How It All Began
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Ongoing, First published Feb 26, 2016
The year is 2490. Aliens have been discovered. Half the Earth is covered in solid metal. The sky is always black as night, due to smog from the factories in the east. A young boy decides to step outside of his safe-house because he thought he saw something bright outside. Little does he know, that would be the biggest mistake he ever made.

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Years later the boy is fully grown, and an alien virus is detected inside of him. Scientists pay his parents to give him up for experimentation. But, the virus fights back and takes over the boy's body, turning him into a disgusting creature. Soon after, the virus spreads and turns the world into a living hell.
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