At Caltour University, the prosperous scientists of the United Kingdom are educated in many different aspects of science, with particular focus in biology. The libraries filled with books from renowned scientists across many centuries. A young student of around nineteen was buried in a book, sitting in the corner of the campus library with eyes glued on to the pages of the book.

"Hey Luc! What're you reading?" Asked the student as he sat down at the table

"A book on heart disease" Luc barely looked at the other guy's face and quickly looked down upon the book, almost as if he was being bothered by this student's presence.

"Oh okay well, erm, you going to the Mahogany Hospital trip later?"

the guy tried to look into Luc's face as he asked his question, was he ignoring him? He could not tell

"Yeah, ooooohhh! I hope we get to see the disease research lab!" Luc said as his face beamed with excitement and a big grin filled his face as he looked up at the other student

"Okay...whatever floats your boat dude, see you later" The guy got up and grabbed his bag, quickly making his way to the exit of the library.

Back into his book Luc went, the smile of his previous statement remained fresh in his mind. He didn't even acknowledge the possible fright of the student upon hearing of a guy who loves diseases, it didn't seem to faze him even one bit.

A few hours later

Mahogany Hospital loomed over the district and the place was crawling with people. The group of students along with Luc made their way towards the entrance as a man in a lab coat came to greet them.

"Welcome to Mahogany Hospital! My name is Dr. Rexcel and I will be showing you around several research labs of the building, please make sure you all don't wonder off and follow me please!"

The group went through lots of rooms with researchers examining various items and working on countless computers. The complexity of the work force was evident to the students, but Luc looked on a little bit more into the labs, he noticed something he'd never seen before. It was grey and thick, it looked like a piece of dead skin. He smiled as his curiosity got to him.

The tour went on, until they were brought to the seventh floor of the building, after getting in the lift, Dr Rexel turned to the students who looked eagerly at him as he did.

"OK guys, we're just going to cut through the seventh floor to Extensive Care and Research, we're going to be going through patient's corridors so, can I ask you all to not make too much noise just in case!"

Luc's eyes rolled as he was already cramped in a lift filled with people shoving left and right. As the lift arrived, everyone rushed out of the lift and marched directly behind the Doctor. Suddenly, shouting is heard with a loud siren across the other end of the corridor, it made everyone turn around anxiously, including the staff. People in hazmat suits were rushing a man past everyone "it's not safe, keep clear!" the students all looked at each other and Luc's attention was glued to the situation. "Get him to the room at the end of the top floor!" The men in the suits were restraining the man as saliva was spewing across the hallways. Luc quickly went up against the walls, hoping none of that spit were to get on him.

"Well...errm...seemed like there is some sort of emergency, excuse me please guys! Feel free to get yourselves a drink or whatever you desire while I am gone! If you could all meet me back here in a few minutes, we will continue!"

Dr. Rexcel jogged towards the door the hazmat guys went through as the students all muttered about the situation to each other. Luc started to pace away from the group, glancing back at that same door for a moment, wondering about the severity of the situation. "ugh" was the only sound that was heard as he walked to the end of the corridor.

Upon seeing a lot of curious patients and staff discussing the unknown emergency, Luc picked up the pace and looked left and right on every corner. He looked as if he was looking for something in particular. A big coffee machine was seen just past another corridor with patients' rooms.

"Yeeeeaaaahhh!" Luc said in a relieved tone upon seeing the machine as a reached into his leather jacket for his wallet. He put in some money and selected his choice, a small grin developed as the coffee poured into the container. As the coffee was ready, he blew it and subsequently took a sip of it while allowing the taste to fill his mouth. It looked as if he hadn't had a coffee all day.

With his coffee in hand, Luc went back towards the meeting point of the group. He looked down at his cup of coffee and kept sipping it on bit at a time. As he looked up, he bumped into a guy coming out of a patient's room

Oh shit, sorry I wasn't looking where I was going" said the guy as he looked into Luc's eyes

"Hmm I forgive you, but if you spilt my black coffee I would have had to kill you" said Luc giving a smug grin to the stranger.

"Are you here seeing someone?" Luc asked as the guy's attention was caught.

"Yeah, a friend; he was in an accident, broke a leg so...been here visiting recently" the guy said as he briefly stared at the door of the hospital room.

"I see. Did he fail?" Luc said without any hesitation

The guy quickly turned back to Luc and looked at him with a puzzled face "Erm, what do you mean?"

"I'm Luc by the way." Luc said as he took yet another sip of his coffee

"My Name's Dino" said the guy reaching out to give Luc a handshake.

Luc looked at his hand for a moment and suddenly, a mildly disgusted expression developed. "We're in a hospital, there must be thousands of bacteria on your hands..."

"Fair enough...?" Dino drew his hand back and gazed at his watch for a split second.

Luc happened to see the time through Dino's watch and promptly looked up at him.

"I got to get back to the lab, I'm on a biology trip, see ya" Luc walks off abruptly as he continued to drink more coffee.

After reuniting with his group and Dr. Rexcel, the trip continued through the other departments of the hospital. After a few more hours of lab gazing, Dr. Rexcel accompanied the students to the entrance of the hospital where the tour began.

"Okay guys! Hope you all enjoyed your visit here at Mahogany Hospital. I again apologise about the sudden emergency a few hours ago, it's all under control so, don't worry! Oh and I would like to announce that the hospital is taking on University students for job experience; is anyone interested?"

