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overflowing and filled beyond the capacity it was designed for. Very quickly, the staff of the base learned ‘ first hand ’ of the secondary, biological effects of the wave as those same locals succumbed to the radiation hit they'd taken turning into to ‘ human-monsters ’ like Luke had became.
         A mini-war broke out inside the compound between those still sane and those who changed into something less than human. It was a hard fight but in the end, Def-Con IV's staff prevailed though not without heavy losses. Only Geoff and seven members of the base's staff survived the internal struggle for dominance and of them, two were badly injured, one in a coma, the other wheel chair bound but healing. Geoff informed Jeremy that if he came looking for salvation and hope; he'd came to the wrong place. **** Geoff led Jeremy through the high barbed wire fence that surrounded the Def-Con complex. Above ground, there wasn't really much to see. The base had used being an agriculture research facility as its cover before the wave. Inside the fence, there were only three buildings. Two of them were the size of tool sheds, but the third was large and civilian in its nature. Blooming gardens stretched as far as Jeremy could see beyond the buildings with flowers planted around their edges and the rear fence was far beyond eyeshot.
         "Pretty amazing, isn't it?” Geoff asked as they paused while Jeremy stood taking in everything around him.
         "What?” Jeremy asked as if snapping out of a dream.
         "That the gardens survived,” Geoff explained. “Like I said, when the wave first hit, people were flooding up here in droves based on rumours and desperate hopes. Of course, all they really cared about was finding the base and getting inside. I don't think many of them at all headed out into the fields. Most of them poured straight into the garage.” Geoff pointed at the larger building. “I guess they thought it had to be the base since it's the only real building up here. It's in pretty bad shape now. Most of vehicles were stolen or damaged by the mob when stopped letting people into the real base below."
         "How do you get inside?"
         Geoff laughed and led him towards the more battered of the two sheds. Its door was new and a sharp contrast to the aged and beaten wood around it. Geoff couldn't hide the hint of pride which crept into his voice as he said, “I had a hell of a time fixing this back,” as he opened the door. “Carpentry's a lot harder than killing people kid."
         The shed itself was completely empty except for a large metal plate in the middle of its unfinished floor. Geoff squatted by the plate and ran his fingertips across its surface until his fingers felt the crease he was searching for and popped open a small portion of the plate's top to reveal a numerical keypad. He typed in an eight-digit code as Jeremy watched. Somewhere below the plating, a motor came to life and the plate rose up like a tilted manhole cover. Geoff motioned to the hole. “After you." **** Jeremy slid down into a metal tunnel. Its ceiling was six feet above its floor and it was wide enough for two people to walk comfortably down it side by side towards the large vault like doorway at its end. When they reached the end, Geoff again typed a code into another keypad on the wall of the tunnel beside the vault door and the door seemed to break apart in its center to dilate open before them into another series of corridors. “Welcome to your new home kid. You can call me Geoff. I don't think I caught your name."
         "It's Jeremy, Jeremy Davis."
         "You live around here Jeremy Davis?” Geoff grinned.
         "Not really… Well, I guess I kind of did."
         "Didn't we all,” Geoff shrugged, “Well, I guess it's time you met your new family"
         Geoff led Jeremy deeper into the base.
         Nathanial Richards punched a button on the control panel in front of him again and