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<blockquote data-quote="Velenne" data-source="post: 919705" data-attributes="member: 1856"><p><em>T-Bull's House - Dining Room</em></p><p><em>Fifth Ward</em></p><p><em>8:30 pm</em></p><p></p><p>After a moment of silence, Carlos leans against the couch's armrest and clears his throat,</p><p></p><p>"I guess I'll start, then. Let me preface this by saying I believe we're all in a little over our heads. Still...you can't help but love this town and I'm willing to do what I can to make sure the little guy doesn't get stepped all over. That said, my part of the story goes like this:</p><p></p><p>"Last night I got shot. Again. For some reason known only to God Above," he decides to leave out the part where he thinks the bullet was meants for someone else sitting with him, hoping the others figure that out for themselves when he gets to to that part of the story, "Anyway, they gave me some serious medications at the hospital and I'm fine now except for the paranoia, hallucinations and delusions of heroism. Just kidding. I hope. </p><p></p><p>"Amy took me to the hospital this morning to look at a lab culture pertaining to the West Nile virus. It looked pretty serious to me, but I'm no expert on these things so I'll leave that part to her. I took it upon myself to call up some of the other virology labs in the area. Everyone I talked to gave me the same canned response. 'Nothing like that here. Stop asking.' That kind of thing. Apparently, someone wanted to cover this up pretty badly and wait for the whole thing to blow over. </p><p></p><p>"When I got back to the virology lab, there were Suits everywhere, taking everything. Maybe it was the meds, but I wanted to do <em>something</em> to stop them. So...I basically made an ass of myself and I doubt I'll have a job tomorrow but hey, at least I tried to do the right thing. The guys said they were CDC but...I'm not buying it. They never showed me any ID, only a letter from hospital brass giving them clearance."</p><p></p><p>Carlos breaks his oration to sigh. He can't even look at Amy, he's so embarrassed. He keeps his eyes trained on T-Bull or Mike (both of whom have already heard all of this) or Jason. </p><p></p><p>"I met up with Mike afterwords whose father was also shot last night. We head back to his place on a hunch- why would anyone want to shoot two well-loved, good-looking, All-American guys like me and Mike's dad? As for myself, I couldn't come up with answer. So we searched his dad's room and found some clues. Basically....bugs. You still got that journal Mike?"</p><p></p><p>He pulls out any of the stuff he may still have from the stash they found in Mr. Mathew's room and lays it on the coffee table. </p><p></p><p>"Then I'm checking out this pen," he takes it out of his pocket, "Jess's pen, "he pops off the end and pulls out the little tube, "And I find this. Mean anything to you Amy?"</p><p></p><p>He hands it to her, looking only at her hands, and gives everyone a chance to soak it all in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Velenne, post: 919705, member: 1856"] [i]T-Bull's House - Dining Room Fifth Ward 8:30 pm[/i] After a moment of silence, Carlos leans against the couch's armrest and clears his throat, "I guess I'll start, then. Let me preface this by saying I believe we're all in a little over our heads. Still...you can't help but love this town and I'm willing to do what I can to make sure the little guy doesn't get stepped all over. That said, my part of the story goes like this: "Last night I got shot. Again. For some reason known only to God Above," he decides to leave out the part where he thinks the bullet was meants for someone else sitting with him, hoping the others figure that out for themselves when he gets to to that part of the story, "Anyway, they gave me some serious medications at the hospital and I'm fine now except for the paranoia, hallucinations and delusions of heroism. Just kidding. I hope. "Amy took me to the hospital this morning to look at a lab culture pertaining to the West Nile virus. It looked pretty serious to me, but I'm no expert on these things so I'll leave that part to her. I took it upon myself to call up some of the other virology labs in the area. Everyone I talked to gave me the same canned response. 'Nothing like that here. Stop asking.' That kind of thing. Apparently, someone wanted to cover this up pretty badly and wait for the whole thing to blow over. "When I got back to the virology lab, there were Suits everywhere, taking everything. Maybe it was the meds, but I wanted to do [i]something[/i] to stop them. So...I basically made an ass of myself and I doubt I'll have a job tomorrow but hey, at least I tried to do the right thing. The guys said they were CDC but...I'm not buying it. They never showed me any ID, only a letter from hospital brass giving them clearance." Carlos breaks his oration to sigh. He can't even look at Amy, he's so embarrassed. He keeps his eyes trained on T-Bull or Mike (both of whom have already heard all of this) or Jason. "I met up with Mike afterwords whose father was also shot last night. We head back to his place on a hunch- why would anyone want to shoot two well-loved, good-looking, All-American guys like me and Mike's dad? As for myself, I couldn't come up with answer. So we searched his dad's room and found some clues. Basically....bugs. You still got that journal Mike?" He pulls out any of the stuff he may still have from the stash they found in Mr. Mathew's room and lays it on the coffee table. "Then I'm checking out this pen," he takes it out of his pocket, "Jess's pen, "he pops off the end and pulls out the little tube, "And I find this. Mean anything to you Amy?" He hands it to her, looking only at her hands, and gives everyone a chance to soak it all in. [/QUOTE]
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