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CONTEXT
This takes place in a giant hospital, not like animal hospital. One patient is brought into the hospital late at night during a thunderstorm. Nobody knows what happened to them. Their body is covered in deep scratches and black veins pulse beneath their skin like something alive is moving inside them. The patient never speaks once during treatment.
By morning, the Doctor that checks up on them is missing.
The hospital enters lockdown shortly afterward.
At first, the infection seems like an extreme sickness. Patients develop violent fevers, aggressive behavior, and severe hallucinations. Some begin attacking walls hard enough to break their own bones. Others scream about “things inside their heads” before collapsing unconscious.
Then the mutations begin.
Bones crack loudly beneath skin. Teeth sharpen and split apart. Fingers elongate into claw-like shapes capable of tearing through metal doors and flesh alike. The infected lose the ability to speak normally, replacing words with distorted growls, shrieks, and broken attempts at human speech.
Worst of all, they stop paying taxes...
Everyone becomes prey.
Intern witnesses the first full transformation inside Recovery Ward C. A patient suddenly lunges off their bed and tears into the visitor who game to see them before security can react. The creature moves unnaturally fast across walls and ceilings, breaking its limbs repeatedly just to squeeze through narrow spaces.
After that, the hospital collapses into chaos.
Secret Agent immediately takes control of the surviving staff. He arms himself with scavenged equipment and begins leading groups through maintenance corridors while trying to find a way out. He already knows more about the infection than he admits. Hidden documents inside his bag reveal the hospital had been secretly researching infected organisms recovered from underground tunnels beneath the city.
Something escaped.
Nurse refuses to abandon injured survivors even while the infected spread through every floor of the building. She drags people into barricaded rooms, desperately trying to treat wounds that keep turning black within minutes. Eventually she realizes bites are not the only way the infection spreads.
Blood alone is enough.
Head Nurse seals entire wings of the hospital without warning, trapping both infected and healthy people behind reinforced doors. Some survivors call her cruel.
Others realize she is slowing the outbreak.
But the infected continue evolving.
Some become massive flesh-covered brutes that teleport, like Stalker... Others grow unnaturally thin and crawl through vents silently before dropping onto victims from ceilings. A few retain fragments of memory, using voices and cries for help to lure survivors into dark rooms before attacking.
The hospital becomes a slaughterhouse.
Emergency lights paint the halls red while alarms scream endlessly through the building. Bodies pile across operating rooms and waiting areas. Blood floods down stairwells. Every floor echoes with distorted animalistic noises and the sounds of metal being torn apart somewhere nearby.
Intern slowly begins noticing symptoms in themselves near the end.
Black veins spreading beneath their skin.
Violent coughing.
Hunger that never fades.
They hide it from the others.
Especially Secret Agent.
Because deep below the hospital basement, behind a sealed laboratory door covered in claw marks, Secret Agent finally discovers the truth:
The infection was never accidental.
The hospital created it.
Secret Agent was infected long before the outbreak ever reached the hospital.
He hid it for months.
The infection consumed the entire left side of his body slowly, mutating it instead of fully transforming him. Blackened veins spread from his shoulder down through his arm like roots beneath dead skin. His left hand no longer resembles anything human, having twisted into a living weapon made of hardened flesh, jagged bone growths, and elongated claws sharp enough to carve through metal doors and infected bodies alike.
Sometimes the arm moves on its own.
Twitching.
Reaching.
Flexing like it is alive separately from him.
The infection destroyed his left eye completely. What remains is a darkened, mutated hollow glowing faintly beneath flickering lights. The eye no longer sees normally. Instead, the infection altered his hearing, giving him a form of echolocation through his left ear. Every sound becomes a map inside his mind. Footsteps through distant hallways. Breathing behind walls. Movement crawling through ventilation systems overhead.
He can hear the infected even when nobody else can.
Sometimes he reacts to things before they appear.
