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So I had this dream last night.
We were living in a dystopian future-Athens full of high-rises and windblown streets. Most of this dream takes place in New Bentley, a multi-purpose building. The first two floors are classrooms, the third has a laboratory, a few dorms for overnight subjects, and male and female shower rooms. Fourth floor was administrative offices. Everything was connected by walkways over a huge open space in the middle. There were two elevators, and a walkway from the fifth and uppermost floor led to a parking garage. I was up on the fourth floor, running a form into the offices for some reason when the events of this dream began to unfold.
Everything seemed fairly normal. Then this virus hit. The only physical outward signs were orange and green markings on a person's face, but they became basically zombies. The marks grew as a hive mind began to usurp the victim's personality and motor functions, meaning newly-infected people may hardly look lethal at all. But they are, oh god they are. And they're violent. There had been vague uncomfortable rumors of this for a couple of days before anything hit Athens. Except nobody believed it was actually happening.
The outbreak started on the third floor of New Bentley--I think in the lab. Hearing crashing and knowing that my sister Erin was down on the third floor waiting for me, I rush downstairs in a panic. The first of the shambling, orange-and-green-stained infected are clawing their way out of the labs. I find Erin in the women's shower room and we run. Up the ramps and over to the parking garage we go--the echoes of screams are behind us. Running along elevated walkways, we come to a residence building--a place I believe Victoria has correctly identified as Bromley. It wasn't New Bromley, however, as it was decrepit and nearly abandoned. Victoria is hiding in one of the rooms, so I leave Erin with her and run back to look for others.
I find several more friends and acquaintances and send them back to Victoria for hiding. These people include Daniel, Zach, Eden, Jen, Justin Joo--basically everyone I know and care about at the university. The screams are becoming more panicked now, and I find myself back in New Bentley. Finally the administrators seem to understand that something is wrong, and they all speed for the elevators. Seeing that new infected are just behind us, I cram on with them. The number of people, however, causes the elevator to break, and it opens halfway between the second and third floors. I crawl out onto the third floor and start looking for some way out of the building. By now the sprinkler system has started going off and I'm wading in ankle-deep water. I know my backpack is on this floor somewhere, and I get the idea that finding it will help me. I'm trekking towards the lockers in the women's showers when a girl comes running out of there, two zombies in hot pursuit. As I watch, they drag her down and tear her apart. I'm retching, but I have to escape before they notice me.
I find stairs leading down to the street and take them. The streets are abandoned, the sky a hazy red color. I'm disoriented--nobody takes the streets, just the safe elevated walks. I'm running down an alley, the doomed girl's demise playing over and over in my head. Suddenly I run into two people, a guy and a girl. They also look panicked, so they fall in behind me. I'm explaining what happened in New Bentley when we run under one of those orange-tinted outdoor lights. In the sudden brightness, I see the thin line of green running down the length of their noses.
I shriek and try to swing at the guy. They both smile, oh so slow, and then attack. I've forgotten any self-defense I've ever taken, and I'm just swinging and flailing as much as I can. I get the guy's head under my foot and stomp down as hard as I can. Then the girl lunges at me and sinks her teeth into my shoulder. She's chewing, so I grab her hair and pull. Part of her scalp comes away in my hand, and I beat her down when she releases me in shock. I run to the parking garage, panicking and in tremendous pain.
For some reason, I know that I'll succumb to the virus as soon as it reaches the base of my skull. Since the wound is in my shoulder, I figure I have minutes. Maybe less. I want to see my sister and friends again--say goodbye. I start making my way to Bromley, but part of the way there, I rethink it. It's a terrible idea--what if I turn while there? Then I realize--oh, I realize--why, going there is the best idea I've ever had. Oh yes it is.
So I arrive, and it takes next to no time for them to let me in. And there they all are--my friends, my family, all scared senseless. Then Daniel comes forward, trying to get a better look at me. A couple feet away, he recoils--but too late. I've pulled him down, bitten him, and then everyone else is shrieking and beating at me, but I'm snapping at anyone and everyone that approaches. Daniel's just gotten up to help me when I notice Victoria in the back, Erin mute with horror behind her, and I know my next target.
And then I wake up.
(Did I mention that just prior to this saga I slept-walked over to my pantry and chugged a whole blue Kool-Aid Burst in one go? Victoria is of the opinion that this may have influenced the rest of the night's adventures.)
