Inside and outside the hospital was a scene of pure chaos, cries and screams of help could be heard from inside followed by gunshots. Captain Davis had a look of determination as she stared at the tablet given to her whilst being given a status report. Her lip quirked as they have already lost two squads that were sent in to defuse the situation.

A lean man in the standard blue uniform with a dark black ballistic vest donned over it appeared on the screen. His unwavering ice green eyes seemingly staring off into nothing. His pale white lips opened as he spoke, " Captain Davis, my squad has reached the second floor, so far there are no survivors although we have met hostile forces numerous times. Thompson has sustained injuries however they are minor.

"Understood, have your squad stand down, we have sent up a squad to wipe out all hostiles, lock down the first and second floor until further notice".

~Inside the Hospital with Becker's squad~

The screen turned dark on his end as he packed the tablet away in his pouch. His gaze traveled to where his team resided, a young woman with dark brown hair tied up in a bun tended to a blonde young man's wounds. His face a bright smile in contrast to the bandages around his waist. Another male leaned up against the with dark brown hair swiping through his tablet hooked up to the security feeds.

"Alright, orders from the captain are to lock down the first and second floor, another squad has been sent in to deal with hostile forces".

The brown male spoke up, "Mind if i go upstairs to the snack room?"

Becker gave him a blank stare before pinching the bridge of his nose, "Greyson"

Greyson let out a small chuckle before setting down his weapon, "I know, i'm just trying to lighten the mood a little". Greyson then unplugged the headphones from the tablet as audio of gunshots and yells could be heard, "Besides, sounds like they're having a party up there".

Ethan Thompson grinned watching the two interact recalling the first mission they had outside of New Tokonosu in which Greyson Ryker opened up to them.

~Eight Months Ago~

Encampment north of Fukushima-

Today was the day Ethan had yearned for since his very first day he enlisted to join the NTR. He has always idolized the many men and women who helped shaped their country the way it is now. Although, not every thing went the way he thought it would.

Ethan leaned against the side of the APC bouncing a rubber ball against the side of the Jeep. He sighed to himself bored out of his mind, here he was getting his first real assignment finally escaping from seemingly meaningless errands and here he was in the middle of nowhere doing absolutely nothing in his temporary room with four others in his squad. He had thought he'd finally get to see some action, or even see the undead that roam the earth he's heard about all his life. The more he thought about how much things he could be doing the more frustrated he got and the more he threw the rubber ball with force…. at least that's what went on for a small amount of time until the annoyed voice of his fellow squadmate yelled at him.

Ethan sighed muttering under his breath, "Why is she even upset...all she does is sleep all day, i'm surprised she even got into the NTR.

"I heard that asshole now shut up! i'm trying to get some sleep!" The woman yelled out. Ethan sighed looking into the Jeep's side mirror. He wore the standard NTR uniform, a solid black T-shirt along with digital black and red fatigue pants with black military boots. He sighed stepping towards the large tent in front of him where his squad leader was.

The squad leader, Maxx Becker sat on top of a crate using the tablet to speak to his commanding officer. He also wore the standard uniform save for the black beret resting upon his long black messy hair, Ethan didn't know what made him uneasy between his pale skin or his icy green eyes, but he respected the man no less.

Becker sighed closing down the tablet as the three dimensional hologrammed map disappeared in a blink. He stood up turning his attention the young man in front of him who was currently saluting, "At ease Thompson" he bellowed out as the man quickly lowered his arm the eagerness practically flowing off of him.

"Any updates on our assignment?"

Becker nodded his head, "Gather the others we're headed towards the power plant in Fukushima, the whole facility has gone dark and command has gotten no response from the squad stationed there or the workers" He ordered out before collecting their equipment

Fukushima Power Plant

It was already dark as Becker and his squad neared the power plant leaving the two vehicles a safe distance from the entrance. Four figures slowly made their way towards the front gates, Becker had an uneasy feeling noticing that they were swung wide open meaning someone has left or the power plant gained unwelcome visitors.

Becker switched on his radio before readying his weapon. "Greyson, you and Sayuri guard the entrance while Thompson and I clear the first floor before you two come in"

They both nodded as the other two disappeared inside the building before motioning them to follow after a few minutes. The four of them moved slowly and carefully while scanning their surroundings.

"Looks like it isn't just a simple power outage" Ethan voiced out.

"Can we just hurry up and get out of here, it's dark and too quiet" Greyson spoke a little loudly.

Ethan smiled as he kept moving, "You aren't afraid of the dark are you?"

"No, I just don't like being in places where I can't see what's in front of me" Greyson voiced out accidentally kicking under Ethan's foot causing him to trip dropping his gun. The flashlight shining brightly against a long corridor as the gun made a loud clang.

