EXCERPT FROM NE-BETA PARASITE LABORATORY TESTS (CODENAME: NE-Β)

DAY 28

The more the NE-Beta Parasite is studied, the more impressive it becomes

on every level. Today showed that the parasite is doing much more than

just ‘driving’ the specimen – it has made it much tougher than it ever

was before.

We decided on a course of action to remove the parasite from the zombie.

We believed the most obvious course was to attempt to destroy the

zombie’s legs, leaving the parasite host with no method of locomotion.

It soon became clear however that the specimen was now almost completely

impervious to damage! Small arms fire, machine guns, flamethrowers and

even a frag grenade had minimal effect on the host as well as the

parasite, which continued to search for ways to get its pincers on its

attackers.

During today’s activities we lost two more security guards and another

research aid – but they were sacrifices worth making as they revealed

another offensive weapon the “parasite zombie” has at its disposal.

As these three entered the cell, the parasite began spraying a strange

substance onto them – an acrid bile that instantly slowed their progress

as they began coughing and gasping for air. With its perceived threat

incapacitated it was only a matter of seconds before the unfortunate

trio lay dead.

This spray attack also had another characteristic however. We noticed

that while the three guinea pigs were covered in the bile, all of our

test subjects in nearby holding areas became extremely agitated,

throwing themselves against the wall closest to the bile-covered trio in

order to break through and get to them. It was also noted by some of my

colleagues that they did this with an urgency and strength not usually

noted.

It seems that this substance, whatever it proves to be, has some kind of

stimulating effect on other B.O.W.s and is of course something we need

to study further.

Dr. Turner