Washington D.C., four years later:
An entire group of superior military officers, generals to be more accurate, had gathered to listen to another officer, who tried to make some things clear to these people: "Alright, so far, it's safe to say that project 'Schrödinger' is a success. And right now, our lead scientist..."
One of the other generals interrupted him: "Er... I'm sorry, Bauers, but could you explain what 'Schrödinger' is about, for all those present here who aren't familiar with it."
"Of course." the man, Bauers, agreed, "The project itself is named after the famous physicist, who theorized that if you were to put a cat in a box along with a toxic gas, then later open the box again... if the odds are even, the cat could be both dead and alive. This idea alone got one of our scientists thinking."
This caused a sort of silence among everyone present, but Bauers anticipated that this would happen: "Knowing that too many good men die in meaningless wars, so they're not around for when a battle that matters more is happening. But if we were able to make our best men next to invincible, their lives could be spared. So our team has developed a special procedure in which living creatures were left in a room with a toxic gas. And right at the moment between being death and being still alive, the subjects were to be resuscitated with an electronic current."
"And what exactly are the results of these experiments?" another one of the generals asked.
"For obvious reasons, all the first test subjects were cats." Bauers answered, "They were left in a cage with a dangerous dog, which attacked them violently, yet not one cat died. Hell, I even tried to kill one by driving my car over one, but it still lived."
"In other words, they're making progress." the first general spoke again.
"That is correct." Bauers acknowledged, "And the lead scientist feels that it's now time for the next step."
"Which is...?" that general wondered.
"Human subjects." Bauers answered.
"Now, there's your problem right there." the first general was convinced, "If this fails, we'd have killed an innocent man."
"Not necessarily." Bauers disagreed, "I have found the perfect subject for this. In fact, I found him some four years ago."
"And who would that be?" that same general asked him.
"Remember when five of our men were sent to New Jersey, to neutralize a threat?" Bauers asked them.
"You mean that Voorhees fella?" another one questioned, "Isn't he dead?"
"Officially, yes." Bauers answered, "We didn't know for sure whether he had any living relatives, so we told everybody that he's dead and cremated. But in reality, he's been in a coma for the past four years."
"But wait one minute." the first general still had questions, "If this experiment works, then we'd have made a mad man invinsible."
"Not exactly." Bauers was convinced of the contrary, "You see, the experiment worked after some trial and error on cats, but when the exact same procedure, that did work, was used on other animals, they failed. In other words, the chances of the experiment working on Voorhees immediately are next to nothing. This way, when it fails on him, the scientists will know what went wrong, so the next experiment will surely work, and no innocent man is lost in the progress."
That same general still had questions: "I still keep hearing a lot of if's used here."
"Maybe I should have invited the lead scientist here, so she could convince you better than I am." Bauers stated.
The generals discussed this amongst themselves, so Bauers wouldn't hear them. After a few minutes they made their decision, but the first general still asked him: "You're convinced that nothing will go wrong?"
"I'm positive." Bauers answered.
That general sighed: "You have our permission. But do remember, that if anything goes wrong..."
"Nothing will." Bauers interrupted.
"For your sake, I hope not." was that general's last word, "Dismissed."