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The situation escalates when Carol's interaction with a seemingly mutable police officer—a warning to run—reveals a sinister truth: showing emotions and sleeping could lead to death.
The Catalyst: A Space Shuttle Explodes
As the story unfolds, the timeline rewinds to a catastrophic event: the explosion of a space shuttle on Earth. This incident captures media attention and fuels fears of an alien invasion. Scientific investigation leads Tucker Kaufman, the head of the CDC, to discover the debris is laced with a peculiar organism thriving even in extreme radiation conditions. However, an accidental cut leads Tucker to unwittingly become a host to the alien virus, setting off a chain of events that will engulf the community in chaos.