THE MUTANT APOCALYPSE

TUESDAY MORNING - SCIENCE LAB

"Finally"

Eva muttered as she stared closely at the white pills in front of her.

For months, Eva and her team had been trying to develop a revolutionary pill, designed to enhance the human brain capabilities. Their goal was to create a drug that could push human brain beyond it's natural limitations.

"Guys" Eva said and turned to her team members who were behind her. "We're finally done with stage one!" she announced happily.

"woah!"

"yeah!"

"finally"

The entire team clapped and rejoiced and Eva smiled happily as she watched them.

"That'll be all for today. You may all leave now." she said and they started leaving one after the other, except one.

"Doctor"

Eva turned to him immediately. "Doctor Charles." she called and turned back to the pills.

"I think you should take this home with you, it would be more safe there." He said and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"I thought of that too."

She checked the time on her watch, it was past 6pm already. "oh shit, Adam" she muttered and turned to Doctor Charles. "I'll be leaving now, see you tomorrow Doctor Charles." She grabbed the bottle of pills.

~

7:46PM...

Eva walked into her home, she changed into a more comfortable footware and placed her keys on the table, just by her wedding portrait. She and Adam had been married for only six months.

"Baby" She called loudly.

"Over here!" Adam responded and she went towards the direction of his voice, leading to the kitchen.

"Baby I'm so sorry I'm late, we could order..." her words got sucked up in her throat as she stepped fully into the kitchen. She gasped, clapping her hand over her mouth.

"oh my" she muttered.

The kitchen looked like it had survived an earthquake. Spaghetti sauce was splattered across the countertop, a few utensils lay scattered on the floor. But the real disaster was happening on the cooker.

A ridiculously large pot sat on the burner, filled to the brim with boiling water and spaghetti. The pasta was so long that some strands stuck out awkwardly over the edges, while the bubbling water foamed and spilled down the sides of the pot. Red sauce dripped onto the cooker, threatening to turn the entire kitchen into an even bigger mess.

Eva slowly turned her head towards Adam who stood beside the counter with a wooden spatula in his hands, looking like he just lost a battle he had no chance of winning.

The moment their eyes met, he raised both hands to surrender, letting out an awkward guilty smile.

"oh..no, not again" Eva sighed frustratedly and palmed her face.

"Before you say anything" he began, "I can explain"

She slowly returned her gaze to him and stared at him for a moment. Then she remembered the spaghetti on the cooker and quickly went to turn it off before it created any more mess than it already has.

Then she turned to face her husband again, folding her hands on her chest, giving him a questioning look.

Adam's awkward smile widened. "Okay baby," he said cautiously. "In my defence, the spaghetti looked smaller in the packet"

Eva blinked as she stared at the man before her. Six months of marriage and apparently, she had married a man who couldn't cook spaghetti without declaring a war in the kitchen.

Then she suddenly erupted into a loud uncontrollable laughter and then slowly, Adam joined in the laughter too.

"I missed you darling" he said and stretched his hands for a hug as he approached her.

"Hey, stay away from me, there's sauce all over you" Eva gasped and moved away and then he chased her.

"Stop it Adam!" she screamed and she ran away from him but Adam kept going for her.

"I'm gonna get you!"

"No...!" She laughed as he caught her and they both fell together on the couch with Adam hovering over her.

"You're so pretty, Wifey" he placed a peck on her nose.

"urghhh, and you're so smelly, husby" she teased and he laughed.

"Okay but seriously, who's gonna clean up that mess in the kitchen?" She glared at Adam.

"Don't look at me, I'm not doing that" He said and moved away from her.

"What? so who's..." Before she could finish her statement, he ran upstairs and she shook her head as she watched his backside till he disappeared.

"I guess I have to call the cleaner" She muttered as she climbed the stairs.

As Eva got to the room, she removed the pills from her bag and placed them inside the table drawer before falling tiredly on the bed.

SEVERAL HOURS LATER...

"Darling..." Adam called from where he was standing.

"Mhmm" Eva hummed.

He strangely looked at the bottles of pills on his hands.

"My pills, what colour are they?" he asked without looking at her.

"uhhh, aren't they white?" She said. "Anything wrong?"

"oh no. It's fine" he said and had one last glance at the milk and white coloured pills. Still unsure of which was his medication.

Finally, he placed the bottle containing the milk coloured pills down and swallowed the white ones.

"Baby!" Eva called loudly.

"I'm coming Darling"

Minutes later, Eva was all wrapped up in Adam's arms.

"How's your project going" Adam whispered, snuggling her closer.

"Right!" Eva said in an excited tone and adjusted in his arms, their faces almost touching. "We're finally done creating the pills. Now, we just need to test them on our test subjects and hopefully they work"

Adam stared at her with a small smile on his face. Not saying a word to what she said.

"What...? Something on my face?" she asked and made to touch her face but he held her hand.

"Your face is perfect, Darling." He whispered.

"Then why..."

"I'm just so proud of you," he boycotted her. "Eva" he called and held up her chin. His eyes not leaving hers. "You're the best thing that has ever happened to me. If I could get married to you twice, I'd do that"

"Awwwn, Adam" Eva blushed. "urghhh You're so cheesy" she giggled and pulled his cheek playfully.

"Come here" Adam drew her closer to himself before connecting their lips together.

Eva smiled against his lips, her arms instinctively winding around his neck.

Then suddenly,

Adam winced. A sharp wave of pain shot through his head, causing him to abruptly pull away from the kiss.

"Ahh!" He squeezed his eyes shut and kept still.

"Adam?" Eva called, concern replacing the affection in her voice. "What's wrong?"

Adam remained still for a moment before slowly opening his eyes as the pain wore off.

"It's nothing Darling, probably just my pills" he muttered rubbing his forehead slightly.

"Your pills?" Eva frowned.

"I'm fine, trust me." He offered a reassuring smile before leaning forward and reconnecting their lips again. Eva eventually gave in, wrapping her arms around him once more.