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MARDI GRAS TIME!

WHOO!

GO BACK INSIDE.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT HERE?

GO BACK INSIDE.

GO ON, HONEY.

NO, MALCOLM. NO, BABY, GO BACK INSIDE.

GO. GO. THAT'S IT. GO, HONEY.

GO, GO. GO BACK.

GO, BABY. GO BACK INSIDE.

SOMEBODY CALL THE POLICE!

THERE ARE CREATURES SCIENCE REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE.

THERE'S SOMETHING DOWN THERE!

WHAT IS THAT?

THEM-- THEY'RE MONSTERS!

IN FEBRUARY 2010,

A VICIOUS MURDER THREATENED TO IGNITE A FIRESTORM

IN ONE OF NEW ORLEANS' HAITIAN COMMUNITIES.

BECAUSE OF UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE INCIDENT,

POLICE ENLISTED THE ASSISTANCE OF THE ENIGMA CORPORATION,

A PRIVATE SECURITY FIRM.

THE GROUP WAS LED BY AGENT NOEL CONNER

AND INCLUDED TACTICAL SPECIALIST ELISE MOONEY

AND TECH OPERATIVE TANNER NOBLE, A ROOKIE ON THE TEAM.

JOSEPHINE LeDIEUX, BOARDING-HOUSE OWNER,

ORIGINALLY FROM HAITI,

WAS KILLED LAST WEEK BY THIS MAN--

MALCOLM CLEMENT,

FORMER RESIDENT OF MS. LeDIEUX.

WHAT'S THE CATCH?

ACCORDING TO HAITIAN MEDICAL RECORDS,

CLEMENT SUPPOSEDLY DIED EIGHT YEARS AGO.

THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF INSURANCE FRAUD,

ANY SORT OF HOAX, MISTAKEN IDENTITY.

LITERALLY UNEXPLAINABLE.

SO WE GOT A DEAD MAN WALKING.

THE GROUP'S MISSION WAS SIMPLY TO RETRIEVE THE SUSPECT,

BELIEVED TO BE HARBORED BY RESIDENTS OF THE BOARDING HOUSE.

BUT WHAT THEY FOUND INSIDE

WAS A SITUATION MORE VOLATILE THAN ANYONE HAD ANTICIPATED.

THIS PLACE HAS BEEN CONDEMNED SINCE KATRINA.

EXPECT SQUATTERS AND TRANSIENTS

WHO COULD BE HOSTILE AND HARBORING CLEMENT,

WHO WE KNOW IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

THE PLAN IS THIS-- WE GO IN QUIETLY,

WE BRING CLEMENT IN TO CUSTODY,

AND WE GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE.

ANY QUESTIONS?

WHO'S WATCHING THE PERIMETER?

I GOT THAT COVERED.

MOTION SENSORS FOR THE FRONT AND THE BACK

AND REMOTE ALARM.

IF ANYTHING COMES IN OR GOES, WE'LL KNOW ABOUT IT.

IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU?

THAT'S ALL I NEEDED. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. I.D. BADGES OF THE SUSPECT.

YOU READY?

LET'S ROCK 'N' ROLL. WE'RE OUT.

ALL RIGHT, GO. I'LL TAKE THE BACK.

COPY THAT.

OPEN UP!

WE HAVE AUTHORIZATION

TO TAKE ONE OF YOUR RESIDENTS IN TO CUSTODY!

ALL RIGHT. GIVE ME A FIVE COUNT.

1...2...3...

LITTLE FASTER NEXT TIME.

TAKE THE RIGHT. I'LL TAKE THE LEFT.

NOTHING. CLEAR.

I'M IN.

Copy that.

IS THAT YOU, TANNER?

WAS THAT YOU?

NO.

THE BROADEST DEFINITION OF A ZOMBIE

IS A REANIMATED CORPSE,

A FLESH AUTOMATON IN WHICH LIFE AS WE KNOW IT,

CONSCIOUSNESS AS WE KNOW IT, HAS EXITED THE BODY.

