"Then what does he want with me? What's inside me?"
"He got all of our research," Ron said, "including the cure. And while we were sure that our cure worked, it was still in a rudimentary form. We were working on an advancement of it, something that would've been ten times better. We were right on the verge of it when we were shut down, and that's something that Glass doesn't have. He needs you."
"For what?" she demanded. "Out with it!"
He leaned in close and spoke quietly. "Sarah, don't you see? The zombie virus, or cancer of any kind, if you will, doesn't affect you. You're immune."
"What?"
"You're the only one I've ever found who has this natural ability in you. The reason why that bite on your arm didn't turn you into a zombie is because the cancer it imparted in you is already gone; your advanced genetic ability already destroyed it. All you have is a nasty cut on your arm. It's why I'm still alive. When I found you months ago, I did it to keep an eye on you, because I needed your genetic material. And when you were recovered from that factory and out of it for a few days, I took some samples from you and created a rudimentary cure. It wasn't enough yet to finally make that breakthrough that we were on the verge of, but it's enough to save the body from an attack of invading cells from a zombie bite and stop the process of turning into one of them. That's how I saved myself that day after I was bitten. I had a sample that I made and carried around for just such an occasion."
"So what do you want me for?" Sarah asked. "If you already took the samples you needed from me, what importance do I still have?"
"We have the samples, but not the equipment. We need you alive and healthy to keep extracting fresh samples from you once we finish acquiring everything we need."
"Who's we?" she asked.
"The entire team of scientists who developed the cancer cure in the first place with me. We all managed to get away from Glass's attack. We knew what he was doing, and after he unleashed his zombies on the world, we stayed underground and hidden so he couldn't find us or know who we were if he stumbled across one of us. But ever since then, we've been quietly working in a hidden location to finally achieve what we failed to do so many years ago. That's why I told you you can't tell a soul any of this information. One datum of intel fallen into the wrong hands could spell our demise."
Sarah swallowed hard. It was an enormous amount to process all at once, and she fidgeted uncomfortably in her chair as the rain pounded on the window next to them. "What were you trying to achieve before Glass stopped you?" she asked.
"We call it the Eden Project," Ron said.
"The Eden Project? What is it?"
A crack of lightning flashed and a boom of thunder rattled the cabin, making the flame of the candle flicker violently.
"Originally, it was total recovery and immunity from disease. But now it means no longer will we only have the ability to stop someone from turning into a zombie if they get bitten. What it means is that we'll be able to turn every zombie back into their normal, human form. Sarah, it means we're going to save the world."
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Other books in the Zombie Apocalypse Series:
The Fall of Man
A Rising Tide
Ashes in the Mouth
In Shadows
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The Eden Project
Jeff DeGordick is a horror and post-apocalyptic novelist currently living in southern Ontario, Canada. Writing stories was his first passion as a child, but he's also had forays into testing and designing videos games for a living, and a very brief career as a cook.
He began writing in 1994 at age seven, embarking on a long journey of spinning strange and sometimes gruesome tales, penning many short stories and partial novels as a hobby, including a published novel and short story on Amazon under a pen name.
Currently, he's continuing work on the Zombie Apocalypse Series and sowing the seeds for a new horror series in the not-so-distant future.
Table of Contents
Copyright
Foreword
1. Trapped
2. Transmissions
3. Regrouping
4. Deadly Alliance
5. Axel
6. Old Memories
7. Convoy
8. Hideaway
9. Vengeance
10. Prisoner Swap
11. Recruiting
12. Interrogation
13. Return to the Bridge
14. Hammered
15. Through the Flames
16. Cinders
17. The Plan
18. Loading
19. Unloading
20. Scourge of Evil
21. Escape
22. Debriefing
Afterword
About the Author
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