The Constant Z

The Constant Z Oh! I forgot it totally. Today is theDepartment of Air Force Awards 2017. Irushed to the auditorium and sat in a chair.After the address of the Chief Guest I satthere for a few minutes and then the medaldistribution started. At last they called me,'Michael',\" The Young Civilian award\". Theygave the medal for the victory of our team inthe last Mission named CX-758. I'm Michael, 30 year old bachelor inthe Indian AirForce as the Air Vice Marshaland the pilot of CG-50. I work in the IndianAir Force for more than 5 years and metmany dangerous people in the world. I'm nota strict or a discipline one. In fact, I'm thenaughtiest one in our team. I spent 9 months

in this camp and I am about to leave thecamp for my holidays for 2 months. I reached Coimbatore, my birth placeby train. It was a hot summer afternoon. Myparents, relatives and my friends werewaiting for me in the platform. As soon as Icame my dog gave me a welcome by waggingit's tail and licking my face. My parents,friends and relatives gave me a heartywelcome. They were all happy to see me after9 months.We were all in the railway station for atleast an hour. Then we all had lunch in a hotelwhere we usually go. My house looked thesame way, how it was 9 months before butpretty clean this time. My relatives stayed inthe house till 8 in the night. I slept at 9

without having my dinner as I was very tiredafter the travel. Then I decided to go out with myfriends. They had bikes with them. But I didnot have as I don’t use it unless I come herefor a holiday. So, they decided to buy a newbike for me. They all had many suggestions. Idecided to buy my favorite classic bikecompany (RE) Royal Enfield. Then we movedto the Royal Enfield showroom nearby. I sawmany bikes over there but I fell in love withthe classic hot red Continental GT. I boughtit and travelled in it everywhere. Next, I didnot have a proper phone with me. My friendsgifted me an Apple Iphone 8 and asmartwatch. The first thing they did in thatphone was that they opened an account forme in Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp.

We then went to the cinema and had ourdinner and went back home. The next morning, I decided to go toall of my friend's house. As per the plan Iwent to all my friend's house. I spent mywhole evening in my bestie's house. Even hisis a fighter pilot like me but he is in theIndian Navy. I have no sibling but he has anelder sister. She is a very good cook. Shealong with her mother made a delicious foodfor me that night. I spent at least 8 hours over there andwhen I came back to my house it was 11'Oclock. The next day was my birthday. Abirthday I will never forget in my life. Abirthday where my life gave me a great gift.A birthday that made me stand in the edgeof my life........

I was awake till 1 in the midnight. I gotmany wishes from Facebook, Instagram andWhatsapp. In fact, many groups were namedas 'Happy Birthday Michael'. I slept at 1:30probably. The next day, I mean my Birthday! I wokeup at 9. I was so excited. I searched for mymother and father. I did not see them fromlast night. I called to their mobile phones.But it was not reachable. I thought theymight have gone somewhere near or to sometemple. My mobile battery was just 16%. Iforgot to charge it last night. I did not getany notification that morning.

Then I took bath wore my new dress andsat down to watch the TV. The first channelcame when I switched on the TV was news.The newsreader was so tensed on something.He said, \"The nuclear station nearCoimbatore has exploded due to thecarelessness of the supervisor. And peopleare getting affected by the virus.........\".Before the news was over there was a powercut. I thought something was wrong with thenews channel. Then I went to check out thegenerator. It did not have diesel and myphone was running short of power. I decidedto go to the petrol bunk to get some diesel. I took Royal Enfield Continental GT andwent to a petrol bunk. But it was closed. Inever saw that road like this before. It waslike a place after war. There were no people

in that road. The cars were blasted here andthere. All the things were scattered on theroad. I then stopped my bike and wasthinking what would have happened there. Ithen saw a very cute puppy playing with a ballon the road. A man was coming near it and lifted it. Ithought that he was the owner of the dogand he is kissing it. But when it took a closerhe was not kissing the dog. He was biting itsstomach and eating it's intestine orsomething. The puppy was screaming for itslife. Its blood was splashing here and there.The place where the dog was playing wascompletely bloody. I rushed to save thepuppy. But the puppy died. I ran to scold thatman but he was not a man at all.He was some kind of like a psycho. It came tobite my neck but I pushed that away.