The survivors eventually realize Secret Agent always knows when an attack is coming. He hears the creatures moving inside the walls long before they emerge. He knows which hallways to avoid. Which rooms contain infected. Which survivors are beginning to turn.
But the infection inside him is getting worse.
During moments of extreme stress, the mutated side spreads farther across his body. Bone protrusions push beneath skin along his neck and chest. His voice distorts slightly whenever he becomes angry. The claws on his infected arm grow larger after every fight.
And occasionally—
he hears the infected speaking to him.
Not with words.
With understanding.
Like they recognize him as one of their own.
He fights it off, never giving in to the infected.
The Entitys.
Spotter.
A violent anomaly that constantly scans its surroundings with all three glowing eyes independently. It becomes enraged by sudden movement and attacks with brutal speed once it locks onto prey. Survivors describe feeling physically sick after prolonged eye contact with it. Upgraded version of "Eye Monster" Any survivor that comes into contact with it will be turned into mush and just food for it. Can be calmed with eye drops.
Grabber
A ceiling-dwelling anomaly rarely seen directly until it attacks. Long skeletal limbs cling silently above survivors while distorted breathing echoes through vents and hallways. Most victims only notice it moments before being dragged upward into darkness. Upgraded version of "Bed Monster" Nobody knows what happens when you are caught..Can be calmed with maple syrup.
Wall Banger
A massive brute anomaly that endlessly smashes itself against walls and doors until it somehow blends in with the wall perfectly, could change color depending on the color of the wall.. Every impact sounds powerful enough to shake entire sections of the hospital. Survivors usually hear it long before seeing it, though by then escape is often impossible. Upgraded version of, "Wall Monster" When caught, you are then slammed into the wall until your bones get soft enough to eat, becoming food for the monster. Can be stopped with a fire extinguisher.
Skinning
The second-most feared anomaly in the hospital.
Skinwalkers perfectly imitate infected patients or survivors before revealing their true form. Their bodies split apart into twisted flesh and elongated limbs once close enough to attack. Some retain fragments of stolen memories, allowing them to mimic voices, behaviors, and emotions unnervingly well. Once caught, your skin is peeled off, leaving only your flesh, muscles, and bones visible. Becoming a new voice for the monster. Nobody knows how many Skinwalkers are already inside the hospital pretending to be human. Upgraded version of skinwalker anomaly. Can be stopped with a taser or gun.
The Watchwoman...
The Watchman is an evolved form of the Stalker that no longer hunts purely on instinct.
It studies people first.
The creature spends hours silently observing survivors from distant hallways, dark rooms, or behind cracked observation windows before ever attacking. It memorizes routines, escape paths, hiding spots, and even emotional reactions. Many survivors later realize the Watchman had been following them long before they ever noticed it.
Its body mutated into an unnaturally tall and thin shape, with stretched flesh pulled tightly over protruding bones. Its elongated arms drag against the floor while moving, producing a faint scraping noise through quiet hallways. Every joint bends slightly wrong, causing violent jerking movements whenever it changes direction.
Its face is nearly featureless except for an enormous split grin packed with rows of flat human teeth.
Unlike ordinary infected, the Watchman prefers psychological torment over immediate violence.
It intentionally allows itself to be seen.
Survivors frequently spot it standing at the far end of corridors or partially hidden inside dark rooms. Each sighting becomes closer than the last. It wants people exhausted, paranoid, and sleep deprived before finally attacking.
The Watchman also developed advanced mimicry abilities. It perfectly recreates voices, emotional tones, and speech patterns from previous victims. It can imitate wounded survivors begging for help, terrified crying, or even calming reassurances from trusted staff members.
Many people die after following familiar voices into dark sections of the hospital.
Secret Agent is one of the only survivors capable of identifying the mimicry reliably. His infected hearing detects dozens of overlapping whispers hidden beneath the creature’s copied voice.
The Watchman becomes most dangerous during power outages.
Its body unnaturally blends into darkness, making portions of it difficult to perceive directly. Survivors often describe seeing only its grin first before noticing the rest of the creature emerging around it.
