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Elseworlds Story: The New Man Virus
By: Zorbak the Ebil Moglin Date: August 3, 2021, 1:47 am
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Prologue.
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It's time for another story of another time and place. Our story
this time takes us to a world much like our own. The year is
2027, and the world has been ravaged by a virus.
When most think of zombie apocalypses, most think of the same
thing as portrayed in media. The zombies end up being undead and
seek to eat the remaining humans. In most stories, zombies are
mindless creatures that only seek to satisfy their hunger for
people.
However, our story today takes place in a very different kind of
world ridden with a very unique pandemic that nearly ruined the
races of the world.
Three years ago, a new virus took the world by storm, surpassing
any pandemic in history. A virus, which would become known as
the New Man virus, would appear, first starting out in animals.
However, the virus didn't kill the animals, but instead took
control of the animals by infecting them and then taking control
of their nervous systems and brains. The infected started small,
with animals being infected and the animals seemed to not be a
threat at first to humans.
However, a few weeks after the virus had been noticed and was
being studied, the animals started making their way into human
territories, attacking humans whenever they had the chance. It
was during these attacks that humans began to become infected by
the virus.
At first, the infections didn't seem bad. Other than the person
seeming to lose their memory and some appearance changes, it
didn't seem like a big deal at first. Some saw changes in those
infected which seemed to turn people into new people different
from the person they were before the infection, which led to the
nickname for the virus, the New Man Virus.
However, when the infected humans began to purposefully spread
the virus to other humans and infected humans started helping
infected animals attack humans, humans started to realize what
had begun.
A doctor studying the virus had found out that the virus
infecting animals and humans was not a normal virus, but
appeared to be a sentient virus that seemed to be quite
intelligent. No one knows where the virus originated, but
doctors started to notice traits about the virus that made it
very different from viruses in the past.
It was a this point that scientists realized what was actually
happening: Humans and animals being taken over and forced to
spread the virus further meant this wasn't an infection... It
was an invasion.
It was at this point taht humans realized exactly what the virus
had been doing, changing those infected into puppets, unlike
previous thought where scientists thought the virus was changing
brain chemistry. However, unlike zombies of lores people might
recognize, these zombies were not the mindless monsters that one
might expect. The virus would take over the body and mind of a
subject, and essentially turn them into a new version of
themselves controlled by the virus. By taking over the mind and
nervous system, as well as seeping into the muscles and bones,
the virus took over every aspect of the body to the point that
it was able to take control of even the memory and intelligence
of the creatures they infected. While zombies didn't remember
the lives the host lived, the zombies seemed to be able to use
the procedural memory of the hosts (such as some zombies could
instinctively do things the host could without previous
training).
Those infected only cared about one thing: Spreading the virus
to anyone who wasn't infected through the most efficient means
possible. Soon, all the infected started working together, and
once they had grown in large enough numbers, started taking over
cities. Because the zombies had the intelligence to utilize
human level intelligence, they were smart enough to organize
their kind together in order to attempt to spread their virus
further.
Depending on the zombies, the creatures actively started hunting
any creature they could infect, focusing on humans who had
escaped the initial infection. In order to survive, humans had
to hide among zombies, with many living by convincing the
zombies they were one of them. Because these zombies were
intelligent, the zombies were able to talk and communicate with
each other, making them a very dangerous threat since they were
almost as intelligent as humans. Even though the virus was
sentient and using the intelligence of their hosts, the zombies
did lose some intelligence due to them not being able to utilize
the full human mind (but this didn't make them stupid by any
means), so for a time, humans were able to fool the zombies
since the zombies weren't as intelligent or creative with
strategies as some humans were at the time.
Luckily, 43 percent of humanity quickly built up immunity to the
virus, believed to be humans adapting to the virus and their
immune systems responding appropriately. These humans would be
immune to the virus's infection, making them able to avoid
becoming like the other zombies. While the zombies would not
know immediately about people's immunities, eventually they
started to figure out that some people were not being changed
despite being infected. However, this forced the zombies to have
to think outside the box, and actually forced the zombies to get
smarter in order to figure out how to overcome the humans that
were immune, and find the humans that were not immune.
Many of the zombies started organizing quickly upon realizing
the humans that were left were gaining immunity to their
influence, and once they had formed groups, they started
planning offensives on what to do. Since they were using humans
to build their population, they would seek out humans in order
to infect them and produce more of the virus. Soon, zombies from
other areas started to work together, and they started coming up
with new strategies, using the different minds of the zombies to
come up with creative strategies. Some were even smart enough to
capture humans without infecting them, and force them to live
under the rule of the zombies to allow humans to reproduce so
that they could create more people for the zombies to infect
(they would choose not to infect humans in the short term so
that in the long term the humans would make more potential hosts
for the virus).
In some areas, smarter zombies would come up with ideas on how
to infect humans, such as one city where every person had a bite
mark on the arm, and those without were quickly given one if
found by zombies if they found humans without a visible bite
mark on their arm. In another area, zombies raided military
bases and took radios, using military radios to coordinate their
hunts of humans. And in some towns, the zombies would even find
and remove supplies humans would need to fight back, such as
burning food, getting rid of clean water source, and even
destroying weapons they would find (that they weren't using) so
that humans couldn't effectively get what they would need to
plan an effective resistance against their takeover.