I took my bike and rode out of thatplace. I was really scared. I rushed to myhouse. But on the way back home two menwere fighting. One was on the top of theother. He was biting the man's neck. I wentto stop him from doing so. I pushed that manin the top and went to help the man lying onthat road. I saw his skin turning from brown topale. His veins were popping out. He wasspitting blood on the road. When he openedhis eyes, I saw his eyes white in colour andblood was dropping from his eyes. He was nohuman. He was like that same psycho who atethat dog's intestine. He came to bite me. Ipushed it and ran near my bike. I fell on the

road. The two of them came running towardsme. For that second I was totally blank andscared. I then took a metal rod which waslying on the road and hit the two of them androde to my house. There was another manlike the psyches I fought with. I hid againstthe car and waited for it to move out so thatI can enter the house. An incoming call in mymobile which made the psycho run towardsme. I took the rod and hit the psycho andentered the house. I locked the door as tightas I can. I switched on the radio and heard anews, \"The nuclear explosion has made thepeople behave wild like animals. They areaffected by a virus. They call the personaffected by the virus as zombie. People arerequested not to go out. Everyone must stayin their house safely. There is nocure for this, so please don’t allow them to

bite you. If they bite you even you willbecome a zombie\". I called my mother andfather but they did'nt pick up the call. Ithought even they became zombies.I had no time to cry or even think of that.Then I realized that I got a phone call whenI was hiding. I saw who it was. It was myuncle John Gillete. I called him back. Hepicked up and said, \" Michael are you safe\". Ianswered him yes. He said,\" Somehow youcome to my house we all can be safe\". I toldhim that I will come. I packed my bag withclothes, some snacks, the metal rod whichsaved my life and my gun. My phone was switched off because of0% battery. I was charging my phone in apower bank and kept it in my pocket. I heard

a knock at the door. When I opened it azombie came to bite me. But my dog bit itand saved my life. The zombies which heardthis noise came towards my dog and bit mydog. They tore my dog into pieces. I rushedtowards the stairs crying. The zombies camechasing me. I had an idea, I decided to escapethrough the balcony. At least 20 zombieswere chasing me. They dashed at each otherand running behind. I somehow jumped acrossthe buildings and escaped. The place where Iparked my bike was filled with zombies. I thought of going to my uncle's house bybike but I had to walk. After I jump fewbuildings there came a tall apartment. Therewere no buildings after that so I came to theroad by having a pipe for grip. I came nearmy uncle's house thinking about my faithful

dog which gave it's own life to save mine. Ithen came to my uncle's house. But therewere 2 zombies over there. There came anotification which made the zombie rushtowards me. I used the rod again to save mylife. I hit the zombies on their head and theydied. I then knocked the door. Only myuncle's voice came. He said. \" Michael I killedyour elder brother as he changed to azombie. Now I have only one kid and my wife.Sorry for not opening the door for you. Ifyou were also bit by zombie or something itwill affect my kid to... So you please gosomewhere\". I told him to take care of his family andwent out of the house. I then realized thatmy best friend Sabastian house was nearby.I then decided to go to his house. I then

walked to his house. He is a fighter pilot inthe Indian Navy. When I went to his house atleast 50 or 60 zombies were outside hishouse. I had an idea. I threw a stone on themetal dustbin which was a 100 meters away.And the zombies ran towards it and Imanaged to get into his house. Sabastian was worried about something.I enquired him what. He said that he and hissister went to the Brookfields and the peopleover there changed into zombies. A zombiebit her sister and she changed to a zombie.He somehow managed to escape. I enquiredhim about his parents. He told me that theyare safe in the AirForce school,Coimbatore.A helicopter came to pick them up when Iwas in the mall with my sister.

Suddenly I remembered about anotification that my smartwatch showed mewhen I was hiding near my uncle's house. Iswitched on my phone. It was fully chargedby then. That notification was a missed callfrom an unknown number. I called it back. Itwas a phone call from the AirForce school.They said that my parents are fine overthere. A helicopter dropped them in theAirForce school as I was in the IndianAirForce. They also said that I should cometo the AirForce school to be safe. Sabastian and myself decided to go thereby tomorrow. I rested in his house at thatnight. Early morning at 6 we took our thingsand were ready to go to the AirForce schoolby his car. Sabastian's neighbour came withus. When we were about to get in the car a

