Revenge by Chris Wilson (nonfiction book recommendations .txt) 📖

his eyes wearily. Where am I? He wondered.
Why, you are in my Chamber. Rise, Matt, and listen to what I have to say. Fully opening his eyes, Matt looked up slowly to examine his surroundings. Surprised to find bloodied bodies all around him, he quickly rose to his feet.
What was before him looked like a battle had been fought. Broken and badly bleeding bodies were laying everywhere, occasionally in lines or piles. All looked like normal humans; they clearly weren't zombified. A black throne lay in the center of it all, yet the bodies seemed pretty far away from the throne. Noticing he was perspiring, Matt also noticed temperature was back to normal. Sitting on that black throne, calmly drinking a red drink that looked very much like blood, was the Overlord himself. This was no normal throne, you see. It looked like even the most obese king would have plenty of belly room in this throne.
Fifteen feet tall, and 300 pounds of sheer muscle, was this mass of a being that barely defined as a human. Like a giant, he dwarfed all, and was unbelievably strong. Many would have called him a monster, the Zombies were the only ones to see him for what he really was: a genius. He alone spoke to, controlled, guided, planned, and kept together the Zombies. He was the center of the mental network; without him, the Zombies would be wandering and unintelligent, objective-less and brainless. With him, the Zombies were intelligent and connected, knowing what the Overlord wanted them to know. They worked together, could recognize each other by sight, and were given ranks and assigned missions.
Best of all, he took habits, emotions, and ways of thinking and morphed them to his own purposes. Habits changed into a method of training. Emotions were changed to patience and hatred for the humankind. Way of thinking were transformed, family became future victims, friends became enemies. All the information you had ever known was known instantly by the Overlord, who in turn could pass on the information to some or all of the Zombies.
"What happened here?" asked Matt as he approached his Friend, Master, and Advisor. Offering Matt a glass of what he was drinking, the Overlord replied gloatingly.
"I placed a portal to my chamber at one of the Resistances' bases. Sure enough, they somehow figured out it went to our base; though whether they knew it went to me, I don't know. Anyways, they sent an army in here to invade and attack. We were short on blood, so I devised the quickest way to get some. It was an easy victory; here, let me show you the memory." As he spoke, a memory was transmitted into Matt's mind. Viewing it play-by-play, he was amazed at the Overlords' clear and obvious skill: he would be surprised if He had a scratch from the fights.
"So what was it you summoned me here for?" Matt asked slowly, trying to sound uninterested.
"I wanted to let you choose something. I have a feeling I know what you shall choose; I shall give you the choice nonetheless." He paused. "You can go with Mission Eliminate, or your Secret Mission."
"My Secret Mission!" Matt responded immediately.
"Now, you have two secret missions. You may do your first one first, although I know you would prefer the second." The Overlord paused for effect. "There's a specific person I want you to find. She knows information I need to know." Matt thought Who would have information that He needs? but knew the Overlord enough not to argue. When the Overlord didn't continue, he spoke.
"Who?" The Overlord waited about five seconds before answering.
"I don't know her name..." He said slowly.
"Then how am I-" Matt started, but was quickly interrupted.
"That's why I'm giving you this very special, and unique, Mission. I know few others besides you who could accomplish this." The Overlord said quietly, but with power behind his words.
"What's my lead?" Matt demanded.
"I will give you all I have on Her--so long as you swear to your life that you will not speak of what I'm about to show you, or any details of this Mission, to anyone." The Overlord said fiercely. Intrigued, Matt was about to respond when he recalled the Overlord had never done something like this before.
"Yes," Matt decided, and shut off the outwards-sending signal allowing other Zombies to use his mind.
"Now, a while back, there was a person who was a chemist, a lab scientist." The Overlord said slowly. "His name was Jahnnes Olson. He was Swedish, and was working on a serum that would grant the drinker invincibility. He was working on it with two other people, Clark and William.
"They concocted a violent fizzing blend, rapidly changing colors and the fizz was slightly acidic. I'll show you a picture of it..." The Overlord said, as he laid a hand on Matt's left forearm and transferred a five-second memory of a fowl-smelling potion in a finger-sized clear/crystal casing.
"Now, the only disadvantage was it had less than a 4% survival rate, for the muscles didn't like to be mutated so quickly. Jahnnes decided to betray his two 'friends', and drove down to an old Jack-in-the-Box lot." The Overlord continued, and was transferring the memory of driving down to the place. It had a lot of forest-like terrain, and though the parking lot was half-full, the Jack-in-the-Box looked completely empty, and seemed to have been empty for some time. Matt began to wonder how the Overlord knew so much about this Jahnnes person.
"He drank the serum, wanting to know invincibility; you see, he was rather greedy for power," The Overlord continued. "But he wasn't lucky enough to survive. His body wasn't fit enough, and though he was bulked it had weakened due to an extended time spent on a computer, developing the formula." He said harshly. "He died. Just at that very moment, his friends arrived at the lot. They had seen him leave, noticed the potion was missing, and put two and two together. I'm guessing they looked at the security cameras, and saw the direction he was heading.
"It wasn't a well-used road, and it was easy to track his car to the lot, I'm sure. They caught sight of him, just as he fell dead to the floor. They brought the car to a halt next to the body, and got out quickly." The Overlord paused. It sounds like he was there, maybe watching the scene from above? Or perhaps Jahnnes became a Zombie, and transferred memory of this event? But wait, the name 'Jahnnes' doesn't sound familiar, so unless He didn't put the name into our minds as a fellow Zombie... The Overlord interrupted Matt's thoughts. "But Jahnnes wasn't quite ready to leave the world. The serum gave him the strength to survive, and with his willpower he rose from the dead. As the worlds' first Zombie." Imprint

Publication Date: 10-01-2010

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Dedication:
To my brethren