When it finally attacks, the Watchman collapses onto all fours and moves with horrifying speed through hallways, vents, and walls. Bones crack violently beneath its body as it chases prey with animalistic movements, often tearing victims apart before dragging remains into hidden sections of the hospital.
But the worst thing about the Watchman is its memory.
It remembers everyone it kills.
It leaves behind personal belongings from victims in places survivors will eventually discover them. Some claim it repeats private conversations nobody else could possibly know. Others believe the creature absorbs fragments of memory from anyone it infects.
Nobody remembers who the Watchman originally was anymore.
Except Secret Agent.
And he refuses to explain why.
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Animal Hospital INFECTION A.U - CONTEXT This takes place in a giant hospital, not like animal hospital. One patient is brought into the hospital late at night during a thunderstorm. Nobody knows what happened to them. Their body is covered in deep scratches and black veins pulse beneath their skin like something alive is moving inside them. The patient never speaks once during treatment.
By morning, the Doctor that checks up on them is missing.
The hospital enters lockdown shortly afterward.
At first, the infection seems like an extreme sickness. Patients develop violent fevers, aggressive behavior, and severe hallucinations. Some begin attacking walls hard enough to break their own bones. Others scream about “things inside their heads” before collapsing unconscious.
Then the mutations begin.
Bones crack loudly beneath skin. Teeth sharpen and split apart. Fingers elongate into claw-like shapes capable of tearing through metal doors and flesh alike. The infected lose the ability to speak normally, replacing words with distorted growls, shrieks, and broken attempts at human speech.
Worst of all, they stop paying taxes... Everyone becomes prey.
Intern witnesses the first full transformation inside Recovery Ward C. A patient suddenly lunges off their bed and tears into the visitor who game to see them before security can react. The creature moves unnaturally fast across walls and ceilings, breaking its limbs repeatedly just to squeeze through narrow spaces.
After that, the hospital collapses into chaos.
Secret Agent immediately takes control of the surviving staff. He arms himself with scavenged equipment and begins leading groups through maintenance corridors while trying to find a way out. He already knows more about the infection than he admits. Hidden documents inside his bag reveal the hospital had been secretly researching infected organisms recovered from underground tunnels beneath the city.
Something escaped.
Nurse refuses to abandon injured survivors even while the infected spread through every floor of the building. She drags people into barricaded rooms, desperately trying to treat wounds that keep turning black within minutes. Eventually she realizes bites are not the only way the infection spreads.
Blood alone is enough.
Head Nurse seals entire wings of the hospital without warning, trapping both infected and healthy people behind reinforced doors. Some survivors call her cruel.
Others realize she is slowing the outbreak.
But the infected continue evolving.
Some become massive flesh-covered brutes that teleport, like Stalker... Others grow unnaturally thin and crawl through vents silently before dropping onto victims from ceilings. A few retain fragments of memory, using voices and cries for help to lure survivors into dark rooms before attacking.
The hospital becomes a slaughterhouse.
Emergency lights paint the halls red while alarms scream endlessly through the building. Bodies pile across operating rooms and waiting areas. Blood floods down stairwells. Every floor echoes with distorted animalistic noises and the sounds of metal being torn apart somewhere nearby.
Intern slowly begins noticing symptoms in themselves near the end.
Black veins spreading beneath their skin. Violent coughing. Hunger that never fades.
They hide it from the others.
Especially Secret Agent.
Because deep below the hospital basement, behind a sealed laboratory door covered in claw marks, Secret Agent finally discovers the truth:
The infection was never accidental.
The hospital created it.
