User:Skull26374/MySims Zombies/Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Arrival
Walker Shepard was a veteran agent of the SPA. For many, it's a mythical organization that watches over and protects society. The Sim Protection Agency is very much real. Walker looked out of the helicopter to see the small town of Willamette. He and his team were dispatched to investigate some strange occurrences that had been happening over the past few weeks. Riots, higher break-in rate, many, many things that were uncommon in such a small town. He knew very well that this would be more than just a simple mission. He had been on way too many in his day. He looked to his team, they might not have been the best, but he would always make the best of what he was given. He looked to Rosalyn, his second-in-command. She was smart, strategic, and definitely knew what to do in any situation. He knew one day she would have to take his place, but that wouldn't be any time soon. All these missions were to prepare her for what was to come after all. He was her mentor.

"Are we almost there?" chimed Derek. One of the soldiers sent along on the mission. He was fairly new, but was the best of his class in the academy. Although Walker read through his file, like he always read through the files of those he was going with. And this boy had a temper. He had been put on probation after attacking on of his squadmates in a heated argument, but Walker would make sure none of this could happen again. He was brought on the mission voluntarily, as he was raised in Willamette by his aunts after his parents died in a car crash.

"ETA fifteen minutes," shouted Martin, the pilot, over the sound of the helicopter blades. "You guys are landing on the roof of the Willamette Mall... get ready!" Now this was the man Walker was used to. Never crashed, never nearly crashed, never missed a beat. He was the best pilot the SPA offered and Walker always made sure to bring him along.

"Troops, prepare," Walker advised. "Jenny, are you fine setting up in the mall's security office?"

"Most definitely boss, you know I can manage with even a cellphone," Jenny said with a smile. "...but that doesn't mean you can take away my equipment." Jenny was the computer specialist sent on the mission. She was twenty years old, the youngest of the agency aside from the troops. However age makes no difference. In high school Jenny would hack into even her school's network. She was offered the job at the SPA because of being caught hacking into the SPA's network. Sheer luck, but great luck.

"Good, good," Walker replied. "Finn, Selena, you two haven't said much? How are you two feeling?"

"I'm just itchin' to land... gun loaded and everything," Finn responded with a smirk. "Gun loaded, ready to fight."

"Leave it to you to have your gun ready, Finn. Always your answer to everything," Selena laughed. These were two top soldiers of the agency. Finn was a simple farm boy who enlisted to see some action. Usually those kids don't really know what they're doing, but Finn does. It's was a surprise to everyone, really. He's also good with explosive. Again, not very common for a farm boy. Selena on the other hand, was born in a wealthy city family. Private school all her life, valedictorian of her class. ...and a pacifist. A pacifist in the military doesn't work. However, she is mastered in Sim-Fu, a black belt. She uses her fists more than her gun, but knows how to use her gun if she needs it as well.

"Here!" shouted Martin from the front. The team began to unbuckle and descend onto the roof. "Call me on the channel when you need extraction! And Walker, keep 'em safe!" And with that, the chopper flew away.

~

"The size of this building is amazing," Jenny said as she looked over the roof.

"Only thing this town's known for," Derek said. "Biggest mall in the world."

"You really grew up here, huh?" Finn asked.

"With my aunts, yeah."

"Eh, beats the fields and farms."

"Okay, you will be able to explore later, the mission comes first. Let's head inside," Rosalyn said.

~

"Anyone here?" Walker asked as the team descended into the security bunker.

"You folks the SPA team?" a dark man with a beard asked.

"Yes. I'm Walker Shepard, lead investigator. This is investigator Rosalyn Marshall, computer specialist Jenny Chang, and privates Derek Anderson, Finn Campbell, and Selena Jade."

"The names Justice, Justice Hunt. The man on the couch is Barney Cull. We're security guards here."

"So you're here for 'strange occurences' huh?" Barney asked.

The converation went on for a while. The whole informing situation, Walker was used to it a thousand times. He had already decided ahead of time that this would be his last mission. He wasn't too old, but he had almost drained what was left for him. He knew for this mission, he would give his all. He began to dream of the vacations he would take, when he felt a tug on his shoulder. He snapped out of it. It was Jenny.

"Look!" Jenny shouted, pointing at the security monitors. The mall was in chaos. Sims were running everywhere, in every monitor. There were some attacking, some defending, many running.

"Oh my..." Selena gasped.

"Barney?! Why didn't you flag this?!" Justice yelled.

"Justice, you know I don't sleep on the job. I just turned the screens off... for the briefing of the situation," Barney explained.

