Andromeda Strain: A Journal by Charles Burton

February 15^th 7:30 pm

            Finally they’ve given me something to eat! Since bringing in the two survivors a lot has happened. First, they flew us directly to the top secret lab in Nevada. We had to read about project Wildfire, but I had trouble concentrating. The mystery of what had happened in Piedmont was just too great. Where did the disease come from? How did the man and baby survive? How contagious was the disease? What would it do to others who came across it? So many questions buzzed around in my mind.

            The man and baby were taken to the last floor of the facility. The file explained the procedure which was to be carried out. I was to be taken to the last floor of the facility, after all testing. I had to go down to level II, where I had to do all these experiments to see if I was really Charles Burton, among other things. I even had to do this weird exercise where you have to move your body according to dots on a screen and even had to sing Mary Had a Little Lamb! I also had to answer questions and take special baths. What a mess! I’m very tired from all of today’s work, and after I eat I’m going straight to bed.