Rebel Virus
Chapter 6

A week and a few days later, Matthias has fully recovered and is let out of the hospital. He's delighted that he can finally live in a normal house again, but he clearly misses the burnt building and his big, old mate Jim. Loki is happy that Willow was right about Xynos not visiting the hospital to look for them. Matthias was already introduced to Willow's daughter, Annabelle, when he was still at the hospital, and now they're happily playing together. ''Seems like Matthias makes new friends quite easily.'' Willow says, as she too watches their kids playing. Loki just smiles in agreement. But then she hears a car coming up and parking in front of the flat. Loki gasps and hear heart starts to pound, and Matthias starts to cry and climbs onto his mother's lap. ''What? What's going on?'' Willow asks in confusion. Then Huxley goes outside to look. He sees three SARS Coronavirus Two virions getting out of a black car, then he sprints back inside. ''It's them! Quick, Loki, go to Willow's room and do as planned!'' He says. Loki quickly gets up and takes Matthias with her to Willow's bedroom. Willow follows them. She takes one of her perfume bottles and sprays it on both Loki and Matthias, and then herself. Loki and Matthias then climb out of the window, and then all the way up the roof. Willow waves the air after them, she then closes the window. Willow walks to the bathroom to get an air freshener and starts to spray it throughout her entire apartment. When she's done, she turns to Annabelle. ''Matthias's mean father will come here looking for him and his mum. Do you remember what you have to do when they're here?'' Willow asks. ''Playing with my toys and pretending that I don't know them.'' Annabelle replies.

Some minutes later, the doorbell rings and Willow opens the door. ''Good morning. Can I help you?'' She says in a faked friendly voice. Xynos holds up a picture as a response. ''These two are wanted by the Burgess family. We haven't found them still, so we decided to look around in houses.'' He explains as he barges in past Willow. ''Oh, please, come in!'' She sarcastically thinks to herself, as the other two virions follow him. Annabelle is sitting on the floor playing with her toys and looks up at the three virions. Xynos and Jinx have their back turned at her, but Hannibal sees her and smiles at her while he holds up his paw up from his jacket as a greeting, and Annabelle smiles and waves back at him as part of her act. Jinx is using his nose but his face turns sour as he sniffs. ''Bloody Hell! There's so much perfume in here, it fucking hurts my nose!'' He whines. Then Huxley lets out a huge fart and shrugs at the virions, as they turn around with a disgusted expression. ''Heh, I have bowel issues, so I do that a lot.'' Huxley smiles awkwardly. ''And that's why the whole house smells like perfume. We don't like sitting in his smell all day.'' Willow adds. Xynos nods suspiciously, and continues his search. He eventually enters Willow's bedroom and opens the closet. Then he looks under her bed. He sniffs too, but all he can smell is Willow's perfume. Hannibal and Jinx haven't found them either, so they decide to leave. ''You'll be granted ten million pound if you find them, and return them to the Burgess nest.'' Xynos says before he leaves. Then he closes the door and the virions walk to the next apartment. Willow turns back to Huxley and Annabelle as she lets out a big sigh. ''What an arse.'' She says as she sits down on the sofa. ''Mummy, can Matthias and his mummy come back now?'' Annabelle asks. ''Uhm, no. Lets wait until those virions drive away, first.'' Willow answers.

When Xynos and his goons drive away, Loki and Matthias quickly climb back inside Willow's apartment. Matthias happily runs toward Annabelle to continue to play with her, while Loki approaches Willow. She wraps her arms around her and starts to hug her very tightly. ''Thank you so much for protecting us from that brute.'' She says. ''Anytime.'' Willow replies, as she hugs Loki back.


A few days later, Willow decides to take Loki and Matthias to the city. Loki is borrowing clothes from Willow, but because the latter only has clothes with two sleeves, Loki needs to cut out extra holes for her second pair of arms. And Matthias needs new clothes too. Loki is too scared to go outside though, but Matthias has an idea. ''You can cover yourself in mud. Then Father won't recognise you.'' He smiles. Both Loki and Willow look at him in confusion, but then Willow starts to smile. ''You know, that's not a bad idea at all. I can give both of you a make over to make you look like a whole different coronavirus species even.'' She says. ''Really?'' Loki replies. Willow gets up and starts to work on a disguise for Loki and Matthias. It will take a while though, so shopping has to wait for a few days.

