Well, it's been a long time. Too Long. To bring you up to date. . .nothing has really happened on BioMutation. Over the time, COTD created a sequel to BM (with new and returning characters from BM) and even a BM1/2 (that took place with a new group of survivors somewhere else in Gaines), but they died real quick COTD said he was going to write the ending in three chapters. . .but, he never did. Sorry. Anyway, this and the following chapter were the original idea on how it should end. He didn't like the original idea and was going to scrap them. So technically this is the original idea, unofficial ending.
Who knows if it will ever be finished.
REMINDER: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL ENDING. THUS, IT MIGHT BE CHANGED IN THE FUTURE.
City of the Dead
Clearly, the survivors were on edge, the tragedy of Gaines and the reality of Blair's horrific experimentations were finally getting to everyone, it had officially been a week since the whole mess began. Jarred stood amongst the others, not even paying attention as one of them spoke, remembering when it all began, watching it unfold with Vanessa and Paul. He saw the town's reaction and the police trying to stop it, but they couldn't have stopped it. They had no control over fate. All they could do was stand by helplessly as the citizens of Gaines began to change, dieing as a result of the virus, and then re-animating as the walking dead.
"It's really weird you know?" Ryan spoke up, his words bringing Jarred back into reality. "Out of the entire city of Gaines, we're the only ones left, out of the thousands of people, it's only us."
Jarred looked around, gazing at the diverse group of teens who had survived by banding together, a group of teens who, otherwise would have never spoken to each other.
"Isn't the same without Nathan, though," John responded.
"What do you mean?" Ryan asked.
"Well, he's just always kind of been the leader, rallying everybody up and all," John explained.
No one said anything, but in their minds they all agreed, he had practically led them to this point, and now that he wasn't with them, it just felt kind of odd.
"We've got to find him," Winsor spoke up.
Everyone seemed surprised by her words, but agreed with them, nonetheless.
"Alright, lets go nail us a psychotic scientist and find Nathan," Ryan said, excitedly.
"Sounds like a plan, I owe that son of a bitch Piers a couple of bullets to the face," Dwayne said.
"Now, we're going to need to get out of here, all the entrances to the testing facility are automatically sealed when shut, but there should be some kind of ventilation system we can use," David said. "Start looking for them, they could be anywhere, from inside these fake buildings to the walls." He pointed out.
Everyone nodded and started searching for the ventilation shafts, David was right, the only way in was an entrance that automatically sealed shut and couldn't be opened from the other side.
"Vanessa," Jarred called out to her.
"What is it?" She asked.
"I'm sorry about everything, my head wasn't all there and I uh.."
"Its okay, just that your here now," Vanessa said, kissing him gently. "Don't worry, we'll make it out of here, we've come to far to give up now." Her soothing words penetrating and melting away Jarred's sadness.
"Yeah, you're right...your everything to me Vanessa, there isn't anything left, and just the fact that we're together is enough to get me through anything," Jarred nervously said, he wasn't good with things like this, so he wasn't sure if he had worded everything right.
"I know, same here, I've never felt this way about anyone...And I always thought you were kind of cute back in school, even though you never said anything." She smiled.
"Heh heh, really?" He laughed.
"Mmmhmmm, when you would walk up the halls, the way you always frantically combed down your hair with your hand, and even though you always seemed to be in a rush, you always found the time to say hi, " she responded with a smile.
For a moment, Jarred didn't say anything, he searched for the perfect words to say, the words that described all the emotions he was feeling at the moment, when he quickly realized that they were quite simple.
"I love you Vanessa," he said, hugging her tightly.
"I love you too Jarred, now let's go help find a way out of here, okay?" She said.
"Okay, lead the way," he said.
"You just want to look at my ass," she joked.
"What? Ahhh, no I don't, I just thought it would be best if, uh, and..." Jarred stuttered.
"I was kidding, Jarred," she laughed.
"Oh, Alright then, I get it," Jarred said, countering with a smirk of his own. "Lets get going."
The two ran down the city block towards the others, their minds shifting towards the ventilation shafts and where the opening would be. It could be around the fake city backdrop wall, or it could be in one of the buildings, everyone had started looking in different places, Vanessa and Jarred decided to look around in some of the buildings...
Nathan had been incredibly wary of his surroundings, he had a lot to worry about, from his mutated father, Judgment, to Piers and his other creations. It had taken him a while to make his way around the factory, but he'd rather be safe than sorry.
"Where the hell am I?" He said out loud, frustrated.
