I slowly got up and shuffled to the door and looked out through the peep hole. There was no-one there. Looking out again just in case, I really could not see anyone, so I slowly opened the door leaving the security chain in place. I still could not see anyone, so I took the chain off and opened the door fully.
There, in front of me was a beautiful redhead in a black suit.
“Are you Logan Murphy?” She asked looking at a tablet in her hand.
“Yea, at least I think I still am.” I replied puzzled at how she suddenly appeared there.
“And you have been waiting for a cure for a while I suspect.” She said tapping on her tablet.
“I don’t understand, “ I said confused, “ I thought my condition was incurable and I was to be isolated here forever. “
“Well that has all changed, and I was sent to get you. Can you be ready in 10 minutes, a car has been ordered.”
“What do you mean?” I exclaimed “I have no idea what to do, I wasn’t prepared for anything like this. Is there really a cure?”
The redhead just stood there “Listen, you need to come with me immediately, I don’t know any more than you do, I was just sent to get you. They told me not to worry about infection, so I assume there must be a cure.
At this point, I realized that I really did not care about anything else. I had reconciled myself to living on my own in my little government supplied apartment for the few years I had left and doing their menial “Work”. Now this girl was telling me I might have a second chance.
“I’m ready, let’s go I exclaimed, this is amazing. Where do we have to go?
“I have no idea, I am only the messenger, the car is downstairs waiting for us.” She explained.
As I closed the door and locked it, I realized that I had not been out of the apartment for five years, and I had no idea what to expect. We walked down the hallway and she called the elevator which took us down to the lobby.
Outside, a silver car stood at the curb with the back door open.
As I got in, the door closed and I heard a loud hiss as the compartment was sealed.
