《Containment Pacific》 Prologue Prologue In the brim vortex of darkness shrouded in the catastrophe of destruction .The darkness seeps the minds of mortals tainting their souls until they fall .Nothing could stop this coming of destruction but a few .Those who sacrifice themselves are now at the top standing at the corpses of their own selfish ego known as sanity.Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. ¡°Yes, we will dominate and save everyone.¡± ¡°Aw, drowning in your own strength is nothing but an euphemism of your own incompetence.¡± ¡°Say one more and I¡¯ll bury you with those corpses¡± This conversation between them could be said at their height of puberty .But the scenery which seems straight out of hell speaks otherwise. A hell made by them, for them. And let the waltz of carnage begin¡­. Chapter-1 Eve of destruction In the continent of Asia, 2017 In a street common within its region bustling with business and cars. In one of these streets two men were speaking two one another on the side of the street. One wearing a grey jacket and black pants smoking a cigarette and other wearing a similar outfit .This might seem a common picture of a daily sociable life but it wasn¡¯t as this day marked the end of humanity. ¡°Hey how¡¯s your day today? fine?¡± ¡°¡­¡± ¡°talk to me hey!!¡±¡± ¡°..¡± ¡°What the god damn! You are scaring me now¡±¡± ¡°.¡±This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. ¡°..rawr..¡± ¡°wtf¡± The scene between two friends easily changed into a carnage of madness. In just a few days the whole just became filled with mindless people wreaking carnage. Capital of New Delhi ,Parliament of India Minister Gajendra , evening of 25th February ¡°Are our campaign¡¯s going well?¡± ¡°Yes, sir no problems there¡± ¡°People are dying like mosquitos isn¡¯t that humorous to you?¡± ¡°Quiet well .It also benefit¡¯s our cause .Most of our rival politicians died in the massacre caused by you. Now the whole nation is for you to rule.¡± ¡°haha!!Those stupid fucks dared to mess with us. The Virus created by us really did the trick¡± ¡°Yes. But I¡¯m afraid we will be unable to contain it in the future and sir please mind the language.¡± ¡°Who cares. I live for the present .If anyone dies in the future let them die.¡± ¡°Even if it¡¯s your own family?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t have anyone to call family!!¡± Enraged by the question gajendra left the place. ¡°I¡¯ll kill all if must be , Destruction is all we cherish¡± Singing a rhythm of madness he left. Few days later minister gajendra became the new prime minister of india and started his reign of domination. Chapter-2 The Ticking Time Bomb Chapter-2 The Ticking Time Bomb Even though the virus began to spread, the people of the world were ignorant about the matter. It is to of no surprise as the whole topic regarding this matter was suppressed by the new prime minster and his allies. The virus spread in a very few areas and It was thought to be contained by the people of the country. The place where the virus first spreaded was in Nepal .After the outbreak the new prime minster of india restricted all access within the country. That means restriction in trade affairs as well. The people began to starve and wreaked havoc near the border of Nepal. It also happened in one of those days where patient zero finally appeared. 12th March,2017 India-Nepal¡¯s Border, Nepal The place near the border was quite unique. The highest security was placed on the border. Hundreds of people were patrolling day and night without rest. But what¡¯s unique was among the border security force many were infected. After a few days of the outbreak, the virus mutated. Though the cause of the mutation remains unknown in future people theorized that the mutation was caused by us. But that is for the future .Though the mutations occurred and the virus spreaded all across the globe .The virus was quite unable to act upon without a certain trigger. Near the border hundred¡¯s of trucks go on about as for their was a dire need of rations. One of truck like other¡¯s brought rations for the soldier. 12th March ,04:00pm Near the border army tent, The wind blew fiercely on this day .This land which remained desolate for many days became a gathering of many people .They were all wearing the uniforms of border security guards but the action¡¯s committed in this moment implicated otherwise. ¡°Hey ,have you brought the money? Today¡¯s event will be grand.¡± ¡°Yes, yes .I¡¯ve brought it .Even I don¡¯t want to miss an event like this.