Abruptly there was a loud pounding in their door, accompanied by a male voice. 'Mia! Wake up, need your help dude!'
Mia and Eliza recognized it as Alfonso from down the hall. He shared the apartment with his sister Angela and their mother, who had advanced Parkinson's. Mia and Angela weren't exactly friends, but had spent a bunch of nights bar hopping and commiserating, often with other members of the Pride.
Angela was exceptionally beautiful but had been scarred by a series of emotionally abusive boyfriends. She seemed to take comfort in going out with a bunch of massive guys who had zero sexual interest in anything female.
Checking the door cam, Eliza saw Al wearing a face mask and goggles, his hands inside Ziploc bags as improvised gloves. He was in his late 20s, and fully shaved his head after starting to bald early. His swarthy complexion and dark body hair testified to their Sicilian heritage. He was in excellent shape as his job in construction kept him fit.
Behind him Angela was similarly clad in makeshift protective gear. She was Alfonso's twin, but her trim physique and large expressive eyes made her look younger. She was quite tall, matching her brother's 5'11" height. Most of the extra length was in her long toned legs. She kept her hair pulled back in a ponytail almost all the time, which fell thick and straight down to the top of her ass. (She had loved to trade hair care tips with the Pride, as the lions to a man were fastidious about keeping their manes perfect). Angela worked as a ballet dancer; which she was very proud of and went to length to make sure no one thought 'exotic' dancer - which was an easy misconception given her beauty.
Mia wrapped another discarded robe and opened the door, causing Al to freak. 'They're infected too, run Angel!'
Mia and Eliza both shouted and waved their arms.
'It's ok! It's ok! What's going on?'
Al hesitated a moment. 'Who are you two and where's Mia?'
They looked at each other. Eliza spoke up. 'It's complicated, but we're both Mia. We caught Chrysalis and something strange happened, it split me into two people.'
'Come inside but don't touch me or anything else. This apartment is extremely contaminated.'
They entered, Al in particular seemed very uncomfortable being in a room with two infected.
Mia and Eliza told them an abbreviated version of what had happened, leaving out the theft of the viruses and intentional self infection.
Al nodded along. 'So it probably followed you home? Shit.'
Angela spoke up. 'If you two just woke up from a bender, you probably don't know how bad it is. It's everywhere, I'm guessing hundreds transformed already. You CDC friends are putting up a double quarantine, one for the township, and a backup one for the entire county.'
'It seems like most of them just want to infect people. But you two seem OK, and Drew across from the hall from us is now an asian chick. She seems content to masturbate while watching anime... with the apartment door open.'
Eliza explained how Chrysalis worked. 'So my guess is the older victims with amnesia are the ones who just want to fuck and infect. I'll admit I do have a little desire to find out how you two would look as herms, but I know it's a bad idea and I'm suppressing it. With total amnesia, they have no memories to form inhibitions.'
Al spoke up. 'We were hoping you had a way to contact your CDC friends and get an evac helicopter or something. They're screening people at the quarantine border and letting the uninfected out, but we're at ground zero and would never make it.'
'We need to get to Atlanta, Mama is there for treatment.' Angela added.
Mia smiled. 'I have an idea on how we can help each other out. You want out to get to your mom. We want out as if we are found in here, they will make us the scapegoat for this getting out of the lab.'
As Mia was talking, Eliza was watching Angela. The girl seemed flushed, even biting her lip a little. Eliza was thinking something about the situation was a big turn on for her.