Ryan's POV
I sat in my room drinking from a bottle of whiskey and hitting my leg on the ground anxiously.
"Where the hell is Susan?"
I sent her to check on Alex and Jasmine to see if the drugs is really working on them, she should have been back by now.
"The drug will not work, bubonic plague doesn't have a cure." I said trying to calm myself down.
There was a knock on the door and I heard Susan's voice.
"Come in" I said and she came in.
"The drugs didn't work right? They are still suffering from the plague right?" I asked but she remained quiet.
"Answer me!" I yelled and she flinched.
"They...they are recovering" she stuttered.
"What?"
"The drugs seems to be working on them cause they seem more energetic than before" Susan said.
"Aaaah" I yelled as I threw the bottle of whiskey to the ground and it shattered.
"Ryan!" Susan yelled as she quickly held my hand. "Don't be stupid Ryan, this is just a minor setback, this is not the first time we've faced failure, we'll definitely get him another way."
"Stay away from me!" I yelled at Susan and she looked at me surprised.
"You've never been of any help to me, you always...you always fail to do any task I give you. Sometimes I wonder if you're still loyal to me or have you also be charmed by Alex?"
"You are drunk that's why you are saying all this" Susan said.
"Drunk or not, it's the truth, it's what I've always thought."
"Then you are such an ungrateful jerk!" She yelled. "The truth that we both know is that I sacrificed my life for you, I took an oath when I finished studying to do my job honestly and to the best of my abilities but I broke that oath for you. Instead of being someone who tried to save people, I became someone who tried to kill patients because of you. I betrayed everything ethics I learnt for you Ryan and....and you're doubting me?"
"You make it sound like you are such a loyal person but we both know you didn't do it for me, you did it for the money, I payed you handsomely after all."
"What? You think I did everything for the money? You think I betrayed the people I work for and my profession for the money?"
"Of course" I said with a nod.
"To hell with the money!" She yelled. "The money you pay is not even up to half of the salary I receive at the National hospital. And you still think I am doing it for the money? The reason I am supporting you doing everything you ask is because of us Ryan."
"Us?" I looked confused
"Yes, us" she said.
"What do you mean by us?" I asked
"It's because of the love I have for you Ryan. And when this is all over, when this battle with Alex is all over, I just want us to get married and live a simple quiet life" she said and I laughed.
"I have no plans of getting married to you Susan" I said.
"What?"
"You are not my type, I'm just..... I am just using you" I said as I staggered but she held me.
"What did you say?" She asked.
"I mean, if you could betray the oath you took for your profession just for money, who is to say you won't betray me when we get married." I said and immediately, she slapped me.
"Susan!" I yelled as I raised my hand to slap her back but had a change of mind.
"Are you going to slap me back? Do it then you fool, for your information, I believe nothing of what you just said, you are drunk now but when you've become clear-headed, we will definitely have a rational conversation." She said as she turned to leave the room and we suddenly heard some gunshots and explosion.
"What's....what's going on out there?" Susan stuttered.
The gunshot continued for some time and suddenly it stopped and everywhere became quiet.
The door to the room suddenly flung open and some gunmen stepped into the room with their gun aimed at us.
Alex's POV
I smiled as I laid on the bed to sleep.
I still can't believe I actually did that.
Don't know where I suddenly got the courage from to hug her again but it felt so great and I don't regret it.
I suddenly heard continuous gunshots and I jumped up from the bed.
Jasmine is awake too.
"What's going on?" She asked.
The boy woke up too and he seemed scared so we went to meet him.
"Hey, it's alright, it's probably some fight outside the camp" Jasmine said as she hugged the boy.
But she was wrong.
The gunshot sounded closer and closer and suddenly it stopped.
"Looks like the fight stopped" Jasmine said.
Moments later we heard footsteps and people yelling.
"Something's wrong, I'll go check" I said as I stood up Jasmine held my hand.
"No, we are still quarantined remember, we can't go anywhere till it's confirmed we are cured" she said.
"We are cured" I said. "And I am sure you can feel it too, the swollen neck is slowly disapearing too."
"Still, it might be dangerous out there" she said.
"That's why I need to go check" I said and the door to the quarantined room suddenly opened and some armed and masked men came in with guns pointed at us.
This aren't Afghanistan soldiers.
This the Taliban forces, the enemy soldiers.
The camp has been infiltrate!
We quickly knelt on the floor and they forcefully took us to the meeting room.
Everyone is already here, Ryan, Megan, Nathan, Owen, Susan, Andrew and Emma.
But there are no soldiers and we were sorrounded by the masked men with their guns pointed at all of us.
"What's going on? Where are the soldiers and the Captain?" I whispered to Emma who was kneeling by my side.
"The Captain took some of the soldiers out on a patrol this evening when he heard the Taliban forces were around this area so there were few soldiers left in the camp and the Taliban forces infiltrated and killed them all."
"What!" Jasmine and I exclaimed.