When Willow is done, she shows her work to Loki. ''You two will be SARS Coronavirus One particles for today!'' Willow smiles as she holds up the fake ears and bushy tails. Willow also takes out a few bottles with paint and starts to paint Loki's face, neck, arms, legs... and tails, just to be sure. Loki then puts on a black wig and the fake ears and tails, and she ruffles the proteins on the sides of her face. She looks in the mirror and doesn't even recognises herself anymore, mostly due to the dark-grey color and markings that Willow gave her with the paint. Only her pinkish red eyes and pupils still give her away. ''What about my eyes? Xynos could still recognise my albino eyes.'' Loki says. Willow already thought of that and holds up a pair of sunglasses. ''Take off your glasses and put these on.'' She says. ''I'm practically blind if I take of my glasses, Willow.'' Loki says. ''I'll lead you the way, no worries.'' Willow replies. Loki puts off her glasses and Willow hands her the sunglasses. Then Willow holds Loki by the arm and leads her into the living room. Matthias, also dressed as a SARS Coronavirus One, joins them, as do Huxley and Annabelle.

When in the city, everything goes well. The disguise on both Loki and Matthias look so real and convincing, that everybody takes them for SARS Coronavirus One particles right away (or they're just playing along). They successfully bought new clothes for both Loki and Matthias, so now Loki wants to go home. ''But I want ice cream.'' Annabelle whines. ''Me too!'' Matthias adds as he joins in with Annabelle. Willow turns to Loki with a smile. ''The disguise it working really well, and I think quickly getting our kids some ice cream wouldn't hurt'' Willow says. ''Alright, then. But I want to go back home as soon as they have their ice cream.'' Loki says as she gives in.


Meanwhile, Xynos is not really far away, still searching for Loki and Matthias. ''Found a scent trail, yet?'' He asks his cousin Jinx. ''No, not at all.'' Jinx replies. Then Xynos throws away his cigarette and turns around to the other two virions. ''I really can't believe how we still havent found that damn whore!'' He yells. ''Yeah, she's quite good at hiding.'' Hannibal says. ''. Xynos lights a new cigarette and hands the lighter to the other two. ''I still strongly believe that someone around here is helping her. She and Chiyou must be hiding in someone's house!'' He says as he blows out some smoke. ''Anyway, let's get back to the car, boys.''. As they walk back to their car, Xynos sees an ice cream shop, and given it's hot, he decides to add a few more minutes to their smoke break and and buy themselves some ice cream.

At the same ice cream shop, the five are waiting in queue. Willow looks around and then spots Xynos and his goons standing a metre away. ''Loki, that dickhead is right behind us. We'll just walk away now, alright, but try to act normal. ''She whispers in Loki's ear. Loki's heart start to pound, but she does as Willow says. ''Hey, and our ice cream then?'' Matthias asks. Xynos quickly turns his ear as he recognises his son's voice. Then he turns his head and keeps suspiciously staring at the microbes who are walking out of the queue. ''That virioness is damn tall for her kind.'' Hannibal says, as he too turns his head to the microbes. ''That's not a SARS Coronavirus One virioness, you sod! Come on!'' Xynos says as he signs the other two virions to follow. Xynos walks at a fast pace toward Loki, grabs her by the arm and forcefully turns her around. Then he rips the sunglasses off of her face, so he can see her eyes. ''Well, well, well! Would you look at that. Trying to disguise yourself as an another species to evade me, I see! Quite a smart move, I must admit. But not smart enough, you daft cunt!'' He yells at her. Then he hits her on the nose, causing her to bleed instantly. ''OI! GET AWAY FROM HER!'' Willow yells at Xynos. Xynos grabs to his pistol, but Willow quickly leans back on her strong tail and gives Xynos a powerful kick against the chest. Xynos lands a metre away on a table, then falls to the ground as the table turns over. Hannibal and Jinx grab their pistols and point them at Willow. ''Put that away, boys!'' Xynos yells at them, to which both virions turn around in surprise, but they follow his order. Xynos casually walks over to Willow as he's tidying his jacket. ''So, you want to fight, bitch?'' Xynos asks. He swings his fist at her, but a measlesvirus firmly grabs him by the wrist. ''You're pretty pathetic for hitting females.'' He sternly tells Xynos. Hannibal and Jinx get startled and flee when more microbes get up to join Willow and the measles virion. Xynos grabs his pistol again, but the measles virion quickly smacks it out of his paw. Xynos turns around to take it back, but the other virion forcefully punches him on the jaw and then he throws him into the bushes. Xynos is rubbing his jaw and he has some scratches from the thorns and angrily crawls out of the bushes. He walks past the measles virion with his teeth bared, and then grabs his pistol. He points it at the measles virion and pulls the trigger... but nothing happens. ''What the fuck?!'' He yells as he keeps pulling the trigger. Then he opens the pistol and discovers that it's empty. ''Looking for something, Lord Dickhead?'' Willow laughs, as she shows him the bullets in her paw. ''Ohw, you!'' Xynos growls. He wants to grab the bullets from her, but then realises that he's outnumbered, so he decides to flee instead.

