[screams] [clang] [bell rings] [dog barking in distance] [cries in pain] Bastard. [phone rings] [phone rings] [phone rings] [phone rings] [phone rings] Yeah. Oh, Jack, thank god. I thought something happened to you. No, no. I'm all right. Did you make it back home yet? Yeah, I'm home right now. You're home? You were supposed to call
me when you made it back. Yeah, I know. I know. I got a little side-tracked. I've been climbing the walls here. Are you sure you're all right? Yeah. You sound a litt
le discombobulated. Zara. I'm all right. I'm gonna go out for
food or water, whatever. And I see those people. Those wanderers. I just want all this to be over. Back to normal. It'll all go back to normal, Jack. It'll all work out. There are scientists working tirelessly to find out what happened
to all of those poor people, but until then, you
just have to be careful. Don't let them get the jump on you. Don't let them get the jump...
That's easy for you to say. You're at a military base
full of
armed soldiers. Not to mention electricity. Hot showers. MRE's. Trust me, MRE's aren't
anything to write home about. I'd give my left hand for
one of those cans of peaches you've been talking about. Give your left hand, huh? Be careful what you wish for. What's that supposed to mean? Nothing, nothing. Look, I gotta go. I usually like to give the house a good once over when I return
from my daily scavenging, and I haven't done that yet, so. OK. Will you call me tomorrow? I will do that. OK. I lo
ve you, Jack. I know. Huh. OK, Han Solo. Wait, hang on a minute. Daddy's gesturing for the phone. He wants to say something. Jack? Colonel, hey. How you holding up, son? I'm good, sir. I'm good. How're you doing on food and water? Good on both. I've got enough canned goods
here to start a food drive. As for water, I've got
all kinds of containers in the back to catch the rain. I got everything backed up [inaudible].. I'll be all right. Good. Now I want to ask you about
the security situation. Wh
o better to form a security plan than a security consultant? Don't you concern yourself with Zara. She's in good hands. I know that, sir. All right, we'll see you soon. Godspeed, Jack. Yeah, godspeed. [dial tone] [peeing into toilet] [water splashing] [toilet flushing] [exhales] With the new Ford Tiger 555 pickup truck, you're gonna go along [inaudible].. You'll go over there. Get the new Ford Tiger 555 pickup. Get it today. Because if you ain't driving a Tiger, you ain't driving nothing. [radio
jingle] OK, we're back. If you're just tuning in,
you're listening to the Talking to Freddy Snow Show. I'm Freddy Snow, and I've been talking with Doctor [inaudible]
Levingston, General Chief Medical Advisor for the recently
formed Wanderers Epidemic Team, aka WET, which was formed
to unravel the bizarre epidemic mystery that's currently
whipping the nation. So Dr. Levingston,
I'll put it to you. What are we dealing with here? What we're dealing with
and have been dealing with for approximately
two months now is more akin to a pandemic of some kind. What kind, we don't know,
because it is so widespread and we don't know its origin, which could range anywhere from biologically contaminated vegetation to something as common as a mosquito bite. We don't know. What we do know is this pandemic
is a hybrid of two things. One is Alzheimer's, which matches the aimless wandering
behavior of those infected. The second thing is rabies, which is commonly found in animals. Now this matches the arb
itrarily
cruel and in many cases fatal attacks of innocent
people by those affected. Right now, this is the
concept for which we are spring-boarding our efforts. And of course you'll continue
to provide information as it becomes available to you. Yes, and we'd also like your listeners to provide any information they can share about their own experiences with these infected wanderers. If you're able, log on to our website at www.wanderersepidemic.gov
and blog. If you don't have internet access, y
ou can simply write
it down or videotape it and put it in an envelope and
place it by your front door. Once the national guard
reaches your community, they'll retrieve it. In the meantime, you're working
on a call-in hotline, correct? Yes, that's correct. OK. We'll all be waiting with bated
breath for any new information and new developments that may
occur involving this wanderer epidemic. Thank you Dr. Levingston. OK, coming up in the next hour, we'll be talking to Samuel Kingston. My name is J
ack Romero. I'm 42. I'm a security and safety consultant for McCarthy Security, which is owned by my father-in-law, the
military colonel George McCarthy. My wife, Zara, is with him
now at the military base, so she's safe. I don't know if what I have to say is going to be helpful
