Infection 2

Here is the first Chapter of my new book "Infection 2." I haven't finished it yet, but it will be done in a few months. I will post a link to the website where i will publish it when it comes out. Enjoy the first chapter! (PG-13 rating, this book contains explicit content for young readers)

                                                             Chapter 1 Break Out

            It was dark, darker then the darkest caves you've ever been in. Andrew could not see a thing. He was trapped in a jail cell, no way to escape. “I need to get out of here.” Said Andrew. He had been in jail for about two weeks now. “I need to get to Alex.” Said Andrew. They were split up the second they walked into Minnesota. They had forgotten that Minnesota was a U.S.A Military Quarantine Zone. So the minute they stepped foot into Minnesota, they were knocked out and arrested. Andrew woke up in a prison car shortly after, but Alex wasn't there. Later, after he made it to the court house. He learned that Alex was taken to District four, and that Andrew was at District seven. After being at District seven for two days, he was sent to the court room. He was charged with escape of a Quarantined area, and passing into Infected zones all threw out the Country. He was sent to prison for one month, and then he would be sent to District nine to live. “At least they didn't find out I worked for the Reaches.” Said Andrew in his thoughts, standing up against the bars of his cell. Andrew looked over a few cells and saw a woman, she looked like she was in her 20's. She had blond hair, wore jeans and a jacket. He tried to make eye contact, but the woman turned and went back into her cell. Andrew looked forward and saw a guard coming. So he went and sat down in a chair in his cell. “Andrew, come with me.” Said the guard opening the cell door with a six digit code. The guard wore heavy armor, with a helmet and assault rifle. Andrew started to walk out of the cell, and the guard whacked him in the back of the head.

