Half way through the chapter, I heard a thud on the wall from next door. I groaned, Ryan and Tony must be roughhousing again. If anything, I envied them the most, I'd heard they'd been friends since they were kids. I knew they were close, Tony had been moping around while Ryan was away for a few days.
Damit, Ryan was the strongest to of the two--a true alpha. In a group it was always Ryan that commanded and led the others. I felt myself going hard, shit.
Another thump echoed followed by some yelling; it was getting louder. With a sigh, I got up and walked next door. I knocked and hearing no reply I walked inside.

I wasn't surprised to see them wrestling on the bed. Ryan had Tony in a head lock, he looked up and grinned. "Hey Dave. Come in and lock the door," he told me.
Tony looked at me through red eyes, and was able to gasp a plea for help, "Fuck Ryan's flipped, help me man."
"It's OK, I've got it under control," Ryan said shaking his head. He adjusted his grip around Tony's neck and his bicep expanded as he tightened his grip.
I watched as the colour drained from Tony's face. "Hey, give it up. You're going to kill him," I said.
"No, just enough to put him out for a while." It didn't take much longer before Tony was limp in Ryan's arms. He released him and checked his pulse, "Good, he'll be out for twenty minutes or so." He jumped from the bed and started to pull his t-shirt and shorts off. "Get undressed."

"What? No, I'm going to call security. This is fucked up," I said.
"Get undressed," he said in an authoritative voice. He was twice my size in height and weight, so reluctantly I complied, annoyed at how weak I was.
We stood there naked facing each other for a moment, I dared not move my gaze from his fearful of what might happen. He grinned at me, "You like my body huh?"
I said nothing.
He let out a groan, deep from inside his body. He gasped again, and buckled over as if someone had punched him in the stomach. "Son of a bitch," he growled as he collapsed to the floor.
I watched with my mouth open as he writhed on the floor, his shoulders twisted and flexed. The cussing continued as his back arched and contacted. Within minutes a new outline appeared across Ryan's back; a second body was attempting to pull itself free of the soldier. Ryan's back pulled out of shape and finally gave up trying to contain the parasite within.

"But how?"
"That's my secret, but there's a side effect. Whatever was *Ryan* has gone now, without anyone inside him he'd just be a brain dead body. That's why you needed to get inside him quick; before he sealed up again."
"So why'd you choke Tony in that sleeper hold?"
"Well, I knew how lonely you were." He pulled off the soldier's shorts, "Tony's for me, your best buddy is going to keep you company. Just like being at home again," said with a wink, "at least behind locked doors."
"But you haven't been on any training."
He traced the unconscious soldier's back and the same rip appeared. "Once inside Tony, I'll be just a good soldier as he was. I'll know all he knew, and more."
David pushed into the soldier's body. I watched as it contorted, and bulged in places. It was easy to see David moving under the Tony's skin; finding its way and filling every last vacant space. I heard him make some groans and after the back had sealed he turned over and grinned at me. "Hey bro' it's the weekend. You want to go into town and get some beers?"
He sounded and acted just like Tony, just as I looked and sounded like Ryan--I supposed. "But what about my old life?" I asked.
"Heard he was an orphan, maybe he just went AWOL." He winked at me.

Tony sniffed an armpit. "Phew! Damn, I need a shower." He grabbed a towel and wrapped it around his waist. "Come on, you need a shower as well; you smell like a whore," he told me. "Besides I need someone to wash my back," he waggled is eyebrows, "know what I mean?"
I grabbed a towel and followed him out, "Sure do Tony."

我躺在床上看书，恨自己。我真的很羡慕那些强壮健康的“其他”家伙。尽管我真正想要的是友谊。他们都一起在健身房做运动，周末去酒吧享受生活。该死，我需要一些。有时我会想，如果我失踪了，是否会有人注意到

这一章读到一半时，我听到隔壁墙上砰的一声。我呻吟着，瑞安和托尼一定是又打闹了。如果有的话，我最羡慕他们，我听说他们从小就是朋友。我知道他们很亲密，托尼在瑞安离开的几天里一直闷闷不乐。达米特，瑞安是两人中最强的一个真正的阿尔法战士。在一个团体中，总是瑞安指挥和领导其他人。我觉得自己很努力，妈的。另一个重击声回荡在一些叫喊声之后；声音越来越大。我叹了口气，起身向隔壁走去。我敲了敲门，没听到回答，就走了进去。

【图片】看到他们在床上扭打，我一点都不惊讶。瑞安有托尼在头锁，他抬起头，咧嘴一笑。“嘿戴夫。进来锁上门，”他告诉我。托尼看着我，通过红色的眼睛，并能够喘息求助，"***瑞安的翻转，帮帮我的人。"“没关系，我已经得到了控制，”瑞安摇着头说。他调整了一下对托尼脖子的抓力，当他收紧抓力时，他的二头肌扩张了。我看着托尼脸色变得苍白。“嘿，放弃吧。你会杀了他的，”我说。“不，只够让他昏迷一会儿。”没过多久，托尼就瘫软在瑞安的怀里。他放开了他，检查了他的脉搏，“很好，他会昏迷20分钟左右。”他从床上跳起来，开始脱下他的t恤和短裤。“脱衣服。”

“但是怎么做呢？”“那是我的秘密，但有副作用。不管怎样，赖安已经死了，没有任何人在他体内，他只是一具脑死亡的尸体。所以你需要尽快进入他的身体。在他再次封闭之前。”“那你为什么要在卧铺舱掐死托尼？““嗯，我知道你有多孤独。”他扯下士兵的短裤，“托尼是我的，你最好的朋友会陪着你。“就像又回到了家一样，”他眨眨眼说，“至少是在锁着的门后面。”“但你没有参加过任何训练。”他摸了摸失去知觉的士兵的背部，同样的裂口出现了。“一旦进入托尼的身体，我就会像他一样成为一名优秀的士兵。我会知道他所知道的一切，甚至更多。”大卫推进了士兵的身体。我看着它扭曲变形，并在一些地方凸起。很容易看到大卫在托尼的皮肤下移动；找到它的路，填补每一个空白。我听到他发出一些呻吟声，在背部密封后，他翻了个身，冲我咧嘴一笑。“嘿，兄弟，周末了。你想去镇上买点啤酒吗？“他的声音和行为就像托尼一样，就像我的外表和声音像瑞安一样——我想是这样。“但是我以前的生活呢？“我问。”听说他是个孤儿，也许他只是擅离职守。”他向我眨眼。

托尼嗅了嗅腋窝。“唷！该死，我需要洗个澡。”他抓起一条毛巾裹在腰上。“来吧，你也需要洗个澡；你闻起来像个妓女，”他告诉我。“再说我需要有人帮我洗后背，”他眉毛一扬，“明白我的意思吗？”我抓起一条毛巾，跟着他出去了，“当然托尼。”