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Apocalypse:
Rise of the Three Plagues

"You do realize what this means do you not?" Dr. Pearl asked Jerald, looking at him like he was an idiot. Well, to say the least he was an idiot. Jerald is a business man, what more would you expect. "No, I don't realize what this means. Listen I came here to talk to you about all this funding you've been receiving and we haven't been seeing any results. I'm here because I'm cutting you of-"
Before he could finish, she made sure to cut him off. "Well that is good Jerald, less liability for when we take this global." She spoke holding a small vial with a white liquid, but he was still speaking. Then her words caught his ears. "Global, you say?" He looked at her wide eyed. "What exactly have you found?"
"Well Mr. Harrison, I'm glad I have your attention now. Let me just repeat myself."
She opened her hand offering the vial to him. "This," she spoke slowly, trying not to lose him.
"Is what us Geneticists refer to as the Holy Grail of Medical science." She noticed his look of confusion. "Let me start from the beginning." She began.
"When we first started this project, we were looking for something to help advances in the medical world, not really anything in particular, such as the Annatto/Lipstick tree has been used for things from insect repellent to lowering blood pressure. They have used extracts from the plant to treat snake bites. The Trumpet tree is widely used in Traditional medicine to treat a variety of illnesses, including respiratory illnesses and rheumatism. That's just to name a few plants that have been found in the Amazon that treat Illnesses. We, on the other hand, found a new plant species. We thought nothing of it at first, just a new plant. But we figured we would run some standard tests. We just happened to find out that the bacteria in the plant will replace the use of Horseshoe crab blood. Horseshoe crabs have no Immunities. So they have a number of compounds that will bind to and inactivate bacteria, fungi, and viruses.
"As we continued our research, we found a way to prevent HIV." She stated. He held his hand up in shock trying to find words to speak. "I'm sorry... What?" he asked seriously interested. "I cannot give you the exact details. But as we both know HIV is hard to even begin finding a prevention for in the first place because each strain is different from the last because it mutates upon transfer. As if it has its own mind. Well the Plant enzymes alter its structural Genetic Coding. So I would only have to make one Vaccine for HIV. The vaccine would alter its self to protect against any stain of HIV including multiple strains of HIV.
“Not only did we find a Vaccine for HIV but one for The Common flu and Rabies. These vaccines are so resilient that you would only every need to be vaccinated for HIV once. The same with the Common Flu. The Rabies vaccine would only need to be used once in an entire lifetime.”
"So you over charge the price of the Vaccine, and we'll be Millionaires!" His greed was rather disgusting to her. "You realize if you over price it less people will be able to afford it, in turn less will buy it. Not everyone will want the Vaccine for HIV. You would logically make more money lowering the price. The people who are more likely to acquire HIV live majority in Third world countries. If you make it accessible to the third world countries, that is where you would make millions." She spoke down to him, having become sick of his arrogance. "Not to mention more people would go 'Well why the hell not, if it's that cheap I might as well' because a lot of people have a problem with spending their money."
"Well that would work too.." he looked rather perplexed
She continued telling him what they had discovered

