Ed Rychkun

ACE-2 meets the COVID-2 Zombie Ed Rychkun

ACE-2 meets the COVID-2 Zombie In this first short story in the series The Adventures of ACE2, you will meet the good the bad and the ugly microscopic characters that live in your body in a life-death struggle affecting your wellbeing. In this first story, follow the adventure of COVID-2 the evil zombie virion who had found a way into George's body by deceiving the ACE-2 receptors on the epithelial cells of the nose and infecting Georges lung cells. In an evil plan to live, evolve and replicate in the host lung cells of George, their victim, the family has fooled the T cells to strategically march down the bronchial system into George's lung cells by avoiding the immune response and detection system of the ACE-2 host cells. The Zombie virions have further enhanced their invasion to proliferate internally in new ways by assimilation and mutation expanding their dendritic invasion methods. As you meet the key players in this drama, CD-8 the killer T-Cell family, and ACE-2 that have been duped into allowing the evil COVID-2 Zombie to infect George you understand why George is on his death bed and how the infecting virions have invaded ACE-2's cell receptors proliferating in George's lungs, while ACE-2 has been duped into effecting his heart and other vital organs. After the devastating realization of the deadly plan, can ACE-2 team up with his buddies ACE-1 and CD-8 Serial Killer T Cell to recover what they have lost? Follow the story of how they attempt to save the day and George from his fate. Follow the Good the Bad and the Ugly as they struggle for life