Unlike other zombies in other stories, these zombies didn't
actually eat anything, but instead only bit people to spread
their virus, which they were spreading through biting and
transferrence of bodily fluids. And since all they cared about
was spreading their virus, all they would do, every day, was to
look for people to infect and turn into more zombies. Some
humans lived among zombies in different ways, convincing them
they were zombies too, but some would sneak around and hunt
resources by trying not to catch the attention. The only
effective method to find resources was to usually either
convince the zombies they were one of them, or sneak around and
avoid the zombies completely.
Because the zombies had their own society and organized
structure to their operations, the zombies quickly started to
use the cities to their own ends, such as using buildings to
watch the city, or having infected mice and rats scout out areas
like the sewers. Soon, zombies controlled all the major cities,
and the number of humans who had not become zombies was quickly
dropping.
One might wonder about the immunity of the 43% of humans. While
they were immune to the initial strand of the virus, the virus
came up with a counter measure, creating a new variant of the
virus by combining the virus with a version of the influenza
virus injected through biting specifically that was generated by
the zombies after they mutated a part of the virus using a
zombie scientists research. Once this variant of the virus was
inside an immune person, the variant would attack the immunity
and bypass it, allowing the virus to turn the person into a
zombie just like the others, which led to the immunity of these
people no longer being an issue for the zombies.
Hope was quickly falling for humanity, as the New Man virus
seemed to had won in its plans to take over. These zombies
didn't feed, but instead, the virus maintained the body and
mutated it to better suit the virus. With the virus maintaining
the body by devouring red blood cells, the zombies didn't have
blood, but instead had the virus running through their bodies
circulatory system, devouring the red blood cells as they were
produced to grant the virus energy for reproducing, and the
virus would control the body in this manner by using the energy
to feed the virus cells that control the bodies of the hosts.
This led to unique aspects of those infected. The first was that
their bodies became pale, but also led to mutations of the body
as the virus seemed to change the host's genetic structure once
taken over. This led to all zombies gaining special traits, such
as some zombies having enhanced senses, some having enhanced
strength or speed, or some even having hardened skin. One thing
that all zombies had though was high speed healing, in which
they could regenerate almost anything as long as the virus in
them wasn't completely killed, making these zombies almost
impossible to kill. The only way to disable a zombie is to cut
its head off or sever it's spine in a place where the nerves can
no longer communicate with the body, but this is usually only a
temporary solution as zombies have learned to manipulate bodies
even without the mind of the host (though this method takes much
more energy for the virus to do, and cannot be done for long
periods of time). While the zombies couldn't regenerate limbs,
they could reattach limbs and heal from even their organs being
destroyed. The zombies would go on to use these traits to hunt
humans, alongside even calling on infected animals to hunt down
humans not infected.
This subject of this story follows a doctor, Dr. Lynn Summers,
as she tries to survive in this zombie controlled world. Dr.
Summers had been trying for years to find a cure for the virus,
but so far to no avail. She had been surviving under the radar,
trying to organize her own group to fight back (whose numbers
were low). But as the numbers of people fall, and the
intelligence of the zombies getting smarter as time went on (as
the virus seemed to be evolving), even the smartest human
scientists were starting to realize that unless the virus is
taken out on a cellular level, there was no hope of overcoming
this virus.
However, today would start a new story, when she would meet an
unlikely ally that would give hope that the New Man Virus could
be beaten...
Main Story
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Kindron vs Craig and Jonathon Theme: Escape (
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Monica's Theme: Blood (
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It was another day for Dr. Lynn Summers, one of the humans
immune to the New Man virus (at least the normal strand of it).
She was sneaking through a convenience store, hoping to get some
supplies. Among the zombies in this town, they would use places
like grocery stores and convenience stores as traps to try and
lure people, since it was hard for humans to find resources. The
zombies kept these places stocked, hoping to catch humans trying
to find food or water. Luckily for Lynn Summers, she was very
smart, and she had developed strategies to lure the zombies away
so she could enter and take what she wanted from the convenience
store.
As she exits though, a zombie stops her, noticing her carrying
some canned food and bottles of water. The zombie looks to her
for a moment before looking to her curiously. Lynn had painted
her face to a pale color to match the zombies, and wore contacts
with yellow eyes when in public since most zombies had unnatural
eye colors. Yellow, purple and red were among the most common
eye colors among zombies and were unnatural eye colors to
humans, which Lynn too advantage of to fool the zombies.
Zombie: What are you doing with that stuff? She asks Lynn,
suspicious.
Lynn, who was used to having to lie to the zombies, doesn't bat
an eye. Lynn: I need this for my test subjects. I'm doing
research which could help us spread the virus more effectively.
But the humans I use for my research need food. She explains to
them. It was partly true. She did have test subjects, but they
were zombies she had captured to run tests on.
The zombie, suspicious tries to cut off her escape. Zombie: The
virus? That's a word you humans invented for us... That's not
what we call ourselves. He says to Lynn as he gets ready to try
and capture her.
