Doom Fan Fic

John Grimm stomped furiously down the hallway, making his was to the infirmary. Though his brows were angled into an angered look, he did try his best to control his rage. His unkempt crew cut and unshaved face gave him a distinctly rugged look. He wore a loose fitting gray t-shirt, jeans, and tan hiking books; comfortable. John heaved a sigh and shook his head, he rather be in his camo any day.

He came to the door of the infirmary and shoved it open. He only pause for a moment to take in the scene. A tall and slender, young-looking man was stooping down looking over a woman’s face. The man had dark brown hair that was short and curly; and brown eyes that were at attention to the lady’s face behind thin-framed glasses. He then reached down into his white lab coat, withdrawing a pen light. He held it to the woman’s right eye and then to the left, returning to the right once again. The woman, on the other had, was small in stature and appeared much younger than the doctor and John, for that matter. She had shoulder-length, dirty blonde hair that was wavy and frizzy. Though she was not speaking, he thought she looked rather bored by the whole thing. The woman pushed away the doctor’s hand.

“Thanks for making me blind, Doctor Tucker,” she said, in a playful tone. She rubbed her right eye as the doctor clicked off the light and slid it into his pocket. “Not that I don’t enjoy seeing you, Brandon, but what was with the sudden checkup?” Tucker was about to respond when John stepped forward to make himself more noticeable.

“That’s what I would like to know!” he shouted. Tucker jumped as the woman turned her head. She smiled fondly as if to get him to clam down but her grin melted away as his face remained stern. “Just what is with this base-wide examinations? Is there some kind of emergency here? If not, then I’ll relieve you of my Serenity.” The woman instinctively stood to her name and walked to John. Her eyes were a light brown and gazed up at him pitifully as if she was not aware of what was upsetting him. He placed his hand on Serenity’s shoulder and bent down to her ear.

“Wait for me outside, okay? This won’t take but a minute,” he whispered. She nodded and kissed his cheek. He rubbed her face then smiled back at her. She did the same and walked out of the room, shutting the door back.

“Hmm, Serenity Grimm…” Tucker spoke. “You ruined that pretty name the day you married her, John.” He chuckled at his own joke but John did not. Tucker sighed, removing his glasses and rubbing his head. He closed his eyes and put his glasses back on. But when he reopened them, John stood in front of him–not even a foot between them–glaring at him. He went to move back away from him, startled, but John grabbed the collars of his lab coat.

“Whoa, sorry, man. I shouldn’t have said that,” he stammered.

“That’s not what I’m getting at.” He shook him. “Don’t you think I know what you’re up to?”

“Aw, come on! You know I have a wife, Renee. Or have you forgotten?” John then realized that he was sounding like he was just protecting Serenity, but more seemed to be going on than meets the eye. He loosened his grip just enough to make Tucker feel a little more comfortable.

“I have a feeling I’m not going to like it too much when I find out what you’re really doing.” Tucker smiled slyly.

“What? You’re not going to be pleased with my effort to create the answer to the C-24 mutation?” Reaper’s eyes widened, well aware of what he was talking about. He forced Tucker against the wall, knocking his glasses crooked.

“How the hell do you know about that?” he demanded more angered than ever. The C-24 mutation and incident were classified and highly guarded secrets. John could feel the old memories coming back to him about it. Tucker just shrugged, still smirking and straightening his glasses.

“I’ve got connections and I hear…”
“What do you know about it?” he interrupted in a harsh whisper. Serenity should know nothing of the situation, so he was doing his best not to be heard by her.

“I hear,” he continued, not missing a beat, “that it is a helluva nasty defect and I want to make sure my patients are safe. Just checking to make sure no one is showing any symptoms. A cure would also make for good money.” John tightened his grasp, glaring at Tucker profoundly.

“If your ‘connections’ are so great then you would know that that shit was left in Olduvai!” Tucker now clamped his own hands over John massive ones.

“Alright, Reaper, a question for you. How are you so sure that it is and that it can’t come down here to Earth? Nothing’s impossible, even you should know that!”

“The Arc was destroyed, that’s common knowledge, but what lied beyond it was meant to be total and complete secrecy!”