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Posted: **Thu Dec 24, 2009 2:31 am**

Z-Day - 3:13 PM Mountain Time - Warren Air Force Base, west of Cheyenne, Wyoming
Outside the clinic-
The Stryker pulled into the parking lot from the north, turning around and rolling to a stop not far from the entrance, behind and to the left of the other, damaged Stryker. The rear panel opened and nine figures in orange Racal suits emerged. Another climbed out of the front crew compartment, on the passenger side. Some of them were armed with M-16A2 assault rifles, including Airman First Class Sebastian Harper, but a few were not. The man who was first out of the Stryker had an unusual sniper rifle that did not even look American. The man who followed him toted an MP-5 submachine gun, and the woman beside him had an M4 carbine. The woman who emerged last from the belly of the vehicle was armed only with a pistol. All of them had their weapons drawn, though they held them pointed toward the ground.

"I'm Captain Claire Kelleher," said the woman with the pistol. "I'm a medical doctor and the one in charge of these reinforcements." She indicated the man with the sniper rifle. "This is Regimental Sergeant Major Raymond Crew, attached to the USAF from the RAF. He's my chief NCO." She pointed out the man and the woman right behind him. "These are Senior Airman Sam Wright and Technical Sergeant Jessica Valdez, and they're in charge of the fire teams. Let's get everyone moved inside. The civilians shouldn't even be out here." She looked up to the roof, where other civilians waited, along with two snipers in orange suits, then walked up to the orange-suited man with the leg wound. "Captain Nils Johansen, I presume? What can you tell me about what happened here?"'

Colin Lewis, the big man who was struggling against the nurses and orderlies in orange suits, was solidly gripped by Airmen Catherine Rourke and Gary Simpson, and he was unable to resist any further for now. Lt. Oscar Gomez stepped back from them, a syringe in his hand.
On the roof-
The snipers on the roof began to relax when they saw the reinforcements arrive and the orderlies restraining Colin Lewis. So did the civilians up there with them, who had been afraid they would open fire.

Posted: **Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:18 pm**

Colin felt the needle sink into his skin but he had been through lots more in war then a little needle and refused to give in. He screamed, "Let me go! I was a soldier in Iraq, I have fought many battles, I can fight this one, I will kill my share of the undead, I am a good soldier, I won many awards in Iraq and killed many members of AlQada. LET ME GO YOU ASSHOLES! OR SIMPLY KILL ME NOW!"

Posted: **Fri Dec 25, 2009 3:40 am**

Captain Johansen holsters his pistol. You would be correct, Captain Kelleher. A short time ago a Stryker arrived to our position, clearly out of control and crashed into the outer wall. We sequestered the civilians on the roof for protection and myself and several of my soldiers came out to investigate. The crew were KIA and reanimated, and attacked us as we opened it. Nobody was injured and all of the infected were eliminated, but one of the civilians sneaked away and was shot when he was mistaken for an infected. He seems to be alright. He gestures to Colin. Mr. Lewis here grabbed a weapon and tried to break quarantine, and we restrained him. He's been sedated, he shouldn't be anymore trouble.

Posted: **Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:02 pm**

Frank Hodges approached the woman: "Pvt. Frank Hodges, ma'am. I've been neck deep in this shit along side the civillians since hour one. My team was dispatched to an old roadside motel the protect a comm unit. Me and the men in my group fought and died along side the civilians. Many of them watched their entire families die today at the hands of zombies, infected animals and collosal worms that eneded up destroying the motel." Motioning to Colin Lewis: "As you can see, the civilians want to help us fight the threat. They don't like being without their weapons as they've seen first hand how quickly things can go to hell. They also are a little weary of being under military guard after what happened at the motel. We and tried to protect them but there was nothing we could do. The worm and the endless waves of zombies broke down all of our defenses. All we had was each other out there and I'd put my life in the hands of any of the civilians here, as I have already done several times today. I understand that we need to quarentine folks and make sure they are not infected, which is fine, but once they are cleared, I would like to suggest that we integrate them into the larger team here. Let them be active aprticipants in their own suvival and ours, please. Everyone is feeling like we've lost control of the whole natrual order of the world...of our lives. Let me be in control of their own survival. It is the only thing any of us have left."

Posted: **Mon Dec 28, 2009 10:34 pm**

Sebastian moves up to take position with the rest of his fireteam.

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2010 3:26 am**

Outside the clinic-
"Reanimated?!" said Captain Kelleher, shaking her head. "No, what must have happened was that someone in the Stryker was infected and spread that infection to the others. What you're talking about is medically impossible. We'll have to tow that damaged Stryker back to the motor pool for repairs. Crew, hitch it to the back of our Stryker."

"Roger that, ma'am," said Crew, heading over to comply with her order. Senior Airman Roger Coltrane drove the damaged Stryker into position and then got out of the vehicle.

While they did this, Captain Kelleher continued speaking. "Airman Hodges, while I appreciate that you've been through hell, we have our procedures in place for a reason. I have my orders and I can't go against them any more than Captain Johansen can. Once everyone has been screened for infection and for psychological fitness for duty, rest assured that they will be assigned duties. You're all going to have to be patient here, but the sooner all of you get back inside where you belong, the faster this can go."

"Psychological fitness for duty, ma'am?" asked Lt. Gomez.

"Several of the people here are showing signs of mental instability. I'm not sure if it's a side effect of infection or simply due to the stress of the day, but it's cause for concern. All of this talk of the dead rising - and now giant worms - for instance. I am concerned about the possibility of the infection spreading to animals, but I'd like some confirmation on that. I realize that you truly believe you have seen these things, but perhaps your senses are not to be trusted." She glanced at Colin Lewis. "This man appears to be the most extreme example of what I'm talking about."

"He did seize a weapon, ma'am," said Lt. Ellison. "Twice, in fact. He was eventually convinced to surrender them, but he has threatened Captain Johansen and others."

Catherine Rourke nodded as she and Gary Simpson wrestled Colin onto the gurney as he tried to resist the effects of the sedative flowing through his bloodstream. "He tried to kick me, ma'am," she said.

"He sure is taking a while to go down," added Simpson, helping her strap him down.

"Sometimes it can take a little while for it to kick in," said Lt. Evans, "especially for a big, tough guy."
On the roof-
Those on the roof continued to watch the scene unfolding below.

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2010 4:03 am**

As Colin struggled on the gurney he had an idea.

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2010 4:06 am**

Posted: **Mon Jan 04, 2010 4:08 am**

Colin went stiff as a board and closed his eyes letting drool drip from his mouth.

Posted: **Tue Jan 05, 2010 11:17 am**

Melinda sarts talking to Colin
-Colin, stop fighting. In a couple of hours the zombies will appear again. The militaries will be busy fighting and when most of them will be dead or in panic, we will escape at that moment. Let them talk whateaver they want about rationality. They will be screaming like babies like the others and we will have our chance.

Posted: **Tue Jan 05, 2010 6:03 pm**

" I'm starting to get really fucking tired of all of you being such dip shits. The only reason you may think I am 'psycologically stressed' is because I've been fighting for my life all day long and at every turn you pencil pushing assholes refuse to pull your heads out of your asses and grasp the situation." Frank continues to talk as he begins to take off his helmet and his vest. Unshouldering his riffle,the rifles he picked up and his pack, he throws them on the ground in front of him. "The inability of all of you to listen to those of us who have are the most experienced with the rapidly degenerating situation around us is the greatest threat to everyone." Frank draws his service pistol and starts to walk towards the infirmary. "Follow me to a holding cell and I'll open all of your eyes."
Frank stagers a bit as he walks, but stays strong and moves towards the holding cells.

Posted: **Wed Jan 06, 2010 4:49 am**

Sebastian stands by calmly observing everything. He is ready to move at a moments notice. He had no clue what was going to happen but he couldn't shake the feeling it would be really bad.

Posted: **Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:46 am**

Outside the clinic-
It took Frank Hodges a minute to strip off his protective vest and discard all of the rifles, so he didn't have a chance to go inside just yet. "Frank, if you're going to do what I think you're going to do," said Senior Airman Roger Coltrane while he did this, reading his friend like an open book, "don't do it."

Captain Kelleher scratched her head. "A holding cell?" she said. "What are you talking about, Airman?"

"We don't have holding cells," said Lt. Gomez. "This is a hospital, not a brig. The closest thing we have is a couple of padded cells. That's where we're going to take this gentleman." He patted Colin on the shoulder. He too didn't understand what Frank meant to do. He nodded to Catherine Rourke and Gary Simpson, and they followed him inside, pushing the gurney.

Lt. Evans frowned. "Airman, if you're planning to kill yourself to demonstrate to the new arrivals what we already know is true, I can't let you do that. It would be a terrible waste, and dangerous for the rest of us besides. We still need you. We'll find another way to convince them."

"Or they'll learn the hard way," said Lt. Ellison. "Like we did."

"Nobody else is going to die," said Captain Kelleher. "We're not all going inside anyway. Sergeant Valdez and I are the only ones who will actually be stationed within the clinic. Sergeant Major Crew and the two fire teams will secure the perimeter and make sure nobody infected gets in - or out."

"Yes, ma'am," said Sergeant Major Crew. "I'll set up my command post on the roof. Anyone else with sharpshooting skills would be useful there. I know what Sergeant Valdez and Senior Airman Wright can do, but I didn't have a chance to meet the members of the teams you've chosen or review their files. Let's start with Alpha Team. Each of you tell me in turn who you are and what you can do." He approached Harper first.

Claire Kelleher waved at the driver of the Stryker she had arrived in. The Stryker pulled out and turned around to the north, towing the damaged Stryker behind it. "Lt. Colonel Carmichael, we've arrived at the clinic and the situation appears to be under control for now," she reported into her radio.

"That's good to hear, Captain," replied Carmichael.

"There have been some breaches of quarantine, but nobody has gone beyond the clinic's parking lot. We're getting everyone back inside now."

"Let me know when that's done. I'll address everyone on the radio once you're all inside and the building is secure."

In the intake area-
Lt. Rebecca Doolittle looked up as Lt. Gomez entered, followed by Catherine and Gary wheeling in Colin, who was strapped to the gurney. "What happened out there?" she asked.

"A lot of scared people acting scared, that's all," said Gomez. "Our reinforcements are here. This guy got a little violent and had to be sedated. He should stay under for at least an hour or so."

On the roof-
The snipers relaxed a little now that things seemed to be settling down.

Posted: **Thu Jan 07, 2010 3:07 am**

"I'm Airman Sebastian Harper, Sergeant Major. I'm the unit Demo expert, If it goes boom then I can cook it, build it , use it or defuse it. I'm also a pretty good shot with a rifle too." Sebastian gives Crew a slightly cocky but friendly smile. Secretly he's waiting to see how he'll react to all the tattoos that Harper doesn't bother to cover up.

Posted: **Thu Jan 07, 2010 3:45 am**

Captain Johansen breathed a sigh of relief and began to walk back towards the clinic.

