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officially referred to as Site Alpha One, by the way—not ‘Apocalypse Island’ as the media liked to call us—and was once a successful scientific research site. I’m only the head of security, of course, so even I don’t know everything that goes on here, but the scientists who work here are all leaders in their fields. There are only a handful of those scientists left now.
    “The virus that created the zombies began at Site Alpha Two, our sister site on the mainland. It spread from there to the general population and also to this island. We had staff moving back and forth between the sites, so it was inevitable the virus would find its way here.
    “The interior of this building is clear now, but we have a few zombies and hybrids in the woods. The vaccine that was given to the army, the one that you and your friends have taken, was developed at Alpha Two. We were all injected with it, and then our hybrid problem began. Personnel started wandering off into the woods, wanting to be left alone. They were changing into hybrids, of course. That’s what the virus does to people who have been vaccinated.”
    “I know,” I said.
    He grinned, but it was humorless. “Yes, of course you do. So here’s the problem, Alex. The scientists here can manufacture an antivirus that halts the process of hybridization. Give it to someone who is turning into a hybrid, and it stops the process completely. It inhibits the reaction between the virus and the vaccine or it makes the vaccine stronger or something. I’m no scientist, so I can’t give you all the chemical data. Not that you’d understand it anyway.”
    “You said there was a problem?” I said, wanting him to get to the point.
    “Hmm, yes.” He nodded. “The problem is that there’s a chemical they need in order to manufacture the antivirus, called H1NZ1. It’s something they synthesized at Alpha Two. We had a supply here, but there was an incident in one of our labs and the supply was destroyed. This was before the building was clear of zombies. One of our scientists tried to protect himself from an attack and ended up setting fire to the lab he was in. Bloody idiot. The entire lab was burned out, and with it, all of our H1NZ1.
    “So there’s no way we can make any of the antivirus that Lucy needs until we have more of that chemical.”
    He sat back in his chair, waiting for my answer.
    What choice did I have? If I didn’t do what he wanted, Lucy would turn. I would do anything to prevent that, even if it meant going to the mainland.
    “I’ll get it for you,” I said.

Chapter Four
    A ghost of a smile flickered across Hart’s lips. “I knew you’d agree, Alex.”
    Something about the situation didn’t make sense; he had armed and trained employees, so why was he asking me to go and get the chemical they needed? “If you need this chemical so badly, why haven’t you sent your own people to get it?” I asked.
    The smile disappeared from his face and he leaned forward, lowering his voice. “I’m not in charge here, Alex. The director of this facility has decided that obtaining the H1NZ1 isn’t a priority for us. She’s more focused on other things like clearing the island, and rebuilding our labs. There’s a lot of damage to clean up from when we had zombies in here. We were fighting them in the building and a lot of the labs were destroyed in the process.
    “So until this site is fully functional, the director isn’t interested in anything else. She told me only this afternoon that it’s too early for us to even think of salvaging materials from Site Alpha Two.”
    “Salvaging?” I asked. “You make it sound like Alpha Two is in ruins.”
    He shook his head. “No, not in ruins. Well, not physically anyway. We flew over there in our helicopters last week to take a look. The fences were still intact, the building still standing. But what it’s like inside is anyone’s guess. They had a zombie problem, same as us.
    “After the zombie outbreak,