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"Where the hell are all of our specimens?" Dr. Pearl asked looking stressed.
"What do you mean 'where are the specimens'?" Dr. Reynold asked. He moved into the lab room looking around. It appeared that the place had been ransacked.
"I mean, Where are all of our specimens and samples?" she was now throwing things onto the floor, tipping over instruments and going through cabinets.
"Was it like this when you came into work just now?" He questioned as he began helping her look. Alarms were going off at every station.
"Yes, it was and I can't find anything, none of the petri dishes, or any of our mass samples, even the plants are gone!" She was on the verge of a panic attack. "Who would have done some..." she turned and grabbed Dr. Reynold. "Damn it, Scott. It was Jerald! He took everything. He was pushing me so hard to get this on the market. I kept telling him it needed more testing. He continued to insist that we get the first vaccines out and continue to release updated versions. I'm going to find him and kill him." She said her voice thick with vengeance. She pushed around Dr. Reynold and he grabbed her arm stopping her. "You aren't going anywhere. We're going to the authorities with this. You can't just march over there and demand everything back."
"And what exactly do you think the Authorities are going to do? They're going to take to long to process everything and by the time we do get any results he's going to have released it! I am not going to be the reason millions of peoples lives are destroyed!" she fought through his grip. She stalked out of the Lab Room and flung her lab coat onto a desk in the front. She grabbed the keys to her truck and Dr. Reynold was on her tail. "Listen, if you're going over there, I am coming with." He said somewhat out of breath from her pace. She hesitated to give him an answer as they made their way to the car from the parking lot. "Fine." Was all she said. She unlocked his door and he climbed in. She got in and started the truck and put it in gear and they made their way to Mr. Harrison's establishment.
She pulled into the parking lot and parked the car. She opened her glove box and pulled out a pistol, a clip and six bullets and began loading the rounds into the clip. "You've got to be kidding right?" Dr. Reynold asked in astonishment that she had a concealed weapon in the vehicle. She loaded the clip into the gun and looked at him with the most serious look on her face. "Do I look like I am kidding?" She opened the door to the truck and stepped out. She slipped the gun into the back of he pants and pulled her shirt over the gun to conceal it. Dr. Reynold had come around the side of the truck by now. He shut her door for her and they headed towards the building.
He opened the door for her and she walked in. The receptionist sat at the front desk and she greeted them with her usual bland speech "Hello, Welcome to AdvancedTech, if you will just sign in someone will be with you shortly." Then she looked up and recognized Dr. Pearl. "Oh, how are you Ma'am. I'll call Mr. Harrison and let him know you've arrived."
"There wont be any need of that, I just spoke with him, he knows I am heading in. Thank you." Dr. Pearl sad nodding to the Receptionist and smiling sweetly. She smiled back and returned to whatever she had been doing before. Dr. Reynolds grabbed a few mints from the jar on the counter which Dr. Pearl Shot him a look for. "Scott... Really?" she questioned his need for sweets at such a time like this. "Wha-?" He said cramming his mouth with another mint. "Helps me calm down." He said as they made their way to the elevator. She pushed the Seventh Floor button.
Silence enveloped them through the whole ride up the elevator, neither of them wanting to say anything. The bell dinged and the doors opened to the seventh floor. She walked out with Dr. Reynold walking just behind her and to her side. As they approached his office room, she could hear he was on the phone. Luckily his door was a large thick wooden door. So they couldn't be seen eves dropping on him. She held one finger up to her mouth to make sure Scott wouldn't Do something stupid, like choke on the candy.
"I'm telling you if you don't take this opportunity you will regret it. Wouldn't you want the Noble Peace Prize, for saving all of humanity. If you front the money for manufacturing I will put the money in for marketing." Jerald spoke into the phone. There was a short silence and then he began speaking again, "Listen, you set up a meeting with my company and we will show you exactly everything we have to offer. Thank you." Another short pause. "Yes you too. Good bye." and he hung up the phone.
Without hesitation Dr. Pearl Swung open the door and Shut and locked it behind her assistant. Jerald didn't look surprised at all. "Ah, Dr. Pearl. Did you finally finish up the testing and modification?" He asked sounding somewhat content. "You know damn well what I came here for. I know you broke into my lab and took all of my research, all of my subjects and samples. I want them back. Now. Or I will take this directly to the CDC." She threatened. She knew if she went to the CDC they would immediately take all of her research and specimens, but they also would not give them back. It was a chance, she was hoping that he was to much of an idiot to know this. He looked genuinely puzzled. "What do you mean... Your research and specimens are gone? What happened?" He asked more of a demand. "I just got off the phone because we have an appointment with another company for further funding! And here you are telling me we have NOTHING?!" He yelled. "What the fuck is going on over there Dr. Pearl?" he was beginning to turn red in the face.
"You are the only other person that has full access to my Laboratory. You also have been pushing very hard for me to get it on the market as soon as possible, even if it meant it wasn't fully tested. I kept telling you no. So you tell me who else would it be?" She spoke the last sentence through her teeth, trying to stifle her anger. He gestured for them to sit. "If I wanted your research and such, I would have done this over a year ago Dr. Pearl. We need to figure out who may have done this and take right action." He said looking frustrated. Dr. Pearl sat down leaning against the back of the seat, she was beyond stressed. Dr. Reynolds sat next to her and kept his eyes on the floor, so he never saw it coming. Jerald lifted his arm to reveal his gun. without warning he shot Dr. Reynolds straight through the temple. She barely had enough time to reach for her gun. As she leaned forward to move her back away from the seat he shot her. She leaned back against the seat. He had shot her in the chest just to the left of her heart. She looked over to Dr. Reynolds who was slumped out of his chair. His brain matter spilling onto the floor along with his blood. A good portion of his skull was missing. He was dead. She looked back to Jerald, everything seemed to be in slow motion.
"Why?" was all she asked.
"Why? You have cost me millions to begin with. Promising me nothing but 'We're almost finished' or 'Oh, it should be done within a month'" he said mocking her in a snippy tone. Her head sagged and she lifted it back up, fighting the darkness that was trying to consume her. "Do you realize what you're doing?" she asked speaking slowly and gargled as blood filled her mouth and spilled onto her chest.
"I am, as they say in the business world, liquidating my damages."

