Talk:Patient (Map Game)/@comment-5590986-20180307044215

Epilogue 2

The world had tried to make a cure for the disease, to prevent any further spread of the virus and save humanity. We were close in late 2034, but it wasn't enough. Something came out of the ground in Panama, something big and dangerous. It's black smokey tentacles slithered about across the country, even being viewed in space by astronauts. It stood as tall as a mountain, and it was angry. It called upon the upon the millions of infected around the world within its radius, even making it to Europe. The news reported less sightings and attacks in certain areas, and more of them in others. It seemed to be a pattern, a pattern of movement across the continents. A mass migration of some sorts. The hoards of infected swam across the seas, traveled across lands, and flew among stolen planes.

We have seen them getting smarter and smarter, retaining their intelligences, even if they weren't their former selves. When they had gotten to Panama, what was left of the country's people had fallen, and they used our weapons against us. Their numbers spread across Latin America, conquering every inch of the earth they could find in a very coordinated manner. It's like they have developed a hivemind.

When they were finished with Latin America, they spread throughout the rest of the world. Setting the rest of the globe ablaze. Survivors had found shelter within the colder climates. But the infected had found ways to manipulate heat when they found out how we made our warmth (clothing and Mobile Heating). During this period, the birth rate had slowed drastically, practically grinding to a near halt. And they had found and destroyed most documentation of our progress towards the cure as station by station fell.

By 2038, the infected made up 95% of the world's living population of 8 billion people, after millions had died in the fighting to defend their homeland. It was Earth vs. Zalgo, Terrans vs. 'Martians'. In december, the last rocket carrying almost 340 passengers had left Earth, carrying it one of the most important historical documents of how it all came this way.

We haven't known why all this happened, why the infected acted that way. It wasn't until much later that the theories arose and we had seemingly figured it out.