The Dawning

When the creatures came, the world didn't know how to respond.The last thought we had was about how to kill the dead. The people who we once knew; those that held places within our hearts.
That was our first mistake.

It wasn't until parents started tearing apart their children and children slaughtered whole families that we realized that those we love are no longer human.Cities then started housing refugees, all were accepted as long as they were human.
That was our second mistake.

People who were either bitten or scratched then Turned into the very beasts we tried to exterminate.Entire countries became infected,their camps nothing more than an all you can eat buffet for the beasts.What was left of humanity banded behind walls made of wood and steel, only the bravest, or foolish, of us remained outside the walls. We thought that eventually, these beasts, these Roamers, would fall back into the graves they crawled out of. All we had to do was wait them out.
That was our final mistake

When the time came for what was left of civilization to band together and fight the darkness that threatened to swallow the world whole, we splintered, shattered like glass. Militias were formed. Women were a prized commodity. The Roamers gorged themselves on fearful flesh. The proud human race was reduced to scattered bands of scavengers and murderers. We have entered a war.

And we are losing.