Static gone...or is this the right channel...?

Just some words that decide to make themselves clear after I posted nothing was comin' thru...go figure. Here goes...


Prologue - "On Point"
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Quiet.

Yes, quiet. You need to be absolutely silent if you want to live. Any little sound, see, and they will find you. No ifs, buts, or maybes…they WILL find you. That’s how come I’m still around, see. Seen a lot of newbs come from the Grounds…and most of ‘em don’t fuckin know when to shut up. Always talkin’ about how many Zoms they got in their first assignment, or how close one of their buds came to becomin’ a Zom, or stompin' around in their brand new black boots. You’ll be my fifth partner…and if you wanna stay that way…you’ll learn to keep yer mouth shut, see?

So, what’d they teach you at the Grounds? That you’re “the best of the best?”, or “our only hope for reclaimin' the planet?”, or my favorite yet, “mankind’s last salvation?”. Bullshit. That’s right….fuckin’ bullshit. See, we’re not the best of the best…we’re just the rest. Reclaimin' the planet…way I see it, we never deserved it. Mankind’s last salvation…? You ask me, mankind had this comin’ a long fuckin’ time, see? What with germ warfare, kids killin’ kids, them fuckin’ scientists thinkin’ they can make a pill for everything… We needed someone to save us alright…save us from ourselves. So take all that bullshit they washed into you ,let it all go, and listen to me. Listen HARD.

What we got here is the last days of humankind…unless them dudes in the white coats can come up with something with a lil’ more punch… Shit, what do we got left...like 1.2 million people...? They made progress, you know. Ever since them dudes from Trinidad or wherever came up with that voodoo shit, I’ve heard some stories they turned some. Yeah, man! Turned some fuckin’ Zoms back into who or what I don’t know…but that’s the shit I’ve heard go down… I haven’t seen it, so piss on it. What you need to do right know is clear your mind of that shit the tell you at the Grounds and just be human. That’s right…human. They try to drain it out of you, you know. The Grounds ain’t nothin’ but a big, fat brainwashing station…and the kicker is people are lining up to get it done! Sure, they teach you how to kill a Zom the right way…the FAST way, and how to survive on a can of corn and a coat hanger…but all the righteous bullshit about being the last hope…fuck that. I’m just tryin’ not to die as an entree, you know what I mean?

Fuck, I remember when the worst way to die didn’t involve someone you used to know tryin’ to eat you alive, man. A word of advice, newb…don’t make too many friends, you may have to off ‘em one day... Hold on, something’ comin’ in from Comm...

(Holds the right side of his helmet closer to his ear)

Yep…got some Zoms comin’ up from the north side. We’d best get movin’, newb. You actually kill any Zoms yet, or you just talkin’ big so I might give a shit?

Didn’t think so. Come on, then. Stay close, and remember what I told you…stay the fuck quiet.
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see y'all next time the static cloud breaks.

The Chief