When the zombie outbreak started in China, many scientists were brought in from all over the world to study the cause. A Japanese scientist, named Kojira DeSoto just kinda showed up unannounced. He seemed to know an awful lot about the zombies. He didn't want to talk about it though, so he volunteered for wall duty a lot. The bus drove him the 200 miles from the walls of Xi' an to the Great Wall of China so that he could patrol the wall with a rifle and defend the city from zombies.
This left the scientific team, led by Darion Morris, his assistant, Liam Moor and two other scientists named Jasmine Basmati and Thadduceus Horowitz to figure out what they could about the zombies. All they could squeeze out of Kojira was that the zombies were attracted to the smell of fear. That was how they knew the living from the dead.
Jasmine was a beautiful young female scientist from India who specialized in animal behavior. Thadduceus was a middle-aged Greek scientist who studied mental disorders. Darion was an American scientist from Arizona who was familiar with many infectious diseases. Liam was an Irish kid straight out of college who was really just an apprentice under Darion's tutelage.
As usual, they were all gathered around a table for their daily brainstorm session. Jasmine had come up with a brilliant idea of extracting the smell of fear from volunteers and using it to turn the terra cotta army into a distraction tactic against any potential zombie infiltration. The only problem is, how the hell do you extract the smell of fear from somebody?
Dirty chop sticks and empty plates sat around. "How can these people eat Chinese food every day?" complained Liam, sitting with his feet up on the table.
"To them, it's not Chinese food, it's just food. Now will you stop thinking about the food and try to help us keep from becoming food for the recently reanimated deceased?" suggested Darion.
"Look man, you wanna extract the smell of fear from people, why don't you just make them afraid and hot at the same time? Collect their sweat and call it a day."
Darion, Jasmine and Thadduceus exchanged glances with each other across the table. None of them could come up with a suitable hole in his theory. "That's actually pretty good," complemented Thadduceus.
"Shit. Y'all trying to be all scientific and shit. I'll even be your guinea pig. Bring it on."
With that, the team devised a system that was crude, but workable. They had five captured zombies chained to a wall in a room. They turned off the air conditioning in the room and put Liam in with them. He had been given a lot of water to drink. As soon as he was near them, they were all reaching for him and trying to grab him. The scientists watched with some measure of pleasure as he broke out into a sweat as he frantically avoided the reaching hands. After fewer than ten minutes, he was let out of the room.
Sweat was skimmed off his skin using special tools and it was collected into a vial. His theory still needed to be tested so they asked him what he would do.
"Do I have to do everything around here? You just take two tennis balls. Rub some of my sweat on one of them, then roll both of them into the room with the damn zombies. Make sure you can tell the two apart visually. If the zombies go after the one we know to have my sweat on it, we'll know my idea works."
It was simple and decidedly unscientific, but it would work. They did as he said and the zombies tore up the tennis ball with Liam's sweat on it while completely ignoring the other one. They had a working theory on their hands and there was no time to waste in implementing it.
Not to be outdone by a punk kid from America, Thadduceus volunteered to be next. They put him into the room and, as expected, the zombies were reaching for him. Unexpectedly, one of them was able to break free. It grabbed Thadduceus and sank its disease infected teeth into his fleshy throat. The scientists outside the room knew there was nothing they could do for him. They could only watch in horror as he thrashed about. His eyes were frantically pleading for help, though his vocal cords could no longer function.
Seeing that the other scientists had abandoned him, Thadduceus flew into a rage. Still spewing blood everywhere, he grabbed the key from his pocket and unlocked the other four zombies. He used a length of chain to shatter the observation window. This was his final act before he was overpowered and devoured.
Darion and Liam ran out of the building. Jasmine was lost in the shuffle of people trying to figure out what to do with five escaped zombies. They were scientists, not soldiers.
There were regular guards posted on the walls of Xi' an. Liam was roommates with the current guard on watch over the gate to the city. He wanted nothing but to get out because he thought the city was doomed. He and Darion approached the guard. "What's up, roomie?"
The guard pointed his rifle at them. "What are you doing here, Liam. You know you're not allowed to leave the city."
Somehow, a fire had started at the laboratory, which set off the fire alarm. The guard looked at the building to see what was happening. Liam used this temporary distraction to make a break for it. Darion followed him because he knew the danger of the escaped zombies. The guard turned around and shot his rifle. The shot went all the way through Darion's thigh. He managed to duck behind a rock. He and Liam were able to use the large rock as a blockage to disguise their escape.
Back at the laboratory, the zombies had bitten several people on their way out of the building. Jasmine was one of them. Many of the people of the city had shown up to investigate the cause of the alarm. The zombies were able to get them as well.
