added jokingly that if the rabies virus became airborne, which it probably would, after being combined with the influenza virus, it would result in a zombie pandemic and the victims could take on both a zombie like appearance as a result of the plague and start to act like zombies, because of the rabies infection. He laughed and told Himmler that it would be the best of both worlds, since either the viruses would kill the Americans outright or infected people would begin attacking other people when the rabies started to drive them crazy. Either way, Hitler and his Germany would deliver a crippling blow to the Americans.
Mengele said they were also successful in figuring ways to disperse the virus when it arrived in America. He said that normally the virus would have to be airborne for maximum effectiveness; however, they also figured how they could infuse it into the Americans’ water supplies without the chlorine and other water purifying chemicals having any effect on the super strain. Since the virus was normally airborne it would spread naturally from one person to another in the same manner as the common cold. Once a significant number of people became infected, the virus would have a steamrolling effect and spread rapidly, especially in densely populated areas. Mengele’s team had already developed special canisters for both transporting the virus and for an aerial dispersal of it at selected cities on the East Coast. A second type container could be used to infuse it into the water supplies at various reservoirs, which normally had little in the way of physical security. Mengele said that their initial testing on some of the Auschwitz inmates was very promising and that they were confident they had been successful in their development of a new super virus. Additional testing might be necessary, however, given Hitler’s timelines, he said they should be ready to proceed with deployment in less than a month.
Himmler felt repulsed by what the Doctor of Death had described to him, however, he knew that the Fuhrer would have little problem in approving the plan. Himmler was scheduled to meet again with Hitler and he told Mengele that when the Fuhrer approved the plan they would proceed. Confident that this would happen, he instructed the Doctor to make ready the canisters for deployment as soon as possible. Mengele said they had adequate supplies of both the virus strains and special canisters and would start to get things ready.
Before his next meeting with Himmler, Mengele decided that he would conduct some more tests of their newly developed super strain to make sure that it was everything he had promised to his SS boss. The camp already had a number of controlled areas that could be used to observe subjects and determine if the virus was as effective as Mengele and his staff thought it was. The Doctor decided that he would use both male and female test subjects of varying ages, some youths, middle-aged persons and some of the elderly. This should give them a good sampling for determining if the virus affected everyone in the same manner.
Using one of the special aerosol canisters they had developed, the subjects were placed in two large control rooms and the virus was quickly introduced by means of the ventilation system. The rooms were then hermetically sealed and everyone sat back to see what the results would be. No significant changes were noticed with the subjects after two days. On the third day, however, several of the subjects began to display symptoms of the flu and started sneezing and having running noses. The fourth day produced additional results when several subjects began to display tumor like growths on their necks, arms and legs and began to become lethargic in their movements and mannerisms. By the fifth day everyone was now covered with growths over their entire body and some of the outer tissues had begun to discolor and turn black and blue. Many of the growths had already started