We were living in a dystopian future-Athens full of high-rises and windblown streets. Most of this dream takes place in New Bentley, a multi-purpose building. The first two floors are classrooms, the third has a laboratory, a few dorms for overnight subjects, and male and female shower rooms. Fourth floor was administrative offices. Everything was connected by walkways over a huge open space in the middle. There were two elevators, and a walkway from the fifth and uppermost floor led to a parking garage. I was up on the fourth floor, running a form into the offices for some reason when the events of this dream began to unfold.
Everything seemed fairly normal. Then this virus hit. The only physical outward signs were orange and green markings on a person's face, but they became basically zombies. The marks grew as a hive mind began to usurp the victim's personality and motor functions, meaning newly-infected people may hardly look lethal at all. But they are, oh god they are. And they're violent. There had been vague uncomfortable rumors of this for a couple of days before anything hit Athens. Except nobody believed it was actually happening.
The outbreak started on the third floor of New Bentley--I think in the lab. Hearing crashing and knowing that my sister Erin was down on the third floor waiting for me, I rush downstairs in a panic. The first of the shambling, orange-and-green-stained infected are clawing their way out of the labs. I find Erin in the women's shower room and we run. Up the ramps and over to the parking garage we go--the echoes of screams are behind us. Running along elevated walkways, we come to a residence building--a place I believe Victoria has correctly identified as Bromley. It wasn't New Bromley, however, as it was decrepit and nearly abandoned. Victoria is hiding in one of the rooms, so I leave Erin with her and run back to look for others.
I find several more friends and acquaintances and send them back to Victoria for hiding. These people include Daniel, Zach, Eden, Jen, Justin Joo--basically everyone I know and care about at the university. The screams are becoming more panicked now, and I find myself back in New Bentley. Finally the administrators seem to understand that something is wrong, and they all speed for the elevators. Seeing that new infected are just behind us, I cram on with them. The number of people, however, causes the elevator to break, and it opens halfway between the second and third floors. I crawl out onto the third floor and start looking for some way out of the building. By now the sprinkler system has started going off and I'm wading in ankle-deep water. I know my backpack is on this floor somewhere, and I get the idea that finding it will help me. I'm trekking towards the lockers in the women's showers when a girl comes running out of there, two zombies in hot pursuit. As I watch, they drag her down and tear her apart. I'm retching, but I have to escape before they notice me.
I find stairs leading down to the street and take them. The streets are abandoned, the sky a hazy red color. I'm disoriented--nobody takes the streets, just the safe elevated walks. I'm running down an alley, the doomed girl's demise playing over and over in my head. Suddenly I run into two people, a guy and a girl. They also look panicked, so they fall in behind me. I'm explaining what happened in New Bentley when we run under one of those orange-tinted outdoor lights. In the sudden brightness, I see the thin line of green running down the length of their noses.
I shriek and try to swing at the guy. They both smile, oh so slow, and then attack. I've forgotten any self-defense I've ever taken, and I'm just swinging and flailing as much as I can. I get the guy's head under my foot and stomp down as hard as I can. Then the girl lunges at me and sinks her teeth into my shoulder. She's chewing, so I grab her hair and pull. Part of her scalp comes away in my hand, and I beat her down when she releases me in shock. I run to the parking garage, panicking and in tremendous pain.
For some reason, I know that I'll succumb to the virus as soon as it reaches the base of my skull. Since the wound is in my shoulder, I figure I have minutes. Maybe less. I want to see my sister and friends again--say goodbye. I start making my way to Bromley, but part of the way there, I rethink it. It's a terrible idea--what if I turn while there? Then I realize--oh, I realize--why, going there is the best idea I've ever had. Oh yes it is.
So I arrive, and it takes next to no time for them to let me in. And there they all are--my friends, my family, all scared senseless. Then Daniel comes forward, trying to get a better look at me. A couple feet away, he recoils--but too late. I've pulled him down, bitten him, and then everyone else is shrieking and beating at me, but I'm snapping at anyone and everyone that approaches. Daniel's just gotten up to help me when I notice Victoria in the back, Erin mute with horror behind her, and I know my next target.
And then I wake up.
(Did I mention that just prior to this saga I slept-walked over to my pantry and chugged a whole blue Kool-Aid Burst in one go? Victoria is of the opinion that this may have influenced the rest of the night's adventures.)
