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  The Fifth Survivor: Episode One

  A Side Quest and to Angel’s Nightmare Adventure

  By: Angel Ramon

  Copyright © 2019 by Angel Ramon

  All Rights Reserved

  Book Design by José Manuel Bethencourt Suárez

  No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the author. The only exception is by a reviewer, who may quote short excerpts in a review.

  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

  Angel Ramon

  Visit my Website: http://www.hybridnationrevolution.com

  Table of Contents

  Note from the Author

  Special Thanks

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Appendix

  Some cool sites to check out!

  Some other authors to check out!

  Note from the Author

  Thank you for purchasing this book and thanks for giving my hard work a read. If you’re a fan of the Angel’s Nightmare Adventure series, this is going to be a bit of a different read. While it will be in the same universe as the actual series, it will be in a totally different point of view.

  The Fifth Survivor will be in the point of view of George Fisher who is found in books 1.5 and 3 of Angel’s Nightmare Adventure. While it’s recommended that you read the actual series first before this side quest, this can be enjoyed as a standalone series. Just think of this new serial series as a different angle for the main series. Yes, there will still be zombies, biohazard creatures, and the mention of the evil Hybrid Corporation.

  This will be a serial release, so expect new episodes every month or month and a half. This particular series will cover George’s story from the events before book one all the way to his death in book 3 – Nemesis.

  Eventually I will do a serial series for each side character in the future. Hope you enjoy!

  Special Thanks

  I like to give special thanks to my ARC Readers that took the time to read my book in advance to make sure it was ready for release and left their review! You all rock and I’m happy to list your names on my book.

  ARC Readers –

  Jennifer Willison

  Candace Searles

  Olivia Rofrits

  Oralee O’Byrne

  James Smith

  Claudia Stephens-Peterson

  Michelle Sewell

  Elaine Emmerick

  Tani Duvenage Cloete

  Taylor Barnes

  Stephen Landry

  Charlotte Miller

  Chapter 1

  Welcome to Episode One of The Fifth Survivor Side quest. For starters, please select your difficulty level.

  Noob (Easy) – Zombies and Creatures do less damage. Pickups are doubled. Suitable for those who are totally scared of the dark or noobs.

  Normal – Nothing more to say. Normal damage, ammo, and pickups. It’s normal mode.

  Real Man (Hard) – This is the mode for real men! Enemies do more damage, ammo is less frequent, and you’ll be a badass. Well, at least hopefully that is.

  Nightmare – Oh, now we’re talking! Double damage from creatures, ammo is really hard to find, and pickups have to be used very wisely. It’s not impossible, but improbable to beat.

  You have selected Hard Mode!

  On July 7th, 2007 the first ever zombie outbreak took place in Brooklyn, NY. Four survivors were able to escape and live through the horrors. These survivors included Angel, Maria, Luis, and Joe. While most literature says there were four survivors, there was one survivor that was never spotted or mentioned. He will always be known as the unknown survivor of the first outbreak.

  This survivor is known as George Fisher and he knows the ins and outs of Hybrid. Behind the secret cloak of his job as a Janitor, he intends to expose Hybrid for their misdeeds from the inside out.

  However, this secret survivor would rather be referenced as the “The Fifth Survivor.”

  May 12, 2007

  “I’m George T. Fisher and my normal job is being the jolly janitor of IS. 302. The school is located in the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn. While I love being a janitor and all, my real job is too dangerous to reveal to the students. In fact, I don’t dare reveal what I do at night, on weekends, and during my vacation. I’m actually a writer for the Cypress Hills tabloid. Well, my family knows what I do, but I choose to write in a pen name known as The Fish Master.

  I got the pen name because I’ve been known in my writing career to uncover some of the darkest secrets in Cypress Hills. I was responsible for putting away a serial killer all the way to a doctor who was supposed to be the friendliest doctor in town, but turned out to be part of a high powered mob family. It’s fair to say that my life is in danger these days. What saves me is my pen name. Many people want to know who the fish master is, but the only one who knows that is my third wife and of course myself. Too bad, my third wife is out of the country doing a job.

  Today I’ve been assigned to cover a story where I interview a top researcher for the Hybrid Corporation. His name is Anthony Clark, only one of the sons of the powerful Clark family. I know his brother, Herman and he’s quite the douche. I hope that Anthony is not a douche himself. I’ll take my lockpick just in case I get hungry for more information. I’m a rather good lockpicker and cracked some of the biggest stories by stealing valuable information. I never tell my boss where I truly get my information. He seems like a good man, but you can never be too sure.”

  I might be in my lower 50’s, but that doesn’t mean I still don’t have the dance moves since my disco days when I was a young buck. This old man still has some spunk left in him and is ready to deliver some justice, old school style!

  George is a man that comes from a well respected German family in Cypress Hills. Despite the area being populated by mostly middle class Latinos, he is still given proper respect.

  He suspects that the Hybrid Corporation is conducting less than ethical experiments and wants to see what is really going on behind closed doors. He isn’t part of any law enforcement organization, just a man who believes in the truth and makes a good living off from it.