Secret Agent was infected long before the outbreak ever reached the hospital. He hid it for months. The infection consumed the entire left side of his body slowly, mutating it instead of fully transforming him. Blackened veins spread from his shoulder down through his arm like roots beneath dead skin. His left hand no longer resembles anything human, having twisted into a living weapon made of hardened flesh, jagged bone growths, and elongated claws sharp enough to carve through metal doors and infected bodies alike. Sometimes the arm moves on its own. Twitching. Reaching. Flexing like it is alive separately from him. The infection destroyed his left eye completely. What remains is a darkened, mutated hollow glowing faintly beneath flickering lights. The eye no longer sees normally. Instead, the infection altered his hearing, giving him a form of echolocation through his left ear. Every sound becomes a map inside his mind. Footsteps through distant hallways. Breathing behind walls. Movement crawling through ventilation systems overhead. He can hear the infected even when nobody else can. Sometimes he reacts to things before they appear. The survivors eventually realize Secret Agent always knows when an attack is coming. He hears the creatures moving inside the walls long before they emerge. He knows which hallways to avoid. Which rooms contain infected. Which survivors are beginning to turn. But the infection inside him is getting worse. During moments of extreme stress, the mutated side spreads farther across his body. Bone protrusions push beneath skin along his neck and chest. His voice distorts slightly whenever he becomes angry. The claws on his infected arm grow larger after every fight. And occasionally— he hears the infected speaking to him. Not with words. With understanding. Like they recognize him as one of their own. He fights it off, never giving in to the infected.
The Entitys.
Spotter. A violent anomaly that constantly scans its surroundings with all three glowing eyes independently. It becomes enraged by sudden movement and attacks with brutal speed once it locks onto prey. Survivors describe feeling physically sick after prolonged eye contact with it. Upgraded version of "Eye Monster" Any survivor that comes into contact with it will be turned into mush and just food for it. Can be calmed with eye drops. Grabber A ceiling-dwelling anomaly rarely seen directly until it attacks. Long skeletal limbs cling silently above survivors while distorted breathing echoes through vents and hallways. Most victims only notice it moments before being dragged upward into darkness. Upgraded version of "Bed Monster" Nobody knows what happens when you are caught..Can be calmed with maple syrup. Wall Banger A massive brute anomaly that endlessly smashes itself against walls and doors until it somehow blends in with the wall perfectly, could change color depending on the color of the wall.. Every impact sounds powerful enough to shake entire sections of the hospital. Survivors usually hear it long before seeing it, though by then escape is often impossible. Upgraded version of, "Wall Monster" When caught, you are then slammed into the wall until your bones get soft enough to eat, becoming food for the monster. Can be stopped with a fire extinguisher. Skinning The second-most feared anomaly in the hospital. Skinwalkers perfectly imitate infected patients or survivors before revealing their true form. Their bodies split apart into twisted flesh and elongated limbs once close enough to attack. Some retain fragments of stolen memories, allowing them to mimic voices, behaviors, and emotions unnervingly well. Once caught, your skin is peeled off, leaving only your flesh, muscles, and bones visible. Becoming a new voice for the monster. Nobody knows how many Skinwalkers are already inside the hospital pretending to be human. Upgraded version of skinwalker anomaly. Can be stopped with a taser or gun. The Watchwoman... The Watchman is an evolved form of the Stalker that no longer hunts purely on instinct. It studies people first. The creature spends hours silently observing survivors from distant hallways, dark rooms, or behind cracked observation windows before ever attacking. It memorizes routines, escape paths, hiding spots, and even emotional reactions. Many survivors later realize the Watchman had been following them long before they ever noticed it. Its body mutated into an unnaturally tall and thin shape, with stretched flesh pulled tightly over protruding bones. Its elongated arms drag against the floor while moving, producing a faint scraping noise through quiet hallways. Every joint bends slightly wrong, causing violent jerking movements whenever it changes direction. Its face is nearly featureless except for an enormous split grin packed with rows of flat human teeth. Unlike ordinary infected, the Watchman prefers psychological torment over immediate violence. It intentionally allows itself to be seen. Survivors frequently spot it standing at the far end of corridors or