¡± ¡°Miss ,would you care to join us?¡± ¡°Fuck off .I want no part in this!!¡± The place which should have remained desolate was now bustling with the bickering of those soldiers. ¡°Ah ,there they are with the zombie¡¯s¡± ¡°Today¡¯s zombie fight is just gonna be sensational¡± ¡°Yes, It¡¯s high time you bet your money miss or you¡¯ll miss your opportunity¡± ¡°Keep me out of it¡± The soldier¡¯s who were supposed to protect their people were leisurely indulging themselves in their desires. Zombies pitted against one another and the winning party gets all the money. Truly a great luxury in this empty space.Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author. ¡°Looks like they¡¯ve started!!¡± The place where the two zombies were placed was quite spacious. The line separating the humans and zombies were a steel rod which radiates electricity upon contact .The placement was done in a circular diameter keeping the zombies 20m apart from one another. As the zombie weren¡¯t fed for a couple of weeks even there hunger¡¯s were enraged to maximum degree. The only thing left which could act as evidence of their existence was the color of the cloth they possessed. And then the fight began.. ¡°Looks like the red zombie is gonna win from the looks of it¡± ¡°Yes, he does seem quite energetic .It also serves as data for future encounters.¡± ¡°Its not like zombie¡¯s are gonna fight one another and we will just be the bystanders .So, stop with the excuses¡± ¡°I¡¯m not making any excuse!!¡± ¡°¡­you like it, don¡¯t you?¡± ¡°what?¡± ¡°It¡¯s not like you have to admit all your fetishes .But denying it offhandedly is a bit turn off. Won¡¯t you agree?¡± ¡°Are you looking for a fight?¡± While fighting amongst themselves two of these individual¡¯s brought the crowd¡¯s attention to themselves. One of the individual is zack who came though the aid of UN and the other was a nameless common soldier. The zombie instead of fighting suddenly began to lay on the ground. ¡°If you¡¯ve got balls then come on!!¡± ¡°You are quite a feisty one, you know¡± ¡°Been called that plenty of times in my life¡± Taking advantage of this situation the host of this event began to speak. ¡°Looks like we have a mutual understanding. But finishing here is quite a bad. So let make it a contest, whomever among these two first goes close to the zombie¡¯s passing the fence and confirming their condition¡¯s is the true man(or the one with the balls!!)¡± Hearing the announcement the two began to question the host¡¯s sanity. ¡°Passing the fence and confirming their conditions. Are you serious?¡± ¡°What the hell¡± Seeing their stern expression and anger redirected upon the host, the host began to shudder. But still put his words to action. ¡°Well you don¡¯t have to you know .We all know how big of a deep shit and chicken you both are¡± Saying this the host began to laugh dauntingly. ¡°After I confirm their conditions .I¡¯m coming after you .Also please remove the electrical rods from the place.¡± Saying this two of them went inside the arena. The crowd began to cheer violently for the success of these two. The two individuals expressing the radiance of heroes began to enter the arena. They made their way closer to the zombie¡¯s with heavy steps. Wishing that they won¡¯t wake up the mindless creatures, they got closer finally appearing in front of them. After coming close to the zombies the two of the began to inspect the zombie¡¯s condition .After a while confirming their death, they began to leave but before leaving they wanted to see if the zombies were breathing . ¡°Hey do you want to do it or should i?¡± ¡°what are you chickening out?¡± ¡°Say that again and I¡¯ll break your teeth¡± ¡°Yes ,yes¡± After finally gathering their resolve they began to see if the zombies breathed. After coming close to their face the zombies let a breath of air which made them acknowledge it¡¯s existence .But upon confirming it what they didn¡¯t knew was they also took in the zombie¡¯s infected breath . After a few moments both of them left the arena and went to their respective places. 