murphy had returned but with his arrival back into camp came a new enemy, one that they could not fight with weapons and guns. it came in waves, the first few went down with a cough, a fever and at first, they didn’t know what to do, how to combat it and to begin with, they didn’t know contact would cause more casualties. the redhead coughs and splutters to begin with, a mere cold she belived - but before she knew it, blood was seeping from her eyes, her mouth --- places blood shouldn’t have been coming from. the room had spun and the hallucination had begun. 

  the dropship had become their makeshift hospital and gina found herself slumped over in a puddle of her own blood and sweat. unlike others, she seemed not to be getting better - unlike others she seemed to be getting worse. as the dropship door was opened again, tired bambi eyes that had seemed to darken with sickness caught glimpse of bellamy’s limp body. with the remaining strength she had left, she wiped the blood from her cheek, pushing herself up and staggering towards where they had placed the male.