Chapter 73 - Vaccine - Woodlands (1/2)

”A few nights before when I used the scope, I did not just look at the window I felt a presence from, I checked all the other windows apart from it and there were no lights on, not even a small lick of fire from a candle. They could be following a same principle with our protocol on lights but on the other nights I checked, there were still none along with the presence I felt. When we passed by their house, the exhaust fan installed on one of the walls is not working and there were no vehicles parked inside. It could be that someone has broken inside their home and stayed there or they have left it already but a few stayed behind.” I explained.

”W-what if it's a g-ghost or something?” Olivia asked.

I almost rolled my eyes but I said, ”Sorry, but I don't believe in ghosts. Everything must have a scientific explanation. Even this thing that we are facing right now. If this is a supernatural phenomenon which I believe is highly unlikely, we're all f.u.c.k.i.e.d.” I said.

”What if it's a special zombie? Like a flying one?” Kaley said.

”Hmm, that is possible but still unlikely. So far, what we've seen from the movement of the special ones are still possible with the human body. Growing appendages like wings or the like is impossible because once a person goes into the state of undeath, it would be impossible to 'create' something from a decomposing body. We need to learn more from this virus to make even a proper assumption. It would be troubling if we ever have flying ones, we might need to build some sort of netting if that ever happens and levitating ones is not even one I think would exist.” I explained.

”How do you know all this?” Johnny said.

”Oh, it's just a simple conclusion based on my observation. Anyway, I think we really should drop by that house later yeah?” I said.

”Damn kid, we really should be sending you to work with the scientists in Davao, you might be the one to solve this thing.” Oscar said.

I smiled and finished my cup of chocolate-coffee.

”Impossible old man, there are more things that they know that I don't. I just remember stuff and that's it.” I said.

”Don't downplay your head kid, you really could be a scientist or something.” he replied.

”Hah! Too late now eh?” I replied while chuckling.

”Well, if it was you Sky, what would you do to fix this thing?” Kaley asked.

”If I have the knowledge and the know-how, with our technology, I could say the way is to not create a simple cure. I think I'll make something like a vaccine of some sort that even if we get bitten, we'd still be fine.” I said.

”Isn't that a cure then?” Johnny said.

”A simple cure will just remove the virus outright but a vaccine will grant you immunity to it. The virus still exists but it does nothing to us.” I explained.

”What difference does it make?” Johnny asked.

”Hmm, I haven't shown you the files from our first meeting before. The earliest one I found about this thing is from 3 years ago. It didn't even look like what we have now and that means that this virus that we have is evolving to a different one eventually. Back to the cure and vaccine talk, if we cure someone from it, what if the person got infected again with a different strand? The vaccine I want to make, if I could, should also evolve with time with the virus.” I said.

”W-wait, you lost me there. I thought we were trying to get rid of this thing, why are we living with it now?” he replied.

”Think about it, in a few years' time we won't know what it'll be like. Better make something that would grow with it to contain it than make a cure over and over for a different type. Oh, it's almost 7:00 AM, let's talk about this more later.” I said.

”My head. Oh, my little head.” Russel said.

We loaded up first and we brought the truck outside. It's the same group of people and I rode on the back with the others. We first went back to the pharmacy that we opened yesterday to sweep the place with all of the available medicine and other supplies. We brought extra bags for now so we could carry them much easily instead of piling them over each other like last time.

”Where do we go next?” my uncle said.