Aerith & Kylar

[Kylar]

The world is in Chaos; Earth's leaders have lost control as anarchy engulfs every corner of the globe.Too top it all off an epidemic known as the 'RAGE' virus has unleashed itself upon civilisation, making matters a whole lot worst. The 'RAGE' virus takes mere seconds to infect the victim and quickly turns them into mindless, bloodthirsty, adrenaline-filled zombies. To be bitten or scratched or exposed to an infected's DNA is to be lost. A small band of soldiers known as C.U.R.E (Contaminated unit retrieval and Extermination) now pits itself against the entire world. Their job is to hunt down infected people who before infected held large amounts of power (Generals and presidents) and eliminate them. The rage virus can tell who has leadership experiences and uses hosts with sufficient leadership skills to lead large hoards of the infected. Without leadership the infected fight among themselves, usually killing each other off. The 'CURE' aim to Eliminate high status leaders in a hope to exterminate all if not most of Earth's infected.

[The Painted Lady]

Ashley quickly re-loaded her gun as the infected man charged toward her again. Several bullets to the neck and torso still hadn't been enough to bring him down, and he continued trying to attack her as if nothing had happened to him. She cursed herself inwardly as she made a quick but rare fumble with her pistol, however just as the zombie came into attacking range, she was able to fire a bullet right through its heart. Or at least, where she guessed it once was anyway. The body fell like a rock to the floor, almost right at her feet. Already breathing heavily from the strain of the struggle, Ashley sighed in relief before swearing out loud.
"Poor form, Ash," she said to herself, placing her pistol back in its place in her belt.

[Kylar]

Damien brought his boot down upon the head of the undeads head that ash had downed with force,the wet and sickening crunch and gurgle of the squashed brain instantly followed,he looked up at Ashley,he noticed she was acting a bit uneasy.He walked over,not taking his eyes off the dark alleyways and corners of the moonlit town center."You ok?" he asked.

[The Painted Lady]

Ash wrinkled her nose as Damien squashed the lifeless body's head, but straightened and brushed herself off.
"I'm fine, just annoyed. That went on far too long for my liking. Either I'm getting worse, or they're getting better." She grimaced, not liking the idea of either possibility.
"Where were you anyway? You had the chance to be a valiant hero, and yet I had to save my own skin again," she joked, lightening up.

[blitz]

Damien chuckled "Figured you could handle yourself".He walked back over to the now headless body and crouched beside it."This one was tough" he said looking the body over,then something caught his eye. "no wonder he took some time to fall,he was wearing this "he unstrapped something from the corpse and held it up for Ash to see,it was a bullet proof vest,The virus was getting smarter...

[The Painted Lady]

Ashley sighed dramatically.
"Of course... You wouldn't want to get you're hands dirty until I was half-dead."
But then she frowned as Damien unstrapped the vest from the body.
"Looks like it's learning... That'll make things hard..."

[blitz]

"with these things there is no half dead" he said half to himself,half to Ash.he dropped the vest and stood up straight."ok well we had better move....." *ROOOOOOOOAAAAAAR!!!* the ground shook, a hundred shrieks and screams filled the air,Damien reached behind his shoulder and drew his G36C assault rifle,outfitted with a scope,grenade launcher and silencer.He dropped to one knee and peered through the scope,he saw them,he saw ALOT of them."time to move i think" he growled as he spotted a huge group of infected personal.he loaded a phospherous grenade into the launcher,he aimed at the mass of infected that were now chargeing thier way,maybe 200 metres in front of them and closing.*THUNK" the grenade shot out of the barrel and slammed into the leading Zombie,there was a flash of light followed by cries of the ignited infected.A wave of fire spread amoung the group ,engulfing many of them,but that didnt stop them as some of the flaming zombies as well as the uneffected ones continued their relentless charge forward,nothing quenched thier thirst for blood.He begun to jog backwards,fireing off shots at the leading zombies."LETS GO!" he said as he tapped Ash on the shoulder and pushed her in front.*THUNK..........BOOM!* a second grenade went high and hit a large building,a slab of concrete as large as a car cracked off from the structure and crushed half a dozen zombies at the rear of the group.

[The Painted Lady]

Ashley almost jumped out of her skin as she heard the unearthly noise. Her reflex was to immediately reach for her pistol again, and she began firing shots over her shoulder as she began moving away. She let out a noise of frustration when very few fell in proportion to how many shots she fired. Obviously the bullet-proof vest wasn't a one-off. She ceased fire for a moment, to usher panicking civilians in the right direction. She managed to fire another shot before Damien tapped her on the shoulder, telling her to get going.
"Probably a good idea..." she said, before turning right around and beginning to sprint.
Where's our back-up when we need it? she thought as she ran.

