Author's Note: Fair warning guys, this is gonna be a LONG, HUGE fanfic
July 27th 2017
6:48 PM
Location: Quarantine Zone in Tokyo
"This is Chiharu Reina, reporting live from Tokyo. At exactly 9:30 AM this morning, a terriost attack devastated Tokyo. First, Tokyo Tower, the beloved landmark, was blown up by a bomb containing uncertain amounts of radiation. Then, only seconds later, an apartment building exploded from a second bomb", behind the female reporter, whom was wearing a face mask to protect herself, was showing the commotion outside the hospital.
"We do know that hundreds of people are being brought in, showing signs of radiation poisoning, many are children...", the live news report continued.
Hospitals were overfilled, and people who were exposed to the radiation were taken to a special quarantine area, away from other patients.
People of all ages displayed signs of the sickness. Many were shivering, despite the intense summer heat, children had high fevers, while some adults were vomiting violently.
There were reports of severe dehydration from several, as people who showed no symptoms were rushed to be tested.
A few patients were even showing signs of seizures and convulsing on their beds.
A teenage boy was panting in his bed, soaked in sweat from his fever, while an elderly woman was vomiting uncontrollable.
A little girl was coughing bad, while a young man displaying no symptoms yet was questioning a nurse frantically. His heavily pregnant wife was in the bed, and she was panting for air, suffering a high fever and tremors.
"Where exactly was your wife when the bomb hit, sir?", the nurse asked him. "She was shopping with her sister! For the nursery...please, she's 8 months pregnant! You have to do something..!", the man was hysterical.
The elevator to that floor opened, and a older doctor stepped in with slightly long black hair. "Thank you for coming Dr. Akira...", two nurses hurried over to him.
"We're sorry..we know you've retired only four months ago...", one said. "It's all right..looking at things here I'd say it was needed", Dr. Akira began walking, observing all the patients around him on all their beds.
"What do we know so far?", he asked, as he followed the nurses down the crowded hospital corridor. All staff and doctors wore masks to protect themselves from the exposure.
"It's a bit jumbled sir, some patients are experiencing just a high fever and tremors, but others are vomiting uncontrollable and complaining of dehydration", the nurse informed him.
"It's like half of our patients have pneumonia, while the other half have a stomach virus...", the other nurse stated urgently.
"What about the seizure patients?", the doctor demanded. "So far only ten are displaying this symptom", the nurse replied.
"How many total are here?", Dr. Akira asked. "We...lost count somewhere after 600...", the nurse admitted grimly.
The doctor froze, his eyes widening. "What?!", he gawked at them.
"Tokyo Tower is in a large city area...there's most likely a thousand victims now...more and more keep coming in", the nurse explained.
"How many of them are not displaying any symptoms and getting tested?", Dr. Akira asked, anxiously.
"Only about 24...among them is two orphaned children, their parents were killed in the explosion...", the nurse replied.
"How long will the tests take?", Dr. Akira asked. "We'll have the results by 8 AM tomorrow morning", the nurse replied.
"Are there any other unusual symptoms for radiation?", asked the doctor. "We've had reports of several children and adults suddenly developing weak bladders, and urinating without much control...as well as rapid weight loss in elders...", the nurse answered.
"There's reports of people losing consciousness at random too...everyone is severely fatigued...", the other nurse stated.
"That could be from the severe heatwave on top of all this...", the doctor concluded.
In one of the quarantine rooms, 30 beds were in the large room, each bed only separated by two pullback curtains on either side.
In bed number 12, Mikasa was breathing hard, and rapidly. Her breathing was labored, and she had an oxygen mask on. Eren was at her bedside, keeping hold of her hand. The IV gave her morphine...but her breathing remained bad.
A young doctor confirmed, to everyone's horror, one of Mikasa's lungs collapsed from the rib fracture, and the thick smoke she inhaled.
It was also stated..she may not survive the night. She was getting the best treatment possible...but her condition was bad.
The pain in her chest from the fracture, and collapsed lung, had prevented her from being able to breathe on her own for hours.
