The unconquered land

A young woman stood in the center of the shopping district my friends & I were accustomed to hanging out at. She just stood there, right up until an older man walked by & she attacked him, like a hyena who founds its prey. To everyone else it was such a shocking feat that they ran off in fear she'd turn on them. I stayed…I knew what was wrong with her…because I happen to work for the company that 'lost control' of the experimental disease that bore deep down within her. I let out a calling whistle; she looked up with blood dripping down her chin, I took a shot. The barrel of my gun smoked with the after effects of the bullet.

As your probably wondering why would some random woman attack, why would I shoot her? Why would I have a gun? Its simple really 7 months ago my parents, Ikuko & Kenji lost their full time jobs…economy was killing everyone off slowly. He managed to find a part time job 3 months later but we were still struggling with the bills, my mother started to sell the little knick knacks she used to create for me & my brother just to pay for food.

And to make it even better Shingo, my little brother, kept getting encouragement for his art works, but my parents couldn't afford to pay for him to go to the specialist school that the teachers praising on about.

It was like that for 2 solid months…till I saw him…I fell in love so fast. He was a specialist where he worked at and told me he could help with getting me a job in a department near him. Andrew, that's his name, was great. He got me an interview while we dated. I thought he was a god send to me. While dating him, he was a sweet guy, devoting; my parents loved him, which was a shock considering I had my father's approval. When I met the company he worked for they told me that they could help my family, give me a career…said id be set for life that funding for their programs would never be a problem, oh how now I wish id declined the offer.

You see I did well in school but I didn't do as great like my friend Amy, she is a literal genius. The company Dark Opus was fairly new to Tokyo, but they had money in everything.

I started at work; my 1st month was a learning curve. I tried so hard to learn as much as I could with my limited experience, luckily or unluckily Andrew was there for me, teaching and guiding me. Of course he also taught me other things as well…things that made me blush profusely. The girls would tease me on being so shy when it came to him, but sometimes I felt it wasn't enough-though I NEVER voiced that out loud! The girls would surely look at me crazed! It was going fairly well, the bills weren't so pilled up, dad and mom were less stressed, and everything seemed to be getting back to normal. However I was asked to give the 'annual blood test', they said it was a drug test they did on all their employees so I paid no mind. I just didn't know that after the 1st sample was taken they put something back in that wasn't blood. But it wasn't to all the employees just a select few that I would find out later on had somehow been selected for their 'program'. I ended up having bizarre black outs for a week at very inconvenient times. One of which was with Andrew, he thought his 'actions' on me literally made me pass out, no such luck.

They said it was natural for someone giving blood to have those side effects. Yeah it was…if you didn't eat anything afterwards which for me is like all the time. I'm a freaking human vacuum cleaner. I put my friends to shame…literally. So I started to do some digging into the company, I started to get scared at what I found. There was animal testing, unknown 'agent' testing. I started to fear for my life especially after finding out we were being selected ourselves, so I had my friend Lita teach me martial arts, and gun play…just in case I might end up needing it.

I wish I never had to use it…1 of the unknown 'agents', 'AG349' got 'loose', started to spread, infecting people. The symptoms included only the constant need to eat anything that was meat, including other people. The police tried to control it, to contain it, do anything they could think of, but in the end couldn't control it & after a while they started to turn & die off to. The company like any other when shit happens covered it up. The company where I worked at shut down, but not soon enough, hence the outbreak. Not like it mattered by then the people only cared to try & fend for themselves, no one noticed them (the company) slink into the darkness & watch the chaos they caused…no one but me & my friends.

