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What will happen if a serious woman, Alice Claire Gordon, who has PTSD, and Ali Madrigal, who has two personalities, cross paths during the Apocalypse? Will they help each other to fight the undead or will their personalities clash once they find out who they are? Seven men, along with four have women, different perspectives and identities. Will they be able to succeed in these catastrophes? "They're the real zombies, infected by a pestilential disease." -Erros
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Chapter 1 - Chapter 01

"How are her vitals?" a baritone voice asked.

"Normal, Doc," a sweet female voice replied.

I slowly opened my eyes only to find myself looking up at a plain white ceiling with two familiar faces in front of me.

What am I doing here?

When I looked down at my clothes, which had been changed into a hospital gown, they were white, just like the colors in my surroundings. Oh, yes. I recall now.

"Welcome back, Nurse Gordon! It's good that you're awake," greeted a nurse on my left. When I finally recognized her, I just looked at her and nodded quickly. She smiled again and moved her gaze up to my right side. "I'm going to leave you here now, Doc and Nurse Gordon. Get well soon, Nurse!" She cheered me up again.

When she finally exits the room, I turn to face the man on my left. He's looking over my medications on my table.

"How's it going?" I asked in a low tone of voice. I was still a bit hoarse, so I didn't know if he heard me.

He drew his brows together and looked down at my face.

"Case?" he asked, perplexed. I simply give him my bored expression, and when he realizes what I mean, he immediately scoffed and looked at me with his unbelievable expression. "Can't you ever stop investigating?" he inquired.

"What do you think?" I replied to him with a question.

"Look, Ms. Gordon, your case was already closed 17 years ago, and they already proved that the dr-" he paused and gulped. He continued, but this time he was more careful with his words. "That the substance that was injected into you was proven to be unknown and unidentifiable; there is no way to know what was injected into you."

I know he has more to say, but he came to a halt and looked at me sympathetically.

"I'm sorry, Nurse Gordon; it's been a decade, and I think you should stop looking into your case that was dumped off years ago," he said again, and I glared at him. My reflexes were so quick that I didn't notice that I'm tightly holding his collar right now.

His eyes widen and the fear in his eyes was already reflected in mine.

"You don't know what you're saying, Doc Lazariel. You don't even know what this thing did to make me turn into a different person," I gritted to him.

When he didn't say anything more, I quickly let go of him, so he didn't expect his loud fall to the floor. I breathed hard and started to control myself. This is what I'm talking about. The harder I control myself, the greater it takes to conquer my body.

I have this extraordinary strength that nobody can beat.

I sighed deeply before biting my lower lip. I felt his gaze on me, so I quickly closed my eyes and gripped both sides of my sheet before he spoke.

"Leave."

He stood up and exited the room, leaving me alone. This isn't the first time someone has been scared because of me.

What else is new?

This is me. This is the curse I get when I get kidnapped and experimented on with different chemicals and... dru--

When I heard my phone's ringtone, my gaze was drawn to the right. I stood up and sat on my white bed, returning my gaze to my phone, which was placed above the table beside me. When I saw the face, I gulped.

He's always updated on me, huh? It just happened last night, and now he's calling me too early in the morning. I put my finger on it and slide the answer button.

"Thank goodness you answered it! I called you earlier, but you didn't pick up."

"I was sleeping at that time, Kuya," I interrupted.

"Oh right. I'm sorry, AC. How are you--" he was cut off again when we both heard a shrill scream outside my room's door.

"What was that?" he curiously asked me. So he heard it too. I completely turned to my door when I heard successive screams from different people's voices. I assumed it was just another patient causing a commotion, but it sounds different.

What the hell is going on?

"F*ck!" My brows furrowed as I heard my brother gasp and curse several times over the phone. My brows met when I also heard the scream on the other line that was similar to what I was hearing now.

"What is it? What the hell is going on, Kuya? Kuya Erros?!" I looked at my phone when I heard a beep and saw that the call had ended. Sh*t! What happened just now?

Someone yelled outside my door, "Help!" It is followed by a loud thud, which causes me to jump on my bed. I quickly locate the nurse call button above my head, but before I can press it, my hand comes to a halt in the middle when I notice the doorknob on my door slowly twisting.

My jaw dropped as my eyes followed the gentle opening of my door. My heartbeat began to palpitate.

"What the..." I mumbled when I realized who was entering my room. It's the nurse who had been assigned to me earlier. And...

"Oh god!" I exclaimed at the same time as my eyes widened when I saw a man biting the neck of the nurse, who was still reaching for me.

"N-Nurse.. ack!" the woman groaned, then desperately tried to stop the man from biting her more with her hand. They are slowly approaching me, causing me to sit up straight and swallow several times while observing them.

Is this some kind of prank? Why is this man biting her? Is he crazy?! I immediately shifted my gaze to the outside of the open door and saw people who were continuously rioting. But what shocked me more was their quick attacks on each other, and they were mercilessly grabbing each other's necks.