zombie saw us. It made a sound and all theother zombies came running by the direction.Sabastian unlocked the car using his carremote. Zombies came reached the placewhere the car was parked. When we openedthe door and sat the car key fell down onthe road. Another neighbour distracted thezombies so that we could go. The zombiescame rushing towards him but they did notharm him or bite him, they just dashed himand went to a dog which was standing there.The neighbour who was with us got down totake the keys. He gave Sabastian the key. Bythe time another zombie which was behindthe car bit him. We moved away as fast as wecould out of the place. We headed to the AirForce schoolwhich was just 9km away. It was a terrifying

experience we both had. Even in the borderwhen we attacked the terrorists we did nothave such a horrifying time. There were nozombies about 4km. But after that the roadwas filled with zombies. At least 300zombies would have been there in that place.They began to break the doors and thewindows. Sabastian was struggling to drivethrough them. So I shifted his place. I sat inthe driver seat and began to drive. I used allmy pilot skills and somehow dashed and killedand smashed the zombies and escaped fromthe place. I would have rode the car at180km/h to escape. I then saw the board2km to AirForce school. This brought a kindof relief between us. The security allowed us inside as wewere working for the Indian Army. The first

thing I did when I went there was, I foundmy parents safe. Me and Sabastian spentsome time with our parents. Sabastian'sparents were crying when he told them thathis sister has become a zombie. My familywas very sad hearing the news that our dogdied while saving me from the zombies. After some time a soldier came to ussaying that the Marshal of the AirForce iscalling me. I went to meet him. He was in aserious discussion with the other officers.He then welcomed me. He told that thecountry is in total chaos. These zombies havedestroyed almost half of the country. Heintroduced a virologist to me. He told himthat I will have to escort him to the ManipalVirus Research center in Karnataka. It wasthe only solution to this problem. I agreed to

him. I only had one demand. I wantedSabastian to come with me. He agreed to it.We wore our armors and loaded our guns. 12more soldiers accompanied us. We boardedthe aeroplane. We reached Bangalore AirForce camp at8 in the night. We took our guns for oursafety. We opened the back door of our armyplane and went near the camp. But suddenlythe zombies spotted us. They came runningtowards us. The soldiers shot the zombies.The virologist who was afraid by seeing thosezombies ran back to the plane. I camerunning behind him to save him. Butunfortunately he sliped and shot himselfaccidentally. He was dead.

We then rushed to the camp. Some of thesoldiers who were in that camp came to saveus. They shot the zombies. Due to the gunsound the other zombies came towards us.We then rushed to the camp and locked thedoor. We informed the Marshal that thevirologist shot himself accidentally and died.We did not have any idea about what we wereabout to do. We then switched on the tv withatmost low volume. The newsreader said thatthe virus which affected almost half of Indiahas now spread over the whole world. Thepeople in this world are turning to zombie.They mentioned that the World HealthOrganisation WHO is coming up with asolution. This line struck my mind. I decided to goto the World Health Organisation. I asked

permission from the Marshal and set out ourway to WHO. I decided that only me andSabastian would go there. The soldiers camewith us to the India-China border. You wouldthink why I came here. The reason that Icame here was, I have my CG-50, my fighterplane over here. I will travel in it along withSabastian. This will be the fastest way thanthe army plane. I reached Geneva, Switzerland by my CG-50. When I was in the mid air, almost 500meteres from the ground, my plane's fuelemptied. I thought it was a wrong ideatravelling in a fighter plane to Geneva almost7000km. Ah! It’s was wrong idea. I have toland it somewhere or it will crash. What ifzombies are there in the area where I land.

Oh! What will I do now. I had no idea what todo. And no time. The plane's fuel emptied andit was about fall on the land. Oh! A crashlanding. Sabastian was safe. He used aparachute. But I had a clear crash landing.My left wrist bone had a fracture. I wasfainting. Sabastian came for help. I got holdhis should for support. After a long strugglewe reached WHO. I woke up. I was given treatment by thedoctors in the WHO. When I woke up thefirst question I asked was, how many days Ihave been there here. They told me that Iwas unconscious for 3 days. I asked themwhere is Sabastian? Then he came in. I sawmyself tied to the bed. They asked who amI? I told them to take my phone and call anynumber and enquire. The man came and

picked my phone. His eyes were sky blue, hehad a french beard and he was bald; he waswearing a white dress with which I found himthat he was a doctor. He called to the firstnumber he saw on the phone. Last time Icalled the Marshal to get approval for goingto WHO. After that I did not call anyone. Hemight have called the Marshal to enquireabout me I guessed. Yes I guessed it correctly. He put thephone call outspeaker. I told the Marshal tointroduce who I am to doctor of WHO. Heintroduced me. The doctors over theresaluted me. I felt proud. I thought was notthe time to feel proud. I remembered that Ishould save the people from getting attackedby the virus. I needed a speedy solution.They then released me from the bed.

