[ WP ] `` IT DID N'T WORK ! GET AWAY , HURRY ! ''

We never asked for this. The containment had finally failed. It began at that moment and the first victim was Samuel. He would forever be remembered as the man who fucked up the experiment. I would remember him as the last man I loved and the one that made me survive. 
 
 
 The secondary containment did work, though. I managed to grab the shielded truck and drive through the walls while everyone at the facility died. I could n't open the doors, too risky. I had to drive by as all my friends died or became acutely poisoned from a heavy dose of radiation. I followed the protocol, even when I felt my heart was going to explode from grief I followed the protocol. they came and rescued me and I had to stay alone, the truck submerged in a water tank for 3 days, crying my eyes off. 
 
 
 What nobody expected was the blast wall collapsing. Sam always said it looked flimsy ( like a 1000 kg/m². Steel-Lead Plated concrete wall would look flimsy ) and he was worried about it. I remember telling him to come inside the truck, double safety, but he wanted to see it. He wanted to look at the first glimpse of our own private star. He did n't want to look at the red lights flashing, the stuck hydraulic jack that operated one of the containment's octants, the star destabilizing. The flash of light indicating failure. His desperate attempt to use lead blankets as a temporary containment, while he tried to repair the hydraulic. He did n't want to see the look in my eyes as he screamed `` IT DID N'T WORK! GET AWAY, HURRY! ” That was the last thing he saw. My eyes, in shock as I turned from his disappearing body towards the steering wheel. 
 
 
 If you ask me right now, I can honestly tell you I had no idea that the biology lab was working with the virus, and that while I drove outside I dented the safe, allowing the virus to mutate with the radiation. I just wanted to escape as quickly as I could, before the realization came to me that everyone I've ever worked with had died. 
 
 Patient Zero was a recovery worker with a small tear on his HazMat suit. His daughter pinned a `` World's best dad'' Button on his suit. Can you believe that? Dead, because he loved his daughter enough to let her pin a tiny button on his chest. She was 6 when she died. By the time the relationship was made and the WHO began pandemic protocols it was impossible to contain. The virus was deadly, quick and efficient. You would die suddenly and without any symptoms whatsoever within 36 hours. This was nature's way of telling us that we were done. We had given birth to the most efficient weapon to kill us. Dogs were not vulnerable, the virus would not attach to them. We tried every animal that we could think of. The virus was tailored specifically for humans, and strengthened by mutation. That's when Mr. Goodwin came forward with the bio weapons program, and killed the entire Supreme Court in the process. 
 
 
 All of you know what happened next, when your lives were no longer for you, but for all of us. We've all been here, underground, waiting for the last five years. We may not be all that remains, and we do n't really know what will happen when we open those doors. I've heard all of you gossip, talking behind my back, blaming me or Sam for this, wondering if I'm the leader you deserve. I'm here to tell you that I have spent all these years blaming myself, not for hitting the case, but for surviving. I should've died there. I should be with Sam right now, and you should not be here. You never should've known my name. But that's not the case. I know everything there is to know about the virus, and I have taught it all to you. That's why I lead you now. 
 
 
 I won ’ t tell you I ’ m sorry for this. It ’ s too late for that, but I ask you, please, be safe. Be careful. Wear your suits. Scan the food before bringing it back. We will wait for you. Remember, you have 5 days before we close again, and limited fuel. You will stay in solitary confinement for 48 hours before you can see your families again. You are all volunteers, and can back out any moment you want. 
 
 
 Open the gates!