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“The company AdvancTech has astonished the whole world with its marvelous discovery. We’ve been following them since day one. And the number of sales has immensely sky rocketed on the Global Market. We asked a recent poll of 1,000 people If they would purchase one of the vaccines and over 81% said they would.” The News Report read on the television. The screen changed to an interview with Maria Santiata the Researcher who Mr. Harrison had brought the product to in the first place. “We wanted to make a Product that could change the human race as we know it. It prevents the contraction All together, even metabolizing the contents any re-infection. So lovers can be with each other without fear. Within a few years the AIDS Epidemic will be only in the history books.” She said
The news reporter asked her question. “So how is it that you stumbled upon these Vaccines in the first place?”
“I cannot release that information because I am under Contract, and our patent for the Vaccines is still being processed by The American Government. I can however, say that it was in fact, sheer luck.” Maria said somewhat amused by the fact that no one, not even herself, knew how it was truly discovered.
“Everyone seems to be strung up over the HIV Vaccine, and there seems to be very little talk over the Rabies, and The Flu Vaccines. What can you tell us about them?” The reporter asked.
“Ah, yes. As we all know there are already Rabies, and Flu vaccines out on the market. The only difference between our Vaccines and the others is that the Vaccines never expire. You only need to vaccinate your dog with AdvachTech’s Rabies Vaccine once in it’s entire life and it will never contract Rabies. This is the same for Humans with AdvanceTech’s Flu Vaccine. The prices are a little higher, but not by much. And most Medical Insurances will cover majority of the cost or more.” Maria laughed. “I mean, why wouldn’t you get one?”
“That’s a very good question.” the reporter said laughing with her. “So what can you say about products that AdvanceTech may be coming out with in the future?” the reporter asked in her usual up beat tone.
“Again I am under contract. You can always check out our website for future updates as to what our medical team is advancing in every day.”


The Scientist was in his home leaning on his kitchen counter watching the News Broadcast. Frustrated with what he was watching he clicked off the T.V.. “I can’t believe what the hell they are doing these days. ‘Advancing the human race’ what bullshit is that?” He asked his wife who sat on the couch reading her magazine. “I don’t know Honey..” She said monotone not really paying attention. He seemed to not notice her disinterest in his ranting, but continues to do so despite the fact.
“I mean this has got to be bullshit. There is no way that they could have made a product that works this fast. They keep saying they can’t release any of the research because of some patent. Which is crap. They’re a bunch of fucking scam artists is what it is. ‘Oh hey, look at this amazing product we have, pay lots of money for it not to work...’ How much testing have they done on it? They say they ‘found’ it a year ago? A year! There is no way even if they had a team of 1,000 scientists could they ever be completely sure about how it will react.
“They release it onto the Global Market without releasing any of the research they have done in regards to how it interacts with humans. What are the side effects? This is ridiculous, AdvanceTech shouldn’t release this until they have done years of testing on human subjects and animals alike. This pisses me off. This is why I quit doing free lance work for them. I mean the Vaccine stays inside the Subject for the rest of the Subject’s life, they claim, so how can they be sure how it could react in the Subject five years down the road, or ten or fifty? This is ridiculous, any one who buys these vaccines has their head up their ass and has got caught up in the whirlwind of the Media’s ability to brainwash people by the millions....”
“I know honey...” she said again in her disinterested tone.