Posted: **Thu Jan 07, 2010 6:05 pm**

"Off to the padded cells, then." Hodges said. As he walked, he unwrapped the bandage off of hit arm. He kept walking but turned back towards the others as he did so, showing them his unbandaged wound: "I've been bitten. I'm already dead. I don't have much time."

Posted: **Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:30 pm**

Colin pretended to be out letting drool fall out of his mouth and his hand drag toward the floor.

Posted: **Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:34 am**

Outside the clinic-
Captain Kelleher, Lt. Evans, Lt. Ellison, and Senior Airman Coltrane entered the clinic.

Amanda put an arm around Keith and started guiding him towards the door. "Come on, Melinda," she said. "Help me get my son inside."

Sergeant Major Crew nodded at Harper, a big grin on his face. If he had any reaction to the tattoos, Harper couldn't see it. "Good. I specifically asked for a demo expert, and one that can shoot well is a bonus. You'll be up on the roof with me, then. Right, who's next?" He approached a woman in an orange suit standing next to Harper. "Your turn, Airman."

"Phyllis Darrow, Sergeant Major," she said matter-of-factly. "I'm just a grunt."

"Nobody's just a grunt."

"She's a rifleman in my fire team, Sergeant Major," said Sam Wright. "She's had some combat training."

"I see." He turned to the third member of Wright's team. "And you are?"

"AIrman Basic Ken Raffin, Sergeant Major," he said. "I've had basic training, but that's about it so far. I only just joined up."

"Right, you and Darrow will join Senior Airman Wright in guarding the main entrance. Hopefully you lot will do a better job than the last bunch. Let's see what Bravo Team has to offer." He walked over to Technical Sergeant Valdez and her people, approaching Airman Marcus Winters first. "Okay, Airman, sell yourself."

On the roof-
"You guys can head on downstairs now, I guess," said AIrman Wesson. "Looks like it's over - at least for now."

"Okay," said Zorie Spooner. "Let's go back inside." She led David, Lisa, Robert, and Beth into the stairwell.

In the intake area-
Captain Kelleher froze in her tracks when Frank Hodges announced he'd been bitten. Airman Rourke turned and covered him with her rifle, but she held her fire.

"You've been bitten?!" said Captain Kelleher. "When did this happen? In the battle just before I got here? Let me look at the wound."

"Don't throw your life away," said Roger Coltrane. "There's still a chance the medical staff can find something to help you. Zorie Spooner is a smart cookie, and the rest of these folks are no slouches either. At the very least, they can learn something from studying the course of the infection that could help the next person."

Posted: **Fri Jan 15, 2010 5:55 am**

Posted: **Fri Jan 15, 2010 6:04 am**

Posted: **Fri Jan 15, 2010 6:13 pm**

As Colin lay there with his eyes closed and drool dripping down his face, he tried to listen to see if he heard anything just in case something were to threaten his life he was going to wake up and get the hell out of there, guns be dammed. He thought he heard something.

Posted: **Fri Jan 15, 2010 6:37 pm**

Frank's heart pounded as his body tried unsuccessfully to fight the infection. Vessels pulsed in his head and ears, making it impossible to hear anything.

"There is going to be no time to study me. It's taking me over. You need to get me to s secure room now, or just down mere outside. I'm not about to endanger any of you here, so lets get a move on."

Posted: **Fri Jan 15, 2010 6:41 pm**

Franks heart pounded in his chest as his bosy fought unsuccessfully against the infection ravaging his body. Blood pulsed through his head and past his ears, making it impossible to hear anything.

He stopped briefly: "We do not have time to chit chat about this. Get me to a secure room and we can talk all you want. Either that, or put me down now. I WILL not allow myself to turn and endanger any of you."

Posted: **Fri Jan 15, 2010 11:37 pm**

Sebastian stood waiting for the order to head up to the roof. He figured he was probably going to be used as a glorified errand boy from now on.

Posted: **Sun Jan 17, 2010 8:35 am**

As he moved into the foyer Captain Johansen heard something.

Posted: **Tue Jan 19, 2010 5:46 pm**

"Airman Marcus Winters, Sargent Major. I'm a medic. I've had quite a bit of firearms training but little combat experience."

Posted: **Wed Jan 20, 2010 6:06 am**

Outside the clinic-
"Good, we could use a medic," said Crew. "You'll be stationed inside the clinic with Sergeant Valdez and Captain Kelleher, but you'll be ready to respond anywhere if you're needed."

"He's one of the best, Sergeant Major," said Jessica Valdez.

"I don't doubt it. You two head on inside and get started." Crew turned to Airman Basic Buck Feaster next. "Aren't you a little too old to be an Airman Basic? What's your story?"

"Come on, Airman Winters," Sergeant Valdez told Marcus. "Let's go assist the doctors." She led the way into the intake area. Amanda, Melinda, and Keith followed.
In the intake area-
"Oh, we'll get you to a secure room, all right, Airman," said Captain Claire Kelleher. "But don't even think about trying to off yourself. If you punch out early, you'd better hope you don't reanimate. Otherwise I'm gong to court-martial your ass. Got it?" She said this a smile, so that he would know she was half-joking. She led the Frank Hodges into the operating theater beyond the double doors at the back of the intake area. Airman Rourke followed, covering him with her rifle, while Airman Simpson and Lt. Gomez pushed the cart where Colin was strapped down after them. "Everyone else, stay put. We'll start the screening when we get back."

Jessica Valdez entered the intake area from the vestibule, carefully stepping around the bodies.
In the operating theater-
Gomez and Simpson wheeled Colin's gurney in following Captain Kelleher, Frank Hodges, and Catherine Rourke. While Frank was feeling tired and feverish, he still had the strength to go on. He had been bitten about an hour ago, and from what he had been told, he knew he still had time and was not about to turn.

"Which way to the padded cells?" asked Claire Kelleher.

"Turn left here, ma'am," said Oscar Gomez. "They're past the men's iso ward and then to the right. I've got the keys."

She paused and lowered her voice. "Did you hear that? Sounds like someone's coming from over that way." She pointed to the right, in the direction of the women's isolation ward.
On the stairs-
Zorie didn't hear anything as she led the way down the stairs. Neither did Lisa or David. Beth, whose hearing was normally sharp, was not paying any attention. Only Robert made out any sounds below. "Someone's down there," he whispered. "Whoever it is just left the stairwell ahead of us, on the ground floor."

Posted: **Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:25 am**

-They will all be dead, dead, dead- sings Melinda.

Posted: **Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:14 pm**

Winters is completely oblivious to any unusual sounds.

Winters listens to his surroundings.

Spoiler:

Posted: **Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:33 pm**

" With all do respect, Captain," Frank said as he walked, "I'll off myself if I please. I'm done fighting, to be honest. I'm done being ignored and am done having all that I have fought for over the last day be reduced to shit."

Posted: **Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:24 pm**

Sebastian stood off to the side listening to all the different conversations going on around him.

Posted: **Thu Jan 28, 2010 6:11 am**

Outside the clinic-
"I got busted down, Sergeant Major," said Buck. "Got in a fight."

"Got any redeeming qualities?"

"I am a good fighter, and a very good shot with a rifle."

"Right, you'll be on roof duty, then." He looked at the last SF. "And you are?"

"Airman Pete Kowalski, Sergeant Major," he said. "I'm an expert marksman. Probably not as good as you, but still pretty good."

"Excellent. We can always use more sharpshooters. You'll be up on the roof too. Harper, Feaster, and Kowalski, you're all with me. Let's go." He led the way around the southwest corner of the building to the south side, where the fire escape was located.

In the intake area-
Winters entered the vestibule and the intake area, which looked like a disaster area. Bodies still lay bleeding on the floor, gurneys were strewn about haphazardly, and shell casings littered the floor. It was obvious there had been a recent battle here, but victory had clearly come at a cost.

Amanda hugged Melinda. "Don't even joke about that," she said. "We're going to live, all of us."
In the operating theater-
Captain Kelleher led the others through the double doors to the men's isolation ward. SImpson and Gomez wheeled the gurney bearing Colin around the corner to the left and followed her, along with Frank Hodges and Airman Rourke.

In the men's isolation ward-
More carnage awaited Captain Kelleher and the others as they entered. Plenty of blood was pooled on the floor, but there were no bodies present.

"Which way now?" asked Claire Kelleher.

"Through the doors at the end and turn right," said Lt. Gomez. "The padded cells are just down that hall."

"Airman Hodges, please reconsider," said the captain. "We still need you."
On the stairs-
"We'll keep going," whispered Zorie, "but be careful and quiet." She led her group to the ground floor landing, where the stairs continued to the basement and a door led to the women's isolation ward, which was deserted.

"Whoever it was left through there," said Robert, pointing at the door.

Posted: **Thu Jan 28, 2010 6:54 pm**

Keith put his arm around Melinda: "Sorry about the scare, sweetie. I was just trying to get down here and help. Let's head back upstairs where it is safe."

In the Mens Ward
"There is nothing to reconsidar," Frank said. "You have plenty of back up and would have more if you allowed them to help. I've been bitten and I am done for. I'm not going to risk injuring any of you."

Posted: **Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:29 am**

Captain Johansen pulled his sidearm from it's holster. I heard something. Footsteps... sounded like it was coming from the women's isolation ward. He motioned for help. Somebody come with me. I don't think it's infected, but it could still be a threat.

Posted: **Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:36 am**

Sebastian follows the Sergeant Major and the the rest towards the fire escape, Once there he begins climbing the ladder to the rooftop, "Man I really hate heights. Someone's gonna catch me if I fall, right?"

Posted: **Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:56 am**

-I-I'm sorry, but I'm getting too nervous, and after all we passed this morning, it seems everything is happening again.
She sobs and hugs Keith and Amanda.

Posted: **Mon Feb 01, 2010 5:34 am**

Outside the clinic-
Wright, Darrow, and Raffin took up their positions while the rest of the SFs followed Crew around the corner of the building. The fire escape was on the south side of the building, and the ladder had been lowered to the ground for easy access to the roof.

"Right," said Crew, "I'll go up first. Harper, you follow me. Kowalski, you're third. Feaster, you bring up the rear - and pull the ladder up behind you. I don't want anyone or anything coming up that fire escape." With that, he began to ascend the fire escape, reaching the first landing.

"Don't worry, I've got your back," Kowalski told Harper.
In the intake area-
"I know, sweetie," said Amanda, "but it's not going to happen again, not here. We're safe here now. We're finally safe." It was not clear whether she was trying to convince Melinda and Keith or herself.

"Nobody's going upstairs right now," said Lt. Sara Evans. "We've all got orders to wait here for screening."

"I'll go with you, sir," said Senior Airman Roger Coltrane. He followed Captain Johansen into the operating theater, his rifle at the ready.

In the operating theater-
Johansen and Coltrane walked into the operating theater just as a man in an orange suit crept in from the women's ward. He immediately put his hands up.

