Okay here is the story so far...
Prologue
Year 4014. The world is now full of Zombies, that have developed human like intelligence, and superhuman strength, making them even more dangerous. Everyday more and more people are brutally murdered by these creatures. 1433 year old Liara was an alien from southern Uruguay, of the planet Uranus, she was also the captain of an elite star ship. The day of the outbreak was not a pleasant one for her.
She emerged from her cryo chamber and collapsed on the floor. She gasped for air, then pushed herself up and observed her surroundings. Blood everywhere, and bloody hand prints on her cryogenics chamber. She heard a strange moaning and readied her fists, she slowly went down the cold eerie hallways. âWhatâs going on, is anyone there?â all of a sudden a creature pounced on her. âGet off of me!!!â she punched it in the face, then ran down the hallway. She noticed more of those creatures, whatever they were, they were eating flesh, Uranian flesh. Liara ran for her life. She kept running, it was the only thing she could do.
I don't believe that there are aliens. I believe there are really different people.
Orson Scott Card
I personally don't believe in aliens. But, I do believe that there is something out there that is accountable for all these mysterious things that are going on: I think it is a spiritual thing not a material thing.
J.T. Walsh
I think anybody would have to be with out common sense to think there weren't aliens. There are billions of planets, and I am convinced Earth is not the only one that's inhabited. It would be quite an ego trip to think that. I think about it all the time.
Sabrina Lloyd
"It contains a recombinant virus. It takes your DNA and deconstructs it and reshapes it. The results can be phenomenal, super human like...or hellish."
Jerry, Day of the Dead 2: Contagium (2005)
"Every dead body that is not exterminated becomes one of them. It gets up and kills. The people it kills get up and kill."
- Doctor on newscast, Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Chapter 1: Attack
Gunshots fired. âTake that mother******â said Ryan Jackson. He was the pilot of Liaraâs ship, and was highly skilled in mechanics as well. He was of Marsian blood, but had spent his childhood on Neptune. The zombies approached the outpost, Ryan held up his radio âClose the darn gates! Privateâ Ryan heard static. âDamn it!â Ryan ran up the hill to base camp. âRetreat!â Retreat!â yelled Ryan. The troops ran towards the ship, as the Zombies broke through the barricades. âCome on Sergeant Walter!â yelled Ryan. Walter got up and started to run, when a zombie pounced on him, squirming for his life he tried to shoot the zombie with his gun, but it bit him on the arm. Walter pushed the Zombie off of him, then got up and started limping towards the ship. It was called "Old Glory". It had got that name because it was always on the front lines of the battles. The ship took off, and Liara glanced at Walter who seemed to be in pain. âWalter are you bit?â Walter stood still for a while, then said âNoâ. A calmness seized the ship and everyone felt a sense of relief. Liara headed to her cabin, ready to retire to her bed, when all of a sudden she heard a terrifying scream. Red Sirens turned on, and chaos emitted the ship. Liara ran to the ships bridge, dodging Zombies, and shooting them with plasma rifles. Liara just managed to squeeze through the emergency doors, when she noticed Walter, who was covered in bite marks and bruises. He jumped up and viciously attacked one of the crew members.
Liara shot Walter and the infected marine, brains oozing everywhere.
She fled toward the escape pod launch area.
"Get the escape pods ready!" Liara said.
"Yes mum" said the co-pilot.
"The zombies are messing with the engine!" A gunman said.
"Well fix it!" Said Liara,
Shooting many Zombies
Liara hit the emergency door button and watched the titanium doors slam to the ground. She knew that it would not hold so they better hurry.
The surviving crew headed towards the escape pods. Liara ran down the corridors, her footsteps echoing in the halls. Liara runs up to an escape pod with Ryan Jackson and a few more crew members. Liara jumps in then shuts the doors.
âLets get the hell out of hereâ says Ryan Jackson, as he pulls the shuttle launch button and heads down to the planet below. âHold on tight, its going to be a bumpy ride.â said Ryan with a smirk. They felt a big shake, and the escape pod slowly headed down onto the planet.
Chapter 2: Crash Landing
âWere not going to make it, were not going to make it!â screamed a marine.
The ship rumbled, and Liara could see pieces being ripped off, the glass broke and more marines started panicking.
âLosing control!â yelled Ryan Jackson, as the ship plummeted face first into the ground. Liara heard the loud crash, and the screams echoing in her ears, and everything went white. Liara woke up dazed and confused with no recollection of the previous events. âWhere am I?â said Liara.
