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2010
The last ten years we have been using Hosts' blood and other samples to create a more accurate vaccine without the desirable effects, the vaccine is still useless for the world immunization.
Note: some facts have been change to make the story more real.
Gem team basic rules for surviving Casus Apocalypses
(1)DON'T BE AN IDIOT, EVER. (2)YOU ARE NOT SAFE, EVER. (3)ALWAYS carry a minimum of two reliable, lethal weapons, BE SURE ONE ITS A BLUNT ONE, eventually you will run out of bullets, if you dismiss blunt weapons try to SAVE ONE BULLET in that way you will not feel the bite. (4) Dress smart. (5)THINK LIKE A CRIMINAL, learn to pick locks, hot-wire cars, etc. (6)AVOID being alone. (7)USE your HEAD, your mind is your most powerful weapon. (5)Kill anyone that gets bitten, believe us it the lesser of two evils. (5)Have a base or know where you will be sleeping and ALWAYS BE READY TO RUN. (7)Have a plan A. (6)Have a plan B. (7)Have a plan C. (8)Be inventive. (9)Don't loose yourself, in other words DON'T LOOSE YOUR HUMANITY. (10) If you are one of us let the adrenaline and rage do their job, after that Collect Yourself; Made Some Yoga, Smoke Weed ,Have Sex Or Masturbate.
At Quinn's House…
"Nobody is answering the door" the short blonde was getting anxious "Britt we have an emergency key underneath the cherubs statue.
"I'm glad that mom and Coach spoke with my dad and Santana's parents" Brittany was beaming "Where are your dads, Rach?" she was opening the door with the emergency spare key.
"Dad and Daddy are visiting Uncle Jacob" she replied with disgust "They are safer than us" Quinn arched her eyebrow "Dad and his brother came from a Military Family, Dad was expulsed for his sexual preferences, but Uncle is still on service. Ergo they are inside the base in a self-contained town"
Noticing Rachel's discomfort, they decided to stop the questions.
"Mom" Quinn yelled.
Judy was praying in the middle of the living room. Rachel chuckled, she believed in God but this wasn't the time to pray, it was the time to act. The older woman turned toward them
"Quinn?... Thanks God" Judy stood and hugged her daughter "They have been disturbs in some neighborhoods, your father thought that was nothing serious just a bunch of pissed up hippies running riot, then the news said that it was a new kind of rabies and your father ordered me to go with him to the church" her face was bruised "He said that the epidemic is the punishment of our Lord" the woman was crying "the hospital is in quarantine and your father said that, the Lord had condemned you for your sinful life and friends"
Quinn couldn't breath, her father was a douche, he had hit and locked her mom, preventing her to help her daughter "Mom, we have to pack and go"
"But your father, he is…"
"…a coward for hit her wife and daughter regularly and then shows his smiley face in public"
Judy was taken aback at the bluntness of the petite brunette behind her daughter "Young Lady my husband…"
Rachel cut her again "Your husband is as false as seven dollar bill, he has been banging young women for years and in particular a Von D wanna be for two years. He has been planning to leave you; the tattoo freak is expecting a boy…papa Fabray's golden dream. I know this, because he brags his sex adventures and the hitting part to David's father. The idiots are proud of it...I bet you, he is with her and not in the church" Quinn felt bile in her throat
"Who are you?" Judy asked.
"I am Rachel Berry your friendly sinner and savior. I'm looking forward to getting to know you, ma'am" the woman snorted, this young lady had opened their Pandora Box and confirmed her fears but instead of felling bad Judy was cheerful, Quinn and her were now free from Russell "Now go to pack"
Quinn and Judy looked at each other and made a silence vow –Fuck him, if he needs them, he will have to look in other place- after that the blondes moved.
Outside the Karofsky's residence…
"I can't believe the quantity of weapons and stuff you have" the latina was having problems to manage their cargo.
He took her bags "You should see Berry's"
"How long have you being friends?"
