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Tweak says, "Look out for that TREEEE!"

Christopher "Chris" Perry Halliwell. (changethefuture) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-09-10 23:49:00

Entry tags:

!complete, chris halliwell, day 22, elliot reid, location: gym

Who: Chris, Elliot, anyone else in the gym (Rose?).
What: And the infection starts...
Where: The gym.
When: Day 22 - 12:45pm.
Rating: R (blood, shock, hysteria, etc).
Status: Complete.

If Chris was in his right mind he would have orbed far earlier, wouldn't have let himself get so close. But who could be in their right mind when the zombie they happened across was their mother? Or, at least, had been once.

It was pure subconscious survival instinct that made him orb to the last location his mind knew as safe, and that was the gym. The small white-blue lights would show near the center of the gymnasium floor just before he did, but when he did it was not going to be pretty. Instead of standing Chris was on the ground immediately, head thrown back as he groaned loudly in pain. His clothes were covered in dirt and the slimy fluids of decay, dark blood that didn't belong to him. But the bright red blood splashed on his neck and shoulder, soaking into his clothes? That was all his, coming from the large bite on the left side of his neck.

At the moment he didn't even know where he was, all he could feel was pain, and beneath that his heart was breaking from the sight of Piper in such gruesome form. And she was still out there, likely wanting to tear into his flesh again.

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changethefuture
2009-09-11 09:13 pm UTC (link)

He winced but didn't jerk away again, and it was a few ragged breaths before his eyes returned to her, barely registering that she had pressed his hand to his neck. Until he noticed the warmth against his skin, and Chris swallowed hard, trying to push past the pain as he clasped his hand against his slick skin. "Piper. One of them, yeah." His mother was a zombie. How was that possible? Was she here the whole time and he didn't know? Had they snatched her away? God, why did it hurt so bad? He didn't think human teeth could break skin that well. Not that he had any experience with that.

Chris spaced out for a few moments, lost in his whirling thoughts and the pain. "Still out there." he gasped as his eyes refocused on Elliot, and his free hand grabbed her nearest hand. Well, kind of. He didn't have much grip with the grime coating his skin. "She's still out there."

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frickonastick
2009-09-13 04:26 am UTC (link)

Elliot's face sunk when her worst fear was confirmed. It had been one of them. She didn't really know what else she thought could've caused the deep bite, but she'd hoped there would be another explanation. There'd been talk on the journals about turning into one if you were attacked, but she hadn't known how much of that was real and how much of that was speculation based on zombie movies. For Chris' sake, she sincerely hoped it was the latter.

She couldn't find any other injuries under his slime coated clothing and she was about ready to tell him that she needed to move him to a bed where they could get him cleaned up and the bite disinfected. She didn't even want to know what might have been introduced into his bloodstream from the bite of a dead person.

He grasped her hand and she winced at the feel of the dirt and grime sliding against her skin, though the thought of disgust was quickly replaced by panic at his words. "Do you think she's coming?" Elliot asked, her eyes wide as she glanced towards the gym doors which were suddenly way too close.

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changethefuture
2009-09-13 05:12 am UTC (link)

Even if Chris hadn't been bitten, his mind would have been too much of a mess to notice her reaction when he touched her. Not that he could have blamed her as he likely would have reacted the same. "Don't know." He licked his dry lips and winced as he swallowed. Fuck, it hurt. His body was somewhat conditioned and used to being shot with arrows or run through with a blade or being tossed around and roughed up; this was a whole new sort of pain. "Sorry..." What exactly he was apologizing for, Chris couldn't have said, but the word came out anyway.

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frickonastick
2009-09-14 07:48 am UTC (link)

Elliot looked down at Chris, panic clearly written across her face before her medical training snapped into place. She took a deep breath, assessing the situation. She could do this. She could deal with this. "Okay," she said, her voice brisk. "Okay, we need to get you over there, come on." She tightened her grip on his hand and tried to pull him into a sitting position. "If she is coming, we need to get as far away from the door as possible, right?" She asked, a little doubt creeping into her words.

"Did she seem strong? Maybe if we barricade the doors..." She had no idea how to survive a zombie attack. They hadn't exactly covered this during the fire drills at Sacred Heart.

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changethefuture
2009-09-15 05:15 pm UTC (link)

He groaned as he sat up, part of him immediately wanting to lay back down and just not move. Ever. His body so wasn't equipped to deal with this and his mind wasn't faring much better. "I can't believe it's her. I can't believe she's..." His voice cut off into a series of gasping breaths, his hand clutching tight to hers as his head swam. That he hadn't thrown up yet was a small miracle. All he could smell was the stink of the dead and -- "Oh god, do you think... am I going to..." Die. Become one of them. Wide, panicked eyes stared at Elliot and for a moment he forgot all about his undead mother roaming somewhere outside.

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frickonastick
2009-09-20 02:14 am UTC (link)

Sympathy played across Elliot's face as she watched his. "Who, Chris?" Elliot whispered, suddenly realizing that whoever Piper had been Chris must have known her pretty well. This was more than just a standard reaction to pain, the look in his eyes was shock mixed in with horror. He wasn't just scared.