Willow turns around and walks up to Loki. The poor virioness is sitting on the ground, surrounded by Matthias, Annabelle and Huxley, as well as a few concerned strangers. Her new dress is covered in blood and she's crying. Someone has given her a tissue to hold against her snout. ''Are you okay, Loki?'' Willow asks. Loki shakes her head. Willow gently directs Loki's paw to the side so she can inspect and feel her snout and nose. ''Nothing seems to be broken, you're just bleeding a lot. You didn't had to spit out any teeth either, right?'' Willow asks. Loki only shakes her head and then she covers her nose with the tissue again. Willow stands up and helps Loki up too. When they turn around to go home again, Willow meets the eyes of the measles virion again. ''Maybe it's a good idea to let her get fixed up at the hospital. Her nose might be broken from that punch.'' He says. ''I just checked. It's not broken.'' Willow replies. ''But, thanks for your help!''. The measles virion nods to her as they all part ways again.


Once back home, Loki takes a shower to wash off all the paint, and when she's done, Willow fixes up her nose. Then she sits down on the sofa with Matthias. She's still shaking but Matthias tries to distract her. Willow sits down next to Loki and puts her paw on her shoulder. ''Lets go to a nice, peaceful spot in the fores-''. Loki turns her shoulder away from Willow and explodes in anger. ''SHUT IT! THANKS TO YOU, THAT BLOODY ARSEMONGER FOUND US AGAIN AND NOW HE ALSO KNOWS THAT YOU'RE HELPING US, AND HE FUCKING KNOWS WHERE YOU LIVE! YOU NOT ONLY BROUGHT ME AND MY SON BACK IN DANGER THIS WAY, BUT ALSO YOUR OWN FAMILY, YOU UNBELIEVABLY DAFT COW!!!'' She yells. Then she storms to her room before Willow can answer and smacks the door shut with full force. Willow wants to go after her, but decides that that most likely makes her more angry, so she sits back down on the sofa. Everyone stays silent for a while.

A few hours later, Willow made dinner and everyone sits at the dinner table, except for Loki. Willow decides to put some food on a plate and bring it to Loki. She knocks the door and waits for an answer. ''Leave me alone!'' Loki says. ''I have food for you. You want me to leave it here?'' Willow asks. Loki doesn't answer this time, but Willow leaves the plate on the small cupboard next to the door, and then walks back to the dinner table. Loki walks out the room a few seconds later to take the plate, then she returns to her room, ignoring the others. ''Is Mama still angry at us?'' Matthias asks Willow. ''No, dear. She's not angry at you, and also not at Annabelle or Huxley. She's only angry at me.'' Willow replies. Her voice sounds less happy as usual, which Huxley notices. He usually has a sarcastic reply ready to throw when something is Willow's fault, but that's only when it's about a silly thing. This is serious and Willow clearly is feeling really guilty and sad about what happened today. Huxley rubs over Willow's shoulder instead. ''I'm not even hungry.'' Willow says as a response and throws her food away in the bin.

Late in the evening, Loki has calmed down and is staring at the ceiling. She sees the light of headlights shine through a small gap in the curtains as cars drive by the flat so now and down, but luckily it's not Xynos who's coming to get her and Matthias. She's feeling bad about how foul she reacted to Willow. ''She's just trying to help, but I let myself getting lead too much by fear. I need to say sorry.'' She thinks to herself. Then she gets out of her bed and walks over to Willow's room. The lights are still on and Loki smells something familiar. When she knocks on the door, Willow panickily tells her to wait, and Loki hears that she's quickly putting away some things. Then Willow opens the door. ''Come in!'' Willow says. When she enters the room, Loki can still smell the familiar scent. ''Oh, were you burning sage?'' She asks. Then she sees a book of spells sticking out from the bookcase. ''So, you're a witch?'' Loki asks. Willow nervously shuffles with her feet and looks around. ''N-no... I just thought it is an interesting book.'' She replies. ''I'm a witch too.'' Loki smiles. Then Willow calms down and Loki sits down next to her. ''I hope you weren't doing any spells on me, though.'' Loki sternly asks. ''Of course not! I were just trying to do a protection spell on this apartment, you know, to keep a certain demon away.'' Willow replies. Loki laughs as she knows who Willow is talking about. But then she remembers the reason why she came to Willow. ''Hey, uhm... I'm sorry for yelling and insulting you earlier. It was very mean and I shouldn't have done that. I mean, you were a big help to me and today was just a very unlucky day for all of us.'' She says.

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