"Don't shoot!" he hissed, and they recognized his voice as that of Senior Airman Tom Wu. "Are we the only ones left alive?" He looked around nervously. "There are more of them behind me, they'll be here any second."

In the men's isolation ward-
Captain Kelleher led the way through the other end of the ward and around the corner to the right.

At the padded cells-
Shortly past the corner were two padded cells, one on either side of the hall. The doors were solidly built, with viewing slits set in them at head height. Kelleher pointed at the one on the left. "Hodges, in there." She then motioned at the other cell. "Put Mr. Lewis in that one." Lt. Gomez and Airman SImpson wheeled the gurney into the cell on the right, then locked the door, sealing Colin Lewis inside. Airman Rourke covered Frank Hodges as he walked into the left cell, and then Captain Kelleher locked that door with Rourke's keys.

"Hodges, please don't kill yourself," said Claire. "You've been fighting the infected for longer than any of us, and you have knowledge we need. You said yourself that people have been ignoring what you have to say. Well, I'm listening."

Posted: **Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:33 pm**

Keith-
"it wil be okay, Sweetie" Keith said to Melinda. "Maybe we'll stand a chance here."
Turning to the men around him: "Okay, can we get the screenings started before more infected arrive? We'd really like to get somewhere safe, ya know."

Frank-
"You know, you're right, Clair. I have been fighting for a long time, infortunatly, I've been fighting all of you dipshit military personel!" Frank screamed to Clair. Calming down, he spoke again: "It's ironic that everyone is willing to listen now that I'm done trying to make you listen. Now if you don't mind, I'd like to turn into a homcidal, canibalistic corpse in peace, please."

Posted: **Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:01 am**

Captain Johansen aims his gun at Airman Wu. What do you mean? Are there infected inside the base itself?!Get your ass over here right fuckin' now!

Posted: **Sat Feb 06, 2010 3:11 am**

Looking back at Kowalski as he begins to ascend the ladder Harper replies, "I sure hope so"

Posted: **Sat Feb 06, 2010 5:05 pm**

Colin opened his eyes when he saw that he was alone now. He tried to break the straps he was held with but failed to do so.

Posted: **Sat Feb 06, 2010 10:57 pm**

Outside the clinic-
Harper scaled the ladder.

"And I guess you've got mine," said Kowalski to Feaster as he moved to the bottom of the ladder and waited for his turn to climb.

"Wait a minute, who's got my back?" asked Feaster.

On the fire escape-
Harper reached the first landing. Narrow stairs led the rest of the way up to the roof.
On the roof-
Crew emerged onto the roof, where he saw two men in orange Racal suits with sniper rifles. "And who might you lot be?" he asked.

"I'm Airman Wesson," said one of them. "My partner here is Airman Smith. Somebody upstairs must have thought it would be funny to pair us up."

"Right, I guess you're under my command now. I'm Sergeant Major Raymond Crew. Keep a sharp eye out, lads."

In the intake area-
"Captain Kelleher will start the screening once she gets back," said Sergeant Jessica Valdez. "You'll be safe right here now that we've arrived. In the meantime, does anyone need medical attention?" She looked Keith over. "It looks like they've already done a good job on your wound, sir."

"Sir, maybe we should take a look at your leg now," said Lt. Sara Evans to Captain Johansen.

In the operating theater-
"Don't you remember, sir?" asked Senior AIrman Wu, raising his arms higher and shaking. He stepped nervously over to the captain. "They attacked the front entrance. I got away and hid downstairs. I thought everyone else must have been killed. I turned off my radio because I couldn't stand hearing all the screams." He looked over his shoulder and jumped when Zorie Spooner stepped through the door from the women's ward, followed quickly by Beth, Robert, David, and Lisa. "You're alive!"

"Observant, isn't he?" said David.

"Captain Johansen," said Zorie, "I've brought the rest of the civilians down from the roof."

At the padded cells-
"Getting a bit familiar, aren't we, Airman?" said Captain Claire Kelleher. "You don't call superior officers by the first names, but I can excuse the lapse in discipline under the circumstances. I'll leave if you want, but I'm not leaving you unguarded. If you do succumb to the infection, I'll need someone standing watch."

"I volunteer, ma'am," said Catherine Rourke instantly.

"I'll stay with him too," offered Airman Gary Simpson.

"Thank you both," said Captain Kelleher. "Call if you need anything. I'll screen you two later. Lt. Gomez, you're with me." The two of them went around the corner and into the men's ward.

Posted: **Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:58 am**

Captain Johansen lowers his gun. Yeah, I remember. Get back to the foyer on the double. Everyone back, we've gotten backup from the base. Nice of them to finally show up. He begins to walk back to the foyer.

Posted: **Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:22 pm**

Keith took Melinda and sat down with her on the nearest seat he could find. "Looks like we sit here and wait" he said with a sigh.

Posted: **Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:35 pm**

-Yes. Maybe everything will go ok- Says Melinda without believing much in her own words.

Posted: **Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:19 pm**

Harper finishes climbing the ladder and then continues on the rest of the way to the roof.

Posted: **Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:12 am**

Outside the clinic-
Kowalski headed up the ladder to the fire escape landing, leaving Feaster alone at the bottom.

On the roof-
Harper emerged onto the roof, where Crew was already setting up his L1A1 sniper rifle. He swiveled the scope around and peered through it. "We can get a good view of the rest of the base from up here," he said, then glanced over at Harper. "Good, you're here. Airman First Class Harper, this sniper team has the unlikely names of Smith and Wesson. They were here before us, so I'm sure they know what went down before we got here. Chaps, this is Sebastian Harper, my demolitions expert." He spoke into his radio. "This is Crew. I'm on the roof, and the area looks secure. No sign of any hostiles."

"Nice to meet you," said Wesson. Smith just nodded.

At the padded cells-
Airman Gary Simpson and Airman Catherine Rourke took up their posts in the hallway, their attention on Frank Hodges's cell. "Anything I can do for you, Hodges?" asked Rourke.
In the men's isolation ward-
Captain Kelleher and Lt. Gomez walked through the ward and into the operating theater.

In the operating theater-
Senior Airman Wu and Senior Airman Coltrane followed Captain Johansen back to the intake area. Zorie went next, followed by Beth, Robert, Lisa, and David. Captain Kelleher and Lt. Gomez entered the operating theater from the men's ward. "We're right behind you!" she called. She spoke into her radio. "Lt. Colonel Carmichael, this is Captain Kelleher. We've secured the clinic, and we're about to begin the screenings. Airman Frank Hodges is known to be infected, and we have him under guard locked in a padded cell. One of the civilians, a Mr. Lewis, has broken under the stress and has assaulted one of the orderlies, though he is not showing any symptoms at this time. We locked him in the other padded cell."

"Good place for him," remarked Gomez to himself.

In the intake area-
Lt. Sara Evans looked back to the doors to the operating theater as people began to return. She saluted Captain Johansen. "Welcome back, sir," she said. Then she noticed Senior Airman Tom Wu and walked up to him, holding out the M4. "I believe this belongs to you. Take care not to lose it again. That mad civilian got his hands on it, and we're lucky the whole thing didn't end in bloodshed."

Posted: **Fri Feb 12, 2010 4:36 am**

Captain Johansen returns the salute. Wu, we need all the help we can get at this point, so I'm going to let you hold onto that gun. But if you run off again, there won't be any second chances.

Posted: **Fri Feb 12, 2010 6:07 am**

Colin lay on the cot again and tried to break the restraints once more. but it was useless.

Posted: **Fri Feb 12, 2010 6:06 pm**

In the padded cell:

"How about some smokes and soem chow?" Hodges asked to soldier stationed outside.

Posted: **Sat Feb 13, 2010 12:14 am**

Harper smiles at the two snipers and says, "Nice to meet the both of you." Turning back to Crew, Harper asks, "So where would you like me to set up shop, Sergeant Major?"

Posted: **Tue Feb 16, 2010 3:35 am**

In the operating theater-
Captain Kelleher and Lt. Gomez returned to the intake area.

In the intake area-
"Thank you, sir," said Senior Airman Wu. He accepted his M4 from Lt. Evans and shamefacedly looked at his feet.

"Understood, Captain," replied Carmichael. "Is everyone ready for the briefing?"

"Affirmative, sir," said Captain Kelleher. "Two of the orderlies are guarding the padded cells and some of our people are at the main entrance and on the roof, but they can all hear you on their radios."

"Thank you. Captain Johansen, you are hereby relieved of command. Captain Kelleher is now the commanding officer of this facility. You will continue to serve as her executive officer. Hold on, I'm getting an incoming message on another frequency." He paused for about half a minute, then continued speaking. "Captain Kelleher, prepare for incoming casualties. ETA three minutes."

"Sir, what happened?"

"A squad was sent to investigate a meteorite that had fallen in an open area within the base perimeter, near the southeast corner. It's not clear what exactly happened, but it appears there was a small-scale outbreak there. Security Forces are working right now to contain it. There are three survivors coming your way from the southeast."

Outside the clinic-
Feaster followed Kowalski up the fire escape ladder.

On the roof-
"Right here will be fine," said Crew. "Right now I'll be needing your shooting skills in case of attack. When something needs to be blown up, I'll let you know. Of course, I'm always open to any suggestions you may have to aid in our defense. What sorts of explosives and how many do you have on you? I understand that you didn't have any time to collect additional equipment, but we can requisition whatever you might need."

At that moment, the call from Lt. Colonel Carmichael came in on the radio.

"Right," said Crew, "everyone keep a sharp eye out."
At the padded cells-
"Sorry, I don't smoke," said Catherine Rourke. "The only food we've got on us is MREs. You deserve better for your last meal, but it's either that or hospital chow. Maybe we can get something sent over."

"I've got some smokes," said Gary Simpson, taking out a pack of cigarettes and one of his rations. He unlocked the door and handed them to Frank Hodges. "Here ya go."

While he was doing that, they all heard the incoming message on the radio.

Posted: **Wed Feb 17, 2010 3:58 am**

"Yessir, With a few claymores or other mines I can set up a nice perimeter. I can basically rig anything to blow that you need me to. As for what i'm carrying, I have a satchel charge and four grenades. Anything you can requisition could be useful, You can never have to many things that go boom in my opinion." Sebastian smiles at the Sergeant Major, To anyone that gave it even a little scrutiny they might just notice a little bit of crazy in that smile.

Posted: **Thu Feb 18, 2010 4:45 am**

Captain Johansen frowns. He speaks into his radio. Sir, with all due respect to yourself and Captain Kelleher, as far as I know she does not have any experience dealing with the infected individuals. I do not understand why I am being relieved by an officer with less experience against this very unique and dangerous threat.

Posted: **Mon Feb 22, 2010 3:01 pm**

Colin was getting deperate to get out of his restraints. He tried again one more time. It was to no avail however!

