Everyone stared down from the pavilion as the infected all reached up trying to grab them all. Some even tried to climb up the body of the helicopter but instantly slipped and fell into the crowd. They all looked in disbelief as the air was filled with groans and snapping teeth. They finally snapped out of their trance and turned towards the windows of the building. A large hole from where the helicopter had crashed left an opening for them to jump through down the entrance. Rebecca turned towards her men and gave a firm order.
"Alright everyone, we're almost done. We'll get the data plans for the weapon and get the hell out of this shithole."
"Yes ma'am!"
As they all yelled in unison. One by one they jumped through the giant hole of the building. One guard waited by the entrance of the hole and reached out to Rebecca as she jumped towards him. He caught her and waited for Nakoma to jump as well. She jumped as she was quickly caught safely by the guard. They were now inside the building. The cars that piled up from the crashed helicopter barricaded the entrance of the hospital. The hallways of the hospital were empty and silent. One guard passed the shotgun to Tommy as he nodded his head in appreciation. The whole place was a giant mess.
Medical stretchers toppled over. Intravenous bags scattered as they were all punctured or ripped apart. Medical scrubs and gauze bandages scattered across the floor still covered in fresh blood. They were all uneasy as they had their weapons raised, scanning the entrance and hallways. Nakoma's hands shake as she scans with her pistol drawn, she finally speaks up.
"Okay, this is a really big place. We just got to find an elevator like last time... right?"
Rebecca nodded without looking at Nakoma,
"Yeah, that's the idea. If it's the same layout plan as the last hospital. C'mon, stay vigilant, do not stray off no matter what."
Everyone nodded, even the obnoxious foul mouth Tommy agreed without saying a word. They traveled through the corridors checking each room to find anything of value. They check the elevators, but they only lead to the upper floors of the building. Some of them didn't even work. Nakoma looks towards Tommy as she sees his face with an unsettling look.
"Are you alright? You've been very quiet."
He looks at her quickly, almost startled,
"Yeah... yeah I'm good. Just... thinking... is all."
"What's on your mind then... that thing we just saw?"
He said nothing but his eyes shimmered with what looked to be fear. He then finally spoke breaking the intense silence.
"This... changes things. Those infected are pretty dumb and easy to kill, if you know how to kill them right. You saw them, they drop easily being hit in the head. But that long tongue one. In the gaming world, that's called a special infected."
"Special... infected...?" She tilted her head in confusion.
"Yeah, zombies that are different than the rest. Stronger, faster, and way more intelligent than your average zombie. If they exist too, then this place just got a whole lot harder to survive now."
Nakoma gulped with dread as she digested his heavy words to heart. She looked back to Ellis as he stood by her side ready to protect her at any cost. All Nakoma could do was worry, she worried if she would every see her friends again. Suddenly she stopped as a guard startled her.
"Oh my fucking god... I think I'm going to vomit..."
As the guard said looking away from a wall. She walked towards his direction to see what he was looking at. She stopped and choked up a bit as she saw a woman with only half of her torso gone. Her face rotting away from however long she has been here. Her ribcage exposed and intestines barely coming out. Everyone groaned in discomfort. Rebecca waved everyone to keep moving forward and find the data plans. They all followed except for Nakoma. She stared at the mutilated corpse lost in deep though. Ellis notice this and went back to her side.
"What's up? Is something wrong with this body?"
Nakoma kneeled down to examine it more, "Just look at it. Doesn't it seem off to you?"
Ellis looks down unsure what she means. Rebecca's voice can be heard as she snaps at Nakoma.
"What are you doing. C'mon, we don't have time to fuck around in this place."
Nakoma turned to Rebecca with a firm stare, " Look Rebecca. Look at the body. Does the body not strike you as odd?"
She clicked her teeth as she walked over to the decomposed corpse. She stared at it unsure what she was seeing. After a moment, she began to notice what Nakoma was seeing. The torso was completely missing, nothing unusual, the infected probably ran off with the other half like scavenger dogs. But the torso was perfectly flush up against the wall. As if the wall closed on top of her. She rapidly scanned the wall all around, yet nothing was out of place. It was a plain regular wall. She looked at Nakoma understanding what she was seeing. Rebecca then proceeded to feel all around the wall for anything unusual. The rest of her men watched her, confused on what she was doing.
