Chapter 15 - Test subjects!

As everyone was picking there gear as there likely won't be any more to hand out for a second time afterall they only have about 5,000 sets repair is possible but replacements not so this gear will be with them for a long time some might be with them their whole life, bringing John to the side while his team help the new group pick gear and starting conversations "so John that company we paid to get the gear where are they" said Alex as John replied "it was a combination it was a big military company that partnered with a local clothes factory here in Appleton they would gather the high tech military things like night visions and armor while shipping it the fabric factory then they customize everything I heard that factory was getting 5 million for just painting stuff pretty good deal"said John as Alex got into his thoughts again "so if the big military company sends the gear and armor into the factory for customization wouldn't all the gear be there afterall the company doesn't need to do anything but send their surplus and stuff they bought but the customizations take time" said Alex as John was silent for a moment and said "it's highly possible but the only way to know is to go and look" Alex was already formulating plans in his head

As Alex and John talked the more than 300 people were choosing their guns some couldn't even make up there minds with the amount of different weapons the armory had guns from all over the world as most of them came from the black market but the most numerous were the ARs and M4s, as everyone finally chose their weapons they lined up neatly in rows they had no head wear on with their guns on there backs silently waiting for Alex, Alex seeing everyone finish ended his talk with John and went back and looked at his men although some of them still look skinny looking at the umbrella Logo on their chest Alex couldn't help but smile and said while pointing at his own logo on his vest "Do you know what this logo signifies?" Silence no one responded just waiting for Alex to finish "Umbrella signifies us as an umbrella hovering over humanity shielding them so wear it with pride" said Alex as his men immediately yelled "Yes" seeing that everything was set he dismissed everyone but his team while Myers was leaving Alex stopped him and said "drill the boys for a bit form some cohesion and teamwork you guys go with them and listen to the drill sergeant" said Alex although Myers was a drill sergeant that trains soldiers they also train them in cohesion and teamwork and best of all they train they're loyalty "yes commander I'll have the boys in perfect shape in a couple hours after all we all lived together for over a month we understand and trust each other" Alex just nodded while his team went up to Myers and saluted "drill sergeant!" Said the 20 men "ok boys let's go" said Myers as he led the 20 out as the rest of the old men followed him they had experience so they would help Myers in drilling as the basement became empty with only John and Alex "Alex do you think they can be drilled in a few hours" asked John out of pure curiosity "ofcourse these are soldiers theyre previous training and experience are almost impossible to forget"

While Alex and John were in the basement in the wide street of the community infront of Alex mansion you could see hundreds of soldiers training simultaneously "look Martha those veterans are training" said an old voice as his wife Martha came to the porch with cookies and said "wont you look at that Harold those young men sure do have energy" this couple were one of the old people left behind when everyone started to flee they had no one to take them and some of them didn't want to leave there homes so they stayed luckily alex feeds them and sends people to look after the ones that are too old those people are the veterans although they don't know anything about taking care of people, feeding them, helping them and bathing the ones that can't isn't hard and it's nice getting pampered by old people it's just something magical by getting called "son" or "baby" by these vulnerable people

"Chris, Janet how are you two doing" said Alex to the couple sited opposite of him on a table "Alex we are doing fine infact we are doing excellent we have more comfort and way more equipment than in the cdc and with our own private lab this is great" said Janet with an excited voice the lab she talked about was an expanded guest house "Alex we do have a request we are in dire need of test subjects" hearing this alex just smiled and said "I know I'm going to go to a hospital today to look for test subjects and hopefully valuable people if they all turn to zombies then nobody's gonna know how to do anything" said Alex as he wanted to get them test subjects even when they were hauling everything from the cdc but he knew it wasn't the time protecting Chris and Janet were the priority but now that they are safe he can get the test subject afterall how will the vaccine ever come out without test subjects and they will turn to zombies anyway in a couple of hours "Alex we contacted all our researcher and scientist friends around they were at first hesitant but after hearing your speech on the radio and looking at the chaotic campus with people eating each other and looking at the world with the same issues they decided they wanted to come but the issue is transportation I already advised them while everything isn't totally destroyed yet to hoard food and lock themselves in a room"