Everyone fears the end of the world, right? At least at one point in everyone's little life, they think about the end of the world and what it would be like. You see all kinds of movies, games, and books based off of it nearly everywhere. But this isn't a movie. It isn't some horror game, and it isn't some science fiction book. This is real life. This is a fatal, crucial reality that nobody was expecting. That nobody was even prepared for. My name is Augustine, August for short. I've lived on this cruel place called Earth for over twenty-nine years now. I suppose you would want to know why life has gone to what it is now, correct? This is the apocalypse. This is what the world has always feared. Soon enough, either the apocalypse will be wiped out, or we will be. It's one hundred sixty-four days into the apocalypse. The government predicted we'd be wiped out by then, but trust me. We are not. We are living. We are striving. Sure, we're slowly being picked off one by one. Maybe ten by ten, maybe hundreds by hundreds. But sure enough, we're striving.

Quite obviously, I am part of a group. We don't exactly have a leader, but we do have someone that we look up to. They go by the name Alsos. It's a code name, as she says. Nobody knows what the code name really means, or what her real name truly is, but nobody is dumb enough to question it. I don't know if we look up to her because she's strong, or, if it's because we fear her. But I can tell you one thing for sure, we definitely put our trust in her. Maybe even a little bit too much. We have a ton of scientists in our makeshift town too. They're content with finding a cure. Really, really content. Currently, we actually have two cures. But of course, like always, there's a catch. They're temporary, and only last for a week's length. Past that, you need to get another injection as soon as possible in the morning, or you're a goner. The first 'cure' is called Azanill. It stops you from turning if you get bitten. It's more effective than the other cure. It's incapable of healing the ones that have turned, though. It's not a strong enough dose for it to do that.

The other drug is known as Lethiccl2. It's version two since the first version only seemed to make the 'zombies' evolve if they didn't get the next shot in time, which is why we ditched the first version. I guess you can say the remaining people on this earth banned it from existence. Anyway, this shot can turn the infected back to the way they used to be, but only for a day. It's hard to live a life where you constantly have the chance of going back to being a savage flesh eater. Alsos usually says that there's no point in trying to save them if they can't even live their normal ways past a day. She wouldn't understand, though. She has nothing that she cares about except for herself. Most of the people in the group have lost their family, and if there's a chance we can talk to them again, we'll take it. I use the cure every day on my sister Bethany. I need her to support me through this tragic place.

With these cures, Z.E.R.O remains strong, but with each passing day, it falls more and more. Which is why I've devoted myself to finding a true cure. With Dr. Elazoth by my side, I'm sure we can find it. It shouldn't be too hard, right? We have many other busy doctors and scientists helping us, so it really shouldn't be impossible. Some of the people we got helping us even have experience, and we're gonna use any experience we can get to find a cure. Alsos may discourage what we're doing, but it's not going to stop us. Nobody ever officially declared her the leader of us, so why should we have to listen to her? She can rule her part and we can rule ours. Everybody has learned to accept that except for her. Nothing can turn out worse than what already has, could they?