 Andrew woke up in a room with a light shining in his face. He tried to move, but his hands were tied to the chair he was in. His legs were tied as well. “Andrew, the only man left on the planet that would dare go into an Infected zone.” Said a man hidden away from the light. The light was so bright that Andrew could not see the man, but he heard where he was standing. “I heard you had a daughter.” Said the man. “Where is she? What happened Andrew?” The man walks into the light, Andrew saw that this man was very tall. He wore a lab coat, and some jeans. “Where is she?” He said again. “I, I don't know.” Said Andrew. “Lies, you know exactly what happened.” Said the man now getting closer to Andrew. “No, she... She was killed back in Kentucky.” Said Andrew. “You thought she was.” Said the man walking back into the dark. “Wait what?” Said Andrew before the man walked completely into the darkness. The man smiled, but his back was turned to Andrew. So Andrew could not see his smile. “Yes, I know exactly what happened to her.” Said the man turning to Andrew. Andrew's face was very red, he didn't want to believe it but it could be true. “I see you do not understand what I am saying. So I will show you.” The man pulled out a remote, and pushed a button. A large screen came down in front of Andrew. When it came on, a recorded video of Echo suited soldiers going threw a dark forest. This forest looked vary familiar to Andrew. The soldiers walk a good way into the forest, and then Andrew heard clicking sounds in the video. Then the camera looked over to the right, and for a split second a Runner came out of the forest and grabbed the soldier.  The soldier put his arm up under the Runner's neck to stop it from biting him. The man paused the video so Andrew could see the Runner's face. “No!” Yelled Andrew from his chair. It was his daughter, Emma. He could barely recognize her, because her face was covered in blood. Her eyes were a yellowish green, unlike the blue they once were. Her hair was all stingy, but it once was a beautiful straightened brown. But now there was no denying it, Emma was Infected. The man pressed another button, and the screen went up, and all the lights came on this time. Andrew was crying, just a couple tears, but he was crying. The man came up to him, “you now understand what my job is don't you? To make the people who are about to get executed feel miserable so they wont feel like escaping.” Andrew looked up at the man. “Screw you,” he said softly. The man looked at Andrew's face one more time, and then turned away. “Guard, take him back to his cell.”Andrew woke up on his cell bed. He could smell the stench of breakfast. Every single day since he's been in here, he's gotten month old eggs, with a side of rotten oranges, and a glass of curdled milk. But it was all Andrew had to eat, so he ate and drank every last thing on his plate. When he finished, he took the plastic plate and scooted it under the cell bars. A guard came and took it and threw it away. Andrew went back and sat down in his bed. He looked out of the three bared window at the world. The only thing he could see was a statue in the middle of the court yard of Thanatos. “I hate that man, if I ever get a chance to murder him, I will do it!” Said Andrew. “Strong words from a man who is to scared to talk to any one else.” Said a man in the cell next to him. “I am not scared to talk to you, I just don't want to be in here.” Said Andrew. “Why not, free everything! Even safety from the Infected.” Said the man. The man who Andrew was talking to wore a T-shirt, with blue jeans. “Well, I didn't even want to leave my home. But I had to, because the Infected over came our 50 story wall, and sent us all into hell. Then when we tried to escape, they nuked it. We barely got away.” Said Andrew. “Oh you did, did you? Well how come your in here?” Asked the man. “Me and my daughter were going threw Kentucky, when we were about to get killed by Infected. A man came out of no where and saved us. His name was Alex.” Said Andrew. “Wait, you said Alex? In Kentucky?” Asked the man. “Yes, he helped me and my daughter get across Kentucky. We made it into Minnesota, but then got captured by the damn Government.” Said Andrew. Said Andrew. “But you said Alex, of Kentucky?” Said the man. “Yes but what does it matter to you?” Asked Andrew. “Alex, he's my brother.” “He's your brother?” Said Andrew very surprised. “Yes, older brother.” Said Alex's brother. “Wow, How much older?' Asked Andrew. “Two years.” Said Alex's brother. “My name is John.” “Mine is Andrew.” Said Andrew. “Where is Alex?” Asked John. “I am not sure, I heard one of the guards say he went to District 2.” “No!” Said John. What, why?” Said Andrew. “District 2 is the torture district.” Andrew's face went blank, his thoughts were all gone. The only thing he could think of was Alex being tortured and killed because he helped him get across Infected Zones. Andrew sat down on his bunk, and just lay down. John stood there and then looked out of the cell window. He saw that they were getting ready for the execution tomorrow. With that, they both went to sleep. Waiting for the next day to come upon them. Andrew woke up with a startle. He looked at the clock on the wall, and it read 3:37am on it. He got up and looked outside. They had finished setting up for the execution. There was a large bloody knife on a very tall tower, with a rope connected to the knife that lead to the ground tied to a stake. He new the routine, at 7:00am they would come and get him out of his cell. They would let him write his last note to anyone he loved, then send him outside to the tower. There, he would wait till the lead Sargent of district 7 finished his speech. Then they would set him in to his spot on the bottom of the tower. Then they would say a couple more words, then the executor would cut the rope. Which is exactly what will happen. If only he had a sign that the Reaches would come and save him. He looked up at the stars and started crying. “I'm sorry my daughter, I have failed you.” Said Andrew starting to ball. “If only I had done something to help you, or something to say you die... But, I guess you didn't die, you are still out there.” Said Andrew punching his fore head. “Maybe it would be better if I just died now.” Said Andrew. But then, there was a tall woman standing in front of the cell. “You shouldn't do that.” She said. Andrew turned around faster then the DC comic hero Flash. “Who are you?” Asked Andrew. The woman walked over to a table a couple feet away from the cell. She put her small, smooth hand on the table. Then she looked at Andrew, Andrew's face had “help me” written all over it. So she picked up something off of the table and walked back over to the cell door. Andrew looked down at her hand, and saw she had keys in her hand. She came up to the cell door and unlocked the cell. Andrew was shocked, “why are you helping me?” He asked. “Because you are just trying to get a new life, after my father destroyed your old one.” She said. “Who's your father?” Asked