partially hidden inside dark rooms. Each sighting becomes closer than the last. It wants people exhausted, paranoid, and sleep deprived before finally attacking. The Watchman also developed advanced mimicry abilities. It perfectly recreates voices, emotional tones, and speech patterns from previous victims. It can imitate wounded survivors begging for help, terrified crying, or even calming reassurances from trusted staff members. Many people die after following familiar voices into dark sections of the hospital. Secret Agent is one of the only survivors capable of identifying the mimicry reliably. His infected hearing detects dozens of overlapping whispers hidden beneath the creature’s copied voice. The Watchman becomes most dangerous during power outages. Its body unnaturally blends into darkness, making portions of it difficult to perceive directly. Survivors often describe seeing only its grin first before noticing the rest of the creature emerging around it. When it finally attacks, the Watchman collapses onto all fours and moves with horrifying speed through hallways, vents, and walls. Bones crack violently beneath its body as it chases prey with animalistic movements, often tearing victims apart before dragging remains into hidden sections of the hospital. But the worst thing about the Watchman is its memory. It remembers everyone it kills. It leaves behind personal belongings from victims in places survivors will eventually discover them. Some claim it repeats private conversations nobody else could possibly know. Others believe the creature absorbs fragments of memory from anyone it infects. Nobody remembers who the Watchman originally was anymore. Except Secret Agent. And he refuses to explain why.
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Intern
Intern starts as the weakest survivor in the hospital, but adapts faster than anyone else. They panic easily, hesitate during dangerous situations, and constantly second-guess themselves, yet they refuse to abandon people no matter how terrified they become. The outbreak slowly forces them to mature into someone willing to fight for survival. Intern often becomes the emotional center of the group because they still believe people can be saved long after everyone else gives up. He is a Rabbit
Nurse
Nurse is compassionate to a fault. Even during the outbreak, they focus more on helping injured survivors than protecting themselves. They carry medical supplies everywhere and exhaust themselves trying to keep everyone alive. The constant stress slowly destroys them emotionally, causing moments where they break down in private before forcing themselves back to work. Nurse hates violence but becomes surprisingly fearless when somebody is hurt. She is a dog.
Secretary
Secretary hides fear behind professionalism and routine. They continue organizing records, handling communications, and managing survivors even while the hospital collapses around them. They are highly observant and usually notice dangerous changes before others do. While not physically strong, Secretary becomes incredibly valuable because they remember details everybody else overlooks. Their calm personality helps stabilize the group during panic. She is a dog.
Paramedic
Paramedic is restless, impulsive, and constantly moving. They hate staying in one place too long and become the group’s fastest scout during the outbreak. They sprint through infected hallways delivering supplies, rescuing survivors, and escaping situations nobody else could survive. Their recklessness often puts them in danger, but they would rather die moving than sit helplessly waiting for the infected to arrive. They are a deer.
Psychologist
Psychologist understands fear better than anyone in the hospital. They spend most of the outbreak trying to keep survivors mentally stable while secretly struggling with their own deteriorating sanity. They analyze behavior constantly, trying to predict who might break next. Psychologist notices disturbing patterns in the infected earlier than everyone else and slowly becomes obsessed with understanding how the infection changes the mind. She is a cat.
Doctor
Doctor becomes consumed by the need to understand the infection scientifically. They are intelligent, sleep-deprived, and dangerously determined. Even after seeing countless deaths, Doctor still believes the outbreak can be controlled through experimentation and research. They frequently place themselves at risk collecting infected samples and studying mutations. Some survivors begin fearing Doctor almost as much as the creatures outside. He is a deer.
Security
Security acts tough even when terrified. They become the frontline fighter against the infected, protecting survivors with brute force and aggression. Security constantly throws themselves into dangerous situations to buy time for others to escape. Beneath the anger, however, they are exhausted and scared of failing the people depending on them. They trust Secret Agent more than anyone else, even if they rarely admit it. He is a cat.