Posted: **Mon Feb 22, 2010 5:15 pm**

In the intake area:
Overhearing the conversation, Keith speaks up: "You best be careful! Those wounded are infected and are going to rise up like all the rests. We all witnessed it with our own eyes. You have to take them someplace secure."

IN the cell:
"Thanks, buddy." Frank said, grabbing the cigarette. He lit it and took a long drag off of it. "And they said these things would kill you.." he said with a laugh.
"A meal from the hospital would be great, but I don't want to put anyone at risk by having it sent over. Just give me an MRE and I'll be good." Taking another drag, he continued: "Hopefully you two will listen while the others out there are not. The infected and the wounded are not to be toyed with. Anyone that falls in battle, bitten or not, will turn into one of those thigns. Anyone. You hear me?"
"The only way to take them out is to shoot them in the head. Anywhere else and you'll only slow them down. If any of your squad mates falls in battle, you have to put a bullet in their heads before they get up again. I know you don't want to do it, but you have to. You'll be saving lives. Trust me."

Posted: **Sat Feb 27, 2010 8:49 pm**

On the roof-
"I like the way you think, Airman," said Crew to Harper. "I was thinking along similar lines myself. We can use the Claymores to establish a perimeter. They used them at a forward observation post this morning, and while they were only of limited effectiveness against the infected, they helped some and they make an excellent early warning system. I'll see if I can get you some." He spoke into his radio. "Captain Kelleher, this is Crew. Can you get your CO to send some Claymores our way, as many as he can? Any other explosives you can requisition would be of use too."

Kowalski and Feaster were now both on the roof as well. Harper didn't notice anything when he looked around, and neither did Crew.
In the intake area-
"I'll do that, Sergeant Major," replied Captain Kelleher to Crew.

"I'm going to be blunt with you, Captain Johansen," said Lt. Colonel Carmichael. "You have been wounded. Your suit has been breached, and you may be infected yourself for all you know. You continue to espouse this ridiculous notion of the dead coming back to life. In short, you have been compromised and I do not know that I can rely on you. Your experience will be useful, and you can give whatever advice you wish to Captain Kelleher - but make no mistake: she is in command. There's no time for arguments; you have incoming survivors who are potentially infected. Is that understood?"

"Sir, Sergeant Major Crew would like to requisition some Claymores, as well as any other explosives you can spare," said Captain Kelleher.

"I can arrange that. I can get you two dozen Claymores within half an hour, and I'll see what else we can scrounge up. Those Claymores will be useful for establishing a perimeter around the clinic. They should be arranged in two concentric rings. The outer ring will have the cones of fire pointed outward to deal with any external threats. The inner ring should be directed inwards, to ensure that nobody breaks quarantine again."

"We'll make sure that the wounded are secured," said Captain Kelleher. "Both padded cells are already occupied, so we may have to improvise. In any event, the new arrivals will be screened first. Lt. Evans, I'm going to need your assistance most of all to direct the nursing staff."

"Yes, ma'am," said Lt. Sara Evans. "It is true about the dead rising, ma'am. I know you find this hard to believe, but I've witnessed it myself."

"Let's put it this way: I believe that you believe it. I know you're sincere, but you need to be careful to whom you repeat that."

At the padded cells-
"No problem," said Simpson, giving Frank Hodges one of his MREs. "Don't worry. When the time comes, I'll do what I have to do." He locked the cell door again.

"We've seen it ourselves," said Catherine Rourke. "It's the reinforcements who haven't accepted it yet. I just hope they don't have to find out the hard way, like we did."

Posted: **Sun Feb 28, 2010 8:42 am**

Captain Johansen bites back his reply. Understood, sir. What's the ETA on the new arrivals?

Posted: **Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:53 am**

"I can do that for you, Sir. I'll start deciding on placement for whatever we're able to get our hands on. Should we leave some sort access route in case of emergency?" Harper asks while seemingly deep in thought.

Posted: **Mon Mar 01, 2010 4:55 pm**

In the padded cells-

Frank opens his MRE's and takes a bite. "You know what, you could do something else for me. Get whom ever is leading the reinforcements back here. I think it's time they started listening to those of us with experience."

In the intake area-

"Jesus christ!" Keith says loudly upon hearing the new captain. "Do we have to go through this bullshit again?! Can we civilians please leave the base, sir? We're tired of getting this same old run around. If you really want to see for yourself the dead rise, go back to the padded cells and check in with the airman who saved all of our lives. He's been infected and will be turning soon."

Posted: **Mon Mar 01, 2010 6:17 pm**

Colin decided to try one more time. He just about did it but the straps were on too tight.

Posted: **Fri Mar 05, 2010 5:21 am**

On the roof-
"We're only getting two dozen Claymores," Crew says to Harper, "so there will inevitably be access routes whether we want them or not. We'll know where you've planted the mines, so we'll be able to bypass them freely. From what I've seen, the infected are too bloody stupid to go around the mines even if they manage to spot them, but there's no point in making it easy for them. That inner ring of Claymores pointed inward will help contain an outbreak if we lose the clinic, but I have confidence that we won't let that happen."
In the intake area-
"ETA is one minute, Captain," said Carmichael over the radio. "i suggest you get ready."

"We're on it, sir," said Captain Kelleher. "Some of the civilians have expressed a desire to leave the base. Can that be arranged?"

"First they beg to be let in, now they want out? Fine, if that's what they want. I'll send a Stryker once one becomes available to pick them up and take them beyond the perimeter. Let me know which ones want to go and I'll have their weapons ready to return to them once they're outside."

"Understood, sir." She relayed the colonel's message to Keith. "While we're helping the wounded, find out which people want to leave and put together a list of their names. Captain Johansen, you'll remain inside for now. You need to stay off your wounded leg as much as possible. Get ready for wounded. Evans, Valdez, and Winters, with me." She led the way through the vestibule and outside. Lt. Evans and Sergeant Valdez followed.
At the padded cells-
"I'll try," said Catherine Rourke. She spoke into her radio. "This is Airman Rourke, at the padded cells. Airman Hodges is requesting the presence of Captain Kelleher."

"I'm a little busy right now," she replied. "We've got incoming casualties. I'll stop by when I get a free moment."

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2010 12:53 am**

As Harper is pondering location to place the claymores he hears something that startles him out of his daze.

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2010 12:59 am**

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2010 3:58 am**

Captain Johansen nods meekly. Understood.

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:37 pm**

- How many time before a new wave of those things will appear?

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:25 pm**

In the waiting area-

"Can my girl and I get checked out, please? We'd really like to get armed and ready to help before the wounded arrive." Keith said.

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:31 pm**

OOC: How is Hodges feeling?

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:49 pm**

Senior Airman Wright shifted uncomfortably in his Rascal suit as he stood guard on the entrance, not his ideal post be he was sure as hell going to make sure nothing came through that door. As he stood MP5 in hand, he checked both Raffin and Darrow were in position and alert. "Eye's open Airmen." He muttered in an almost mantra like fashion.

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:19 pm**

Unslinging his Rifle Harper nudges the Sergeant Major and says, "Sergeant Major, We have an incoming humvee." using the barrel of his rifle he points in the direction of the approaching vehicle.

Posted: **Tue Mar 09, 2010 1:22 am**

Colin looked around for something that he may be able to reach to help him out of the straps.

Posted: **Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:54 am**

Posted: **Thu Mar 11, 2010 3:29 pm**

Posted: **Fri Mar 12, 2010 5:19 am**

On the roof-
Crew had also heard the humvee approaching and turned to look at it. "Yes, I see it, Airman," he said. "Well spotted. Let's keep a weather eye on it." From their high vantage point, the men on the roof watched as the humvee entered the clinic's parking lot near the west side of the building.

Outside the clinic-
Captain Claire Kelleher led the way outside, followed by Lt. Sara Evans, Technical Sergeant Jessica Valdez, and Airman Marcus Winters. Senior Airman Sam Wright stood guard at the entrance with Airman Phyllis Darrow and Airman Basic Ken Raffin. As they watched, a humvee pulled up near the main entrance. Its windows were shattered, and three orange-suited figures were inside. The female driver was hunched over the wheel, and two men rode in the back. Both men had rips in their Racal suits, and their faceplates were broken. The woman put the vehicle in park and climbed out, leaning on its side.

"What happened?" asked Captain Kelleher.

"You wouldn't believe me, ma'am," said the driver. "Let's just get these guys inside; they're hurt bad."
In the intake area-
"The colonel meant you'd get your weapons back once you're outside the base, I'm sure," said Lt. Gomez to Keith. "Anyway, it's going to be a little while before they can pick you up. The wounded will be here any minute now."

"My son isn't going anywhere without me," said Amanda Deeds.

"Then I'm coming with you," said Lisa. "I still think we'll be safer here, but I'll go wherever you do."

"Anyone else want to leave?" asked Lt. Barbara Ellison.

At the padded cells-
"Maybe they'll give you permission to leave too," Catherine suggested to Frank. "They probably don't want you on the base in your condition anyway. Want me to ask?"

Posted: **Sat Mar 13, 2010 2:50 pm**

Standing guard at the entrnace Senior Airman Wright watched intently as the Humvee pulled up.

Posted: **Sat Mar 13, 2010 10:53 pm**

Posted: **Sun Mar 14, 2010 1:37 am**

Harper watches the humvee approach with everyone else. He raises his rifle some in case things get ugly.

Posted: **Sun Mar 14, 2010 1:57 am**

"Raffin, Darrow, hold your position." orders Sam as he steps forward approaching Captain Kelleher. "Ma'am, I recommend quarantine for all three. That suit's compromised." he says, pointing at the tear in the drivers Rascal.

Posted: **Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:48 pm**

Colin was still unable to get out of his straps.

Posted: **Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:54 am**

Captain Johansen waited in the intake area, idly drumming his fingers. No gunshots... guess these ones are still alive.

Posted: **Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:12 pm**

Posted: **Thu Mar 18, 2010 3:41 am**

On the roof-
Crow and Harper kept a close watch on the events below at the entrance. The two snipers were keeping an eye out in other directions to prevent the arrival of the wounded from distracting them from other potential threats.

Outside the clinic-
"It's just a scratch," insisted the driver. "I wasn't bitten; I was stung by this...this giant flying insect-thing."

"Good eye, Senior Airman," said Captain Kelleher. She turned to the driver. "I'm afraid he's right. If you've been stung, then an unknown substance may have been injected directly into your bloodstream. Not only that, but your suit has been compromised. You'll have to stay here. Can you walk?"

"I..I think so, ma'am. I'm just...I feel so sleepy..."

"Everyone, help me get these guys inside." Captain Kelleher, assisted by Airman Winters, helped one of the men out of the humvee. He was unable to move on his own, but he was still conscious, moaning in pain. His Racal suit had a few similar holes in it. Lt. Sara Evans and Technical Sergeant Jessica Valdez carried out the other man, who was unconscious but still breathing. His suit had several punctures like the others. The driver was able to stagger to the door and inside.

In the intake area-
"I want to leave," said Senior Airman Tom Wu.