Liara felt the straps around her breasts and quickly undid them. Liara glanced in front of her, and saw three marsians in their seats dead, dried up blood stains on the walls, and blood dripping from their faces.
Liara glanced at the pilots seat, but it seemed to be empty. Liara stepped outside, and looked around. It was all flat, dry, desert wasteland. There was some ruins ahead, They were brown like the land. She thought for a moment about what she was going to do here. Liara headed for the ruins, and noticed that she was limping. Her leg was bruised and bloody. The ruins had writing that looked like gibberish, but once Liara approached it closer, she could tell it was ancient Uranian. She entered the ruins, which seemed to be a fairly small room with walls around it and strange pillars. Liara saw two men inside and suddenly remembered who they were. Ryan turned around running towards Liara. âCaptain!â he yelled, she suddenly noticed more marines with Ryan. âWe thought you died in the plane crashâ Said Ryan in a troubled voice. âWell Iâm here right now arenât I?â said Liara with a smirk. She always felt as if Ryan had feelings for her but never managed to prove it, but their always was those moments when she could have sworn that their was something between them. Ryan handed Liara her plasma rifle. Liara had a assault rifle, and Ryan had a sniper rifle. They had set up camp in the ruins, and they had sent other men to patrol the areas to make sure that their are no infected close by.
"Lets set up camp here" said Liara.
"Agreed" said Ryan.
(A moment later)
"Well" said Ryan,
"It was like a dream, all the rear gunman turned into Zombies"
"Corporal Ryan Jackson" said Liara.
âAre you-â
Liara was cut off by the radio turning on and one of the scouts
âAaaaaaaah! There killi- (static) everyo- (static)
The static continues then it finally stops and Ryan puts down the radio.
âShhh, someoneâs comingâ
All is silent until twenty Zombies climb over the ruin walls and attack the marines, One Zombie grabs Ryan, and Liara quickly shoots it. Liara shoots four Zombies but then retreats to a passage in the ruins. Ryan and Liara run towards the tropical looking trees, hearing screams in the distance.
Chapter 3: The Long Run
Liara grabbed the ledge and hauled herself up.
âCome on Ryan!â yelled Liara
Ryan soon came running, four zombies on his tail, Liara shot one of them.
Ryan ran toward the edge of the crevice, and took a huge leap, then quickly grabbed hold of a ledge.
Liara reached for Ryan as he hanged over the crevice, the Zombies leaped on to Ryan, two of them fell to their death, but one held on to Ryan, trying to bite him.
âRyan!â Screamed Liara, trying to pull him up.
Ryan struggled, but the creature held on to his leg and bit him, the blood oozing down his leg. Liara pulled Ryan up, and noticed his leg, suddenly she felt as if she had lost all hope.
âLiaraâ¦â Said Ryan.
âIâm sorry that I could not be a better corporalâ Ryan crawled to the edge, prepared to jump off, when Liara ran to him and hugged him. âRyan⦠I love you.â
Liara had her hand over Ryanâs shoulder, she was not going to give up on Ryan.
âL-Liara, y-you should l-leave me h-ereâ Said Ryan, spitting out blood.
Liara sighed and put a hand on Ryanâs chest.
Ryanâs breathing became panting, and Liara could feel the sweat seeping down on her soft blue skin.
Liara could hear a strange click as she stepped on a particular part of the tile flooring.
Suddenly a loud horn sounded.
âWhat the hell is-â
Suddenly, a huge net sprang up from the ground, picking Ryan and Liara off of the ground. âStop, were not Zombies!â Screamed Liara, as she noticed the design of the net. It was designed to trap its pray, then close in, and razor sharp webbing was designed to cut prey into cube like squares, but the worst pat was that this net was designed by Zombies.
Liara could hear strange moaning getting closer. Suddenly more then twenty Zombie sprang over the temple walls, with plasma rifles and spears, all pointed at Liara and Ryan.
Chapter 4: Survival of the Fittest
Liara woke up, then stood sat up on a stone bed, with no idea how she got there. She then remembered the net, and Ryan.
She stood up, viewing her surroundings, she seemed to be in a temple, but all entrances seemed to be blocked off, by massive stone.
All of a sudden the enormous rock was pulled to the side.
âHuh?â
Liara noticed five other stone beds in the other room. She ran into the other room, and the huge stone shut suddenly. Green figures lied on the stone beds, Liara backed away slowly, reaching for her plasma rifle, but noticed that she was not carrying one.