The boy paused for a moment and then put the bags in his modified Hummer "Since forever"
"But you bullied her"
"No the Cheerios and the other jocks did it. I just follow their lead, it was easier that way. Rachel have always knows how important is for me to blend, she has never demanded me to change" he chortled "She doesn't care that you call her loser… for her you are the losers"
The latina winced as his words dug deep in her hearth –Yes, she is right, we are the losers, not her with her superstar talent or her other lethal skills-"Why is she…why are you saving us?"
"It is the right thing to do. You heard the radio news, they are not saying the hole true"
"What about that shit ... for what I know, we live in a FREE country."
Davis sighed "That's the beauty of living in ignorance and in a democracy. I don't think that the president and other persons in high positions weren't aware of Project Casus, what they have been doing is immoral and against all the values that this country is so proud of…our leader must be in shock and the people are going to be in denial. Think Santana, the World governments have been walking in a thin line for the last decade, how they are going to explain experimentations in kids of a virus with 97% fatal results in the normal population, plus the militia can not mobilize massive attack and extermination teams without the President consent and he also has to deal with the Congress" they heard screams.
"Santana, you drive and I shoot"
They got into the vehicle.
The Berry's residence…
"….government will dispatch Special Forces to provide false sense of stability to the population, avoiding further losses until they settle on a real curse of action" Rachel predicted, causing arched eyebrows "A massive panic is pointless, it will cause more deaths and difficulty for the army forces"
"That's impossible" said Judy
"Ms. Fabray, I think that you are a good example of what Rach has been trying to tell us" remarked Britt "Denial, panic and disinformation would create mega-hordes of zombies"
Rachel muttered 'Dumb my ass!'
"Fan-fucking-tastic! I chose the prefect time to have an accident. GOD I' am an imbecile!"
"Lucy Quinn Fabray! You didn't curse with God in the same sentence, did you?"
"Stop laughing Rachel, it is not funny"
"I'm terribly sorry but it is funny, Quinn" she was turning off the car when two infected jumped into it.
"SHIT DAMMIT FUCKING FUCKER S!" Judy Agron cursed, making the girls gasp in disbelief. The infected were trying to smash the windows.
"This and the one in the garage are armored cars, the windows would resist" the Rachel murmured 'I should have triple checked their endurance'
"Rachel I heard you" Quinn commented.
"Upps! Ok, I will opened the garage door and then we will take them down"
Other two infected had joined the assault, when they were inside the garage. They were in the dark for seconds until a sensor light illuminated the place.
"Rach?" Britt stated as three of the infected took tools to attack the vehicle.
"I hate when their brains are not toasted" she opened the glove compartment and handled a gun to Quinn "I thought I would never say it, but I'm glad that your father had taught you to hunt harmless animals" she checked her gun "Don't shoot from inside the car or you will damage the only barrier between them and you" she signed them the shooting holes "Ms. Agron, secure the doors and if something happens, find Coach"
Rachel step out of the car from the trunk, taking by surprise the infected creatures. She had shot two infected before she jumped to the jeep's roof, once there she kicked a female in the face, bumping her ass to the floor. The fourth had climbed the hood and before he was able to attack her, she shot him and then the brunette pulled the trigger for the female that was recovering from her kick. "Clear" the diva said as she was grabbing a hammer to hit them again.
-GLEE-GLEE-GLEE-
"Hey Sam, any interesting?" Rachel asked entering the house; the blonde boy had a bat in her hands.
"Raaa-ache-eel?" he stammered.
"Who did you expect… Megan Fox?" Rachel shook her head, smiling at the boy's apparent breakdown.
"I was at the mall, when I received you text and I came home. The street are full of crazy people, some were having sex, other were eating themselves and I found a blogg that said it's a biological weapon put in the potable water"
"Nonsense, anyway I'm terribly sorry to trouble you with such a silly question… nevertheless, did someone bit you?" he moved his head left to right "Did their blood had contacted with an open wound in your body or mouth?" he said no once more.
"Please could you take off your clothes?"
