Patient Zero, the first victim and the cause of the massive spread of the virus that is quickly consuming the world.
"Zero", as we like to call her, is the very first. The mother of the zombies in this world. We had a brief time that we were able to study her before the incident that caused this whole mess, gathering data on behavioral patterns and the like. She appears docile and lazy whenever people are not around and there are no stimulants to her senses. We've recorded this dormant state of hers, seeing her both appear to rest over the floor and wander aimlessly throughout her chamber. We believe she's searching during her wandering, possibly for stimulants to what senses she has left. It is a mystery as to why she appears to rest though... Does she really need to rest, or is this some sort of camouflage she uses to appear as though she is nothing but a corpse? Further studies would be required...
What astounds us most of all is that she seems to possess the ability to learn. During lights out, we've found that one day she has actually escaped from the cuffs that have an outer locking mechanism on them. We thought that the bolt for the cuffs just shook loose during the night... or at least we did at first. It took three consecutive nights and the loss of two interns to realize that she has been getting herself out by squeezing the bolt between her fingers and flicking it out of place, then using her free hand to get the other off. Since then, we've switched to cuffs with internal locks...
What concerns us most of all is her strain of the virus and what it does when passed on to a new host. We've seen with the two interns that she can pass on her own virus to an extent. Those she infects tend to act differently than she. While she is dormant and docile most of the time without stimulants, those interns appear to constantly be in a state of rage in their infection. Much more active than her. And during the incident, we've recorded the interns could spread the virus further, with more irregularities. The new batch would display less fierce behavior, yet still have some form of intelligence. They would actually use tools to help... beat others down in order to infect them. Yet more differences with the newest batch. They appear the most docile, but make no mistake, they'll still try to devour others. They also don't appear to have the capability to sprint like their oldest siblings, or make a light jog like their older siblings. These ones tend to shamble around, as if passing the virus down weakens it a bit every time up to a certain point where it can be no weaker. These "shamblers" always pass on their own strain completely, so they must be the last of the line. We've come to designate titles to these forms of the infection:
Patient Zero: Mother
Zero's Spawn: Alphas, "Hunters"
Alphas' Spawn: Betas, "Brutes"
Betas' Spawn: Omegas, "Shamblers"
Zero herself displays the behavior of a Shambler most of the time, except for when prey is in sight or there is a stimulant in the environment that clues her in on potential prey, then she'll take off in a somewhat fast jogging speed towards her prey or the source of the sound.
She grows in strength with each feeding, becoming more and more of a threat. Right now her current standings suggest that she is no more powerful or as fast as a Beta, yet her ability for cognitive thought processes surpasses that of Alphas. A door that is barred on her side will be bypassed with ease once she realizes she can't open it by slamming into it.
Likes:
Eating
Dislikes:
Not eating
Future appearance.
