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    “That’s a long time to be in such a place. Do you have family here?”
    “I lost my family in the Tel Aviv attack.”
    “Tell me, do you
want
to be in here?” Cadan asked without any reaction to Ben’s obviously painful statement.
    What kind of question is that? Of course I do not want to be in here
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    “Well, it’s not a matter of want for those of us here. Its just a question of basic survival in my case. Besides, I do not think the entry gates swing both ways my friend.”
    Cadan looked down at Ben, “Do you truly believe that?”
    “I am not holding out much hope of ever getting out of here, if that is your question.”
    “Hope is not what will get you out of here,” Cadan declared while looking forward again with a detectable smirk on his face.

CHAPTER 05
Jackson Laboratory
    S ix o’clock arrived quicker than she realized. Dr. Leroux was back on the third floor but this time in a larger room facing a wall sized monitor at the end of a long bowed conference table. Straka and Pennington were seated across the opposite side of the polished cherry table. They were hunched over their files talking back and forth in a very low tone.
    After she sat down, the doctor began reviewing her data pad when the wall viewer flickered and displayed another conference room full of top military officials.
    “Dr. Leroux, you may begin when you are ready,” Pennington cued.
    “Gentlemen, we will be discussing our research and recent findings regarding the Syova Virus as well as Project Splicer,” Courtney announced.
    After quickly sizing up her audience, she decided to provide an impromptu explanation of the Syova Virus origin.
    “About twenty-five years ago scientists first began genetically engineering strains of vaccinia that were similar to the smallpox vaccine to act as an effective oncolytic virus. The modified virus was injected into a type of cell known as a cytokine-induced killer cell. Originally these cells exclusively sought out tumors and delivered the virus to the cancerous growth.”
    One of the officers on the viewer interrupted, “Why do you say originally doctor?”
    “I’m getting to that part. Eventually, various EU military controlled laboratories began widespread human trials on their own so-called oncolytic virus. The EU’s bio-military consortium ultimately disseminated the Universal Oncolytic Vaccine (UOV) in early 2028 with the assistance of the World Health Organization. As you may recall, they purported that it prevented and cured all existing forms of cancer. And, as you are all well aware, the vaccine has subsequently been determined to be the catalyst for the pandemic. But what you are not likely aware of is the fact that the UOV worked just as it was designed.”
    “Explain,” General Straka directed Leroux with a furrowed brow of immense curiosity.
    “We have discovered that instead of a vaccinia strain, the UOV was redesigned to actually deliver a modified cytomegalovirus to the recipient and eventually trigger an uncontrollable replication of brain cells– it was a virus purposely engineered to cause cancer instead of curing or preventing it. And, not only was it designed to specifically cause brain tumors, it was also engineered to be highly commutable through the airborne transmission of droplet nuclei containing exact replicates of the altered virus,” Leroux revealed.
    “Let me get this straight. The UOV was actually a brain tumor virus that is transmitted like a common flu?” Straka queried.
    “Yes. That is a simple way to put it,” Leroux answered, not fully appreciating the general’s necessity for a more succinct conclusion. “Gentlemen, the level of engineering required to create this virus is generations beyond our current ability and technology. One of the most striking findings is that this modified virus was designed to lie dormant in the host for an exact period of nine months. And of course this correlates to when the vaccine was distributed to the very