POV: Third person
The whole world succumbed to chaos after the disaster in 2055. A group of genetically modified "men" were released into the world. These were individuals whom the government and scientists together assured were the future of humanity. They were immune to both curable and incurable diseases and not only that, they also had nearly limitless physical endurance, strength far superior to the average person. When these genetically modified men were released, they initially behaved normally like society, but over time, specifically 2 weeks later, they exhibited a very aggressive attitude. They no longer ate or drank, yet they had a voracious hunger. Their skin turned pale, their flesh began to rot, the hair on their bodies and heads fell out, and black veins appeared throughout their bodies.
For this reason, the military contained them, but being scattered throughout the crowd, they let the last one escape.
I suppose you already know what happened next, the last specimen devoured civilians throughout the city, infecting many others with its infectious saliva, which contained the chemicals introduced into it before it was released. And so, the first infected appeared in the city.
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Currently, February 16, 2075
Black City No. 00
In a desolate area of that city, there was only blood everywhere you looked, lying on the ground was a man with a large hole in his abdomen and without his right arm, which unbelievably was still conscious. He had long shoulder-length brown hair, green eyes, he looked to be around 30-35 years old, muscular, wearing a mask covering from the nose to the mouth, dressed in all black, a long thick black coat, military-style pants, military boots, combat gloves, and a belt full of white weapons and grenades.
"Emi... ly..., Don't... Die," muttered the dying man to a person beside him. Where he gathered all his strength to hand over a syringe containing a bluish substance.
That image of "the person" was blurry in the eyes of the wounded man. The person shed tears over the man as she took the syringe.
"Ru...n," said the man with his last words, closing his eyes at last to rest in peace.
The girl, who also wore a technological mask, got up from the ground with tears still in her eyes, began to run at full speed in the direction far from the place, some tanks and giant plasma cannons.
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POV: Leo
I felt Emily's tears falling on my face.
"Ru...n," I said with my lungs hurting. I felt her hand taking the syringe and then I felt relieved. I closed my eyes, exhausted, listening to her running away at full speed.
In a deep silence, I only saw darkness for more than 50 minutes I suppose, 'Is this what death feels like?' I thought, it really felt very desolate and cold.
Suddenly, I felt like I could move my limbs, 'What's happening, am I still alive?' I wondered, although I could feel that I could move my limbs, my whole body felt crushed, and I couldn't even move a single finger.
Click...
'I was able to move a finger, but... in my right arm?' I exclaimed in my head, it didn't make sense that I could move my right arm if it had already been destroyed and amputated.
I tried to move it again to find out if I wasn't dreaming or something.
Click...
I managed to move it again, but this time I could articulate the hand completely. It feels heavy, why? I tried to move my left hand with a lot of effort, but I succeeded. How is it possible that I am still alive, and with a right arm? Enough with questions, I need to get up.
Crick... Crick...
After many attempts I was able to move my back, but around me it felt very sandy and cold. I'm going to raise my arm.
Plack... Plack...
I managed to raise my arm up but the bottom of my arm felt cold, I raised my left arm too and like the right arm, my hand felt warm from above. Using my arms, I gained momentum from above to get out of the cold and sandy place.
Clack! ...
Finally! I was able to stand up completely feeling the warm atmosphere in the upper part of my torso. When I opened my eyes I noticed that the right one didn't open so I felt a ray of sunlight in my left eye.
'What... Where am I?' I realized that I came out from under the ground but around me I was surrounded by grass and trees. Am I in the botany laboratory?
After "the disaster of 2055" occurred, plants and trees became of utmost importance, and a great fortress for humanity, not for their use, but for the oxygen they produced through photosynthesis, since the infected or as we call them "The Black bloods" or in simpler terms "the Blooders," they produced a toxic breath for the environment, plants, and us. When these increased, they protected many forested areas and installed laboratories in the area to create a way to breathe outside without poisoning ourselves, and thus created anti-breath masks referring to the toxic breath produced by the blooders.
I don't know this area, where was I buried? I heard water flowing not far from me, a river! Now I was more than willing to get out of this land to go drink some water because I felt my throat burning.
Plack... Plack... Plack...
Now out of the ground, I headed towards the sound of the river where it came from, how strange? I feel smaller, is it my imagination? I'm not going to worry about trivialities, I just want to go drink water.
Seeing the crystal-clear water flowing like a stream, I increased my speed to quickly take a sip of the fresh water. Closing my eyes, I gathered some water forming a small bowl with my hands.
