The Second was a female, an unidentified Jane Doe code named Eve. Unlike John Decker her condition was not as freely surrendered to the general public. Number two was a confirmation that the disease might not be an anomaly and that it was capable of infecting both sexes equally. Ultimately there was no foreseen financial benefit from the two disease carriers and because they were projected to be a great monetary burden over time, it was agreed that after they were sufficiently tested for research purposes that they would both be terminated.
One of the first tests the government did was to put the pair together to observe how they would interact. At first they just stood on opposite sides of a 20 foot by 20 foot padded room staring off into their respective walls. Eve was the first to gain awareness that there was anyone else besides her in the room. Slowly she ambled over to John and closed the distance between them. Like a short leashed dog she stopped abruptly about a foot from her infected partner and began sniffing him. Although her gaze was blank and glazed she seemed to recognize him as her kin and pawed at his arms and neck. After a few moments she lost interest, turned away and slinked back to the other side of the room. The initial interaction stimulated something inside John and he quickly turned and followed Eve everywhere she went. Every time she moved, he moved and stayed standing directly behind her. Beyond that, they just aimlessly circled their small enclosure like a couple of caged tigers at the zoo might.
It was discovered through experimentation that the two of them could only eat meat. Tofu dressed up to look like meat was tried on the pair and while they did consume it, they immediately vomited it back up. A few minutes after eating the food it was noted that they seemed extremely lethargic and they laid on the ground and howled in immense pain. On the contrary, when either of them were given meat they fiendishly snatched it up, swiftly consumed it and then bounced around with an abundance of energy.
The two infected had never been fed together and since Eve had established herself as the dominant personality the researchers wanted to see what would happen if they were fed from the same food source, together. One of the scientists opened a metal flap in the steel door and tossed a couple of medium rare steaks into the middle of the room. Mr. Decker as if pulled on a string walked directly over to the steaks and began shoving one into his mouth. At the sight of this Eve started screaming, ran over to John and jumped on his shoulders. As he ate she clawed at his eyes and bit him viciously about the neck and shoulders. John for all intents and purposes was being murdered but his singled minded goal to cram as much meat in his face consumed him entirely. Eve on the other hand seemed to feel threatened by the sight of her once submissive man friend and sought to kill him before even thinking about grabbing a piece of food for herself. Although John profusely bled from the wounds in his back and face he did not retaliate. Eventually one of the scientists had to intervene and taze Eve before she was able to bite John's head off (literally) for his poor dinner etiquette. On that day of testing two things were learned: 1) A male with the "condition" would stop at nothing in order to eat and 2) A female with the "condition" would stop at nothing to kill any competition for food.