Andrew very puzzled. “Thantos” She said. Andrew was nervous now, why would the very man who tried to kill him send his daughter down to see him? “Why are you here?” Andrew asked again. “Because my father is a lying, unfair cheat. And needs to be taught right.” She said with a look of confidence on her face. “Why me? There are more then a hundred men and women in here who have done what you seek?” Said Andrew. “Your story caught my eye, and I feel pity on you. I lost my daughter to Infected as well as you.” She said with tears in her eyes. Andrew now felt sorry for them both, and he was willing to go along with the escape plan. “Alright, lets go.” Said Andrew. He walked out of the cell and Thantos's daughter lead him to the outside court yard. From there they went to the outside tunnel, where three guards lay asleep. I can take them, you just need to get the door open in case I miss one.” Said Andrew walking towards the guards slowly. He walked up to the first and grabbed him around the neck, held it for a couple seconds, and then the guard passed out. He went to the second guard, who was startled by the first guards movements. Andrew grabbed the second guard before he got up and held his neck like the first one. But then the third guard woke up with a start! He saw Andrew holding his companion, and ran to the alarm box. Which was a couple feet away from where he was sleeping. And finished the second guard and grabbed his gun, then shot it at the third guard running towards the alarm box. The guard came down with a thud, but the gun that Andrew shot made a large noise. Andrew new right there that their position was compromised, so he grabbed the girl and ran towards the gate. He now had a 22 caliber pistol in his hands, so he aimed it at the gates control panel, and shot it,. with two loud bangs, the gates control panel fried, and the gate swung open. They get past the gate and there is a large platoon of U.S Soldiers ahead. Andrew stopped dead in his tracks, he new there was no way out of this. “Stop right there, put the gun down and put your hands behind your head.” Said one of the soldiers. Andrew put the gun down and put his hands behind his head. Then Thantos came out from one of the larger vehicles. “I thought I had told you enough to make you not want to escape? I guess I didn't. Well, you are just going to have to...” Thantos saw that his daughter was standing next him. “Silvia, What the hell are you doing?” He yelled. “I am helping this innocent man out of your unfair jail.” She said proudly. “Is this what you choose? To be against me?” He said. “I will never be against you father, but I will not put up with your lust to kill innocent people! That's why mom left!” She said. Thantos was furious! “How dare you bring Malae`!” He said with a growl. “No, its about time someone other than mom rise up to you.” Said Silvia. “Then you leave me no choice. On my mark! Fire when I saw, One!” Said Thantos. “No you gotta run!” Said Andrew. “He wouldn't shoot his own daughter.” She said. “Two!” Said Thantos starting to tear up. “Three!” “I think he will! Run now!” Said Andrew. “No, someone has to rise up to him, till the end.” Said Silvia. “Four!” Said Thantos. The guns of the men all aimed on Silvia. “Five! Fire!” Said Thantos, who could barely cough out the words. Andrew looked down at the ground, he heard guns firing all over the place. Then when they all stopped, he heard a body fall from right next to him. He new that Silvia was shot dead, by her own father. Who was going to murder him in the morning. Andrew woke up in his cell, he could hear many voices coming from outside. He got up out of his cot and walked over to the window. He saw that there were a couple hundred people all in the stands around the court yard, waiting to see the execution. Andrew went back to his cot and sat down, wondering if what happened last night was a dream or real. He wished it was a dream, but his arm had blood stains on it, proof that it did happen. Andrew looked up and saw a guard was coming towards him. “It's time to go, Andrew.” He said with a sad face. Andrew got up and walked to the cell door. There, he was given a blind fold. “You are aloud to put this on if you do not with to see anyone getting executed.” Said the guard. “No, I want everyone including Thantos to see my face as it gets CHOPPED OFF!” Yelled Andrew in the guards ear. The guards face went from sad, to ticked off. “I was just trying to be nice, this is your last day on this earth. Do you not want to show any respect?” Asked the guard. “Son, this earth has been damned to hell, I really don't want to show any respect to anything that is still going to be living on it.” Said Andrew. With that, the guard took Andrew to the court yard, and tied his hands behind his back. The the guard set him down on his knees, and put his head threw the small hole at the bottom of the tower. Thantos started to say a couple words, but then he stopped, for no reason at all. Then Andrew could hear it too. Something was coming, he wasn't sure what though. It sounded like a plane, or a jet. But none of those exist. Then Thantos yelled, “everybody down!” It happened in less then a second! A missile came down and blew open the front gate. Every single person who was there was now lying on the ground. Andrew was now standing up next to the tower, which was wobbling from the blast. He walked over to the gate, not sure exactly what or who did that. But he wasn't about to stay and die with an opening for escape that close to him. He ran, with his hands still cuffed behind his back, he ran! He made it to the gate but then felt a sudden burning sensation in his left leg. He looked back and there was a guard with an assault rifle standing twenty feet behind him standing up. He ran for the side of the gate that was a large, solid wall. He could hear the guard firing his gun at the wall but, thank the Lord, it didn't go threw. Andrew ran along the wall and saw that there were guards coming out of the court yard and into out towards Andrew. Andrew looked at what was in front of the court yard, but it was nothing dessert for miles. No cover, all they had to do was shoot and Andrew would be dead. But the guards were cornering him, if he ran now he might make it far enough that they would have to use a bigger gun. Which would take time to get out here. So with that, Andrew started running into the dessert. He could feel the wound in his leg starting to burn again, he new it was bleeding. He made it out pretty far, but he new he would be shot dead by a sniper any minute. But it never came, he ran and ran and ran until he couldn't see the court yard any more. He decided he lost them and fell down on the ground. It felt like dust, or sand. It was probably sand. He looked at his wound and it was bad. The bullet didn't o in his leg, it skinned it, but bad! He took a piece of his shirt and tried to stop the bleeding but it was a deep cut. He needed stitches. He looked around but there was nothing, and it was probably around 6:00am now, so the heat would probably 