"I turned them on... to set up my equipment," Jenny said, still staring in shock at the screens. Barney ran to turn on the volume. All it was was screaming.

"Elmira... Mira..." Barney sighed. "I have to go down there!"

"I don't believe that's the best thing to do right now sir. We don't know what exactly is going on, but we'll figure it out," Rosalyn said, trying to ease the man's nerves.

"Take a seat Barney, it'll all be okay. The girls will be fine..." Justice advised as Barney dropped on the couch with a look of shock. Selena took a seat next to him trying to calm his nerves.

Justice pulled out a walkie-talkie from the desk. "This is Justice, can anybody hear me? Johnson?! Randolph?! Anybody?! Come in?!" All that was heard through the device were screams.

"Who is it?!" Derek yelled as he drew his gun.

"Stand down, Derek!" Walker demanded. A man with a beard, and a lazy eye stepped out from the shadows. He was dressed as a janitor.

"Gabby?" Justice asked. "Were you out there?"

"Ye, I sure was. It's chaos, chaos everywhere dang nabbit. Ol' Gabby was just cleanin' the bathrooms when the screamin' started. It just started an' kept goin'. Men were attackin' men and women were attackin' men and men were attackin' women. Some people came in an' followed me in. I saved 'em if I tell you."

"In the security bunker? You know this isn't for civilian use!" Barney exclaimed.

"Barney, this bunker was built to be a bunker. We have enough space for maybe a hundred people in here," Justice responded.

"Come 'en out," Gabby said to the darkness. A dark woman in Southern-looking clothing came out. She had a bone keeping her hair together. Following her was a pale woman in a jacket, skirt, and glasses. She looked shaken. Followed by a young man, probably in high school, and a middle-aged man in a vest.

"Can you tell us anything that happened?" Rosalyn inquired at the civilians.

"Why don't you tell us your names first," Walker asked.

"Eliza, my name's Eliza. I'm a psychologist," said the pale, blonde woman as she shook.

"Matt, I teach history at a local high school," said the man in the vest.

"My name is Luis," responded the young boy.

"And you are?" asked Rosalyn, facing the Southern woman.

"Madame Zoe," responded the woman.

"Can any of you tell us what happened?" Walker asked. Eliza, Luis, and Matt all spoke out at once.

"One at a time, please," Walker said.

"I was just walking through the mall, and there was screaming, and shouting, and pushing, and shoving, and people attacking each other, I didn't know what was going on!" Eliza exclaimed.

"Zombies," Zoe said while staring at the ground.

"Zombies?" Finn chuckled as Derek elbowed him. "Oh, uh, zombies."

"Can you, uh, explain what you meant by that?" asked Rosalyn.

"I am a medium. I had a premonition, a violent one. Of the city. It was overrun by zombies. I am from the South. I came here because my sister's son is on vacation here. My nephew, Iggy. I came for him.

"I can assure you that your nephew will be fine," said Selena, trying to soothe the woman.

"I know he is, for now," Zoe responded as Selena widened her eyes.

"Is it really zombies? I mean. I guess people were biting eachother. Oh no..." Luis said with a look of terror plastered across his face.

"Everybody calm down, I'm sure there's a rational explanation to this," Walker pleaded. "Justice, Barney, can you take these folks and help them get adjusted. Maybe give them a bit of food and water?"

"You're the boss, now," Justice replied as he helped draw the people away.

"Sure..." Barney walked away, with a look of worry. Selena grabbed his arm.

"We'll find your family, I promise." She smiled as he smiled back and walked away.

"I will set up a transmission with the SPA, as well as the rest of my equipment," Jenny said, already into her work.

"Good, good," Walker acknowledged. "Derek, Finn, Selena, suit up. You guys are going down to investigate."

"Be prepared," Rosalyn said with concern. "We don't know anything that's out there. You know you can reach us on transmission."

"There be a pathway through that there ventilation unit," Gabby pointed. "They are off at this here time, night and all. I'll make sure they don't come back on now."

"If you guys are searching for what's down there. Find Lyndsay and Mira. They run the information booth. They'll help you around the mall, given you need it," Justice said before walking back to what he was doing.

"I'm ready for some action," Derek said with a smirk as he loaded his gun. "My aunts work here," he said as everyone had a look of worry. "Let's go."

"Stay safe," Walker said as he watched the troops crawl through the vents. He mind was no longer fixated on vacation, but this final mission. The mission that once he saw the screen, the screaming people, he knew would be his last mission.