Dext of the Dead (Book 4): We Are The Extinction by Kuhn Steve

Author:Kuhn, Steve [Kuhn, Steve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: zombies
Publisher: Books of the Dead Press
Published: 2014-06-05T04:00:00+00:00

Entry 129

Chalmers filled us in on his conversation with Kylee a short while after we were urged to leave them alone. I still don’t know how any of this makes sense. Before today, I would have been confident in saying that nothing surprised me anymore, but this little bit of news did.

Kylee was left in the quarantine infirmary with Clint for reasons that would soon become clear when Chalmers exited alone to meet us out front. He was fidgeting nervously, and it was obvious that there was a lot on his mind. It was written all over him in that, for a relatively young man, his face held a grim and defeated expression. “I’ve just told Kylee that her husband is alive and here at the facility. She’s going with Clint to see him,” he said cautiously.

With the exception of Murphy, we stood there silently, mouths agape. For Hook, the shock of the news came due to the fact that he didn’t even know Kylee was married in the first place. To the others, there was almost happiness for her. Let’s be honest; every one of us would be elated to find out that we had surviving relatives. Hell, not only was Kylee’s husband alive, he was here! What an amazing reunion that would be for her or any of us. I had my own thoughts on it, but I’ll share that later. Suffice it to say that I was less than convinced about the validity of the statement after Kylee’s story about his funeral service and so on.

Chalmers went on to explain that Don’s death was faked because of his usefulness as a test subject for the colonel’s plans. What no one expected was the effect of a child in this equation. Chalmers was still baffled at the fact that Kylee could survive being bitten, especially since Don was the only one thus far to have shown this trait. Murphy stepped in at this point and cleared that up.

“She was carrying his baby. Remember how I told you that back in my days studying the Spark it manifests differently in fetal stages? I’ve been giving that some serious thought. It looks like we may have found the missing link. Morofsky hasn’t been successful in any of the transfusions of fluids from Don into new hosts. However, Kylee carried his child, and suddenly she was showing some of his immunities. The baby was the key. Well, it’s a lead anyway…”

It made sense. Nature has a way of making things work. I asked the first thing that came to mind. “You plan on breeding them? You seriously plan on having them make babies to test on?”

Chalmers frowned. “No,” he said bluntly. “I won’t be a part of that. My hands are dirty enough already. I refuse to allow that type of thing to happen to children. I mean, it was bad enough what we did to Subject Sevent—er… Don.”

Murphy scratched his chin and suggested, “We don’t have to. We have blood and tissue samples coming out of our ears from both Kylee and Don at this point.

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