"W-what?" he asked
Rachel wasn't sure what to expect of her fellow glee club members' reactions, but she was getting tired of being polite so she yelled him "Get naked" the diva got close to him "I need to check you, I don't have a fucking blood test here and I am not going to put us in danger" Rachel moved an pinched him to the floor "Britt, help me with his clothes "You can tear them"
Judy and Quinn looked in horror at the naked boy, while Rachel examined him. Although part of Judy's dismay was in the fact that her daughter had been checking Rachel's body instead of Sam's.
"Uncontaminated, I hope…" the brunette let him go and threw him a mobile "Do you have the new address of your fathers?"
"Yes, I do" he replied, trying to cover his genitals.
"Perfect, write it with their physical appearances and names and push send"
-GLEE-GLEE-GLEE-
(Flashback)
Eight years old Rachel…
Rachel has been practicing with a group of kids for years, some of them were mean and she was scare of them.
"Scums, you must survive in the forest with the items in your packs. Good luck, don't let the await for their prey" a hideous voice from a twisted man resounded.
They started to ran throw the forest, she was so concentrating in found water that she didn't see a figure crying. THUMP! She bumped into the bulge.
"I don't have it anymore, don't hurt me" the boy was sobbing, seating with his arms around his knees.
"David?" Rachel knew the boy, they often played together, his family lived in Lima too and now and then her mom dropped him to her house to engage in recreation. For Rachel he was the closest thing to a friend, her best friend.
"Rach?"
Rachel saw an ugly bruise forming around his eye "What happened?"
"Azimio punched me and grabbed my backpack. He said some pretty mean things about me"
Rachel kissed him in the check "David, we have to found water" she extended her hand "We can share my equipment, even if they didn't give us much" the brunette had to talk to him about crying, showing human emotions were a sign of weakness 'If you have to do it, do it in private. You must try to conceive your emotions or they will see you like an easy target, besides we are fewer girls than boys, we can't let them bullied us' the grandchild of General Amos had told her, Rachel found her interesting.
"Ok, thanks Rach" the boy liked Rachel very much, he loved his voice and kindness.
They walked for a while and found the water, then decided to search for a place to camp. Rachel didn't want to disturb David, but she had heard a strange moan.
"Look at this tree, David. I think we can rest here"
"I am cold"
"I know how to make a bonfire"
Soon both of them were warm, until a human been or what she thought was a human been charged towards them. Rachel took one of the logs from the pyre and beat the creature's tibia which barely stumbled and stood up with his legs in flames, then a stone smacked the being's head and two figures came form the trees, Rachel knew them
The girl smashed its head until the thing was dead, then grabbed a blanket and started to extinguish the little fires around them "Thank you, Amos" Rachel said, she had observed that the soldiers usually addressed the girl by his last name.
"Your welcome, Rach and please call me Taylor" the future prima donna was fond of the taller girl, she was serious but friendly, plus was intelligent like her, Taylor loved books and understood Rachel's big words; the boy, Matthew, looked like a handsome version of his daddy Leroy, besides he always was joking and was friendly too.
"We better locate other place to camp" Taylor said.
"Together?" Rachel asked, the guardians hadn't prohibited them to work in teams and she was delighted with the idea.
"Yep…what do you think Matt?" Taylor inquired him smiling.
"Defiantly" Matt stated.
"Definitely" Rachel corrected him.
Rachel was happy that night and more when she discovered that the odds have made her team with the partners the project had chosen for her since birth.
(End Of Flashback)
"Sam, don't worry. Your father will be all right, he and the rest of the crew probably have been reinforcing their homes. After all they are construction workers" the boy eyes sparked with hope "They just have to hold on until Taylor or Matthew show up, then she or he will take them to our finale destination"
"Who are Taylor and Matthew?" inquired Quinn.
"They are our team mates"
"The hansom chocolate boy and the girl with magical doggie eyes?" asked Britt, causing a confused expression in Rachel's face "I saw the photos in your looker when Santana filled it with shaven cream" Britt said.