He had been wandering around in the lower levels of the place, thinking that maybe the power supply station was down there, but so far, he hadn't found anything.
"BINGO," Nathan yelled as a wall of flashing red lights caught his attention.
He ran over to it, the controls and signs barely visible from the dim red glow. Nathan gazed at the panel, racking his mind trying to find the right controls.
"Okay, this shouldn't be too complicated," Nathan whispered to himself.
He pulled down several levers, each of them controlling a percentage of the power supply. He knew what he was doing, he remembered how his dad taught him about power grids and systems in case of emergencies...and now his father was stalking around, trying to find and kill him.
No, he isn't my dad anymore, my dad died back at Warren High School, by my own hands, that thing stalking around isn't him.
Nathan gave himself a mental kick in the ass and forced his mind off the subject. He opened up a panel, and inside was a row of buttons, each representing a floor of the facility. He pushed them all, and a green light lit up above the panel.
Only one thing left to do.
He threw the main switch and all of a sudden, the darkness was washed away to reveal a stockpile of corpses.
"What the fuck?" Nathan yelled, almost nauseated by the stench.
He held his shirt over his nose and took a closer look at one of the corpses. Half of its head was missing and its body was filled with bullet holes, looked like from an automatic weapon.
"Must have been the ones who got infected," Nathan said after seeing the lab coats.
Whatever, it didn't matter, he had restored power to the downed areas of the factory, now all he needed to do was locate the emergency elevator power grid and then they'd be out of that death trap. Since the elevator was on the north side of the complex, it would make sense that the power system would also be on the north side, so he decided to check there first. Nathan ran down the gigantic corridors to the main stairwell. Getting out of the basement, and away from all those bodies.
They had been lucky, Dwayne and Ryan found the ventilation shafts after a short search. They were located in a mock grocery store set up near the wall of the testing area.
The group of survivors crawled through the tight, uncomfortable shafts.
"Man, this thing kills your upper body," John said as he crawled awkwardly through the shaft.
Winsor trailed on behind him, enduring his frequent complaints. The ventilation shafts were full of cob webs and the dizzying smell of dust, it reminded her of when she first met up with everyone, when she was climbing through the ducts of Warren High School. It had seemed like a lifetime ago.
"Hey guys, this looks like a good spot to land," Jarred said, spotting an exit they could use.
From what he saw out of the metal grating, it looked like one of the factories many hallways. Jarred pushed away the grating and climbed out of the cramped air ducts, shaking off the dust and picking away cob webs from his hair. They had finally made it out of that forsaken testing area. Dwayne was the next to come out, followed by John, David, Alex, Winsor, Vanessa, and Ryan.
"Alright, we've gotta find Nathan," Jarred said staring at the other survivors.
"How many times do I have to tell you, he's already dead," David muttered.
"Okay, I haven't known you for very long, but what exactly, the fuck, is your problem?" Dwayne turned, scowling at David.
"There isn't a problem, I'm simply saying that Piers took Nathan, he's not letting him go anywhere, he's probably already killed him and we're not going anywhere either," David explained.
The others continued to argue over Nathan's and their own fate. Winsor tried not to think of Nathan as being dead. The only person who ever cared for her, and the only person she really cared about. If he was dead, then there was no reason for her to go on living.
Exactly, look at you now, your a pathetic, sensitive little dependent girl, just like little Alex over there.
A cruel mocking voice seemed to scream out at her, the same voice that despaired everyone, her old self. She had always told herself not to get attached to anyone, that they would always leave her, just like her parents did, just like everyone else. Before she started sinking into the depths of depression, someone's words seemed to rescue her from her state of self-loathing.
"I don't care, I'm not leaving until we've gotten Nathan," she thought she heard Jarred say.
"Yeah, and everyone else agrees," Dwayne added.
There was truth to his words, no one wanted to leave Nathan behind, he had risked his life several times to save theirs, and they weren't just going to leave him behind.
"Now David, since you know this place well..." Jarred said, seemingly mocking the fact that he was an agent for Blair "Maybe you can direct us to where Nathan might be."
David gave Jarred a look of anger, but refused to say anything else about it.
"Piers probably took him to the main laboratory...From here, we'd have to go through the chemical processing rooms, which I'm sorry to say, are quite extending and extremely dangerous," David said.
"I don't give a damn, where are they?" Jarred snapped.
"We'll go down this hall, and enter the heating room, which is where the elevator is located." David said.
"Okay, thank you , now everyone, lets get going," Jarred said.
Jarred led the way down the hall, he was determined to find Nathan, and he knew that he was still alive, he had to be...