By this time, Thadduceus had come back to life. He was patient zero in a new outbreak. This was the beginning of the end for a city that had been the safe haven for many. As the numbers shrank on the one side, they grew on the other. Many fought valiantly, but eventually they all joined the greater number.
This left the scientific team, led by Darion Morris, his assistant, Liam Moor and two other scientists named Jasmine Basmati and Thadduceus Horowitz to figure out what they could about the zombies. All they could squeeze out of Kojira was that the zombies were attracted to the smell of fear. That was how they knew the living from the dead.
Jasmine was a beautiful young female scientist from India who specialized in animal behavior. Thadduceus was a middle-aged Greek scientist who studied mental disorders. Darion was an American scientist from Arizona who was familiar with many infectious diseases. Liam was an Irish kid straight out of college who was really just an apprentice under Darion's tutelage.
As usual, they were all gathered around a table for their daily brainstorm session. Jasmine had come up with a brilliant idea of extracting the smell of fear from volunteers and using it to turn the terra cotta army into a distraction tactic against any potential zombie infiltration. The only problem is, how the hell do you extract the smell of fear from somebody?
Dirty chop sticks and empty plates sat around. "How can these people eat Chinese food every day?" complained Liam, sitting with his feet up on the table.
"To them, it's not Chinese food, it's just food. Now will you stop thinking about the food and try to help us keep from becoming food for the recently reanimated deceased?" suggested Darion.
"Look man, you wanna extract the smell of fear from people, why don't you just make them afraid and hot at the same time? Collect their sweat and call it a day."
Darion, Jasmine and Thadduceus exchanged glances with each other across the table. None of them could come up with a suitable hole in his theory. "That's actually pretty good," complemented Thadduceus.
"Shit. Y'all trying to be all scientific and shit. I'll even be your guinea pig. Bring it on."
With that, the team devised a system that was crude, but workable. They had five captured zombies chained to a wall in a room. They turned off the air conditioning in the room and put Liam in with them. He had been given a lot of water to drink. As soon as he was near them, they were all reaching for him and trying to grab him. The scientists watched with some measure of pleasure as he broke out into a sweat as he frantically avoided the reaching hands. After fewer than ten minutes, he was let out of the room.
Sweat was skimmed off his skin using special tools and it was collected into a vial. His theory still needed to be tested so they asked him what he would do.
"Do I have to do everything around here? You just take two tennis balls. Rub some of my sweat on one of them, then roll both of them into the room with the damn zombies. Make sure you can tell the two apart visually. If the zombies go after the one we know to have my sweat on it, we'll know my idea works."
It was simple and decidedly unscientific, but it would work. They did as he said and the zombies tore up the tennis ball with Liam's sweat on it while completely ignoring the other one. They had a working theory on their hands and there was no time to waste in implementing it.
Not to be outdone by a punk kid from America, Thadduceus volunteered to be next. They put him into the room and, as expected, the zombies were reaching for him. Unexpectedly, one of them was able to break free. It grabbed Thadduceus and sank its disease infected teeth into his fleshy throat. The scientists outside the room knew there was nothing they could do for him. They could only watch in horror as he thrashed about. His eyes were frantically pleading for help, though his vocal cords could no longer function.
Seeing that the other scientists had abandoned him, Thadduceus flew into a rage. Still spewing blood everywhere, he grabbed the key from his pocket and unlocked the other four zombies. He used a length of chain to shatter the observation window. This was his final act before he was overpowered and devoured.
Darion and Liam ran out of the building. Jasmine was lost in the shuffle of people trying to figure out what to do with five escaped zombies. They were scientists, not soldiers.
There were regular guards posted on the walls of Xi' an. Liam was roommates with the current guard on watch over the gate to the city. He wanted nothing but to get out because he thought the city was doomed. He and Darion approached the guard. "What's up, roomie?"
The guard pointed his rifle at them. "What are you doing here, Liam. You know you're not allowed to leave the city."
Somehow, a fire had started at the laboratory, which set off the fire alarm. The guard looked at the building to see what was happening. Liam used this temporary distraction to make a break for it. Darion followed him because he knew the danger of the escaped zombies. The guard turned around and shot his rifle. The shot went all the way through Darion's thigh. He managed to duck behind a rock. He and Liam were able to use the large rock as a blockage to disguise their escape.
Back at the laboratory, the zombies had bitten several people on their way out of the building. Jasmine was one of them. Many of the people of the city had shown up to investigate the cause of the alarm. The zombies were able to get them as well.
By this time, Thadduceus had come back to life. He was patient zero in a new outbreak. This was the beginning of the end for a city that had been the safe haven for many. As the numbers shrank on the one side, they grew on the other. Many fought valiantly, but eventually they all joined the greater number.
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