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Chapter 2 - "Echoes of Ruin"

. The night was heavy over the city of Amsterdam, as the black radioactive clouds reached the city. Ambulance sirens cut through the silence like rusty knives, the hospitals were full and the corridors narrowed with the sick.

• Dr. Daisy screamed:

• "Hurry! This man is bleeding badly!"

• Sweat dripped under her mask, her hands trembling, but she continued. Behind her, screams never ceased. Suddenly… the bed shook, and the young patient who was dying opened his eyes slowly. Eyes glowing like embers.

• His body rose from the bed, and the machines around him exploded with electric sparks. The nurses retreated in terror, fleeing the room. Daisy remained alone, unmoving, her heart racing, but she raised her hand:

• "Calm down… you are not alone."

• Suddenly he let out a scream that echoed inside the hall. Daisy covered her ears and ducked under the bed. Windows shattered, shards burst outward…

• He stopped screaming and his body fell lifeless onto the bed. Daisy stood astonished, gasping for breath. She tried to check his pulse to see if he was still alive, but nothing. Suddenly she heard running in the corridors. She slowly went to the door, opened it and saw… carnage. A bloodbath!

• Everywhere, mutants were attacking doctors and other patients. Humans twisting and screaming. Daisy was struck with terror, her heartbeat racing, her breath quickening. She began running without knowing where to escape. Suddenly she turned a corner and found a mutant devouring a corpse. The creature looked at her and roared.

• In front of her was a supply closet. She slipped inside, shut the door, and crouched in the corner in terror, clutching her head.

• Outside, the crowd was boiling.

• Thousands of protesters filled the squares, wearing masks against the toxic air in front of the hospital surrounded by the army. The crowd chanted:

• "No more mutants!"

• "Bring back a clean city!"

• The soldiers formed a ring of steel. Tear gas filled the air.

• A journalist broadcast live:

• "The fear is that Amsterdam may become the next face of ruin…"

• Before he finished speaking, the hospital windows began exploding, and the infected poured out fleeing! Behind them mutants and half-transformed humans.

• The soldiers raised their weapons, began firing. The infected collided with the soldiers, forcing their way into the protesting crowds and blending in. General chaos, panic, terror. Clashes between mutants and the soldiers' bullets.

• At that time, Daisy, still in the supply room, began calming down a little. She noticed the place had gone quiet. She stepped out into the corridor, silence in all directions. She moved toward the stairs and descended quickly. Before she could exit, she was caught in the soldiers' gunlights:

• "Get on the ground!"

• "Hands above your head!"

• The soldiers restrained her and took her with them. While walking, she noticed a nearly destroyed city. Soldiers everywhere, advanced weapons, alarm sirens, tanks, helicopters. A loudspeaker declared:

• "All civilians are requested to remain inside their homes."

• Bodies of humans and mutants lay everywhere. Blood, wrecked cars, fires.

• They brought her before a large military vehicle where detainees were being lined up to small handheld devices like thermometers – the "bio-scanner." They placed it on a suspect's forehead, it lit green and the screen read: "Clear!" so they let him go.

• Then another person stepped forward, the device lit red and blared: "Infected!" The person began screaming, trying to escape… and they seized him. That was how they sorted the detainees. Until Daisy's turn came.

• Soldier: "Next!"

• She approached, tense, as if time itself slowed in those moments. The soldier held up the device, and it lit red, blaring: "Infected! Infected!"

• Daisy: "What!!!…"

• Two soldiers grabbed her by the arms and dragged her into one of the military vehicles. Inside, she found herself among other infected.

• The vehicle moved. While driving to an unknown destination, a helicopter above them was suddenly struck by a purple glowing sphere! It crashed. Moments later, a second helicopter was hit by the same force!

• The driver received a radio message:

• "We are under attack! I repeat, we are under attack!"

• As he argued with his comrade, a man appeared in the middle of the road, bound in chains from afar. Suddenly someone dropped from the sky onto one of the nearby vehicles, wielding a hammer, wearing a semi-military suit (green + black).

• At the same time, another vehicle saw a black-orange flash shoot past it, striking one of its wheels, making it lose balance and flip.

• The vehicle carrying Daisy blared its horn, the driver trying to scare the man in the road with the loudspeaker:

• "Get out of the way immediately!"

• Then the man spread his arms. The driver decided to run him over. The vehicle crashed into him – but it was as if they had hit a massive rock. The driver died instantly, his assistant badly injured.

• Inside, Daisy and the infected had no idea what was happening, only the sounds of explosions and fighting. Then they too crashed. In the silence after the unknown collision, the back of the vehicle was opened. Three men and one woman stood outside.

• Silence engulfed the scene.

• Daisy, bewildered, spoke:

• "Who are you?…".

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