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The morning before the collapse of Andle
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The dark blue sky roamed around all of Andle. Norman sat up in preparation for the day to come. 4:30, reads the digital clock beside his bed. He turned around to face his girlfriend Chloe, who was resting and was not yet awake. He got dressed in his sharp suit. before waking her up.
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"Hey, time to wake up, you gotta get ready for your press conference in regard to the apocalypse outside of Andle." He said while shaking her side to side.
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Hold up, hey, over here! Sorry to interrupt again but it's me Mr Narrator.
If you have not seen the story of the series "Under the water", then here's a brief. In the last story, they met in high school where she saved Norman from the school bully, Jeff. By the way, he died, L bozos slash ratios for being a bully. Anyways, due to a series of events, they faced the sea monster while under the water in an attempt to save agent Edward with the help of Chloe's mom, General Taylor who had already retired. Also, here's an interesting fact, both their fathers died so unlucky and since that they died, they took after the mother's surname. To continue, they got closer after that adventure, both having been promoted and officially added to be part of Andle's national high-ranking officials. They decided to start dating and were going to get married in a week. Not to spoil it, but we know that an apocalypse is going to happen so tough luck with that. If you want to know more, do read Under the Water. Anyways, have fun continuing with the story and I shall disappear into thin air to continue with my work at Failure Management.
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"Yeah, I'm awake." She said before she got off the bed and put on her gown. She took her general outfit and asked Norman to get out of the room and get ready in the car while she got dressed, to which Norman replied.
"Why? Fine I will go wait in the car if you insist." He took his briefcase and walked off to the car. She chuckled before shutting the door after Norman got out and got dressed in that impressive general outfit that looked futuristic and intimidating. The mirror slides open with her command. She looked at herself with confidence, being the youngest female commander, as she adjusted her name tag badge; Commander Taylor.
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Norman was playing Trap Adventure 2 on his phone when Chloe opened the car door. Their work location was just minutes away, so they could actually just walk or bike there, but honestly, for those lads who had only 5 hours of sleep a day from all that work, let them have a break for once in their life. The sky was unseemingly bright for 5 am. There were dark, weird clouds forming from a distance. Norman realized the special that was going on that great distance but didn't bother telling her, as she was focusing on practicing her speech. Also, it might be nothing.
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They arrived at their office building in a flash. Just as expected, the office was nearly empty since it was this early in the morning. They head to the public conference room where, unlike the rest of the building, several staff and reporters were already at the scene in preparation for the press conference that will commence in about an hour. Corporal Norman, grabbed a drink from the vending machine located in front of the conference room, before grabbing a seat in the front row, chilling, and texting on his phone. While in complete opposition, General Taylor scurried to the backroom, where dozens of materials and files were placed on the table.
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"Is this all?" She asked her secretary.
"Yes, Commander." The male tough-looking secretary replied, before getting out of the room. Commander Taylor scrambled and flicked through the documents and files as fast as a cheetah, before picking out and re-organizing them. She typed in the new information she organized and printed out the final version of the speech. Time passed relatively fast for her. She didn't get to practice much before it was time for the press conference. The secretary re-entered the room and called her out. Before she knew it, she was standing in front of a massive crowd of reporters, giving her speech about the current situation.
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"You done? I was wondering if you want to have breakfast together, Jules said that she had something important to tell us." Norman questioned Chloe, who was packing up the messy speech papers and documents that were lying on the podium.
"You go ahead first, I have to return some documents back to my office," Chloe replied, before entering the backroom to get her stuff.
"Okay as you say, Madam." He mocks, before chuckling and walking out of the conference room. The press conference room, which was filled with reporters a minute ago, was now left completely empty once Chloe walked out of the room. She got to the 'Women's room' and changed back into her casual working outfit. She checked her watch, 8:15 am, just to realize that she was late for her organized breakfast with Jules and Norman. I wonder what important information she had to share. She took the lift and arrived at her floor. To her surprise, it was completely empty, as if it was deserted.