I told them that I wanted to meet theimportant people of WHO. I wanted todiscuss about the stopping of virus. Theyarranged for a meeting. All the importantpeople from WHO came to the meeting. Iasked them how we can stop the spread ofthis virus. They told me that they had noidea. The doctor who was examining it hasalso turned into a zombie. The doctor wantedto create a vaccine for the virus. But hehimself was attacked by the virus. They toldme that the zombies will die only when we hitthem in the head or shoot them in the head.Even if we shoot in its body it will faint butnot die. They just keep moving their handsand legs. Then suddenly something struckSabastian. He said, \"When I went to the

mall with my sister. The zombies did notattack a man who was very ill. May be he wasill because of alcohol. He was very close tothe zombies but they did not attack thatman, instead they attacked my sister\". ThenI remembered the neighbour who was notattacked by the zombie. I told them thatwhen we got inside our car Sabastian'sneighbour distracted the zombies. He shot azombie with his gun. The zombies rushedtowards the sound of the gun but did notbite or even harm the man. They just dashedhim and went near a dog which was barking. Ihad a doubt and asked them, why are thezombies attack the unaffected human andnot a zombie. I never seen a zombie bitinganother zombie. They told me that it is thebehavior of animals. Keep a lion as anexample. A lion won't eat a dead deer or an ill

deer which is affected by a disease orsomething. An idea sparked my mind. I asked themthat if we have a disease in our body will itattack us? They said, \" it may not attack usbut I'm not sure about it. Who will put hislife in risk and do it?\" I told I can do it. Theytold me if we inject a cureable bacteriawhich is powerful than the virus. I askedthem where the bacteria is. They told methat WHO is separated into blocks. We arein Block-A. The bacteria is in Block-B. Block-B is bacteria section. But we did not knowwhat bacteria we must inject. We must testit. I told them in a hurry that I will take itand come back. But I did not know thedanger which awaited me. They showed methe CCTV footage of the lab. It was not live

it was a record two days before. The doctorwho was examining it had changed to azombie. He was in the research roomexamining the virus. It affected him. Wethen locked the only door. The peoplewho were in that block has also becomezombies. There were atleast 80 people overthere. Now I viewed the live footage.Thezombies in there were dashing on the wall.They were very calm. They were not sofierceful like the zombies outside. I askedthem why? They told me that all the peopleover there have become zombies. They are socalm because there are no more fresh bloodhumans in that area. The bacteria was in thelast room in that section and we have to

cross these zombies to take that bacteria.Me, Sabastian and Carl, who was a scientistin WHO accompanied us to Block-B.We three were given axe to attack thezombies if we had no choice. They handedSabastian a gun. We taped thick magazinesto protect us from the bite of the zombies.The doctor told us that we should attackthose zombies only when we have no otherchoice. \"WE WERE READY TO ENTER BLOCK-B\" The doctors of the WHO opened thedoor to Block-B. We moved so quietly thatno zombies heard us. We first passedthrough the canteen. The glasses in therewere broken. There were no zombies over

there. It was so dark so we switched on thelights with at most less noise. There was aPepsi vending machine. Sabastian wanted to drink one, but Isaid no. We were fighting against the badtime and he wanted a cool Pepsi. We then came to the research part ofthe block. There were probably 35 rooms inthere. Some rooms were filled with zombies.The zombies in there were just calm andwere dashing the walls. The door of the room12 was open. We have to cross the door toreach the other side where the bacteria iskept safely. But the room was filled with atleast 10 zombies. If we make a slight noisethey would find us. So we moved one by one.

