THE DARK ROOM

At first, the only species that seemed to be infected by the Q-21 Zombie virus was Homo Sapiens, until more and more animals joined in.

As long as it was not completely eaten by the carrier of the virus, the host would rise as a new carrier of the virus, ready to join in the mindless fray that prompted them to attack and eat, leaving whatever was left with enough life to continue, and whatever died in the process to die. As a result, every animal in Middlestown that was still alive despite being bitten only became like the rest of the zombies — a carrier to spread the virus, and the numbers got so high that there were up to 10,000 of them.

This was the very demographic that the person in the dark room was looking at hours before the zombies started to advance towards the border, the only source of brightness within this dark place coming from the glow of the large computer screen.

The numbers still made him smile.

10,000 carriers of his newly invented virus, which was going to stun t