Gil seemed surprised, then shocked, then angry in the span of a heartbeat. "You...Lied to me. ...Vector Zero! It...wasn't a failure, was it!" The professor laughed dolefully, "Yes, my boy, you were on the right track. But that's neither here nor there." Gil took a step forward and the Mongoose aimed the gun at him with a steady aim. Gil shouted angrily, "You..you monster. You weaponized it!?" The professor shrugged, then said slowly, "I didn't have much choice my boy. They wanted a usable biological bomb, and I had to trick them with something that worked, thus, Vector Zero. It's better then being dead. I suspect they are coming for me now as we speak to have my head.."