Rebecca then proceeded to pull the ID card she still had on and proceeded to slide all across the wall. For a minute she kept swiping up and down hoping for something to happen. Nakoma looked at Rebecca with determination hoping she was right. Suddenly a loud mechanical beep sounded off and the hard concrete wall began to slide open. Scratching the floor surface of the tile. A hidden elevator. At least they found the other half of the torso. It perfectly lay in place just on the other side of the heavy elevator door.
Everyone looked at each other with a dreadful pit in their stomach. The elevator inside was an industrial elevator the doorway looked small but inside was huge. They all comfortably got inside and pressed the lower level.
"Going down."
A mechanical monotone voice said over the elevator intercoms. No one said a word. The sound of the elevator grinding its gears and vibrating could only be heard. Nakoma notices Rebecca tapping down her foot. She was nervous, they all were. They were finally going to see the plans for this horrifying bioweapon that Jackson's scientists have made. The elevator made a sudden halt.
"Sub- level floor."
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The doors chimed and slowly open its heavy doors. The floor had the emblem of the pre-war company etched into the tiles. The entire floor was in emergency lockdown. The lights were a deep red color while others were flashing. They all walked slowly down the hallway with their guns ready. Windows broken into rooms that look like test chambers. It was the same lay out as the other research facility with only a few minor details. Blood was splashed everywhere. On the walls, in the test rooms, even near air duct vents. Nakoma looks up at the ceiling to see a camera with a red light slowly blinking. Someone was here. The camera followed them as they made their way down the corridor.
A large door hatch that was air sealed tight stood before them. One guard went and tried to turn the handles of the hatch door, but it was sealed shut. He shook his head to Rebecca until a loud static voice chirp through the floor speakers. The voice had a very thick german accent and sounded very sophisticated.
"Mein gott, I was beginning to believe that this hospital would be my grave. I am relieved to see that rescue has arrived."
"Yes sir, how many survivors are there left?" Said one guard, playing it off so he can unlock the door for them.
"Unfortunately, I am the last one here. I have kept my research going to understand more of this phenomenon. And I have made a breakthrough in this field of science! Schnell, beeil dich. Inside quickly now."
The doors unlatched and hissed, depressurizing the seal to the door. The door slowly opened, and they all walked through, guns at the ready. The entire room was a giant testing facility. Stacks of paper and jars of tissue sample were seen. Machine with needles scratch endlessly as paper continue to fall out with data. They soon find the scientist looking under a microscope before putting the sample away. He quickly walked up to the group with cases and bags of paper. He was an elderly person in his fifties. he was balding and had grey hair. He wore glasses and had a goatee.
"Alight, I'm all set. Get me out of this hellscape of a city."
The guard looked at him with so much disgust and hate. Without a second thought, the guard whacked him in the head with the buttstock of his rifle. The old scientist yelped in confusion and dropped all of his paperwork. He collapsed to the floor hard as his forehead bleeds from the impact.
"ARGH! What in gods name are you doing! Have you gone mad!"
"No sir." As the guard said with an emotionless face.
Rebecca walked up the old man and placed her foot up against his throat. He squelched as he tried to resist.
"I want to see the data plans you have for this bioweapon you made."
"Arg!- You have no idea who you are dealing with little Fr?ulein. This weapon- arg!- is the peak of human... engineering!"
"I don't give a fuck what you think. Everyone, split up, search this entire room until you find those data plans."
They all agreed. One guard kept watch on the old scientist that was still on the floor trying to catch his breath. They tore apart the room piece by piece for any signs of the plans. They broke through locked cabinets, opened old hardware server systems. Scrolled through files on old laptop computers that were barely functional. Until finally a guard spoke up.
"I found it!"
He gave the data pad to Rebecca as she flipped through its pages. She nodded in approval, but before she could even leave, she found several tapes within the container of where the data pad was located.
"You tested more on people, didn't you?"
The old man spit out blood as he looks at her with distain, "And what of it Fr?ulein? You can't progress science without making a bunch of sacrifices. That is how humanity can progress forward."
she looks at him with anger in her eyes. She places the disc tapes into the laptop and press play on the videos that were logged on it.