start soon. He needed to get going but he was just way to tired. So he decided to sit and stay 
just a moment longer. Only this moment, turned into forever.

After Space

Some people call me an outlaw, some call me a hero. I like to think of myself as a very gifted salesman. I can convince even the best of negotiators to do what I tell them to. I stop the villains from taking what isn’t there’s and either selling it to the good guys or destroying it depending on what it is. I guard and protect those who can’t protect themselves. My name is Bore, and I am a Guardian.

                I live in refuge in an abandoned warehouse on Earth. I am not sure where on Earth I am, a lot has changed since you last knew. Allow me to fill you in on what happened 400 years ago. There used to be peace between humans and those who lived beyond our solar system. We found life on Mars in 2017, and when we did the alien life was friendly and peaceful. So the discoverer, whose name was Fawn, brought the Martians back to Earth. Only to realize that they were not peaceful, in fact the whole thing was a trap. The aliens came to Earth and destroyed everything, except for a small town in Florida. That’s where all of humanity fled to during this crises. All of the humans that made it to that small town in Florida, wanted to find a way off of Earth. So Fawn came out to them and said, “We only have enough room for 6 million people. The rest of you need to find refuge and seek shelter, or you can stay and fight.” So Fawn took the majority of human kind to the moon, but that was a trap as well. The aliens new we were going there and flanked Fawn. We hadn’t heard from them in a while so the only explanation was that Fawn and the others had died. So after Fawn left we had seized order and peace with the aliens. Since we were the only humans left we had to find out a way to repopulate. So we ended up reproducing with the aliens, and in return they learned English. So we found out they called themselves Nixers, and that they had originated from an all mighty being who lived several million years ago. Reproducing with them was weird and gross at first, but later we realized that our children were obtaining special powers because of it. The DNA mixing with both of our species made a super human. Our children were not getting sick, they had the blood cells of a shark. The Nixer’s bone material mixed with our bone marrow created a super hard, thick bone collagen which made them nearly indestructible. Soon our children were growing up faster. Instead of the normal 20 years of growing up and becoming an adult, it hanged into a quick 6 years. Each year they would go from new born, to toddler, to child, to pre-teen, to young adult and finally to adult. The life span grew as well, instead of humans getting older at 50 years old, they didn’t start showing signs of old age until 125 years of age, which means they died around 175 years. Those kind of men and women are still here today, there just aren’t that many of them. Let me tell you why that is, it started with a nickname. Pure blooded people started calling the mixed blooded people Mixers, as a funny little joke. It turned into so much more, it went from a nickname to an insult. Skip ahead 275 years, 125 years ago from today. The Mixers and Pure-bloods are living happy together on earth. Until something very traumatic happened, Fawn came back to Earth. When he saw that we had mixed bloods with his enemies, he became disgusted. He hated the fact that we mixed our genes with the Nixers and made families with them. So he began killing all who weren’t Pure-bloods, and ended up coming close to making the Mixers extinct. Alas he was killed by the son of the first Nixer king, who was a Mixer. After his death all of the Pure-bloods feared the Mixers and fled back to the moon where they have lived since.