-Sip, sip... What? - I noticed that the water I collected and drank didn't go down my throat, in fact, I was spitting it out, what's going on? I tried to take more with no success.
I opened my left eye to see what was happening.
'Huh...?', I saw my own reflection in the crystal-clear waters of the river. It can't be, is this me?
Seeing my own reflection I could see that I was missing my right eye because there was only an empty bowl, my cheeks were completely torn along the jaw, I was missing the ring finger on my right hand and the index finger on the left, there were barely a few strands of hair on my head, my skin was pale, and black veins were all over my body and from what I could see I could be at least 12-13 years old. According to my experience as a hunter of these creatures, it is impossible to confuse the creature I am now.
I'm a Blooder! I exclaimed alarmed in my head, no wonder I couldn't drink water, I was rejecting any substance that wasn't blood.
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? I mean, it's not even my original body, and the vibes of this environment don't feel anything like what I was used to, now that I'm a blooder I don't know what to do, should I kill myself? I quickly dismissed that idea because the only way to kill a Blooder is with a special material created by humanity in the year 2057, they were used to create bullets, knives, etc... I feel shattered, I'm very hungry, I have no hope of living, and now...
Brrrg....
Ouch, my stomach, it feels like I'm being devoured from the inside, so this is how a blooder feels when it doesn't eat for a long period of time.
Brrrrrrg...
Again... I'm so hungry I could easily eat this entire tree if I could. Then, I see a few meters away from me a rabbit of considerable size and juicy. With great stealth, I tried to approach and devour it.
Crack...
Damn it... I stepped on a branch. The rabbit was alerted and was about to escape but I jumped towards it.
Haha, you have no escape, not even running or jumping can escape from me.
Then, the rabbit unfolded a kind of wings from its front legs.
But what? The rabbit started flying to the top of a tall tree. Could I still be in a nightmare? A flying rabbit?
Nothing made sense in this world anymore, first, I reincarnated as a blooder and now a rabbit that can fly.
I see a deer pass by, instead of having deer horns, they had... unicorn horns?
Confused, I thought for a long time sitting under a tree.
I'VE GOT IT!, I'm in a parallel world!
I arrived at that conclusion after gathering my surroundings, flying rabbits, deer with unicorn horns, the river clearer than usual. But the only thing that is the same in my previous world is that I am a blooder.
This reminds me of my moments when I was still a teenager and the disaster hadn't happened yet. I was a reader of these types of novels and many of them were about reincarnation or teleportation to another world. What memories...
-But what! - I heard a female scream not far from me, coming from where I came out.
I walked stealthily to the place. I hid behind a tree and spied on the person who was in front of the hole in the ground where I had previously been.
I had a visualization behind her, apparently, she was a girl who I suppose is between 14-15 years old, she wore a simple green dress with a small white apron like a peasant dress, fair skin, and arranged blonde hair, how familiar this feels, she held a bouquet of flowers.
Suddenly, I started drooling without containing the saliva coming out of my mouth... Brrrrg... Oh no, hunger again. I felt a deep pain in my abdomen.
I... Want... To... Eat that girl. She seemed confused, it was the perfect opportunity to attack her by surprise. And before I could pounce on her, she turned slightly almost in my direction.
She almost found me out. I took a look to see her a little more, My left eye opened completely and full of surprise when I saw the face of the young girl in more detail.
... Em...ily?...
The girl who was a few meters in front of me had a huge physical resemblance to Emily that I knew.
The young blonde girl looked younger and shorter than I remembered. Then she is not Emily? I thought.
The young blonde covered her mouth with her right hand, sweating and with a clearly worried face she said with an almost inaudible voice from her mouth.
-I have to warn the village... - she murmured as she slowly backed away from the grave where I had previously been.
Warn the village? I started to worry about her comment. Will she tell them that a zombie woke up from his grave and that they will be attacked? If she does, I'll be in serious trouble, not because they could kill me, but because I would cause havoc throughout the village since the Blooders are very difficult to end with basic weapons since they have a surprisingly fast body regeneration making their body, even if it is in a state of putrefaction, regenerate so that they don't fall easily, I could even lose control of my body, yielding to hunger causing a massacre and infecting other civilians. Just thinking about it gave me a sensation of chills even though I didn't have nerves.
The girl suddenly had a huge smile so open and cheerful that it would captivate any other boy.
-The spell works! I was able to revive my little brother, how great!- I was perplexed after hearing her- I had my doubts, but apparently it does work. I'll tell the village that I revived my little brother, and I'll be able to be the most famous witch in the village- she said excitedly as she jumped for joy.
I was her younger brother and she revived me?
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