Jill and the Mystery Virus v.2

Jill was completely out of breath, and had to stop to rest. She had spent the day being pursued by some nightmarishly powerful creature, even as she also tried to escape her once home-city that was now crawling with ravenous zombies. This thing was unlike any of the other zombies that she so easily destroyed. It was many times larger than any other zombie, but seemingly just as fast. Unlike any of the other zombies, this one was actually capable of dodging her gunfire and defending itself, and she could swear it even shot a rocket at her while she wasn't looking. The old trick of walking through a door and closing it was also failing, as this one apparently knew how to operate doors. As Jill stood hunched over with her hands on her knees, her chest heaving with each heavy breath, she realized that the creature was dedicated to hunting down S.T.A.R.S. members. She had already seen one comrade fall to its attacks. She could only guess when it would next show up.<br />
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As if in answer to her thoughts, the wall behind Jill abruptly exploded, knocking her down. As she tried to get back up, she turned around just in time to see the creature's giant silhouette, and its massive fist flying straight toward her face, and then darkness...<br />
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The next thing Jill remembered was waking up with the salty taste of blood...her blood...in her mouth. The blood was being absorbed by what was becoming a very unpleasant rag that had been stuffed inside her mouth, muffling her speech, not that there was anyone to talk to at the moment. A throbbing pain reminded her that she had been hit hard in the face not too long ago. She couldn't see it, but the swelling feeling under her eye told Jill that she must have a huge shiner. Only when she tried to touch it did her senses return sufficiently to make her realize that her arms were bound in shackles above her head. She looked up and saw that, while they were fairly rigid shackles, they had some sort of inflatable lining that made them quite snug, almost cutting off her circulation.<br />
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She hadn't noticed him before, but a man in a lab coat, probably a scientist, who had been hidden by the shadows stood up smiled at her.<br />
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"My, my...you and your team have been quite a bit of trouble to our organization. We originally sent Nemesis to just kill all of you, but at the last moment, I had a better idea." he explained.<br />
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The scientist reached into his coat pocket, withdrawing a rather large syringe. Jill's eyes immediately lit up, and she screamed angrily at him, but the blood soaked rag turned her epithets into gibberish. Just moving her jaw to speak sent a searing pain through the side of her head, convincing her to quiet down. Something might just be broken in there.<br />
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"The typical human, when exposed to our bioweapons, becomes a mindless drone, incapable of anything but an aimless pursuit of sustenance. They do seem able to decimate an entire city very rapidly, however. You people have displayed an extraordinary ability to survive against their onslaught, and we just might be able to make use of that."<br />
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Jill heard some stomping, and she could just barely see Nemesis coming forward in the back of the room.<br />
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"Our Nemesis, while quite powerful, does have its flaws, though I'm glad to see you were unable to exploit them. What I have here is an experimental virus...so experimental that we haven't even named it yet. Let's just say it makes T and G look like cough syrup. It is also much safer to handle, as only direct introduction via the blood stream can cause an infection. However, coupled with a human of extraordinary abilities, this virus will produce a being that could snap Nemesis like a twig, yet will be just as obedient to our commands."<br />
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The scientist uncapped the syringe and approached Jill.