Guess who's back? Back again? Shelby's back! Tell a friend!

Hey guys! So, a lot has happened in the month or so that I've been gone. I've started at least three other stories, but haven't gotten the courage to post them. I'm still working with this story, so there is a possibility that it could be deleted unexpectedly.

I don't really like making sequels because I fear that they are just me trying to extend a story that wasn't too popular. But, you know, I really liked writing the first story and originally, there wasn't going to be a sequel...Until I started watching a Reality TV series called The Colony (on Netflix). I really liked it and I thought about what would happen if I combined the two stories. Thus, Cause 4 Death II: The Colony was born. I decided to establish an old tradition and write most of it during my math class, which my teacher was actually really cool about. So, I have a lot of it planned out and I'm actually going to thoroughly edit each chapter! However, it is summer and unlike the years before, I actually have to do stuff, like work on my Drivers Ed course which I was supposed to start two days ago, but you know...Polo. To pretty much sum it up, I'm going to be busy during the summer, but I'll try to update as much as possible! :D

I also get that a lot of people don't like it when fanfiction involves real people. Please understand that I do not know the characters in upcoming chapters personally, other than what I've seen on the TV show, The Colony. That being said, some of the information I provide may be false, but I'll try to stick to their personalities as close as possible and give them some justice because these guys are actually really amazing for going through what they did. I'll expand a little more when they actually get introduced into the story.

And again, I don't really like straying from the Cause of Death boards, so I'm going to credit the two other sources I am drawing from.

The Colony is a reality television show that has been featured on Discovery Channel. I will be using the characters and setting from Season 1. I do not own The Colony, but suggest you watch it if you are interested in post-apocalyptic reality shows.

Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 are video games created by Valve. I will be using seven characters from the two games. I do not own the Left 4 Dead franchise but also suggest you play it if you are into first person shooter, zombie games.

Anyways, that's enough babbling! I really hope you guys enjoy this story! I'm glad to finally be back on Fanfiction and here's to another great spree of writing!

Thank you and please enjoy!

Introduction

"Tomorrow, we commemorate the nation's heroes, the brave Carriers who rescued the world from certain annihilation from the Zombie Virus that took America in its clutches almost seven years ago. If it hadn't have been for the miraculous survival of these eleven Carriers, we would all be living a life of pain and misery. So I, as well as the entire United States would like to thank these Carriers and congratulate them on their success in establishing a new, safer world. This is Alora North, signing off."

Dr. Alan Strader scoffed loudly and turned off the news report that he had broadcasted onto his laptop. He grumbled curses about the ignorance of the Carriers and how awful they had been to him. Sure, one of the eleven had stepped out of their way and donated their blood, but another brutally murdered his wife as she swiped at him and tried to take his head off.

Dr. Strader was the head of a corporation that studied viral diseases spread amongst a community. Their latest project had been, of course, the Zombie Virus. Because he knew nothing about the world during the apocalypse, he had decided to hire Kai Kalaba, a goofy, fun-loving scientist and well-known Carrier and inventor of the cure. Kai was a decent man and knew plenty of valuable information about the deadly virus. He studied it upon a regular basis, despite his already full-capacity knowledge. Strader attempted to make the man spill more details about the disease, but Kai was smart and often pulled out of a conversation before too much could be revealed; either accidentally or purposely.

Kai would be gone tomorrow, celebrating the seventh anniversary of the nations pull-through with the disease. He and the other Carriers often spent the week of the anniversary together, because they had learned that time was so precious and disasters could happen all too quickly. This meant the Carriers were inseparable for at least a week. Strader began to smile.

Though he hadn't received much information about the virus itself, he was allowed to study the anatomy of a Carrier and a Non-Carrier. Carriers were known for their blood which was immune to the particular disease introduced at the time. They were often called Survivors before using the term Carrier. Strader knew enough about a Carrier body to find out how much it took to alter the virus. With a flick of his wrist and a sleight of hand, Strader had the power to change the world. And since Strader was a brilliant man, he knew that he would not be giving up on the opportunity.

Strader's small business closed shop for the night and left, unknowing of the dark deed arising in Slader's twisted mind. When silence fell among the building, Strader snuck off, darting into a hallway plastered with motivational posters, and down a flight of metallic stairs. He entered a dark room, the soft hum of computers rising like a chorus in the air. A special safe lay locked near a book case. Plastered in tape was, "DANGER: HAZARDOUS MATERIAL" scrawled across locker. Strader didn't seem to care. He threw the safe doors opened and reached in, pulling out a small vial filled to the brim with green liquid.

"Perfect," he muttered and clasped the vial tightly in his hands before escaping the building.

Today, he had been an ordinary man who ran a small business dedicated to the research of viral diseases. Tomorrow, he'd be the one who controlled man-kind.