Chapter 1:
Diary in The Apocalypse
Apocalypse – The Beginning
(1595 … June 10)
A completely normal day… except… not for everyone…
(Hahhh… hahhh)
In a basement, Liza Brodley is tied up.
Liza: “Hahhh… hahhh… Dad!… Dad… Mom?… Brother?… is anyone here…?”
It’s silent… unusually so.
Liza: “Hahhh… what’s going on?”
She suddenly felt a shiver run down her spine… especially when she looked out the window and saw smoke and destruction…
She heard nothing. The room was built so that nothing from outside could be heard inside.
Liza: “…Hahhh…”
(A few days later)
(Crash!)
Liza: “Dad?”
The door opened… it was her dad… but something was wrong…
Liza: “Dad?”
He came closer… acting strange… stranger than usual… He approached her.
Liza: “Dad…?”
He looked at her and screamed:
“ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRR!”
Liza: “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHHHH…!”
She held him off with her feet.
Liza: “Stay away… what… what are you doing… stop it, I don’t want this anymore, Dad!”
He stared at her… and she realized something was wrong… he didn’t look human anymore… more like a zombie…
Liza: “Ugh… what the hell… stay away…”
She kicked him back, and in the process, her bindings broke.
(Crash!)
Liza: “Urk…”
She immediately stood up and started running. He chased her… slowly.
Liza: “Help… help…”
She stumbled.
Liza: “What… let me go.”
He grabbed her and fell on top of her. She pushed him away… but he came closer and closer… until she found a hammer nearby. She grabbed it and stabbed it into his neck.
(Stab!)
Liza: “Ghh…”
(Hrkkk!)
Liza: “Hahh… hahh…”
She got up right away and ran to the door… she found her mother and her brother.
Liza: “Ugh… my… my sister, where is she?!”
Were they mutants too?
She ran away quickly.
Liza: “Ghhh…”
She opened the door… and saw it…
Liza: “Ugh… what… the… hell…”
Everything was gone… the cities, the people… and then… the catastrophe began that very day.
(1 hour later)
(Step… step…)
Liza: “Hahhh… hahhh… hahhh…”
She found a house and went inside.
Liza: “Ahhhh…”
She collapsed to the floor.
Liza: “Hahhh… hahhh… three… weeks… on the road… these… mutants… destroy everything…”
In 2006, the catastrophe happened… zombie-like creatures appeared, and the world has been in chaos ever since.
These mutants are not zombies… they also infect others by biting, but they are stronger… and there are even special types of mutants.
Liza: “Hahhh… hahhh…”
She got up and searched the house.
Liza: “Ugh… beer… the stuff that made Dad keep me in a dungeon for 10 years and… do whatever he wanted with my body…”
She kept searching.
Liza: “Hahh…”
A can… of tuna fish.
Liza: “Must not have been here long ago…”
She opened it and smelled it.
Liza: “Tsss… guess not…”
She threw it away.
Liza: “Damn… is there nothing to eat here… anything…”
She kept searching and searching until she found… a large amount of fruit yogurt.
Liza: “Hahh… better than nothing.”
She took it, sat on the floor, and opened it.
Liza: “Mmm.”
She started eating.
Liza: “Gahhh… it’s warm… doesn’t taste great… but better than nothing.”
After eating, she searched again.
Liza: “Hmm…”
She opened a drawer and found… well, certain items.
Liza: “…Ugh… guess someone didn’t want to get pregnant during the apocalypse… But who thinks about sex and risks their life in a situation like this… seriously… do people only think about that?”
She lay down on the bed and started sleeping.
Liza: “Hahhh… hahhh…”
(Meanwhile)
In the forest, there’s a camp… and there is Dante, a former police officer.
Dante: “Hahhh… found anything?”
With him in the camp are Mia, Kenn, and Zoe.
Dante: “Hmm?”
Kenn: “No, nothing.”
Dante: “Damn… we’ll starve like this… what about Mia? Did she find anything? Where is she?”
Then he suddenly heard someone calling his name.
Mia: “Dante… Dante…”
Kenn: “Mia, there you are.”
Mia is Kenn’s sister.
Mia: “I found… something… a cabin… an old cabin… it might have supplies… but…”
Dante: “But what?”
Mia: “Someone’s been there… I just know it’s a woman.”
Dante: “A woman… is she armed?”
Mia: “No idea.”
Dante: “Let’s go there… attack her… shoot her… in the leg… if she still doesn’t give up, then in the head.”
Zoe: “Mhm.”
Kenn: “Okay.”
Mia: “I’ll take you there, follow me.”
They went there.
Mia: “There it is.”
Dante: “Hmm… it’s really small… but it must have supplies.”
They approached.
Dante: “Shhh… open the door quietly.”
They opened it slightly… inside, Liza was sleeping.
Liza: “Hahhh…”
Dante: “Looks like a teenage girl…”
Zoe: “Hmph.”
Mia: “…Let’s wake her up.”
Zoe: “Sure thing!”
She walked over.
Kenn: “Wait!”
She stomped on her foot.
Zoe: “Hey, get up.”
Liza: “Aaaaaaarghhh…”
Dante: “Stop it, Zoe!”
Liza: “Ugh!”
She panicked and crawled back.
Liza: “Ghhh…”
Zoe: “Oh… how cute, you’re scared.”
Kenn: “Stop it!”
Mia: “Damn it, Zoe, she’s still a young woman.”
Zoe: “So what?”
