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2024-10-29 19:42:56A man dressed in military wear, as was followed by soldiers behind him. “How dare you put everyone's life in danger?” the commander said at the stranger
“You talk about putting everyone's life at risk when there is a child and his father's life in danger” the stranger
responded“Don't test me” the commander growled
“Listen here, I don't care who or where you are from, my job here is to ensure no innocents are harmed because of you.” he paused taking a breath.The commander sighed, “Do you understand that our only concern is survival?” he asked
“You mean other than surviving for your own sake,” the stranger retorted as he glanced at the other soldiers.“Arrest them all” the commander ordered the soldiers who handcuffed Jake, the stranger, Levi, Bali, and Jonathan before pulling them along with him as he led the way to the station. “We will hold them all as hostages until we figure out how to take down the monsters” he added
Commander entered the base as he was welcomed by a hologram of 7 images that appeared on the screen.
“What is your statics now?” the first hologram asked
“We are currently in control” the second hologram responded.The third hologram, “We have located a target. She has escaped our security.”
The next hologram asked, “We need to take this opportunity to complete the mission quickly. We have already wasted too much time in this operation.”
The commander walked down a long hallway towards his office before entering and sitting down, leaning back in his chair as he looked up at a large holographic map of the city displayed on the wall above him. Suddenly the door burst open.
“Yes, Commander?” a young man in uniform asked
“Get the rest of the troops together and ready for the raid tonight. Get the special forces ready. This may work.”
“Sir”
“And inform the Captain that I want her to send someone to the outskirts. We have an opening to attack the creatures. And the prisoners bring them to the plan room”
The man left immediately rushing to get the message relayed to the captain.Jake watched the soldier's parade as he was behind bars
. In front of him stood three members of the Special Forces, a female doctor, and her assistant, and behind them four guards.Suddenly the door opened to reveal the captain and Commander, followed closely by the leader of the Special Forces. toward,“What are you doing here?” the stranger questioned
“I got an offer for you all,” the commander said with a grin as he placed his hands behind him.
“What offer?” Bali asked
“If you accept the offer you get to leave this cell and if you refuse you get to die here or be fed to the hungry zombies,” the commander said once more with an evil smile
“That doesn't sound good” muttered Bali.
“So who is going to be the lucky survivor?” asked the stranger
“It looks like you’re it, buddy,” the commander said as he stared deep into the stranger's eyes.
“Then let's hear your offer” replied the stranger
“6 years ago before the zombie outbreak, at a research laboratory bodies were experimented on, but the project failed. Then one day we took in a twin and we found out the project was a success, but then the side effects started to reveal as the first twin was put into a deep sleep and the other was transformed into a monster whose taste never gets satisfied, blah blah blah. Then we found out the antidote to save everyone from the apocalypse is kept somewhere deep inside a safe in the most secured part of the research lab”
“So what is your point?” Bali interrupted
“You all are going out of the wall for a mission to bring the antidote back and save the world” the captain interrupts
“Why are you telling us this?” Asked the stranger.
“Because this might be your last chance”
“We don't want any part of your stupid mission” scoffed Levi“Well, if you want a choice,” the commander said “You can stay in this cell until tomorrow morning or, we can make an example of you”
Levis was about to protest when the stranger interrupted “I don't give a shit what happens to us, I want to see the damn cure”“Fine,” said the commander
“Wait,” interrupted Bali, “what do we do with the kid?” asked the stranger. The doctor and the doctor's assistant exchanged glances
“The kid stays here,” he answered“But he's not a child, surely he needs medical attention too, especially with the state he is in” argued Levi
“Ok, the boy stays within the walls,” Commander said with a smile. “Ready yourselves comrade we are leaving by tomorrow”“I will show you where you guys will sleep tonight,” the captain said smiling
The sun shone brightly as the sky was painted with bright orange shades. Everyone was in the planning room: Captain, Bali, Levi, Jake, and the stranger all facing the commander as he talked about his plan to get into the research facility
“Days ago we sent our squad to get the vaccine but none of them returned, and we decided to use a drone...which took the pic of the facility. The entire place was crowded with zombies, just waiting to bite. We were able to kill off the infected, but they managed to infect another scientist. The team was wiped out before they could even enter the building. But the virus wasn't the only problem the scientists had. The lab was completely sealed. No windows, doors, vents, nothing!”
