August was born in the seaside town of Leba, Poland. He doesn't remember much of the town as he was thrown around eastern Europe as a troubled orphan. Finally ending up in central Norway August was already 11. He was with a nice old couple. The old man was a fisherman for the village and the lady made sweaters. August never had many purposes in his life. Being quiet and a strange child many who adopted him would soon give up. Despite this, the old folks cared for August and treated him as their own after not being able to birth to their own. Years went by living with the old couple and August found himself helping around the village to pass time. One day the old man came home saying there's a new fishing opportunity in a place just outside of Nyheim. The old man would be able to open his own shop and supply to a bigger area. So months later August was on a boat heading to Nyheim. It wasn't unusual to travel to a new place but with people who cared about him, August felt, safe. Life was normal in Nyheim. August was now 15 and helping the old man with his fishing shop. August would just run the shop. There was talk about a new disease that would place the shop on lockdown. With the shop out of business August and the old couple just remained home. It was only shortly after the old lady started to have a fever. Knowing they couldn't travel with the condition of the old lady and they weren't financially capable of paying any sort of medical bills they sat and took care of her themselves as best as they could. Things began to grow worse and worse. With protest and PLIKT members patrolling streets and forcing the mandated vaccine it was unsafe for August to leave the couple little house. They were so far into the woods and away from all major towns and the city, August could only hear the horrors of the world around him. The next night August woke from his sleep. He could only hear what sounded like a wild animal broke into the house. He grabbed his hunting knife and headed out of his room. He listened carefully and the sounds came straight out of the couple's room. August quickly ran into their room only to see the old lady eating and ripping apart her once loved one. August screamed for her to stop then she lunged at him. Surprised she could even move after being sick and bedridden. He rushed his knife into the old lady's skull. Traumatized from the event August just sat on the floor staring at the old lady he just killed. They soon the old man started to grunt. August stood upset hoping he was still alive and he could save him. The old man quickly grabbed August by the shoulder and tried to take a bite out of his neck. August pulled away and stabbed the old man in the head. With both of them, dead August sat down on the floor and cried. He didn't know what to do. The world was falling apart and the only people he was with he had to kill. Soon the radio came on. August faintly listened to the broadcaster. There hasn't been one in days. This one sounded different. It wasn't from the government but a regular person. August listened in "... There's no time... they are closing... Nyheim... run... They are coming..." then it ended. August stood up and wiped his tears, he gathered what he could from the house and headed towards the city. He wanted to find the broadcaster and figure who she was talking about.