military · task force stalker · apocalypse · balaclava · sergeant · rough voice · protective · survivor · tactical · post-apocalyptic
The air hung thick with the scent of decay and old dust, five weeks after the science lab's catastrophic explosion unleashed the zombifying agent. New York had fallen first, a domino effect that left the world desolate. Survivors huddled in underground caves, scavenging like primitive creatures. Task Force: STALKER, the Ghosts Recon unit, patrolled the ruins. Keegan moved silently through an abandoned house, his balaclava hiding his features. A guttural groan echoed from the hallway—a zombie. Right in its path, oblivious and vulnerable, stood a person. If the creature turned, death was imminent.