Now that the morphine was finally taking an effect, she was gasping desperately for air from the oxygen mask, her eyes closed, but she was conscious enough to breathe hard.
"I-Is this normal? Her breathing this hard?", Eren asked shakily, as Armin frowned, worried.
"I think so...her body's working on instinct right now. She nearly died...so she's desperately trying to get air into her...one could call it a minor seizure..it should stop soon", he replied.
Eren bit his lip, nodding. He kept hold of her hand. "Hang in there Mikasa...", he encouraged softly. Mikasa continued panting and huffing for air, her eyes remaining closed, her chest heaving rapidly.
"What about the others Armin...?", Eren asked. "Last I heard was they were all getting tested. Sasha, Jean, Marco, Krista, all of them...Sebastian too", replied Armin.
"Mikasa's been tested...we're still waiting for results..so have I..what about you?", Eren asked. "Yeah I have too..", Armin confirmed.
"So far...no one knows what caused the attack...some of the news stations are theorizing it might be either China or Russia, maybe North Korea...", Armin confessed.
Dr. Akira began to pass their bed, but noticed how bad Mikasa's condition appeared. He also espeiclaly notice how hard she was breathing. "Is she the worst one on this floor?", he asked a nurse.
"Yes..on this floor, sir. She has broken ribs and a collapsed lung. She was injured in the second bomb's explosion. The worst on the floor below is a patient named Marco, who's showing more severe signs of the illness...then the worst on the floor up is an elderly woman, who was injured gravely in the explosion", the nurse replied.
Dr. Akira approached the nurse who was stationed at Mikasa's bed. "Dr. Akira...you're here?!", she looked surprised he was out of retirement.
"I mean..I know it's bad but..", the nurse began, but Dr. Akira ignored her, studying Mikasa. Eren blinked.
"Why the hell is she laying flat on her back? She has a collapsed lung, right? She needs to be in a reclined position", he scolded the nurse then, interrupting her mid sentence.
"Oh...yes..!", the nurse was clearly young and not very experienced, as she hurried to adjust Mikasa's bed. "That's why she's breathing so hard, can't you see she's struggling flat on her back", Dr. Akira explained.
Eren and Armin's eyes widened, looking impressed with how experienced he was. After the nurse properly adjusted the bed, so that it was more like a recliner, Dr. Akira continued with the other nurses.
Once she was in the reclined position, Mikasa's breathing slowly returned to a normal, easy pace. Eren exhaled in relief at this.
After Armin went to check with the others about an hour later, Mikasa's eyes fluttered opened weakly. She struggled, they felt as heavy as led, and her vision was blurry at first.
But as it came into focus, she saw his face...the boy who saved her. "Hey you...easy..don't try to move...", Eren spoke in a soothing voice.
Mikasa's vision cleared fully, and suddenly her eyes widened, remembering what happened.
"Where's my brother?!", she sat up urgently, removing her oxygen mask before Eren could stop her.
"Mikasa..! Easy! Lay down! You might throw up...", Eren fussed urgently, although her breathing sounded better now that she had oxygen.
"Where is he?! Please..", Mikasa pleaded fearfully, looking around the room. She saw other patients on beds across from her, and heard on both sides of the curtains.
Eren hesitated...but there was no hiding something this big from her. "He's getting tested...with my friends", he started.
Mikasa paled, her heart sinking. "Tested...? Tested for what?!", she cried. "Radiation poisoning...you were already tested, so was I and Armin...but the results won't come in until tomorrow morning...", Eren answered.
"R-Radiation...? So then...that explosion...", Mikasa rested her hands in her lap, looking down. She had an expression of shock, as she pieced it all together.
"The doctors think the bombs spread radiation across the city...I heard several people have already died...", replied Eren grimly.
Mikasa remained quiet...and suddenly she remembered...her parents. She looked at Eren urgently.
"M-My parents...", she trembled then, tears appearing in her eyes.
Eren looked down. "I'm so sorry...", was all he could say. Mikasa closed her eyes, tears streaming down her face, as she slowly rocked herself back and fourth.
