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It was supposed to be a normal day. And then it wasn't.
It all went wrong when Dave decided to chat with Garrett near a irradiated barrel he found earlier in the day. Next thing they knew, the barrel exploded and Dave was now covered in the radiation, shivering a lot.
"Dave! Dave oh god are you okay?!" Garrett panicked a bit, Dave groaning a bit as he tried to clean off the radiation to no avail.
"..I..think I'm fine, Garrett.." Him groaning again after saying that did nothing to calm Garrett down, him backing off from Dave.
He made more sickly noises, the radiation starting to get to him. Garrett began looking around for something to wash off the radiation now, soon noticing a nearby lake. He was about to start wandering over to it, until he froze hearing Dave.
"Aaa...Aaaee..."
"..Do you need to puke, Dave?" He turned around, facing him again.
"..Garrett, I think I-IiiiIIIEEEEAAAAAAAA---" He suddenly screamed, beginning to mutate and transform into something as his bones noisily cracked and shifted. Garrett jumped back, screaming himself.
Dave mutated more, soon becoming a turtle-like creature with one eye. Garrett stared in shock for a bit, before nervously approaching.
"..Dave?" He awkwardly asked.
"Garrett.." He coughed a bit, shivering.
"I'm going to help, hold on-" He picked up Dave, causing a squeak to come out of him. He then carried him over to the lake, silently wincing when he felt Dave shiver in his hands again.
He carefully put Dave in the lake once he reached it, beginning to wash the radiation off him. He gave a soft groan, beginning to relax.
"Does that feel better?" He nodded, relaxing more as the radiation washed off him. He shivered slightly again, feeling odd. He tried to ignore it though, just wanting to relax after everything. Garrett soon washed off all the radiation on Dave, gently taking him out of the lake afterwards.
"Feel better?" He shook his head a bit. "..What's wrong?"
"I feel sick.." He shivered yet again, giving a choked hiccup as he tried not to puke. Garrett flinched, quickly running off towards a bush. He carefully put Dave near the bush, the small turtle-like man shivering and shaking.
He then puked into the bush, Garrett looking away. He kept getting more sick, the radiation seeming to have caught up to him.
He soon fainted after he was done puking, Garrett flinching and picking him back up. He silently put Dave back on his wheelchair, cleaning him up. He then decided to stay nearby, in case Dave regained consciousness.