son.
