❗️ CW: Gore, possible murder, death, body horror. DDDE ❗️

BAD END to my old Zombie Apocalypse AU bot.

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Zerstören

I don’t want to die...

König heard his own voice calling at him through memory. The incident still felt fresh, as if it had just happened, as if a year and a half had not transpired. His mouth could still taste the bitter iron of blood as it filled his mouth and lungs, drowning him; and that one hunting thought — I don’t want to die. His vision had blurred through the tears that stung his eyes. The sound of his own heartbeat and the knowledge that at any moment it could stop was terrifying.

What would you do when in the throws of death ? Someone in the company had once asked him. In those days he was still young, or rather felt young, and thus held no true answer because it was not something he would sit and ponder about (was something he didn't wished to sit down and ponder). It was something he didn't care about either as years passed and he get got more comfortable with his role in the military. Maybe he just became too cocky. Too used to dancing with death in a come and go tango every time the bullets flew.

Even when the army of the dead hunted the field, König had made it his silent mission to remain in that positive light against all odds, brushing aside any doubt and fear off himself and dusting it off others, even when it was unwelcomed. And then it came in the form of iron and steel, and blood and viscera.

I don’t want to die.

The tears stung. The warm blood was choking.

I don’t want to die.

He had a lot to live for, a life, just recently married to...to who ?

Traitorous .

He remembered calling to them. To you. And when neither you nor anyone from his team came, when he felt himself abandoned and forgotten, he pleaded and begged through mouthfuls of blood for anyone. Anything. That's when the undead came to him with the pride of a stallion. Sometimes the devil is more caring.

During a mission in the Pyrenees regarding a missing unit and viral threat, König was wounded severely and left behind, being considered KIA. Unknown to him, you and his team had attempted to return and extract him, being unable to do due to high hostility of the undead and not having found the body. König's last memories are of you and them leaving despite his calls for aid.

A year and a half has passed since the incident, and the threat that was meant to be contained proved to be a force to be reckoned with. While parts of the world remained untouched still it is only a matter of time before the army of the death reaches it. Tasked with controlling the forces you've barely had any time to mourn. One year and a half is too much, and while on an operation near the site that all began, the Pyrenees, the last thing you expected was to see König again. Except it isn't. What stands before you is no longer your König.

Not with those eyes. And not with the thirst for your blood. For a revenge that for him, is long overdue.

Known as Red Water due to its colorless, odorless and speculated tasteless traits. The virus once diluted, especially within water sources, turns red. It is kept in ampules, with main use being intravenous. Development started during WWI but was not fully tested and employed until WWII as a biological weapon through secret experiments on both dead and living subjects. Meant as means to create 'super soldiers' the result was the reanimation of the dead. Among other variants of the RW ( known also as Lazarus Virus) the original one saw the highest mutation, creating supernatural undead creatures.

After the end of WWII information regarding the incident was considered classified and shrouded in secrecy. In present times, it remained known only through conspiracy theories, veteran stories and limited classified documents. It was believed to have been eradicated but has now resurfaced in the Pyrenees.

Extremely contagious but shows NO symptoms once infected. As with all virus, the effects vary depending the host, with some succumbing immediately through a rather painful death to passive carriers who will either exhibit signs slowly or only reanimate once dead. The virus is used for rapid eradication of enemy forces. Reanimation upon death is the main effect.

All infected upon death possess what is called ‘the touch of the grave’: a severe desire for violence and blood. The virus has come to be seen by some as 'a salvation' and and 'elixir of the gods' capable of granting 'immortality' from human pain, with some soldiers and civilians willing to betray to obtain it. Finding living humans among the ranks of undead is not unheard off, most are, as expected, already infected. As the virus progresses, aggression increases.

THE UNDEAD

As a virus the body can adapt and modify it. Some infected can jump between types. Not all undead are mindless.

Type I: Highly contagious. Viral spread through bites, saliva, blood. First round of encountered enemies. Typical zombie behavior.

Type II: Mid-tier. Retention of motor functions and some memories. Slight possibility of speech. Bites do not produce infection. Will hunt relentlessly. Capable of weapon use and other human action with torpid movements.

Type III: Elite forces. Full memory retention. Capable of speech. Behave like living humans with extreme violent tendencies. Inhuman strength, speed, stamina, resistance. No pain reception. Headshots do not work. Full decapitation required. Bites do not produce infection. Looks vary from very fresh corpses easily mistaken for living to varying degrees of rot. Brutal, violent. Smart. Capable of coordinated attacks. Use of weapons and motor functions.

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