"I truly appreciate your enlightenment in that vandalism act, I wasn't misguided about the identity of the perpetrator; in relation to the identities of my friends you are correct" Rachel responded as they were coming down to the basement.
"Can you trust them?" asked Sam.
"I'd trust them with my life, Sam. They came from military families too, they are tough cookies and the most capable and loyal persons I have the pleasure to know" Rachel spoke with confident.
Sam's mind went to places he never wanted it to go-My little sister and brother, Mom and Dad, God please let them be safe-
"Rach, this place looks like always" remarked Britt.
"You had thought the same before I took the fake walls of my room" she pushed the heavy scenario, revealing another door in the floor "See, never judge a book by its cover"
"Lord Tubbington always says that" Brittany replied with pride.
The damn cat was in a large pet transport cage, besides her owner miauing in agreement –Well I can sense who is going to be the most cooperative being in the group: a giant cat- Rachel deliberate with humor.
Sam mouth was wide open "I have live in your house for almost two months and I have never witness something strange"
"Yes" Rachel and Britt went down "You have been the perfect test to our front. Uncle Jacob thought it was inadequate, nevertheless we have probed him wrong" Rachel and Britt started to hand them boxes and bags as Sam promised himself to trust Rachel and follow her instructions.
Emma and Will's House…
"Look William, I made a deal with the dwarf so I want to have you near when you become a nasty infected"
"Sue, you have gone too far!" Will Schuester was in her living room pacing back and forth "This is my home, GET OUT!"
"Ms. Windex would to be so nice to tell to your fiancé to pick up your things and move? We have to make other stops"
"Sue, you have to understand that it's difficult to trust your intentions, after all you made us pack with a gun in your hand" Emma said "However Ms. Pierce's presence has gave you the benefit of the doubt"
"She is Britt's mom, what do you expected?" Will let out "She is a pro-Cheerio and maybe idi…not relievable blonde…woman" Sue chuckled.
"Mr. Schuester, I am going to ignore your incorrect assumptions on account of my daughter's antics, nonetheless I am pretty disappointed in Britt's previous evaluations of your character. I am the best surgeons in Lima and I can assure you that this is not a charade"
"The news says is rabies" He insisted.
"Do you feel more qualified than me then? My father's specialty is infectious disease and I am a doctor, what are you?" Susan was loosing her patience.
Will was mortified "Umm!…no…I…no… of course not"
Sue Sylvester smirked. "There, there…now be a good dumb little sheep and grab your pathetic belongings"
At the Hummel-Hudson home…
The house was a mess; the four habitants were moving and collecting their things.
"I'm glad that you understood" Dave remarked.
"Are you kidding me? I don't think that any one can manage a story like that" Kurt asserted "plus I got a text from Quinn and you save my father's life from two crazy gals"
"And ours" said a shaking Shane while Mercedes was hugging his little brother Alex and her mom.
"And the weapons you are carrying are from the Army, a common civilian doesn't have access to that" Burt Hummel declared, taking his own riffle.
"Sir, allow me" Dave inspected the firearm it and in less than a minute it was ready to shoot.
"Basic training, Sir" David had answered before Burt was able to ask then the boy gave him the riffle "This riffle is inadequate, except its caliber. You have to be very careful in its maintenance"
"What do you mean Karofsky?" Finn asked with venom.
"The ammunition for this weapon is very common, we would not have problems to obtain ammo" David clarified.
"So you think our weapons are trash and that you are better, you haven't changed you are still a prejudi...prejudice…prejuced" Finn huffed, kicking a chair.
-God! He is an idiot-"What did Rachel see in you?" David had stated when an infected kid sprinted toward them. David took the broken chair and hit the little monster, opening its skull.
"Good job reinforcing the back door, Fineptitude" Santana exclaimed, coming in from the back "By the way, I have the Chang's"
"Tina or Mike?"
"Both" she said.
David smiled "The Coach did a good job with the Cheerios"
"I'm not the Head Bitch for nothing, besides my uncle taught me to fire" she remarked, before her face showed her true emotions, Santana had to kill Mike's father to retrieve the boy and his mom.
