The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)

Zombie learns that the base is on lockdown. He asks why, but no one knows. He then asks the orderly, Kistner, to help him to the bathroom. Kistner refuses and offers to get him a bed pan. While he’s gone, Zombie walks to the bathroom. Kistner comes to check on him. When he walks in, Zombie knocks him out and steals his clothes. Zombie makes his way into the corridor and slips into a room where a doctor is washing in preparation for a surgery. He pretends to be looking for supplies while searching for a scalpel. He finally finds one and uses it to cut out the new implant placed in his neck.

Zombie takes an elevator down to the main lobby and goes over his plan, chastising himself for not killing Kistner. When the elevator opens, he peeks out the glass doors and sees the light of a bomb about to detonate.

Cassie passes by the armory and decides to gather some supplies. She changes into soldier’s fatigues and takes a M16 rifle that she adds a silencer to. An explosion shakes the building. Concerned about the explosion and the weapons in the room, Cassie quickly leaves as another explosion shakes the building.