The figures leaped up, one by one, and Liara new that this was not going to be an easy battle.
The zombies howled in an obscene language.
Liara glanced at the wall.
âA weapon shelf!â
The zombies sprinted towards her. Running for her life, she sprinted to the weapon shelf. She grabbed three spears, then she ran toward the zombies, she stabbed one of them in the heart, then threw her spear at another. She did a spinning kick, then stabbed the zombie six times in the chest, then roundhouse kicked it in the face. Take that âbit-â all of a sudden Ryan who was now a zombie, leaped from the ceiling, slamming her face to the ground. he scratched her skin, shaking her with brute force, and moaning in a obscene language. Liara screamed, as Ryan bit her on the shoulder, tearing a chunk of flesh off. She clawed at the floor, while being dragged, but managed to grab her spear. She quickly turned around and threw her spear at Ryan, pummelling him to the wall. Aching in ever possible way, Liara moaned in pain then stood up. She heard the giant stone rock that was blocking the second exit in the first room suddenly open. She limped as fast as she could, putting pressure on her shoulder. The warm blood seeped down her shoulder, and Liara started shaking. She knew that If she did not get out soon she would be on of those zombies. Liara entered the jungle, and was soon embraced by a cold rain.
After limping for a while, Liara noticed that she was getting closer to the crash site, and she could see the ruins in the far distance. She kept on limping, and the pain soon became unbearable.
âIâm so, close⦠only a bit furth-â
Liara collapse on the cold desert floor, gasping for air, and her lungs felt as if they were exploding. She just lied there for hours, until a figure approached her. It grabbed her and hulled her away.
âN-noâ gasped Liara
Sharp objects seeped into her skin, and she screamed out in pain, her vision became blurry, and the air became soft, she then closed her eyes and fell asleep.
Chapter 5: Safe at Last?
Liara woke up screaming, and drenched in sweat. She stood up from her mattress, and noticed that she was inside a tent. She suddenly noticed that she was naked, her breasts jutting in a strange way, and her body felt numb. She grabbed a uniform hanging on a hook and quickly put it on. She exited the tent and noticed five Marsian soldiers who she recognized immediately as her crew.
âDoes anyone know what planet we are onâ
âYes, it is called 91 Aquarii Abâ
âHow the hell d-â
âCaptain!â one of them shouted.
The Marsians all noticed Liara and they all looked overjoyed. One of them patted Liara on the back and handed her a rifle.
âYou see that structure in the distance?â Said a gunner.
âYes, what about itâ said Liara with a confused look.
âWe think those things are coming from there, we have demolitions we might just be able to-â
âHow many men have you lost so far?â asked Liara
âTwoâ
âWell I guess we donât have much of a choiceâ said Liara shooting a zombie in the testicles.
Chapter 6: Darien of the Zombies
"Intruder" A voice said.
"Who is it?" Commander Darien said.
"Captain Liara" the voice said.
"Let me do a DNA test" the voice said.
"Okay hurry up" Darien said.
"Liara is one of those filthy aliens" the voice said.
"I know that!" Darien said.
"Okay" the voice said.
Darien slammed the hologram to the ground. He ran out of the room, as he was running, he saw something behind his ship.
"Rear gunman, fire!" Darien said.
He could hear pellet shells from the guns rip across the tile floor. He was now satisfied. "That atrocity Liara wont know what hit itâ he said to himself. He then laughed evilly, and approached the battle.
Liara knew a storm was brewing, As Liara ran with her troops, She could see nothing in the distance. She had one pack of ammo left and she would need delicate precision to know how to spend it. Then in the distance she could see dust spreading like a cloud.
"Get ready" she said.
Her mind was racing. Who could that be? Then All of a sudden several troops were pounced on and bit, Liara fled towards the Ruins. Liara turned around. She saw him, huge and muscular in every place, and it looked almost human, Liara felt a strange sequence of déjà vu, but ignored it. Liara pulled out her plasma rifle. She now had a clear shot on his head. She fired. She saw the body turn over lifelessly and ran and loaded the last bit of ammo in her plasma rifle. She wondered if she was the only one who survived. Then right there, she saw a wave of zombies pounce over the walls. She ran up to a zombie and kicked it in the head, brains splattering everywhere. One of them grabbed her arm, she then kicked it into a wall, she through her gun at another, hitting it in the ribs. Suddenly, a huge zombie bashes through the wall, and Liara knew that he was what she shot in the distance. âHow the hell are you still alive? Said Liara in a frightened voice.
