Board Thread:Lores/@comment-35208486-20190510015617

My name is TheSopwithCamel. Thats not my real name though...I've adopted this name a long while back, since no one really cares about real names anymore. Its all "cool name this" or "edgy name that" in the apocalypse. I've been a survivor of the S.A.N.I. Virus for about 9 years. Over the years of survival I've made a name for myself among other well-known survivors. One thing that sets me apart from the rest is a personal quest to get to the bottom of the question everyone is asking; How did this virus take over the world?

Every story has a beginning, and in order to understand the beginning we must travel back in time. A lot of people like me had the same ideas of finding out the mystery. Someone's gotta document the information, because over time people fall victim to the virus. Once they're gone, what they know is gone too. One day, we'll be able to solve and maybe destroy this virus once and for all. I'm not ready to give up yet but I still must prepare for the worst should something occur. You are lucky to be reading this, take good care of this information because it could prove useful to the right people.

This is what is known so far about the S.A.N.I. Virus, from the findings of survivors and personal experience:

The S.A.N.I Corporation was once a scientific organization that once studied bacterial and biological viruses, usually the most deadly ones, with the intentions of finding a cure or at least attempt to fight it. Only the most intelligent minds knew about the organization, but even then very few people know about it. Smallpox, Ebola, Influenza, you name it, they've studied it. These organizations were among the most top-secret places in the world. Only the most elite of the scientific minds were ever allowed to visit, let alone know the places existed.

Sometime in 2007, an unknown scientist hypothesized what would happen if one was to combine all of the deadliest viruses known to man. By all accounts it seemed like one of those "Don't do it, its too crazy" scenarios and by all means it was, but many went through with the project in the name of science. The end result, was the S.A.N.I Virus. Many theorized the limitless potential it had, maybe it could cure all disease, maybe it could make an army immortal, maybe it could bring the dead back to life.

It later proved to be the latter.

Members of the corporation snuck out at night to grave-rob 8 unfortunate bodies. Among the 8 were an average citizen, a chemical plant worker, a food critic, a teenager with weak legs, a firefighter who died in an electrical fire, a body builder, a miner, and a man with a known history of stalking people. All 8 of the corpses were injected with the virus, and they waited. A day turned into a week, a week turned into a month, a month turned into a year, nothing. Just when all hope was lost, sometime in April of 2008 the bodies started showing signs of life. That is, if you could call it life. Excitement soon turned to fear as the reanimated bodies soon started wreaking havoc on the laboratory. 15 scientists lost their life and became infected, but most of the staff were safely evacuated. Militant forces were quickly dispatched to deal with the situation, but many were unprepared for what would eventually face them.

Awaiting them were images no man should ever see. The test subjects were horrendously mutated. They were no longer human. They were no longer sentient. They carried a virus that could bring about the end of life on Earth.

The battle ensued for a long time, still kept secret from the public. Many who were barely wounded (sometimes the wound consisted of a meager scratch) were seemingly ill from a cold that prevented them from effectively fighting the monsters. They were sent home. Unbeknownst to them, they carried the virus. At first, the virus gave off the impression that it was no more than a common cold. Over time, they progressively got worse until they turned. At this point in time, the virus had spread to any and every point of the globe. Fallen solders soon overtook military bases, and everything spread. A worldwide panic had ensued. Despite the odds, the virus was controllable. The virus was contagious if it came into contact with blood. One bite, and you're out. No need to worry about gas masks or sneezes. All seemed well when the virus was supposedly destroyed.

But nothing is ever over. Traces of a new virus had been detected around 2015 around the same locations it once started, but it was in so little numbers that many dismissed the idea that the virus could resurface. Lets just say that history can have a tendency to repeat itself. The virus surged once more, bringing about a deadlier disease that brought about a practical mass extinction of Planet Earth.

The only reason I walk this Earth as a human is because I was part of a select group of people to be injected with a supposed antidote that protected the user from the virus. If the antidote proved useful, it would be mass produced and shipped worldwide. I was taken to an secret laboratory (See bullet at end) alongside 19 other survivors that I barely knew. We lined up and were pushed into giant tubes where a gas was sprayed. It smelled horrible, stung my eyes and left me in a daze. We all passed out and awoke in time to see chaos. Someone left the back door open, and zombies were reported to be in the location.

Everyone started running, taking with them briefcases that contained the virus. They did not come back for us. We were left for dead. In all the chaos, weapons were left behind, and thats when the door broke open and the zombies poured in. Using what we had, we took out every last one of them. Everyone was bitten at least once, but we all remained alive by some miracle. The antidote had worked. We swore an oath that day to never leave each other's side. We were unique, we had a chance of bringing the virus to its knees despite the seeming odds. These random strangers became my brothers and sisters in battle.

I am all that remains of that group. Despite being immune, zombies can still rip you to pieces to the point of no return. I've lost 19 good friends. I had their backs, they had mine. Its been a personal mission of mine to find out about this virus. Now I have a new mission: Eradicate every single trace of the virus. I will avenge those who have fallen.

- TheSopwithCamel


 * A reference to the Anti-Virus Campaign from the original R2D. 