“How did we even get the vaccine, sir? There wasn't enough time to synthesize it” Levi interrupted
“The vaccine is made from human cells. It is made from DNA taken from the mother of our current subject” the commander responded. “But it also contains the virus itself”
“How the hell is that possible, sir?” Jacob questioned
“This serum can change the way that you view the world; turning people into monsters and giving them immortality” the commander answered.
“And how does this formula work?”
“It works through DNA synthesis. A small sample of the virus will be passed on to every person in the system. Once each infected person receives their dose the virus enters into their body and starts to transform them into their new form”
“But why would the cure take months to process, wouldn't it be easier to just synthesize it?”
“Once injected into the bloodstream it doesn't just destroy the body; it also turns you into something else, and that's why they call it a virus” the commander explained
“But what happens if they fail” asked Bali,
“A serum will be injected into every one of us to avoid the zombies sensing us” the commander added“Am ok with or without a plan, all am worried about is ammo ” the stranger mumbled causing Levi to chuckle
“Ok then let's get ready,” the commander declared. “Now get to work everyone!” he added as he left the room.
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They were taken to a room filled with countless guns and ammo of all kinds and sizes. They all began to set up their gear, getting ready for the mission as the commander waited impatiently near the door watching them carefullyFinally, after five minutes the commander turned to face the group.“Any questions?” he asked as they all shook their heads no“Good, now let's get going. Remember your objective is to bring the antidote back to the compound and rescue everyone from being eaten alive!”As the group exited the room and went to the hallways they began to head to the exit but the commander stopped them before he left.“Hey, wait, I'll go with you,” he said as he turned to look at his crew. “Someone is going to stay to watch over these idiots and make sure they don't do anything stupid”Everyone nodded their consent as they started to walk away A chopper landed on the field, controlled by two pilots, “Here is our ride, right?” Bali asked the commander who nodded to his question
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Immediately the soldiers sighted horror creatures standing upside down on the ceiling and walls, ready to attack“Get back! Everyone!” the commander screamed as he raised his weaponOne of the creatures fell and crashed right in front of the commander. Immediately one of the soldiers started shooting it in the face and screaming “GET BACK! GET BACK!! GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!!!”As they started to push themselves backward to escape, a small explosion sent them crashing to the ground.The room became completely silent; everything seemed to go still and still, and even the creature stopped moving. Everyone remained frozen staring at the bodies on the ground. Suddenly one of the monsters roared before launching itself toward the commanderBali grabbed Paul and pulled him out of the room, slamming the doors closed. Once the door was shut, Bali turned around to look at his friend, who was still shaking“Dude? Are you okay?” he questioned, worriedly“Yeah, yeah I’m okay, it's just, I d
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Jake grabbed a heavy table lifting it with his super strength towards the entrance to block the entrance of the horde. They managed to slow down the horde enough for everyone to make their escape. However, the horde followed them closely; it had to reach its prey if it wanted to eat its fill.When they reached the bottom of the stairs, the whole group turned around to face the hoard which had begun to surround them. There was no way to continue the fight now, they were surrounded. The commander ran in between the two groups; desperately firing every round of ammunition, hoping to stop the zombies as much as possible, and hopefully, buy them enough time to escape.“Go, find the Antidote. I will take care of this place” Commander instructed, as everyone dispersed. The stranger, Bali, Levi, Jake, and Paul with some other soldiers headed inner, into the facility leaving the commander behind. “The lab is somewhere close to here, follow me!” Paul said looking at the radar given to al
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Jonathan covered his eyes as he was shaking uncontrollably as he couldn’t take his eyes off of the horrible things that were happening to him.Then the sound of someone vomiting behind him caused him to flinch. Then the Zombie let go of the person whose throat he had already bitten into and started eating their head. As he went deeper, Jonathan couldn’t take the screams anymore and ran away from the scene, stumbling over his own feet as he tried to escape. Jonathan watched the entire people in the city-run to safety as the whole security alarm was turned on, alerting everyone to get to safety. Armed forces arrived at the scene shooting at the Zombies in the city. Meanwhile, outside clem city, the horde of zombies started to climb through the giant wall surrounding the city, making their way inside. They began attacking the humans as the soldiers shot into the horde of zombies. Many of the humans fell under the onslaught as blood spurted across the concrete below, creat
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