Ancient artifact infects college students and threatens to spread beyond campus. University attempts to control spread, brings in National Guard. Scientists have no vaccine.

Archaeology students find part of a mysterious object containing a deadly virus. Unwittingly, they infect the campus, but only certain students get sick. Can the university contain the spread before it's too late? The Governor sends the CDC and National Guard to help out. An archaeology professor may hold the answer to the dilemma, but she's not giving up her research. Is this the same virus that wiped out ancient Mexican civilizations? Where did it come from? Can modern medicine defeat an ancient menace?