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attention immediately and so he called the Legatt at the Embassy and asked if he could see their doctor immediately. A car was dispatched and by the time Taylor reached the Embassy some of the dark spots had begun to swell to the point that pus, or was it blood, was starting to ooze from his body. When the Embassy doctor first saw Taylor the only thing he could think of was the plague, but how Taylor could have contracted this deadly disease was beyond him. He called the local hospital and explained the situation and Taylor was transported to an isolation section of the hospital, which had been constructed and reserved for persons exhibiting symptoms of the Avian influenza, or Bird Flu. The doctor had never seen a skin eruption on a person even close to what Taylor was now displaying. The local doctors quickly discounted the Avian Flu and several other possible infections and finally agreed with the Embassy doctor that it had to be some form of the plague. Taylor was started on a series of antibiotics and saline drips in order to try to stop the progression of the disease. Blood samples were taken for analysis and it would be several hours before the startling results were received back.
    Taylor had long since lost conscientious, but several hours later, he came to and felt a strong urge to strike out at someone. A nurse entered the room and while she was taking his temperature, Taylor suddenly grabbed her and as he pulled her toward the bed began to bite into her arm and rip a piece of flesh from it. He sat there in bed with blood running down his face and thought to himself that, “Whatever he was eating really tasted good.” He lunged at the nurse again but her loud screams alerted the staff and nearby security, who responded in force. Taylor by now had managed to get out of bed and actually felt a newfound strength. He charged the now bleeding nurse and again grabbed her. This time he bit long and hard into her neck and severed her carotid artery causing almost instant death. When the security officer entered the room and saw what was happening he immediately drew his weapon and shot Taylor dead. The doctors quickly converged on the room, which was immediately isolated, and tried to rationalize what had just taken place. As they examined the room, the nurse and Taylor, they were again startled when Taylor suddenly opened his eyes and began to stand. Both the doctors and security personnel knew this couldn’t be happening, as it appeared that Taylor had been shot right through his heart. Nonetheless, he was now starting to stand again while making a sort of growling sound. He was almost standing upright when a security officer shot him again, this time through his head. That seemed to do the job as Taylor immediately sank to the floor. Everyone stood there in complete amazement.
    Back at the JW Marriott, Alex was beginning to feel poorly and had developed a cough similar to her traveling companion.
    Halfway around the world in North Carolina, Harold Strauss was also not feeling his best and besides a nagging cough he had recently developed, he now had some small eruptions coming up on his arms, legs and neck. He wondered if this was the result of the vapor that had escaped from the canister brought up from the U-756. He tried to contact Agent Taylor but only got his voice mail, which stated that he would be out of the office for the next several days.
    The telephone rang in the Office of the FBI Resident Agent at the Federal Building in Wilmington, NC. A message played back to the caller advising him that Special Agent Taylor was not available and that they should leave a message. The box that Taylor had placed in the safe room appeared normal, however, a slight vapor had begun to escape from a canister. The vapor rose in the room and would have dissipated shortly, however, the building’s air conditioning suddenly kicked on and the vapor was transported into the AC duct and sent throughout the Federal Building, where