Luc quickly made his way towards the front of the group upon hearing the announcement.

"I am interested" Luc said as he presented himself to the doctor.

"oh good! I appreciate your interest, what's your name?"

"My name is Luc"

"Okay Luc, please come by here in the afternoon and we can begin!" Dr Rexcel smiled at Luc and subsequently escorted the group out of the building.

The next day, the day of the outbreak

Luc made his way towards the hospital's entrance to begin his first day as an intern. The thought of being able to study in a hospital had him happy all day long. He entered the hospital and asked for Dr. Rexcel at the reception desk.

After waiting a few minutes, Dr Rexcel was seen coming down the stairs with a concerned look on his face. Luc gazed at him and wondered what was on his mind, he was upbeat the day before and he didn't seem like the same person.

"Hi doctor, I'm here to begin the job experience you offered yesterday" Luc said

"Huh? Oh! Yes..ah I'm sorry I was caught up in thought there. Welcome...shall we go over to the *cough* to the Extensive Care Lab?"

Dr Rexcel was strange, despite barely knowing him, he was acting completely different today then he was the day before. As they reached the lab, Luc left his bag near the door and turned over to the doctor who at that point was anxiously looking in the draws for something. Luc tried to look over his shoulder to see what was going on.

"Are you looking for something?" Luc asked inquisitively

"*cough* noo...I just need some painkillers...got a splitting headache...listen...Find my colleague Dr. Fergenson and bring him here, I need to discuss something with him..."

"Okay, back in a sec..." Luc exists the room with mild haste, he gazes over at the reception desk he reported to earlier and promptly paced towards it.

"Hi, I need to see Dr. Fergenson, Dr. Rexcel sent me to find him."

"He's on the second floor, take the lift down. His office is in the corridor to the right, second door on your left" said the receptionist

"Thanks" Luc gave a small smile and took his leave, he pushed the button to the lift and pressed the second button and pondered on what was going on with Dr. Rexcel

Shortly, he arrived at the second floor. He followed the receptionist's directions with good accuracy. He found a sign on a door "Dr. D. Fergenson". He knocks and patiently waited for a response.

"Come in!" said a voice at the other side of the door. Luc slowly twisted the door handle and pushed the door open to see a man in his late thirties pacing nervously around the office.

"Dr Fergenson?" Luc said to the man who was puzzled by the young strangers' presence.

"Yes...who are you?" Dr Fergenson asked as he continued pacing around the room, Luc looked at him for a second confused by his nervous attitude.

"My name is Luc, I am a student Dr. Rexcel hired to assist him. He asked me to find you, he needs to discuss something with you in the Extensive Care Lab"

"Oh no...it can't be...not now! Come with me!" Dr Fergenson suddenly snapped and panicked. He took a syringe from the first draw of his desk, Luc gazed at it for a second and noticed a note attached to it which Dr. Fergenson threw on the desk in front of Luc. He read the note quickly "PXL 493" was all that was written on it.

"Quickly! Dr. Rexcel needs this!" Dr. Fergenson shouted

The two quickly took the lift back to the seventh floor, Luc nervously looked over at the Doctor, he was more agitated then back at his office, he could tell that something was going on that they wanted to keep quiet about.

They ran to the Extensive Care Lab and witness Dr Rexcel and a woman on the floor, it was the receptionist. Dr Rexcel's back was turned and the two approached him slowly.

"Alan? It's me D-Daniel...I have the shot here..." Dr Fergenson said as he tried to get in close.

An animal growl is heard, it echoed loudly in the room, startling Luc and Dr. Fergenson. Dr. Rexcel turns around and reveals he has mutated into a hideous zombie. Luc's eyes went wide and started to breathe heavily while he backed away from Dr. Rexcel.

"Holy...shit..." Luc said under his breath

Dr. Fergenson quickly turned to Luc "YOU! RUN NOW!"

The zombified Dr Rexcel lunges at Dr Fergenson and bites him on the shoulder as Dr Fergenson screamed.

Luc looked in horror as the zombie ripped apart the flesh from the body. He had never seen anything so terrifying. Luc starts to run towards the exit to the lab but subsequently trips over some fallen equipment. The zombie Dr Rexcel paces slowly towards him, sickish green saliva running down his mouth as he growled at Luc.

Luc whimpered at the sight of the zombie that was coming his way. He turns his head in fear but notices the syringe Dr. Fergenson dropped as he got bitten. He reached over for it, but struggled to reach it. He stretched his arm to the point of getting a pain in his elbow

"ugggghhh!" Luc continued to reach out for the syringe and finally grabbed it and dragged it closer.

The zombie keeled down near Luc and as it drew closer, Luc stabbed the syringe right in the zombie's head to which the zombie gave off a agonising cry as it falls over to the side.

Luc sighed in great relief. His heart was racing, he looked over at the mutated Dr Rexcel, who had a syringe lodged into his skull. He finally got up and pushed open the doors of the lab. He looked around but everyone was gone, there were only corpses on the ground. They were a mix of mutated people and humans. He looked around as he breathed heavily.

Suddenly, another loud cry is heard. This one sounded like a boar more then anything else. He could also hear a voice too. It was coming from the other side of the floor. Luc quickly ran towards the source.

As he ran, he noticed a dead hospital guard on the floor. He had a nightstick on his waist. Luc quickly knelt down and grabbed it as he continued to run towards the source of the voice he heard.