Dead Science: A Zombie Anthology by Anthology

Author:Anthology [Anthology]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Horror, Short Stories, +AA
Publisher: A.P. Fuchs
Published: 2011-12-18T09:28:32+00:00

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"So it's not a virus?" he asked Becca as the two of them stood over the corpse of the second bleeder in her lab.

"No, not in the normal sense, at least. If it were, I would have the C.D.C. here on their way whether you wanted them or not. There's . . . something in his blood stream. I know that for sure but as to what it is, your guess is as good as mine. It's like something from a cheap sci-fi film."

"Mind if I take a look?"

"Knock yourself out," Becca said, gesturing to a microscope on one of the nearby tables. "I have a sample set up over there."

Gregory peered into the magnified blood cells. "What are those things? They look like tiny, little robots."

"Nano-bots. Yeah, I know." She seemed to agree with the apparent look of shock on his face. "They appear to be repairing the blood cells but altering them in the process."

"Well, the good news is it's not a virus. This means the thing with the bleeding isn't contagious right?"

"Not entirely," she said. "They seem to be multiplying in the blood sample even though it's dead. If a batch of them crossed to another person through an open wound, in theory, they'd infect that person as well, growing in numbers inside them just like they did in the original host. That black taint to the host's blood that we've seen is actually the nano-bots themselves grown so great in number their color is visible to the naked eye."

"Is it likely they'd spread like that?"

"I don't have a clue what those things really are much less whether or not they'll spread, though I do think they could. All I have is theories. Nanotech on this level is supposed to be years away from even testing. I can tell you, though, that a host infected with them will become violent and insane from the amount of pain they'd be experiencing from the nano-bots' tinkering inside them." Becca paused. "You need to get some rest. You were going nonstop before this case landed in your lap. From what I hear, you don't have a single real lead yet."

"I do now," Gregory said. "No rest for the wicked. Besides, whoever made these things needs to be stopped now, not tomorrow."

"You're not a superhero," she said. "There can't be too many places in the city where someone can get the materials to make something like these things, and whoever created them has to have an advanced scientific background. Let me check around. I have some friends at the university. I'll get Carlson on this, too. You, Detective, you go home. That's an order." She smiled.

"Yes, Mom," Gregory shot back, knowing he was defeated.

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