In 2017, a 17 year old teen named Camilla wakes up in quarantine to find herself lying next to her dog and a pistol. In the year prior, she was in the midst of a viral infection that turns people into zombies. Only some people survived the infection by not becoming infected due to an immunity in pets, children, teens, and young adults. Camilla's father placed her in quarantine as the virus had started to spread to other people. He escaped the town, while Camilla is in her quarantined room with rations, water, and the pistol. Now, she's met Zhane, a 16 year old whose parents were infected and Phoenix, a 19 year old who had returned from active duty just as the military quarantine had ended; and the three of them are on their way to find a way to escape the place they once called home, and find other survivors of this un-deadly infection. This is their story...

...After Désiree and T.J. were found in the previous chapter, things got worse for Noel as she was bitten by a zombie; and now, the group is waiting for her to turn. Life is now even more complicated for the group as Désiree and T.J.'s friends are split up all over town. Now, the entire group wants to make it to the safe haven before it's too late. And now, chapter four...

Hey everyone! It's Camilla, we've been trying to get more food to eat. Also, Noel isn't doing too well. Her skin is now turning a greenish-brown color, and we don't know what to do. I'm scared for our lives right now, thinking about the unknown.

The group has been stuck in Emporium for the past week and a half. Désiree, T.J., Zhane, and Phoenix were out killing more zombies when they came across a startling image of a half-eaten body wrapped in barbed wire tied upside-down to a fence post. Désiree and Zhane immediately vomited at the sight of the body, whilst Phoenix and T.J. (being used to seeing decomposed, half-eaten, and fully eaten bodies) draped the body in one of the two brown blankets in Phoenix's backpack. Meanwhile, back at Camilla's quarantine; the rest of the group had called in one of Phoenix's troop-mates to airlift Ami, her dog to the safe haven to be with Richard by the time that the group gets there.

Zhane here, I'm still kinda nauseous from when Dési, T.J., Phoenix, and I went out killing zombies and saw the body. So far, this past week has been slightly controlled chaos. Camilla sent her dog Ami to be with her dad Richard. Hopefully we get to the safe haven by the time that the infection finally stops spreading. We've been trying to keep Noel's body temperature cooler than normal so the infection doesn't spread to other parts of her body, but it could be too late and she could reanimate at any time.

Hi! It's your girl T.J., and well... it's been quite an interesting 10 days in Emporium. Killing zombies, hurling at the sight of dead bodies, killing deer, having an acquaintance get bitten by a zombie, etc. It's been fun, but not really. Anyway, I'm going to try and help Camilla hunt a deer.

Over the next few hours, the group had hunted deer and cooked it; and they told stories about life before the infection began. But then, things took a turn for the worst... 'Noel? Noel? Are you okay?', says Phoenix. (Noel groans) 'Oh no, guys... RUN!' Noel had finally reanimated into her zombie form. She had chased the group all around the area of their base camp until T.J. knocked her out. She woke up tied up to a steel beam with everyone surrounding her. She faintly said 'Why am I covered in blood?', and Phoenix replied 'Baby, you almost killed us. And I am sorry for what I'm going to do.' She pointed her pistol at the area of Noel's heart...

And then, Phoenix pulled the trigger of her pistol and Noel was dead; having been released from her pain of being infected. After that, the group said their goodbyes to Noel; and laid her body in the river. It was the very last time that Phoenix and Noel were girlfriends, and lovers. Although sad and depressed, she (Phoenix) decided to keep focusing on the task at hand; find more survivors, and leave Emporium for the safe haven.

Hi there, Phoenix here. I'm going to tell you now that I loved Noel very, very much. She was my girlfriend, my lover, my everything. Although the infection might have taken her away from me, I will still love her; even though she's not here to say 'I love you' to my face. I'll talk to you in the next journal entry.