My boyfriend Andrew…he turned to me one day amidst all the crap & chaos surrounding us & admitted he knew…admitted he helped them. He wanted me to join them, said I was special, I ran, fearing all that 'testing' messed with his mental state, fearing that the one man that I thought loved me & whom I loved would try to hurt me or worse… kill me. I haven't seen him since. We (my friends & I) foraged ourselves with supplies, food, water, guns, ammo, toiletry, clothes. My family tried to fend for themselves just like everyone else, but the infection soon started to find ways in, and soon I lost them all. My brother was the worst for me; I had finally gotten home amidst all the chaos erupting outside in hopes of finding them alive. My parents had been eaten; I couldn't look at them any longer knowing that I'd lose my stomach contents so I said a silent goodbye & gave my friend Ray the ok to do what was necessary. She always did what I couldn't, but that's my spit fiery friend for you, she's does what's necessary even if you don't see it at first. She did it when she had to do to her grandpa…what a sweet old man; I know Ray would give anything to NOT have to snap his neck again.

I heard the shots as I went upstairs; I stopped long enough to gather myself before the tears would fall, so I continued on. I found my brother, eating the family pet; Chico was his name, given to my brother on his 4rth birthday...how ironic…I think. Now he lay half eaten in my brother's lap. Gross. He looked up, I saw the dogs blood running down his chin, as he stood up and made a run for me, I lifted up the gun Lita gave me & shot, dead center. Who knew I'd have such good aim considering how much of a klutz I was before this job. I ended up drinking a bottle of warm Japanese sake that night, trying to burn away the pain. It helped, for a full 10 minutes I was able to pretend that nothing had happened, that Andrew was still my amazing, loving boyfriend. That my parents were happy, and my brother was annoying…however the sound of Litas gun making its presence slowly brought me back to mine. After that night I numbed myself to anything related to love of family, or love of a lover. The only love I held now was for my friends.

And here not currently I stand shooting a young woman that probably mentally died 5 minutes before she even turned on the innocent man. Lita at my right tells me to fall back before we attract unwanted attention. That's my Amazonian army girl; she always knew when to walk away & when to run head strong into a fight. The company Dark Opus told me the same as Andrew, that they wanted me back with them; I was rapidly becoming impatient with these guys, wasn't saying screw you once enough? Apparently not so I told them to kiss my ass then left the city, I ran to save myself…which is what we've been doing for that last few months. We keep hearing rumors that up in the center of Tokyo a lot of people have took refuge there & are healthy & safe.

Were over 150 miles from there & traveling by a bus Lita 'borrowed' from a school. It makes good for on the go & storage of our supplies. We just can't stay in 1 place to long, or else the infected will smell us.

At first we were clueless as to how 'till Amy pointed out that the infection had to have a way to find food so why not sense of smell. At first only a few would show but then they just keep coming. So from a t.v. show I used to watch with my favorite actor… (smiles) his name is or was Darien Shields. I loved him as an actor, & I would love to get to know him as a person…anyways I'm deriving from the subject, the t.v. show he was on specialized in this, & they would use salt, vinegar or even bleach to keep the smells from attracting the infected. With that idea we were able to get full nights rest, though we still as a precaution took shifts to keep the infected away & watch over the rest.

Hhhmmm, Darien Shields, he's a great actor for being only 24 years old. Some out there are well into their 40's & are useless on screen but that's beside's the point. However he broke many a woman's hearts when he married an actress that wasn't completely loved by all the fans, her name was/is Daniel Blanks. Pretty though she was, she was just a little too good at playing the bitch roles that she landed, so many wondered how she managed to land such a sweet, intelligent, HOT, SEXY, goofy guy for a husband. But like so many people out their, their both probably dead-hell half the people we come into contact with (that aren't infected) say their both living up in the sectioned off part of Tokyo, others say they were both killed when the infection started to spread. Me I just hope that he's safe and happy…and that if I do see him that I wont have to put a bullet in his head for obvious reasons.

I'm sorry in all that rambling I forgot to mention 1 thing myself, my name is Serena Tsukino, I'm 19, blonde, slim, friendly, I love ice cream & anything sweet, I love the actor Darien Shields and this ladies and gentlemen is my very own hell…welcome.