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"Hello?" She asked the thin, isolated, clear air circulating around the room. They must've all gone to have a team breakfast or something without me. Sad. She walked to the bare outside of her room and noticed her secretary's wallet on the table and his cracked phone on the ground. It was at this moment, she knew that something was wrong. She hovered around where his secretary was supposed to sit, just to find his fresh dead body that red, unpolluted blood was still leaking out of. She took a step back and quickly tried to ring headquarters with her walkie-talkie multiple times, before realizing that getting the corp’s help was as good as beating Trap Adventure 2 in last chance mode and initially giving up. She tried her phone too later on, but not a single soul responded.I can't be scared, I am a commander. She decided to examine the dead body. It had a few broken ribs and a bite mark on his hand. Suddenly, she heard a banging inside her office. It was smashing through the door and the walls simultaneously.Weird. She took her pistol out and held it tightly in front of her, as she took small silent steps towards her office door, which is currently where the noise is coming from.
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She kicked the door open to review a zombie-like creature. The ugly male zombie started dashing toward Chloe. Bang! Bang! Shoot. The zombie didn't even get affected; the bullet just went right through it. She acted fast and quickly changed her plan to attend the zombie melee by kicking it. To her surprise, it was very light. She flung the zombie off the window, before taking a step back and closing the window. What the heck? She placed her pistol which seemed useless back in her pocket. Creak. She unsuspectedly lost her balance; it's like something pushed her out the window. As she fell, she turned her back towards the ground and looked up. Shatters of glasses rained down on her, along with her secretary, who seemed undead. I should have known that the apocalypse outside has been spread through to Andle at this moment. We acted too slowly and recklessly. I should have known that they infect others with a bite. I should have known that they can't be killed. She injected countless thoughts into her mind, before turning back to face the ground. Goodbye world.
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"Got you." A woman shouted. The car drifted past and was now speeding along the deserted road. Beside the woman was Norman, who was the one drifting and speeding the car around. She quickly realized that the woman was Jules.
"Jules! I thought I was a goner!" Chloe exclaimed as she saw that familiar face from years ago.
"It was thanks to my latest invention." Jules showed off a high-tech-looking grapple gun.
"What in the world happened?" She asked the two.
"Breach, the mighty world or now country of Andle had been breached! I was gonna tell you guys to inform the press but I guess it's too late. I should have placed my device further away so there would be more time." Jules explained.
"Let's find some survivors," Norman suggested. They continued to speed along the deserted road. Unfortunately, they can't find any 'humans'; the walkways beside the road were covered in these zombie creatures. They decided that they should send out a 'government warning' so people unaffected so far can prepare and evacuate. The road got calmer and calmer the further they got away from the central city. Half-broken light bulbs from street lamps blinked and cracked. The sky, which was supposed to be bright and sunny, was dark and grim. Eventually, they ran out of fuel at "the Warehouse".
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"Let's base here for now and get resources. The commander stated. They slowly hopped off the vehicle and grabbed a few sticks instead of guns, since she had explained to the two others that guns just pierce through the zombies due to the sharpness of the bullets. They peered around the corner towards the main door and found several zombies chilling around the front automatic door. They stared for a few more seconds before the zombies turned towards them. Too late. They dashed towards the door with Norman at the front. Kicking and smashing the zombies away from them. Unfortunately, the front sliding door did not slide open for them; they forgot that the electricity must have been cut out.
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They put their backs to one another and switched to the defensive. Chloe turned to look around the building while still banging the zombies backward. Searching for entrances and possible basing locations. It was quite a while before she noticed a paper that was pinned to the wall inside that consisted of the diagram of the building's floor plan. There was a backdoor. She signaled the two to follow her with hand signals. They advanced towards the car until they made a turn towards the other side of the building. It was at this point, Norman was struck by confusion.
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"Aren't we heading back in the car?" He asked, before throwing his weapons towards a zombie that was dashing towards them.
"That car was out of fuel, so we wouldn't last in there, just trust me, I am a commander after all," Chloe commanded, before starting to speed through a gap between the zombies.
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Jules and Norman followed her, with Jules barely catching up. Norman noticed the door in front of them and understood what she meant about knowing what she was doing. He got there first and opened the luckily unlocked door. He held it tightly while waving at the others to hurry up. Once they were all in, he shut the door right before locking it and placing a nearby broomstick between the handles of the door. Together, they placed their backs against the door until finally, the unending banging stopped.