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Five years later...
Michael Stood at the end of the hallway in the Hospital ICU. Michael was 27 years old and had been living with Steve for a good portion of his life. They weren’t in love or anything like that. They just got along with each other very well and seemed to function on the same wavelength. He was wearing his usual White coat and he had his scrubs on underneath. He was waiting for Steve to clock off. Steve rounded the corner and into sight. He had a worn look on his face. He is one of the Main Doctors that is always on call. Michael is only a nurse at the Hospital and enjoys his job. He saw Steven’s face and new right away that he was exhausted and couldn’t wait to get home. The hospital had been inundated with people coming in all day. They were having to triple stack rooms, which for a Hospital of it’s size was unheard of. Melbourne Unity Hospital is the largest Hospital in the area and had been taking in patients from other Hospitals in the area that were inundated as well.
They both wore their medical masks while in the hospital. Everyone in the hospital was wearing masks, including patients. Whatever it was that was making these people sick was being spread, and they didn’t want to take their chances... All of the patients had the same symptoms: Random fluctuations between Comatose and Vegetative state. Bleeding from the nose and rectum. Bleeding of the gums. Burst blood vessels in the eyes. High fevers, normal range of 105 degrees or above. Rash, and flushed skin. Random swelling of the limbs and face and hair loss.
They had been working sixteen straight hours and it was their time to go home and rest, and begin the same shift over again the next day. When Steve met up with Michael they made their way to the parking lot. The whole walk was quiet until they reached the car. They stopped, Michael standing at the driver side and Steve standing at the passenger side of the car.
“What do you think is going on?” Michael asked with an unsure feeling in his gut.
“I’m not entirely sure, it has to be an outbreak of some kind... whatever it is... It’s getting worse.” Steve said running his hands through his hair letting out a heavy sigh.
Michael unlocked the car and they both climbed in. They pulled out of the parking lot and made their journey home. They continued with small chat until they reached a stop light. The light had turned red and they were waiting for it to change. When a car on the opposite side of the road rolled into cross traffic. An S.U.V. unable to react in time slammed into the hood of the car ramping up over the cars hood and landing nose first into the ditch before leaning onto the telephone pole. The car that had initially rolled into the intersection had spun and moved further into cross traffic.
They watched in horror as the accident unfolded before them. Several other cars crashed into each other either not having enough time to react or being hit by other vehicles trying to escape the situation. Without hesitation Michael and Steve were out of the car before anyone else could react. They waited making sure no one else was going to smash in too. The traffic had stopped on both sides, the accident filling six lanes of traffic. Michael rushed to the initial car to check for survivors. Others got out of their cars to help out. Steve was on the phone ordering an ambulance their way.
As Michael approached the car he could tell whoever was driving was lying against the steering wheel pressing on the horn. The horn was blaring when he approached. He saw two people in the vehicle. There was the driver and a passenger in the back seat. The first thing he did was check the vitals of the Driver. No pulse. He gently leaned in the car and moving around the driver turned the vehicle off so as to prevent a fire. He then opened the driver’s door and pulled the woman out of the car. Supporting her neck with his arms he laid her on the concrete. A man in civilian clothing rushed over to Michael’s aide. “I know CPR.” was all he said. Michael turned his attention to the passenger. He moved towards the door.
The passenger was a female as well. She was groaning. So yes she was alive. Without hesitation he opened her door and removed her seatbelt. “Ma’am, can you hear me? Is there anything hurting? Is your neck or back hurting?” he asked the woman who seemed to be in a daze.
She turned acknowledging him and he leans into the car and slips his left arm behind her neck and slides his right arm under the bend in her knees. He lifts the woman up and out of the car. As he carries her to where the driver is laying she slowly reaches up as if to give him a slow motion ‘Thank you’ kiss. Instead of kissing him she sinks her teeth into the soft of his neck. He immediately yells and drops her. As he drops her flesh rips down the side of his neck. Blood ruptures from the Carotid artery in his neck and spews his life onto the pavement. He collapses against the hood of the car and slides down the side of the car to rest on the pavement, he slips into unconsciousness in seconds as the blood begins to pool around him.
Steve hears his cry and drops the phone and rushes to his aid.