[blitz]

Damien reached into his backpack and took something out that looked like a black metal frisbee.He punched the center which then begun to shine,he droppped it in the path of the onrushing zombies. " GO GO GO!!! , IF YOU DONT RUN WE'LL BE TOAST!!!" he gave Ash a little push as well as the numerouse civilians,he spotted a toddler walking in slow,confused circles...Just 50 METRES in front of the onrushing monsters. " OH shit " he breathed.He sprinted toward the kid,picking up the mine as he ran, *Beep...beep...beep* he grabbed the child,the Rage infected people were only 25 metres away now,damn they moved fast,he flicked the mine in thier direction and scooped up the child.*Beep...beep... beep* the mine slammed into the face of an exceptionally big zombie,whos face caved in on impact with the object *beep...beep...beep...beep beep beep.....Boom* there was not much niose,just a blinding flash of light,Damien threw him self forward and shielded the kid.A searing hot sensation ran up his back and he felt it begin to eat at the flesh and boil his blood.He tried to move but couldnt,he made sure that he was completely covering the kid before his arms and legs failed to respond.He looked up,everything was blurry,he could here screams that seemed very far away,but couldnt hear any of the shrieks of the infected,which meant the uninfected would be safe for the time,hed done what he needed to do.he collapsed,unable to move at all,then everything went black.

[The Painted Lady]

Ash kept running, but when she noticed Damien's absence, she turned, trying to find him through the sea of people as they rushed past her. She pushed her way against the crowd, despite what he had told her. She spotted him picking up the toddler just moments before the mine exploded. She shielded her face and dropped to the ground, knowing the shock wave would knock her off her feet anyway, looking up only after the blinding light had disappeared. The zombie-like people were gone; instantly incinerated by the mine, but Damien still was laying on the road where she had seen him last.
"God Damien..." she breathed, hurrying to her feet so she could run over to his body.
"Damien!" she said as she skidded to her knees beside him. She rolled him over gently, freeing the terrified and scratched, but otherwise fine toddler and held him with one arm, the other shaking Damien's shoulders. She looked around, calling for help before looking back down at him.
"Damn it Damien, don't you dare do this to me."

[blitz]

screams and roars filled his dreams,but he pushed them away.where was he?it was just black,he turned.more black.He turned again....there was more black... and there was a tiny white light."Oh youve got to be kidding" he laughed."No..no way...no thanks" he said and turned his back to it.he ran and ran and ran until the light was no longer visible.Searing pain followed,followed by the sound of someone calling his name,he opened his eyes and squinted at the sudden change.The sun burnt his eyes.He closed them.and attempted to stand,there was a crack followed by excruciating pain "AWWW hell!!" he cried as he falt the tendons and bones in his left leg crack and splinter.He pushed himself over so he was on his hands an knees.He couldnt BELIEVE that this kind of pain was possible.he fell forward wacking his head on the bitumen.But he didnt care.He should be dead.and with pain like this he knew that death wasnt going to be far off.He suddenly acknowlaged that ash was near him,clutching the kid,the child seemed ok which was good news,he hadnt done this in vain then. " lucky little bludger isnt he? " he said with a chuckle,but stopped because even talking hurt,there must be massive internal bleeding now.

[The Painted Lady]

Ashe jumped back a bit in fright as Damien suddenly went to get up, but rushed forward again when he fell. She gave a half-hearted smile at his comment when he saw the toddler he had saved. Quickly, she produced a phone, calling an emergency number so that she could get help for him. Once she had finished the blunt conversation with the emergency callsperson, she took off her jacket, folding it and placing it under Damien's head, all the while keeping a tight hold on the child so he wouldn't be able to wander off.
"It's going to be alright. People are on their way, just stay with me, okay?"

[blitz]

"sure thing,ill do my best,but you know im lazy" he said with a smirk but stopped to cough up some blood,the emergency would be far off as theyde have to send a helicopter.the sad reality was that only military personal recieved health care,civilians were now rendered,Expendable.There was a growl,to his left.He reached over and grabbed Ashs sidearm,and fired to his side,the legless zombie taht had attempted to crawl over recieved a bullet which blew the orange mush right out of its head and onto the concrete.He smiled and returned the pistol the ashs holster * "i think he needs more attention then me" he smirked,but then realizing what joke he made he punched himself sqaure in the gap between his knee and broken bone,it cracked again and went limp,causeing him to thump to the ground,how dare he joke about the man,it wasnt his fault he had become that.

[The Painted Lady]

Ash gave a small laugh at Damien's comment about being lazy. The child she held had just began to relax when she heard the growl too, which sent the toddler squirming in panic again. Almost instantly she reached for her pistol, but Damien had beat her to it. She was half-way through a thanks when he began beating himself up about his joke. She flinched at the sound of his leg breaking.
"Stop it," she said, grabbing his hands with her free arm. She looked up briefly at she heard the faint dull buzz of a helicopter.
"It's not your fault they're like that," she said as she looked down at him again, guessing his train of thought.

[Kylar]

He could no longer feel his leg,great hed completely snapped it off.He could hear the chopper,mustnt be far now "Whatever happens,make sure they take that kid as well as us ok?" he asked not takeing his eyes off the sky,he rolled over and lay on his back,now completely imobilized.He just breathed and thought...Smoke and ash dulled the once blue Earth sky.The whole country had become a second hell.The Black hawk helicopter landed a mere 10 metres away,half a dozen Heavily armed marines ran out of the rear hatch guns up and secured a perimeter.2 marines headed over holding a stretcher.