  Despite his ethical nature, he still hasn’t told his boss what his true intentions are. He knows if he does and gets caught, it could jeopardize his job and life.

  He is rather old school in his methods, preferring to do things like detectives of the past rather than use the technology of modern times. While he’ll use a computer when needed, he prefers his brother doing all the dirty work when it comes to hacking. Finally, he prefers older styled weapons than modern weaponry.

  George is rather knowledgeable about the Hybrid Corporation and wants to see what they plan to do when they arrive in his neighborhood of Cypress Hills. He decides to take his lockpick and his custom made dart gun with him in case he decides to make this a probing operation.

  Picked up a Dart Gun. Darts: 10

  Picked up a Lockpick. Lockpicking Skill Level: 1

  He decides to sleep early to get some rest before his interview tomorrow.

  May 13, 2007

  He heads to JFK airport at 6 in the morning in order to catch the eight o’clock plane to California. Once George gets to the airport, he carefully keeps his dart gun hidden in his check-in luggage to avoid being stopped. Despite giving
off a little sweat, he gets through security just fine.

  Once he’s in the plane, he relaxes and actually enjoys his flight to Cali.

  “I’ll admit JetBlue treats me well and the seats are rather comfortable.” He says in his head.

  After an eight hour flight, he arrives at LAX airport. He’s in no rush since his interview is at four in the afternoon and it’s only two in the Pacific Time zone.

  George makes a phone call to his brother.

  “Hey Harry, how are you? I’m in California ready for my ‘interview’ with Mr. Clark. How did you manage with hacking into their security system?” He asks his brother.

  “Well bro, I got good news and bad news… First the good news, I got into their system and I’ll be able to open some doors. The bad news, I won’t be able to disable the alarm should it go off and indeed Hybrid has something to hide if there is security like Fort Knox. To put it in simpler terms, it’ll be up to you if you want to go on with probing the building.” Harry gives his observations.

  “Damn, not what I wanted to hear. I’m sure I could get through without being caught…” George says.

  “I’m sure you could, but I have to say I would label this mission as ‘very risky’ and one that could put you in serious jeopardy. Trust me those ten darts are not going to get you too far and how will you hide the sleeping bodies?” Harry warns his brother.

  “Ah… thanks for the warning. I’ll see what I do, depends on the answers I get from Mr. Clark. Not much we can do until the interview is over.” George replies.

  George hangs up and decides to hail a cab to the downtown part of Los Angeles where the building is located. He has the cab take him to the hotel where he will be staying in and heads to his room to leave his luggage. George decides to carry only his dart gun, camera, and briefcase where he has his pen and paper. Instead of using his real name, he will go by the name of Terry Bond.

  After preparing himself for the interview, he hails another cab to take him to the Hybrid Corporation headquarters. Once he gets to the HQ, George enters the building casually. The doorman asks him where he is going.

  “Hello sir, where are you heading today?” The doorman asks.

  “My name is Terry Bond and I have an interview with Anthony Clark. He is waiting for me. You can page him and let him know it’s the man from the Cypress Hills Tabloid.” George calmly tells the doorman.

  The doorman calls Anthony and he gives the doorman the green light.

  “Well sir, you can go up. Anthony has been waiting for you. He is on the eighth floor.” The doorman cordially says.

  “Thank you.” George replies.

  He walks to the elevator and takes it to the eighth floor. When he arrives at the eighth floor, he sees the receptionist sitting down. The receptionist is a beautiful Slavic blonde woman who is in her middle 20’s. She is wearing a white blouse with brown khakis along with a pair of white flats.

  “Hmm… if I was younger I might have asked her on a date.” He jokily says in his head.

  “Hi sir, can I help you?” She asks in a heavy Slavic accent.

  “Hi my dear, I’m here to see Anthony Clark, he is waiting for me.” He replies.

  “Oh ok, you must be Terry Bond, correct?” She asks.

  “Yes that’s me.” He replies.

  “You can enter.” She kindly says.

  He enters Anthony Clark’s office and greets him.

  “Hello Anthony, pleasure to meet you.” George says.

  “Hi Mr. Bonds, how are you today?” Anthony says.

  “I’m doing well. Anyway I would like to get started on our interview.” George replies.

  George begins to interview and grill Anthony with some challenging questions. The one question that sticks out is what does Hybrid intend to do in Cypress Hills.

  Anthony answers that Hybrid is already partnered with Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn to help spread the Raven Hawk cure. He also claims that in only 3-5 years a new hospital will be built in Cypress Hills by Highland Park funded by Hybrid to keep the town healthy. According to Anthony, the project “Raven Hawk” is supposed to be a cure for cancer.

  George is astounded by the answer. He begins to think two possible scenarios. One is that Hybrid is really trying to cure cancer and the other is that they are using a cure for cancer as a front for something more sinister. Then he finds out that Anthony will be relocated to New York later in the year around the time Hybrid plans to expand.

