text: [Themes: horror, war]
  
  "All clear!" one of the squad members calls out. They storm back down into the building. It looks like Orion's searching the entire city for any and all survivors! They're exterminating humanity!
  
  A little while later, with no way else down, you have no choice but to follow behind them through the roof access door.
  
  The building is another apartment building. The hallways are filled with dead bodies, bullet holes, and streaks of blood on the walls. There are also half-eaten corpses with their guts exposed.
  
  Holy fuck! you think to yourself, as you progress through the building, trying every possible door.
  
  Room after room are filled with innocent people murdered in cold blood in their own homes. In one of the apartments you enter, there is blood and guts all over the floor and walls. There are a dozen or so of those crazies kneeling down or sitting against the wall...
  
  They're feeding on human body parts...
  
  You immediately close the door and a wave of horrific trauma hits you. You'll never be able to get that out of your head. Guess Orion wasn't as thorough as they thought.
  
  Eventually, you make it down to the first story, a Chinese restaurant. In the preceding chaos, you couldn't hold onto your rifle. You could use a weapon now.
  
  But right outside is a Humvee - you can hear it's engine still running...
  
  > No time - get to that Humvee!
  You decide to make a run for the Humvee. There should be weapons inside, you think.
  
  As you step out of the restaurant, you are still in a war zone. The night lights up with explosions and gunfire all round. You can hear agonizing screaming of soldiers and the snarls of zombies. This is a pretty fucked situation.
  
  You get to the Humvee and, to your luck, there's nothing in it but an assault rifle.
  
  You begin driving to William's place, which is in Fox Chapel on the north end of town. You begin crossing the Highland Park Bridge, which takes you into Fox Chapel. Luckily, there's not much traffic yet, what with people trying to leave the city and all.
  
  Suddenly, the Humvee dies on the bridge. You ran out of gas! In the chaos, you didn't think to check the fuel level.
  
  Confused, you get out and notice a dripping underneath the Humvee. A bullet must have hit the gas tank, and it all leaked out! Shit!
  
  > cross the bridge on foot
  It's not much further, you decide. You manage to cross the bridge and traverse the streets of Fox Chapel with the rifle you found in the Humvee.
  
  Once in a while, you are attacked by a zombie, but nothing you can't handle.
  
  You run out of ammo, but you finally make it to William's.
  
  > go inside the house
  Upon walking in, you see William and Amber in the kitchen.
  
  "Thank God - Joe!" says Will, "I tried to find you at your apartment before it came down. We need to get you out of the city. I've already packed you 2 plenty of food, guns, ammo, clothing - that sort of thing."
  
  "What's going on? Why is Orion killing everybody?"
  
  "It's all part of their 'Final Solution,' just like the Nazis had over 90 years ago. They were throwing nearly everyone in concentration camps, forcing them to work, performing horrendous experiments on them. But now, I guess they're exterminating everyone in response to the outbreak."
  
  "The outbreak? You mean the zombies?"
  
  "Yeah, the, er, zombies. They developed this toxin that can reanimate dead tissue. When the bodies started piling up, the Orion personnel decided to use the toxin on them. Thing is, the dead people that came back weren't themselves at all...my unit saw...they overran the entire camp...Orion couldn't contain it...the dead, they..."
  
  Will puts his hand to his mouth, clears his throat, and swallows, "they fed on people - my men, Orion's men, civilians - pretty much anyone they could catch."
  
  "Shit, I saw it, too. It's awful, what's happening."
  
  William goes into the kitchen and comes back with the provisions he packed.
  
  "Look, you and Amber need to get to the dropship at the airport. Obviously, it's outside of the dome, so I'll have to get you guys past the entry/exit checkpoint. Once you're at the airport, just get on the dropship. Don't worry about me - I'm being evacuated, also, with the rest of the Alliance military. We're going to the same place as you and all of the civilians, so I'll see you there."
  
  You look at Will like he's fucking crazy. "Dropship? Evacuation? Where are we going?"
  
  "Damn it, I thought you liked keeping up on the news! The entire planet is shuttling itself into space and living aboard the ships until The Frontier can be colonized. The Frontier is an inhabitable planet on the edge of the galaxy...humanity's starting a new life there..."
  
  You can't believe it! All those late night conversations you used to have with your friends while stoned out of your mind about space colonization - you never thought it would actually come to fruition!
  
  "We need to leave now," Will continues, "or else we'll be stuck here."
  
  So the 3 of you pack up all of the provisions into Will's jeep, then head for the airport. When you get to the security checkpoint to leave the eco-dome, it has been overrun by zombies. They are feeding on the bodies of the Orion guards.
  
  "Serves them right," mutters Amber.
  
  Will continues driving, and you eventually get to the airport. Just as you expected, the traffic is horrendous going into the airport. The 3 of you get out of the jeep, grab the provisions, and head for the terminal on foot.
  
  The crowds of people have jammed themselves in the terminal, desperate to get on the dropship.
  
  "Shit! There's no way they're going to get you on the ship with all these people," says Will, "I might be able to sneak you guys on the military ship with me. We're boarding on the runway right now."
  
  > go for the military ship
  "Let's go for your ship, Will."
  
  The 3 of you run to the runway and Will shows his military ID to the guard by the entrance ramp onto the ship.
  