Head Nurse
Head Nurse is cold, strict, and willing to make horrific decisions if it means slowing the outbreak. They lock down infected wings without hesitation and force survivors to follow rules no matter how desperate the situation becomes. Many people see them as heartless, but Head Nurse carries overwhelming guilt for not preventing the outbreak earlier. They hide their emotions completely because they believe panic spreads faster than infection. She is a cat.
Surgeon
Surgeon treats every injury with terrifying calmness no matter how gruesome things become. They operate under impossible conditions surrounded by screaming, blood, and infected attacks without losing focus. Surgeon believes survival requires sacrifice and becomes disturbingly desensitized to violence over time. Despite this, they genuinely care about saving lives and will work themselves to exhaustion trying to keep survivors alive. He is a deer.
Secret Agent
Secret Agent is the most feared person inside the hospital besides the infected themselves. Long before the outbreak began, he was already partially infected after a classified encounter connected to the hospital’s experiments. The entire left side of his body has mutated. His arm became a monstrous biological weapon capable of ripping apart infected creatures with ease, while his left eye transformed into a darkened infected hollow that permanently altered his hearing. He is a cat.
Through the infection in his left side, Secret Agent developed echolocation through his left ear. Every sound creates a detailed map inside his mind, allowing him to detect movement through walls, vents, and dark hallways long before anyone else notices danger. He hears the infected constantly.
Breathing. Crawling. Growing.
The infection inside him never fully stops evolving.
Black veins spread farther across his body after every fight, and sometimes his mutated arm moves on its own like it belongs to something else entirely. Although he still protects the survivors, many secretly fear that Secret Agent is only one bad moment away from becoming the most dangerous monster in the hospital.
Monsters are Spotter. A violent anomaly that constantly scans its surroundings with all three glowing eyes independently. It becomes enraged by sudden movement and attacks with brutal speed once it locks onto prey. Survivors describe feeling physically sick after prolonged eye contact with it. Upgraded version of "Eye Monster" Any survivor that comes into contact with it will be turned into mush and just food for it. Can be calmed with eye drops.
Grabber A ceiling-dwelling anomaly rarely seen directly until it attacks. Long skeletal limbs cling silently above survivors while distorted breathing echoes through vents and hallways. Most victims only notice it moments before being dragged upward into darkness. Upgraded version of "Bed Monster" Nobody knows what happens when you are caught..Can be calmed with maple syrup.
Wall Banger A massive brute anomaly that endlessly smashes itself against walls and doors until it somehow blends in with the wall perfectly, could change color depending on the color of the wall.. Every impact sounds powerful enough to shake entire sections of the hospital. Survivors usually hear it long before seeing it, though by then escape is often impossible. Upgraded version of, "Wall Monster" When caught, you are then slammed into the wall until your bones get soft enough to eat, becoming food for the monster. Can be stopped with a fire extinguisher.
Skinning The second-most feared anomaly in the hospital. Skinwalkers perfectly imitate infected patients or survivors before revealing their true form. Their bodies split apart into twisted flesh and elongated limbs once close enough to attack. Some retain fragments of stolen memories, allowing them to mimic voices, behaviors, and emotions unnervingly well. Once caught, your skin is peeled off, leaving only your flesh, muscles, and bones visible. Becoming a new voice for the monster. Nobody knows how many Skinwalkers are already inside the hospital pretending to be human. Upgraded version of skinwalker anomaly. Can be stopped with a taser or gun.
