'Kind of an ultravirus,' Sunni chimed.
'Of course,' Jack murmured. 'His body would have no defense against modern diseases.'
'But how did it work so fast?' asked Amon.
'The rate his cells were reproducing themselves in that skin sample…' Lucy whistled. 'I took a chance that the same thing would happen once his whole body woke up – all those regenerated cells buzzing away inside him…'
'So that's why Chung stuck the pin in him,' Ava mumbled in realization.
Chung nodded. 'Lucy said I had to get the ultravirus into his bloodstream.'
She looked for the mark on Zubbe's ankle, but it was lost in a mass of crimson lesions.
'His metamorphosis into the wolf worked for us,' said Lucy quietly.
Jack half-laughed. 'Not from where I was standing.'
Lucy shook her head. 'The wolf metabolism works faster and harder, remember? The virus was able to replicate itself through his body far more quickly.'
