Zero Hour
Zero Hour
“He felt himself growing impatient as the man completed the scan and studied the results on the laptop that the device was hooked up to. ‘Well?’ he snapped at the frightened medic. ‘The process of cellular decay is becoming more rapid,’ the man replied. ‘At current rates you will need to find a new host in less than forty-eight hours.’ He had been in this body for less than twelve hours and already it was starting to weaken as the Animus fluid poisoned his cells. He was able to slow the corrupti...on’s progress but he could not stop it. ‘Why is it getting faster?’ Overlord demanded. ‘We’re not sure, sir,’ the medic replied. ‘The notes that we retrieved from Doctor Creed’s laboratory in Brazil suggest that the only time any host has suffered no ill effects from prolonged exposure to Animus was when it was introduced into the Malpense boy’s system.’ ‘Are you any closer to perfecting a variant of the second-generation fluid that would be able to support my consciousness?’ ‘I’m afraid not,’ the medic said nervously.MoreLess
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