- Prelude -

Location: Bukit Timah Shopping Centre
Time: 11pm, Day before the outbreak.

After sneaking past the security guards and the security cameras, the hooded man approached a small store at the corner of the corridor. He pushed the door gently and the door creaked as it opened. The man moved in swiftly and unloaded the large sack, that he had cautiously smuggled all the way to the 5th floor, unto the carpets of the store named "Unspeakable Horrors". Then just as swiftly as he entered, he exited the store, locking the entrance on his way out. Careful not to get himself caught, now that he had accomplished his mission, he blended into the shadows and avoided the CCTVs as he left the building.

Inside the store, the sack shifted...

- Chapter 1 -

Location: Home at Bukit Panjang
Time: 7pm.

"Eh! Want to go play 'Left 4 Dead' at Bukit Timah anot? Super sian leh! Huh? When? Now lah! Jio more people then more fun mah. Ok ar, meet you there at 8pm. Don't be late hor!"

WeeHuat had arranged to meet his friends for games at the LAN gaming shop located at the Bukit Timah Shooping Centre.

He was particularly free that day and was feeling very bored. One of the favourite pasttime of the loacl teenagers is LAN gaming. They can spend hours on it and not feeling a little bit drained of energy.
Location: Bukit Timah Shopping Centre
Time 11pm.

In the store "Unspeakable Horrors", a rat nibbled at the sack. It had not eaten for a long time and the sack seemed promising to it. Hoping that inside the sack there would be something to satisfy its hunger, it nibbled as fast and hard as it can.

Suddenly, something burst through the sack and held its grip tightly around the surprised rat. It was a hand?! Squealing in pain and shock, the rat struggles to break free from the iron grip but to no avail. In desperation, it bit and gnawed at the hand that had encaptured it but the grip did not loosen. Before anything else could happen, another hand burst through and proceeded on to free its host from the sack that once contained it. The free hand grabbed the sack and tore it open with such might that the sack was torn into two.

And what revealed was a figure of a man.. or was it? The "man" stared blankly ahead then at the prey it had captured. He growled.. and like a hungry beast, he stuffed the rat headfirst into his mouth and tore it apart! He swallowed with minimal chewing, but was still not satisfied.. He needed more.. He threw what was now the remains of the rat on the ground and looked around for an exit...

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"Eh.. you guys not tired ah?"

Alwyn asked his friends. He had met up with Weehuat and some others for LAN gaming and they had been playing for the last 3 hours. But worried about his curfew back at home and not wanting to go home alone, he started asking his friends hoping that they will share the same thoughts and will leave together with him.

" K lar, k lar.. Last game. Last game."

Jeremy reassured him and continued shooting down the virtual zombies..