Two scientists wearing white lab coats were protected behind a two-way mirror.

  "Will it work this time?"

  "Let's see."

  Three people stood in a room enclosed in a glass barrier.

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  "They have the virus?"

  "Yes, and it's incurable. We must always remain isolated."

  Guards escorted a trial subject with their face covered, exited, and locked the door.

  The glass barrier went up.

  The group gagged and moaned, savagely attacking the subject, eventually consuming them.

  "Cannibalism?"

  "Yes, to relieve themselves of the painful exposure."

  "Against anyone with an IQ of 120 or above?"

  "Indeed, someday, the world will be ours …”