ESSENTIALLY, THE HUMAN BODY HAS BEEN CARJACKED

BY A FORCE THAT REANIMATES IT.

ZOMBIES ARE RELENTLESS.

THEY DO NOT FEAR.

THEY WILL NOT BE DISTRACTED.

THEY DO NOT TIRE.

THINK OF A ZOMBIE AS A BITING, CONSUMING GUIDED MISSILE.

THE FLESH-EATING ZOMBIE HAS ONE MOTIVE--

TO ATTACK, KILL, AND DEVOUR HUMAN BEINGS.

THIS IS A BIOLOGICAL IMPERATIVE.

THEY ARE A WALKING VIRUS,

JUST AS EVERY VIRUS

IS GENETICALLY PROGRAMMED TO SPREAD.

BITES ARE THE MOST COMMON TRANSFERRAL VECTOR

FOR THE VIRUS.

IF YOU'RE BITTEN, YOU WILL BE TURNED.

LISTEN UP!

ANY RESIDENTS OF THIS BUILDING

NEED TO COME OUT WITH THEIR HANDS ON THEIR HEADS!

LET'S CHECK THE UPSTAIRS.

THIS IS INTERESTING.

COMING IN.

IT'S LeDIEUX.

THE QUEEN BEE HERSELF.

WHAT'S THIS?

WHAT IS THIS, SOME KIND OF CULT?

ARE THESE HER RESIDENTS?

VOODOO SHRINE.

LOOK AT THAT.

WHAT THE HELL?

WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT IS?

DRUGS.

MAYBE NEUROTOXINS.

ZOMBIE POWDER IS ACTUALLY A POWERFUL NEUROTOXIN CALLED TTX,

WHICH STUNS THE BRAIN INTO A DEATHLIKE TRANCE.

TETRODOTOXIN IS A TOXIN

THAT'S FOUND IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS,

INCLUDING PUFFER FISH AND PORCUPINE FISH

THAT BASICALLY BLOCKS NERVE FUNCTION.

THE FIRST SIGN THAT YOU HAVE OF BEING POISONED BY TETRODOTOXIN

IS GETTING A TINGLING OR NUMBING SENSATION.

AND AS THE POISONING GETS WORSE,

THEN YOU START TO FEEL PARALYSIS.

IT CAN BE FATAL.

TETRODOTOXIN IS MORE DEADLY THAN THE SAME DOSE OF CYANIDE.

WHATEVER SHE WAS DOING,

SHE HAD SOME SORT OF POWERFUL HOLD ON THEM.

CLEMENT.

LOOKS LIKE WE'VE GOT SOME SORT OF VOODOO ALTAR

UP HERE ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

Downstairs is clear.

JUST A LOT OF CRAP.

EW. IT STINKS DOWN HERE.

WHAT THE HELL?

OH, MY...

CHECK THAT.

I GOT A HOMICIDE.

OH, MY...

CHECK THAT.

I GOT A HOMICIDE DOWN HERE.

Prepare to use deadly force. Over.

LOOKS LIKE THE REAL FUN IS BEGINNING.

WHOA.

WHAT'S UP?

I GOT MOTION OUTSIDE.

NOEL, I GOT A BREACH ON THE REAR SECURITY.

Copy that.

Check the sensor, then resecure the perimeter.

I'm on my way up. Over.

COPY.

CAREFUL, TANNER.

COPY.

OKAY. I'M AT THE STAIRS. WHICH ROOM ARE YOU IN?

First room on the right.

OKAY. I'LL BE RIGHT THERE.

THIS STUFF IS GNARLY.

NOEL, YOU'VE GOT TO COME CHECK THIS STUFF OUT.

FREEZE! I SAID FREEZE!

ELISE!

SHOW ME WHAT YOU FOUND IN THE BEDROOM.

THE ONLY WAY TO KILL A ZOMBIE

IS TECHNICALLY THE ONLY WAY TO KILL HUMAN--

DESTROY THE BRAIN.

