Disclaimer: I do not own anything that is related to House of the Dead...(SED and all of that nonsense names belongs to me...)

Year 2019... SED Base

"Goddammit!" Thomas Rogan slammed his fist on the table. He couldn't believe that the leader of SED didn't allow him to leave. There was a facility known to public as "EFI Research Facility" that his reliable sources, including some survivors from a nearby city, claimed that the facility was the cause of the world collapse. If it was true, he and his team could infiltrate the facility and get rid of the threat. Unfortunately, the moronic SED leader forbade him to leave. Heck, he didn't even listen to my damn explanation about how threatening it could be to everyone if the problem wasn't solved immediately. Something in that facility caused this havoc... He had that feeling before. The same feeling to do something right just like in 1998 event...At least Sophie wasn't in this EFI facility. Great.

"So, what do we do now?" Oh. Rogan almost forgot that he wasn't alone in his room. His fellow commando..."Captain" Dan Taylor was walking back and forth, feeling a bit upset after hearing what Rogan had been through. He was the only person from the AMS who followed Rogan to SED. AMS was disbanded many years ago. G never told Rogan where he went but he never lost contact with his old colleague. Amy Crystal, Harry Harris and Kate Green were in the underground bunker with the survivors, doing whatever they can to keep them safe. Gary Stewart...was nowhere to be found...Everyone presumed that he's dead but Amy still believed that he's still out there in the wasteland... James Taylor...gone with the "World" according to what Kate and G told Rogan...He was a great agent...and his young relative is right here with Rogan, still fighting for what he believed in...hope.

"Our request was denied by the SED..." Taylor spoke up after a brief pause. "There were still many of those things out there, killing stranded civilians and we're still here with the SED, doing nothing..." That does it! I'm going to go nuts if I don't do something soon... "We're on our own now..." Rogan stood up and grabbed his jacket. "Taylor, get our men ready. I don't care if that hollow head idiot forbid me to go out, we're leaving in five minutes!" "Yes sir." Taylor saluted. He went out and called the teams and prepared himself. "Team A1 to A6, this is Captain Dan Taylor. Code E61, we have an urgent mission. Be ready in 5 minutes."

Rogan was still in his room, looking at a picture in his hand. Sophie was holding Lisa in her arms, smiling at him...Lisa? She didn't even look at him. Of course, she's always mad at me for not spending time with them. Something told him that this might be the last time to see them...He just hoped that he was wrong. He armed himself with a shotgun and left the base with his team.

The memory of his family appeared in his mind. Rogan... Sophie whispered. Please come back soon... her voice faded away, followed by his daughter's angry voice...You'd better be back soon! Rogan simply smiled.

I'll be back soon...I promise.

Author's notes: I'll take this SLOWLY...Ok, I heard that AMS was disbanded...and the world collapsed at 2003. I hope I got the right info... Quick info: "SED" (Swift Executor Division) are groups of commandos and fighters. They are a part of the main group called "Endurance". Please note that the names of the characters here (and later in future chapters) are fiction characters. No intention to offend anyone.

...Looks like it's the same pattern here...first short chapters and long chapters after... Hmm, peculiar pattern.