The creature grabbed Liara and through her at a wall with full force.
âUhhâ¦â Said Liara slowly losing Consciousness.
Chapter 7: Imprisonment
Liara woke up dazed and confused. It appeared that she was in something that looked like a truck. Liaraâs hands and legs were tied up in some kind of green ectoplasm. She struggled for a while but soon gave up. Liara noticed that she was wearing small beige rags, almost exposing her entire body. Suddenly everything stopped moving, and someone opened a hatch and threw a strange canister inside, Liara gasped for air, but then noticed that she was falling asleep, she yawned and all of a sudden everything was pitch black. Liara woke up in dark room and a huge bright light shining over her. She was tied up with the same ectoplasm, then chained to the chair. The room smelled like decaying flesh, and it looked like someone has been mutilated on the table, then dragged across the floor. Liara heard someone coming, she sat still then noticed that it was Darien and two guards. Darien slammed open the door then walked up to Liara. He stared at her for a while then slapped her across the face.
âYou will feel pains ten times greater after I am done with youâ
Darien walked to the opposite side of the table then sat down, almost cracking the chair.
âI have designed a lie detector device, to interrogate you, you lie, you die.â
Darien slammed a tape recorder on the table and pressed play.
âI know that you know something about this cure that the Humans are designingâ
Said Darien in a strangely calm manner.
Liara gave Darien an evil stare.
âSo its going to be like that is it?â Ryan slammed his fist on a button and Liara felt a shock so unbearable that she moaned in pain, her soft blue flesh became hard and she could smell burnt hair.
Darien slammed his fist again and Liara clenched her fists.
âWill you tell me now?â
Said Darien smirking.
Liara licked her lips then spat on Darien.
Darien slammed his fist on the table collapsing the whole thing, and stood up.
âAgh! This is bastasi!â
Darien walked away angrily and whispered something to one of the guards.
The guard nodded and stared at Liara, Darien smiled then walked away, slamming the gate shut.
The guard walked outside of the room and Liara knew that she had to escape.
Chapter 8: Cold Blood
John Steele ran to cover, dodging plasma rifles and snipers. John motioned his men to get to cover. John pulled out a laser rifle and shot three Neptunians, one in the head, one in the arm, and one in the crotch. John got up and motioned his troops to move out. John shot two other men, then started progressing up the ramps. John and his troops fled to elevator shutting the doors. John was 24 years old and was a Human bounty hunter, he killed for money, thatâs all he has ever done, and all he ever will do. He had slick black hair, pale skin, and a couple tattoos on his arms and chest. âThrow your grenades once the doors openâ said John. The doors sprang open and John threw his grenade. They moved out of the elevator and progressed across the balcony. John had been hired due to his cunning tactics, sly attitude and athletics. John cart wheeled to cover then shot two Marsians in the face, blood spattering all over the walls. John and his troops ran up to the glass door and kicked it open. When John entered the grey room he instantly noticed the automatic turret, and touch sensitive flooring. John motioned his men to stay still and threw a gas bomb inside. âThat should scramble the mechanicsâ John motioned his men to move out and they entered the next room. John went down the stair case and noticed the last room. John kicked the door open and noticed several Neptunians holding guns and the human woman named Jadore who he was ordered to kill.
âKill them allâ
said Jadore, while programming the heavy turret. John pulled out his laser rifle and ran to cover. Jadore picked up a rocket launcher and aimed for John. Jadore fired and John sprinted away. Two of his troops fell to the floor and four were left. One of them threw a grenade at the heavy turret, killing a few of Jadoreâs guards and destroying the turret. John pulled out his plasma rifle and killed the rest of Jadoreâs guards. Jadore loaded her rocket launcher and blew up Johns last remaining troops. John ran up to jadore and punched her in the face, knocking her back. John pointed his Plasma Rifle at Jadore.
âAny last wordsâ Said John
âF*** youâ Said Jadore.
John fired and Jadoreâs head oozed open with smoke and blood.
