The plant had a 10 m seawall , but the tsunami peaked at 13 m . Okay , i was being unfair . Let me rephrase They did not consider worst case tsunamis . That ' s still pretty stupid in my book . <| sep |> Never realized there was this much blood in the game . <| sep |> Hey there , I just finished this part but it ' s really late , so I ' ll continue tomorrow if people like the story . Twenty years into the Javelin , we ran out of shoes . The ones we were wearing wore out and the ones in stores had long since been raided . Production had obviously long since stopped . Walking was pretty uncomfortable at first , but my feet toughened up and adapted , as things tend to , and soon I was walking around barefoot no problem . The apocalypse is unforgiving though . Sometimes things can happen a bit too fast . Someone stood up , breaking the clamour around me . Alright , fifteen minutes left . Last chance to back out . If you can ' t do it , then don ' t I can ' t watch out for everyone out there . Kyo was , understandably , fed up . Couple excursions ago , some girl couldn ' t bring herself to finish off a friend before he burst . Got herself and threequarters of the group killed . A gaunt boy next to me raised his hand . I didn ' t recognise him , so he must ' ve been new . I can ' t do it after all . Sorry Kyo . I ' ll try next time . No problem Brian , whenever you feel comfortable . 911 Operator habits kicking back in . Anyone else want to throw in the towel ? Don ' t worry this is big , so no one ' s judging you . Two more people backed out . The fact that she ' d lasted this long with that attitude would surprise me , but then she turned away with a look of disgust so potent it made me recoil in discomfort . Her irritation was evident . She didn ' t want any huge losses , but we needed as many as we could get for this one . People changing their minds was not helping . Okay , we ' ll reassign the teams real quick then . Jeppe , you ' re still on assault , so make sure you ' re primed . I went over to a secluded little corner of our camp . Activation always made me selfconscious , because by all means , it looked like I was trying to take a shit . I strained , and there it was . A steady pricking inbetween my shoulder blades , like needles trying to poke through . All good . Alrighty , let ' s get going , I heard Kyo call out . The sun was just rising , shimmering over East River , reflecting on the windows of the skyscrapers that still stood . Many had tumbled down , bringing others with them , when they were hit by parts of the Javelin . New York has loads of subway tunnel entrances . It was something that I wasn ' t ready for when I ended up here . They are all over the place . Once , there were streams of people flowing in and out like water . Now , they were blocked off and boarded up , with large red X ' s spray painted on them and signs screaming that it was too dangerous to enter . Of course , the people were all gone too . The entrance we had chosen had been blocked off , like all the others , but some vines had grown into the cracks between the planks , which made the barricade a lot easier to take apart . Careful here we have a bit of moss growing on the steps . Don ' t slip and crack your head . You ' ll miss all the fun , Janvi chortled . Our group was mostly comprised of men , but she was a good runner and had picked up some medical knowhow from her parents , who had been doctors , so it helped to have her around . As we reached the bottom of the stairs , the musty , stale scent of an unused basement gave way to a more dank odor . Something like what a bed would smell like if you hadn ' t changed the sheets for about a decade . Underneath that , a sharper tang , almost sulphuric . I cracked my glowstick and the others , seeing me , did the same . The tunnel was slowly illuminated by a dull , blue glow . The ticket booth stood before us . The remains of the woman manning it were still there . She wore a faded blue uniform Jeanette , the mosscovered nametag read and had a perfect , circular hole in her skull . I stared at her , and her three eyes stared back . Stop fantasising Jeppe , we ' ve got work to do . Kyo hopped over the turnstiles and padded to the stairs leading to the tracks . Don ' t turn those , she said to Kevin , who jerked back , a confused look on his face . Moisture ' s undoubtedly seeped through and rusted the shit out of them by now . Noise is the last thing we need . Fucking Kevin . The tracks were clear . We had chosen an entry point away from the mother so that we wouldn ' t be swarmed the moment we broke in . Spearheads tended to stick to the deeper parts of the tunnels , between stations . They didn ' t survive long in the light it broke down the Javelin inside them , so they migrated to the darker places . A lot of people ran to the tunnels in the beginning , seeing as shit was raining from the sky . Wasn ' t long before they were overrun . They come out at night . They ' re omnivorous I ' ve seen them absorbing plants , but I suspect that they go after us because our bodies are so high in calories . The map showed the mother being about two miles in , where it had dug itself a little chamber . I hadn ' t seen any Spearheads yet , but the smell was stronger . Not strong enough that my nose could acclimate to it , but strong enough that it was always there . Keep your flashlights ready guys . Jeppe , stay at the front . I held my glowstick up higher and trudged forward as the ground underneath me began to grow softer and more squelchy . The plan was to try and do this stealthily . We would adapt , as we tend to , and fight if the situation called for it . But sometimes , things can happen a bit too fast .