Kapitel 6: It Just Happened

>Sheloah's POV<

"Five Scientific Reasons a Zombie Apocalyspe Could Happen," basa ni Veon sa PDF file at binasa ko rin ito.

#5. Brain Parasites

They are parasites that turn people into mindless, zombie-like slaves that are fairly common in nature. There's one organism called toxoplasoma gondii that seems to devote its entire existence to being terrifying. Half of the human population here on earth is affected by toxoplasoma and it is shown in studies that they saw a change in a human's personality and behavior, which result into being insane.

No'ng binasa namin 'yan, tiningnan ko si Veon. "So parasite siya," sabi ko at tumango si Jules.

"Toxoplasoma gondii is found worldwide and it is capable of infecting warm-blooded animals," explain pa ni Jules sa amin at napaisip ako.

Sabi nga ni Jules ang toxoplasoma ay nakaka-infect ng wam-blooded animals. Tapos worldwide pa ito. Isa na rin ito sa pwedeng rason kung bakit nagka-zombie apocalypse at nagsimula rin ito sa school. Nagsimula sa kagat ng isang aso, sabi ng isang guard kanina kaya nagbago yung behavior ng isa pang guard namin.

Maaari ba na may toxoplasoma yung asong 'yon? Can we conclude na nagsimula ang lahat ng ito? Can we really conclude that it's reason number five?

Binalik ko yung tingin ko sa screen ng laptop at binasa namin yung pangapat na rason kung bakit may zombie apocalypse na maaaring mangyari.

#4. Neurotoxins

There are certain kinds of poison that slow your bodily functions to the point that you'll be considered dead. The poison from a Japanese blowfish can do this. One study proved that this happened. It happened in Haiti, and the word "zombie" came from that country. The guy in the study was a Haitian guy who was declared dead by two doctors and was buried in 1962. They found him wandering around the village eighteen years later. It turned out the local vodoo priests had been using naturally occuring chemicals to basically zombify people and putting them to work on the sugar plantation.

"That is kinda weird. So yung 'zombie', ginagamit nila for sugar plantation," tanong ko at tumango si Jules bilang sagot niya.

"Pero ano naman ang naturally occuring chemicals na ginamit nila para gano'n ang behavior ng zombie? Hindi sila inaatake, eh. Nagtrabaho pa nga for sugar plantation," sabi naman ni Veon and Jules just shrugged.

"Hindi ko nga rin alam, eh. It was not stated in the research," sagot na lang ni Jules at binalik namin yung tingin sa screen ng laptop.

#3. The Real Rage Virus

The Mad Cow Disease is a disease that attacks the cow's spinal cord and brain, turning it into a stumbling, mindless, attacking cow. We, humans, eat meat and when a human takes it in, the disease is now called "Creuzfeldt-Jakob disease."

The symptoms are as follows:

A. Changes in walking

B. Hallucinations

C. Lack of coordination

D. Muscle twitching

E. Myoclonic jerks or seizures

F. Rapidly developing delirium or dementia

"So... brain disorder ito," sabi ko naman at nag-scroll down si Jules para ang next na reason visible na sa screen.

"Yup. It is a rare disorder tapos usually it is acquired by old people by the age of 60," explain pa ni Jules at napatango ako sa explanation niya.

"Pero pwede rin ito makuha sa meat ng isang mad cow," Sabi rin ni Veon at tumango naman si Jules.

#2. Neurogenesis

Stem cells can basically re-generate dead cells. This process is called "neurogenesis" and it is the method by which they can re-grow dead brain tissue. They tried this in laboratories by which they injected this stem cells in a dead human's body and they were able to wake up and walk around again... mindless. North Korea already worked on this.

"Pwede ka rin pala gumawa ng zombie just by injecting this so called 'stem cells'," sabi ni Veon at napaisip ako.

"But so far, nakakuha na tayo ng isang sagot sa research na ang zombie invasion ng school natin nagsimula dahil sa fact #5 at 'yon ay dahil sa Brain Parasites. Pero kahit may isang clue na tayo, hindi naman talaga natin mako-conclude na nagsimula talaga sa reason number five," sabi ko at tumango si Veon.

"Tingnan natin ang number one reason," sabi ni Veon at binalik namin yung tingin namin sa screen ng laptop.

#1. Nanobots

Scientists have already created a nano-cyborg, by fusing a tiny silicone chip to a virus. The first thing that they found out is these cyborgs can still operate for up to a month after the death of the host. Notice how scientists went right for zombification, even at this early age. They know where the horror is. According to studies, within a decade they'll have nanobots that can crawl inside your brain and set up neural connections to replace damaged ones. They are able to review your thoughts. Some day, there will be nanobots in your brain. They are there to keep you functioned even after you die. They can use you, even though you die. But once they have nothing more to do, they will look for another live person. So basically in order for them to enter ones brain, they will have to bite the person and that's when zombie contamination starts.

Ito na yung last and pinaka number one reason kung bakit daw magsisimula ang zombie apocalypse. But from the things that we have read, napansin namin na ang number five ay pwede maging number one reason why nagkaroon ng zombie apocalypse. Why? Simple answer.

It just happened.