toward this pandemic, but you I guess I'll give
it to you guys to determine. Also I haven't used
this video in sometime, so I don't know if the battery's
going to hold up, but anyway. About two months ago,
newspapers and
news stations and the internet began reporting
that there were these... These people that were walking around in sort of a catatonic state. As if they were lost or confused. In the days to come, more reports began coming in from all over
the world about these people, now being referred to as wanderers. At first it was believed
that they were all just part of some flash mob, you know. One of those groups that get together and they meet at a certain
place at a certain time and they do some outrag
eous act, and then they all just scurry away. But that theory was soon dispelled, because these wanderers
they weren't scurrying away. They weren't going anywhere. Soon reports began coming
in that these wanderers were viciously attacking innocent bystanders. Some in broad daylight in
front of hundreds of witnesses. [screams] A college professor who was
attacked in an auditorium filled with 200 students. Some woman at a bus stop. Some guy in a court room. Then people started getting killed. [ina
udible] started turning up. Throats cut, limbs ripped off. [screams] Wanderers were getting
arrested every day, which was good because it allowed the
powers that be to study them. Run tests on them or whatever. When the final verdict was in, it turned out that these wanderers... These people were just sick. They weren't... they weren't
in control of what they were doing. Now it has some indeterminable disease that just took them over. Attacked their blood or something. I don't know. And the peop
le that were
bitten, before you know it, they themselves were also... They became wanderers. Once that got out,
people started panicking, evacuating on their own. And that's when the powers that be started quarantining wanderer hotspots. Louisiana, where the first attacks were. Mississippi, Florida, Texas. Nobody in, nobody out. Basically trapping the
infected with the non-infected, leaving them... Leaving us... to fend for ourselves. Scavenging food, water, whatever. Our lives. [sighs] And that
's... that's who we are now. Of course, if you're watching this then you're with the
Wanderer Epidemic Team. Then you already know all this, and I just wasted five minutes of
videotape telling you something that you already know. [laughs] All right then, I'll tell
you something you don't know. This is hot off the presses. Last night. [clears throat] Last night I was... [clears throat] Last night I was bitten. [clears throat] Last night I was bitten by a wanderer. Last night I was bitten by a
wan
derer, and in three days I will become a wanderer. The truth is I'm going to be one of... [exhales] [phone rings] Hello? Hey Zara, what's up? Jack, this is a surprise. Yeah, I know, but if I'm gonna stay in that house another minute,
I would've gone stir-crazy. Where are you? I'm outside, in the back. Look Zara, all this would go down a lot easier if you were here. I know. I know, Jack. I didn't mean to sound
selfish [inaudible].. I'm glad you're at the military
base with your father, safe. I'm
glad about that. Surrounded by a bunch
of sex-starved marines. I'm happy about that. [laughs] Well, anyway. The word around the campfire is there's been some type of breakthrough
by the Wanderer Epidemic Team. Breakthrough? What kind of breakthrough? I don't really know, but
it all sounds hopeful. Hopeful? Yeah, that's good. That's... that's good. I'll listen to Freddy
Snow's radio show tonight. They may mention something about it. I guess I'll let you get back
to entertaining the troops, or wha
tever the hell it is
you're doing over there. [laughs] And give my love to the colonel. Oh, him. You can say we love the colonel. Must be the uniform. [laughs] I'm gonna tell him you said that. Love you, Jack. Just go on then. [dial tone] [birds calling] Son of a... [birds calling] My god, another survivor. Hey. Hey! Hey. Hey. Oh, boy am I glad to see- [gun shot] God! Whoever you are, [birds calling] Whoever you were, I'm sorry. [screams] [screams] [gun shots] [insects buzzing] Howdy.
[thunder c
rashes] Mr. Willy, sneaking up on
somebody... that's a good way to get yourself shot. Yeah. I can see that. What's that supposed to mean? These graves? That's just dogs. Stray dogs that wandered onto my property. They looked infected, so I shot them. No offense to you, Napoleon. Infected dog, huh? Yeah. Something else? You're gonna [inaudible]. Thought we heard gun shots. Just come over to see if
everything's all right. I'm good. Come on, Napoleon. We're leaving. I'm back. Kind of feel like a ta
lk show host.