"That's not even funny," said Lt. Ellison, frowning. She turned when she saw an unfamiiar woman in a Racal suit stumble inside. "Are you hurt?"

"I'll...be fine, ma'am," she said. "I just need to lie down." She hauled herself over to a gurney that the medical staff had set upright while they were waiting and climbed onto it.
At the padded cells-
"Airman Hodges?" asked Catherine, concerned. She looked through the glass window to make sure he hadn't died.

Posted: **Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:54 am**

Shit. Captain Johansen springs to his feet and rushes over to the new arrivals. He bends over the woman on the gurney, examining her wounds. Fucking hell what happened?

Posted: **Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:43 pm**

As he continues to watch the entrance Harper asks Crew, "Do we have any other scheduled arrivals or is this the last?"

Posted: **Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:20 am**

Colin grunted with effort and tried to break the straps again. Again it was no use. He closed his eyes in anger.

Posted: **Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:59 pm**

Seeing the wounded Keith gets a paniced look: "Sweetie, we need to get upstairs now. They are going to turn!"
Keith looks to the others in the room as me moved with Melinda and his mom to the stair well: "Be careful with them! They will turn as soon as they die. The insect bites are the worse. We saw it at the motel earlier today."

In the padded cell:
"Ma'am, you need to listen to the others out there. Anyone wounded is infected and will turn into a zombie when they die. This isn't a maybe, it's a given fact. Once they turn, you are all in a world of shit. Bullets need to be put in the heads on any one who dies out there. If you don't, you put everyones lives at risk."

Posted: **Sun Mar 28, 2010 1:03 am**

On the roof-
"This lot weren't exactly scheduled," said Crew, "but no, as far as I know they're the last, until our supplies get here."

Outside the clinic-
Captain Kelleher and Airman Winters assisted the wounded man in moving inside, followed by Lt. Evans and Sergeant Valdez carrying the unconscious one. Senior Airman Wright took up his position guarding the main entrance once more.

In the intake area-
"Bit busy here, Airman Hodges," said Captain Kelleher into her radio as she and the others entered and placed the wounded onto gurneys.

Captain Johansen examined the driver. She didn't appear too badly hurt physically, and her only wound was the small hole in the back of her Racal suit. It looked like a sting from an animal of some sort, perhaps a scorpion, but it was too big to be a normal insect sting. That wouldn't have caused more than a pinprick in the suit, if that. From her symptoms, it seemed she was suffering from poison, perhaps a venom of some sort.

While the medical staff was busy running around and trying to deal with the wounded, Keith led Melinda through the doors to the operating theater. Amanda, Lisa, Beth, and Robert followed them.

In the operating theater-
"This isn't going to end pretty," said Amanda. "The stairs are that way." She pointed at the door to the women's isolation ward.

At the padded cells-
Relieved that Frank Hodges was all right, Catherine Rourke returned to her guard duty.

"I don't think the captain will listen until the truth bites her in the face," said Gary Simpson, "but you're welcome to try."

Posted: **Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:57 am**

Captain Johansen carefully pulls back the edge of the Racal Suit to get a better look at the wound. Ma'am, what exactly happened?

Posted: **Mon Mar 29, 2010 4:30 pm**

-We need to get in a place whe we can barricade ourselve and get some guns. They are not much, and they should be easy to kill after they all turn.

Posted: **Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:12 pm**

"I'm sure I can arrange that," Frank said with a smile. "Bring her back here. In about 15min I'll be trying to bite all of you in the face."

"Ignoring those with real world experience is going to get you or someone else killed, Captain" Frank said into the radio. "I have all the proof you need right here, if you'll just come back here." Frank could tell he was not going to convice the captain without taking drastic measures

In the womans ward-

"I think it'll be the soldiers that are will be easily killed, infortunatly." Keith said with worry. "They don't know to aim for the hear and will be sitting ducks down there, which is why we have to get somewhere safe."

Posted: **Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:14 am**

"Sergeant Major, I've been thinking and I believe I have come up with a better solution to our perimeter problem. If we can get our hands on a bunch of flashbangs and some fishing wire I can set up a tripwire outer perimeter and use the claymores for closer to the building. This would let us close the holes from having so few claymores since the flashbangs are only limited by the length of the wire." Harper seems rather proud of himself for thinking up the new approach to the plan.

Posted: **Sat Apr 03, 2010 5:45 pm**

Colin grunted one more time and with great streangth he heard the straps rip and he was free! He silently got off of the guarney and tiptoed to the door looking through the glass quickly.

Posted: **Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:01 pm**

Captain Kelleher ponders for a moment and continues helping the wounded man inside.

Posted: **Sun Apr 04, 2010 7:20 pm**

On the roof-
"Brilliant!" said Crew. "I'm sure they can get us some flashbangs and tripwires along with the Claymores." He opened up a channel to Carmichael. "Sir, can you add in a bunch of flashbangs and tripwires to that order of Claymores?" he asked. "Airman Harper came up with the idea of rigging up an early warning system with them around the outer perimeter."

"That can be arranged, Sergeant Major," answered Carmichael. "We haven't really been using flashbangs much today, as the infected aren't hindered by them at all, but here we can put them to good use. I'm glad you asked for that demolitions expert. You should have them a little before 4:00. Anything else to report?"

"Three injured survivors were brought into the clinic just now, sir. Other than that, all's quiet."

"Good. Let's hope it stays that way."

In the intake area-
Captain Johansen examined the sting wound. It was discolored around the edges, turning the skin on her back black in a ring surrounding the small hole. It definitely looked like some kind of venom, but he couldn't say what kind. There were antivenoms that could be used to treat poisonings, but there was no guarantee any of them would work, and they were often dangerous enough to be deadly in their own right.

The driver sighed. "I'll tell you," she said, "but you probably won't believe me. My unit was sent to investigate one of those meteorites that had come down. It was inside the base perimeter, in an open area. It was just lying in a smoking crater. As we got nearer to it, there was this buzzing sound coming from within it. It didn't even look like a rock, more like...an egg, I guess. You could almost see through its...shell. And there was something inside. When we got real close, the buzzing got even louder, and then it just cracked open! This yellow, awful-smelling mist came out, and then...the creatures attacked! They looked like giant mosquitoes, but they had claws and there were so many of them!" She began to cry. "We lost almost an entire platoon. People went down, and when they got back up they...they were infected. Only Russell and I stayed on our feet. We carried Yoshimuro to the Hummer and bugged out. We were all stung, but only one of them got me...it's just a flesh wound, really..."

Lt. Sara Evans examined and treated the unconscious man, who the driver had identified as Yoshimuro. "He's still alive," she said, "but we're losing him fast, ma'am!" She worked feverishly to keep the man alive. "He's got some kind of virulent toxin in his bloodstream. The only thing I can think of to save him is a massive transfusion. We'll have to replace all of the blood in his body, which means ten units!"

"We don't have that much O-neg!" said Wu. "What's his blood type?"

Lt. Evans checked his dog tags. "Crap! He's A-negative! Have we got enough A-neg and O-neg combined?"

"Barely. But do we want to use it all on him? Then we won't have any left for others, and he'll probably die anyway."

"Ma'am?" Sara asked Captain Kelleher.
In the operating theater-
Amanda and the other civilians went with Keith into the women's isolation ward.

In the women's isolation ward-
"They do know to shoot them in the head, at least," said Amanda. "It's only the new people who don't know that the dead are rising. The others already saw for themselves. They're not as weak as you think." Still, she didn't slow down her pace as she made for the stairs, pointing the way ahead. "This way."

At the padded cells-
There was no reply from Captain Kelleher on the radio yet. "She said she was busy," said Catherine Rourke to Frank. "We were ordered to stay here, so we can't leave our posts to go get her. We'll have to wait until she's free."

"Or eaten," said Simpson.

Posted: **Sun Apr 04, 2010 10:35 pm**

Captain Johansen tried to get a better look, looking for a stinger. Inside the perimeter? How far? He frowns and radios Carmichael. Sir, be advised we maybe have highly venomous, um, bugs I suppose inside the perimeter of the base. They appear to have wiped out an entire platoon of soldiers.

Posted: **Sun Apr 04, 2010 11:13 pm**

Posted: **Mon Apr 05, 2010 2:14 am**

"I have never seen anything like this before." Captain Kelleher exclaims in an exasperated tone.
" I want all the casualties strapped to back boards before we continue. According to all the accounts I have heard infection is characterised by apparent death followed by some form of violent psychosis. I don't need to be fending off violent lunatics while I'm trying to work. Immobilisation is the best option. As to the blood transfusion, it is a waste of our blood stocks. How well equipped is this place? If we can get him hooked up to a dialysis machine it may remove the toxin."

Posted: **Mon Apr 05, 2010 6:53 pm**

In the women's isolation ward-

Keith took up the rear and he and Melinda followed his mother to the stairs. "I don't think they are weak, by any means, I just don't think they are properly prepared for what's going to happen. Those zinbies are deadly at close quarters."

In his cell-

"Well, you two be prepared, will ya? If all hell breaks loose, keep your distance and aim for the head."

Posted: **Tue Apr 06, 2010 2:32 am**

Harper goes back to watching the surrounding area while he waits for the explosives to be delivered.

Posted: **Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:57 am**

Lt. Gomez cringed at the words "virulent toxin" and asked Lt. Sara Evans "Anything I can do to help?"

Posted: **Fri Apr 09, 2010 2:20 am**

Captain Kelleher overhears Lt. Gomez and replies"Just stay back for now while we work Gomez. Don't go anywhere though we may need some muscle round here if they get violent"

Posted: **Sat Apr 10, 2010 4:14 pm**

Posted: **Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:33 pm**

On the roof-
Harper settled down to wait and kept watch. It was almost 3:30 now, so the explosives would not arrive for close to half an hour.
In the intake area-
"Yes, ma'am," said Lt .Evans as she tried to stablize the dying man. "We have a dialysis machine and back boards. They're in the operating theater. Senior Airman Wu, go get them and bring them back. We're pretty well equipped, ma'am, but we have been exhausting some of our supplies throughout the day. We've never been this busy,"

"Right away, ma'am," said Tom Wu. He hurried through the double doors.

"Not far from the fence..." muttered the driver, closing her eyes and lying back. "So tired..."

"Hang in there," said Lt. Ellison. "We're going to do what we can for you."

"Right, bugs," replied Carmichael on the radio, the skepticism in his voice obvious. "Have you seen these bugs, Captain? Has anyone else? Are they attacking the clinic?"

In the operating theater-
Tom Wu burst in from the intake area.

In the women's isolation area-
Amanda, Lisa, Robert, and Beth went with Keith and Melinda down the hall and into the stairwell.

In the stairwell, ground floor-
Keith led the small group of civilians into the stairwell. Stairs went down to the basement and up to the upper floors and the roof.

"It's only a couple of flights up," said Amanda. "I'm sure everything is going to be all right."

At the padded cells-
Simpson nodded grimly. "We'll be ready," he said.

