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TNW – Day 53

May 4, 2014Fiction, Horror, HZV, The Nudist War, ZombiesAngels, Angels of Death, Brian, CDC, Cindy, dream, Eddy, Edmund, Edward, Galveston, HZV, Jess, Kwan, Maggie, MAN, Maxine, naked, night-vision, nudist, running, Tom, UPS, Wolf, zombies, Zscb

This is the thirteenth chapter.
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All people, places, and events are fictional … except when they aren’t.

The Nudist War – Day 53

The troops, with one exception, consisted of five mixed-gender squads of ten soldiers each. White Team was the exception, consisting of only six elite soldiers all of whom were women. The White Team elite were popularly known as the ‘Angels of Death’. In the war against the Zs, they had seen more combat and scored more nudist kills than the other squads combined.

• • •

MAN handed the coffee cup to the Lieutant Colonel. “So Kwan, tell me about the Angels of Death.”

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TNW – Day 52

April 27, 2014Fiction, Horror, HZV, The Nudist War, ZombiesAngels, Angels of Death, Black Hawk, Brian, CDC, dream, Eddy, Edmund, Ellington Field, Galveston, helicopter, HZV, Jess, Kwan, Maggie, MAN, Maxine, naked, night-vision, nudist, Predator, Reaper, running, Shelly, Tom, UAV, Wolf, zombies, Zscb

This is the twelfth chapter.
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The Nudist War – Day 52

If you are in trouble anywhere in the world, an airplane can fly over and drop flowers but a helicopter can land and save your life.

~ Igor Sikorsky, 1947

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The helicopters began arriving shortly before 7:00 AM. Brian buzzed to say that Shelly had just radioed him that the first chopper had departed. MAN got up, got dressed, and put on coffee. “Maggie let’s take you out before our guests arrive.” While Maggie did her business, MAN climbed up to the helipad to talk to Nora and Jan. The fall air was cold and crisp, in the mid-30s. The sky was a clear dark blue, with the wind blowing strongly from the north. A few bright stars could still be seen twinkling overhead despite the warm glow from the east. “Sun will up soon. See anything yet?” he asked.

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TNW – Day 51

April 20, 2014Fiction, Horror, HZV, The Nudist War, ZombiesBlack Hawk, blanket, Brian, CDC, dream, Eddy, Edmund, Ellington Field, Galveston, helicopter, HZV, Jess, Kwan, Maggie, MAN, Maxine, Miss Scarlet, naked, nudist, Predator, Reaper, running, Shelly, Tom, UAV, Wolf, zombies, Zscb

This is the eleventh chapter.
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All people, places, and events are fictional … except when they aren’t.

The Nudist War – Day 51

Eddy was running for his life. How stupid could he be to let himself be caught with the Zs between him and his car … and without a weapon. The Surf Pack was gaining on him. They could run faster in soft beach sand than he ever could. If he could just make it to the water. Zs can’t swim.

• • •

As usual, MAN awoke to Maggie’s wet tongue slathering across his face. “Pfft, pthhtt,” MAN wiped his face and mouth off with the sheet, “Maggie, do you need to go out?”

“WOOF WOOF”

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TNW – Day 44

March 2, 2014Fiction, Horror, HZV, The Nudist War, Zombiesalcohol, ATF, awakening, CDC, Eddy, Edmund, Edward, firearms, Galveston, H17N10, HZV, Ibuprofen, Interferon, Jess, Level 4, MAN, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, naked, nudist, Ondansetron, running, Seaside, shotgun, tobacco, who, World Health Organization, Zürich, zombies, Zscb

This is the fourth chapter.
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All people, places, and events are fictional … except when they aren’t.

The Nudist War – Day 44

He rounded the corner only to see Jess on the ground, covered in blood … As Eddy moved toward Jess, a crazed naked woman came running around the corner and lunged at him. Eddy didn’t wait for introductions. He unloaded two shotgun rounds into her, but she kept coming. A third shot to the face dropped her at his feet.

• • •

“Urrrrargghh glurrrppp … urrrrargghh wrrraccch.” The sound of vomiting came from the behind the restroom door.

“You okay in there?” Eddy asked. It was 4:00 AM. Dr. Edmund Hillary had been up since midnight after getting a much needed six hour nap. He had just come out of the lab to get some coffee and empty his bladder (not necessarily in that order).

“Urrrrargghh … yeah … urrrrargghh.” A few minutes later Jessica emerged wiping her face with a wet towel. “Need more Ondansetron.” she muttered and staggered over to the medicine cabinet. “May as well take more Ibuprofen while I’m here.” She opened both bottles taking a pill from each and washing them down with a swig from a freshly opened water bottle. “I’m going back to bed,” she muttered and headed back to her cot. Eddy was used to this by now. The main side effect of the Interferon was nausea and vomiting, hence the Ondansetron.

“External power is back up,” he said. … No reply … “I’ll tell her later,” he thought.

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TNW – Day 43

February 23, 2014Fiction, Horror, HZV, The Nudist War, ZombiesApocalypse, Atlanta, CDC, CT scan, DNA, Eddy, Edmund, Edward, floater, Galveston, H17N10, HZV, Ibuprofen, Interferon, Jess, Level 4, lumbar puncture, MRI, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, Ondansetron, optic neuritis, Zombie Apocalypse, zombies, Zscb

This is the third chapter.
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The Nudist War – Day 43

A novel influenza virus has been discovered in several bats from Guatemala. This virus is highly divergent in sequence from other known influenza A viruses, and has thereby designated as a new influenza subtype of H17N10. Nothing is known about the capability of H17N10 to cause human infections or its putative pandemic potential.

~ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, February 2012

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The room slowly came into focus. Jessica rolled over on the cot and hit the intercom button. “How long have I been asleep?” Silence. Once again, louder and with more authority. “Yo! … Edward! … How long have I been asleep?”

“Hold your horses! I’m starting another run,” replied a voice through the speaker, “… and how many times do I have to tell you? … It’s EDMUND, not Edward!” Pause. “You’ve been asleep just over twenty-four hours.”

“Thanks, Eddy.” Jess rolled onto her back and stared up at the ceiling. She knew well and true that his name was Edmund, but she loved pushing his buttons. Calling him Edward was a sure way to do it. This had been going on ever since Edmund joined her team two months ago, not long before the first reported case of HZV. Back then she had a team of over two dozen scientists and technicians working under her. Now it was just the two of them rattling around in the empty complex.

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TNW – Day 42

February 16, 2014Fiction, Horror, HZV, The Nudist War, ZombiesBiohazard Lab, CDC, DNA, Galveston, HZV, Jess, Level 4, running, Zombie Apocalypse, zombies, Zscb

This is the second chapter.
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The Nudist War – Day 42

They awoke from their slumber and they were very, very hungry.

~ St. Giorgio Romeo, Il Risveglio Morti, circa AD 978.

• • •

The they in this case was the media, the entertainment industry, the press, anyone and everyone writing about the Zombie Apocalypse. The facts about Zombies had been pretty well established by decades of books, movies, graphic novels, and TV shows. Everyone knew them:

They went by many names: zombies, the undead, walkers, biters, etc.
They could not be killed by normal means – only a direct hit to the head would work, either severing the head entirely or at least destroying it.
Without the de rigueur head shot, a zombie would live forever, regardless of the amount of otherwise traumatic injury it had sustained. A zombie with half its body gone was still a threat.
Zombies were immune to circumstances that would kill the living, such as drowning. Zombies could wander the bottoms of lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water indefinitely, posing an ongoing threat.
Zombies, although chronically hungry, did not eat each other (perhaps out of professional courtesy). Only the warm fresh flesh of the living would suffice.
Zombies were slow and mindless. They shuffle along, stumbling after their victims.

Wrong, wrong WRONG!

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Day 51

December 9, 2013Day 42, Fiction, HZV, Science Fiction, The Nudist War, ZombiesBrian, CDC, Eddy, HZV, Jess, Kwan, MAN, naked, nudists, Shelly, who, Z, Zscb

This is an archival version. Please visit The Nudist War for the current version.

https://contrafactual.com/the-nudist-war/

[Author’s note: This is the tenth chapter. To start at the beginning go >> HERE <<]

All people, places, and events are fictional … except when they aren’t.

– Day 51 –

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Day 44

August 8, 2013Day 42, Fiction, Horror, HZV, ZombiesCDC, Eddy, Jess, MAN, Zscb

This is an archival version. Please visit The Nudist War for the current version.

https://contrafactual.com/the-nudist-war/

This was the original third chapter of the Nudist War. I am leaving it here for historical reference. The current version may be found at:
https://contrafactual.com/2014/02/09/the-nudist-war/

All people, places, and events are fictional … except when they aren’t.

– Day 44 –

“Urrrrargghh glurrrppp … urrrrargghh wrrraccch.” The sound of vomiting came from the behind the restroom door.

“You OK in there?” Eddy asked. It was 4:00 AM. Dr. Edmund Hillary had been up since midnight after getting a much needed six hour nap. He had just come out of the lab to get some coffee and empty his bladder (not necessarily in that order).

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Day 42

July 11, 2013Day 42, Fiction, Horror, HZV, Zombiesbiters, CDC, Fiction, HZV, Jess, Lost, nudist, shotguns, walkers, zombiescb

This is an archival version. Please visit The Nudist War for the current version.

https://contrafactual.com/the-nudist-war/

This was the original first chapter of the Nudist War. I am leaving it here for historical reference. The current version may be found at:
https://contrafactual.com/2014/02/09/the-nudist-war/

All people, places, and events are fictional … except when they aren’t.

Day 42 (The Nudist War)

– Day 42 –

“They got it all wrong,” Jessica muttered to herself as she loaded the samples into the DNA sequencer. Safe within the Level 4 Biohazard lab on Galveston Island, Jessica Munroe pushed on for a third sleepless day. “They got it all wrong.” The they in this case was the media, the entertainment industry, the press, anyone and everyone writing about the Zombie Apocalypse. The facts about Zombies had been pretty well established by decades of books, movies, graphic novels, and TV shows. Everyone knew them:

They went by many names: zombies, the undead, walkers, biters, etc.
They could not be killed by normal means – only a direct hit to the head would work, either severing the head entirely or at least destroying it.
Without the de rigueur head shot, a zombie would live forever, regardless of the amount of otherwise traumatic injury it had sustained. A zombie with half its body gone was still a threat.
Zombies were immune to circumstances that would kill the living, such as drowning. Zombies could wander the bottoms of lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water indefinitely, posing an ongoing threat.
Zombies, although chronically hungry, did not eat each other (perhaps out of professional courtesy). Only the warm fresh flesh of the living would suffice.
Zombies were slow and mindless. They shuffle along stumbling after their victims.

Wrong, wrong WRONG!

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