With everything prepared, Serena Summers lay in a hospital bed, Lucas Shaw gripping her hand tightly as he sat by the bed.
Liam Shaw drew the antidote into a syringe with practiced movements and injected it into Serena's body.
Every so often, they would check on her status.
Various pieces of equipment were connected to Serena, monitoring the changes in her bodily condition.
The mechanical "beep beep" sound of the machines echoed nonstop in the quiet lab, and with each beep, everyone's heart would clench.
After the injection, Serena fell into a coma with no signs of awakening for three full days.
Lucas Shaw kept a constant vigil by her bedside for those three days and nights.
He was usually very particular about cleanliness, but this time, he would not even consider changing his clothes.
Liam Shaw and his two senior brothers also stood guard, going nowhere.