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT PARTS OF YOUR BRAIN

COULD CEASE TO FUNCTION, SUCH AS YOUR FRONTAL LOBES,

WHILE THE MORE PRIMITIVE PARTS OF THE BRAIN

AND THE PARTS OF THE BRAIN THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF MOVEMENT

COULD STILL BE FUNCTIONING.

ZOMBIES LOOK LIKE HUMANS.

THEREFORE, THE LEVEL OF DECAY

WILL DETERMINE THE AGE OF A ZOMBIE.

A FRESHLY REVIVED CORPSE

COULD LOOK VERY MUCH LIKE A HUMAN BEING,

WHICH IS ONE OF THEIR MOST DANGEROUS ASSETS

IS THEY CAN BE MISTAKEN FOR A LIVE HUMAN BEING.

HELLO?

ANYBODY THERE?

FREEZE!

FREEZE!

NOEL, I GOT A GIRL OUT HERE.

SHE DOESN'T LOOK TOO GOOD.

Copy that. Restrain her for now.

We got a situation up here, so use extreme caution.

Over.

COPY.

I'M NOT GONNA HURT YOU.

RELAX.

NO! NO!

ARE THERE ANY KNOWN PHOTOGRAPHS OF ZOMBIES?

CONTROVERSIAL EVIDENCE FROM THE HEART OF VOODOO COUNTRY

WHEN "LOST TAPES" CONTINUES.

AMERICAN WRITER AND ANTHROPOLOGIST

ZORA NEALE HURSTON

REPORTS AN ENCOUNTER WITH A WOMAN

WHO VILLAGERS CLAIM DIED 30 YEARS EARLIER.

FELICIA FELIX-MENTOR'S DEATH BY SUDDEN ILLNESS

WAS RECORDED IN 1907 AT THE AGE OF 29.

BUT IN 1936, A DISORIENTED WOMAN

IS FOUND WANDERING THE STREETS OF HER SMALL VILLAGE.

RELATIVES, INCLUDING HER OWN HUSBAND,

IDENTIFY THE WOMAN AS FELICIA FELIX-MENTOR.

THIS PICTURE, TAKEN BY HURSTON, IS COMMONLY REGARDED

AS THE FIRST KNOWN PHOTOGRAPH OF A ZOMBIE.

I'M NOT GONNA HURT YOU.

RELAX.

NO! NO!

NO! NO!

ALL RIGHT. SO, JUST LOOKS LIKE LeDIEUX

WAS SOME SORT OF VOODOO PRIESTESS

WHO ENSLAVED ALL HER RESIDENTS USING SOME SORT OF NEUROTOXIN.

I DON'T KNOW.

I GUESS MAYBE CLEMENT GOT TIRED OF IT,

REBELLED, WANTED SOME REVENGE.

LOOK, I DON'T LIKE THE FEEL OF THIS PLACE.

LET'S JUST FIND CLEMENT AND GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.

AGREED.

WHOA.

IT'S HIM AGAIN.

FREEZE!

UNBELIEVABLE! WHAT ARE THESE GUYS ON?!

NO IDEA.

ZOMBIES DO NOT OBEY

THE CONVENTIONAL RULES OF OTHER MONSTERS.

MOST MONSTERS YOU HAVE TO GO FIND.

YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE SWAMP OR THE DESERT OR THE HIMALAYAS

TO GO FIND A MONSTER.

ZOMBIES COME TO YOU.

THE REASON WE'RE AFRAID OF MONSTERS

IS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN RUNNING FROM THEM

FOR MOST OF OUR EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY.

WE'RE NOT BIOLOGICALLY PREDATORS.

WE'RE BIOLOGICALLY PREY.

AND JUST BECAUSE WE LEARNED TO MASTER THIS PLANET

DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'VE FORGOTTEN WHAT IT WAS LIKE

TO BE EATEN.

STOP, STOP!

STOP!

COME ON. GET IN!

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE?

NO.

