Chapter 1 - The Beginning
Year 2033, 7:23 AM
As always, I woke up to a cold and lonely morning. "Oh right... I was sleeping in the sewers at who-knows-where", I thought as I stood up and took a look around.
I couldn't take a good look around last night as it was too dark. The already rough walls felt even rougher with the sand between them. The smell of dryness flooded my nostrils and reminded me of the situation on Earth. Who knows how long this place has been abandoned.
Once full of life, now just a ball of dirt filled with the walking dead and few of us. I am Ryuno, one of those who are immune called a Examplar, living in a post-apocalypse hell known as Earth. Welcome to my world.
10 years ago,
Year 2023, 12:00 PM
"Ryuno, please step in for your blood test". I walked lazily, towards the good-looking nurse who called for me.
Turning on the television from reaching home after the test, I pressed my black slim remote and turned to the international news section. My attention got caught by what seemed to be a news report of a very unusual death.
The doctor on the live broadcast at the hospital gasped as she said, "This person, his heart is still beating!".
Hours ago, that person was reported to be dead in his compartment. His eyeballs were dried out and salt crystals was forming at the inside of his skull. His fingertips were purple from the blood accumulated inside.
This was called the Salt Eyes Disease and its cause was unknown. Research shown that the virus spreads easily and is evolving at a mind-boggling rate. The introduction of this disease was only days ago, yet now, its yet again changing.
New reports say that victims retain their heartbeat although they look dead. Just like what we usually read in post-apocalypse stories or in those kind of movies. They behave like the walking dead.
"Ahhhh!", then my television screen went quiet. The doctor was suddenly having the same symptoms as the patient she was examining. Blood flowed out of her eye sockets like a river and dyed the room's floor red.
"WE'RE SORRY FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES" was then shown. This was the start of the apocalypse.
END OF CHAPTER 1