We're back! [laughs] Sorry about what happened before. I just, you know. Anyway, as I was saying, I
was bitten by a wanderer. Though I won't elaborate on
the details, I'll just say... I'll just say never underestimate the powers of a toddler. When a person is bitten by a
wanderer, what they go through over the next few days can only
be described as a living hell. I've had the misfortune
of witnessing this twice. The Stotsvilles, married couple. They live two houses down. We would g
o out scavenging. Go into town scavenging together. One day, a wanderer go the jump
on us, and Hannah was bitten. She seemed fine at first. Just like I do right now. But in about two days,
she started looking pale. She got sweaty and clammy. She had nosebleeds. Kept complaining that she was cold. Got forgetful. Kept leaving doors open. [thunder crashes] By the third day, she
was coughing up blood. A lot of blood. She was in so much pain
that she was begging Frank and I to kill her. By the third
day, she
wasn't saying anything. Just kept making all these moaning noises. That is, when she wasn't violently, viciously snarling at Frank and I. I told Frank he should tie her up. Lock her up. Something. But he didn't do it. That thing? You're calling my wife a thing? She's not a piece of meat! That decision would later come
back and bite him on the ass. I mean literally. She broke free and bit him on the ass. So three days later he was suffering the same fate she did. A fate, I guess, I'll
be
suffering as well. As for the Stotsvilles,
they were a little too close for comfort, so I ended
up boarding them in. Boarded up the windows, the
doors, and I nailed them in. For their own good. They didn't ask for this. Nobody asked for this. I don't really know what
else to say, right now. I'll just... I'll come back
when I think of something. Yeah. [exhales] Oh, man. Just had a nosebleed. That's how it all started
with the Stotsvilles. Nosebleeds. So I guess I'm on course
for my transformatio
n. Anyway, I jotted down a few notes. Some wanderer survival tips. Maybe you can use them. I don't know. The first one. As far as I'm concerned, this
is the most important one on the list. If you see a wanderer, any
wanderer, just stay away. That simple. Stay away. Now I don't care if it's a
cute puppy, little old lady, or some guy who reminds you
of your freaking Uncle Scott. Just stay away. Don't show them any sympathy, any empathy. Don't try to offer them any baked cookies. Just stay away. Be
cause it only has one single
purpose in mind, and that's to kill you. So rule number one, stay away. Rule number two, get a gun. Any gun from anywhere. Pawn shop, gun shop, an
abandoned police station if you have to, but get a gun. As far as I'm concerned,
it's the best weapon for the situation. It allows you to keep your distance. If you use a bat or a knife or a hatchet, you have to get in close. You could get bitten,
which ignores rule number one of staying away. Besides, with a bat, you're
b
ashing some infected enemy's head into a bloody pulp. It could get messy. Blood could splatter in
your eyes or your mouth. You could get infected. But with a gun, you could
blow their brains out from 25 yards away and not
get a drop of blood on you, so get a gun. Get several guns if you have to. Rule number three,
wherever you're holing up. Whether it's your house
or a friend's house or a church or an abandoned
barn, you want to be quiet. A lot of noise attracts wanderers. So no loud music. No l
oud noise of any kind. If you have to run your
generator, make it quick. Rule number three, be quiet. Rule number four. If you come across any
wanderers on the street, don't try to blend in and
pretend you're one of them. Doesn't work. They can smell it on you or something. But it doesn't work. You'd be like a penguin trying to blend in with a pack of wolves. It wouldn't work. They'll rip you to pieces. Wanderers will rip you to pieces. So rule number four,
don't try to blend in. [screams] Rule
number five. When you go to sleep, don't
sleep in an area with only one way in and one way out. Try maybe a hallway in the
center of the house where you can get to multiple exits. That way if you're invaded by wanderers, you have a choice of where to run. If you're in one area with only one way out, if you're invaded
by wanderers, you're trapped. And if you're trapped, you're dead. And sleep dressed and ready to go. And no bare feet. It's almost eight o'clock. Time for Freddy Snow's radio show.
