Living Incubators

"A hydraulic engineer?" Harper's interest was piqued. "Were you the only one who made it out of the south?"

"There were two others," the man replied. "They died along the way. I'm the only one who made it this far."

Harper lowered her gun. "Are you infected?"

"There's probably a 60% chance." He chose to tell the truth. "I haven't shown any symptoms yet, so I can't be sure."

"Come here." Harper poi