These larvae penetrated the bloodstream and triggered a variety of genetic failures. These parasites, we call them “Alpha-worms”, laid dozens of eggs inside their hosts, which in turn produced numerous larvae. A previously unidentified species of hook worm was found beneath the skin of the Ground: ALPHA specimens. These victims displayed signs of internal liquefaction and accelerated necrosis, similar to symptoms of other flesh-eating viruses native to that region.īut it wasn’t a viral outbreak. Victims of the attack were quarantined at a research facility nearby. Eight specimens were encountered in the region now referred to as “Ground:ALPHA”… Only four were successfully contained for study. These rabid creatures were easily provoked and resistant to conventional attack. While investigating reports of unlawful weapons trafficking, peacekeeping forces encountered an unclassified carnivorous species occupying a small village in Northern Africa.
