The dark man listened to her response patiently from the recliner, and when she finished, he then simply shook his head intently before responding.

"This is no ordinary virus. You see, late in May, just before the last of the broadcasts were made, the scientists did make [b]one discovery[/b], and that was that this was a hybrid pathogen, a hybrid that had also had tampering done to it's genetic structure, and on top of that, it had been uniquely mutated."

He leaned forward slightly from his chair, his muffled voice dropping to a gruffer tone,"This strain of Virus was man-made, by scientifically educated minds. The big question after that discovery is by [b]who[/b], and the next primary question was if it was accidental or intentional. Did they intend on purposely developing an apocalyptic strain, or was Omega-13 simply a highly costly freak accident? While many speculate that the creation of a deadly virus was intentional, it's fair to say that whoever pioneered it must have lost control, and had no intentions of creating a planet-killer."

He then leaned back in his chair, exhaling loudly, before speaking once more.

"As for this 'patient zero' and 'transmission vectors' business, I don't know what to tell you. All I know is that I first heard about it in early April, around the sixth I think, the news said that it was running rampantly across Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and the northern nations of Africa.
By April twenty-fifth, all of Asia, Africa, Europe, and parts of Australia had been exposed and the death toll in every country was skyrocketing by the day as infection spread.
I remember the first case was identified in the United States on May sixteenth. By that time, South America and many Caribbean nations were also infected. Come late May, the death till in the United States by Omega-13 infection was up to almost a hundred million. After that, the broadcasts began to stop all across the country, and after that, the darkest days came. Rioting, nation wide blackouts, looting, plundering, mass slaughter, insurgency and survivalism, the signs of the downfall of modern civilization."

He stopped realizing he needed a breath, and inhaled deeply, remaining in his sat-back relaxed position.