A/N: Well, this is my first M rated story, because it has a lot of swearing and violence. It is told from Theodore's POV.
*This story idea does not come from nor was it inspired by the 2010 movie "The Crazies". It's just a random idea I had.*
Enjoy
Chapter 1: Chemical Warfare
It's the year 2022. No, the world didn't end in 2012, but there was a terrorist bombing at the U.S. Embassy. The War-on-Terror hadn't stop, if anything, it got worse.
Last month, the Taliban gained control over a chemical that really messed people up. It caused them to become psychotic, killing beings. The Taliban set the gas into a missile and shot it towards a small city in America as a "warning shot".
The small city they chose was my hometown. The gas settled over the town and infected many. The Taliban did not count on the fact that some were immune. Unfortunately, many of those immune were killed off by the psychos.
I have been a cop for five years now. I was out of town at the time, working on a case for the chief, when the missile struck. When I returned, I saw the crazies running around. I dispatched a few and made my way to the police station, where I found the chief. He was held up in his office.
After calling for evacuation, we escaped. A few days later, the chief came to me with a mission. He told me there were only five psychopaths left in the town we had evacuated from. He told me there may also be survivors, and that is why the military cannot bomb the town.
He handed me a folded piece of paper and told me not to open it until I was inside the city. He handed me a fully loaded pistol, with extra clips.
Now I am flying in a helicopter to my hometown, where I grew up. I fidgeted in my seat. Why me? I thought. Why couldn't there have been some sort of elite group sent in?
When the helicopter touched down at the gates of the city, I hopped off. I nodded my thank you to the pilot and he flew off. I was alone, in the darkness and silence of the city. I looked at my watch. 7:46. It was growing dark.
I took out the paper that the chief had given me. I unfolded it and struggled to read the hand writing in the dark. My eyes widened. I suddenly understood why it was me who had to destroy the five remaining.
The first name and location was on the list.
Name: Alvin Seville
Hypothesized location: Army Recruiter
I slowly folded the paper and shook my head. I knew it had to be done. I began my walk towards the recruiting station, with only the soft sounds of my footsteps to break the eerie silence.
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Well, that's all of the first chapter. Review it and thanks for reading.