'Alyssa Walker. Date of birth is the 9th of January, 1991. Currently 21 years old. Is this correct?'
I nodded while I was looking at the man. It was a huge, dark man. His voice was raucous and nobody would doubt that he was an extremely experienced man. The scars on his face made clear that he had been through a lot during the war.
'Why would you risk your life? Tell me why we should trust you.'
I looked at the ground, while I thought of the things that made me do this.
"I once had a man. His name was Jeffrey. He was one of the Blackwatch Officers," I said, staring at the ground as if my memories were scattered all over the floor.
"When he came home, he'd always talk about the Infection as if.. As if they had it under control. As if they were doing the right thing. Of course, I believed him. I never doubted him. Everything went well. Our relationship started when I was just sixteen. We married two years later and.."
I was quiet for a while, thinking about what I wanted to say. No.. I should keep that to myself. No one knew about my daughter, who was living with my mother, just outside New York. It was for her safety. She was the goal I had. The only thing I wanted to return to.
"And everything was just perfect.. Most of the time, he was with Blackwatch, but I believed that he was fighting for everything he loved, because that was what he told us. He told us that he fought for us." I sighed.
"He died a couple of months ago, though. He was killed by a monster, who was born from the infection, or something like that," I said. I looked back at the man and smiled.
"I started cleaning our room and I found some.. Documents. Documents about the virus and some tests. Everything he told me had been a lie. They killed, or rather kill, innocent people, using them as food for these monsters and as test subjects.. That's not humane."
The man smiled at me. 'You realize that this war can cost you your life?'
I nodded. "I do not fear death." These were the words I spoke. I lied, but I thought that it wouldn't be long until I got used to the idea that.. I may be dead the day after.
'Welcome to team Redwater, Walker. Your training will start at the 5th of February. Until then, you are free to do whatever you want.'