Omega Infection

Chapter 3

I have some power over this man. That answers one of my questions. It seems I am different than other infected. This one here, this man, is a mindless flesh eater. His only goal is to bite into the Immunes and infect them. I, however, seem to have my own conscious. And I seem to be able to command other infected. I tell the man to follow me, and we go to the town centre. On our way, more infected seem to notice us, and I tell them to follow.

By the time I reach the town square, I have my own horde. Now that I have more infected, I decide to experiment.

After some focusing, I realise that I can see through the eyes of other infected. I test this further by telling a young woman to climb a building, and I see the action through her eyes.

However, everything goes back to being bright, and I only observe what she sees. She still climbs the building, but once she gets to the roof, she just stands there and stares at me. When I go back to seeing from my own perceptive, everything goes back to normal. Everything isn't bright anymore. Strange.

Whilst exploring the town, I found another infected who understood me. It was a little girl, who calls herself Jane. Her side had been ripped open, revealing her organs that are now just dried up from exposure to the outside environment. She has been "dead" for quite a while. But she could understand me.

"Join the horde behind that man over there in blue," I had told her.
"Why?" she had asked. Shocked, we had the conversation that allowed me to learn about her. I decided to keep her close.
"You can call me Mr. D, okay? What's your name?"
"I'm Jane."

"Would you like to come with me, Jane?"
"Where are we going?"
"I don't really know. Maybe we should find more infected who seem to be aware of it, and find out more about the OmaV."
"Okay," she replied, and joined my side.

The next town was a mile away. It took us 2 hours. I predicted this by watching the sun. I guessed that it was about 6, or getting close to some evening time. The sun had started dipping towards the west. During the walk, Jane and I had talked some more. She cannot control the others like I can. She can't communicate with them either. She understands them, in a sense. Back when she was first infected, if one went crazy and started going a certain direction, she new that some survivors or just something to eat would be that way.

Meeting me was a miracle, in her young, infected world. Her last birthday that she recalls would've meant that she was 11. That made me go through a flashback. My age is 23. I tell her this, just to keep conversation going. She had been on brink of insanity for quite some time.

We arrive at the next town before we were done talking about our past lives, and her current life. This town, or city I should call it since it is much bigger, used to be part of a good rest stop. The state we're in is Tennessee. This city must've been on some route towards Chattanooga. I notice a sign in front of a building. The town we are in is known as Dunlap. So we must be going south.

More followers have joined the horde. I even have my own bodyguard, for me and Jane. He seems to have a higher intelligence than the others, because I told him to protect Jane and I, and he stays close. He cannot talk, though. I named him Bill. He's a huge guy, about 6'7" with me being about 6'. Little Jane is only 4'6". Bill also has huge muscles, despite the fact that he appears to be rotting. He is also coloured, because his greyish tint is more black. Bill- my big black bodyguard- it has a bit of a ring to it.

We didn't find any infected that could understand us. And so, our search continued.