Helix

Get away from me!

Leave me alone.

Make it stop. Make it stop. Make it stop. Aah!

Ripped By mstoll

0900 hours, weather calm.

Arrived at St. Germain Island from the southeast.

No apparent flares or signal fires.

The contact is not at the rendezvous site.

All signs point to the pandemic originating on this island.

There are no other options. I must find a cure.

I'll head inland, take a look around.

Do you know the way to San Jose?

What? Do you know the way to San Jose?

Is this what it was like

when you came for me at Arctic Biosystems?

They'd cleaned most of the mess by the time we got there.

No, not the mess.

This feeling.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Yeah, you do.

This is just the beginning.

CDC One, this is Manitou. Sitrep.

This is Kyle.

This is CDC One. What was that?

We're asking for a Sitrep, Dr. Sommer.

Situation report, remember?

Oh. Sorry. Uh...

Dr. Jordan and Dr. Farragut are still inside the boat, I'm up on top.

Whatever killed these people was fast and aggressive.

Any indication this is the Narvik virus?

Just tell the captain we don't know what the hell happened yet.

But it's not Narvik.

You check further down there.

Meet up top in 10.

Yeah.

I've got one dead in the engine room.

All right. Keep your eyes open.

For what? This place is a tomb.

Gotta make sure we got them all accounted for.

We'll check against the manifest.

Copy that.

Two more in the galley.

Same symptoms as the others.

You got something?

These two killed each other.

What makes you say that?

I'm seeing stab marks. Both holding weapons.

Maybe some kind of psychotic epi--

Whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Don't touch me.

Just calm down. Leave me alone.

Please, I am a doctor. Leave me alone, you freak.

You okay? What did you give her?

Twenty eds Midazolam. Are you okay? Why'd you do that?

Midazolam can mask any antibodies she would've had

to become immune to whatever is going on here.

You're welcome. I'm sorry, okay?

But immunity in a situation like this is more than just a clue.

It's everything.

When did the passengers start getting sick?

Uh...

About two, no, three days ago.

Right after we got back from the island.

- What island? - I don't know. It was a side trip.

It wasn't even in the brochure.

We just moored offshore, hiked around, went swimming.

We spent the day there and we set sail that night.

Anyone report feeling strange when they got back?

Not at first.

But then on the third day, the screaming started.

I just-- I hid in the engine room and I tried to stay quiet.

But I could hear them killing each other.

Every time I thought it was over, I would hear another scream.

I was afraid to fall asleep.

I started having these waking nightmares.

And so then when you came in wearing that suit, I didn't know if you were real

or if you were just, like, a--

CDC One, this is Manitou. Sitrep.

Means they're asking for a situation report.

Yeah, I have done this before.

Field autopsies show a consistent pattern.

The pathogen overloaded the body's immune response.

Primarily attacking the digestive system. Highly unlikely it's airborne.

We can get out of those biohazard suits. And you're sure it's not the Narvik virus?

The most likely scenario is some infection contracted from the island they visited.

Our survivor referred to it as Saint something.

St. Germain. It's about 12 nautical miles northwest of here, just over the horizon.

We need to go there.

My orders were to investigate a possible Narvik outbreak.

Captain, we have 27 people dead onboard that boat.

Our assessment is done and our mission is complete.

We still need to get to St. Germain. My orders in this situation

are to leave a tracking buoy on-site and take your team back to Seattle.

Then I'm declaring a national health threat.

Jesus. Peter, hold on.

Coast Guard regulations give me authority to conduct an inspection

if I have cause to believe there is a threat to any nearby population center.

Seattle is less than 20 hours away.

I'm ordering you to take us. You don't give orders on this ship.

I'm sorry. Wrong choice of words.

Bridge, this is the captain.

Plot a course to St. Germain. Underway when ready. Make turns for 30 knots.

Aye, captain.

Let's be clear on what's going to happen.

Legally I can't go ashore.

Nor can I wait around.

I'm under orders to take your field samples back for lab analysis.

So you'll be on your own.

This is the back end of nowhere.

So sat-phone and radio service will be extremely limited.

There's no landing strip on the island and it's well beyond chopper range.

So you'll have to wait until another ship can be dispatched to pick you up.

Figure two weeks.

Hey, where are you taking me?

Hey, put me down.

Put me down.

Help!

What do you want from me?

Come on, put me down.

Thanks again for doing this.

I know you'd probably rather be in a bunk

on your way back to Seattle right now.

I figured I should do something.

Yeah.

You're the only person we have here who's been here before, so...

We need to know where you and the passengers went.

What you ate, drank. Where you went swimming.

I don't know how much I'll remember.

Anything at all will be helpful.

You brought a gun?

I'm from Texas.

We don't go to the bathroom without a gun.

Okay.

Mind if I ask you a personal question?

Yes. Very much. Heh.

I did save your life.

So that entitles you to pry into my personal life?

Yeah, that's right.

Okay.

You think Alan Farragut really blew up that building in Paris?

What the hell kind of a question is that?

People say you knew him. Really well, in fact.

Yeah, I thought I did.

I think we came this way.

Do you remember seeing or hearing anything unusual?

What about the running water?

I'm not sure.

Do we have any idea where we're going?

We've been walking around for a while.

I'm not sure. Why are you whispering?

I don't know. It just feels right to whisper, don't you think?

Really? You're doing this now? Can we just focus on the task at--

Aah! Oh, my God. What the hell is that?

Dwarf Cottontail.

Pretty common at this latitude.

Although they usually come with eyes.

Bring the rabbit.

So there are animals here.

No!

Leila, wait.

Leila! Leila!

Leila. Stop.

Leila.

Leila.

Look out.

Look, I don't know who you are, but I'm not here to harm you.

My name is Julia.

If you would just hear me out...

Do you know the way to San Jose?

Leila.

Aah! Somebody help me.

- This is gonna hurt. - Oh, really? Gee, you're good.

Doctors really are the worst patients.

There we go.

Oh, my God.

Sorry. Swallowed my gum.

Oh, my God.

Not too bad. Nasty looking though.

Gonna leave a scar.

Only if you do a shitty job sewing it up.

But I got the shakes, doc.

Sorry, but infection's your biggest worry here.

Thanks, but I don't think that's gonna be an issue.

Right. You're a germ commando now.

Ever since that thing at Arctic Biosystems.

What thing?

I heard you and your team went all Navy SEAL.

Burned the place to the ground to contain the outbreak.

Yeah, something like that.

Been dying to ask you about it.

Ever since I recognized you back in Seattle.

You recognized me?

Yeah, you're quite the celebrity now at the CDC.

Jumping into every crisis imaginable.

That's why they call you "Hot Zone."

They call me what?

Now, does the pointy end go down or up?

- Never mind, I'll figure it out. - Oh, you are such an ass. Aah.

Pointy end goes down, I knew it.

Come on, you know you're gonna tell me eventually.

I haven't seen Alan Farragut in a year, okay?