Posted: **Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:12 pm**

Captain Johansen radios Carmichael. Myself sir? No, I have not. However, these three survivors all have wounds characteristic of insect stings, and two of them appear to be in severe toxic shock. Regardless, I think the incident merits investigation

Posted: **Sat Apr 10, 2010 11:03 pm**

"Gomez go with Wu. We need that equipment in here fast." says Captain Kelleher without looking up from her work.

Posted: **Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:26 pm**

Keith followed the women into the stairwell. "Let's make sure we knock before exiting up top. I don't need to be shot again."

Posted: **Tue Apr 13, 2010 3:17 pm**

Posted: **Tue Apr 13, 2010 8:54 pm**

As Harper continues watching the surrounding area he notices something out of the corner of his eye.

Posted: **Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:00 pm**

On the roof-
Sergeant Major Crew noticed nothing.
In the intake area-
Gomez followed Wu into the operating theater.

"All we know about whatever happened in the southeast part of the base is that there was some sort of outbreak," replied Carmichael on the radio. "We have Security Forces en route to deal with the threat there. This is the first I've heard of any insects, but I'd take the accounts of the survivors with a grain of salt. They're wounded and possibly delirious, and they could be affected mentally by whatever it is that's going around today. I'd like to hear Captain Kelleher's opinion when she's done treating the wounded. Really, she should be the one to talk to me, since she is in charge at your end, but I understand that she must be busy at the moment. Give her whatever assistance you can, Captain."

"He's going into cardiac arrest!" shouted Lt. Sara Evans. The heart monitor attached to the man she was examining showed he was flatlining, an eerie tone coming from its speakers. "Let's get the crash cart over here!" Lt. Ellison hurried to comply.
In the operating theater-
Senior Airman Wu found the dialysis machine and a few back boards in relatively short order. He was gathering them up when Lt. Gomez entered from the intake area. "Sir," he said. "Let's get these back to the captain."

In the stairwell-
"That's a good idea," said Amanda. "They've probably locked the door too, so I doubt we'd be able to open it anyway." She hurried up the stairs with the others, soon reaching an upper floor landing. The stairs continued up to the roof.

At the padded cells-
Catherine Rourke and Gary Simpson continued to watch Frank Hodges.

Posted: **Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:27 pm**

Sergeant Valdez observed the hustle and bustle around her.

For now, there was nothing she could do but wait, until an emergency would demand her expertise.

Posted: **Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:33 pm**

"Sergeant Major, We may want to get inside. It looks like those insects that we've been hearing about are on their way here." Harper tells Crew as he points in the direction of the approaching cloud, "We might be able to pick off a few if you would rather we try that."

Harper raises his rifle to see if he can get a clear shot from this range.

Posted: **Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:46 pm**

Posted: **Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:53 pm**

Captain Kelleher notices something as the noise of the heart monitor draws her attention away from the man she is working on. "Tell Carmicheal I will give him a full report once I have stabilised these casualties and assessed the situation fully" she shouts over to Johansen. Turning her attention to Evans and Ellison "Do you have everything under control over there?"

Posted: **Sun Apr 18, 2010 11:01 pm**

In the intake area-
"No, ma'am!" said Sara. "We're losing him!"

Posted: **Sun Apr 18, 2010 11:04 pm**

Harper turns to watch for whoever is coming up the stairs while the rest of the men try to thin out the insects.

Posted: **Sun Apr 18, 2010 11:17 pm**

"Shit, do the best you can. There goes another one."exclaims Kelleher. "Someone get another crash cart over here right now. Johansen, the driver isn't looking good. Take care of him"

Posted: **Mon Apr 19, 2010 2:29 am**

Captain Johansen was too distracted to hear a thing. He radios Carmichael. Sir, Captain Kelleher will make her full report soon. To Kelleher herself he says. Ma'am I have my hands busy here.

Posted: **Mon Apr 19, 2010 2:54 am**

Crew looked over and noticed what was coming. "I think its best if we moved inside. I doubt we could thin them out enough to make an impact." he said looking at Harper.

Posted: **Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:34 am**

Keith moves to the door an knocks on it: "Hello? Civillians here. May we come upstairs?"

Posted: **Thu Apr 22, 2010 3:45 am**

On the roof-
Airman Wesson shouldered his sniper rifle and ran for the door, fishing out his keys and unlocking it hastily. "I'm sorry, sir," he said. "You can't come up here. It's not safe. We've got incoming!"

"If we have incoming," said Amanda on the other side of the now open door, "then wouldn't the safest place be on the roof?"

"No, ma'am...these things fly." He glanced to the southeast. "Holy crap!" His eyes went wide with terror, color draining from his face. However, his panic served only to spur him on, and he did not think about what was coming. Smith grabbed up his rifle and followed, making a more orderly retreat to the door. Kowalski also remained calm, and so did Feaster - barely. Both of them also rushed for the door.

The small swarm got closer, and it changed course to head directly for the group of people gathered on the roof. The shapes were now big enough for Harper to distinguish individual creatures. They only superficially resembled mosquitoes, but they were much larger. They had thin, membraneous wings and tiny claws, as well as vicious-looking stingers in their tails. Thankfully, there were only eight of them.

Feaster barely pushed his way through the door before anyone else, followed close behind by Wesson. Smith got stuck behind his comrades.
In the stairwell-
Amanda pressed herself against the wall on the landing at the top of the stairs as the men started hurrying inside. Neither she nor anyone with her could see what the fuss was all about, but these guys looked terrified.

"You don't think it's those mosquito-things Michael told us about, do you?" asked Beth.

"I hope not," said Robert. "Everyone back downstairs!" He took Beth by the hand and hustled her down.
In the operating theater-
Lt. Oscar Gomez didn't hear Captain Kelleher calling for another crash cart with all of the hustle and bustle, but Tom Wu did. "Screw the back boards!" he said, dropping them. He grabbed hold of a crash cart and wheeled it back to the intake area while Lt. Gomez followed him with the dialysis machine.

In the intake area-
"Understood," replied Carmichael. "Carmichael out."

Gomez and Wu burst in through the double doors with their machines, which kept swinging behind them. Wu wheeled the cart over to the second man who had flatlined with Gomez. Meanwhile, Sara Evans and Barbara Ellison worked feverishly trying to save the first man with the crash cart they already had.

"Clear!" cried Lt. Evans, pressing the paddles to the man's chest. The body jolted briefly, but lay still. "Give me more power! 300 Joules!" Barbara turned up a dial, and Sara tried again after shouting "Clear!" once more, also with no success.

Captain Johansen was focused on the driver and saw nothing else, not even her heart monitor. She lay absolutely still now. He had no idea how to treat her for the poisoning she was obviously suffering from, as it was like nothing he had ever seen before.
At the padded cells-
"Wonder what's going on back there?" said Catherine. "It sounds crazy. I think I can hear someone flatlining."

"At least it's not us," said Gary.

Posted: **Thu Apr 22, 2010 10:50 am**

Sergeant Valdez saw Gomez and Wu come in with a crash cart and dialysis machine. It seemed that one or more of the wounded from the humvee were dying; or at least seemed to be.

She remembered what Captain Kelleher had said about the infected and their hostility once they came back to something resembling consciousness.

I'd better be ready, she thought.

She readied her Beretta, making sure its safety was off and approached the operating theatre.

Posted: **Thu Apr 22, 2010 3:37 pm**

In the padded cell -
"If you hear someone flatlining, you best get ready for hell to break loose." Frank said. "You have to listen to what I said: You need to shoot the zombies in the head when they raise up. It's the only way to stop them. Anyone that dies, regardless of how they die, will need to have a bullet in their head before they rise up again. Understoon?"
OOC: How is Frank feeling?

At the stairwells-
Keith was startled by the sudden influx of soldiers. He grabbed Melinda and Amanda's arms and pulled them down the stairs towards the landing. "Come one, we've got to move down here."

Posted: **Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:19 am**

Crew was surprised by the sight before him. As he stared he suddenly felt as if his mind was burdened. He felt whatever he was thinking could be put on hold so he could deal with the situation at hand.

Crew took a knee and motioned towards the door with his left hand. "Get down there quick!"
Crew then took aim down his L1A1 at what he figured was the closest creature. He held his breath and squeesed the trigger.He saw that he hit the creature but knew that his shot hadn't been the best.

Posted: **Fri Apr 23, 2010 2:31 am**

Noticing the driver also flatlining Captain Kelleher had to make a hard decision "Get the crash cart to the driver, she has more of a chance. The poison is too far advanced in this one." she says to Wu shaking her head. "Johansen! Prep her quickly" She calls across as she begins charging the paddles on the way over.

Posted: **Fri Apr 23, 2010 3:07 am**

Posted: **Fri Apr 23, 2010 3:38 am**

Captain Johansen nods frantically. Fuck! He begins to remove the drivers uniform to apply the paddles do her chest.

Posted: **Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:41 am**

Sergeant Valdez called out to Airman Winters: "Winters! Look alive! We don't know what exactly is going on, but we do know that once the infected come back to consciousness they become hostile. I need you to be ready when that happens."

Posted: **Fri Apr 23, 2010 10:07 am**

-Don't need to say that twice-says Melinda running as fast as she could.

Posted: **Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:33 am**

Harper raises his rifle at the approaching monsters. While the sight unnerved him, He was able to hold it together. Sighting down his rifle, Harper fires off three rounds at the beasts, Two of them tear into his target. The third bullet misses its mark but Harper is not able to see where it went.

Posted: **Sat Apr 24, 2010 2:53 am**

"Two jolts each on these guys and then we back off if we don't have a pulse" Captain Kelleher calls out. "I don't want anyone getting infected"

Posted: **Sat Apr 24, 2010 5:16 am**

Posted: **Sat Apr 24, 2010 5:27 pm**

Crew looked around quickly at who was left on the roof. "Smith, Harper, get down those stairs!" he shouted aiming down his L1A1 again at the bugs. Crew rushed with his shot and missed the bugs by a mile.

Posted: **Sun Apr 25, 2010 4:08 am**

Posted: **Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:45 am**

Posted: **Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:58 am**

Hearing Crew's order, Harper begins making his way towards the doorway.

Posted: **Mon Apr 26, 2010 4:01 am**

Posted: **Mon Apr 26, 2010 4:12 am**

Posted: **Mon Apr 26, 2010 4:42 am**

On the roof-
Harper darted through the door, squeezing past Smith effortlessly. Smith stumbled and still couldn't get through, as he and Kowalski got in each other's way. Crew and Harper had each slain one of the bugs, but six remained and they were getting dangerously close. Smith still couldn't quite manage to get through the crowd, but Kowalkski finally made it. Smith ended up trapped on the roof.

Posted: **Mon Apr 26, 2010 4:45 pm**

Om the stair landing -
"Keith moves to the nearest soldier: "I give me your sidearm. I'm an ex-soldier, I can shoot and can help fend them off!"

