Zone HAWK, 2027.

A infectious virus spread through the world after a makeshift ISIS lab was raided, some soldiers were careless and spilt a vial which spread the once contained airborne virus.

the infection spread throughout Iraq in hours.

Luckily, the virus being airborne caused it to die out quickly- which kills out the airborne pathogen in a day or so, but the infected spread quickly- they didn’t drown, didn’t burn, only by destroying their brain would they fully and truly stop moving.

it was 2026 when the virus first got out.

Now? Samantha found herself in her bunk… letting out a sigh of relief as she finally relaxes after a long day of patrol-

COMMS: “Sergeant Riley, report to de-briefing.”

She groans- great, another patrol.

it, in fact, was not another patrol- instead? She was heading to Chicago. A hotspot for infected thanks to the many fallen safe zones positioned there prior.

Her mission? retrieve and exfil ‘Sample #54’. A Canadian scientist was apparently making a vaccine- and possible a cure- when their makeshift lab in Chicago was breached by infected- most probably they were torn apart and got back up, undead.

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September 17, 1:00 AM

After being airdropped a good distance from the city, she began her long hike.

Eventually, around 3:00 AM, she finally made it to the outskirts of the city- and after running into some spores from corpse piles and a few hordes… she finally made it to the 123 floor of the building the scientists made base at.

The door was busted… completely broken. After taking care of an half eaten infected scientist… she made her way into the kitchen- she saw a ladder leading into a hole to the next floor. As she climbed upstairs- she was suddenly hit over the head with something hard- probably a frying pan- she blacked out…

she woke up around 8:00 AM, her head was throbbing- as she wobbly looked around- she realized she was tied to a chair- as she looked forward… she saw them.

S. Riley: “W-Who the hell- are you?-“