12th March ,11:30pm Near the border army tent, Zack after finishing his duty began to read a book in his room. Suddenly he felt revolting sensation inside his stomach after a while he started sweating profusely. Zack then got hit with a big migraine and the next moment he fainted. Upon regaining his consciousness zack noticed an iron taste in his mouth. Though the taste was somehow pleasant to him but disgusted him with a horrible premonition. He then finally touched his lips to confirm the foreign substance in his mouth. After confirming the existence of the substance his face became devoid of blood. He became unable to speak from the shock of this abrupt revelation .But finally after a few minutes spoke those wretched words. ¡°¡­blood¡­¡± Chapter -3 Relentless Struggle Chapter -3 Relentless Struggle 13th March, 04:00pm Outside the NATO conference hall On one side of the world people died horrendously without even being to able to protect themselves. On the other side there were two people who were happily spending their time without a concern for others. The two men were quite influencial and wealthy. One of them was the president of united states Luke Alabaster and the other was the person who started the madness on the otherside of the world and the former accomplice of gajendra. Wearing a dark hat and a mask to hide his disgusted figure. ¡°You are quite useful ,you know¡± ¡°¡­¡± ¡°Being able to persuade gajendra into spreading the virus and even containing the virus within India as well not letting it escape outside was truly spectacular.¡± ¡°This one is honored.¡± ¡°Yes, you are.¡± After saying these the two of them walked near caf¨¦ and began relinquishing the beautiful scenery of this place. ¡°Isn¡¯t this beautiful?¡± Confused the shady individual asked the president, ¡°what?¡±The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. ¡°People living without care. Simply learning what we want them to learn. By manipulating social media and restricting all access from Asian countries, people surely don¡¯t know what¡¯s happening outside or the fact about the one who¡¯s pulling all the strings. Truly ignorance is a bliss.¡± Seeing as the mysterious individual to not reacting to his sarcasm the president spoke, ¡°I have a job for you. Can you do it?¡± ¡°¡­.¡± ¡°I consider your silence as a yes. Though I would want to discuss the matter right away .But there are many eyes and ears around this place. You should talk to my secretary he will provide you with the details.¡± ¡°Yes. But I have a question? Do I have your permission to speak?¡± Being confused if the latter was the question the president asked, ¡°Was the latter the question?¡± ¡°No¡± ¡°Then speak what shall be spoken.¡± After hesitating for a bit the mysterious individual finally spoke ¡°Is the existence of patient zero confirmed?¡± ¡°¡­¡± It was now luke¡¯s turn to be silent .In his position it is dangerous either to confirm or deny his existence. ¡°Please can you tell-¡° ¡°I¡¯m afraid this meeting has gone long enough. It¡¯s time to leave.¡± Luke frantically began to arrange his things and prepare to depart. ¡°¡­Yes. Thank you for your precious time¡± ¡°Same to you.¡± Saying this the president left. Sitting in his vehicle smoking a cigar the president began to call someone. ¡°Hello. Long time no see.¡± ¡°How long has it been anyway?¡± ¡°Two days¡± ¡°Then that isn¡¯t a fucking long time!!¡± Retorting profusely, the person then asked, ¡°Why have you called? Did something happened?¡± ¡°Yes. Someone¡¯s been asking a lot a questions.¡± ¡°¡­.I see.¡± ¡°Please run a background check on Samuel.¡± ¡°Ah. The person who came to visit you today. Did he cause any harm?¡± ¡°No at least not now. But who knows in the future he may stand as a thorn on our road.¡± ¡°Then I¡¯ll issue an order to kill as urgent as possible¡± ¡°Please do so. But make it after the assignment. We don¡¯t want our bright student to drop out before the first semester.¡± ¡°Talking like a hotshot again though I don¡¯t mind .Then I bid you farewell Mr. President.¡± Saying so the phone disconnected. Luke then began speaking as if in a trance ¡°Looks like things will get hectic here. I must prepare.¡± Chapter-4 Finding Oneself 12th March ,11:31pm Near the border army tent, ¡°Ah!!!¡± It was a place filled with darkness .Lights flickering at a distant place capturing the horrendous event that took place. Standing as evidence are corpses of dead not moving an inch of space and within this piles of corpses, a man stood screaming with all his might. Not even caring of his surroundings. As if rejecting the reality in itself . What was on man mind was utter confusion despair and sheer desperation. An endless hope which he wanted to cling to and disregard the utter existence of the term reality. After a long silence the man finally opened his eyes to view the corpses of his allies, friends and comrades. Unable to bear any longer the man finally escaped reality and began to run and run and run. Hoping to find someone or something to cling to. To find someone to throw himself to. To repent for his deeds cursing his very birth zack ran. But in this desolate space void of humans the only place he could run to was to of his own kind. Then finally he heard a noise . Zack thought it was a calling from a god. But after noticing the thing which made the noise. Zack became fearful. Confused whether they will mistake his as a friend or an enemy. He decided to put some space between them . Then he started noticing an abnormal situation. ¡°Hey everyone thanks for taking your time to come here?