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her way to the podium and began to speak. “At approximately 8:49am the day before yesterday, a meteor entered our atmosphere, impacting on the island of Santorini located in the Aegean Sea, the earlier reports of splash down in the South Pacific were inaccurate. The meteor was composed of a material that is currently unfamiliar to science at this time. Current data indicates that the meteor was highly radioactive and exhibi ...exhibited... un ....unusual.... properties.” She began to stutter.

    Rick and I looked at each other in confusion, but knew this was going to be bad but we never ever expected to hear what we h eard in the next several minutes. It was something out of nightmares.

    “The radioactive elements of this meteor have displayed s evera l unique properties. Currently it appears that the ..um . that ...the...umm....one...of.... the.. the ...primary properties of the material has the ...umm, unique property”. She stammered yet again and paused as she caught herself repeating the same phrases. There was yet more commotion in the background followed by a brief moment of silence, and then she continued again. “The most alarming and concerning effect of this radioactive material....” She took another deep breath, paused and started again. “ P reliminary data as well as eye witness reports indicate that the radioactive properties suggest many unique attributes”, she continued to get stuck on this one particular phrase as if she couldn't bring he rself to say what was coming next.

    She kept hanging on this one single line of dialogue. By the quiver in her voice it was easy to discern that she was shaken, s tressed and exhausted. It was unusual for a government official to show that level of panic, especially during a press briefing, generally
    they are reserved and resolute; not this time.

    “ One of the unique attributes of this radioactive substance at the present time, appears to include the propensity of, to...re...e-energize narcotized tissue.” There was a long pause yet again.

    You could hear flashbulbs and chatter in the background as the reporters began to process what she had just eluded too. Rick and I had already pulled off to the side of the road, I don't even remember exactly when, only that one moment we were driving along as usual and then the next we were sitting on the side of the road straining to hear every word.

    A moment later we heard a reporter ask what we were already wondering, “Excuse me Ms. Richardson, what exactly are you saying?”

    “By all accounts it appears that the radioactive mat erial can reanimate dead tissue; and from everything we can currently determine that the phenomenon IS spreading , ” she reiterated.

    We couldn't see what was happening in the room , all we knew is that for what seemed like several minutes the radio was virtually silent.

    Ms. Richardson spoke again. “The cause for the widespread condition stems from the fact that the meteor was composed of a soft materia l unlike anything we have seen in asteroids before. As it hit the atmosphere it began to break up almost immediately distributing
    radioactive debris in Earth's higher atmosphere. As the material descended it dispersed and was further spread by wind and natural weather patterns. The material as far as we can determine poses no immediate threat to living organisms, but causes artificial metabolism in dead and decaying organic matter. We have yet to determine what other affects this radiation has on this material or otherwise, but we can confirm that the phenomenon to be spreading as the radioactive components disperse into the lower atmosphere. For this reason the Center for Disease Control is issuing the highest possible alert.”

    I remember looking at Rick sitting across from me in the truck. We were both hunched over listening to the radio, completely unaware of the other. H is eyes as wide as half dollars; all the color drained from his face. It was a look of astonishment;