Just then, what appeared to be another zombie walked up, smoking
a cigarette. However, there was something strange about this
zombie, as he had a machete on his back and a broadsword at his
side. This man, Kindron Darkfire, walked up to the zombie.
Kindron: Easy there. She is one of us. Her intelligence is in
science, not talking. She had to sacrifice some of her language
skills to keep as much of her science knowledge as she could. He
says to the zombie as he stands between Lynn and the zombie.
Zombie: Who are you? I never saw you around here. He says
suspiciously.
Kindron: Does it matter? We're on the same team. That's all you
need to know. He says to the zombie.
A few other zombies come out of the store, looking at Kindron
and Lynn. The zombie looks to Kindron, almost buying his story,
but looks at the cigarette Kindron was smoking. Zombie: Isn't
that what the humans call cigarettes? Why are you smoking them?
He says to Kindron.
Kindron: Because I use them to fit in and try to fool humans. He
says simply.
The zombies were about to let Kindron go until he coughed from
the cigarette smoke, which turned into an immediate red flag for
the zombie. Zombie: You ARE human! He says as he attacks
Kindron.
Kindron: Why do I bother?! God I hate smoking! Kindron says
angrily as he takes out his machete, and slices the arm off the
zombie when it attacks, and then turns around and slices its
head off when it was trying to turn and attack with its other
arm.
The other zombies also attack, but Lynn was ready as she takes
out a gun out of her lab coat. However, Kindron walks over and
puts his hand on Lynn's gun, making her lower it.
Kindron: Save your ammo. You don't want to waste it if you don't
have to. He says as he goes in and attacks the zombies. Though
Kindron seemed human, his speed and power were above that of a
normal human as he quickly cuts down the zombies and slices
their heads off. He walks over to Lynn after putting his machete
away.
Lynn: Are you... a human? She asks curiously. It was unheard of
for zombies to fight each other, as they seemed almost
hive-minded at times, but Kindron clearly wasn't just a normal
human.
Kindron: Mostly... He says as he looks around. He noticed a few
other zombies on rooftops looking down at him, but what caught
his eye was in one of the buildings. Kindron's vision seemed to
stare at a large building, as Kindron looked up in one of the
top windows.
Lynn was confused, trying to talk to Kindron, but Kindron was
focused on what he saw in the window. That is, until Lynn
started shaking his shoulder to get his attention. Luckily, it
seemed to snap Kindron out of his focus and Kindron looks over
to her.
Kindron: We need to get out of here. He says to her.
Lynn: That's EXACTLY what I just said! She says, annoyed that
Kindron wasn't listening. She then regains her composure. I have
a place to hide ou- As she was talking Kindron puts his hand
over her mouth, and makes a "shh" motion with his hand. Lynn
quickly shuts up and says nothing.
Kindron: We're being watched. And they're tracking us He says
simply as he walks over and opens a manhole in order to get
access to the sewer. He motions to her, and she walks over to
him.
Once they were in the sewer, Lynn holds her gun ready just in
case, while Kindron threw his cigarette into the sewer water.
Lynn: In the sewer? The infected rats hide out here to keep us
from using it to get around, you know. She says, not wanting to
have said anything while they were above ground.
Kindron: I know... But the zombies were watching us. And there
was a woman watching us. I think she was giving orders to other
zombies. He says as he walks with Lynn.
Lynn: Where? I didn't see it.
Kindron: Of course you didn't... It was too far away. But there
was a woman in one of the windows. She had white hair and purple
eyes. She could tell what I was saying when I was talking, and
she was communicating it to one of the other zombies. She
definitely seemed like she was one of the bosses or something.
He explains.
Lynn: Wait.. Was she wearing a black dress? She asks Kindron.
Kindron: Yes. I think the other zombie with her called her
Monica. He says in response.
Lynn trembles for a moment. Lynn: Monica... I've heard about
her. The other zombies in this area listen to her. She organizes
all the zombies in this town. She looks to Kindron as they walk.
She was watching us?
Kindron: Yeah. That sounds about right. She seemed like she was
in charge. Apparently she told her second in command, who she
called Valerie, to send Craig and Jonathon after us. I'm
guessing they're trackers or something. He says.
Lynn: Great, and now I assume they figured out I'm human? She
says with a sigh.
Kindron: It seems so. You're a pretty good liar... But your
wording gave you away. They only refer to themselves as "our
kind". Something I learned living alongside them. He says as he
takes out his katana, slice the heads off rats he saw. Some were
infected, while some were just normal rats, but Kindron didn't
take any chances.
After a while, Kindron motions to a large ladder that seemed to
go up to an unnaturally built trap door. Kindron: This is the
exit point I use. Be prepared. It's gonna be cold. He says as he
goes up and exits out of it. Once Lynn was up, Kindron pulls the
ladder and puts it in the shed they were in.
Lynn looks around, noticing they seemed to be in a walk in
freezer. She pulls her lab coat, trying not to let the cold get
to her. Kindron opens the door and carefully looks around before
walking out. He motions to Lynn, who walks out.
Lynn: Why do you have a secret passage there? She says to
Kindron.
Kindron: The virus doesn't like cold. They avoid places that are
too cold because the cold can be used to freeze them. He
explains as he closes the door and locks it.
Lynn: It's not enough to stop them though. They can get past it.