Her parents...were gone. So many random memories flashed through her mind in that moment...her first day of school, when her parents walked her there...the Christmas they had when she was only 7 years old...the day her little brother was born, how her dad would teach her to train hard in P.E.
And how her mom helped her learn to cook, and with studying. Even..the most little things. How her dad called her 'princess' and how her mom often stroked Mikasa's hair.
Her family...her home...it was all gone. They had lived in that apartment...all of Mikasa's life.
"My home...my parents...I...I've lived there...all my life...I was...born in that apartment...", she revealed, shakily.
Eren couldn't tell if she was speaking to him..or just struggling through the shock of it all. "My little brother...was born in that apartment...it..was my home for 17 years...", Mikasa's voice was cracked.
Buried beneath her grief...was anger. Who..did this? What...caused this? Whatever...whoever caused this...took her life away. Sebastian's life too.
But not just them...everyone close enough..lost their homes, families..who knows what else.
Before she could ask if the terrorists were caught, she winced, and grimaced painfully, crying out. "Mikasa..! Are you in pain..?!", Eren asked, worriedly, Mikasa could only nod, as she clutched her chest, doubling over.
Moving fast, Eren brought a nurse in, who gave Mikasa another dose of morphine. Once the pain eased up, she relaxed slightly, her breathing remained labored and shaky.
"Easy...you were hurt really bad. I...found you trapped under wreckage. Your ribs are broken..and you got a collapsed lung...its a miracle you're awake...", Eren admitted worriedly.
Mikasa looked at him weakly. "You...saved my life...", she realized, a look of great gratitude in her eyes. Eren averted his gaze from her.
"It was really your brother...he found us, and brought us to you", he said. Mikasa's eyes softened, when she suddenly shivered.
"Mikasa..?", Eren tensed up, as Mikasa hugged herself, shivering violently, her lips even turned blue almost instantly, her teeth chattering.
"I-It's...f-freezing...", she stuttered. "I'll get you another blanket..!", Eren hurried, and grabbed a blanket under the bed, and wrapped her up. She curled up in a fetal position on the bed, laying on her side, clutching onto the blanket for dear life.
Eren's heart sunk..it was still so hot out...yet Mikasa was shivering like they were in an ice cave. He then actually felt a chill down his spine himself, and shivered as well.
"Shit...", he cursed under his breath...knowing the first symptom was a severe drop in body temperature.
He hesitated, but then felt Mikasa's forehead...and his heart sunk. She had an extremely high fever, her skin boiling hot to the touch.
He then lifted his hand up to his own forehead, his arm shaking badly from the shivering...his was just as hot as hers.
They were both sick...with radiation poisoning.
July 28th, 9: 00 AM
Japanese Government Meeting
Case: Tokyo Tower Bombing And Radiation Spread
"This is what was spray painted on the pavement right next to Tokyo Tower, before the bombing...", the chairman pointed up at the screen, which showed live footage of the site.
In blood red letters, sprayed over the concrete read the following:
"ZETSUMETSU"
"Extinction?", the government officials all murmured nervously. "Chairman...is there a chance this could be a single terriost? His way of a sick joke?", one man asked.
"No, putting aside the high rate of radiation, the bomb came close to atomic proportions. This came from something much bigger", the chairman answered.
"The first to take the floor will be Mr. Higurashi, who dissected both bombs. You have the floor, sir", the chairman sat down, as the scientist stood up.
"Thank you, chairman. My team and I dissected the bomb under Tokyo Tower first...it was made with TNT and large amounts of gun power. However...the alarming detail, is there was only a small amount of radiation contained in the bomb...", he began.
Everyone murmured and muttered, alarmed by this. "It was also a remote control bomb...so whoever set it off, picked that specific time. Furthermore...the second bomb in the apartment complex went off on the tenth floor. That bomb was also remote control...", he looked through his papers.
"This bomb was smaller, but also contained radiation...a dead man's body was gripping the bomb with his hand...it appears to be a suicide bombing", Mr. Higurashi continued.
