Back from the darkness - Chapter 1 : Revelations

Chris was in front of the City Hall in New York, took his equipment and went to another team of the BSAA. He asked:
"What kind of biological weapons is involved?
- Well, he answered one of them, several eyewitnesses said that they were napads.
- What the hell? I thought a vaccine against the C virus was created?!
- Apparently, the vaccine is ineffective on the victims. It is thought that the virus has been modified to be more resistant to the vaccine ...
- Ok ... We'll have to clean manually. What is the name my partner?
- Livia Atkins. She joined the BSAA since a few months. In March 2013, I think ...
- I do not care when she was recruited."
He entered the building and took his gun. He saw chrysalises that were already hatched for about 3 hours. He stepped forward and took the right wing on the first floor. Before pushing the door, several memories from Edonia surfaced: Finn, the napads who attacked them ... But he was filled with rage when he saw the face of Carla. He withdrew the memories of his head and focused again on his mission. He tried to open the door but she seemed blocked from the inside. He tried the other doors in the same wing, all blocked. He consulted the plan on its PDA: he could take the third door of the wing opposite to find the position of Livia, which he did. He pushed open the door and heard something: not regular with claws. He pointed his gun straight ahead and found a strelat. Chris spotted the monster and prepared to attack. Chris sprinted to strelat and struck several times. As soon as the monster began to writhe in pain and crumpled, Chris murmured:
"Rubbish from Edonia."
He received a radio signal low, with crackling.
"Livia to HQ ... hear me? I ... blocked ... help ... almost ... kill ... "
He checked her position on his PDA: Livia was near. He continued his journey and came to a crossroads, either go right or go straight. According to the PDA, Livia was ahead. He tried to open the door but it was locked and not blocked this time.
"Great, he said. The key must be at the other end of the building in my opinion. If Jill was with me, she could very well pick the lock. "
At these words, Jill popped into his mind. He felt so idiot for letting her alone for 6 months ... A whooper screamed and Chris looked towards the whooper. He rushed toward Chris, who dodged it. Chris looked up and smirked.
"Hi there big guy, he said. Don't worry, I'll help you to lose weight."
He pulled out his shotgun and opened fire. After fifteen 12-gauge shotshells, the whooper collapsed on the ground and fell. Chris looked at the decaying body with disgust.
"My God, he thought, I didn't heard that obesity affect zombies ..."
He noticed a key attached to the pants of the whooper. He picked it up, saying that there was one chance on 10,000 that it would be the right key. He used it on the door and it unlocked. He entered the room and heard like whispers from a female voice. He saw a door on the right. He ran to the door, turned the handle and noticed the whispering ceased. He opened the door and entered, while remaining cautious.
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Livia had confined herself after facing a the strelat. It scratched her left shoulder. She heard through the door the strelat who continued to attack.
"Oh no. You wo n't bruise me this time."
She heard the shots from a machine gun then those of a shotgun.
"I see only two options, she said, it's a survivor or it's my partner."
She took a dictaphone from her bag and began recording.
"Journal of Livia Atkins, July 2, 2013. I am in the City Hall since ... I do not know, I don't even remember when the mission began. I was with Ted Macauley, he joined the BSAA to understand how his brother died in Edonia. I said "was" because now he's a chrysalis created by the C virus. If Piers ended up like Ted, I do not imagine how he mutated. I do not even know why I still have the strength to do my journal as my current goal is to get out of this mess ... I hope we will find me soon because ... "
She was interrupted by the door handle, trying to turn. She hid in the dim light and saw the figure of a man apparently. Fairly muscular, a machine gun in his hands, almost forty. She slowly approached him and struck him in the back. He tried to fire on Livia, but she disarmed him. He tried to strike her, she dodged every punch. She grabbed him and put him ashore. She pulled out her pistol.
"A prayer before kickin' the bucket?
- Stop. I am from the BSAA."
She lit her lamp and enlightened the face of the man, blinded by the light.
"Who are you?, She asked. Your face sounds familiar to me ...
- Chris!"
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The person who was arrested them was Jill. She approached them.
"Jill?!, Livia and Chris asked ."
They looked then turned back to Jill.
"What are you doing here?, asked Livia.
'Well, replied Jill, I came here to find Chris and I fell on you two."
Livia holstered her gun and helped Chris to raise up. Jill ran towards him to hug him. He put his hands on the face of Jill and said:
"You've missed me so much ...
- You too. '
They kissed and Livia looked away. She tried to not to cry. Chris, worried, asked Jill what happened to her.
"It's hard for her ... ...
- Don't worry Jill, said Livia, I can tell. My boyfriend died there more than a day.
- Oh. I'm sorry for that, said Chris.
- It's nothing, she said. He was supposed to return yesterday but the BSAA gave me the information of his death.
- His name was Piers Nivans, Chris replied, is not it?"
Livia was surprised that he knows his name and turned to him.
"How do you know?!
- I witnessed his death.
- Oh ... I see."
She turned and filled with rage, she pushed Chris against the wall and grabbed him by the neck.
"It was you, huh?"
Chris said an unvoiced no. She drew her pistol and pressed the cannon of it on the forehead of Chris.
"Admit it! IT WAS YOU?!
- Livia! Cried Jill. Stop it!
- Not until he told me the truth! And I don't give a damn that he's the man of your life, Jill!
- I DIDN'T KILLED HIM! He sacrificed himself to save my life!"
She looked at Chris and released him. He coughed and slows breathing.
"Let's suppose that he did what you said, said Livia holstering her weapon, why would he do such a thing?
- I dunno, he said, but he infected himself to save me from certain death."
She picked up the weapon of Chris from the floor and handed it to him.
"Okay, she said. But I expect therefore clues of your innocence. But in the meantime, I agree to cooperate with you."
Jill let out a sigh of relief and thanked Livia for not have killed Chris. They left the room, drew their weapons and continued toward the  opposite door. Jill whispered to Chris:
"I'm sorry that Livia almost shoot you in the head. But she was a very good company during your convalescence.
- Do not worry, he said, I understand what she feels. Livia?"
She turned and Chris asked:
"Where we going?
- We will take a shorter path to reach the offices. There, we could use the phone to call for reinforcements."
They broke the door and found several chrysalises that aren't yet hatched.
"Stay discrete, Chris said softly. I would not want an army of these ... "
They left on tiptoe when suddenly a tear gas canister fell from nowhere. Chris, Jill and Livia coughed heavily until the gas dissipates. A chrysalis began to crack. A kind of organic chainsaw got out of the chrysalis and near of it was a dog tag. They trained their weapons on the chrysalis almost open and Livia says:
"I really didn't wanted to see you again at this state, Ted."