She says, doubting Kindron.
Kindron: Yes, but they usually look for a way around it, which
takes them longer. If you're in a pinch, it can grant you time
to escape them. He explains.
Lynn: I didn't think they reacted to cold... But now that I
think about it, that explains why they don't go out in icey
conditions or during snow storms... She says, thinking. I
thought it was just because they didn't want to risk damaging
their hosts. Their regenerative abilities do take up a lot of
energy.
Kindron smiles a bit. Kindron: You know more than you let on. He
says to her. He then gets serious and turns to her. Alright...
Please tell me you have friends that you can call or something.
Because they're going to send people to track us down.
Lynn sighs. Lynn: I do, but if I'm a liability, then I can't go
to them yet. If they are going to track me, I don't want them to
track me back to them. We can go to my backup lab.
Kindron nods. Kindron: Fine. If it's safe, then you go there and
lock yourself in a place they can't get to you if you have to.
Lynn: Wait... You're not coming with me? She says to him.
Kindron: I'm pretty sure they're going to use people who can
sniff me out, or they'll call the wolves. And the cigarette
smoke and smell of booze on me is gonna lead them to me. He says
with a sigh.
Lynn: Wait... If it makes you a target, why do you smoke or
drink? She asks him curiously.
Kindron: It disguises my scent. Those with enhanced senses can't
tell I'm not fully one of them. He explains to her.
Lynn: Not... fully one of them? She asks. Hold on... I thought
you were human.
Kindron: I'm human mostly... But I am infected. He says, looking
away.
Lynn: How can you be infected and in control?!
Kindron: I don't fully remember. He says with a sigh.
Lynn: Come with me. She says as she grabs his shirt, and pulls
to try and get him to follow her.
Kindron: I can't. They'll find me! I have to get out of town now
since their leader knows I'm not one fo them! He says to her,
irritated.
Lynn: I need to run tests on you. I need to know why you're not
like them. It could lead to a way to stop this infection! She
says with confidence.
Kindron: Not a chance. Listen to me carefully. He says as he
walks up to her, making her back up as Kindron seemed to
intimidate her. I'm infected. And one day I WILL become one of
them. What I did to myself. It's not a cure. It's only a delay.
He says to her as he turns and starts walking away.
Lynn: Then tell me what you DID do to yourself. She says as she
runs over to him as he walks away, not letting him leave.
Kindron: Again... I don't fully remember. I just know it's no-
He says. However, Lynn pulls out a tazer and tazes Kindron,
knocking him out as he was talking.
Lynn: Sorry... But I need to know if you hold an answer. You're
unique and could be the key to my research. She says as she
picks up Kindron and starts carrying him back to her lab. Since
she knew her tazer could knock out a zombie, she knew it would
work on Kindron with the level it was set to.
Lynn carries Kindron back to her lab, and puts him on a table,
chaining him to it as she takes his blood and starts doing her
work to analyze Kindron.
After a while, Kindron woke up, and tries to get up, however, he
realizes he was strapped to a table. He struggles for a moment
before looking around.
Lynn looks over to him as he woke up.
Lynn: Sorry for the restraints. They're strong enough to hold
zombies, so I figure they'd be strong enough to hold you. She
says to Kindron.
Kindron: You've doomed yourself, you know. They're gonna find
me. They always do.
Lynn walks over to Kindron. Lynn: Is it because of what you did
to yourself? How you modified your genetic code to build a
protein that literally protects you from the virus's control.
She says to Kindron with a serious look.
Upon hearing what Lynn said, Kindron has a surprised look.
Kindron: Wait... Are you saying you know what I did to myself?!
He says, surprised because even he didn't know what he'd done to
himself that made him the way he was.
Lynn: I do... You modified your genetic code. Your red blood
cells have a protein in them now. That protein kills any of the
virus cells that try to take over your body. The protein in the
red blood cells is designed to combat them. You don't control
the virus, but you're keeping it from taking you over.
Kindron lays back on the table. Kindron: I'm not immune to it...
I got infected in the initial attacks. I was studying the virus
at the time in animals before they infected humans. But when the
attacks started, I was one of the people infected by the
animals. When I got back to my lab, I was losing control of
myself. Spasms, memory loss, anemia, you know the infection
symptoms before they take over. He says the last part, knowing
Lynn probably knew how the infections work.
Lynn: So you were infected and becoming one of them.
Kindron: That much I remember. However, while I was fighting the
control, I did some kind of last ditch effort... I don't know
what I did, but apparently I finished something I was working on
to counter the virus. Whatever I did, I don't remember how I did
it, or most of the research I did while I was infected. What
little I do remember was that I was losing to the virus, and I
remember being in immense pain. He says, trying to remember what
had happened. And then I woke up like nothing happened. I woke
up, saw that I had injected myself with something, and that my
appearance was that of one of them. I tried to figure out what I
had done... But I think I'm suffering the same drop in
intelligence the zombies suffer when changing. I can't
understand my research anymore, and looking at it just confused
me even more. He says with a sigh.
Lynn: You should have saved it. I can use it to fashion a way to
help reverse what's happened to these people.
Kindron: It won't work. He says with a sigh. He lays his head
back on the table and looks at the ceiling. It won't work... He
says, visibly upset.