She licked her lips trying to get some moisture back in her mouth as she reached out and rubbed Chris's back with one hand and held on tightly to his hand with her other. "Okay, it's okay, take your time."

Her eyes widened at his question and she quickly shook her head. "No, no, noooo, it's just a bite," Elliot said, tightening her grip on his hand. "We'll get you fixed up and you'll be fine," she said forcing a smile that she hoped was more confident than she felt. That thing about zombies...that was just in movies right? "No one's dying." She said, suddenly thinking about Sid for the first time in days and feeling her stomach drop to her knees. "Come on," she said, moving to help him up.

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changethefuture
2009-09-20 05:32 am UTC (link)

The comforting motions helped as much as they were able to, but really didn't do much to settle his mind. That was a pretty much impossible task at this point. But Chris did his best to focus on Elliot, eyes locked on hers for a few long moments before he managed a slight nod. "Okay... okay." He was still holding onto her hand and used his other to push against the floor, managing to get to his knees, and then slowly with her help he got to his feet. He felt unsteady, almost dizzy, and he leaned against her, though he had enough presence of mind to press his hand back to the wound at his neck.

Where was another whitelighter when he needed one? Leo could just put his hand near his neck and poof! the wound would be healed in moments. If only his mind could be healed as easily. "What if I don't die? What if I become one of them?" Chris' voice wasn't quite as panicked, but that was partly because it was taking far more focus than it should to try and walk with Elliot away from the door. "You'll have to kill me. I'll be a danger to all of you. Maybe.. maybe I should go back out there. Just get it over with..." Let Piper or some other zombie kill him. Because lord knew he sure as hell couldn't kill Piper, even if she was a zombie, even if it wasn't really her out there.

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frickonastick
2009-09-23 06:16 am UTC (link)

He was trying his best, she could see it in his eyes, which is why she didn't push him, even though her mind was already trying to work out what the bite might have done to him. Being bitten by a corpse wasn't exactly sanitary and the symptoms he was displaying made it obvious that this wasn't an ordinary bite. She felt him lean against her and Elliot slid a hand around his waist to steady him, focusing on a cot in the clinic area. "Don't worry, Chris," she said, her voice low and much calmer than she felt. "We'll take care of you." He was a patient and she was the doctor now. Priority one was to earn his trust and get him better.

"What?" Elliot asked, gripping him tighter as he talked. "No," she said, her voice firm. "No way, Chris. You're not becoming one of them. And we're not killing you." She snorted and shook her head. "Come on, you're too pretty to die," she said, half jokingly. "No," she said, raising her voice above him speaking. "You're not going back out there. So just stop talking like that, okay? We're going to figure this out." She met his eyes. "You have to trust me okay? I'm not going to let you die. And I'm not going to let them turn you into one of them. You got that?"

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changethefuture
2009-09-27 06:32 am UTC (link)

Her presence was strong and reassuring, and the latter was partly because the determination and certainty in her voice reminded him of the sisters. Granted, thinking about the sisters made him think about Piper, which made him think about the zombie... it was a vicious circle, really, but at least he was attempting to find things to focus on that weren't so bad. He stared back at her, breathing a little labored from the effort it took to walk and remain upright as well as the stress but his gaze didn't waver from her firm one. "You promise?" And there was an innocence in that one question that couldn't usually be found in the whitelighter. After all, it wouldn't take anything to convince him he was about to die, or worse.

Chris didn't have a chance to say more or consent that he did trust her in this as he was suddenly squeezing his eyes shut and pressing his bloodied hand to his head, a wave of nausea and lightheadedness hitting him. "Elliot, I don't feel so good..."

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frickonastick
2009-10-02 07:55 am UTC (link)

Elliot's face softened at the quiet earnestness of his question and she nodded before she could talk herself out of making that promise. "I promise," she said, gripping him tighter for a minute. She'd find a way to take care of him. She couldn't let him just die.

She watched him squeeze his eyes shut and she braced herself for him to pass out. "Okay, okay, almost there," she coached, half pushing him towards the cot. The door was still unprotected and she was terrified that at any minute a zombie was going to come bursting in, but Chris' color and the quick pulse check she did as her hand moved down to his wrist told her that she had other things to worry about. "You can rest in just a second," she promised, willing him to make the next five feet before he passed out.

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changethefuture
2009-10-02 08:42 pm UTC (link)

He leaned on her a little more but managed to make it to the cot and dropped down heavily, not having the strength or will for a gentle decent. As he sat on the edge for a moment just trying to breathe Chris dropped his hand back to the side of his neck, barely registering the feel of his own blood at this point. His head was swimming and he kept his eyes shut, hoping the feeling would pass. But was it ever that easy? "Elliot..." He tried to warn her that something didn't feel right, that the bite felt worse than he previously though it was. All Chris managed was her name before the pain and shock caught up to him, the world spinning for a brief moment as he slumped over on the cot and finally passed out.

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