Burns walked in and up to Peter and Lily, Lily still held the burner aimed at the table, before he could ask what happened Peter said "Remember that body I asked you to take to the lab?"
Lily turned to him "You kept that rubbish?" she asked in an angry tone.
"Yes!" Peter answered and faced Burns "Where is it?"
"It's in the freezer sir, should i go bring it?" Burns asked calmly.
"NOOO!!" Peter and Lily yelled in unison. Burns was stunned by both their reactions but still kept is cool "Burn it" Peter ordered "I want you to go right now and burn it till there's nothing left" he ordered, his voice carried urgency in every word he spoke.
Burns simply nodded and left.
.....
"Don't, it's too late, nothing can stop it now" a female voice echoed out in Kai's head. Kai opened his eyes and suddenly sat up.
"What can't be stopped?" Kai heard someone say and looked to see Mika seating by the window with a book in his hand "You were talking in your sleep" Mika said.
Kai rubbed his face as he put his legs down on the floor "What did I say?" he asked, his words came out like a whisper, but in the silence of the room Mika heard him.
Mika closed the book and said "Something in the line of, Humanity is doomed, then you said Death is the only exit" Mika dropped the book by his side "And finally Nothing can stop it now. Then you woke up" he finished.
Kai sat there and said nothing as he tried to piece together what Mika had said, "Is that a poem you are working on?" he heard Mika ask "Sounded sinister" Mika added as he got up. "Are your eyes green from birth? And does your dad have green eyes cause your mum's eyes looks nothing like-" he immediately stopped talking once Kai shot him a glare.
Mika cleared his throat and looked away "Sorry if I misspoke, the colour is just so... drawing. It's not like any green it's practically glowing" He said as he sat down in front of Tv. "Why wear contacts and hide them?" he asked no one but himself as he turned on the tv with the remote.
He didn't really think he'd get a response, but stopped scrolling through channels when he heard Kai said "In my former school they called me a green eyed freak" Mika paused and looked at Kai, who was looking out the window.
"Tch," Mika scoffed "If you ask me they were probably jealous" Mika commented and faced the tv once again, "You may not know but there are a lot of green eyed people on earth, but your eyes practically outshines... No" Mika pauses "Outgreens them all, and it glows too" he added with a chuckle.
A small smile played by the side of Kai's lips "You didn't seem like a talker" Kai said as he joined Mika in front of the tv.
Mika nodded "I... it's a long story" he said with a sigh "I don't talk to them and they don't talk to me, let's just leave it like that" he added and turned to Kai "Do you have games? Cause there's nothing to watch?"
.....
Lily read the file that Peter had given her when she came in, her eyes widened when she read the last page "Peter" she called out and he turned to her "Did you check this place out?" she asked him.
He walked over to her and read what she was talking about, "No" he said and shook his head "I was going to send some people over there to check though."
"I'll go" Lily said, she didn't even wait for a response before she dropped the file and rushed out of the room.
Peter sighed as he walked over to the file to read the contents, suddenly two soldiers walked in. They were led by a female soldier in front.
Peter looked up at them and asked "Who are you and how may I help you" the moment he spoke the soldiers aimed their weapons at he and he too a step back with his hands up in the air "Let's calm down alright?" Peter said.
The woman stepped forward "Doctor Peter Walkman, Code name Rubrics" The moment she said that his eyes widened. "Believe me we aren't here to arrest you or anything, we simply wish to obtain the contaminated vessel in your custody"
"Contaminated vessel?" Pete asked with a raised brow.
The woman sighed and brought out a picture from her army vest, she showed it to Peter "I believe one of your field agents went after what used to be this man, we have traces of his cells at the scene and would like to retrieve his body or whatever remains of it from you" she explained.
Peter realized what she was talking about and couldn't help but chuckle, "About that-" Peter started but before he could give her a reply Burns walked in, one of the soldiers immediately aimed their gun at Burns and he paused.
"Let him in" Peter says "He knows more about your vessel than I do" he added with a smile on his face
...
"What do you mean you burned it?!" the woman exclaimed. They had Peter tied up to a chair with Burns held at gunpoint.
"Just as you heard ma'am" Peter said with a smirk "Your vessel is gone"
"Where are the ashes?" she asked Burns, ignoring Peter.
Before Burns could speak, Peter interjected "There's no ash, everything is gone, every cell, tissue, bone, hell not even a strand of hair remains" Peter said.
The lady looked at Burns and he nodded. She walked over to Peter and slapped him "You have no idea what you've done" she snarled.
Peter looked at her and snicker "Oh please, enlighten me hot stuff" he teased "What have I done?"
She was fuming as she looked around, her eyes zeroed in on the files Lily dropped on the table. She picked it up and looked at him "You must know what i am talking about for you to have this place mapped out" she said with a smile.
Peter looked at her "Oh yes i must, cause i have i know it all written on my forehead" Peter snapped and looked away.
"Then why do you have this place marked?" she asked but Peter remained silent "Listen" she said calmly "answer the question like your life depends on it, it's really important that you do" she said and signalled her men to lower their guns, which they did.
Peter looked at her for a minute, she walked up to him and released him from the chair. "I was investigating a friend" Peter answered "And whatever you guys think you know or want to know about that Vessel as you call it, my advice is burn it all. Its not worth it" Peter let out planely.
"What do you know about it?" She asked.
Peter looked at her "You tell me what you know about that location, and i will tell you everything about your burnt up vessel" Peter proposed.
"Fine" the woman said after much reluctance.
"Perfect!" Peter exclaimed "Now how about we start with a little intro" he said in an oddly jovial tone "Soldier A, B, C and hot stuff here" he said regarding the woman "I'm Peter as she said earlier and the man you held at gunpoint goes by Philip" Peter introduced. "Now your turn" he shot back at them.
Peter got to know vaguely what they were about, apparently Lily's victim was not the first person to show signs of crazed behavior. When the woman who he found out went by Agent Rivera was done, he told her all of the little he knew about the vessel and what happened with the sample he collected and how 'he' burnt it since it began to move on its own.
In other to get more information out of him Rivera requested he followed them to their base, he agreed because of the guns that were aimed out of their face. As they were leaving Peter helped Burns escape, his objective was to find Valkyrie and warn her.
Rivera sent men after Burns but to no avail, they didn't find a trace of him anywhere, "What did you say his name was again?" Rivera asked Peter.
"Philip, shall I spell that out for you sweet cheeks" he said as he gave her a wink. She rolled her eyes and walked away.
"Have our team search for the Philip guy" she ordered the rest of the soldiers outside "Find him, and kill him" she added before she entered her car.