"Sergeant Major has the floor!" I stand at attention amongst my comrades, then our officer raises his fist, "At ease, we have an emergency and it's all hands on deck! Some kind of contagion has made people into monsters, they may look like us, they are considered contagious, it already spread too quickly!"

We walk in a line and grab our guns on the way onto jeeps. "Private Ironclad, I bet I'll kill more than you." I grumble, don't even know what he's saying. He laughs as we drive through the city. The rain pours down hard.

A giant black monstrosity walks in front of us. "Monster!" We swerve into a lamp post and I get on the gun. "Weapons fre-" The sergeant's arm gets ripped off by the monster, he screams as I load the gun. The other soldiers start running as I cock the bolt back, then pull the trigger. I jump as the gun kicks back, vibrating violently. It finally turns around and charges with crazy speed, only for it's head to be riddled with bullets. He slams against the Car. It reaches for my neck, it's hand goes limp.

I grab my rifle, hop out the car's turret and run down the street. Every step is a stomp through a shallow river above the road. An unnatural looking dog rushes past me, no skin at all. It's attacking a family, I shoot the dog down and keep running.

They're weaker. Are they actually void's- no, Slim did this!

Suddenly, Markus speaks through the radio, Jennings and Lopman. Go now. I push the rifle to my back, Do not fail, Thadius. I turn a corner, only to get stabbed. "Angel scum!"

I hug him, take my knife and stab deep into the back of his head. "That wasn't shit." After I pull out my knife, I grab his head and snap his neck like a toothpick. I run to my goal again, I find a couple around a lonely car. "Maggie, ru-" The man gets cut in half as I run up and raise my rifle, but the skinny monster runs after the woman. A child cries, Go now! My rifle clicks as the monster comes back for a screaming child. "Shit!"

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It runs to me as I clear the jam and point my rifle to it's head and let her have it. It dodges out of the way in a zig-zag. I throw my gun to the side, pull out my sidearm and get a few shots off, it grabs me by the throat and opens it's mouth. You got this! I take out the knife and start hammering it into it's throat.

Black blood spatters onto me and it throws me. It tries to get in the car- Don't you touch that child! I grab it's legs and swing him down against the pavement. The baby's cries get more intense as I keep swinging it against the ground. I pant and lean on the car. I get in the car-

I wrap her up in a towel and her eyes are orange, glowing too. They dim to an amber eye color. That sword, it changed them. Now, leave her at the corner house. "Her? Why?!" Just do it, she's important! After pressing my thumb into my wound, I write with my blood onto her towel, using random signs in hopes to mean something, "Jade Fernitz." Good, now leave her at the doorstep.

Every step is another red flag. Uncut lawn, trash and beer cans float on the water, behind his picket fence. In the window, a fat guy with a stained white shirt and blue pants basks in an unnatural blue light.

I should just save her the trouble, or do you want to live? I look down at her, she coos as she looks at me. Good luck to you.

I open the gate and the water gushes out into the street. I trudge through the beer cans, trash, grass and lay her at the elevated doorstep, I stop myself from pressing the doorbell. She's important, Thadius. I wince, *Ding dong!* I run off as the little one reaches for me, Now go to Martus. Tell them that Kaylin gave you the order. Also learn some basic English. "Why?!"

'You need to make a friend, first name Dallon, last name Hart.' I cry a little. That human, it'll be hell for her. I hope Markus is right. Make waves, little one. "The things I do for humanity..."