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Pictured from left to right: humans Jonathan Young, David Redd and Cmdr. Sparkles prepare for an exercise.
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Five human harbingers — mortals who are immune to the undead virus — brought a crop of newly mutated zombies with unique capabilities to be used for a training exercise for The Resistance on Thursday afternoon at the Utah State University Quad.
The exercise took place in a human safe zone, where the virus cannot be spread. The zombies were tamed by the harbingers through unknown methods to sharpen the zombie hunting skills of the humans.
The harbingers captured the zombies to train the humans in preparation for a large-scale attack expected tonight.
“The real battle is tonight,” harbinger Weston Taylor said. “We want the humans to know how to fight them, but it’s a funny thing because the zombies learn, too.”
Jeff Pontsler, one of the 140 remaining humans, came so he could better defend himself in future battles.
“It’s supposed to be an exercise, but when the zombies put on that face it just makes you want to kill them,” Pontsler said.
Pontsler lost his brother and sister on Wednesday to zombie attacks. Now, he said, his former siblings are his enemies.
“If I come to face-to-face with them, I will kill them,” Pontsler said. “As far as I’m concerned, my brother and sister died already.”
Zombie Jackson Pontsler said even though he was captured, he would use the human exercise to his advantage.
“I know I’m not able to die,” Jackson said. “I will be able to see the humans’ weaknesses.”
“People think zombies are brainless, but we’re not,” Jackson said. “We just need to feed on brains.”
Jackson said he would infect his brother if he had the chance.
The exercise was part of an increasingly organized effort to train The Resistance army for an attack on the Horde’s nest.
UnDeadline reporters Alora Clark, Stewart Ulrich, Christopher Campbell, Emily Lindley and Hannah Hendricks contributed to this report.
