Code Name: Formula-12

By: Bryan Nowak

Narrated by: Tom Haire

Interviewer: Tell me doctor, what really did you hope to achieve?

Dr. Schmitz: Hope to achieve? I will tell you what I did achieve. Madness and horror beyond anything you can possibly imagine. We were supposed to be building a world which would subjugate all other worlds to the glory of Der Führer himself. But it was brought down by my own hands. The hands of a genius. Believe me when I tell you that I was sure I was doing it all for the right reasons. And we were close, I tell you. Close enough to make the ultimate weapon which would turn American against American and Brit against Brit. They would go out of their minds with rage, and rip and tear at their brothers in a way that even normal human rage couldn’t achieve. They would become the perfect blood thirsty zombies of legend and lore. I saw it firsthand. It was at once beautiful and unbelievably terrifying at the same time.

Interviewer: So, what went wrong?

Dr. Schmitz: What always goes wrong? All it took was one lab accident. One moment of carelessness. And next, I was running for my very life.

Interviewer: I'll tell you what, doctor. Let’s start at the beginning.

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