Only 1 zombie was looking through the door.It turned to the wall at some regularintervals. We took advantage from this andwhisked out of the place. Carl said that we have to move to thebasement as the Bacteria Sample room wasthere. We moved to the basement by stairs.That time a zombie saw us. In a hurrySabastian shot the zombie without thinkingwhats gonna happen next. The pistol's soundalerted all the other zombies. The other 80zombies came rushing towards us. All thezombies from all the floor rushed towardsthe basement. I could hear their sound fromthe ceiling above me. I told Sabastian andCarl that I will distract the zombie and makethem come towards me while they take thebacteri from the room.

The Bacteria sample room was in the left.So I took right. I used my axe to make soundby hitting the wall and the floor and themetal supporter. The zombies rushedtowards me. I ran as far as possible. Therecame a door. I opened it moved inside. Onlyone zombie came chasing me. While theothers were locked in the room. They weretrying to break the door. Thank god! Thedoor was strong. I choped its head with myaxe. The blood splashed on me. Yuck! It wasso stinky and sticky. By this time Sabastian and Carl reach theroom. Unknowingly Sabastian pushed a glassbeaker. The zombies which were trying tobreak the ran towards that direction.

Sabastian and Carl had no choice. They hadto escape. They had to go to out of block-B.They ran to the ground floor towards thecanteen. By the time the zombies reachedthe ground floor. They chased Sabastian andCarl. The securities who were watching thisin the CCTV opened the door for them andshut it as soon as they came out, locking thedoor so that the zombies does'nt come outof the block. They zombies dashed over each otherand reached the entrance of Block-B. All thezombies tried to break the entrance whichwas tightly locked. They piled up chairs overthe entrance door so that it was difficult forthe zombies to open the door. By this time Iwas walking in there. I somehow reached aplace and saw a board. The board read

'Bacteria Sample Section'. I was so happy.But that room needed passcode. I tried somebut it failed. I heard a phone ringing. Thatwas a telephone. It was on the wall. I pickedup the call. The people who were viewing methrough the CCTV told me the passcode. Itwas'170204'. I entered the passcode and thedoor opened. The room was in 2 degreeCelsius. I kept my axe on the floor and wentit with delight. As soon as I entered theroom locked automatically. I took a box and began pushing all thebacteria samples inside it. Now this timewhen I turn towards the door a zombie wasstanding on the other side of the door. I sawit threw the glass window on the door. It waswaiting for me to come out. It was spittingits blood over the door and showing its

hunger on me. I searched for my axe. Ah! Itwas on the floor on the corridor. I had nochoice. I did not know what to do. Thezombie began hitting the door harder..... Evenharder. I had no choice. I had to vaccinatemyself some bacteria from this box. Isearched for a syringe. Yes! I found it. It was in the drawer overa corner. I thought what will happen if Ivaccinate myself a wrong medicine. Will I die. If I die who will discover avaccine for the zombies to be cured. Whowill take care of my country. Who will takecare of my parents. If I die then.... I hadthousand things to keep in my mind before Idie. Ok! I'll vaccinate any bacteria and see

what happens. What if it protects me fromzombies. By thinking these I took the syringein my hand. I took some kind of a bottle. Iread \"WARNING- Not certified yet.\" I hadno choice. I took the bacteria in the syringe.Injected it in my hand. I waited for 10minutes for the bacteria to spread over mywhole body. And then I entered thepasscode. The door opened slowly. The zombie came to me. It smelled me,touched me and dashed me but did not biteme. I was shocked. It did not bite me! It didnot harm me! I was very happy. Yes! I got it.I took the same kind of bacteria in that boxand took it in my hand. I climbed the stairsto the ground. I went to the canteen. I brokethe Pepsi vending machine and took a Pepsitin. I drank it and pushed the vendingmachine due to this sound the zombies which

were breaking the entrance door camerushing towards it. I walked smoothly to theentrance. The zombies dashed me andshouted before me but did not harm me. Iwent to the entrance while the zombies wentto the canteen to see who made that sound.The securities opened the door for me.Everyone were amazed. I then called theMarshal and informed this happy news. I toldhim to send these vaccines through thehelicopter and inform the unaffected peopleto inject these vaccine. As per the idea the Indian Governmentsent the vaccines to the people throughhelicopters. The people vaccinated it andkilled the zombies. If we vaccinate it thezombies will think that we are affected andwill not harm us. The people killed all the and

saved that world. The population of the worldhas gone down to an alarming rate. But thisevent showed the brave and fearlessattitude of the people towards any level ofthreat. The End!