Zombie Virus

By Samuel Raven

Zombie Virus is book one in a trilogy of science-fiction stories on the pros and cons of modern day science, its potential pitfalls and a glimpse into a possible future for the human race

Ben excels in the stupidity department, however, he fancies an intelligent girl, Charlie, but she's not interested. She prefers boys who can hold up a decent level of intellectual conversation. When Ben finds a drug that may increase his intellect, he takes it, hoping this will open to the door to Charlie's heart. However, this has disastrous consequences as the virus adapts, causing widespread disease. The only thing that stands between it and the complete annihilation of mankind is a time traveler from the future who only has limited interaction with the present. Can this time traveler help prevent the end of days for humanity whilst at the same time help Ben find true love?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Samuel Raven
• Release date: Nov 9, 2017

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Zombie

Virus

Samuel T Raven

Copyright © 2017 Samuel T. Raven

All rights reserved.

ISBN-13:

978-1974631469

ISBN-10:

197463146X

DEDICATION

To Dad,

Thanks For Your Help and Encouragement

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Many Thanks To

Doug Morrison

&

Wayne R Pinnow

This is Book 1 In A Series Of 3 Books

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Chapter 1

Ben watched in awe as the crazed zombie bit out a chunk of the woman's neck. Crimson blood fountained from the wound. Her body shuddered from the shock. The zombie lapped at the growing pool of blood. Ben winced slightly upon seeing this.

Alex interrupted Ben's concentration, It's five-fifty, I think we should go over the plan again.

Ben stopped the video on his phone and replied, Half an hour to go then.

Dude, you mean twenty minutes? Alex corrected, with his two extra inches of height over Ben.

Ben looked at his watch, Five, ten, fifteen, twenty. Yeah twenty, that's what I meant to say.

I really don’t know how you’ve made it so far through life, said Alex sarcastically, understanding why Ben only just got accepted at University.

Ben replied, with an attempt at some wit, There’s a fine line between stupidity and genius., though admittedly he didn't know which side of the line he was on. He reached inside his pocket and pulled out some well-handled sheets of paper, though in the twilight he couldn’t see what was written on them. Looking at it you wouldn’t have thought it was anything important, but was in fact the culmination of a lot of hard work by the duo.

Do you think we have a chance of doing it in the fastest time? Ben queried Alex, as he zipped his jacket right up to his chin to try keep out the cold morning air.

It took us a good two weeks of planning, so I think we’re in with a chance, replied Alex, It took the power of the university’s computer network three days to come up with a near perfect route.

Two hundred and seventy stations in under fifteen hours and ten minutes will be a push. Let’s hope the planning pays off. added Ben. Ben and his university room mate, Alex, were taking part in The Challenge, with the aim of visiting all stations on the famous London Underground - The Tube - in the fastest time. There was no official prize for doing this, just the kudos of achieving it. Lots of groups had attempted this challenge and the failure rate was quite high, unable to improve on the fastest time which has stood for over four years. Just missing one train connection was enough to prevent a successful completion. Ben and Alex thought they had this nailed - they had an original route no one had tried before. The pair had spent three months, working in their free time, to write a computer program that would generate a new optimal route. This took a lot of work, and challenged their math and computer skills to the limit.

I guess you’re also hoping to score points with Charlie from doing this? asked Alex.

Totally. I have such an amazing crush on her, answered Ben.

I really don’t know what you see in her, replied Alex.

Where do I start? She’s smart, mysterious and easy on the eye, said Ben.

Good luck with that dude! commented Alex.

Charlie was in his biology class, one of three classes that Ben and Alex were studying, the others being Computer Science and Math. He could still remember the first time he saw her; as he reached into his bag to retrieve his class books. She walked in - black leggings, black top, black hair, black nails and black makeup. Ben was instantly mesmerized. To this date though he didn’t know if she even knew if he was alive, let alone in the same biology class as her. She was the type that rarely socialized outside her own clan, with their way of dressing in dark clothing and make-up. One day, Ben told himself, she would know he existed - he just didn’t know when this day would be.

They had been up since four am, to ensure that they were at this station as soon as it opened, catching one of the first trains of the morning meant they could cover a lot of ground quickly, before it started to get busy. Both were suffering from a lack of sleep. It was going to be a long day for the pair, lots of standing around on trains and plenty of running between platforms.

Ben jumped slightly as a whirring noise filled the air. It was a motor that started the shutters at the entrance of the station to rise, filling the area where Ben and Alex were standing with a bright light that cut into the darkness where they were standing - casting long shadows of their legs as it did so. They didn’t wait for the shutter to be fully up, scuttling under it when it was about half-way up. They legged it down several flights of stairs, by passing the escalators, as they would have been slower. As they arrived at the station’s platform, Ben glanced at his watch and the notes that were held