                Up until recently, the moon was becoming brighter and hotter every day. Even during the day time you could see and feel the heat of the moon. The Mixers began to question if the Pure-bloods were the cause of this. So they started to form an army known as the Guardians, which were made up of only the most skilled and most powerful DNA Mixers. They split into 2 groups, the Hunters and the Heavies. The Hunters were sort of a spec-ops and spy kind of class of Mixers, they were silent and stealthy. The Heavies were a soldier type class that carried lots of armor and heavy machine guns. So the son of the first king of the Nixers, who’s name was Argog, sent a group of 4 Hunters to the moon to secretly find out what was going on. The groups name was the Taragarns, they left for the moon in 2164 and came back in the year 2168. The group came back with only 3 Hunters left, something happened during those 4 years on the moon. They said during one of their information raids one of the Hunters saw a beam of light so he went to it to see what it was, unfortunately he didn’t realize that it was a heat ray that was being shot from a building into the moon’s core. He showed the other Hunters and they all came to the conclusion that the Pure-bloods were trying to melt the moon from its core. The one Hunter stepped a little too close to the beam and then slipped into the beam and was melted from his skeleton. The Hunters brought back the conclusion that the Pure-bloods are trying to destroy the moon. If the moon was destroyed not only the Earth’s oceans would stand still, they would dry out by the sun’s heat. During the night there would be absolutely no light, and a day on Earth would be much shorter. Instead of 10 hours of daylight there would be only 6. The biggest thing that would happen if we lost our moon is that within 200 years of losing the moon, Earth would collide with mars. So Argog decided to create a team of Hunters and Heavies that would go and stop the Pure-bloods from destroying the moon. Now it’s 2417, and they still haven’t comeback. After 150 years of them leaving, Argog’s nephew Adric had seized control of becoming the leader of the United Counsel. After 50 years of Adric being in control, he became corrupt and power hungry. He started taking away all of our freedoms, and he brought back taxes so he could pay for his own pleasures. All who tried to resist his rule, including me, were exiled. Cast out into the apocalyptic Earth, where the only hope of survival was to steal and raid food and supplies from our own people. Once Adric found out that we were stealing from his people, he started to hire men and woman to act as a form of police or guards to patrol the city and the country roads in search for us. We call them the exterminators, they carry heavy machine guns and wear heavy armor. It was about 1 month after Adric had sent those police out to kill us that we had decided to stop them. So our rebel leader Kahn sent 10 of us to go take out a group of scouter Exterminators. We went to go do that and came back triumphantly, we had taken 4 heavy machine guns and 6 heavy armor sets and 1 COM Radio. With that COM Radio we could now hear what the guards were saying, and if we found the right codes from Adric’s main partner we could hear what Adric is planning.

                One day in planning the COM codes heist a man came back from a raid, only instead of supplies he brought back blueprints and the supplies for a military tank. Kahn was so pleased that he made that man, who’s name was Crota, his right hand man. Adric sent me and him and 5 others to go on a raid to get the tank’s ammo. The raid went off without a hitch, the only thing that went wrong was that unexpectedly, Adric was there. Adric killed all of the Guardians except me and Crota, we made it a few miles out before we were flanked by Adric. When Crota saw Adric he shot me in the legs causing me to fall to the ground. Crota ran at Adric and was able to stab him in the side, but Adric punched him in the face causing him to turn backwards. Allowing him to get the knife out of his side and was able to put it on Crota’s throat. Crota fell over and began to bleed out, I knew that it was my only chance to get away. One thing I didn’t see was that Crota had a grenade in his hand and had pulled the pin. So as I was walking away a huge explosion happened behind me.