The Beasts Within, chapter 1
The dark room with blood stains upon it, this where I am now. The year is 2062, the date is 28/5, and we are alone in this world now longer. A new terror has hit the world; a new day of war has arrived. Even after the battle of America in 2023, even after the European massacre in 2029, even after the 3rd Great War in 2040 humanity is insistent on fighting. All those people who have died so far after only 1 year (4,549,382,078) I fear what is to come after the 2nd year, oh and I am Marcus Kantar of the European grid, well that used to be my home, I live in a prison now the only prison left in the Earth.
I am here to tell my story, my side of the war. This dark blood stained room used to be somebody's kitchen, an old lady named Catherine, she was taken by the enemy: while cooking soup for her family, who were also taken. Back to my story. It all started when the UK discovered cold fusion (a type of nuclear power but it need no heat) when the 2nd outbreak had occurred in Japan and was spreading across through Asia, there was a huge need for energy to fuel the extermination of the infected but it was al to late the had already been found by the horde.
"Name, rank and location," a man taller than me was hiding in the shadows,
"Ben Shepard, sergeant and the Asia sector," I replied with obedience, I know why they have brought me here, to question me about what happened and why I'm the only person left.
"Listen all I need to know is exactly what happened." I was afraid to answer but it's my sworn duty to the empire the American empire is counting on me to fulfil my duty.
The truth is that I was at the wrong place at a hell of a wrong time. The infection had spread faster than we thought it would and the first American to have it was my brother, it's a terrible thing to have first it starts by you skin rupturing at nearly every place and the you hair will fall out and your scalp begins to peel off slowly but surely you become a skin less freak staying alive just barely by the infection is self. The mind is effected a lot causing complete memory loss and lack of self control, you star to dig down into the ground endlessly with you nails teeth and feet until you have worn them all away and of cause once that has happened the infection will cause your body to rot away each day blood pouring out of you body but you seem to have a endless supply until on the 4th week your memory comes back you self control comes back and the infection dies and of course without you skin or a endless supply of blood you slow die in agony. I watched as all one hundred thousand of the empires soldiers died as I took refuge.
"But Shepard what are they digging for?"
"The beasts, the locus horde we call them."
"That will be all."
"Marcus tell us please we need to know."
"I didn't answer."
I don't believe in what there fighting for. Coming from the depths of the earth, devouring all that they touch you human meat bags all so bursting with energy eating one of you could fuel them for a year. But there digging was aided when the cold fusion technology of the UK helped them build a bomb so destructive that's it could blast a hole in the ground 5miles down with a radius of 2000miles. And they used it against Asia trying to kill the infected. And at that very time right across to the other side of the world the earth shook and almost instantaneously after the blast the world's seas turned into a mere few inches of water. And it awoke them. The beasts within. The Locust Horde has come to destroy us all.
The following year over four and a half billion people died either through the slaughter of the horde or through the 'digging' infection. Nearly every house has blood on it somewhere and now this room this house has more. A terrible thing to sacrifice a member of your own species. I love the taste of your fear it makes you more tender o yeah I neglected to tell you I am a locus my next victim is you. RUN! Because I sure will.
I am here to tell my story, my side of the war. This dark blood stained room used to be somebody's kitchen, an old lady named Catherine, she was taken by the enemy: while cooking soup for her family, who were also taken. Back to my story. It all started when the UK discovered cold fusion (a type of nuclear power but it need no heat) when the 2nd outbreak had occurred in Japan and was spreading across through Asia, there was a huge need for energy to fuel the extermination of the infected but it was al to late the had already been found by the horde.
"Name, rank and location," a man taller than me was hiding in the shadows,
"Ben Shepard, sergeant and the Asia sector," I replied with obedience, I know why they have brought me here, to question me about what happened and why I'm the only person left.
"Listen all I need to know is exactly what happened." I was afraid to answer but it's my sworn duty to the empire the American empire is counting on me to fulfil my duty.
The truth is that I was at the wrong place at a hell of a wrong time. The infection had spread faster than we thought it would and the first American to have it was my brother, it's a terrible thing to have first it starts by you skin rupturing at nearly every place and the you hair will fall out and your scalp begins to peel off slowly but surely you become a skin less freak staying alive just barely by the infection is self. The mind is effected a lot causing complete memory loss and lack of self control, you star to dig down into the ground endlessly with you nails teeth and feet until you have worn them all away and of cause once that has happened the infection will cause your body to rot away each day blood pouring out of you body but you seem to have a endless supply until on the 4th week your memory comes back you self control comes back and the infection dies and of course without you skin or a endless supply of blood you slow die in agony. I watched as all one hundred thousand of the empires soldiers died as I took refuge.
"But Shepard what are they digging for?"
"The beasts, the locus horde we call them."
"That will be all."
"Marcus tell us please we need to know."
"I didn't answer."
I don't believe in what there fighting for. Coming from the depths of the earth, devouring all that they touch you human meat bags all so bursting with energy eating one of you could fuel them for a year. But there digging was aided when the cold fusion technology of the UK helped them build a bomb so destructive that's it could blast a hole in the ground 5miles down with a radius of 2000miles. And they used it against Asia trying to kill the infected. And at that very time right across to the other side of the world the earth shook and almost instantaneously after the blast the world's seas turned into a mere few inches of water. And it awoke them. The beasts within. The Locust Horde has come to destroy us all.
The following year over four and a half billion people died either through the slaughter of the horde or through the 'digging' infection. Nearly every house has blood on it somewhere and now this room this house has more. A terrible thing to sacrifice a member of your own species. I love the taste of your fear it makes you more tender o yeah I neglected to tell you I am a locus my next victim is you. RUN! Because I sure will.
