Take Us Back (1D)

The CDC

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"Come with me," the man says and we follow closely behind. We pass through the dark hallway huddled closely together.

"So what's your name?" Harry speaks up.

"Dr. Jenner." He continues forward with a limp. We continue through the hallway in silence except for the few whispers from Louis. As we enter the elevator, Dr.Jenner presses the intercom button saying, "Vi, turn off the lights on levels one through three."

"Who is that?" Louis asks.

"Oh, that's Vi." He replies with pride.

"Where is everyone?" Liam questions.

"They all left. It's just me."

"Just you? What about Vi?" I ask as the doors slide open. He limps out of the elevator before sighing.

"I- well Vi is a computer automated voice. It stands for Virtual Intelligence. We're the only one's left of the CDC." And with those words, all hope fleeted.

"You're kidding, right? I mean, it was the CDC's duty to find a cure for this thing! There has to be at least a prototype vaccine!" Louis' voice expresses anger, frustration and sadness.

"Sadly, no." Dr. Jenner leads us into a large circular room with large computer screens and white desks. "Many of the scientists here ran straight to their families. I don't know if they're okay but i highly doubt it. Most people were gone but a few of us stayed behind, determined to find a cure. I was one of those doctors. I called my wife of course to make sure she was okay." Dr.Jenner looks down in sadness.

"So what have you guys figured out?" Liam asks.

"Vi, turn on time lapse for subject 8 on the main screen." A blue image of a human neck and head pops up on the screen. "This is someone who was infected by the virus. They volunteered to be a test subject who's results would be put towards a cure. Vi, show time lapse of hours up to thirteen."

The brain starts out alive, with white blobs everywhere representing the electricity of the brain. Slowly but surely, the image changes. The white blobs slowly fade and the brain is lifeless. The nerves are dead. Soon, a black and red blob starts to kindle in the brain stem.

"What is that!?" Harry says, astounded.

"That, that is the disease." He says as we watch intently. The red and black cloud of disease doesn't seem to change. "That was subject 8's brain over the time of thirteen hours. He was sixty years old. It took another seven hours for the body to reanimate again." Dr.Jenner looks at our shocked faces and sighs, fiddling with his lab coat. "Vi, bring up time lapse of subject 19."

Another blue image of a human skull appears on-screen.

"This is subject 19. She was fourty years old, no children, a husband. Vi, play time lapse up to hour five." Dr.Jenner starts to get clammy as the image starts to change. The image starts with the same white streaks of electricity. The lights quickly go out by hour four, unlike the other man. Within a few seconds, the same red and black cloud appears in the brain stem. It grows to a larger cloud in circumference, yet it never flows through the brain's nerves.

"Why doesn't the disease go to the nerves?" Zayn asks.

"The disease tends to stay within the brain stem. The brain stem controlls all movement of the body. This is why the...what do you call them?"

"Walkers."

"This is why the 'walkers' shuffle around and chase after food, but do not spark any memories. The person they once were is gone forever."