Your Zombie Ex-Girlfriend. Now there's a story without a clear ending... or even much of a clear beginning either. What follows is a summary of my thoughts after reviewing all known collected data since the creature first appeared. I'm sure there is still more to uncover.
Zombie is also known by the name Jade. Apparently it's a name that was assigned to her during her time in The Asylum and quite assuredly, it is not her true birth name. THE ASYLUM is the experimental bio-sciences wing of the group known as Area 51. Not a lot of detailed or even reliable data gets out of that organization, but from what we can tell it is primarily a benevolent group dedicated to furthering the future of mankind via the development and propagation of the Morphon affected super human. It is rumored that they utilize what could be best described as "fringe science" techniques and they're not afraid to actually test their research devices and enhancement discoveries on live humans. This is tech that even Dr. F would balk to make a buck from distributing in a dark alley. In retrospect, it looks like Jade was likely one of the earliest known victims of the Z-Virus... one of "The Infected." She was found about 6 months ago in her emergent Zombie form, wildly rampaging though the city streets, destroying everything and anyone she came upon without mercy. I can say, after reviewing the surveillance footage from the street level cameras, it appeared that Zombie was searching for something or maybe even someone that she believed was hiding nearby. It was... horrible and a scene of pure terror that even the most realistic of horror films fail to capture. We have obtained footage that shows Zombie pausing to eat select... ah, portions of her first few victims all over and done for 'em. She was so god-damned fast. It looked like a dark day for the city until one of the supers, code named Misty Monsoon, showed up with some of her team and took Zombie down with a massive concussive wind blast and subsequently kept her in a vacuum stasis field for transport back to Area 51. I wish the surveillance footage was of a bit better quality. It's just conjecture at this point, but I'd go so far as to say that Zombie might have actually recognized Monsoon and intentionally calmed down... even let herself be captured at that point. All I can say is, if that 51 agent had not showed up so quickly, this would have been an Alpha Level event with widespread deaths across the city. I know they treated her with something during her time in the Asylum. Some otherworldly concoction blended from their own secretly developed tech and weapons acquired from the defeat of multiple off-world visitors and invaders. A se-ries of injections was administered. Was it nanotech Implants? Or did it go beyond into the realm of mind control? Nobody knows the actual instruments of 51's success, but I'd bet it's a bit of everything available. All I know is they got this monster under control and brought her slightly closer to something definable as human. Three months after her capture, Jade is no longer a raging, murdering monster and appears almost... let's call it "tolerant" of other humans. In my opinion she hovers dangerously somewhere between the living and the most assuredly undead. She has been observed with the ability to quickly heal from injuries, even massive ones, but strangely she also sports bloody cuts and scars all over her body that do not seem to ever fully heal. Whatever treatment 51 gave to her, it also restored a portion of her sanity and her ability to form speech again. There are few that can say they are able to spend more than a few minutes with her, describing it as like entering the Lion's cage. You don't turn your back and there is always that uncomfortable feeling when she looks at you, she just might be looking for her next meal. She's insanely strong and fast as hell. She heals and her body regenerates itself and yet she may not actually still be alive. If she could fly and didn't scare little kids...and most other living things, then she could damn well be Superman's little sister. As a result of the Area 51 treatments, we know that Jade helped defend the city during the recent Infected outbreak. She fought side by side with the humans and other groups of supers, defending them all and destroying more than 500 of the infected onslaught. Only a few knew they were fighting with Zombie Ex. Area 51 provided her with a holofield generator that gave her the appearance of a human. If she didn't have this cover, she would have been the focus of attacks from both sides of the Infected battle. Seems as though the holo-generator was destroyed near the end of the Infected war, but I've also heard rumors that Jade ripped the device off and destroyed it herself. Jade's new-found clarity of mind has also revealed a small portion of her past. Surveillance has picked up that she truly believes that she was in a relationship with one of the other supers prior to her infection. I'm not sure of the validity of that belief as it seems that nobody is sure which super she was involved with, not even Jade herself. The relationship ended badly she says and speaking of the memory of her feelings brings her to a rage. This breakup went badly and there is the assumption that Jade's infection with the Z-Virus may have been someone's attempt to keep her quiet... for the long term. The idea that there is a super powered being out there that would literally terminate an old girlfriend in this way is even more disturbing than what Jade actually went through. What did she know? Is there any legitimacy to her belief that the infection was a "hit" on her or is her mind so corrupted that she'll never know the truth? Was Area 51 involved from the start? It certainly makes me wonder if she wasn't simply an escaped Area 51 experiment gone wrong and mind con-trolled from the start. She's too agile to be blocked. Too strong to be contained. Too much burning revenge... to ever die easily. Jade now seems resigned to the fact that she needs to uncover the missing pieces of her past, her identity, how she came in contact with the Z-Virus and what is keeping her undead yet sane. Holy crap I've seen firsthand what she can do. Super powers or not, if she ever finds him I sure wouldn't want to be that rumored ex-boyfriend
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