[center][b]"We Are Legend"[/b][/center]

[b]Inspiration:[/b]  The Will Smith movie, "I Am Legend".

[b]Today's Date:[/b]  March 2020

[b]Background:[/b]
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[*]2016: A genetically re-engineered virus is cleared by the FDA for human testing as a vaccine against several forms of cancer.
[*]2017: Initial testing is astounding.
[*]2018: The vaccine goes into worldwide distribution.
[*]2019: The vaccine begins mutating inside the human body.  Symptoms begin appearing near the end of the year.
[*]2020: The serious effects begin: 90% of those immunized die a horrific, painful death; while the 10% who survive become predatory mutants called "Darkseekers".
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[b][url=http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ypw0qX59HUE/SkGGoQy3hhI/AAAAAAAAAoE/qf5rs8UHWh0/s400/IMG_00009.JPG]"Darkseekers"[/url]:[/b]
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[*]They act like crazed, rabid animals.
[*]They chase down, kill, and eat uninfected humans.
[*]They have speed, strength, and agility superior to uninfected humans; yet have the intelligence level of an untrained monkey.
[*]They have a serious weakness: direct sunlight causes them intense, disabling pain and -- if the Darkseeker doesn't get out of it quick enough -- an agonizing death.
[*]They live in dark areas -- unlit buildings, tunnels, subways, and sewers -- and only come out into the open between sundown and sunrise.
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[b]Now:  March 2020:[/b]
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[*]By this point, the Press has dubbed the virus "Rabies 2.0".
[*]Our story centers on the neighborhood of [url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/New+York,+NY/@40.6200585,-73.8291274,16788a,20y,270h/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c24fa5d33f083b:0xc80b8f06e177fe62]Broad Channel[/url], part of Queens, New York.
[*]Broad Channel's four accesses -- the two ends each of IND railway and the Cross Bay Toll Road -- were closed as soon as Rabies 2.0 was verified to be spreading in New York City.
[*]The majority of Broad Channel's population flooded out of the city, heading as many had to open country.  (It would prove to be a mistake, of course, as the Darkseekers only found it easier to hunt people in the less secure environment of rural areas.)
[*]At the start of our story, there are only 250 people left in Broad Channel.
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