Months after the cleanse in north forest, both alliances was busy sweeping their areas, looking for refugees, dead or alive. There were times when they found a village full of rotten bodies, men and women and children. Governments also started to revitalise their lands, but the soil rejected their efforts.
Western alliances had advanced technology, they created machines to make water from air. Although they taste bad, but the areas’ survivors had to rely on it. However, many problems now sighted as many refugees are found, mostly starving and ill. Finally they were mobilised to the greenest part of Western countries; soldiers and researchers and experts in farming were sent to aid.
Western Alliance is still worried about what the Eastern are doing that time. Intelligents and spies were sent, just in case the Eastern decided to attack during their dormant times. However, the intelligents did not report anything more than recovery activities, though Eastern parts were greener and they are experts in natural sciences, which made the process was done in a quicker pace.
Meanwhile Eastern alliance faced different problem. It was true that they advanced in natural technologies, and their soil were recovered quicker than western areas. But they were having difficulties in finding perished refugees and eliminating them, for they mostly hiding in big caves and undergrounds. Their intelligents reported that western alliance had means for tracking and extinguishing dead bodies instantly, Eastern alliance started to argue for the need to cooperate.
Through both agents, communication started. Of course it was full of apprehension at first, for they have been in combat for a long time. After months of silent communication, men of power from both sides finally meet, declaring peace. Both sides agree to cooperate in forming habitable area for their citizens.
Soon the both sides established plans, ensuring their citizens survived this critical stage. They chose the least nuclear-involved cities and sent their soldiers, researchers and experts there, building a city which was expected to be able to self – sustain. With Western technologies and Eastern’s ability in creating natural wonders, the plan started well. Everyone was hopeful.
Of course, along with peace, both sides started to reveal what they have gathered about the zombie incident. They have not found much, except the fact that the virus was able to create a living dead with berserk behaviour. So, aside from making survival plans, intelligents and special forces were gathered together to fetch the refugees and extinguished them if ever they were found dead. They were not risking for any dead bodies to rise and attack.
Researchers also given with samples of dead bodies, assuming those had been infected. Their main duty was to find what kind of virus that caused the infections,what it exactly does, how the infection was done and mostly, what can be done to eliminate it. Some informations wre also missing, such as the way to kill a Zombie was to shot it directly on forehead, because the facility and the witnesses were all infected and burned to ashes. Assuming viruses mostly could not stand against fire, burning it down seem ed to be the most promising solution before a more efficient elimination process was found.
Soldiers were alse sent to search for missing soldiers in some battle areas. There were some reports about missing soldiers and those who had lost contacts within the Western forests. Not much were found because of the difficulty in searching in such a dense area; for no one would survive if he or she had to stay for more than 5 days. Some superiors also argued that they were probably be dead by now, while others insisted to retrieve them even as dead bodies, for they might have been infected and become Zombies. The army itself believed that their comrades must have been fallen, but they searched nevertheless.
It was during this time, an urgent encrypted message appeared in the screen. Tracking device showed the source was from the western forest.
It was very short:
“They can’t die. Req fire extingusher, 135.7,243.5.
I am the last one alive. Corps.”