Firephage

Firephage is a disease that only Weegee Clones can get. It was created as an accidental byproduct of Weegee and his clones losing their powers.

Causes
The only way to get Firephage is to come into contact with fire flower material. This includes spores and seeds that may be released from flowers or victims, touching flowers or victims, but doesn't include the pure radiation. This is probably because the radiation on its own cannot be used to gain fire forms.

Symptoms
Depending on how badly a victim is exposed, the rate of how quickly the symptoms progress changes. Every victim will start to see discoloration in the area they made contact, and sores/bumps will begin to develop. If the victim breathed in enough spores/seeds, they could experience these changes in their internal organs, causing a very early death. Firephage will act like a parasite, sucking the nutrients from your body to fuel its growth. Next, a more proper root system will start to take form inside the victim's body. They will experience more lumps, some growing from the skin, some breaking through it, and earlier lumps will begin to form little flowers that can spew spores. If the victim is still alive, the roots will become very painful, due to the stretching and pain. The skin will become almost completely discolored. The root system will eventually take over the brain, alive or not, and replenish it, allowing the victim to live again, but as a firephage zombie-like being. A giant flower will also start to grow from the brain, which will look more like a real fire flower when it matures.
 * Stage 1
 * Stage 2
 * Stage 3

Treatment
The only known treatment is to destroy or amputate the affected areas. In the early stages, assuming the damage isn't internal, this is easy enough, but once stage 2 begins, there is little hope to stopping firephage. The only thing to do is to vaporize the body completely so it cannot grow or spread.

Examples
Here are some examples of firephage and its effects on Weegee Clones. Here we have a root, some growths, both with and without flowering pieces, and a fully matured fire flower piece. These are just general examples, the look will vary somewhat from victim to victim.

Here we have Weegee Clones under the effects of firephage. The left clone has a few minor growths which can be removed, while the right clone has become a zombie. Take note of the incomplete flower growing through his head.