Test subject 5: Adult
Age: 27
sex: Male
Ethnicity: Caucasian
*The subject walks around the test room anxiously*
"Can you please let me out of here. I didn't do anything. I swear to you."
"Now, now subject number five. You are a criminal, and criminals need to serve their sentences."
"But I already said I'm innocent let me-"
* Gas begins to slowly fill up the room*
"Hey what the fuck?! What are you doing!? Stop!!!"
"Calm down number five, it will only be a moment."
*The test subject begins to pound on the glass furiously*
*After a moment, he begins to cough violently*
*He then begins to claw at his own face to the point of self mutilation*
*He begins to vomit blood and blackish bile*
*After ten minutes of projectile vomiting, he collapses and is presumed deceased*
*After five minutes, the subject begins to rise and twitch vigourously*
*He then proceeds to wail and screech inhumanly as he proceeds to bang on the glass window*
"Fascinating..."
Video Format 35: DNA & RNA Restructuring
"It is without a doubt the components we have made here are beyond my expectations. The gaseous compound we have produced seemed to have also change the behavior of the individual. The gas should have indeed killed them, and yet, it resuscitated them. They feel no pain, no fear, no qualms of missing limbs. The only effect that does seem to affect them is fire. Though more testing needs to be held for further confirmation. The one I am most fascinated is the molecular cellular structure. This compound not only resuscitated them but change their genes as well! We are on the verge of peak human evolution! If we can somehow harness the molecular change, we can be the very first humans to have made super soldiers! Wunderbar!!! Jackson would be most definitely pleased on our findings. But I must test this even further! I have put in a request to block of the section of this city. The bridges exiting out of the city will be tear down for no escape of the subjects. I want to see how this gas affects the city populace. I do feel bad for not telling the rest of them the plan, especially the team I sent to camp Vorkuta. Oh well, maybe they'll give me new reports on the body.
Video Format N/A:
"Sir you realize that some of them are changing!"
"I know! Isn't it wunderbar!"
"No it's not!!! This thing is spreading too fast! Not only is this weapon too dangerous, it's also very Infectious! Bites from them will make you turn into them! That's not what we were creating!"
"Ach, was ist los? Are you afraid of the progress we have made?"
"Progress? Progress!? This isn't fucking progress!!! We were task to make a weapon to control the populace! To deter terrorists and scum! Not create a whole fucking new virus!!!
"The progression of science is not made by walking on eggshells my dear assistant. If you can't see that, then you are no scientist."
"You're a god damn psychopath... we won't stand by and let you continue this maddening project. Jackson will learn about this. And he will have your head for treason."
"Then by all means... go and contact him, I'll be waiting."
*The other scientists leave the room in anger*
*The door shuts behind them locking them out of the old scientist main room*
"Hey what are you doing! Open this door! Open this door now!"
"I'm sorry, but I can't let you interfere with progress..."
*Alarms began to blare as the emergency lights flicked on*
*The doors began to open letting the infected and special infected release*
" Auf Wiedersehen!"
*The scientist began to scream and panic as the infected and mutated infected began tearing apart the scientists*
End of Tape.
Rebecca looks at the tape in horror as she clenches her fist in anger. She walks over towards the old scientist and screams at the top of her lungs as she aims her pistol at him.
"You fucking monster! All of you working for Jackson are all disgusting human fucking beings! It's not enough that you tear apart people's lives, so now you got to make a mass genocidal weapon! I hate every single one of you, you sadistic fucks! You claim to do this to progress science but that's not what I see. All I see, is a power hunger bald headed fuck that wants to see the world end AGAIN!"
he stopped and choked up a bit as she saw a woman with only half of her torso gone. Her face rotting away from however long she has been here. Her ribcage exposed and intestines barely coming out. Everyone groaned in discomfort.
"You fucking monster! All of you working for Jackson are all disgusting human fucking beings! It's not enough that you tear apart people's lives, so now you got to make a mass genocidal weapon! I hate every single one of you, you sadistic fucks! You claim to do this to progress science but that's not what I see. All I see, is a power hunger bald headed fuck that wants to see the world end AGAIN!"
