The Agent And The Princesses (Reboot)

3. Storytime

The group walk down the road and as they walk down, Scorpia observes the area to see burning cars, fires, people passing out and people shivering with blankets over them as they sit on the steps of their apartment flats.

Scorpia: "Um...Caleb? What happened here?"

Caleb: "You wanna know? Well it's a long story, and I'm also gonna explain it to everyone else."

Catra: "Ok then. I'm all ears."

Adora: "Go for it."

Caleb clears his throat.

Caleb: "On November 27th, 2019. One man named Jordan Amherst created a genetically modified virus to wipe out humanity. He drops droplets containing the virus onto bank notes, money. He gave it to a few people so it can spread quickly during the event called Black Friday. There, Americans, which are just humans like me living in this country called America, spend lots of money on low price products. Then, the virus started spreading to the rest of New York City, to the other boroughs, being Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Staten Island and the Bronx."

Adora: "What happens next?"

Caleb: "Then some cops were infected, not many of them turned up to a prison on a small island Called Rikers Island where Rikers Prison is. There were only a few cops there which were sick. This made it easier for the prisoners to rise up and kill the guards and take over the island. They managed to flee from the island to Manhattan and they managed to take over some parts of it. They call themselves Rikers."

Perfuma: "Oh, and what happened to the citizens that were infected?"

Caleb: "They died. The virus consists of Smallpox, Ebola, Dengue, H1N1, Hantavirus, Marburg and Swine flu. People were dying from either a slow and painful death, others died in riots which occurred across the city. Ever since the city went under lockdown, people were starving, thirsty and in need of medication. Police officers, firefighters, paramedics, soldiers and some blue collar workers joined together to form the Joint Task Force. tasked with dealing with the riots and the virus itself. However, because thousands of people died, they had no choice but to use Central Park as a mass burial ground."

Glimmer: "Oh my. How big is the park?"

Caleb: "About 3.41 KM squared long. But because it's full they started dumping corpses outside the park and the virus was worse in that area. They government decided to seal off the area where only agents like me can enter. There, every JTF worker left in a hurry, leaving some belongings behind. They built a wall to contain the spread and they called that area, the Dark Zone. I only go in to pick up some items there. However I have to wear a mask whenever I do."

Mermista: "What about the people inside the Dark Zone?"

Caleb: "Everyone in there died. However, some were still alive, it was the blue collar workers. They felt abandoned, betrayed and outcasted. They formed the Cleaners, tasked with burning anything even people. They're not doctors, so they don't know whether you're sick or not."

Perfuma: "So they've killed more innocents?"

Caleb: "Well yeah."

Scorpia: "My goodness. I knew the Horde was insane but this is worse."

Caleb: "However, not too long ago a private army called the Last Man Battalion was deployed, tasked with assisting the JTF. However, their leader, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bliss, was tired of seeing soldiers of the JTF die and he decides that the Government and the president, our leaders, are slow and he decides that the best way to restore order to the city is to take over New York, and control it with an iron fist. And that's when The Strategic Homeland Division comes in."

Bow: "That's your team, right?"

Caleb: "Yep, we are tasked with restoring order, not like the LMB. We have to assist the JTF in fighting against these threats. We are activated under directive 51 by the President of America. Our watches glow and we leave everything behind. Our homes, our families even our friends. What I'm doing is for them."

Glimmer: "I see. I respect your loyalty then."

They then hear a loud explosion and they see a building in the distance catch on fire. They see people jumping out of it. Caleb grabs out his binoculars to see what's going on.

(There is no binocular or telescope in the game but I'll add it.)

(Plus: Chase and the gems caused the explosions from Gems in New York.)

Caleb: "That's the Cleaners' stronghold."

Glimmer: "Well that's something at least."

Caleb: "Yeah. Praise to whoever did that. That's one faction weakened. Their leader was in there."

To be continued...