Skytzoe looked up at James as bandages were wrapped around his neck, "Hey... I know you... You're that U.N. guy... You said we're fucked on national live T.V..."
"That's not me anymore. I quit when they bombed the city."
"You're the only one who can do this..."
"Don't talk, you're just wasting needed energy."
"Those scientists opened a Pandora's Box in Brazil. But they couldn't find what the last thing in it was..."
Skytzoe slowly rose his arm, his hand clutching a syringe, "...And this is it... This is the hope they couldn't find..."
James looked at the syringe, "But does it work?"
"I'm alive, aren't I?"
"Try to stay that way."
James grasped the syringe, slipping it into one of his pockets, Skytzoe continued, "... It's easy to synthesize, it can enter through the skin... Think of it as a chemical weapon..."
"Hang on..."
"Make sure she gets there..."
James looked over his shoulder, "Dayton, get my bag."
He turned back to Skytzoe, "Just a little bit longer..."
Skytzoe's eyes slowly closed. James pressed his fingers against Skytzoe's neck, then sighed, shaking his head.
Seven months later...
"Spirit one, ready."
"Spirit two, ready."
"Spirit three, ready."
"Spirit four, ready."
"Spirit five, ready."
"Affirmative. Initiate when ready."
"Roger that, Firebrand, initiating operation Renaissance."
"Copy that..."
James took his headset off, " Let's hope you're right..."
The bomb bays of all five bombers opened. 15 warheads dropped from each craft. 1,000 feet from the ground, the warheads deployed parachutes. 500 feet above ground, the warheads opened, deploying their payload.
One year, 3 months later.
"Ladies and gentlemen. Today is the beginning of a new age. Early this morning, the United Nations received a transmission from Australia. The report stated that the airstrikes executed on the infected populous showed positive effect. Even though there are areas that still remain infected, the U.N. declared the war against this disease over once more. But this time, with the opposite outcome. Ladies and gentlemen, we have been to the edge of extinction... And, this day will be remembered forever. Ladies and gentlemen, we have won the war."
Two weeks later.
Even though a cure for the disease was found, there is no cure for death. The black marble wall in exact location of the first initial attack. Ground zero of a nuclear device. James had his back turned toward the wall, facing a bronze, of a man with shoulder-length hair, wearing glasses, the man's left hand in the pocket, the other hand resting on the handle of one of the pair of handguns on his belt. The Havermale insignia was etched on the man's carved bulletproof vest. There was an engraving on the base of the bronze, " 'The Cure' Dedicated to the Memory of Brandon 'Skytzoe' Bogar. September 1st, 1988 - May 3rd, 2024."
James heard a metallic clink next to him, then the sound of steel scraping against flint, then a voice, "Hmm... A gun toting biochemist. Sounds sort of unlikely, but in those times, everybody was something they weren't. But there was a flaw in his cure. Some of them were immune. On that note, I have a flight to catch. Later days, Firebrand."
James turned around to see the man, but only saw the man's back, seeing that he was wearing a purple tee with black slacks, and a pair of black and purple DCs. James slowly began to turn around, until the man shook his shoulder-length hair. James kept his look on the man until he disappeared from view behind the marble wall.
One week later, Shrewsbury, England.
"We have incoming!"
"Stand your ground!"
"We have more at six o'clock!"
"Fuck... All troops, circle formation, now!"
The troops slowly broke from a single file row and then began forming a circle.
"Direct fire to the closest threats, don't let them get too close!"
A helicopter slowly flew over head then began hovering over the troops.
James watched the live feed on the television screen in his den, hearing the reporter, "This is hour three of the Shrewsbury conflict. They have stopped arriving and continue to push forward, even though the enemy is not making any progress. Wait, there's a solider breaking formation..."
"I'm out of primary! Who has an extra clip?!"
"Almost out."
"On my last here."
"Cover me!"
The leader stood, reaching to his belt. He knew there had to be thousands of them, "Let's do this..."
The two empty clips hit the dirt. He replaced the magazines in the handguns. His last two. He heard a yell behind him, "Hold your fire!"
"What the fuck are those idiots doing?"
The sergeant looked behind him, seeing a man in all-black running towards him, holding a rifle. The man stopped next to him.
James pressed the stock of the rifle against his shoulder and began firing. Spent casings flew out the weapon as his finger continued to contract around the trigger, once every second. Between reloading, a full magazine fell to the ground next to the sergeant.
The sun was reaching over the horizon. The sergeant took off his shirt, showing two scars from bulletwounds in his abdomen, one in his left shoulder, and one in his left arm. He dumped the contents of a canteen onto his head then shook his hair out. He turned toward James. James eyed the bullet scars on his neck, "I thought it didn't work, at first."
"Yeah, well, me too. But I still live to fight another day. Good work, Firebrand."
"Same to you, Skytzoe."
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