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What Has Come Before

It has been nearly eight months since humanity was rocked with the news of the Sage Flu outbreak in the Mojave Desert of California. The strain was particularly deadly, seeming to kill everyone who became infected. But before it could turn into an even larger problem, it mysteriously lost its potency and disappeared.

The world breathed a collective sigh of relief. They talked of remaining vigilant, but in most people’s minds, mankind had dodged a bullet.

If only they’d known the truth, that this was merely a test performed by a group dedicated to giving the human race a restart, and that when this group moved out of the testing phase, things could become much, much worse.

There was, however, a band of people who did know the truth, who had dedicated themselves to trying to keep this horrific plan from becoming reality. But in the months since the test outbreak in the desert, they had made far too little progress.

Unfortunately for them, and for all of humanity, the ones behind the plan had not been experiencing the same problem. They’d been busy.

Very busy.