"It was a very long time ago. The Great Mushroom War hadn't even started but there were still a lot of rumors going around. Rumors that the government had been hiring scientists to help them with a project code named "Mushroom Bombs" after rumors that one bomb could turn a simple fungus into a fearsome creature. At first, no one really paid attention to the rumors. For all we knew, they were just rumors passed around by the neighbors who needed something to gossip about. That is until all the science teachers began to leave. The only explanation they gave was,'I've been offered something better.'" A young Susan and her classmates stood staring in disbelief on a blustery autumn morning school bags still in hand at their now boarded up school. "They couldn't find anyone to fill the positions. Hundreds of schools across the country were closed. And with them, went the dreams of hundreds of young students including my dream of becoming a doctor. Thankfully, I found a kind old pharmacist who took me on as her apprentice to continue my studies." "Susan," an elderly lady called. "Susan would you be so kind as to mix these for me?" she called handing Susan a packet of herbs. "Sure!" Susan replied cheerfully. "For a time everything went good. That is until she began to ask me to brew suspicious elixirs to cure mutagen accidents. That's when I became even more aware those strange rumors were true. News traveled quickly between the scientists and doctors everywhere. As it turned out, the experiments were turning on their creators. Pretty soon, there were CIA agents everywhere you looked trying to round up the strange beasts that had begun terrorizing the land. You could hear shots being fired multiple times a day but the attempts to retain the beasts were fruitless and pretty soon the entire continent was being overrun by the strange new species. The Great Mushroom War had begun. My parents had already been evacuated somewhere far but I had no idea where. So I moved into one of the many safe houses the government was providing. I," Susan blushed suddenly. "I had a great roommate…" A handsome, muscular young man with flowing blonde hair entered Susan's room and placed his luggage on the nearby bed. "Hi," he said extending his hand to her. "I'm Mark." Susan turned bright red. "I'm Susan." she greeted. "The two of us soon fell in love. Everyone told us not to kid ourselves about romance with the horror going on around us but we didn't listen." Susan glowed as she and Mark took a stroll around the outside perimeters of the safe house despite heated objections to get back inside. Mark took Susan's hand and smiled. He gently pushed a stray hand of hair aside and before they knew it, the two were locked in a kiss with the Mushroom Bombs exploding behind them. "We were married within six months. And pretty soon, had a baby on the way." Susan looked down at her rapidly growing stomach and smiled. Mark walked over and placed his hand on her stomach. He gave Susan a warm kiss and sat with her happily dreaming about the future they could make for themselves. "Is Dad here?" Finn asked hopefully. Susan shook her head sadly. "He used to help with the war effort. He left one particularly dangerous day and never came back." Susan sat at the entrance of the safe house desperately waiting for Mark to return home. A tear rolled down her cheek as she came to the sudden realization that he would not be coming home that day. "But this only made me even more determined to survive and take care of my baby. Eventually even the safe house was bombed leaving the few surviving humans to fend for themselves. "After much difficulty, Susan was finally able to pick herself up from the ruble of the safe house. "Now what are we going to do?" a woman next to her asked in fear. "We need to stick together as the last few remaining humans." A man answered and began leading everyone out of the ruble. A few people refused to leave their families who were unable to walk out from under the boards and bricks that crushed them. Now there were only four humans left on earth not yet including Susan's baby. "We traveled farther into the odd new land hoping to find somewhere where we could rebuild our lives. But it was becoming harder on me because of the baby. Eventually it was time." Susan collapsed suddenly clutching her stomach. The group she's traveling with stops. "What's wrong?" the man who has taken charge asks. "I think she's ready to have her baby!" one of the women exclaimed.