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"Phew, that was close." Jules sighed breathlessly. The sharp nice-looking suit that Norman was wearing this morning now had torn sleeves and is covered in sweat and blood stains. They stayed there for another minute, before separating to get supplies. Chloe was in charge of weaponry, so she headed to the back area, where the dangerous things are. She pulled her pistol out and held it in front of her tightly out of instinct, before remembering that it wasn't effective and grabbed her knife instead. She turned to the left in the hope to find a bag to carry the equipment around but unsuspectedly a zombie hopped out and started drooling over her. Eww.
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She stayed it hard before using her already exhausted leg to kick it. It was as tiring as doing the Russian kick dance for an entire hour straight. The zombie that was as light as a feather flew speedily before hitting the shelf. Just like she expected, the now crazily shaped zombie stood back up and started to walk towards its prey slower than before. She kicked it one more time and another. Each time, the zombie did get slower, but it seemed never ending; like an immortal shark trying to get to its prey no matter what. Rope. She dashed towards it with all her might and punched it hard. The zombie that was leaking out flesh and blood fell back to his doom. Cracking and twisting sounds emerged again from it. But before it can fully piece itself back to its original state, Chloe tied it to a shelf's leg. The zombie hovered and jibbered, but it was the end of it. Since it was too light to break free with its weak features and its bite doesn't affect unalive matter. She managed to find a bag and got the stuff.
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She was reunited with the others and started to build and fortify themselves inside, since most of the exterior was made of glass instead of hard, solid walls. Norman got as many as seventy-seven small slight scorpion-sized scented soft sabbatical safety survival sandbag struggle sacks surrounding the base, while Jules set up a sleeping area and installed a power plant to store power using batteries that she found. Chloe stared out of the window. The zombies that were crowding around the store just minutes ago had now all disappeared, as if it was distracted by something. She placed the sticks and other weapons hanging beside the sandbags and gave one to everyone, before releasing the locked door to escape in an emergency. She hovered over to the clothing section and grabbed some nice military-style clothing to change into after all that yucky substance from the zombies got on to her. After quickly getting changed, the sounds of typing by Jules had begun. Chloe slowly hovered around to have a peek at what she was typing.
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"What are you typing Jules?" She asked Jules, curiously.
"I am trying to connect to the international space station to see if anyone is still using and connecting the signal, and it seems that the Americans are still good." She said before a radio seemed to connect to the laptop's speaker.
"Don't worry my fellow Americans. This is all a host, it's a host made by the Chinese just like how climate change is also a host. And what in the world is the length of the zombie if they're 170 centimeters? Cause what is a centimeter!!" A white Trump-like noise echoed through the speaker, before a repeating static noise emerged and quieted down.
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"Where's Justin by the way?" Chloe asked carefully.
"Well, he was sick. But I hope that he is okay in this situation, before sniffing and feeling down.
"He will be fine, he is quite strong. Don't you trust him?" Chloe encouraged her.
"Yes." She replied and slowly regained confidence. Justin was their friend and Jules's Husband, they have just gotten married 6 months ago. He was with them for operation 'Under The Water' and got close to Norman and Chloe through this. He was now working as a fitness tracker and manager.
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Footsteps started approaching from around the building. Silently, they grabbed their weapons and held them tight inside the fortified base. The footsteps seemed odd for zombies so they slowly approached the footsteps. It got louder and louder every second before it went really silent. It was now as silent as a draught. They faced the front door, where the footsteps were last heard, but nothing was to be seen. Suddenly, they heard a little discussion from the front door. Then a wack. “Oh … so it was locked…”.
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Before another voice replied from beside.
“Bruh, are you serious?!?! I don’t know what makes you so stupid but it works!”
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“Damn, what a roast” whispered Chloe. The door behind them was kicked open. They quickly turned around and held their weapons tightly. Soon, a few figures appeared.
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"We come in peace! Please show yourselves,” a teenager's voice appeared. It's just a few kids. They loosened their weapons and walked towards the backdoor. The teenagers watched them walk until they got to a rendering distance. They all smiled in happiness, someone else other than them is alive. They might be able to survive this.80Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaigRrhOLhM
