COD: The First One's Story

Chapter 5: The Hellhounds

Verrückt Trailer

John

That's it. It's over.

Smokey

No, it ain't over. This is just the beginning.

Two of the Marines died. The third, named Smokey, also died, and Element 115 reanimated his body. John "Banana" was the fourth Marine. He claimed his friends liked to call him "Banana". He decapitated the zombified Smokey and was appalled that he kept coming at him. John's mind deteriorated due to some combination of all of the mental stress of zombies and his comrades dying as well as the Element 115 affecting his mind. He wrote several limericks as well as a recording while trying to survive against the zombies before he too died.

Revelations Radio 1

John

Field report. A quiet retort. The mission has all gone south.

It's Johnny here. Smokey is near. Most likely with meat in his mouth.

We've been here for ages. I ran out of pages. But now I have a mic to record.

The mission has failed. McCain must have bailed. And now we must fight off a horde.

We came to Verrückt. With low ammo and luck. And now Smokey's lost his head.

We went down the halls. They bit Smokey's b*lls. And now he walks with the dead.

They call me Banana. I worked at a Cabana. I rhyme to keep myself sane.

Though Smokey is dead. I'm holding his head. Which right now is eating my brain.

Call of the Dead Radio 3

Richtofen

Log Entry 1473. Date: September 17, 1945. Dear diary, today-

Tank

Get your hands off me, you d*mn, dirty Nazi!

Richtofen

Uh-oh, this doesn't look good.

Tank

That's right. You want some of this? I'm taking you home in bags, freak! [Gets beaten]

Richtofen

Nein! I don't think so, American!

Tank

[Gets beaten] Okay, ow.

Richtofen

I suppose this must be the replacement specimen. Time to get to work!

Tank

I can still hear you.

Richtofen

Hit him again with the stick!

On September 17, 1945, Richtofen began his tests on his new American test subject, Tank, alongside his other test subjects at the Siberian outpost.

Call of the Dead Radio 4

Richtofen

Log Entry 1474. Date: September 20, 1945. Dear diary, it would seem that the OSS realized that we captured one of their spies. They tried to send a rescue team into Verrückt that was [static] first batch of test subjects. [Laughs] I suspect that there are others more in the organization, Dr. Harvey Yena and Dr. Peter McCain, to be precise. Dr. Maxis [static] any Americans in Group 935, no matter how much genius they held. Stupid Americans and their apple pies and baseball and children, but I digress. The new American test subject is interesting and muscley. His intellect seems low, but his will is strong. Like the others, he doesn't seem to know who he is anymore. Unlike the others, he keeps breaking the restraints and yelling at me. Test subject N3WB is still staring at the floor, muttering what sounds like some kind of proverb over and over again. I think his mind may been destroyed by the process. Oh well. The Russian subject has recently begun responding to stimuli, but only after injecting him with a new serum made primarily from vodka. Perhaps this is a breakthrough in the-