  "No guests, sir," he says.
  
  "Listen, private," replies Will, "I outrank you. If you wanna keep what little of a life you have, you're gonna left these 2 on with me."
  
  "Sorry, sir, that's against regulations. Only military personnel on this ship. Have your friends process through the terminal to the civilian ship. They will let them on."
  
  "Friends?!?!? THIS IS MY FUCKING FAMILY!!!" Will starts to lose his cool and looks like he's about to cap this dipshit private.
  
  He looks at you, as if hoping you can speak for him.
  
  > say "It's cool, Will. We'll head for the civilian ship. You take this one."
  "I'm gonna make sure you guys make it on before I even think of leaving this planet!" says Will. What a guy.
  
  The 3 of you head for the terminal, where the civilians must be processed onto the dropship.
  
  You can barely even get inside it's so crowded. The whole damn city's there! The 3 of you push through the crowd to get to the processing kiosks.
  
  Suddenly, on a loudspeaker, a voice announces that the ship is launching in 5 minutes and they can only take children and women from this point on.
  
  "Shit!" you yell, "Amber, you need to get on there, now! Get in the processing line."
  
  "Forget it," she replies, "I'm not leaving you 2."
  
  "Amber," replies Will calmly, "baby, he's right. You need to go now."
  
  A tear rolls down her cheek, "I-I can't do that."
  
  Suddenly, the crowd is screaming and panicking and pushing their way deeper into the terminal away from the main doors.
  
  You look and see a huge horde of zombies pouring into the building.
  
  "Oh my God," Will says quietly and grabs your arm and Amber's and pushes through the crowd.
  
  Behind you, the zombies are having a feeding frenzy on the poor bastards that were too close to the doors. The rest of the crowd isn't so lucky, either, as countless more zombies chase them down and pull them to the ground.
  
  Soon enough, all around you, countless zombies are attacking people, tackling, pulling guts out, tearing necks open.
  
  The 3 of you book it through the enormous areas of the airport terminal, trying not to get trampled or eaten.
  
  "There!" Amber points to a maintenance door that opens towards you. You head for it and enter it. The zombies behind you slam against the door and claw at the window.
  
  You are now in a long, white hallway. It's very sterile and quiet compared to the screaming and bloodshed occurring on the other side of the door.
  
  "This hallway should take us to the runway where the dropship is," says Will.
  
  You head down the hall towards the runway. You manage to get outside and there she is! The dropship is enormous, probably capable of holding tens of thousands.
  
  Suddenly, the engines ignite and the ship takes off. Thousands of people on the runway are left behind, shrieking in panic.
  
  Then more zombies come across the runway and attack that crowd.
  
  "Let's go!" says Will. The 3 of you head for a garage where they keep the aircraft maintenance vehicles and luggage towing trucks.
  
  Inside is an old, scruffy-looking mechanic in his blue coveralls, smoking a cigar. He's sitting at his workbench with a shotgun in his lap.
  
  "You in a barn?" he asks, "Close the damn door!"
  
  You close the damn door then approach the window to see outside.
  
  "Don't do that," continues the mechanic, "Orion's usin' night vision this evenin'."
  
  "Orion's out there?"
  
  "That's right. Been killin' everybody out there. People and geezers alike. They were tryin' to keep people off the dropship at first. Then they musta got word of the geezers comin'. They left before they could be turned into supper, know what I mean? But they're watchin' us still. I can feel it, and they'll be back to finish what they started."
  
  "Why didn't you try to get on the dropship?" asks Will, "All of the airport personnel get guaranteed passage."
  
  "Thought about it. Not worth it."
  
  "Why not?" you ask.
  
  "Motion sickness. Had it since I was a little boy."
  
  Will looks at the mechanic like he has 3 heads. "What the hell kind of an excuse is that?"
  
  "Look, are we gonna sit here and chat all night, or do you wanna get the hell on outta here?"
  
  "But you just said Orion's out there," you say.
  
  "Well they ain't gonna let us stay here for long, I can guarantee you that."
  
  > stay in the garage
  "Let's wait it out a minute," you suggest.
  
  "Alright," replies the mechanic, "you're the boss."
  
  "What's your name, anyway?"
  
  "Name's Augustus. Just call me Gus."
  
  "Alright, Gus," says Amber, "What do we do now?"
  
  "Well, seein' as we're kinda stuck in here, why don't we make ourselves more comfortable?"
  
  Suddenly, Gus shoots you and Will in the leg with his shotgun. The 2 of you fall to the ground in agony, bleeding all over the floor.
  
  Then he rushes over to Amber and grabs her gun before she can use it. The bastard throws it away, tears off Amber's shirt and jeans and rapes her! You and Will lie helpless, watching.
  
  "YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT!" yells Will as he breaks down into tears.
  
  > Have to stop Gus! - Crawl your way toward Amber's gun
  When Gus threw Amber's gun, it landed just several feet from you. So you begin to crawl toward it with all of your strength.
  
  Meanwhile, Gus is having his way with Amber who is pinned against the workbench. His shotgun is still slung over his shoulder.
  
  Just as you get to the gun on the floor, Gus sees you out of the corner of his eye.
  
  "Oh no you don't!" he says as he turns around and blasts you with the shotgun...