"So the bastard took his sins to his grave...", one man growled. "His body is too burned and disfigured to determine who he was...and we found no identification or information on him..no family has come fourth", Mr. Higurashi stated.
"That brings to our next...Dr. Akira...you have the floor", the chairman said, as Mr. Higurashi sat back down. Dr. Akira stood up.
"I'll begin by stating the numbers of deaths and casualties so far...first of all, 144 have been confirmed dead from the mere explosion at Tokyo Tower. Along with 402 injured. A total of 36 people were confirmed dead at the apartment complex, with 62 injured. Among the injured was a 4 year old boy, a 90 year old woman, and a 17 year old girl, with the 17 year old girl suffering fractured ribs and a collapsed lung...", the doctor began.
"As far as the Radiation poisoning, over 2000 have been confirmed infected...so far none have died yet, but their symptoms worsen by the hour...", Dr. Akira cleared his throat.
"What I do know..is this is no normal Radiation poisoning...some things stand out about it. For once, all of my patients suffer first from a dangerous drop in body temperature...they suffer violent shivering and tremors...from there they develop a high fever. Then, there's some who cannot stop vomiting, and are losing weight rapidly...", he paused.
"It seems the illness progresses depending on one's immune system. Many elders and people with reportedly bad health have not only been vomiting and losing control of their bladder...a few have began to have seizures, and go blind...while there's stronger ones who are still just suffering from shivering and a fever. They do all have migraines and fatigue though...", he went on.
"I can also say this...we're getting patients from clear across Tokyo..where no radiation or bombs occurred..all displaying the same symptoms", he added then.
The room fell eerily quiet at this. "From how far away?", the chairman asked. "Right on the edge of Tokyo...so the entire city has been locked down. Airports have been shut down, no one is allowed in or out. This is a full scale epidemic...with no cure", Dr. Akira replied.
"Wait a minute..if everyone's effected...why aren't we?", the chairman asked. "Let me ask...has anyone in this room been outside this building in the last 24 hours? Has any windows been open?", Dr. Akira asked then.
The politicians tensed. "N-No...we haven't. All the AC has been working, so we never felt the need to open the window. We didn't even realize the power was out due to our generators...", the chairman stated.
"Then there's your answer...but if you step outside, or open a window..even just a crack, you're exposed", Dr. Akira confirmed.
"Lastly...the most disturbing part of my report...13 people died at the site of the bombing on Tokyo Tower. They were part of the 144, but...they didn't die from the explosion. Their bodies had a much stronger reaction to the radiation..and suddenly, they spontaneously com-busted...exploded", Dr. Akira revealed then.
The room fell silent, eyes wide in horror. "Like ticking time bombs themselves...they just..exploded. I fear..that's the last stage of this illness. The victims have been dubbed the "Unlucky 13", he said.
"Unfortunately because its only been 24 hours since the initial terrorist attack, I don't have more information on my patients. When there's progress, I will alert you all. Because this radiation seems to be different...possibly mutated...we may be able to come up with a treatment...I'm not effected since I wear a face mask and gloves outside and around my patients", he added.
"Thank you Dr. Akira...last to take the floor...I want to bring attention what we've concluded on who these terrorists were", the chairman stated, standing back up, as Dr. Akira sat down.
"We know it wasn't the Chinese, Koreans, or the Russians..we have confirmation on that. Unfortunately..we don't know exactly who has performed this attack. No open threats have been made by any other country, and no clues to trace...for now we can only conclude it's a known terrorist group..perhaps ISIS", the chairman said.
12: 17 PM
Quarantine Zone, Tokyo
Mikasa and her little brother were asleep for now in bed. Mikasa cuddled and held her little brother close, the two both still deeply traumatized. They also were both showing symptoms.
Mikasa's fever hasn't eased up, and Sebastian's also developed. They both were suffering a migraine, along with severe weakness.
Armin also wasn't doing well. His fever set in, and he couldn't move out of bed. Eren, Jean, Sasha, Connie and Ymir were all feverish, but not bed ridden.
Eren knew if Mikasa hadn't been severely injured, she wouldn't be as weak either. Historia was among the bed ridden, Ymir hadn't left her side.
