The Black Death

[Horatio Caine]

Horatio was walking through Miami Dade park after the most recent hurricane. Not much damage was done thankfully. As he continued on he looked at the ground deep in thought, as he always is. Passing rows upon rows of identically cut bushes, making his slow decent back to his hummer. Getting closer he noticed something under one of the bushes. Bending down to investigate he realized that it was a human.He flung open his phone and called Kate Switzer.

He continued to kneel down, drawing curious stares. He bent forward and noticed that this body was covered in bruises. He must've been literally beaten to death, Horatio thought. A weird sense of foreboding creep up his spine.

[Kate Switzer]

Kate had just gotten the call from Horatio. Hmm a guy who has bruises all over his body to give the appearance of them being beaten to death. She arrived at the scene and got out of the car. She walked over to were her Lt. was kneeling. She looked at the man that was apparently the victim. She walked back to her van and grabbed a stretcher. She lifted the man up and wheeled him in. She closed the door behind her and went to the drivers seat. Got in and started to drive. She drove to the crime lab, unloaded the "Passenger" and started torwads the morgue. She would definitely get Gavin to help her. She walked by Aiden as she was on her way to the morgue. That reminded her of what she had said to her. Her, Gavin, and Aiden were supposed to go out to lunch. She would most likely hang out in the morgue until they were done anyway. She rolled him in and put him on to the table. She grabbed Gavin. "They Gavin can you help me out with with one?"

[Gavin Barret]

Gavin had just finished up his last 'patient' when he heard Kate. He turned around to face her. He smiled slightly and nodded. Sure. The faster you get done, the faster we can go eat. I'm starving. He laughed like he often did. Moving toward the body, his eyes immediately were drawn to the blood pooled under the skin. Something about this seemed familiar. Not anything he'd seen just something he'd heard about. But he couldn't remember exactly what.

"Blood pooled under the skin." He motioned toward the bruises littering the body like words on a news paper. " Looks like internal bleeding could've been caused by a severe blow since you said he may have been beaten to death." He paused and examined the body a bit closer, biting his lip slightly. " But I see no trauma, no injury, hell, I don't even see blood."

[Kate Switzer]

" I know its weird. Maby we can find out more if we open him up. I know i am too. But we have to get the job done first. Theres no cuts no laceration's. No sigh of a struggle. Something isn't right here. She picked up her scapula and started to open him up. Hopefully this would help them figure what happened to him. She looked at him sideways. There way definably something weird about this one. She didn't knowtiss that when she was reaching in to the body that she got blood pass her gloves.

[Gavin Barret]

Gavin knew he was missing something. He lifted his tatooed arm up to the man's neck and placed his index and middle fingers on each hand on either side of the corpse's head just under the jaw. He felt for the lymph nodes. They were swollen. Quickly, he reached down for the lymph nodes just under the man's armpits. They too were swollen but unlike the other ones these were swollen to about the size of an orange.

Gavin's stomach dropped with dread. Desperate to prove his theory wrong, he searched the corpse's skin and found what he was looking for, a black boil. Jabbing the needle into the boil he pulled the stopper back and the syringue filled with black liquid.

His throat closed with a slight panic and when he forced the words out of his lips they were rather strained and emotionless. " Kate? Open up his liver. I need you to confirm a diagnosis for me."

[Aiden Hawthorne]

Aiden saunters casually into the morgue, waiting for Gavin and Kate to finish up so they could go eat. Dropping into a chair, she sighs heavily just as Gavin pulls the stopper on the syringue. She can't see the liquid but from his face she can tell it's not good. She just watches warily.

[Kate Switzer]

" Umm sure. Do you mind telling me what your idea is... She trailed off and she started to open him up. What exsacly do you want me to look for? She said as she took the liver out. Oh shit.... She now knew what his idea was.

[Gavin Barret]

Gavin puts his hand wearily on his head. "We have to get this body locked up right away! Well we have our d**n diagnosis." He turns to Aiden and Kate. "Sorry, we're not going to lunch today. In fact, we're not going anywhere. As of this moment we're all in quarantine. It's the Bubonic Plague." He choked out the words, covering the body with a sheet.

[Kate Switzer]

Kate alredy knew this. They couldnt leave. They had to keep this locked up. She took out her phone and pressed Ryans #. Come on pick up. She thought.

[RYAN WOLFE!™]

Lips pursed, Ryan scrolled downward on the webpage he was on; choosing to research on one of the greatest periods in all Scientific areas-- the Renaissance period.

Reading, first, what had led to it; he winced inwardly. All those symptoms, all those pain; all the suffering. Dying people were left alone in their homes, never even saying goodbye to the ones they loved; phony physicians came to get money and not even give a cure; it was horrible.

Then, his phone rang; the song Here (In Your Arms) by Hellogoodbye starting to play. He flipped it open, placing it in speakerphone mode and sighing.

"Wolfe."

[Aiden Hawthorne]

Aiden jumped to her feet, staring at Gavin in disbelief. It couldn't be. The man couldn't- THEY themselves couldn't be infected they just couldn't. Even if they were, there was no need for panic. It was curable. Her heart raced as she realized the serum for it was rare due to the rarity of the disease itself. In addition, the hurrican had stopped all shipments of any form of medical supply for two weeks. Then in would matter. They'd all be dead within a week.

[Kate Switzer]

Ry, its Kate we have a really big problem. I cant give you all the details right now but i need a favor from you. I need you to evacuate the lab now. I care how bad the wheather is out side trust me its way worse in here. OR tell Horaito i dont really care, but its the Bubonic Plague or Black Death as most people know it.. She trailed off into her thoughts. How did it spred air and contact with any fluids......blood. This made her nervous.

