Continued from part 02................
Chapter one: Nazi rocket Zombies
The hall was packed with students. Stella was an upcoming star in the history department. WW2 history was her forte. She always managed to find some obscure story to liven up the classroom.
"The Nazi scientists were an evil and ingenious lot. Having no ethical boundaries, they were free to experiment at will. Among their dreadful perversions, the latest de classified documents from Russia revealed plans which are utterly preposterous", the screen showed some heavily redacted old documents.
"According to these documents, which the Russians released most probably as they didn't believe a single word of it, the Nazi space program sought to solve the issue of sustaining life in outer space and even in the cold depths of the sea in a a way so out of this world, not even a science fiction writer has thought about it quite in the same way," continued the thirty five year old professor.
"So, if its so unbelievable, why are you explaining it to us?" asked a cheeky under grad.
"Well, its so detailed with over 2000 pages, that I believe they genuinely tried it," said Stella.
" Sustaining life in the harsh environments of space was beyond the material capabilities of the time. The documents show that they tried with terrible consequences. They simply couldn't keep a human alive for any useful time in outer space."
"To add to their dilemma, their U boats were becoming easy targets, as they needed to come to the surface to replenish their air supplies and re charge their batteries. This was before Nuclear power plants became compact or useable, maintaining a warm, oxygen rich environment for long was a challenge,"
"So the Nazis, decided on an alternative route; stop trying to sustain life. Re-animate the dead instead!"
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Chapter two : Helga begins her journey.
"The Zombie virus was discovered by our scientists in the Himalayas. While traveling in Tibet, in search of our Aryan ancestors, they discovered perfectly preserved bodies, hundreds, perhaps thousands of years old, buried in the deep snow," the scientist explained as Helga watched a black and white reel of a discovered body being examined by doctors back in Germany.
The camera was mounted looking down on the examination table.
The doctors were slowly warming the frozen body with lamps and hot air guns.
The body was that of a man. Mostly skin and bones, with remnants of his clothes in rags.
She almost fainted with horror as all of a sudden the thawed body began twitching and trying to sit up. The doctors ran out of the room.
"This is a joke! You trick me, doctor. This is not funny," she exclaimed standing up.
"I assure you it is not! Frauline von Heidleberg! You shall meet one in person soon. But there isn't anything to fear from this creature. We discovered that a particular virus was the cause of the re animated flesh. The consciousness is gone. The host is dead. The body has decayed, but still the primal brain stem is alive and sending signals to the dead flesh. This is what we have used to create the ultimate soldier!"
And so the process began,
