Previously: "Mark not so loud. Harris what else is there?" "It seems the ships 'brain' is trying to get us to complete this cycle, and we only have five hours left before the virus destroys the ship.......and kills you."

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Ryan's pov :

I was frozen , my body felt like it weighted a hundred pounds. I only had five hours! Five hours for Harris to hopefully complete some cycle and stop this virus or.....I die.

There were so many emotions mixed up inside me, that I'd completely forgotten that Mark and Harris were still in the room or that I was still strapped down to the medical bed.

The only thing I could think was , 'why, why me . why was this happening to me '. Hot fresh tears began to stream down my cheeks. It was all too much to handle.

I was gonna die. I'd never get to go to college or get married.

Sobs racked through my body , I couldn't stop my cries anymore . The bed then dipped beside me. I looked up through my blurred eyes to notice Mark was beside me. He looked down to me with a look of pain and sadness . My voice came out as a low whisper , "why.....sob.....why is this happening to me." He stayed silent as I continued to cry. Suddenly , I felt the straps on my arms loosen and I was pulled into a warm chest , and the feeling of circles being rubbed on my back. I burried my face into his neck and continued to cry as he tried to comfort me.

This went on for what felt like hours , but may only have been a few minutes. My sobs had finally calmed down, but the tears kept coming . Mark then decided to speak . "hey ry-guy I.......I know your scared , but your a walker and we don't do scared , Harris is gonna do whatever it takes to help you..." , before he could finish I cut him off. "And you ??" , his gaze caught my own , "of course , I'll always help you , I'm you big bother and dont you ever forget it ." A small smile made its way onto my tearstained face. He handed me a towel from god-knows-where and had me wipe my face .

But that's when I noticed, 'where's Harris??'

Mark: I told him to leave , until I got you to calm down and stop crying . You were so focused on crying that you didnt notice.

'Huh, how did he know what I was thinking . is he a mind reader??'

Mark: no , but you are speaking out loud.

'Oh , well that explains a lot.'

After that final thought , I then realized he was still holding me and my head was now resting his shoulder. I then tried to move from his grip , now embrassed from crying . But he only held me tighter , and after a few minutes of struggling I finally gave in and just stayed there .

An hour or so had pasted and he was still holding me , but now his breathing was shallow and even , also his grip on me was more loose then before , 'he must have fallen asleep' . I didn't want to disturbs Mark and I must be heavy , so I tired to slowly ease myself off him. Big mistake , once my feet it the floor a wave of dizziness washed over me. My balance was off , the room was spinning .

My stomach started to turn in knots , my throat started to burn . In what felt like a second , I was on my hands and knees ,with a puddle of black ooze under me. But what scared me the most was that a few visible blood drops were mixed in.

My chest began to hurt , it was getting hard to breathe. I tried to call for mark , but my voice came out as a whisper. 'Well sorry about this mark' , I used my powers to set the alarm off , siding mark flying up and looking around .

Mark's POV: One minute I was sleeping , the next I'm being woken up by alarms! I shot up from my laying position on the medical bed, to find that Ryan wasn't in my arms anymore. Wait where is Ryan ! I quickly looked around the room for him . When something out the corner of my eye, caught my attention .

"RYAN" !!! I hopped of the bed and onto my feet , he looked terrible . his skin was getting pale and he mouth had that black ooze around it again , but his eyes were still their coco brown color. I crouched down by him and pulled him into my arms , he's burning up ! He was trying to say something but it was to incoherent to understand .

I picked him up bridal style and gently put him back in the bed, and turned down the temperature dile.

Oh thank u Harris for putting in those bed cooling and warming systems ,GO SMART STUFF!!

After about half an hour or so , I felt his forehead and sighed in relief . His temp was still a little high , but nothing compared to before . His breathing was a bit heavy , so I pulled up a chair next to his bed and pulled out my phone to text harris .

Coolguy2000: hey Harris , you there .

Lady's man: yea , mark . what u need me ,cause I'm trying to work on this cure for Ryan

Coolguy2000: I know, I know . But he had another attack , well more like . he was laying on the floor pale and had that black ooze coming from his mouth again , and his breathing sounds heavy , do u think you could come and just give him a quick look over . just be sure.

Lady's man: sure , on my way down .

