Epidemic

"I brought a sample of the virus." Twilight said, levitating Spike's contaminated blood into plain view.

"Good, ve're going to need it." Labor said.

"Will we use my microscope?" Twilight asked, putting the vial down, and looking at her microscope. Labor stares at the microscope, before bursting into laughter. Twilight flinched when he started laughing. She looked over to Dr. Whooves, who simply shrugged.

"Zhat zing?" Labor said, catching his breathe. "Zhat little zing is a microscope?"

Twilight was insulted, but there were bigger problems than her puny microscope.

"No no no." Labor said, now with a serious expression, "Ve vill use mine!" Labor then leads the two ponies to another room. He opens the steel door, and the other two walked in. It was dark, and no pony could see. That is, of course, until Labor turned on the lights.

Once the lights turned on, the first thing Twilight saw was a microscope. But this microscope wasn't like hers, it was huge. About four times her microscope's size.

"Velcome, to my laboratory!" Labor greeted, taking his hoof out to the complex. The laboratory was colossal. There was a black board, several test tubes, oversized machines, testing chambers, a box full of lab rats, books, papers, quills, and Labor's journal.

"Now you see, Tvilight. Your 'microscope' vill be useless. Now zhat ve have mine." Labor said walking over to his very own microscope.

"Wow." Twilight's eyes gazed at all the equipment. Never has she seen such beautiful scientific tools. She just wanted to use everything, and mix every chemical together just to see what they do.

"Twilight? Twilight!"

Twilight snapped out of her wild dreams, and turned to Dr. Whooves.

"Sorry. I think I dozed off." She stated, giggling nervously.

"Now zhen. Back to zhe virus." Labor said.

"Ok. I'll go get it." Twilight said, before walking out of the room.

"Good. And about you doctor." Labor looked over to Dr. Whooves. "How is zhe vife?"

"She's fine. She's taking care of Dinky. I told her I was going on a business trip." Dr. Whooves said smiling. "How about yours?"

"Vell. After zhey revoked my license, she left me." Labor said with a chuckle. Meanwhile Dr. Whooves frowned.

"Oh. I'm... Sorry to hear that. My Celestia, I wouldn't want to know what I would do if Derpy left me." Dr. Whooves said, his ears drooping to the thought.

"It's no big deal. I now have zhe laboratory! I vill manage vhizout zhat broad." Labor said. Twilight comes back into the room. Levitating Dr. Whooves saddlebag, while wearing her own.

"Sorry I took a while. I wanted to bring everything." Twilight placed Dr. Whooves bag on a nearby desk, as well as her own.

Twilight levitates the vial, popped the top, and dripped one drop onto the two sheets she brought along in the microscope. After she did that, she place both sheets under the humongous microscope. Then she looked in.

"I can't see anything." Twilight complained, adjusted levers and pushing buttons.

"Zhat vould be, because zhe microscope is off." Labor said in a matter-of-factly tone. Twilight took her eyes off the lens of the microscope and her face went red with embarrassment.

"Oh right." Twilight giggle nervously. Labor flicked a small switch labeled 'Macht,' and the microscope lit up. Twilight looked in, but the inside was completely blurry.

"It's still pretty unrecognizable." She said, trying to make out the blur. Labor readjusted the levers and pushed buttons back to their original state. Finally, Twilight saw the cells of the virus. Only this time, they were big. About twice the size they were the day before.

"They're big." Twilight stated, then backed away from the microscope. Labor looked in, and examined the virus.

"Zhis is extraordinary. I've never seen such... such... speed in a virus before." Labor got off the microscope, levitates both his journal and quill, and begins writing.

"Journal entry, 243. Title..." Labor looked over at Twilight. "Vhat did you say zhe virus vas called?"

"Celius." Twilight responded. Labor looked back at his book.

"Title, Celius. I have seen a virus named Celius. Ze symptoms are currently unknown, and zhe speed of zhe virus is quick. Subtle growth in zhe cells, most likely evolves very quickly."

Twilight lifted an eyebrow to, 'subtle growth.' She decided to take a look at the virus again.

"Future mutations could cause extreme severity, and maybe even death. Zhe virus should be studied, immediately!" Labor read the last of his notes, and closed his journal. Twilight remained on the microscope, trying to spot a small hint of growth in progress.

"Now zhen, vhat symptoms have you seen, Tvilight?" Labor asked. Upon hearing her name, she backed away from the microscope.

"Well... So far I've only seen coughing, red eyes, nausea." Twilight said, holding her chin with her hoof.

"Interesting. I vant to see zhe vial." Labor said. Twilight levitated the tube of blood, and there was only a little bit left.

"Ve vill need more zhen zhat." Labor states. He thought for a while.

"We could take some from the hospital in Ponyville." Dr. Whooves spoke up.

"Excellent!" Labor cheered. "I vill send some of my people, but for now ve use vhat ve can."

Labor open a drawer that wasn't seen before under the microscope, and pulled out a clean syringe. He then stuck the syringe into the vial and sucked up what was left. Then he levitated a rat out of the lab rat box, and injected the virus into it. Labor put the rat in a small box. All the walls were glass, including the roof and floor.

"And now ve vait for zhe virus to take effect." Labor said. "Vould you like to play a game of chec-"

Labor was interrupted when the little rat started coughing, throwing up, and sweating. All three of the ponies look at the rat. Twilight rushed to her saddlebag. She pulled out her book, and quickly turned to the 'symptoms' page. The fourth symptom 'sweating' while the fifth one was 'vomiting.'

"Mother of Celestia. Zis is not good. Ze virus is vay too dangerous. Ze cure must start immediatly!" Labor rushes out of the room.

"Where are you going!?" Dr. Whooves calls out. Labor stops and turns.

"To varn Celestia. Zat Celius has returned!"