Dante: “Cut it out… can’t you see she’s shaking? She can’t even stand.”
Liza: “Hahh… ugh…”
Dante: “Search the cabin… maybe there’s something important.”
They searched.
Mia: “Hmm… empty can… guess she ate it.”
Zoe: “Unbelievable… how much do you eat, damn it!”
She threw the can at her head.
Liza: “Ghh…”
Dante: “Hmm?”
Zoe: “Ghh.”
She approached her.
Kenn: “Stop it!”
He grabbed her hand.
Kenn: “That’s enough… now… right now!”
Dante: “He’s right… what’s she supposed to do, not eat? It’s about survival. Don’t be like that.”
Dante looked annoyed.
Dante: “…But really… how did you survive this long… you seem really weak.”
Mia: “Hey!”
Dante: “It’s true.”
Kenn: “Hmmm.”
Zoe: “Hahh…”
Dante: “Do you have a group?”
She didn’t answer out of fear.
Zoe: “He asked you a question… answer… hey!”
She grabbed her suit and tore a piece from her back and shoulder.
(Rip!)
Liza: “Ugh, no!”
She quickly covered her shoulder and back.
Zoe: “What… the hell… what are those wounds…”
Mia: “…Who did this to her…”
Kenn: “Your people maybe?”
Dante: “Shhh… shhh…”
Dante understood the situation… and why Liza was so afraid.
Dante: “…Those marks… hey… were you… maybe…”
Mia: “What?”
Dante: “Were you assaulted?”
Kenn: “What?!”
Liza: “Ghhh… leave me alone… look away…”
Zoe: “Oh no, we’re not doing that… show us!”
She pulled her hand away.
Liza: “Ghhh…”
The wounds were visible.
Mia: “Ugh…”
Kenn: “Damn.”
Zoe: “…Uh…”
Dante: “…Who did this to you?”
Liza: “I… don’t want to talk… about it, okay…”
Zoe: “Huh?”
Dante: “Enough, Zoe.”
He knelt down.
Liza: “Hmm.”
Dante: “It’s fine… of course it’s fine if you don’t want to talk about it… Alone, you can’t survive… want to come with us?”
Zoe: “Seriously?”
Mia: “Hmm.”
Kenn: “That… would be good.”
Zoe: “Really?”
Liza: “Uh…”
Dante: “Surviving alone is impossible… let us help you.”
Liza: “Okay…”
They took her with them.
Mia: “Hey… my name is Mia Kawashima. I’m from the Sakura Empire… my brother’s here, his name’s Kenn. That’s Zoe, she’s from the Levro Empire. Dante is from the Mirica Republic… I guess you are too?”
Liza: “…Uh… yes…”
They brought her to the camp.
Dante: “Here, food and water… not the best, but better than canned stuff.”
Liza: “Thanks.”
Dante: “How did you survive so long?”
Liza: “Uh… I hid… again and again… in tree hollows… or in bear dens.”
Zoe: “Hideouts? You must be over 170 cm… and what if a bear was there?”
Liza: “…There are hardly any animals… I don’t know why… but whenever I found one, it was empty.”
Dante: “That’s probably because of the plague.”
Liza: “What kind of plague?”
Dante: “Nobody knows… absolutely nobody. It all started in the Levro Empire… then the Germanien Empire… then Europe… then the Mirica Republic. Haven’t you seen the news?”
Liza: “Uh… I… was… in a dungeon…”
Dante: “Oh… sorry.”
They kept walking with Liza.
Zoe: “Why are we taking her? Are you serious?”
Dante: “What’s your problem?”
Zoe: “My problem is that she’s weak. She can’t even kill mutants!”
Dante: “Should we leave her alone? Hm? Leave a woman who’s been sexually assaulted?”
Zoe: “We don’t know if that’s sexual assault.”
Dante: “How do I know she’s not lying? She’s traumatized… you know why I became a cop? I can tell by her behavior.”
Zoe: “…Hahh… I know… your mother… I know her story… is that why? Because Dante was born from the womb of a raped woman, and that’s why she gave you such a lousy name?”
Dante: “…Gh!”
He grabbed her by the neck.
Dante: “Don’t you ever talk to me like that again, understood?!”
Zoe: “There you go again… the ex-cop who got fired for beating four gangsters to death!”
Dante: “Ghhhhh… I know you, Dante… we were both there…”
Dante: “…And you’re the ex-thief I caught and brought down.”
Zoe: “Hmph.”
Mia: “Stop it, you two.”
Kenn: “You’re scaring her.”
Dante looked at Liza… but she wasn’t afraid. She just looked back.
Dante: “…What the…”
Zoe: “Doesn’t look like she’s scared… looks like she’s used to seeing brutal things… hahaha… oh man, she’s boring.”
Mia: “Stop it…”
(Clack… clack!)
Zoe: “Ugh.”
Dante: “Huh!”
They quickly grabbed their weapons — the mutants were coming.
Zoe: “…”
They were deer.
(Rrrrrroooo)
Liza: “…So it’s affected animals too… I knew that… but herbivores?”
Dante: “Everything… everything can mutate… animals, humans… even plants…”
Zoe: “…Welcome to the Apocalypse of Chemicals… that’s what they call it.”
Liza: “Ugh…”
The deer attacked, and they started shooting.
Liza: “Ugh…”
One came at her, but Kenn killed it.
Kenn: “Careful… one bite, and you’re mutated.”
Liza: “Ugh…”
Apocalypse!
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