Lynn: Why not? She says to him curiously.
Kindron: Every day... It feels like I get weaker and weaker. I
can sorta sense it... I can tell whatever I did isn't gonna last
forever. And then I really WILL become one of them. What little
I know... is that whatever I did is losing its effectiveness.
The virus is slowly overcoming what I injected myself with.
Lynn nods, understanding what Kindron was saying. Lynn: I
noticed that... The protein in your body seem to be weakening.
The new proteins work well, but the older ones are being
overcome by the virus. She unchains Kindron from the table,
trusting he wasn't going to run away. He then motions for him to
come to the computer as she sits down and shows him what she was
looking at.
Kindron looks at the computer, not sure what he was looking at.
Kindron: I can't... understand this. I told you, my intelligence
dropped. He says as he tries to understand what she was showing
him.
Lynn: It's the protein. She says as she runs a simulation. I did
a test. The virus isn't overcoming it because the virus is
stronger. It's because your body isn't producing as much of the
protein. My guess? Your body requires this injection regularly.
It's like some vaccines. You need booster shots every now and
then to keep your body able to fight off infection. She explains
as her simulation shows what another injection could do, which
seemed to strengthen the ability to fight the virus. We have to
replicate your initial research, and probably create a booster
shot. What you did... It's breaking genetic research. That's why
no one's come up with this. You must have been so much smarter
before the virus overtook you. She says to Kindron, looking
over.
Kindron: Yeah... I remember I was doing genetics research... But
I don't think I ever found a way to actually pull off what
you're saying I did. He says, tilting his head.
Lynn: I can replicate this if I have your initial notes.
Kindron: I don't think I wrote anything down... Remember, I was
infected and losing myself. I didn't have time to write it down.
But if there is anything... I guess my house would have all the
research since that's where I did all my research. And it's
where I woke up. He says.
Lynn: Last thing... She then takes out a flash drive, and puts
it on the table. She then glares to Kindron. Care to explain
this? She says, her tone now deadly serious, and seemed to be a
bit angry as she talked.
Kindron: I don't even know what that is. He says, tilting his
head. I mean... I know it's mine and I know it's a flash drive,
but I didn't understand anything about what was on it. He
explains, trying to clarify his statement.
Lynn just glares at Kindron for a moment. Lynn: It's a flash
drive... belonging to Kindron Darkfire... I'm guessing that's
you.
Kindron: Yeah. That's right. That's me. He says as he finds a
spot to sit down. What's on it?
Lynn: Plans... Plans to modify and weaponize the virus! You were
working for the government and you were trying to find a way to
control and USE it! She says angrily.
Kindron looks to the flash drive for a moment. He tries to
remember, but can't. Kindron: You're sure? Weaponizing it? He
says to her, overcome with emotion as he was trying to remember
what he could.
Lynn: Yes. You were testing and weaponizing it. There's not much
research, but apparently enough that you had made a little
progress on it.
Kindron just sighs. Kindron: It's not that I don't believe
you... I just can't imagine working for the government. I don't
remember ever planning on weaponizing the virus.
Lynn: You're lying. She says coldly.
Kindron: I'm not. I studied the virus initially because my
company was trying to cure the animals infected by it. I NEVER
set out to weaponize it. If I did, then it had to be after I was
infected and lost memories of spans of time. I swear I don't
ever remember, and if the government asked me to, I'd have said
no right away because even back then I knew this virus was going
to affect humans and it would become a problem... Though I
couldn't predict exactly how it would be a problem.
Lynn looks to him suspiciously. Lynn: I need your help to make
this cure... But if you are trying to weaponize this virus, I
know some people that are going to tear you to pieces. She says
to him, warning him. I knew you looked familiar... You're part
of that big tech corporation, Darkfire Technologies.
Kindron: I was the HEAD of Darkfire Technologies. He says,
correcting her.
Lynn: I know your company had a lot of government contracts. If
you're lying to me, I will find out, and I will make sure when
we cure this virus that you go into a deep dark hole for the
rest of your life. She says to him.
Kindron sighs. Kindron: If what you say is true, and I was doing
that... Then I will jump into that deep dark hole. He says with
confidence.
Lynn: The flash drive has your voice recorded on it. And it had
research trying to control the virus. I'm only listening to it
because it might give me some clues as to how you did whatever
you did to yourself. She says with a sigh.
Kindron: Fine... If it helps, then so be it. If... He stops
suddenly, darting his head. DAMMIT. They found us! He says as he
hears people entering the building.
Lynn: Impossible! I made sure to cover our trail! Not even the
wolves could track us! She says as she gets up quickly. She hits
a button on her computer, saving her data. Once her data was
saved she grabs her flash drive along with Kindron's and puts
them in her pocket.
Kindron runs and grabs his weapons, putting them back on his
person.
Lynn: How did they find us?!
Kindron: I told you my scent would be tracked. He says. He
notices that they were in a nursing home, and they were in what
appeared to be the doctor's wing. Now how do we get out of
here?! He asks quietly as he hears the two zombies he could hear
getting closer.