¡± A man with full suit began taking as their leader. ¡°I welcome you all to the party of massacre.¡± ¡°Stop with bickering and start the event vlan.¡± ¡°Oh.Dont be a party smasher you all have been waiting for this moment for a while .haven¡¯t you?¡± ¡°¡­¡± ¡°Then, please wait a little longer and little to my words.¡± ¡°Then be done with it¡± ¡°Of course. Today we have gathered for the ceremonial ritual to kill the existence which threatens us. Not only us but our entire existence .General Mauvid , gave a report sighting a pile of corpses near the border. Have you all heard that?¡± ¡°W-what?¡± Bewildered the man acting as a representative of others asked,This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it. ¡°All our troops have been wiped out!!¡± ¡°I¡¯m afraid so. So General Mauvid came with a solution.¡± ¡°And what might that solution be.¡± ¡°Cleansing of the dead.¡± ¡°You surely can¡¯t be referring to-¡° ¡°Yes¡± ¡°why?¡± ¡°No reason for you to know. General Rick.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t call me a general .A general protects his subordinates. But I merely sent them to their own death knowingly.¡± ¡°Throw the past and live for the future.¡± ¡°But anyways cleansing of the dead is a ritual to ward of the evil spirits. But we surely know that¡¯s not it .The true ritual involves slaughter and nothing but slaughter and you still to agree to that!!¡± Enraged General Rick asked Vlan , ¡°Yes¡± Seeing no hesitance in his words Rick felt bewildered. Looking as if he were looking at someone else. ¡°That¡¯s why we called you general.¡± ¡°¡­¡± ¡°You are our best.¡± ¡°Just once.¡± ¡°Hurray~!!¡± ¡°At midnight all our chopper will land on all border army tents and start the ritual.¡± ¡°¡­¡± ¡°Isn¡¯t this fun. You can go all out this time. That mean¡¯s unlimited ammos~¡± Vlan was joyfully speaking about killing his own people. Humans like himself. Rick¡¯s expression turned morbid not comprehending why he would go that far. He then began choosing his attire and weapons. Far behind the encampment Zack skillfully hid himself and began listening their conversation .Upon hearing he thought their might have been problems in his ears. After turning into a zombie Zack hearing and vision senses increased or in better terms evolved in a great sense. ¡°Looks like allying with them is out of the question.¡± Then a crazy idea turned up in Zack¡¯s head. ¡°If I can¡¯t stay with people I might as well find my place in the land of zombies.¡± Then Zack again started walking at the opposite direction of the camp inside Nepal or the land of the dead. 13th March Morning at 12:00am In front of the former town of Belani, Nepal Zack was walking for hours over hours. With his new transformed body, his endurance, hunger and stamina increased to an inhumane level. He now has no desire to kill or hunt but for some reason he maintained his former intelligence and sanity. After walking for hours in the heat he finally reached a town. As he was a foreigner to begin with he was not knowledgeable about the existence of this town. After reaching the town Zack noticed something interesting. ¡°Why is there no one in this town?¡± While thinking about the matter Zack made his way to one of the houses. The house was small having a corridor ,bath ,kitchen and bedroom. After entering Zack opened the fridge and began cooking a meal .He wanted to know if he could eat normal foods. ¡°¡­¡± Zack presented his long awaited meal in the kitchen table and began to eat. ¡°The taste isn¡¯t bad¡± From Zack¡¯s perspective the food was normal as any .He became confused was he really a zombie or not? Then what about his heightened senses. At the end everything still remained a mystery to Zack. After filling his stomach with a hearty meal Zack became curious of his outer appearance. Insecurity rose in his heart. With heavy he began looking for a mirror. He quickly found the mirror which he was looking for in the bedroom. But what he saw in front of the mirror left his mouth agape with awe.