“This morning we received strange footage of what seems to be ‘The Attack’ from last nights car accident on Rural Road . The video is of graphic nature and cannot be shown live on the air. But it is what seems to be of a woman involved in the accident attacking the man who pulled her from the wreck, and then attacking seven other people plus two officers. She was shot more than ten times before succumbing to lethal force. The investigation on The Attack still continues. We will keep you updated on the investigation as it ensues.”


“My name is Rick Alderman and I am reporting to you live from New York City. The local police have reported a rash of assaults in the downtown area. In most of these assaults most of the victims have been bitten. Police aren’t making anymore comments and no curfew has been issued. We’ll keep you updated as more news from the Police is released.”


“In a continuing trend, China has also released reports of a surging rise in Cannibalism. The reports show that the Victims are being dismembered and eaten, publicly. Researches speculate on a new type of Recreational Drug, the number of Crystal Meth users having sky rocketed in the past seven years. Some speculate that a trend of ‘Death Cults’ could be the reason in the rise of these heinous attacks.”


“Good morning America, I am Hank Fresta. Today’s date is Wednesday, July 8th. To those of you listening, gather your family close. Call any relatives who do not have access to a television or radio. We have received word from the CDC that a Plague is spreading rapidly across the globe. As of now, there is no known cure. It seems that the Plague is spread by the bite, or scratch of the infected. The Infected can be identified by their shambling walk. Pale flesh and some may display signs of decomposition. We urge you to stay indoors. Lock your doors, block your windows. Do not aide the Infected. Across the bottom of your screen will be scrolling an emergency number. Please report any groups of infected larger than five. A squad of a Decontamination Unit will be on call and will respond to all your emergency needs. God Bless you and God save America. The President will be on to speak more about this pressing matter at 9:00 am, please stay tuned for a special message from the CDC.”


“Good morning America. I am speaking to you in our darkest hour. The CDC has issued a mandatory evacuation. There will be Evacuation Depots in every major City. Call the number on the bottom of the screen or visit the CDC’s website for further information on locations. Locations around the world including Europe, China, and Australia have also issued mandatory evacuations. Please act in calm and orderly fashion and do not panic. The military has been posted on every major route into these cities. It is advised that you do not stop, or get out of your car for any reason. Take only what you can carry. Be advised that the Infected do roam the streets, do not go to anyone calling for help. Avoid confronting those who appear to be Infected. Avoid stray animals, and leave your pets at home. When arriving into the Quarantined Evacuation Depots there will be Military Guards who will be handing out packets with more information. Again, the number can be found at the bottom of the screen and more information can be found on the CDC’s website. God Bless us all.”



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The Ridiculously Short Summary(This is what we originally started with)

[glow=red,2,300]Apocalypse: Rise of the Three Plagues[/glow]

Mysterious plant found in the amazon basin, enzymes in the plant are now replacing Horse shoe crab blood in Vaccines, flue shots etc..

It is rushed into the market due to it's demand. The product wasn't given sufficent time for testing and modification.

The product goes global

Five years later....
The product that has been saving millions of lives is now mutating humans. The crisis is being called The Three Plagues by the media. Three types of mutations arise from the infected: Zombie like human's who attack human's and spread the infection.Vampire like human's who crave their sustenance of Hemoglobin. Werewolf like human's that were physically mutated by the infection. There are three different tiers of Infection, each with separate stages of evolution.

Zombie Stages:
1. Mindless, a lot of them.
2. Intensely hungry
3. 4 Different alterations depending on Hormones Present.

Vampires
1. Mindless killing machines, a lot of them
2. Sentient creatures, somewhat able to control their thirst
3. Nosferatu like (few sentient)

Werewolves
1. Mindless, a lot of them
2. Sentient creatures, somewhat able to control their hunger
3. Hairy savage beast

Notice: I have worked very hard on this. As you can see it is very long. It is supposed to be long. The more details we put in the background story the less questions you have to ask. If you see any errors please let me know. I am also aware that for some reason the Paragraphs have no indentation. I have tried to fix this but have not succeeded. This will be updated with some more information in a little while. As of now this is what you are to go off of. Any errors you see please PM either myself or the other Admin Thank you.
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