David touched her "I don't know what you did to be here, but you did the correct thing" then he added to distract her "Britt is very lucky to have you; she and her mother are in good hands with you"
"Are you certain?"
"Hey, Rachel haven't been praising Quinntana for nothing" and with that words, Santana regained her bravado.
"The Hobbit is a pain in the ass, but she is not stupid…even if I do question her taste in men." the Latina remarked with a big smirk.
At the Pukerman's residence…
Puck and his little sister were gathering around the TV.
'All civilians are being advised to stay in doors. Stock up on food and barricade all entrances to there home…'
Puck couldn't figure out, what was really going on, he had received a text with instructions from his Jewish Princess or at list he thought it was form her, because he didn't recognized the number although the writing screamed Rachel Berry. His mother and Puck had discussed about it for a while, until her mother remembered that Rachel Dad had been in the Army and that his uncle was a colonel or something; the militia's contacts and Rachel inability to prank him had settled down the matter. They were waiting for her.
He heard a knock in the door, took his bat and spoke "Rachel?"
"Noah, don't be ridiculous" she said "How many persons would knock at your door, using a specific predetermined password?"
"Rach, since he's making us wait… can I use his bathroom?" asked Britt.
-Yep, definitely it was Rachel- "I'm opening the door" stated Puck.
You Call This A Refuge?…
Police cars, ambulances and infected people have been upsetting the quiet Lima.
Ms. Agron where with Noah, the rest of the Puckerman family and the Blaine and his father while Rachel was driving with Britt, Sam and Quinn.
Rachel was counting the number of infected in her head; she knew "Something is wrong"
"What do you mean?" Quinn inquired.
"They are too many infected" she pushed the brake pedal, forcing Puck to stop too, luckily for them because at the same time they stop two cars crashed in front of them.
"Rachel, can you predict the future?" Britt asked.
"What?" she looked the car accident in front of them "No, I was distracted by an Epiphany" she continued driving.
"Where are we going?" Sam wanted to know.
"At the moment to Coach's refuge"
Coach refuge wasn't too much; it was a good size plot of land with a big fence and a brick building (bars on the windows). Multiple vehicles were arranged inside the perimeter of the cement construction, the place needed pretty tough reinforcement.
"Coach, we are not going to stay here." –They need to go to a self sustaining location. I and David need our freaks comrades, training individuals capable of take care and trainee these civilians-
"I was wondering when you will star to use your brain and embrace harsh decisions, lawn gnome" Sue Sylvester hissed at her.
"Well maybe the fact that your refuge is a piece of shit and the increased number of infected, made my mind" the short brunette challenged her to replay, when the older woman didn't Rachel continued "By the way your transmission was flawless" Rachel was aware of the kindness behind all the hate in Sylvester's character, she had risked her life and a possible future with a massive broadcast warning. Rachel was also impressed with the four Cheerios she had dragged here with their families and significant others, the six deputies, the two fireman and three men that looked like veterans and Becky's complete family –Sue Sylvestermight be a dictator and amoral and treats people like trash, but she's actually is a sweetheart-
"Yeah, who would think I am a humanitarian and I love mental houses" Coach Sylvester remarked, remembering the people she had blackmail to did it" Sue poked Rachel with one finger in the chest "Besides Thumbelina , you and your friends have promised me to fix the place, before your departure to college"
"That was the plan, Coach" said David beaming from his car roof.
"The crisis is already here" Rachel cleared her throat "We must reinforce and supplied as well as we can Fort Sue or Sue's Mental Retirement Home and then departure straight away in hope for the best" Rachel winked toward Sue.
"FREAK, who made you the boss" one of the Hockey players and his Cheerio girlfriend proclaimed, getting closer in a menacing way with a stick.
Rachel shot him in the arm and then disarmed four deputies in a similar fashion, reloading her gun in seconds "You keep doing that and the next bullets are going to your heads" she scanned the crowd "We are departing in fourteen hours, if you don't want to come with us it is your problem. We will do our best to return in forty days. Those idiots that try to harassed me will stay in Lima until I change my mind; I am not going to bring problematic persons with us, please be more intelligent and use your time well, spreading what we had explained to you and obey orders. David, escort them to the exit" David threw them out.