[RYAN WOLFE!™]

As if on cue, the Bubonic Plague struck. "What?! You're inflicted with the-- oh, crap. Right. I'll tell them to evacuate," he closed the webpage, shutting his laptop and putting the phone in his pocket, still in speakerphone mode. "Any bubo yet? Shnit, shnit, shnit.." he waved his arms in the air to attract attention, before starting to yell.

"EVERYONE, MOVE YOUR ARSES! WE GOTTA LEAVE, NOW!" he shouted, hazel optics wide in slight fear. If everyone were to die; God knows what might happen.

"GO, GO, GO!"

[Gavin Barret]

Gavin moved the body cautiously back onto the stretcher and wheeled it to the vault thing. Trying to avoid touching it, he slid the corpse in and bolted it shut. Cleaning the counter top, he felt something wet on his hand. Blood. Not just blood infected blood.

He jumped, sending the needle that he had used to check for the plague flying straight in Aiden's direction. "Aiden!"

[Kate Switzer]

Kate didnt really pay ation to the phone. She knew that he was speeking but not what he was saying. Ry, im gonna let you talk to Aiden. I cant consentrait very well right now. She said starring at her arm. She handed the phone to Aiden.

[Aiden Hawthorne]

"Aiden!"

At the sound her name, Aiden was sucked back to reality. A sharp prick struck her arm and she looked down to see a needle in her arm. Pulling it out, her hand was shaking slightly with fear. She tossed the needle to the side where no one else would get pricked.

She took the phone from Kate and put it to her ear. It all felt like a dream. "Hey Ry."

[RYAN WOLFE!™]

"Aiden? You too?! Crap, crap, crap, this isn't looking-- WAIT! Maybe, maybe I can make a temporary cure to stop the symptoms from evolving quickly.." Ryan trailed off, running towards the lab and putting on his lab coat and latex gloves. "Okay. So, I read about the plague online, and I think I might be able to make a medicine that'll slow down the process, until the real medicinal cure comes from overseas. How are you feeling now?" he asked, starting to panic, then remembering that he mustn't break anything.

Hopefully they weren't feeling most of the symptoms..

[Kate Switzer]

Kates head started to pound. Oh no she thought. This is really bad she couldnt....could she? Hey are any of you guys really cold all of a suddun?

[Aiden Hawthorne]

Aiden sighed sadly."Yeah, me too."Hearing his question, she took a moment to access how she was feeling. " I feel nauseous and dizzy and just really weak." She looked over at Kate and Gavin, checking to see if they were okay.

[Kate Switzer]

I just feel really week and my back is starting to hurt. Not just week sleepy. She wanted to lay down and just go to sleep. Yeah.... She said letting her eyes close a little.

[RYAN WOLFE!™]

"Oh, fu--" Ryan bit on his lip before he got to curse, wincing when he drew blood and licking it off. "I'm going to need gentamicin. Do you have any idea where we could find that?" he asked, sighing heavily and rubbing his temples out of frustration. What the heck would happen, now that they were infected.

"Any swelling in your armpits, neck?" he asked, frowning heavily.

[Gavin Barret]

Gavin looked at Aiden, feeling guilty wash over him. He should've been more careful with that needle. He should've been more careful with the body in general. But he couldn't let it cloud his judgment. Kate and Aiden HAD to make it out of this alive. He knew he had to take control before they stared to showing serious symptoms. " We need...we need to...
His head stared to feel hot and the room felt like it was spinning. Gripping to the examining table, he leaned over, vomitting before passing out on the linoleum.

[Kate Switzer]

"d**n it. This is great. Just great. Sorry Ry I dont know were to find any and no swelling yet. But my head feels like it going to exsplode. So if i get a bit snappy dont take it to heart." Kate said trying to denie the pain in her head.

[Aiden Hawthorne]

She bit her lips anxiously. " A tiny bit. On my neck-Gavin!" Rushing forward to him, she started panicking. He seemed to know what they needed to do and know he was unconcious. She felt sick too. And her back was throbbing. " I don't know where to get gentamicin but I could look."

[RYAN WOLFE!™]

"Hold on, let me see.." Ryan flipped open his laptop once more and searched about it, and grinned when he found out it could be found in soil and water. "We're lucky. It's found in soil and water. I'll do my best to make a temporary cure to inject. Just, hold on, okay?" he flipped his phone off and ran outside, not really giving a darn if he was wearing his lab coat or not.

There were some lives at stake.

[Horatio Caine]

Horatio waltzed out of the evacuated Crime Lab. He was furious. He looked around his eyes burning cold fire. When he spotted Ryan he yelled, "Ryan what the hell? What are you doing?!?" he stopped in front of Ryan and straitened his back towering over him.

[Kate Switzer]

Kate grabbed the phone from Aiden. Hey, Ry we will call you later. We have a little to much to deal with. Gavin just passed out. She hung up the phone. Hey Aiden are you ok? Great i'm starting to snappy.

[Aiden Hawthorne]

Aiden looked up at Kate, feeling a bit dizzy herself. She smirked. "Pretty good for being infected with the Bubonic Plague. And yourself?" She laughed slightly, joking. She looked back down at Gavin and frowned. " We should probably get him off the floor..."

[Kate Switzer]

That would be a good idea. Come on. She walked over to Gavin and waited for Aiden to follow. She started to hurt to move. Her sides hurt when she breathed and her arms were starting to be senstive.

[Aiden Hawthorne]

Aiden walked over to Gavin and draped on of his arms over her shoulder. She tried to lift him but she was too dizzy and weak to do it alone. She sighed, resisting the urge to cry.