In the padded cell -

Frank sat back and tried to fight the infection

OOC: I don't plan on doing anything with Hodges. Should I pick up another PC while he eventually turns in the cell?

Posted: **Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:03 pm**

Posted: **Tue Apr 27, 2010 2:55 am**

As Harper squeezes through the doorway he starts barking orders at the civilians, "DOWN THE STAIRS NOW!" He raises his rifle for to drive home his orders.

Posted: **Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:08 am**

Posted: **Tue Apr 27, 2010 9:40 pm**

On the landing-
"Head downstairs" Keith said to the ladies as he turned to face Harper.

Standing tall in the face of Harpers raised rifle: "What?! Are you going to shoot me.....again?! I was just offereing help to make sure no one else loses their lives. If you were smart you'd take the help." Motioning with his arm in a sweeping motion to the downstairs where the civillians are, Keith continues: "We've faced more of those zombies and bugs, and lost more friends and family today at the truck stop than any of you could imagine. A truck stop, I might add, that was protected by a group of soldiers just like you. Who made it out of that hell hole alive? We did! The Civillians. How did we make it out of ther alive? By working as a team! So when you and your fellow 'soldiers' get eaten alive because you're so married to your 'orders' and won't take a helping hand when it's offered, we civillians will be here to but your asses back down."

Infuriated, Keith turns and heads down stairs.

Posted: **Tue Apr 27, 2010 11:43 pm**

Crew tried to get through the door but failed to get through it with Smith and Kowalski in thew way. He tried once more as Smith fell back but couldn't get through in his rush. Crew Then turned to see what was coming his way.

Posted: **Wed Apr 28, 2010 4:41 am**

Posted: **Wed Apr 28, 2010 11:56 am**

-Keith, don't waste your time with him, he is already marked to die with those bugs, let's save those who are reasonable.

Posted: **Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:36 pm**

Posted: **Thu Apr 29, 2010 4:35 am**

On the roof-
Crew's parting shot slew another of the creatures. He and Airman Smith both tried and failed to get through the mad press of terrified people, but they were still just outside the door when the remaining five mosquitos arrived. They flew in a V formation, with one in front and two on each wing, and they came in like a squadron of dive bombers. Small dive bombers, to be sure, but no less deadly. Only one broke off and went after Crew; the rest descended on the hapless Smith. The evil insect came within a hair's breadth of stinging Crew, but it missed him by inches. Smith's luck miraculously held, the bugs buzzing all around him but failing to strike home with their glistening stingers.
On the stairwell-
"Let's go!" cried Amanda. She took Lisa's and Melinda's hands and rushed down the stairs, followed by Keith.They reached the landing of the upper floor before they heard the ominous buzzing from above. Robert and Beth were already there.

"Keep running!" shouted Beth.

Harper, Feaster, Kowalski, and Wesson were at the top of the stairs, and they could now see the mosquito-like things attacking their comrades. "Sarge!" shouted Wesson. "Get inside, quick!"

Just then, a burst of automatic gunfire came from somewhere below.
In the intake area-
Airman Winters readied his M-16 and flicked the safety off, watching the bodies carefully. Captain Johansen opened up the driver's Racal suit - at this point breaching the suit was the least of her worries - and then ripped open her uniform's top. Captain Kelleher and Lt. Gomez raced over with the crash cart. They applied the paddles to the driver's chest once, but there was no response.

"It's no good," said Lt. Evans, shaking her head at the failed effort to revive the man she was treating. She looked at her watch. "I'm calling it. Time of death is 3:32 PM."

Suddenly, the man sat up. "Look, he's-" started Zorie, then stopped when she saw his red, malevolent eyes. Reacting calmly, she backed away towards the operating theater doors.

Then the other dead man got up, his eyes equally crimson. The two of them stood and staggered after the nearest living humans.

Lt. Doolittle went utterly pale, her mind on the brink. She raised her MP-5 and sprayed death at the second zombie, the one with nobody around it. All but one of her bullets hit it, and it fell, riddled with holes.
At the padded cells-
"We certainly know that by now," said Gary.

"Damn," said Catherine when the gunfire echoed down the hall. "I always miss all the fun."

Posted: **Thu Apr 29, 2010 10:42 am**

Although the sight of the infected was unnerving, Sergeant Valdez kept her cool.

One of the infected had apparently been taken care of already, which left just the one.

Not wanting to lose any more people to whatever was going on here, Valdez decided to take a risk and drag Lt. Evans and Lt. Ellison out of the line of sight. The infected didn't seem to be able to move that quickly.

Valdez made a grab for the nearest person, as she shouted: "Winters! I don't want to lose any more people, either through infection or blue on blue incidents. We need to get Lt. Evans and Ellison out of harm's way, then we'll deal with the hostile. I'll take one, you take the other!"

Posted: **Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:58 pm**

Captain Kelleher raises an eyebrow as the zombie sits up before applying the charged paddles to it's head, discharging 1000v into it's brain.

Posted: **Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:00 am**

Crew looked at the door and took the opportunity to get through. He tried to close the door behind him but was in such a rush that he missed the handle completely and instead went right into the stairwell. "Harper cover me!" he said hoping Harper would shoot the mosquito that had attacked him.

Posted: **Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:41 am**

Posted: **Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:44 am**

Hearing Crews order, Harper fired at the creature that had just been attacking Crew. The shot hit squarely on the giant mosquito, "Glad you could join us Sergeant Major."

Posted: **Fri Apr 30, 2010 4:22 am**

Captain Johansen isn't evenphased by the zombies. He pulls out his handgun and fires, striking a zombie in the left leg and causing some damage, and fires again. This bullet strikes the zombie in the head and killing it outright.

Posted: **Fri Apr 30, 2010 4:28 am**

Posted: **Fri Apr 30, 2010 10:31 am**

Captain Kelleher misses with the paddles and quickly moves back out of the way to give the others a clear shot while drawing her own sidearm.

Posted: **Fri Apr 30, 2010 8:07 pm**

Posted: **Mon May 03, 2010 4:36 am**

On the stairwell-
Harper shot one of the mosquitos and badly wounded it, but the hideous thing didn't fall. Smith barreled into the stairwell behind Crew and slammed the door, but not before the wounded mosquito slipped inside. Wesson plugged it with his M-24, blowing the damaged creature to bits. Then Kowalski locked the door.

Further down, Beth, Robert, Amanda, Keith, Melinda, and Lisa reached the landing on the floor above the ground floor.

Outside the clinic-
Sam Wright turned and looked inside when he heard the gunfire within the clinic, as did Darrow and Raffin. By the time they heard the buzzing sound behind them, it was too late. Wright dropped his jaw in shock, his mind fried, but he was beyond thought at this point. Airman Phyllis Darrow was also taken aback, terror seizing her heart as she realized she was about to die. She turned and ran across the parking lot. Airman Basic Ken Raffin shrank back in horror, unable to cope. He lost all reason, turning his rifle on himself and fired. One round struck him in the thigh, causing him to fall and pass out.

Two of the mosquitos dove for Sam Wright, while one pursued each of the others. One of the ones attacking Sam came right for him, and he nimbly leapt aside. "Help!" he cried into his radio. "The bugs are at the front door!"

The mosquito chasing Darrow easily kept up with her and very nearly stung her. The other one missed Raffin as he fell.

In the intake area-
David winced, only narrowly holding onto his marbles. Coltrane had just seen one too many of these things, but he was getting used to them enough that it didn't affect him so badly this time. Lt. Sara Evans remained her usual calm self, and Lt. Oscar Gomez was also all right. Lt. Barbara Ellison kept her cool as well. Senior Airman Tom Wu went just a little bit loopier. Winters shuddered, but only a little. Everyone drew their weapons.

Then the driver sat straight up and lunged for Captain Johansen with alarming speed, her malevolent red eyes wide open.
At the padded cells-
"Jeez!" said Gary when the report came in on the radio.

"Stay frosty," said Catherine.

Posted: **Mon May 03, 2010 5:15 pm**

On the landing-
Keith leads the women down to the ground floor and looks for a place to hide.

In the padded cell-
Frank sits and chuckles to himself at the sound of chaos enveloping the operating room: "Maybe they will listen now?" he says to himself.

Posted: **Mon May 03, 2010 5:31 pm**

Posted: **Mon May 03, 2010 8:04 pm**

Captain Johansen shoves his pistol between him and the zombie and fires. One bullet hits the zombie in the chest, mangling it's insides. The other bullet goes wide. Fuck! Somebody shoot the bitch!

Posted: **Tue May 04, 2010 5:06 am**

Posted: **Tue May 04, 2010 4:05 pm**

As Keith moves with the ladies down to the main floor, Keith scans the area for anything he can use as a weapon, but fails to spot anything.

Posted: **Tue May 04, 2010 7:59 pm**

Posted: **Tue May 04, 2010 9:05 pm**

"Ok people, Back down the stairs in an orderly fashion. You need to make it to a room with no windows in it and stay there till an officer comes and tells you to leave." Harper barks at the people crammed into the stair well.

Posted: **Tue May 04, 2010 11:49 pm**

Captain Kelleher takes aim at the zombie with her sidearm.

Posted: **Wed May 05, 2010 1:41 am**

Crew breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that he needed to find the other people in the building and secure them. He looked around and it seemed that everyone was ok even if they were a bit shaken up.

"We need to secure all the personnel in this building guys.

Smith stay here and watch the door, if they start to break through come and alert the rest of us.

Kowalski and Wesson, find the med staff and make sure they are secure with these civilians.

Harper, me and you will head to the front entrance and lock it up, we will then rendezvous with the medical staff and make a plan from there. Remember guys those bugs arn't like enemies we have been trained to plan for, so the plan will most likely change as we go."

He took a deep breath and nodded for them to get after it.

Posted: **Wed May 05, 2010 9:52 am**

-You heard the man, just walk.

Posted: **Fri May 07, 2010 2:47 am**

On the stairwell-
"Yes, Sergeant Major," said Smith, taking up his post inside the door and aiming his sniper rifle at it. Kowalski and Wesson headed down the stairs, along with Crew and Harper, as the main entrance was also on the ground floor. They soon reached the next landing, partway down.

"What about me?" asked Feaster. He shrugged. "Guess I'm supposed to stay here."

Further below, the civilians all reached the ground floor. The stairs continued down to the basement, and a door led out of the stairwell back into the women's isolation ward.

Outside the clinic-
Sam Wright brought up the barrel of his MP-5 and sprayed lead at the two mosquitos attacking him. Both of them were caught in the line of fire. One was hit by ten rounds and sliced to ribbons, and the other took six bullets. It too was destroyed beyond recognition.

Darrow ran screaming away from the clinic, soon crossing the edge of the parking lot. The mosquito kept after her, but it could not drive its stinger home. Raffin lay helpless as the other mosquito pierced his back.