I DON'T KNOW HOW ANYBODY COULD BOUNCE BACK

AFTER A FALL LIKE THAT.

STOP DOING THAT.

NOEL, I GOT THE GIRL.

THERE'S NOBODY ELSE OUTSIDE.

Listen up, Tanner, we've got our hands full.

I NEED YOU TO STAY IN THE VAN, KEEP THE ENGINE RUNNING,

AND BE PREPARED TO GET US OUT OF HERE ANY SECOND.

IF YOU DON'T HEAR BACK FROM ME IN FOUR MINUTES,

Call for backup. Over.

COPY.

STOP DOING THAT!

CONNER, IS THIS EVEN OUR GUY?

I DON'T THINK SO.

WATCH IT!

IT'S NOT WORKING!

FREEZE!

I SAID FREEZE!

MOONEY, THE STAIRS!

IT'S CLEMENT.

DON'T TAKE ANOTHER STEP.

WHAT THE...

NOEL, HE'S NOT GOING DOWN!

OH, MY GOD.

TANNER, WHERE'S THAT BACKUP?

Tanner! Tanner!

Tanner, come in!

WHERE'S THE BACKUP?!

IT'S NOT WORKING!

I'M COMING IN.

I GOT HIM. I GOT HIM, ELISE.

I GOT HIM.

ARE YOU OKAY?

YEAH. I'M FINE. YOU?

I'VE HAD BETTER NIGHTS IN NEW ORLEANS.

LOOK, I SAY WE JUST LEAVE THIS GUY,

GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE, TORCH THIS PLACE,

AND KEEP WHATEVER IS IN HERE FROM SPREADING.

LOOK, WE WERE HIRED TO DO A MISSION

AND BRING CLEMENT IN TO CUSTODY,

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.

WE'D BETTER GET DOING THIS FAST.

NOEL, WHATEVER WE DO, WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE NOW.

WHERE THE HELL IS TANNER?

I LOST CONTACT WITH HIM.

WE'VE GOT NO BACKUP.

ANY BRIGHT IDEAS?

YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO

GO DOWN THE TREE OUT FRONT. COME ON.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!

CONNER, WHAT DO I DO HERE?

SHE'S JUST A GIRL.

WHAT DO I DO?

CONNER, WHAT DO I DO HERE?

SHE'S JUST A GIRL.

NOT ANYMORE. SHOOT IT.

WHY WON'T THESE PEOPLE GO DOWN?!

COME ON, NOEL!

LET'S GET OUT OF HERE! LET'S GO!

HOPE THEY DIDN'T NEED HIM ALIVE.

WHOA!

WHAT'S IT TAKE TO KILL THESE GUYS?

COME ON. LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.

WE'VE GOT COMPANY.

NOEL-- NOEL, WE GOT TO HURRY THIS UP.

THEY JUST KEEP COMING.

THIS GUY WEIGHS A TON.

TANNER.

TANNER, MAN, ARE YOU OKAY?

JESUS.

OH, TANNER, NO.

TANNER.

THE BOARDING HOUSE OWNED BY JOSEPHINE LeDIEUX

WAS DEMOLISHED EARLY THAT SAME MORNING.

CITY OFFICIALS CLAIMED IT WAS IN COMPLIANCE

WITH AN EARLIER CONDEMNATION NOTICE

BUT PROMISED THERE WOULD BE A FULL OFFICIAL REPORT

LATER THAT WEEK.

THAT REPORT NEVER CAME.

TANNER NOBLE WAS GIVEN A QUIET FUNERAL

AT HIS HOMETOWN IN LAREDO, TEXAS.

HIS CO-WORKERS, NOEL CONNER AND ELISE MOONEY,

WERE BOTH IN ATTENDANCE.

THERE IS STILL SOME QUESTION

AS TO THE FATE OF LeDIEUX'S REMAINING RESIDENTS.

WERE THEY STILL LIVING IN THE BOARDING HOUSE

AT THE TIME OF ITS DEMOLITION,

OR DO THEY LIVE AMONG US?

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