My eyes widened when the nurse who used to be on duty with me slumped in front of me. I gripped my cellphone tighter when I saw the man who bit her slowly lift his head towards me.

What the hell is the matter with this man?! Is he afflicted with a disease that causes him to be this way? So, why are the others behaving similarly to him? My eyes widen when my phone suddenly rings up.

"Sh*t!" He immediately attacked me with his filthy mouth, so I quickly threw out my phone in his face, causing him to retreat. I seize the opportunity to get out of bed and walk out of my room.

I stay still on the wall behind me, watching as people around me continue to be obstreperous in various parts of the hospital. I gasped several times, and my eyes widened because of what I witnessed.

I flinch on my left side when a nurse attempted to reach the pregnant woman in the wheelchair. I looked to my right and saw an elderly man struggling with a security guard who was biting... his collarbone. Sh*t! My gaze followed the entire group of colleagues in the hospital as they ran towards the groups of teenagers on my right.

What the hell is going on?!

I don't know what to do anymore. I was still speechless and oblivious to what was going on around me!

I immediately covered both of my ears when a deafening bang suddenly went off on my left. I was shocked to look at the man who had attacked me earlier, and he was now sprawled on the floor of my room with blood dripping from his temple.

Blood...

I quickly averted my gaze from it and looked for the source of the gunshot. I was greeted by a group of uniformed men with guns in their hands. They are, without a doubt, a soldier group of people. I fixed my gaze on the blue-eyed man who was pointing his gun at me on my right.

"Get out of here, Miss." The other man with them said, so I didn't waste time and dashed to the hospital's entrance. It wasn't easy for me to get out immediately because people were still rioting around me; I even stepped back when a security guard suddenly blocked my path.

He sniffed like a desperate dog looking for his prey. I noticed his white eyes and his dripping saliva. What kind of creatures is this? Does it infect by rabies?

I retreated as he slowly walked forward. My heart was beating faster and faster; it felt like it would suddenly explode. I am confused about what is happening around me; the scenario I am seeing in front of me now seems familiar.

I jumped in shock when someone suddenly screamed behind me. I quickly backed away when the man in front of me suddenly attacked me. I caught my breath when he just passed me and approached the woman who screamed and mercilessly bit her neck.

F*ck! What is really happening?

I grabbed my hair and watched the people around me in shock. I gradually realized that what was happening was no longer normal or a joke. This is true... no jokes, no pranks planted.

"Hly sht!" I mumbled as I noticed everyone with blood on their mouths running to my side. I started running out of the hospital and didn't know where to go because of the scattered and colliding vehicles around me.

What should I do now?

I have no choice then. When I saw the rabid people approaching me, I didn't hesitate to climb onto the vehicles in front of me to get through and get to the sidewalk just a meters away. I need to find a car! I need to get away from here.

When I got here, I was greeted again by the attackers, just like those inside the hospital. This is not funny anymore. I was panting as I turned left and started running again. Someone is greeting me, but I quickly avoid them and run faster.

I eventually find a car at the restaurant next to it. But just as I was about to get in, a little girl in front of me came out holding a pink teddy bear.

"M-Mommy?" she mumbled, looking behind me. I turned my head slowly behind me and discovered a bloody woman sniffing like a dog. I slowly backed away from them and shifted my gaze from one to the other. She's her mother, after all... She's not going to hurt her daughter, right?

"Mommy--" I screamed when I saw how the woman grabbed the little girl. My eyes widened as I covered my mouth. Sh*t! W-What exactly did I do? D-Did I allow her to eat her daughter? I didn't save her...

I almost fell, but I quickly straightened up when the woman's gaze suddenly shifted to me. She sniffed in front of her, and her mouth was still full of blood, so before she could attack me, I quickly turned around and started running, carrying the weight inside me.

She killed her daughter! Sh*t! I think I'm going crazy with what's happening.

I quickly turned into an alley and immediately hid there. When I saw that the person chasing me had passed, I started running back to where I came from while feeling myself. Sh*t! My phone!

I need to find a phone. I need to call my brother. I stopped at a store with no people around. I saw a telephone inside it, then I looked around before approaching it. I dialed his number, but before he could answer, my gaze was drawn to a man running in the middle of the highway.

He was shouting in the middle of the road. I dropped the phone I was holding when I saw countless people chasing him. They're all the same... they're still like the others who attacked me.

I was stunned for a few seconds before I realized that the man they were chasing was passing right in front of me. Sh*t! They're coming on us. Before the panicking man could get close to me, I immediately turned around and led him in running.

I noticed the subdivision ahead of me. I have no choice but to enter there before the eaters reach me. I don't want to die just yet! I'm still looking forward to seeing my family! This is crazy! I'm currently being pursued by a swarm of whatever creatures that is!