Amelia startled herself awake from a bad dream she was having. It involved her parents; they were being held hostage by some unknown evil entity and she had to get to them within a certain timeframe, but obstacles kept disrupting her...those easily found within The Zone. Despite her best efforts, Amelia failed to reach her parents in time, and that's when she woke up, sweaty and teary-eyed from the realistic events occurring in her nightmare.

The young woman turned to her side and noticed it wasn't dark yet. She hadn't slept for too long apparently, despite the fact that her body felt well-rested and energized. She wondered whether her body had gotten used to the lack of adequate food and sleep to the point where she could function relatively well without much of either one. Maybe that was the case, or maybe she had just gotten a really good few hours of sleep.

A nearly empty bottle of wine sitting on the table opposite her bed made Amelia desperate enough to get up, wipe her face with some wet rag, and gear up to go search for something to drink. She preferred wine as she wasn't particularly fond of beer, and everything else was a bit more complicated to come across, so she didn't have much too choose from. Amelia knew that she had told herself she would just stay home until the next day, but she would probably get bored very easily due to the fact she wasn't the least bit tired and therefore wasn't able to go back to sleep. Such a struggle her life was.

Just then, things took a turn for the worse. The gruesome sight that awaited the woman outside was definitely something she wasn't expecting, and it is something that will unfortunately stay in her mind for years to come. The pile of corpses nearly made her lose her meal, an immediate side effect of how upset the horrific scene made her feel. Amelia wasn't by any means a stranger to death—but it was a completely different story when the victims were all her friends and individuals she considered family. Such act of selfishness was unforgivable, and Amelia knew exactly who she had to find in order to attempt to make sense of such atrocity. She only hoped he hadn't gotten too far, because this way beyond crossing the line.