Death Squad (Book 3): Zombie Nation by Dalton Charlie

Author:Dalton, Charlie [Dalton, Charlie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombies
Published: 2020-02-07T07:00:00+00:00

19.

HAWK

Dr. Archer moved to the terminal and pressed at the buttons. She didn’t look up. “One last chance,” she said. “If you won’t do it for yourself, then do it for me. I don’t want to have to do this to you.”

“Then don’t.”

Her expression broke and for an instant—just an instant—she looked like she didn’t want to do it. Then her resolve reformed.

“You give me no choice, Hawk. I hope you remember that over the ensuing hours and days.”

“I’ll be remembering many things over that time, and not one of them will be you. You always have a choice, doctor. Whatever you choose to do to me, I hope you remember that.”

Dr. Archer’s expression didn’t falter. She’d already put her defenses up. She’d made her decision long before the light above the door blinked green and admitted her into the room. When she’d taken on the job, she knew it might come to this.

“Go ahead, doctor. Do your worst.”

“We’re scientists. We always do our best. And this is our weapon of choice.” She pulled a drawer open and withdrew a thick wad of paper. “Data. Information.”

“You’re going to torture me with the truth?”

“I want you to think inwards,” Dr. Archer said. “Deep inside. To where the Hunger resides. Can you find it? If my calculations are correct, it shouldn’t be too difficult to locate.”

Hawk turned his eyes inwards. He was surprised to find she was right. The cold hardness of Hunger had crept upon him in his desperation. It was right there on the doorstep of his consciousness. Preparing to pounce.

“How?” he said. “You installed the automatic injector. It’s real. It’s been working the past two cycles.”

“It came with a finite supply.”

“You didn’t fill it up?”

Dr. Archer shook her head. “Only enough for a few shots. To give you enough time to come to terms with what you can do. Our calculations turned out to be correct. Two cycles were adequate.”

It was a lot to take in. Hawk began to panic. “You’re willing to lose me if I don’t comply with your demands?”

“We’ve analyzed the data and found there’s little chance of you succumbing fully to the virus. Your mutation prevents you from sliding into deeper darkness. You will still be you, even if only a shred of the original Hawk remains.”

“A shred?”

“You will be conscious while we conduct our tests, but you will have no power over proceedings. You will become a zombie in all but name, locked inside your mind for eternity. We will open your mind once again and control you ourselves. It was never the primary option, but now we are at a loss for how to proceed.”

Hawk would become a vegetable, forced to do what they wanted. Then he would be tossed aside and left to rot. And that was if they felt unduly kind. They could just as easily keep him alive as a zombie for as long as they wished.

A new low.

* * *

“You can’t do this to me! I have my rights!”

“You’re dead.

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