Lynn just grabs Kindron's arm and runs to the door. She looks to
Kindron. Lynn: Where are they coming from? She asks Kindron, who
points at where the two are. From the east wing... Then we have
to go out this way. She says, leading Kindron as she and Kindron
run to try and get away. However, as she runs, Kindron notices
that the two zombies were now moving faster and running towards
them.
Kindron takes out his machete, and gets ready. Kindron: Leave.
I'll hold them off.
Lynn: NO. She says sternly as she goes over to Kindron. Kindron
stops her, holding her back.
Kindron: If what you said is true about me... Then I don't
deserve to survive this. Let me at least die believing I did
something good. He says sternly.
Lynn grabs his arm. Lynn: You don't get it... I need you. I
don't know where your research is, and I am going to need your
blood to reproduce whatever you did! If you die here, my chances
at making a cure die with you! She says angrily.
As she talks, two zombies walk into view.
Kindron: Too late now anyway. He says as he looks to the two
zombies who were now in view. He holds his sword ready, knowing
there was no running away now.
The two zombies, Craig and Jonathon, looked over Kindron and
Lynn. Craig appeared to be normal man in a suit with black hair
and yellow eyes, while Jonathon appeared to be a man with long
black hair and red eyes. Jonanthon seemed ready to fight, while
Craig seemed more like he was just there to watch.
Jonathon: So you're the one... All the time you had, I figured
you'd skip town. He says jokingly.
Kindron: I would have... But this one knocked me out for a
while. She says, pointing to Lynn.
Jonathon: Well... I have orders to bring you back to Monica
alive. But if you resist, there's no guarantee I won't
accidentally turn you or something. The woman isn't really that
big a deal, but you, it seems, she's taken a real interest in.
He says as he holds up his fists in a ready position.
Kindron: Great... Just what I always wanted. He says
sarcastically.
Jonathon: Well... I'm gonna have to start beating you now. Fight
back if you want. He says to Kindron. But if the girl runs, my
pal will cut her off. And if you fail to beat me, you're both
coming with me. He says, pointing to Craig.
Kindron silently runs to attack, trying to slice through
Jonathon. However, Jonathon holds his arm up, blocking Kindron's
machete. Jonathon wasn't hurt, and punches Kindron in the
stomach hard before Kindron could process what had happened,
causing him to stumble back and cough.
Kindron holds his blade up, catching his breath as he attacks
again. Jonathon, this time, grabs his machete blade and grabs
Kindron throwing him over his shoulder and slamming him onto the
ground. However, when he got flipped, he lost grip on his
machete, which was still in Jonathon's grip
Kindron hits the ground hard, and gets up, turning over as he
gets up. This time, blood was coming from his mouth, due to the
internal damage he had suffered. Thankfully, he had the fast
healing of the zombies, and he seems to recover quickly.
Jonathon: Is that it? You're weaker than I thought you'd be. He
says as he throws the machete to the side.
Kindron holds his hands up in a combat stance.
Jonathon: Oh... Fighting fire with fire? That's fair. He says,
seeming to be interested in the fight. He goes to attack
Kindron, but Kindron moves aside and punches Jonathon in the
jaw, disorienting him.
Jonathon stumbles as he gets punched, and moves aside as Kindron
moves back, getting back into stance.
Jonathon: That's more like it. He says with a smile as he goes
and attacks Kindron. This time, Kindron and Jonathon both land a
punch on each other, knocking each other back.
The two move and attack each other again. As the two fight and
try to beat each other up, Jonathon seems to have the upper
hand, due to Kindron's attacks not working as well as
Jonathon's. Since Kindron was still human, he didn't heal as
quickly, and wasn't nearly as strong as Jonathon was. Jonathon
and Kindron trade blows back and forth, seeming evenly matched.
Kindron then moves close and draws his katana, trying to draw it
into a slash using a sword drawing technique. Hoping to catch
Jonathon off-guard, Kindron had tried to use the technique
instead of attacking.
However, while Jonathon's clothes were cut, his body was not.
Kindron looks at Jonathon, trying to figure out why his blades
couldn't cut him, but his punches were having effect.
Lynn, studying Jonathon, looks to Kindron, as though she could
almost see the gears turning in Kindron's head. Since Kindron
had told Lynn he wasn't as intelligent as he used to be, Lynn
knew she was going to have to help him in order to survive this
a normal human. Lynn: It's his skin! It's hardened to prevent
the cells from separating by cutting... But your punches impact
harder than your sword so the impact force of your fists and
kicks can still hurt him! She says to Kindron.
Kindron sighs and puts his katana away, tossing it to Lynn who
catches it. Kindron: So be it. He gets into stance again, and
gets ready to attack Jonathon.
Jonathon: Now we're having fun. He says with a smile as he goes
to attack again. This time, him and Kindron trade blows again,
but Kindron was using certain strategies as he tried to focus on
Jonathon's vital points, punching him in the jaw, or punching
him in the stomach or kidneys to do more damage to him. The hope
was that striking his vitals would mean more damage, since
Kindron's attacks weren't as strong as Jonathon's
Jonathon: You're good. He says as he fights Kindron.
Kindron: Well... You're a zombie. He says sarcastically in
response, not really focused on what he was saying.
