Free The Great War (Surviving the Zombie Nightmare Book 5) by Daniel White Page A

thank you for your support.”
    Peyton Terry giggled, “Trying journey? What has it been Isaiah; two weeks you’ve been working on this? Jesus, take a breather if you need one, now.” A few laughs sprang up from the high ranking soldiers in the room but they stopped after Dr. Cain glanced at them.
    Dr. Isaiah knew he had been laying it down a little thick so he didn’t mind the jab by Terry. He did spare a glance at him before nodding at Dr. Cain, “Thank you once again. Now, if you will pardon my bluntness and remain silent, I will get to the evidence of the breakthrough you are all here to see.” He directed his gaze towards Terry at the end of his statement. Though Terry didn’t seem all that impressed or worried, he did nod and wink which Isaiah took to mean that he would shut up and listen.
    “Direct your attention to the three glass enclosures across the far wall,” Dr. Isaiah instructed. While everyone else started studying the see-through cages he mentioned, he was looking back at them. “You will notice the first enclosure holds a zombie-demon crossbreed. The subject is strapped into a vertical holding cell. By glancing at the next two enclosures you will notice what appears to be the exact same thing; a crossbreed strapped into a vertical holding cell. You were all probably warned at one time or another that appearances can be deceiving. This is just such a case. Allow me to show you what I mean.”
    Dr. Isaiah picked up a sleek remote that only had a few buttons and pressed a combination of buttons. Suddenly the holding cell in the first enclosure released and the zombie-demon stumbled out. Isaiah kept his attention on the zombie but spoke loudly to the room. “You will notice, at least some of you might notice that subject one is showing more uncertainty in his movements than the crossbreeds usually do. This is only because of his being strapped into the holding cell for so long. He should regain his bearings fairly quickly.” Even as Isaiah was finishing the statement the zombie crossbreed suddenly squared his shoulders and began looking curiously around his surroundings.
    “This is a two-way mirror so the subject cannot see us. He is however; smart enough to realize that he is looking into a mirror. That is a critical point to note. He is trying to figure out what his situation is before he moves. We will now move on to subject two.” Dr. Isaiah pressed another code in and the second zombie crossbreed subject was freed from his enclosed prison.
    As soon as the zombie’s feet hit the floor and he started moving, he charged forward wildly and slammed into the wall of the enclosure. Most of the people in Dr. Isaiah’s little audience jumped back at that and he smiled widely. Inside the enclosure the zombie continued to slam his hands against the wall and was moving his head around wildly. When he moved away from the wall he stumbled around aimlessly before seeing himself in another mirrored wall and charging towards his reflection again.
    Dr. Isaiah turned towards his crowd of interested people, “The second subject has been so confused by his captivity that his brain, damaged as it clearly is by the zombie virus and the updates to the virus, cannot make sense of his surroundings. Therefore he is simply acting like a base level zombie and will probably do so for a long time. In a battlefield situation, this would clearly make him of no use at all. It is something we have seen a lot of in the zombie-demons. If they are stunned or surprised by some method of attack, their cognitive abilities become lacking with the exception of a very small few who find their way out of the confusion the way subject one has done. So, both of these subjects are acting in a normal zombie-demon manner.”
    “Hold on,” a male voice said from behind him, “If they are both behaving in a completely different way, how could they both be acting normally?”
    Dr. Isaiah looked around to a high-ranking soldier whose name he