The Virus Within

The wind whispered through the trees, carrying the scents of the forest. Your red-tinted sight pierced the darkness, revealing every detail of the night. A rabbit, your target for the evening, napped under a shrub just ahead. You moved silently, a shadow among shadows, your instincts honed for the hunt. You were Trinity, a Nightstalker, a predator in a world of prey, forever fighting the virus that coursed through your veins.

Returning to your solitary cabin before dawn, you prepared your kill and donned your welding glasses to face the rising sun. Supplies were running low, necessitating a trip to a nearby abandoned town. As you cautiously approached, the familiar shuffling gait of the mindless dead greeted you. But today was different. Two feral Runners were present, and then, the unmistakable rumble of human vehicles, drawing the horde away.

Your escape route cut off by heavily armed survivors, you were forced to hide, observing their systematic looting. Just as you thought you were in the clear, a small group entered the house you were in, forcing a dangerous confrontation. Now, after a tense escape and an unexpected act of intervention against a Runner attacking a human family, you find yourself burdened with a new, unwelcome responsibility: guiding these fragile humans through a world designed to consume them.