CDC Center.
Fort Leonard Wood, MS.
Will blinked, narrowing his eyes at this odd man he found himself aiming at, thoughts whirring. CIA? A not-so-subtle hint he knew his name? For four years, he'd been growing up around government. SS, CIA, FBI, all prying his father's attentions. So of course, who was he to doubt the man's words? He opened his mouth to say something else, still appearing suspicious despite his thoughts, when he found himself certainly distracted. It was so close he felt the air pressure from the passing object stir his hair, a rather heavy-looking book whipping past his head. Instinctively, he jerked to the side, grunting and spinning on his heel, aim already shifting towards- A woman?
He gave a sigh, slowly releasing the tension on his bow, stepping back to keep his back pressed to the wall, gaze flicking about now, seeking other people. From the beating he'd just seen given, he was more than a little paranoid more fighting might break out.
"Calm down lady! No need to go heaving books at people damnit! He beat the shit out of that fucker, of course I'm gonna aim at him!"
Don't make the archer flip a tit, now. But then, he wasn't quite sure if she'd thrown it because he was threatening Jon, or because she was a fucking nutter.... With that thought in mind, he brought the bow to half draw again, looking wary of the whole situation.
Harris sat at the door for a few long moments. Had he not taken a piss a few moments before hearing the CLICK, he probably would have done so then. Yeah, he was a generation Y guy, he'd seen all kinds of violent shit and deaths on tv and computers, but this. This was real. There were no awesome sound effects or dramatics, and SWISHING sounds when punches were thrown. No time outs, or rules. No score or music playing in the background.
Just a guy beat to death in front of him, and he couldn't get those sounds out of his head. Dull. Bloody. Deadly.
Harris was staring for who knows how long when the another sound, this time a THUD shook him out of it.
...After announcing himself to Will initially, Jon turned his back to Will in some form of trustfall and began to go through the guards possessions. His name tape said O. B. Bradley, but Jon didn't really care. Jon took his key cards, pocketed them, then went for one of his pistols when that book that clipped Will hit him in the back squarely. "What the fuck?" He turned around and glared at Will until he realized what had happened. He shook his head for a moment, but looked at Petra and the anger fled for a moment as he stared with his mouth hung open mid-sentence as whatever he was about to say suddenly eluded him.
Jon was by no means a ladies man; he was always busy with work and traveling, so his lifestyle didn't really allow him plenty of time to mingle with the opposite sex. So while it had been 8 months since he had been locked inside and not seen a beautiful woman traipsing around in a bra and underwear, it had been about the same time and then some, since it happened BEFORE being locked up.
And CIA training aside, Jon was a guy. And guys like that kind of stuff.
Finally Harris said aloud, "what the fuck is going on?" His voice was a bit loud, but his voice kind of broke.
That's what you call success. While the book missed her intended target, at least it offered some sort of distraction. Sure, it got the bow aimed in her direction, but not with an intent to kill. When the archer turned she was surprised to see a pretty young looking kid. Why the fuck was a kid here? Why the fuck was anyone here?
“Calm! Kill! Whaaat?!” She spoke before her brain got a chance to catch up. She took a deep breath and crouched down while she blew it out. Moments later she shot back up, seeming to have done exactly what he told her to... calm down.
Everyone else was 'what-the-fucking,' so she would join in at some point too, but for now she took a few steps down toward them to also maybe catch a glimpse of the third person that she could only hear. She forgot she wasn't dressed, but wouldn't have really noticed or cared anyway. She crossed her arms over her chest. She looked at the doors to the other rooms as she passed by. Finally her gaze stopped on the dead man.
“What the FUCK IS going on here? Why have I been locked in a room for nine months? And why is this guy dead?” She was back to her normal tone now, but was still very fearful amongst the murderer and would be murderer. There were other questions she'd get to later.
Jon looked around quickly and noticed two doors at the end of the hall, both with large signs. One read ARMORY and the other said 3D FLOOR CONTROL ROOM. Both were locked with a card reader. He looked towards the boy in the hall, and Will, but now chose to keep his eyes off of the woman for...reasons. "Look, I'm not exactly sure what's going on. I'm Jon Erikson, I'm with the CIA and this facility was," he took a moment and paused. Sure the shit was classified, but they were now free. So it either meant that A: they were freed and would be briefed because all was well or B: they were fucked, and they were released for some other reason, which meant everyone here was dead to some degree.
He cleared his throat, taking one of the guards handguns, it's holster and magazine bandoleer. "This was a CDC facility set up for assets to be stored until the infection was culled. We were to help ensure we had people with training in vital areas would be around in case most didn't make it. Not sure why the hell we were abandoned, why we were freed or anything, but we need to do some investigating. Not going to go into it much more because I'm sure others will be coming out soon, I don't want to repeat myself 6 times or whatever." Jon stood up as he pulled the slide of the 9mm back, checking that a round was chambered as he flipped the safety on. He ignored the question in regards to the dead body but knew it would get brought up again. He just didn't want to explain himself several times.
Will let out a soft sigh of relief as she managed to calm down, gaze flicking back to Jon as he set to... Half-way explaining. He continued to hold his bow at half draw, pointed at the ground for now, but it wasn't exactly threatening. Just... wary.
"Judging by the fact that that son of a bitch tried to shoot me the second I walked out of my room, I'm going to go with option B. I don't think they'd lock us in here for nine months just to try and kill us...."
He blinked, something else catching in his mind. Infection?... He'd heard something about that, sitting in on one of his father's meetings, just the evening before he was taken to this place. Some kind of... zombie-esque bullshit. He hadn't believed it at the time. But nine months in here... It seemed a lot more possible now.
"Now let's all just.... shut up for a minute. Wait for the others to come out, if they do... Just... Nobody move from where they are. Franky, I don't trust any of you at the moment, it's easier if nobody so much as flinches until we talk things out, yeah?"
Sensible enough.
C.I.A. Three letters absolutely no one at the UN trusted or liked to hear. Mainly because of shit like this when someone ended up dead and the excuse was 'I'm CIA.' They were an organization that thrived on lies and secrets, so while she paid attention to what he had to say, she was quickly learning how to align herself with this person.
She rubbed her temples while he explained. “I must be missing something here. I haven't heard anything about an infection.” It sounded like bull shit, but for the moment she didn't have any choice but to believe it. Vital asset, she could understand. She started to pick at her lower lip as she thought.
She turned back around to face the other one just as he was explaining that everyone should stay where they were. She walked closer and squinted her eyes at him. “You look familiar. But I can't quite place you.” She stared at him for a few seconds longer before she shrugged and kept walking.
“You guys can stay here. I'm going to put some clothes on.” And take a few moments alone to think. She did agree with the kid, but she wasn't going to take orders from him. Plus, she was cold.
Will simply gave the woman a flat look. Had he not just said to stay the fuck put? But, he couldn't blame a woman for wanting clothes. Her comment on him appearing familiar, however, did seem to disturb him a tid-bit. For some reason, he got the sense he didn't want to be recognized as the president's son at the moment...
".... Yeah, yeah. Just... hurry up, yeah?" Will half said, half asked.