Soon after settling in, they were given samples of the still-frozen zombie. They were not told where the zombie was held, just that it was in a freezer somewhere in the base.
Work was slow. They needed to take all the precautions necessary. They had no idea of what nature the zombie was. It was here where most of our scientific knowledge of zombies came from.
Nearly five years into the research, they were ready to show the results to their supervisors. Oh, the results! They where astounding!
The source of reanimation was a virus. They called it Мертвые вирус, or the necrovirus. The virus is spread via either saliva or blood. Upon infection with the virus, even with miniscule amounts, causes death within 1-2 hours by cardiac arrest. Then… it acts. Once the victim is dead, the virus only has a few minutes until all the cells die. The virus then infects all the cells in the brain and the nervous system. The DNA itself of the infected cells is changed. A few minutes after that, reanimation occurs.
The reason why the virus is so deadly is that the host has an unappeasable hunger for human brains.
Why this is, we don’t know. Anything that the zombie eats is not digested. It just sits in the stomach until it bursts. Even after that, the zombie’s apatite is unaffected. The zombie doesn’t even seem to notice.
The survival of the zombie has nothing to do with any organs other than their brain. Even after severing all of the limbs of the zombies and removing all of the other major organs, the zombie still tries to feed itself.
After holding one of the zombies unfrozen in a cell for several weeks, they noticed something unusual. The zombie didn’t rot. They took samples and discovered that infected cells secrete a liquid that slows if not halts decay. The liquid is dense, and they made an observation that instead of floating, the reanimated sink in water.
Up until then the scientists had been told what they were doing was for peaceful purposes. But when it came to a point where they knew enough information to make a weapon out of it, they were told to do so. The few scientists who objected to the notion were removed. They were also never seen again. The rest accepted reluctantly.
Years later, they nearly had it ready. Unless something went wrong, the United States would be wiped off the map. Well, something went wrong. Terribly wrong.
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