  After thirty minutes of questioning Anthony, the interview is over. While George has a few takeaways, he’s not satisfied by the knowledge he received. He feels that Hybrid and Anthony coming to Cypress Hills can’t be a coincidence. Not to mention, why would Hybrid be interested in the small town of Cypress Hills. It’s a part of Brooklyn that rarely gets any news attention.

  Once the interview is over, he heads to the bathroom and gives a quick call to his brother.

  “So what did you learn?” His brother asks.

  “A few things, but I’m suspicious. I know it’s probably because I’m an investigative writer, but I don’t trust Hybrid coming to my hometown. Plus, Raven Hawk doesn’t sound like a name for something that will cure cancer. I call bullshit on that.” He answers.

  “So what are you saying? Please don’t tell me you’re going through with probing?” His brother tries to talk him out of sneaking around.

  “As dangerous as the mission might be, I need to find out the truth. It seems odd that they are interested in dealing with where I live. I hate to say it, but Cypress Hills is hardly a town worth investing in unless they want to use the small town of East New York to hide something. No, something is up and I gotta find out.” George answers boldly.

  “You gotta be kidding me! Security is ridiculous in that building. I really hope you know what you’re doing because if you get busted there’s nothing I can do to save your hide.” His brother responds trying to knock some sense into him.

  “Calm down, let me do the breaking and entering, ok? I have the perfect idea.” George calmly replies and then hangs up.

  He waves bye to the receptionist and heads down the stairs claiming he needs the exercise. Spotting a maintenance room within the staircase, he picks the lock to the door and unlocks the door.

  Lockpicking Skill has increased to Level 2!

  Once he’s in the room, he sees the janitor. He decides to shoot a sleeping dart to the janitor to put him to sleep. He checks the size on the uniform. It’s a large which is perfect for him. He strips the janitor of his clothing and puts the janitor’s uniform on. George pulls out his fake mustache to avoid giving his identity away. He puts his clothes on top of a cabinet knowing the janitor will be asleep for hours.

  Picked up a Janitor’s Uniform. This disguise should allow access to Anthony’s room without giving away any suspicions.

  Picked up +5 Darts. Sleeping Darts: 14

  He heads out of the room and locks the door to avoid suspicion. Then he heads back up to the 8th floor and tells the girl that he is going to clean the floor. He sees that Anthony is getting ready to leave for the day and waits until he leaves. Once George sees him leave, he enters his room pretending to be cleaning. He sees a locked desk and he tries to pick the lock, but is unsuccessful.

  Requires Level 3 Lockpicking Skill.

  He sees the file cabinet, which is easier to pick and decides to pick the lock on the cabinet. George is able to successfully get it unlocked. He closes the door and turns on the vacuum that is inside of the room to give the receptionist the idea that nothing suspicious is taking place.

  Lockpicking Skill has increased to Level 3!

  When he looks in the file cabinet, he is disappointed that he finds nothing incriminating. At the same time though, he is optimistic that perhaps Hybrid is really clean in their intentions. All of a sudden he finds a note within the files and it reads.

  “Reminder: Appointment with the head of Woodhull Hospital on July 7, 2007. Topic: Hybrid and Woodhull merger.”

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sp; “Hmm… merger huh? I wonder what could be inside that desk. Let me try one more time.” He says looking to pick the lock on the desk.

  This time he’s able to pick the lock on the desk. He finds something shiny inside.

  Picked up a keycard. According to the tag it leads to the 2nd floor laboratory.

  George calls his brother again.

  “Hey bro, I hope you’re calling me to tell me that you’ve reconsidered.” Harry asks.

  “No even better.”

  “Oh no! Let me guess you’re going to become James Bond all of a sudden.”

  “Harry, you must be a smart man. Actually, I found a key leading to their laboratories.”

  “Oh George, so let me guess you’re going to just go down there and they will let you in because they like you, right? Are you out of you’re mind?”

  “Yes I am, but I have a cover. I stole a janitor’s uniform and I’ll be going in as a janitor pretending to clean. I’m going to get a sample of this so-called ‘Raven Hawk”

  “I’m not sure what you been smoking, but for your sake you better not be caught red-handed!”

  “How about giving me a chance and having some confidence in your big brother for once, Harry? I might be in my 50’s but you know the expression 50 is the new 40 or in my case the new 30.”

  “Fine George, I can reprogram the elevator allowing you access to the 2nd floor. You are one crazy man.”

  “No too risky, I rather take the stairs so they will think less suspicious of me. Just get the 2nd floor door open from the stairway as I don’t have the keycard. I might be crazy, but not stupid.”

  “Alright wise guy, I’m hacking in now.” Harry says as he hacks into the security system.

  While his brother hacks into the security system, George heads down the stairs again and this time goes all the way down to the 2nd floor. Once he gets to the second floor, he sees the door is still locked. After a few seconds, he sees the keypad turn green indicating the door is unlocked.

  He enters the 2nd floor and carries a broom pretending to be cleaning the floor. All of the guards and lab workers simply bypass him without incident. Looking for the lab area, he is unable to find it and decides to ask another janitor.