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bolts securing the hasps could be turned with a little effort and a strong wrench. One by one the bolts spun off and finally after an hour all the hasps were free. The lid was still stuck to the bottom section but a rubber mallet finally dislodged it. Strauss gently lifted the lid and saw that the contents were covered in a sort of heavy padding. The interior was dry to the touch and Strauss began to remove section after section of padding to finally reveal four vials, three of which had some sort of aerosol device on top of them. There were no markings on the vials and no one could imagine what they might contain. Rather than leave the contents as it rested, Strauss decided to remove one vial so the group could further examine it and try to determine its purpose. The vial was a sort of canister constructed of metal and the top appeared to be some sort of dispersal device. The group said that this was definitely not what anyone had expected and that perhaps they should leave everything as is and call the authorities. After several minutes of debate the group finally decided that Strauss would call the FBI and have someone come down to examine the item. Although everyone was a bit disappointed by the box’s contents, Strauss said the box itself would be a nice addition to the museum, provided the authorities returned it to him. Gary and Reed and the boat Captain thanked Strauss for all his help and Gary and Reed headed back to Myrtle Beach and work at the dive shop.
    Strauss continued to play with the canister, trying to figure out its purpose when suddenly a light mist began to escape from the aerosol top. He quickly moved the canister away from his person but he detected a sight odor as he did so, and then it disappeared. Strauss was shocked by the course of events but after sitting there for several minutes finally decided that he was still alive and so there hadn’t been anything deadly inside. He returned the canister to the box and placed everything on a table until the FBI showed up.
    The following day Special Agent Max Taylor from the local FBI office visited Strauss who conveyed the story about how the two divers had found the box on the ocean’s floor while diving the U-756. Taylor was new to the FBI and so even though he was aware of the pandemic that had erupted in the northeast, he didn’t know anything about the ISIS group who carried out the attacks or the fact that the virus had originated from a weapon developed by the Germans and brought to U.S. shores during the war. Taylor examined the canisters and said he would take the box and it’s contents back to his office and check with his Washington Headquarters on what to do next. Strauss thanked him for his assistance and decided that he wouldn’t mention that one of the canisters had emitted some sort of vapor, since obviously nothing adverse had happened to him as a result.
    Taylor placed the box on the back seat of his government ride and headed back to the office. He was scheduled to leave in four hours for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to assist in a terrorist investigation there. As he drove along the highway back to town he thought he detected a faint odor in the car, which quickly dissipated. He thought it was just a smell from the box as it had been lying on the ocean’s floor for over 75 years. When he got back to the office he decided he had to get going to the airport so he placed the box and it’s contents in an evidence room inside the office for safe keeping until he returned from his trip. He thought, “This has been lost and on the bottom of the ocean for all these years, another week won’t make any difference.”

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    PASSENGER ZERO
    Patient Zero is defined as the index case, or patient zero, and is the initial patient in the population of a pandemic event, or more generally, the person who is thought to be the first person affected by a particular illness or disease. Unbeknownst to Special Agent Taylor, he