In the intake area-
Lt. Doolittle shot the reanimated driver with a single bullet from her MP-5, putting another large hole in its chest. Lt. Ellison drilled it, severing the left arm at the shoulder. Lt. Evans only barely hit, creasing its stomach badly. Senior Airman Coltrane raised his M-16 and put a round in the creature, shooting it in the middle of its torso and snapping its spine. The driver fell back onto the gurney, unmoving.

At the padded cells-
"I hope so," said Catherine.

"I wouldn't bet on it," said Gary.

Posted: **Fri May 07, 2010 3:49 am**

Colin continued to look for something to use in the padded cell to escape with or at least use as a weapon.

Posted: **Fri May 07, 2010 4:10 pm**

On the main floor -
"I'm going to check out the basement" Keith says. "Maybe there is somethign down there we can arm ourselves with"
Keith continues down the stairs towards the basement.

Posted: **Fri May 07, 2010 4:51 pm**

-Don't leave me! I'm coming with you!-Says Melinda

Posted: **Sat May 08, 2010 1:28 am**

When Crew reached the landing he heard Feaster. In his quick planning he had completely forgotten about him.

"Feaster head with Kowalski and Wesson."

He then headed towards the entrance.

Posted: **Sat May 08, 2010 8:27 pm**

Harper follows along beside Crew as they make their way to the front entrance.

Posted: **Thu May 13, 2010 3:35 am**

On the stairwell-
The other civilians followed Keith and Melinda down the stairs and into the basement. The lights were on down here, so it was still possible to see. The stairwell came to an end here, and a door in the north wall led out into the basement hallway.

Further up, Crew and Harper reached the landing one floor above ground level, with Wesson and Kowalski right behind them. Feaster lagged behind by about a flight, but he hurried after them.

At the top of the stairs, Smith nervously kept his M-24 trained on the door. Not a sound could be heard on the other side.

Outside the clinic-
Sam switched his MP-5's fire selector to single shot mode, not wanting to risk hitting Raffin with a stray bullet. He put a bullet into the mosquito that had just stung the poor man, just winging it. The evil insect buzzed angrily and flew straight for Sam Wright, driving its stinger through his Racal suit and into his flesh. It shattered his left thighbone with a powerful impact, practically running him through with the giant stinger. He keeled over, his head swimming as it suddenly felt light. He tried to raise his MP-5 to fire another shot, but everything went black...

Airman Phyllis Darrow fled west, passing beyond the edge of the parking lot and down the road. The mosquito chasing her dived in, but she managed to avoid it as she ran screaming into the distance.

In the intake area-
"Oh, man," muttered Lt. Doolittle. Now that the battle inside was over, she started to feel weary as the adrenalin wore off. Yet there was still the echo of gunfire from outside, as well as an odd droning sound and distant screaming. What was going on out there?

Lt. Sara Evans lowered her pistol and looked around at the fresh carnage. She turned to Captain Kelleher. "What are your orders, ma'am?" she asked.

At the padded cells-
"Are we just supposed to stand here?" asked Catherine. "Can't you hear that shooting? Our friends are in danger!"

Posted: **Thu May 13, 2010 3:51 am**

Captain Johansen backs away from the door. Close the door! We can't let them get in!

Posted: **Thu May 13, 2010 3:58 am**

Posted: **Thu May 13, 2010 9:17 am**

Melinda will look for anything that can be used as a weapon (even a piece of wood)

Posted: **Thu May 13, 2010 5:07 pm**

Keith tried the door that lead to the basement hallway.

Posted: **Sat May 15, 2010 5:15 am**

"Pull back to the operating theatre, we can barricade ourselves in there." shouts Captain Kelleher " Give me that radio I need to get some backup here."

Posted: **Sat May 15, 2010 5:21 am**

Posted: **Tue May 18, 2010 9:37 pm**

Captain Kelleher opens a channel to HQ. "Sir we have a situation here. It looks like the reports are right, the dead are getting up and they are angry. I'm trying to think of a scientific explanation for it all. The link with insect stings is making me think of some form of parasitism."
"We appear to have bugs incoming. These are dangerous beasties. One sting and you are infected, if these last casualties are anything to go by that gives you around half an hour to live. We are going to try and barricade ourselves in somewhere. A couple of flamethrower squads would be very useful backup around now if you have them."

Posted: **Wed May 19, 2010 3:40 am**

Colin grabbed one of the bars on the side of the bed and pulled hard trying to break it off but it was of no use.

Posted: **Wed May 19, 2010 4:34 am**

In the basement hall-
The door opened when Keith tried it, and everyone followed him through into the hall beyond. It was lined with several doors on either side, and there was an intersection ahead in the distance with another corridor. At the far end, a metal door was visible. Melinda looked around, but both the stairwell and the hallway were bare. Nothing had been left lying around.

In the stairwell-
Crew, Harper, Wesson, and Kowalski reached the ground floor landing. The stairs continued down to the basement, and a door led to the women's isolation ward. Above them, Feaster passed the landing on the floor above on his way down.

Outside the clinic-
Phyllis Darrow fled unthinkingly down the road, though she was unable to outpace the vicious insect pursuing her. It made another weak attempt to sting her.

In the intake area-
At Captain Kelleher's order, everyone fled through the swinging double doors and into the OR. The shooting had stopped, and the buzzing from outside was getting louder...

In the operating theater-
Once everyone was through the doors, Zorie grabbed an IV drip stand and slid it through the handles to keep them secure, but that wouldn't hold them long. Two circular glass windows, one in each door, provided a view of the now deserted intake area. Except it wasn't completely deserted - the buzzing was now inside! The only other exits from the operating theater were more double doors to the left and right that led to the men's and women's wards, respectively.

"Captain," replied Carmichael, "please try to remain calm. You're the last person I expected this nonsense from about the dead rising. We have had other reports of some sort of insects coming from that meteorite and attacking people, and their sting appears to be the vector for the infection. If these things were falling all over the world, that would explain how it spread so fast. The incubation period from a sting also appears to be less than half an hour - a lot less. Has anyone on your end been stung? All of our remaining flamethrowers are currently being used trying to contain the mess in the southeast portion of the base, along with all available personnel. We don't have all that many at this point, as our losses have been mounting all day. As soon as they have things over there under control, we'll send whoever's available your way. In the meantime, you're going to have to hold out with the forces that came with you."

At the padded cells-
"That commotion is sounding awfully close," said Gary, glancing over his shoulder towards the men's ward.

Posted: **Wed May 19, 2010 10:15 am**

-Maybe one of those doors, has anything?

Posted: **Wed May 19, 2010 4:27 pm**

"Get some of that machinery over here and get these doors barricaded properly. Make sure the windows are covered by something heavy. That's a weak spot." Captain Kelleher shouts to the room. Reopening the channel to HQ she says "I am calm sir. No stings here but there may be in other parts of the building I'm not in a position to go and find out right now. It is not nonsense about the dead rising sir. I just watched it happen. I still think the mechanism is some type of parasitism. It has been observed in certain parasitic wasps that their venom can remove free will from their hosts. Could this be something similar?"

Posted: **Wed May 19, 2010 4:52 pm**

In the padded cell -
"It sounds like things are getting bad out there" Frank said to those outside. "You could use these cells as a last fall back position. I would be happy to volunteer to hold the front line while everyone reaches safety. I've got nothing to lose. In fact, strap a few claymores to me and send me out there. I'll take all of those mother fuckers out."

In the basement-
Keith closed the door behind him. "Quickly. Let's search these rooms." He approached the nearest door and looked for a window to look in.

OOC: To speed things up, Keith will listen at the door if there are no windows on them.

Posted: **Thu May 20, 2010 4:12 am**

Posted: **Thu May 20, 2010 10:16 am**

-Be very careful with with the doors...

Posted: **Thu May 20, 2010 4:43 pm**

Approaches the first door and quietly cracks it open to get a look inside.

Posted: **Thu May 20, 2010 5:45 pm**

Captain Kelleher realises she is getting nowhere with Carmicheal and begins struggling with a large piece of equipment. "Can someone help me with this or do you all want to end up like those guys from the APC?" She asks in exasperation.

Posted: **Thu May 20, 2010 8:21 pm**

Captain Johansen scrambled away from the door, putting as much space between him and it as he can. We need some flammable aerosols, and a few lighters. These things will probably be hard to shoot. Fire extinguishers might work too...

Posted: **Thu May 20, 2010 8:37 pm**

"Someone cover those doors" Captain Kelleher shouts "The rest of you get over here and barricade these ones then we work on getting those secure."

Posted: **Thu May 20, 2010 10:31 pm**

Crew continued towards the front

Posted: **Fri May 21, 2010 2:53 am**

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Posted: **Tue May 25, 2010 4:03 am**

In the basement hall-
Keith tried the door, but it was locked. Robert, Beth, and Lisa tried other doors in the hall leading up to the intersection, but they were locked as well. Soon the group reached the junction. The corridor leading left and right was lined with similar doors. The only door that looked different was the metal door at the far end of the hall straight ahead.

On the road-
Darrow continued to evade the mosquito as it chased her.

In the operating theater-
"Yes, it could be a parasite, Captain," replied Carmichael over the radio. "We'll know more once things settle down and you have a chance to dissect the remains."

Zorie Spooner pulled a muscle trying to shift a heavy machine. Lt. Doolittle shoved one of the operating tables up against the doors to the intake area, while Lt. Ellison and Lt. Evans snatched up the only fire extinguishers in the room. Lt. Gomez pushed a large surgical apparatus up to the doors. David lifted up a large machine and placed it on top of the table, blocking off one of the windows, but the other was still exposed. A thump came from that other window, but it didn't break.

"Winters, Coltrane, Wu, cover the doors!" ordered Sergeant Valdez. All four of them took up positions and raised their weapons.
In the stairwell-
Harper, Wesson, and Kowalski followed Crew into the women's ward.

In the women's isolation ward-
Crew led the way into the women's isolation ward. He could hear the flurry of activity coming from the operating theater straight ahead, behind a pair of swinging double doors.

At the padded cells-
"We don't have any Claymores," said Catherine, "but we need all the help we can get. You know what? Screw it, let's go!" She unlocked Frank's cell and ran down the hall towards the sound of action.

"Wait, what about Lewis?" asked Gary.

"The big guy's had enough sedatives to knock out an elephant. He's not going anywhere!"

Shrugging, Gary followed Catherine around the corner and into the men's ward.

Posted: **Tue May 25, 2010 5:04 pm**

In the hallway-
"Wait, we've got to unlock it in the event that a retreat or fall back is ordered and something happends to the two of you. Or, god forbid, if we all fall, we should unlock it so when he wakes up he can escape and not starve to death. We owe him that much, at least."

Downstairs-
Keith moved to the metal door at the end of the hallway and attempted to open it. (OOC: He looks into any windows in the door if there are any)

Posted: **Tue May 25, 2010 6:18 pm**

Captain Kelleher tries and fails to lift the final piece into the barricade.

Posted: **Tue May 25, 2010 8:11 pm**

Captain Johansen tries to barricade the door but fails.

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