Chapter 9: Betrayal
John docked his ship inside the head ship. John had done 26 mission from this organization, and was rather pleased with his pay. He also enjoyed it when the company did not get into your personal life. John stepped out of his ship and headed down the squeaky clean hallway. The guards eyed him suspiciously and John wondered if he had done something wrong. John continued down the hallway. As usual John would spend the money he had been rewarded with at a pub, and he would get high. John headed up six flights of stairs. He entered his bosses room and the guards locked the doors behind him. John approached the man in front of him cautiously. John had been assigned a total of sixteen missions from this man, and they were well acquainted. He was a Neptunian, he had three eyes, and his skin color was a shade of Antique Fuchsia. The man often wore tuxedo pants, a tucked in shirt, and a orange tie. The man had never revealed John his name so he simply was called, boss.
âJohn, Iâm glad your mission was successful, but sadly this will be the last mission I will ever give youâ said the man.
John looked Confused.
âWhat do you mean?â
âWe heard a report from an anonymous source that you stole something from usâ
âI donât know what your talking aboutâ
âStealing money from your superiors is not a good way to go in the bounty hunting industry, the last one who stole from us does not exist anymoreâ
John was about to grab his gun but noticed that it was not there anymore, he turned around and noticed the two guards holding up their guns to him.
âYou were a great bounty hunter John, too bad your going to be a dead bounty hunterâ
The man points his gun at John about to fire when suddenly, the guard behind John shoots the man in the stomach and kicks the other guard in the crotch. John looks relieved and does not even bother to ask a question and just follows him to the ship port. As they both run down the stairs, the red sirens go off and several footsteps and gunfire can be heard. John and the guard finally get to the hallway but the way to the ships is blocked by fiery debris and fire. They head in the opposite direction dodging gunfire. It appeared that everyone was shooting each other.
âDamn, my ships goneâ said the guard, John followed the guard towards another ship and they quickly entered it. The guard shut the doors and sat in the pilots seat.
âYou know how to drive?â asked the guard
âDuhâ answered John.
They headed off outside of the port, but sadly they were not the only ones who were trying to do that. It was chaos outside of the ship as well, ships shooting and crashing into each other.
âHold on tight!â Yells the guard
The impact hitâs the ship and knocks John down on the floor.
âI donât think sheâs going to make it, luckily thereâs a planet below, prepare for a crash landingâ John buckled himself into the seat and prepared for a crash landing.
Chapter 10: Rescue
John held on for his life, the ship spinning in weird directions, the guard hit a button and suddenly the whole ship bounced off the ground and they were rolling.
âI think Iâm gonna vomitâ said John.
âAt least we made itâ answers the guard.
The ship door opens and they step out to the windy desert.
âWhat planet are we on?â asks John.
â91 Aquarii Ab, itâs a desert planet, mostly wind and dust, but it does have many jungles, there could be some Zombies though so take caution.
âSo are you going to explain to me what was going on back thereâ
âMy name is Igbo, captain Igbo. I was one of the people who planned the attack, we are an elite group that eliminates groups that could become a threat to the intergalactic government. Me and the rest of our troops disguised as guards snuck into your base and got ready for the attack, I got separated from my group so I ended up in your bosses room. Then you showed up, and I could not let that a** kill you.â
âSo you work for the government?
âNo, we work for the good of the Galaxy, and aiding the government was the best thing to do at the time.â
John and Igbo noticed a structure in the distance, and they decide to investigate.
Liara stares menacingly at the guard as he loads his gun.
Suddenly Liara hears some footsteps, and notices that the guard is back and that he is carrying some sort of bucket like object and there was green liquid inside. The liquid smelled something like rotting fish, and burnt garlic.
The guard approached Liara, and Liara felt a sense of fear, because what the guard was carrying was acid, Neptunian acid.
Liara struggled for her life, screaming and begging the guard, but with a smile the Zombie just kept approaching her.
Suddenly there was some rumbling.
"What was that" the other guard said.
"Probably the jet lag" said the guard holding the acid.
The guard gets ready to throw the acid at Liara when suddenly the wooden doors to the right of Liara break open. In came two humans, one of them kicked a guard in the face and the other one shot the other one who was carrying the acid. The guard collapses pouring a splash of acid on Liaraâs leg. Liara screams in pain as the acid burns her blue skin. They glance at Liara and whisper something to each other.
âDoâ¦youâ¦speakâ¦Englishâ¦?â Asked Igbo.
Liara stares at them then says
âNo sorry, Uranian never learned English even though there are millions of humans living on Uranus.â
John laughs. They cut off her ectoplasm ropes and help her up.
âUgh, my legâ says Liara in pain.
John picks up Liara and carries her away.