Jonathon: I guess I'll have to beat you. He says as he goes to
attack. When he hits Kindron this time though, he knocks Kindron
to the ground, and then Jonathon jumps and knees Kindron in the
chest, causing Kindron to scream in pain as Jonathon's attack
breaks his ribs. Jonathon then starts punching Kindron over and
over, punching him in the face to try and knock him out.
Lynn: No! Lynn yells desperately as she was watching Kindron get
pummeled, and starts to panic. She then takes her gun out and
shoots at Jonathon, to which a few of the bullets hit Jonathon.
Lynn's gun was a Desert Eagle, one of the stronger pistols. The
bullets seemed to affect Jonathon enough that he looked over, as
the bullets did seem to pierce his skin.
Jonathon: That was rude! He says as he gets up, and looks to
Lynn angrily.
With Kindron on the floor barely able to move due to the pain
and state he was in, Jonathon wasn't worried about Kindron as he
gets up and goes over to Lynn. As Jonathon walks over, Lynn
continues shooting, until the clip was empty in her gun. But
while most of the bullets hit, they didn't stop Jonathon.
Jonathon grabs Lynn by the neck, choking her as he looks to her.
She draws Kindron's katana, trying to slash him, but can't
pierce his skin because she wasn't strong enough to cut his
skin.
Craig: Stop! We were ordered to bring them alive! He says to
Jonathon.
Jonathon: I will leave her alive... But I'm going to make her
suffer a bit before then because she pissed me off! He says with
a sadistic smile.
However, a growl can be heard as Kindron was suddenly on his
feet, and jumps Jonathon before Jonathon can react. Kindron
seemed to be in a rage, and put his arms around Jonathon's neck,
putting him in a choke hold. Jonathon, surprised, was forced to
let go of Lynn, who stumbles back.
Craig, who noticed something was wrong, got ready to intervene,
but couldn't get to Kindron in time before Kindron snapped
Jonathon's neck.
Kindron turns and punches Craig as Craig reaches him, punching
him so hard that it broke Craig's jaw.
Kindron growls, his appearance a bit different. His skin had
gotten a little more normal color (as it wasn't so pale, his
eyes were no a deeper shade of red, and his teeth seemed to had
grown into what appeared to be canine-like teeth. It was obvious
that something happened that made Kindron snap, as Kindron
seemed far stronger.
He grabs Craig by the leg and starts tossing him around,
slamming him onto the ground over and over again. He then throws
Craig through a wall, causing part of the wall to collapse on
him. Kindron then goes over to Jonathon, who was getting up
after his neck had recovered, but jumps on Jonathon and starts
pummeling him in anger, growling as he punched Jonathon over and
over again.
As Lynn watched Kindron, she didn't know what to do. She decides
to walk over. Lynn: That's enough! It's over! She says to
Kindron. You won! She says as she tries to get Kindron to come
back to his senses.
Kindron notices Lynn, and gets up, walking over to her. It
seemed like he was going to attack her as he held up his hand,
which appeared more like a claw with how his finger nails had
changed into what seemed like claws.
Lynn: What happened to you... She whispers, afraid Kindron was
going to kill her.
However, Kindron stops, noticing two other zombies. However, it
wasn't normal zombies, as it appeared that the head zombie,
Monica had found them, and brought her second in command,
Valerie who stood behind her with a katana at her side.
Kindron looks over, seeming to recognize Monica.
Lynn looks over, noticing the zombie. Lynn: Are you... the one
they call Monica? She says, recognizing the zombie Kindron had
described earlier.
Monica: I am. She looks at Kindron. Curious-er and Curious-er...
You're not like us. She scoffs and looks at him angrily. You
control our kind... I don't understand how a human could control
us instead of the other way around. Even in this state... She
says as she looks to Kindron.
Kindron growls, and moves to attack as he tries to use his claws
to attack Monica. While Valerie was about to move in front,
Monica stops her, and ducks Kindron's attack as she punches
Kindron in the chest.
The punch sent Kindron flying, knocking him back into a wall.
The punch seemed to disable Kindron, having broken his ribs
again. Kindron was breathing heavily, barely able to get to his
knees.
Lynn, scared, goes over to Kindron to try and help him.
Lynn: Come on Kindron... You have to get up. She says, trying to
get Kindron to get up.
Monica: You can't escape. She says to Lynn. Even if you did,
we'll track you down using other trackers. Since it looks like
you disabled these two. She says, noticing Jonathon's face was
mostly covered by blood and seemed to have been punched to a
bloody pulp (and he was not getting up). As for Craig, with his
body still trying to recover, Craig couldn't get up because of
the rubble that was on top of him as hard as he was trying.
Lynn: I'll die... Before I let myself become one of you! She
says angrily, realizing Kindron was not going to get up right
away. She held the sword to her throat, ready to kill herself
rather than become one of them.
Monica: I'm not going to turn you yet... I'm going to use you.
You're a scientist. I want to spread our kind to the farthest
reaches of this world, and you can help me come up with better
ways to do that. She says as she slowly walks over to her. Kill
yourself if you want. It makes no difference since I don't lose
anything if you die. I'm just acting on the hope that you can be
used more efficiently if I don't turn you yet. He says to her.
