00:00Every morning when I wake up, the first thing I do is strap my arms and legs to my wheelchair, then fasten the
00:05collar around my neck. Even so, the soldiers who come to escort me out never let their guard down for a
00:10second, they won't wheel me out of my room until they've made sure every restraint and strap on my body is secure.
00:15And if any soldier gets too close to me, they'll get chewed out by their commanding officer.
00:20There are more than 20 other kids like me at the base kids who have to be locked down before they're allowed to go anywhere.
00:25One of us has to be escorted by two armed soldiers at all times.
00:27A teacher won't even step into the classroom until...
00:30They're absolutely certain we pose no threat to anyone around us.
00:33The reason for all of this? We're second...
00:35Generation zombies born carrying the zombie genes. You see, the world outside the base was only...
00:40overrun by zombies long ago. The humans who survived built fortified bases to stay safe.
00:45During the fight against the undead, they discovered children like us kids who are infected with the zombie...
00:50the zombie virus while still in our mothers wombs. We look just like normal humans, but the moment we...
00:55catch a whiff of human scent, we become violent in an instant.
00:58To develop a vaccine against the...
01:00zombie virus, kids like us caught somewhere between human and zombie became the key to a...
01:05breakthrough. The researchers found that children like us, raised and educated among humans from a...
01:10young age, could think and feel just like normal kids. Some of us even turned out to be...
01:15emotionally bright like me. My favorite teacher is Tina. She's the only one who doesn't treat us like...
01:20freaks. She actually tells us stories beyond just the periodic table. I'm her favorite student too.
01:25She's even been moved to tears by one of my little essays. Because of that, she sometimes forgets what...
01:30I really am. Whenever that happens, the military officer steps in to remind Tina with a demonstration.
01:35Without the blocking gel to protect them, it only takes a moment to awaken the bloodthirsty instinct...
01:40inside our zombie children. Just a tiny patch of exposed skin is enough to send the whole...
01:45class into a frenzy. But during that experiment, I was the only one who managed to suppress...
01:50my instincts. The next day though, something was off. Wake up time had come and gone.
01:55But no soldiers showed up to take me to class. I had no idea why. After a while...
02:00I heard soldiers outside my door again. But this time, they took me somewhere I'd never been before.
02:05My heart was pounding as they led me outside the base. It was the first time I'd ever seen the world...
02:10beyond the walls. And the first time I'd seen others like me trying to break through. But before I could even...
02:15process any of it, I was taken to a lab. Without any explanation, I was injected with anastasia.
02:20I blacked out almost immediately. It was clear I was about to become the next test subject...
02:25from the vaccine experiments. Then, out of nowhere, Miss Tina burst into the lab.
02:30She couldn't stand by and watch her star student be turned into a lab rat. But what she didn't realize...
02:35was that the delay she caused gave the horde outside just enough time to breach the perimeter.
02:40Once the lab staff lowered the security door, a swarm of zombies smashed through the windows and attacked the room.
02:45researchers. Within minutes, the infected staff began to mutate. But because I carry the zombie...
02:50zombie gene, the undead didn't see me as a target. I took the chance to slip out of the lab in the chaos.
02:55But outside the base, zombies had already surrounded us, a sea of them.
03:00stretching as far as the eye could see.
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