"Rachel, you must stop. This is the real live and you are condemning persons, we grown-ups..." Mr. Shue was scolding her when Sue knocked him out.
"All the hair products have rotten his head" Sylvester announced nonchalant "Carry on, Streisand"
"Murderous BITCHES!" Finn said.
"You accused me of murder. Oh my God, you're thicker than you look! David and I can't protect everyone, we need back up. People will die for this, but the survivors would have a chance to be rescue for us or the government. We are risking our lives and maybe guarantee us a martial trial, FINNEANDERTHAL"
"My father was a soldier and I order you…"
She didn't let him finish "No your father was an ex soldier, the government threw his junkie ass out, he cracked out and you are a fastidious idiot, I have military training and you only have dreams. If we applied to the Army I would be at list a Second Lieutenant and you would be a fucking First Class Private so SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Rachel cracked the bat, she had snatched from Finn's hands.
"Miss?" one veteran broke the argument.
"Sir, you and I know that it's the most logical curse of action. I'm not going to apologize for saving your lives and secure others" Rachel's pupils were dilated.
"I know what you are girl?" Rachel felt sick "Are you an orphan?" the veteran spoke, staring at Rachel.
"No" Rachel replied more calm, after she had caught the sadness and gratitude in his voice.
"You can only anticipate what someone is going to do if you know exactly what that someone has just done" the veteran looked at Sue and then closed his eyes, shaking his head "One of you is the reason I'm still here…the jungle wasn't enough for the enemy, they send us infected… maybe we deserved what its happening" the veteran looked at Finn "Boy, if you want to live, you better follow her orders" then he said "Miss, we will help Lima's citizens to hold on"
"Father, please forgive me for mocking you" a female deputy that had remained, begged
"Sorry pops, we were wrong" one of the fireman stated.
"I am not blaming you; I am an unstable and addicted veteran full of fantastic tales of super men and cannibals monsters" the man stated, gazing his siblings.
Rachel nodded "David, stay and help Coach. I'm going to hijack a pair of buses and supplies"
"No way, you are NOT going alone Midget" Santana said.
"No cool, My Hot Little Jewish, you didn't steal something without the Puckster and Satan"
"I wasn't thinking in going alone" Rachel went to her car and gave him a hose "Take the gasoline of that car, be careful to leave enough to go back to Limas downtown"
"That it's my car" other Hockey jock reproached.
"Are you coming with us or staying? Rachel inquired.
"Going" the jock proclaimed
Rachel scolded him "My advice would be to work on two areas: (1)Grow some balls and (2)Suck it up. Don't worry, practice makes perfect." Rachel announced "We can not fix that kind of cars, the more complex, the more technologically advance, the less likely it's the chance to fix them and find parts. From now on we are looking for old confident vehicles...Mr. Hummel is a mechanic, he can explain you better"
"Rachel is right" Mr. Hummel said "I was fixing a bus, maybe you can borrowed it from my business and some tools"
"Make a quick list; we are going to return later"
"What do you know about cars" asked a bigheaded Finn "When I asked you for crowfoot wrench you gave me a pipe's one"
"I was screwing with you. I don not all the tools, but I am not that stupid after all I have to dads"
"Who are gay!" he screamed at her while David and she were fighting the urgency to punch him
"Finn, that's very homophobic from your part. I would expect more from you; any way Puck is coming so I will have enough backup… and for the record my Dad Hiram was in the Air Force and Daddy Leroy studied all his elementary school in a Military School" she indicated "Dave Who, keep your energy for our departure and see who can manage a gun and please don't give him one, he is going to end loosing his toes" then she smiled and said louder "Thinking it better give him a gun, maybe he would do me a favor"
"That sounds great, better if he shoots himself that if I do it for him" David let out smiling at Finn.