Kindron, now seemingly back to normal, grabs Lynn's hand, and
tries to get her to hand him the katana. He was still worn, as
his head was down, and he barely seemed conscious. He takes the
katana as Lynn lets go of it.
Kindron holds his sword ready to attack Monica.
Monica: You're still alive? I thought for sure I stopped your
heart. She says to Kindron.
Kindron looks to Lynn. Kindron: Run. And don't come back for me.
He whispers simply. He then walks foward keeping his sword on
Monica, barely able to hold himself off the ground.
Lynn: I'm not leaving... Either we escape together, or we die
here. She says, grabbing her gun and reloading it.
Monica: You barely survived fighting Jonathon and Craig... What
do you think you can do against me? I'm leagues above those two.
They were the weakest of my elite warriors. She says to Kindron
and Lynn.
Lynn fires her gun at Monica. However, Monica's second in
command, Valerie, moves in front of her, using her katana to
block the bullets, with her movements being fast enough that she
could block the bullets with her sword.
Lynn and Kindron look at Valerie in surprise, realizing her
skill.
Kindron: Well that's not fair at all... He says weakly. Holy
hell she's fast... He says about Valerie.
Monica: Go ahead, Valerie... Knock them out, but don't infect
them yet. She says to Valerie.
Valerie moves to attack Kindron and Lynn, moving faster than
Kindron and Lynn could track as Valerie seems to close the gap
faster than Kindron and Lynn can hope to react.
However, flames are fired as a group of humans fire flame
throwers at Valerie.
The humans also attack Monica with their flame throwers, forcing
her to move back.
Monica: More humans... She says, not able to get close because
of the fire.
A group of humans grab Kindron and Lynn, carrying them as the
humans with the flame throwers retreat. As Valerie tries to move
to attack, a human with a machine gun fires at Valerie, hitting
her multiple times with machine gun fire. Since she was focused
on the flame throwers, she couldn't defend herself in time, and
couldn't block multiple machine guns. The damage to her body
made her unable to run after the group as the group leaves.
Before they were out of earshot though, Monica looks to Kindron.
Monica: We'll meet again. Count on it. I will never stop hunting
you. I don't know what kind of variant you are... But I will
turn you into one of us. She says quietly, knowing only Kindron
would be able to hear her. She then turns and walks away, since
she knew she couldn't go after the flamethrower guys, and
decided to cut her losses as she goes over to Valerie and helps
her up.
As the group comes out of the building and gets into the
military vehicle, they drive off once everyone is on board.
The men notice Kindron immediately, and notice he's not human,
unlike some of them who wore face paint to look like the
zombies.
Lynn looks to Kindron once they were safely away. Lynn: What was
that back there? How did you change your body? She says as she
questions how Kindron had changed.
Kindron: Change? He says weakly. What do you mean?
Lynn: The claws... The growl... the werewolf vibe you gave off?
Kindron looks to her confused. Kindron: The what? I don't know
what you're talking about. The last thing I remember was that
long-haired pretty-boy zombie bashing my face in... Then next
thing I know I'm face down and you were threatening to kill
yourself.
Lynn: We got to do something about your memory. She says
sarcastically with a sigh. You went werewolf mode or
something... I think there's more to your... condition... than I
thought. She says with a sigh.
One of the men in the vehicle looks to Lynn. Man: Is he safe to
be around? He has to be one of them.
Lynn: He saved my life... He's not one of them.
Man: What if you're wrong? He says, suspicious of Kindron.
Lynn: I'd be more concerned about me being right in this case...
She says quietly to the man, remembering the flash drive with
plans to weaponize the virus. But her refusal to elaborate was
enough the man dropped the subject.
Kindron: She's going to come after us.
Man: Let the b*tch try. We'll torch her next time.
Kindron: You don't get it... She's not like the others. She's
far stronger. He says to the man. She could be the strongest of
them. And I've seen how strong their top zombie commanders are.
You're not prepared for this.
Man: Let us worry about that, zombie man. He says to Kindron
coldly.
The comment was enough that Kindron let it go, as he looks away.
Lynn: Thanks for coming to get us.
Man: Of course... We don't leave our own behind. He says to
Lynn.
Kindron: You should have left me to die... He says quietly,
still looking away.
Lynn: Not a chance... We need you. You could help us win this
war.
Kindron: Maybe. He says simply, not wanting to talk anymore.
One thing was certain. There were many questions about Kindron's
past that hadn't been answered, but it was obvious that both
sides desired to use Kindron to their own ends. Will Kindron be
the key to solving the virus, or will Monica figure out how to
use Kindron to her advantage? Did Kindron truly seek to
weaponize the virus, or is there more to the story than has been
revealed?
No matter what the future holds, one thing was obvious. Kindron
would be the key to either defeating the zombies, or he would be
the instrument which could defeat humanity. No one knows how
things will play out, but one thing was obvious: Monica knew
Lynn and Kindron's faces, and would stop at nothing to hunt them
down and use them for her own ends. And it is obvious that
Monica has something dark in mind for Lynn and Kindron if she
didn't want to turn them into zombies right away.
End.
Characters
Kindron Darkfire:
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Dr. Lynn Summers:
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Monica:
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Valerie:
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Jonathon:
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