"Was this the end?" I thought
If anything, I can't let the police take me, these people must have the police under their control. I'm good as dead if I let myself get caught. I was at the former house Sarah and I lived when we were hiding. I wondered how they came to know of this place when we were hidden all that years. Sarah made another secret door in the basement for times like this. I took all my belongings quickly and hurried down the stairs.
"We will break down the door if you do not come out Mr Alex" the policeman said from the outside
I got down to the basement and escaped through the backdoor. The door led me into the woods behind the house. I ran as fast as my legs could carry me not knowing where else to go. I was confused, scared and angry. I finally saw an abandoned building that seemed like a warehouse and thought I could rest there. I looked around to make sure I wasn't followed and ran into the building.
I was finally able to catch my breath and think of what my next move would be. I called Sarah again and told her I was being chased and she needed to be careful.
"Make sure they don't trace your location from the server please, be safe" I said
"You should be more careful, you are the one on the run now. I could send you the address of where I am now." She suggested
"No, that will be too dangerous. These people are even using the police now. I can't stay around anyone now. Don't worry, I'm no longer the 16 years old boy of that time, I'll take care of myself and make sure these people are brought to book" I said
"Ohhh that so reassuring" Sarah teased
I chuckled and dropped the call.
I thought of staying at the abandoned warehouse for the time being. It had a room that seemed like where they kept their accounts. It felt safe so I decided to stay there. I brought out the files as I sat down. I took the flash drive too and wanted to check it again if I could find anything else. I suddenly saw a file I hadn't seen the first time I checked. It was named DEATH and was locked. I tried to guess what the passcode might be, I remembered the number the Doctor gave me for the locker and tried it.
To my surprise it opened. I was happy and relieved. What was in the file finally answered half of my questions. It had the formula of how viruses were created. It also had the one for drugs and supplements. I called Sarah again
"Please send me the list of drugs and supplements Genaid produced over the years."
"On it" she replied
She sent a list to me few seconds later and it had the same list of drugs in the files. One of the drugs on the file wasn't in the list. I called her again
"One of the drugs I have here in the file is not in the list you sent to me."
"What is the name?" Sarah asked
"MIT-003" I replied
"One second please" she said as I heard her typing on the keyboard of her system.
"MITHOL 3 also known as MIT-003 was produced by Genaid in 2006. However, it only sold for a month after which the company released a press statement that they will be taking the products from the market to make an improved new batch. According to their CEO Mr Ralph Leo, Genaid had found a way to improve the drug to make it work faster without no side effects."
"What was the drugs for?" I asked again
"The drugs was for old people from the age of 50 above who had stage 3 diabetes. Surprisingly, people commended that the drugs worked and made them feel better. They weren't cured totally, but they could function well in their daily lives while taking the drugs. Some people called it energizer caused they got more energy after taking it. However, there was a side effect. Every drugs has side effects but it varies with different people. What's weird is that, this drug had the same effect with all the people who took it." Sarah explained
"What was the side effect?" I asked again
"Vomiting, all the people who used the drugs complained of vomiting at least twice a day. The company later released a statement that it was a side effect from the drug and that they were working on the improvement. September 2006, they officially took the drugs off market for improvement but never made another one. People were complaining that they didn't keep their promise and wanted the former one even with the side effect. But a disease suddenly broke out that period and the complaints died down."
"The Thypoin disease" Sarah and I said together.
"Now that I think about it, I remembered trying to find out how the drug users had the same symptoms then and was ordered to drop it that it had nothing to do with us. Of course it didn't but something just felt off. I'm sure it's one of the reasons I was ordered to be killed." Sarah said
"Let's talk later Sarah" I said as I aborted the call.
September 2006, that month kept ringing in my head. It was too much of a coincidence that everything happened that year. 2006 was the year it all started. My parents died that year, Genaid released the drugs for diabetes that year, the thypoin disease broke out that year with no one knowing the source till date. It wasn't making any sense but I knew these cases were connected.
What connection did my dad have with Genaid. He was just a civil servant who loved taking care of elders in his spare time.
"Wait, taking care of elders?"
"Drugs for people above 50?"
It was beginning to make sense. My father always visited a nursing home then after work to cater for the elders. He must have seen or heard something there. I needed to visit the nursing home to find my answer.
"What was the name again?" I mumbled to myself as I racked my brain to remember the name of the nursing home.
"Yes, Betterlife"
I took my coat to leave as I quickly called Sarah
"Help me find the address of Betterlife Nursing home"
"Okay" she said
She responded after a minute
"Betterlife Nursing home went under and is now a lab"
"When did it go under?" I asked sounding disappointed
"2006, one of Genaid's lab is there now" she replied
That was a confirmation that something definitely happened there and my dad was involved.
"Find me names of nurses or doctors that worked there" I asked Sarah
"There's no such list Alex, I can't find any. What is going on? To what extent did this people really go just to sell their drugs"
"No it was more than selling their drugs. Genaid is a big company, they do not need to go through all that just to sell their drugs. There's still something crucial missing in this puzzle and my only lead was the nursing home. Now we are back to square one" I lamented
"Alex" Sarah called me in a low tone sounding like she was engrossed with something else
"Yes?" I responded
"I found a nurse" she said again