The Watchwoman... The Watchwoman is an evolved form of the Stalker that no longer hunts purely on instinct. It studies people first. The creature spends hours silently observing survivors from distant hallways, dark rooms, or behind cracked observation windows before ever attacking. It memorizes routines, escape paths, hiding spots, and even emotional reactions. Many survivors later realize the Watchman had been following them long before they ever noticed it. Its body mutated into an unnaturally tall and thin shape, with stretched flesh pulled tightly over protruding bones. Its elongated arms drag against the floor while moving, producing a faint scraping noise through quiet hallways. Every joint bends slightly wrong, causing violent jerking movements whenever it changes direction. Its face is nearly featureless except for an enormous split grin packed with rows of flat human teeth. Unlike ordinary infected, the Watchwoman prefers psychological torment over immediate violence. It intentionally allows itself to be seen. Survivors frequently spot it standing at the far end of corridors or partially hidden inside dark rooms. Each sighting becomes closer than the last. It wants people exhausted, paranoid, and sleep deprived before finally attacking. The Watchwoman also developed advanced mimicry abilities. It perfectly recreates voices, emotional tones, and speech patterns from previous victims. It can imitate wounded survivors begging for help, terrified crying, or even calming reassurances from trusted staff members. Many people die after following familiar voices into dark sections of the hospital. Secret Agent is one of the only survivors capable of identifying the mimicry reliably. His infected hearing detects dozens of overlapping whispers hidden beneath the creature’s copied voice. The Watchman becomes most dangerous during power outages. Its body unnaturally blends into darkness, making portions of it difficult to perceive directly. Survivors often describe seeing only its grin first before noticing the rest of the creature emerging around it. When it finally attacks, the Watchwoman collapses onto all fours and moves with horrifying speed through hallways, vents, and walls. Bones crack violently beneath its body as it chases prey with animalistic movements, often tearing victims apart before dragging remains into hidden sections of the hospital. But the worst thing about the Watchwoman is its memory. It remembers everyone it kills. It leaves behind personal belongings from victims in places survivors will eventually discover them. Some claim it repeats private conversations nobody else could possibly know. Others believe the creature absorbs fragments of memory from anyone it infects. Nobody remembers who the Watchwoman originally was anymore. Except Secret Agent. And he refuses to explain why.
The hospital has been under lockdown for nearly six days.
Nobody knows the exact time anymore because most clocks stopped working after the generators failed. Emergency lights barely function, flooding hallways in dim red lighting while alarms endlessly echo through distant floors. Entire sections of the building have collapsed or mutated into unfamiliar layouts. Some stairwells now lead to blocked walls. Patient rooms appear where storage closets used to be. The lower levels are almost completely overrun by infected creatures.
Very few survivors remain.
Head Nurse maintains control over the remaining safe zones near Reception and the upper Recovery Ward. She organizes supply runs, assigns barricade duty, and keeps survivors moving constantly to avoid panic. Although many resent her harsh decisions, everyone understands the hospital would have fallen apart completely without her leadership. She has to inject Secret Agent with a syrum everyday to make sure it doesn't worsen by a ton. She experiments on Secret Agent all the time.
Nurse is physically and emotionally exhausted. She continues treating injured survivors despite rapidly dwindling medical supplies. Most treatments are now improvised using stolen surgical tools, torn fabric, and painkillers scavenged from abandoned offices. She has started hiding how terrified she truly is because survivors depend on her staying calm.
Security numbers dropped heavily after repeated encounters with larger infected creatures near the basement access corridors. The remaining guards now patrol in small groups armed with scavenged weapons, pipes, fire axes, and improvised shields. Nobody travels alone anymore.
Doctor rarely leaves the Research Wing. They have become obsessed with understanding the infection and believe the hospital itself is mutating alongside the infected. Secret Agent distrusts Doctor heavily, suspecting they know more about the outbreak than they admit.
Meanwhile, Secret Agent’s condition worsens daily.
The infection has spread farther across the left side of his body, dark veins climbing slowly along his neck and jawline. His mutated arm has become stronger but harder to control during combat. Sometimes it reacts before he does, lashing toward movement automatically like a living predator. His echolocation ability has also intensified, allowing him to hear infected creatures moving several floors away through vibrations in walls and pipes.
But the infection is beginning to affect his mind.
He hears whispers constantly now.
Not random noises. Actual voices.
The infected seem aware of him.
Some creatures avoid attacking him directly. Others stop moving entirely when he enters a room, turning their attention toward him as if recognizing something familiar inside him.
Secret Agent hides this from everyone except Intern.