Coolguy2000: thx

After I scent that last text , I put my phone in my pocket and turned my attention back to Ryan . He looked so....so dead, he was pale and almost lifeless. If it wasn't for his eyes being open and him breathing , you'd think a dead body was on the bed . After what seemed like forever , I decided to break the silence . "Hey ry-guy , how ya feeling?" , he groaned before saying , "I've seen better days , sorry for waking u , up like that" "hey, dont be . I called Harris he's on his way down to check you out , real quick " "okay marky " .

I gave a small smile , at the use of my nickname he'd gave me when we were younger . Just then Harris , walked in and grabbed some medical gear. He looked tired , his eyes were blood-shot and had dark bags under them . He came over to Ryan and without a word he began to check him out .

(30 minute time skip )

"Well he's going to need to stay in bed , his blood pressure is high and his lungs are covered in black plac , due to the virus . also his small intestance are thinning " , I sat there in shock , how could this be happening .

I nodded , since Ryan had passed out during the check up . I sighed , "thanks " "no problem dude , hey I think I'm really close to cracking this virus , to make this cure " , I nodded again , not trusting my voice .

(POV swtich, Harris): after I'd check over Ryan and told mark his condition , he only nodded . After that I told him that I was really close to finding a cure, to which he only nodded again. Okay harris , think , ah ha ! " Hey mark, he's gonna be okay . well get him the cure in time , we still have 3 hours left . " that's when he snapped, standing up and making his chair fall to the ground .

" 3 hours.....3 HOURS !!!! HE NEEDS THUS CURE NOW ! WHAT IF HE DOESNT LAST 3 HOURS. , HMMM . DID U THINK ABOUT THAT ! DID U!!! , HE COULD POSSIBLY DIE. WHAT DO I SAY TO OUR MOM , WHAT DO I SAY TO OUR AUNTS AND FAMILY ! I CANT LOSE HIM , I REFUSE TO LET THAT HAPPEN!"

after he finished yelling , he began furiously breathing through his noise . It was evident he cared a lot for Ryan , even if he didnt always show it . I cautiously made my way over to him placing my hands on his shoulders and making him face me . His eyes poured into mine and I almost flinched at how much emotion they showed. After a few seconds , I talked. "Look mark , I know your worried for Ryan . but so am I , he's one of my best friends and I swear that I will cure him . but right now all we do is hope and be strong for him , alright ." It took him a few minutes to take in, but he did and nodded .

I let go of him and left him and Ryan alone . I was heading back to my lab when a loud yell came from the medical room . I raced back to it , running as fast as I could . I turned to corner and saw Ryan holding mark by his neck , his feet not even touching the ground . and then bam , before I could blink marks body made contact , with the wall.

Dang that gotta hurt , wait ...focus harris !

I grabbed one of the stun sticks as spyder likes to call them and slowly made my way to mark , while keeping my eyes on Ryan . He was just standing there , a sickly pale tint covered his once brown skin , black thick ooze was flowing from his mouth on to his cloths and this time his eyes were completely black and electric blue .

Once I made it to mark , I helped him up. He groaned and rubbed the back of his head , before blinking a few times . "hey man u , good?" "Y-yea , he just got the drop on me " The lights and wires were going crazy , sparks were flying. And at the center of it all was Ryan, and man did he look awful . " s-so m-mark , got any ideas ?" "Just one , hand me that " he said pointing to the thing in my hands, I gave it to him and grabbed a near by metal rod.

"Mark what are you doing !?" I said , in confusion and concern as he slowly made his way to Ryan .

(POV switch / Mark): "Shhhh" was all I said in response to Harris question.  Honestly I dont know , I thought to myself as I slowly inched closer and closer to him . By now I was about a good three feet away from him , maybe two . But I stopped dead in my tracks when he let out a low animalistic growl.

After a few seconds I tried to advance him again and got the same response , but this time I noticed his eyes were trained on the weapon in my hands and that's when I did possibly the dumbest thing ever .

"Hey.....hey, I'm just trying to help you , ry-guy. You dont like this , alright " , I slowly put the weapon on the floor and put my hands up slowly so he wouldn't attack me , a and slowly inched closer.

(Authors/no ones  pov) :

Everything , time , sound seemed to just stop . Mark's heartbeat flooded his ears , drowning out any and all possible noise. By now he was directly in front of Ryan, he could see his fully black eyes , with the mixed in swrils of blue , how a green pale tint now covered his body and that disgusting black ooze was all over his mouth , chin, and neck . I got closer to him and pulled him into my arks , not caring that the ooze was getting all over me when....

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That's the end of this chapter, yup cliffhanger . I'm evil !