"What the hell Ryker!"

"It was an accident, if you moved a little faster that wouldn't of happened!" He whispered out harshly.

"Bull Shit!"

"Whatever! Just hurry up and pick it up!"

Ethan sighed picking up his gun inspecting it as he tilted it to the side, "Aw the button is stuck now the light won't come off.

"Both of you quit screwing around!" Becker uttered out before Sayuri placed a hand on his shoulder pointing to a room upstairs. "There's light coming from that room, should we check it out?" Sayuri questioned

Becker nodded before motioning for them to follow "Looks like a security room, maybe we can get the video surveillance played back, alright keep close"

"Right" All three spoke in unison.

The four of them stood outside the security room as becker held his hand counting down from five. As the count hit zero the four of them breached through the room with their weapons drawn pointed at different angles on the room. Sayuri let out a sigh of relief as they all dropped their aims at the empty room.

Ethan was the first to walk through until he felt cold steel on the side of his head, frozen his place as a cold and muffled voice spoke lowering his handgun. "It appears to be that you four were the squad sent to assist the situation here".

Becker slowly moved forward with his weapon aimed at the figure before he spoke out without turning his head. "You would do wise to lower your weapons Sergeant" His voice firm and commanding.

The man turned placing a usb into the pocket of his bulletproof vest, his face concealed behind a gas mask and hood, the lens portraying a bright green.

Becker studied the man seeing the special insignia on his right shoulder sleeve as he lowered his weapon. "My apologies, we were sent here on orders from HQ. We haven't received updates from a squad stationed here".

The man nodded shutting down the computer, "They're all dead"

Becker looked a bit taken back as the answer given out. "Can you tell us what happened?"

"There were infected among them, you should leave since there is nothing more you can do here"

Ethan spoke in an annoyed voice, "And just what can you do that we-"

Sayuri pulled him back covering his mouth as he struggled, "So very sorry about that sir, my friend here doesn't know what he's saying".

The man walked towards ethan appearing to be staring down at him, "I was tasked to destroy and burn any infected and their bodies I find here".

Ryker cleared his throat gaining the hooded man's attention, "This is a rather large facility, there had to be at least a little over a hundred staff. Were there no survivors?"

The hooded man shook his head now gazing at the young soldier, "Most of them became the undead, the rest took the easy way out".

Becker pulled both Ethan and Ryker back as Sayuri had already made her way behind him. "We have to report back to our command post, seems we were too late".

~Flashback Over~

Ethan slowly stood up using Sayuri for support smiling softly before the two joined them.

~Meanwhile on the 4th Floor~

Two armed men had their backs pressed up against the wall, the bald one closest to the corner sweating slightly, his brow furrowed behind his shades as the other whispered loudly in his ear.. "He's still alive I know he is! There's no way Min would go in there and it'd be this quiet!

The bald one turned to him quickly whispering harshly, "Will you shut the fuck up! He might hear us you idiot now keep quiet so we can get him!". He then turned moving carefully towards the closed door before aiming his pistol at the door, "On the count of three we open fire got it? One….Tw-..." His eyes magnified seeing a blade protruding out of his chest, his once white suit turning a sickening dark red . He slowly craned his neck to his left to see his partner lying in his own pool of blood with a slash across his neck.

"Wh….at the...fuck….." His eyes rolled back before collapsing dead on the ground. A very lean woman with black hair and blue eyes and behind her stood another woman with black hair although her eyes were a sharp green her gaze resembling that of a predator's against their prey.

The two stood at the sides of the door as a third woman joined them, however her uniform although similar to theirs donned the rank of a colonel. She opened the door in front of her revealing a man sitting in one of the chairs. He sat back with the same cold unwavering stare given to him by the colonel. Surrounding him were multiple bodies, most were riddled with bullets as only one laid slumped against his feet with a small blade protruding out of his skull.

The man sighed before standing up slowly raising his hands above his head, his dark green eyes giving off a cold dead stare behind the black strands of his hair. His hands and lower legs stained in blood.

The colonel gave a smirk before guiding the two women's raised weapons down as her lips pursed, "I've seen you before who are you?"

A single word echoed out into her ears as she smiled as if she discovered something.

"Jing"

Hey guys sorry for the SUPER late update, I joined the military and my plate's been pretty full. My co-Author hasn't replied in awhile so I am in need of a second or even third co-author to help push out chapters. My co-author now had the updated version of what he put so I have no idea on what direction we were going to put with the story but in the meanwhile while I search for more co-authors or beta readers to help clean up the chapter. I'm starting off a little spin off introducing the characters as they attend school where these events do not transpire however the "Undead" will still play a role in the litle break.