Part 7
"How's she looking?" Quatre asked his sister.
"Not very good, but I wont have any definitive answers until I get the blood work back. It might be a side effect from the reanimation process. I'm just not sure. She was pretty combatative so I gave her a sedative."
"Doesn't sound like the same girl I picked up earlier. What could have happened in such a short time?" Duo questioned.
"Hard to say...without her medical information I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place."
"I think I can help with that." Heero's voice echoed from down the hall. "I found some information that might be useful. I don't understand the specifics of what's on this disc, but I'm sure that you would." he stated as he handed the disc over to Iria.
"I'll look at it right away, thank you." She headed down the hall.
"From what I did understand on that disc, I know that we have a very big problem on our hands."
"What do you mean, Heero?"
"Before they reanimated Alex they did some genetic engineering. They implanted a program into her DNA, or a better yet...they brought out a personality trait specific to her family."
"Hn?"
"If you were to look up the Reese family history you would find a stream of destruction in their wake. Mass murders of families, disfigurements... an alarming number to say the least. After the death of Alex the family had her frozen because they felt that her life had been to short. Repairs were made to her corpse before the freezing process to make sure that nothing was missed during future reanimation. Her father went on to lead the Albinia Coalition in 2084, an organization that reeked havoc on the Middle Eastern World. He was assassinated by one of his own men two years later. Her mother died soon after. As for her sister, she became one of the founders of what is now known as Oz, back when it was still an underground organization."
Neither Duo nor Quatre had much to say. That small amount of information explained more then either one of them wanted to know. Duo opened his mouth to speak when there was a crash from the room Alex was in. Heero dashed into the room, gun drawn. The lights were off and the room filled with shadows. Listening intently for any noise, he could hear haggard breathing coming from the far corner. He pointed his gun at the form curled up within the blackness. Alex rocking back and forth on the balls of her feet was chanting the barely discernable words “help me”.
Iria, who came running when the commotion started, held a syringe in her hand and quickly made her way into the room. Cautiously approaching Alex, she had almost had a hand on the young girl’s shoulder when the Alex jumped up and starting moving in the opposite direction. Recovering quickly, Iria dove at he girl and plunged the needle into the young girl's latissimus dorsi*. She pushed the plunger down fast while Alex's back arched away from the doctor. Retracting the needle as soon as the medication was instilled Iria watched the girl fall backwards writhing about.
Once the medication took complete affect, Heero helped Iria get Alex onto a bed and watched as she restrained the girl's arms and legs.
"Iria, are you sure that's necessary?" Quatre inquired.
"Yes little brother, from what I gather from the data Heero gave me, she will only get worse…this is just to protect her and also ourselves from her."
The four could only watch helplessly as Alex fought the demons attempting to take over her body.
*Just for those of you who are curious, the latissimus dorsi is the broad muscle on your back the runs just under your shoulder blades...not a preferred site for injections, but suitable for quick action.