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I disagree, but I let it go. “So, what are we going to do about the doctor? Because I have another theory that no one is going to like.”
“You absolutely cannot lock him in the basement, Luis.” Did Lukas just make a joke? Or does he think I'm really going to try it?
And truthfully, would I try it? Probably.
“I think that Dr. Franks might have taken some of the plasma with him. There were half as many tubes as you said there should have been when we pulled them out of the freezer.”
“He's right. You said that there should have been a dozen, right?” Lukas asks Micah, who nods. “There were only seven. So five tubes were missing.”
Fuck. I was hoping I was wrong.
“What do you think he is going to do with them?” Six asks, worried.
“I honestly don't believe he would put you in direct danger on purpose. What I'm worried about is that he'll try to do his own testing, and either come up with some kind of medical breakthrough that he can't recreate without involving you, or someone will find out about his research and it'll spiral from there. Again, it wouldn't be intentional, but no matter what, it puts you in danger.”
Bennet slouches against the pillows, the shadows beneath his eyes looking more pronounced than they did when he first woke from the dead.
“We'll figure something out,” says Jackson. “Look at all we've been through so far. Bennet's a godsdamned living zombie, for fuck's sake. We're going to be fine.”
My eyes roll, but for the first time, I consider whether Jackson's free-spirited mentality and jokester attitude are actually a cover up or a defense mechanism. I bet that's exhausting.
Mental note to attempt to be nicer to Jackson.
“We have a lot to figure out,” says Lukas. “Tony will be happy to know you're alive and will probably bombard you the moment he knows you're awake, so you might want to get some rest before that.”
“What does Tony have?” Bennet asks.
“We'll save it for tomorrow, after you get a good night's rest. But he wants to discuss going to the feds.”
The room explodes in conversation.
“What?!” Six cries incredulously.
“Is that safe?” Asks Micah.
“Seems reasonable,” says Jackson.
And my immediate response is, “Fuck no!”
“We clearly have a lot to discuss, but rest—for all of us, needs to be a priority so we can think our way through these problems.” Since when is Lukas so assertive? Aside from when he's dicking someone down, that is.
“What are you smirking at?” Bennet asks, settling into the pillows and pulling Six against his chest.
“You don't want to know. Yet.”
Bennet
The sun warms my face as I stare at the ceiling, my mind strangely at peace.
Someone left the windows open last night, and the heat of the summer day has settled in the room as the sun settles high in the sky. My skin is sticky with sweat and it feels like my face is slick with grease.
The last time I had anything resembling a shower was the high-pressure hose they kept turning on me in the basement utility room of the lab, or that's what I'm assuming that room was.
Not wanting to wake anyone, I gently extract my arm from beneath Six's head. Everywhere our bodies are connected is slick with sweat, but it makes it easier to slip out from beneath her. Taking a moment to appreciate the achingly familiar view, I again consider staying in bed, just like that first morning I woke up with them all in these exact same positions. But I really need a shower, and I don't want anyone fussing over me.
My legs are unsteady and weak as I make my way to my own bedroom to take a shower. I consider using the suite bathroom, but I don't want to risk waking anyone, and all my clothes are in here.
Turning the shower on as hot as it will go, I step beneath the near scorching water. My skin turns red as I scrub my body from head to toe, until the heat of the shower becomes too much. Turning the temperature down, I let the cooler water soothe my scalded and scrubbed skin. I don't think I've ever taken a more invigorating and refreshing shower, but then again, I feel like my new lease on life is putting things into a different perspective than I've ever known before.