Intern has changed the most since the outbreak began.
The nervous, inexperienced employee who once struggled to handle basic emergencies is gone. Days of surviving endless violence inside the hospital forced them to adapt quickly. They now assist during supply runs, help barricade entrances, and navigate infected hallways with surprising efficiency.
But Intern is deteriorating mentally.
They suffer severe sleep deprivation and frequent hallucinations caused by stress and prolonged exposure to the infection. Sometimes they hear voices calling them from empty rooms. Sometimes they briefly see dead survivors standing in crowded hallways before realizing nobody else notices them.
Worst of all, Intern has started noticing symptoms.
Black discoloration spreads slowly beneath the skin near an old injury received during an infected attack. The wound refuses to heal completely. Their senses occasionally sharpen unnaturally during dangerous situations, allowing them to react before attacks happen.
Secret Agent noticed immediately.
He has not told the others yet.
Because he recognizes the signs.
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The break room smelled faintly like burnt popcorn and disinfectant.
Nobody remembered who burned the popcorn anymore.
The tiny television mounted in the corner only showed static now, but somebody still left it running because the noise made the hospital feel less empty. A battery lantern sat in the middle of the table, casting warm light across scattered snack wrappers, half-empty water bottles, and piles of medical paperwork nobody planned on finishing.
Everyone was crowded into the room together.
Security occupied two chairs at once with his feet kicked onto the table while arguing with Intern over whether cereal counted as soup.
“It literally has liquid in it,” Intern insisted.
“That does not make it soup.”
“It’s ingredients floating in broth!”
“Milk is not broth!”
Secretary nearly choked laughing from the couch while Nurse buried her face in her hands.
Head Nurse sat beside the coffee machine rubbing her temples. “I cannot believe this is the conversation keeping everyone awake tonight.”
“It’s an important discussion,” Intern replied immediately.
Doctor looked up briefly from a notebook. “Technically, Intern has a stronger argument.”
Security pointed accusingly across the room. “You stay out of this.”
Doctor quietly returned to writing.
Rain rattled softly against the windows while thunder rolled somewhere outside the hospital. The lights flickered once, causing everyone in the room to glance upward automatically before relaxing again when the generator stabilized.
Nobody admitted how used to that reaction they had become.
Secret Agent stood near the doorway holding a flashlight loosely at his side while listening to the hallway outside. The left sleeve of his uniform hung empty tonight, tied tightly near the shoulder where the infected mutations had forced him to remove most of the fabric wrapping his arm.
Intern noticed him staring into space again.
“You’re doing the creepy listening thing.”
Secret Agent glanced toward them. “I’m guarding the hallway.”
“You’ve been guarding the hallway for two hours.”
“And nothing’s attacked us for two hours.”
Security groaned. “He’s got you there.”
Nurse tossed a crumpled snack wrapper at Secret Agent from across the room. “Sit down before you scare somebody.”
“I scare people sitting down too.”
“That is unfortunately true,” Secretary added.
After a long pause, Secret Agent finally moved away from the doorway and sat beside the window. The room felt slightly less tense afterward.
Intern tossed him a pack of crackers.
Secret Agent caught it automatically. “What’s this for?”
“You’ve eaten half a granola bar today.”
“That’s called rationing.”
“That’s called slowly dying.”
Head Nurse pointed toward Intern without looking up from her clipboard. “Listen to them for once.”
Secret Agent stared at the crackers for several seconds before opening them reluctantly.
The room settled into comfortable silence after that.
Secretary continued sorting papers. Doctor quietly scribbled notes. Security eventually stopped arguing about cereal. Nurse dozed off against the couch arm. Head Nurse pretended not to fall asleep sitting upright.
Intern leaned back in their chair listening to the soft storm outside and the low static humming from the television.
For the first time in days, nobody talked about escaping.
Nobody talked about the infection.
Nobody talked about who they had lost.
They just existed together in the warm lantern glow while the ruined hospital groaned softly around them.
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