This story features an apocalyptic scenario, public sex, drug-like effects on the mind, and breeding kinks. If that isn't your thing, don't say I didn't warn you.
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JUNE 9, 2026, 23:48 HOURS
LINCOLN TUNNEL, NEW JERSEY ENTRANCE
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The night was heavy. Damp with wet heat. The humid air clung to Specialist Taylor's fatigues as he leaned against the barricade.
The dim glow of floodlights mounted on the Humvee cast long shadows into the tunnel's entrance. He peered past the lit area, into the yawning darkness stretching deep into the earth.
It had been a long, chaotic day. The outbreak, whatever it was, had erupted that morning. Manhattan was ground zero, sealed off, and no one was to leave. The orders from command were clear: hold the line no matter what. Nobody out. Zero contact with anyone from the quarantine zone.
Behind Taylor, Sergeant Jacobs sat on an overturned ammo crate, flipping through a notepad. He had that calm, deliberate air Taylor had come to rely on. Jacobs had been through Iraq, Afghanistan, other places he was less willing to talk about. He knew how to keep his head when things went sideways.
Taylor adjusted his grip on his M4, turning to scan the empty road leading from the tunnel. The tunnel's New York side had been fortified and sealed hours ago. Of the three arched entrances, side by side, that led into the tunnel on the New Jersey side, the outer two were totally barricaded off with sandbags.
Taylor and Jacobs were posted at the one remaining entrance. A dark concrete cave that led into the unknown. Into a city overrun by... something.
"You good?" Jacobs asked without looking up.
"Yeah," Taylor replied, though his voice was tight. His eyes stayed fixed on the darkness beyond the barricade. "Just... feels wrong. All this happening so fast."
Jacobs nodded, his tone even. "A lot of things feel wrong. Doesn't mean you stop doing your job."
Taylor didn't respond. His stomach churned every time he thought of Manhattan. The day had gone by in a blur, with only scattered fragments reaching the public: the frantic evacuation orders, the images from above showing mobs of the infected tearing through the streets. Then the no-fly zone was declared, and... nothing. The comms blackout was total.
Tap.
Tap.
Tap.
The sound of footsteps echoed faintly from deep in the blackness of the tunnel entrance.
With a start, Taylor was pulled out of his thoughts. He stiffened, raising his rifle. "Movement," he said sharply.
Jacobs stood, dropping the notepad and gripping his own weapon. "Where?"
Taylor pointed down the road leading from the tunnel's mouth.
The darkness gave way. A figure emerged from the shadows, moving slowly, stumbling.
The two men gaped. The tunnel was supposed to be sealed on the New York side. There was a guard post in the tunnel, near the other end, behind the barricades. They shouldn't have let anyone through.
This didn't make sense.
"Hold your position." Jacobs barked, stepping up beside Taylor. The men, weapons pointed, watched the figure slowly approach.
The figure resolved into the shape of a woman. A very beautiful woman.
She was young. Couldn't have been more than 21 or 22. Her face was pale, her steps faltering. When she reached the edge of the barricade's floodlight, she stopped and raised her hands.
"Please," she said, her voice hoarse. "Please, you have to let me through."
Taylor felt his heart rate spike. His finger rested just outside the trigger guard.
"Ma'am, how did you get through the tunnel?" he demanded.
She shook her head, tears streaming down her face.
"I don't know. They were everywhere... I just ran. Please, I'm not infected. You have to let me out of here!"
Jacobs stepped forward slightly, his weapon still trained on her. "Ma'am, this area has been placed until military jurisdiction and is under a quarantine order."
"I..." she stuttered, "I don't... what..."
"It means we can't let anyone leave," Taylor shouted. "Those are our orders, ma'am."
Her voice broke into a sob.
"Y-You don't understand! They're everywhere in there. Everywhere. They'll... they'll kill me, or... or worse! I made it out. I survived. Please, you have to let me out!"
Taylor's grip tightened on his weapon. He glanced toward Jacobs.
Jacobs' eyes were locked on the woman, weapon raised. "Did anyone else make it out with you?"
She shook her head violently. "No. I was alone. I swear."
"Did you, uh... have you had contact with the... the, uh, infected?" Taylor asked, trying to steady his voice.
"No!" she cried. "I'm not sick! I've been hiding all day. Waiting for a chance to escape."
"The checkpoint. Behind the barricade at the other side of the tunnel..." Taylor shouted, voice shaking. "What happened to it?"
For a moment the woman was silent.
"I... I saw a... I think soldiers had been there. There was a... beige truck, and some guns. But no people. Everyone is gone."