Fantasy Apocalypse of the damned

[Ember Reileen Rose]

It started out as nothing to really worry about, they made us believe that the street drug called " bath salts " drove people crazy and caused them to go cannibalistic. It started in Australia, the epidemic of " bath salts " after it died down the news forgot about and so did everyone else. Then Asia got hit, after that people began to question what to really believe. One by one the continents around North America were hit with this ever spreading " drug pandemic ", but after videos surfaced on the internet of people minding their own business then being attacked and killed by zombies. Controversy between conspiracy theorists, non believers, believers, religious fanatics the list goes on. Then the government came out admitting to creating a new virus, derived from various other viruses along with a fungi. They called it the " reaper virus " and what it does to the human body is beyond words, it not only attacks the mind but the body as well resulting in death. The government sent out massive amounts of an antivirus to every corner of the world, but it doesn't end there once the victims use the antivirus they still die... But they don't stay dead. After the dead came back to life, scientists collected samples from those that stayed dead and those that became the undead to perfect the antivirus. Once south America got hit Marshall law came in to effect in America, loud speakers were erected all over the states and the military had makeshift bases and headquarters everywhere. There was also a curfew and anyone who worked pass curfew had to have a permit to do so. Mexico had been the first place to suffer from this pandemic, now America had a real reason to be afraid because it is right on their doorstep.

 

[Ember Reileen Rose]

Katsumi sat on the couch at work, she took care of the mentally disabled. Working an overnight shift there really isn't anything to do but sweep and mop while checking on the guys in between. She couldn't stand watching the news anymore, it was the same shit; weather, death and the pending zombie outbreak for America. The loud speakers went off announcing that anyone caught outside after curfew without a permit would be punished accordingly, katsumi rolled her eyes it's the same announcement that is made everyday more than once. After scientists perfected the antivirus Americans had to carry around an emergency case full of it with them at all times, for when the outbreak does occur it can be used before the virus could spread. Katsumi went between cleaning and watching TV while doing her paperwork, the usual routine for work not even with a pending apocalypse did her routine change. Missouri never changes, people who have lived here long enough call it misery for a reason; the weather is awful during the summer and too damn cold with too much snow during the winter especially if the winter is bad enough for blizzards. Either there is too much rain or not enough, the weather is one thing that katsumi never cared about. She was born and raised in the state of Missouri, always hoping that one day she would finally bid this state a good riddance and never return but that has yet to happen.