62 (1/2)
4:07 PM – Central Business Park, Pasay City, Research Building
At the far corner south west of the Central Business Park, there was a several story building that was converted into a research laboratory. Here, the elites of research that majorly focused on medicine and microbiology was gathered to research for the possible cure and to research the nature of whatever was causing the outbreak.
In the lounge of the building there was a middle-aged man who was eating with his two young assistants. His name was Isaach Co, a half-Chinese biology professor in the University of the Philippines six years ago. He was known as the crazy professor due to his high immersion on his research back then when he was teaching.
It was six years ago that he was taken in by the government to research a confidential and valuable specimen and thus, he worked under the government until now.
Isaach was about to finish his food when someone he knew entered the building. He smiled and waved towards the visitor.
”Hey! General, aren't you too early? Don't tell me you didn't sleep.”
The person who entered was the highest officer in this evacuation area, Gen. Miguel Perez, who was followed by several of his men.
The general ordered the people following him to wait at the entrance and walked towards the professor.
”I already slept for a few hours Prof. Isaach. I think, it's you who did not sleep at all.”
”Right! I did not sleep at all! See this?”
The professor pointed at his unfinished food.
”You think this is breakfast? I just had the time to eat dinner!”
He grumbled. But towards his grumble the general just laughed.
”Well then professor, with that all-nighter I'm sure you gathered a lot of information right?”
”Miguel, can we stop it?”
”You started it, Isaach.”
The two men laughed as they clasped their right hands and bumped their shoulders.
This showed the close brotherhood between the two. They were highschool classmates who both did their best in their fields and rose to success.
”You want my report right? Just let me finish my food. By the way, these two are my assistants. The young lady is Nia and the young man is Allen.”
The professor pointed at his assistants who were sitting at the opposite side of the table. The two assistants bowed their heads slightly in acknowledgement. There was no reason to introduce the general as they already knew who he was.
***
After eating his very late dinner, Prof. Isaach together with his assistants brought Gen. Miguel towards his office.
”Nia, get the reports in the other room. Allen, turn on the monitors.”
As they stepped into the office, the General saw several flat screen monitors hung on the wall beside the door, a large office desk and several cabinets filled with cluttered files and books. These were Prof. Isaach insisted on bringing away from his private laboratory.
The two assistants immediately followed the Professor's instructions with high efficiency.
Prof. Isaach then sat on the chair behind the desk and waved at the General to come in. Then, Nia, who went into a door opposite of the office entrance came back holding several file folders and neatly lined the folders on the desk.
”Here are the reports you wanted.”
The Professor pointed his open palm towards the folders on the desk.
”Why are the reports separated?”
”Information about the pathogen, infected mutants, human mutants and miscellaneous stuff from left to right.”
The general then moved the folders into one stack and put it at the side of the desk. He looked at the Professor and seriously asked.
”Isaach, I want to ask your opinion about what is happening right now.”
”You want my opinion?”
He looked back at the general with a skeptical look.
”The earth is doomed!”