Marco's symptoms were the worst out of them all..he had been uncontrollable vomiting, and losing weight rapidly.
He also has lost his vision completely. All of them were tested positive for the Mutated Radiation. Eren remained seated at Mikasa's bedside, a cloth over his own forehead.
"How's Mikasa...?", Jean approached. "The same...her breathing sounds worse than Sebastian's...", Eren answered, grimly.
"Poor girl...you know she's gonna have to become practically a mom to her little brother...they're orphans..then again, a lot of us are now...", Jean stated quietly.
Most parents of the group were dead, or infected. Armin's grandfather was dead, along with Eren's parents, and Jean's mother.
Sasha's dad was infected, while Connie's parents were dead. Historia's parents, as well as Ymir's were too.
"Yeah...if we survive long enough...", Eren said, grimly. "No one's died yet...from the illness I mean. But..it's only been a day...", Jean swallowed hard.
"How's Marco?", asked Eren. "Not good..he finally passed out...but..", Jean cringed a bit. "He's...acting a off. I mean..he didn't even..recognize me last time I went in his room...he..was terrified too...", Jean revealed.
"Paranoia and memory loss becomes a part of it then...", Eren said, looking down. "Seems so...", Jean nodded.
"No words on treatments yet?", Eren asked then. "Aside from normal medicine for the symptoms..nothing yet", Jean replied.
After a while, Eren and Jean returned to their own beds, needing to rest too. Mikasa stirred a bit weakly in her sleep, she turned onto her side, and began coughing hard, unable to control it.
It woke Sebastian, as he lifted his head weakly, but worriedly. "Sis...?", he struggled, but sat up, and gently placed a hand on her shoulder.
Mikasa grimaced, coughing harder, she had tears in the corners of her eyes from the severe pain in her ribs. "Here, sit up sis...", Sebastian helped her, as Mikasa caught her breath.
She breathed heavily, her mouth and throat felt so dry. "You need some water sis..?", asked Sebastian. "Y-Yeah...get some for yourself..too", Mikasa nodded, weakly.
Sebastian quickly got some cold water in paper cups for them both. Water jugs were brought in to the Quarantine zone.
"Here sis", Sebastian handed her the cup, and Mikasa drank it fast. Sebastian downed his too, as he sat back down next to her.
Mikasa caught her breath once she finished. "Sebastian...you should rest", she said, worriedly. "I'm fine! You're hurt badly, sis...let me be the strong one this time..", Sebastian insisted.
Mikasa bit her lip, looking down. Sebastian also looked down, and tears appeared in his eyes. "Mom and dad...they aren't coming back..are they?", he realized.
Mikasa swallowed the lump in her throat. "No..they're not buddy...", she replied, her voice cracked. Sebastian sniffled.
"Why...why did I always give mom a hard time? I..was such a brat...", he whimpered then. Mikasa looked at her brother worriedly.
"Hey..come here", she wrapped an arm around him, as Sebastian cuddled into her, crying softly.
"What's...going to happen to us sis? We're all sick...", Sebastian asked, as Mikasa fought back heavy tears.
"I..I don't know...", she admitted. Their life had been completely changed...and they didn't even know if they'd survive.
Between the radiation poisoning, and Mikasa's injuries..their future currently looked bleak. All of Tokyo's did.
Several hours later, it was late at night. The patients who weren't asleep, were either suffering coughing fits, seizures or vomiting.
Mikasa slept, her breathing labored, as Sebastian watched over her, his fever too high for him to rest. The only reason Mikasa was able to sleep was due to the pain exhausting her.
Dr. Akira stopped at each patient's bed to check on each of them. A nurse was stationed at each bed too. "Nurse...how are the Ackerman children?", Dr. Akira asked softly.
"Mikasa's asleep...her breathing is the same, doctor. Sebastian's fever is high tonight...", the nurse answered quietly.
Just then, a nurse ran over. "Dr. Akira! A patient on a floor down has started coughing up blood!", she cried urgently.
"Lead the way!", Dr. Akira followed her down to the floor below.
