Chapter 28: Pandora's Box
Forty-eight hours after releasing the cure, the world changed.
Phoenix watched news feeds from a safehouse in Oregon. Every channel showed the same thing. Chaos. Riots. Violence. People fighting for access to the cure. Governments trying to regulate it. Failing.
"Beijing reports three thousand dead in riots outside illegal cure production facilities," the news anchor said. His voice was shaking. "The Chinese government has declared martial law. Similar situations reported in Moscow, New Delhi, Lagos, São Paulo—"
Jayce changed the channel. Same story. Different city.
"The UN Security Council held an emergency session. No consensus. Russia and China accuse the United States of bioterrorism. The US denies involvement. Meanwhile, illegal labs worldwide are produc