I'd better get updated,
so I'll be back later. [radio jingle] OK, welcome back to the
talking with Freddy Snow Show. I'm Freddy Snow, and all of you listeners have been patiently awaiting
the arrival of Dr. Levingston, who's here now. And is said to have
come bearing good news. Is that correct, doctor? Well, good news for some and I'm afraid not so good news for
others, I'm sorry to say. The good news being that
there's been a new development with the wanderers epidemic. We've discovered that th
e
virus is temporary in anyone who has been bitten, except for
those people with blood type AB positive. Except blood type AB
positive, now why is that? Well, we've theorized that because people with AB positive blood type
can accept any other blood type in a transfusion, which is why it's called the universal recipient,
is more receptive to the virus as well. And when the virus enters
a person with blood type AB positive, it overcomes that person's blood and replaces it with
its own simulated b
lood, and in three days the full
transformation takes place. And five days after that, the body rejects that new simulated
blood and the wanderer dies. And what about those
people that are bitten that aren't type AB positive? Well, they'll experience
the same symptoms. At the end of the three-day cycle, their bodies will have
rejected the wanderer virus, and they'll be fine, showing no trace of the virus in their blood. And all of this is based on? Based on those bitten victims that we have unde
r our observation, not only here but all over the world. [inaudible] [phone rings] Hello? Zara, hey. Hello, Jack. I was just about to call you. How are you? Pretty much the same I guess. I was just calling to tell you I
caught Freddy Snow's radio show about the breakthrough
you were telling me about? Yeah, isn't that good news? Yeah. Yeah. Except for those poor saps
with AB positive blood. I imagine there are a lot of
people right now scrambling around trying to figure
out their blood types. [cl
ears throat] I mean, who knows their
blood type, anyway? That's like a vehicle registration number or something. And who knows that? A lot of people know their blood types. And vehicle registration numbers. I know mine. You do? Yes. OK. God, I suppose next you'll be telling me you also know my blood type. Jack, I know more about you
than anyone on this planet. I know that you turn on the
water faucets in the bathroom so no one will hear you taking a crap. I know it's pointless trying
to hold a c
onversation with you while Star Trek is on TV, because you wouldn't hear a word I say. And I know you hate football simply because you don't like
seeing the quarterbacks place their hands under the centers' crotches. As for your blood type, no Jack. That bit of information has
somehow managed to elude me. Now, I've been giving
this thing some thought. I don't think it matters that
I don't know my own blood type. I think that you guys on
the Wanderer Expedition Team hit a foul ball with this whol
e
rare AB positive blood theory thing. I mean, if that was the case. If the blood was so rare, then why did both Mr. and Mrs. Stotsville
make full transformations after they were bitten? I mean, a married couple
with this rare blood type? And what about that severed
head sucking animal buried in my backyard right now? I mean, he had to be AB positive too. As well as several others
on this very block. So that's three people that I know about, on one small street, in one small town, with this rare
blood type? I don't think so. I don't think it matters
what blood type you are. I think it comes down to one thing. If you're bitten, you're screwed. And I'm screwed. Yo, Paco. [inaudible] Door was open. I'm coming to check on you. Hey. [cries] [cries] [knocking] [insects buzzing] [knocking] [insects buzzing] [cries] You little bastard. [vomiting] [spits] It's day two since I was bitten. I just puked up a crap-load of blood. Just like the Stotsvilles
after they were bitten. Oh man. It feels lik
e somebody's
playing a game of tug of war with my stomach, and they're winning. I'm also getting chilly,
and I look like crap. In short, it's happening. So, what's going on with you? You sound tired. You sound tired too. We put up over 100 tents yesterday. 100 tents? Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that like a job for the military? They're expecting to start bringing in hundreds of uninfected
civilians in the next two or three days. The tens have to be ready by then. They needed the help, so
I helped. That explains why I sound tired. What's your excuse for sounding tired? Well, sleeping with one
eye open every night might have something to do with it. Getting up every 15 minutes every time I hear the house creak takes its toll. But I guess lack of sleep is a small price to pay for survival, huh? Anyway, what's up with you? You sound tired. Uh, yeah. I know. You just asked me that like a minute ago. I did? Yeah. I must be more tired than I thought. You should get some sleep. Now. Yea
h, I will. I will. I'll call you later tonight. OK. I love you. Well, I always knew you were smart. [laughs] Bye. [dial tone] I just screwed up talking to
my wife Zara on the telephone. I began repeating myself. Didn't realize it. She had to point it out to me. I just told her I was tired. I don't think she connected it
to me being bitten or anything, but if it happens again,
it'll be a lot harder to just explain away. I've got to stay focused. I don't want Zara worrying about me. [knocking] [kn
ocking] [knocking] Praise god. Praise god. Thank you, brother. Excuse me, brother. Before we get started, do
you mind if the deacon here uses your facilities? Yeah, through those doors. Second door on the right. But the water's off so you're gonna have to use that bucket in there. I hope you don't mind
eating out of the can. We don't have any clean dishes, so. Can, spittoon, pauper's hat. Beggars can't be choosers. Let's just stick with the can for now. So let me ask you, how long
have you been
doing this? I've been a humble servant
now of god for about 14 years. No, I mean how long have you
been doing this going door to door checking on people? Well, since the quarantine,
the deacon and I have been doing our part to aid
people during this calamity. Aiding what exactly? Spiritual aid, my brother. Spiritual aid. So tell me brother, did we
catch you on the way out or are we keeping you from some place? Why do you ask that? You appear to be a bit
overdressed for an apocalypse. I could say
that about you and the deacon. The deacon and I are church folk. I just think if I dress this way, nobody'll mistake me for those wanderers. A little more dignified. I hate to bust your
theory, but in our travels, the deacon and I have
seen wanderers dressed from $30 suits to $3,000 suits. We even saw one woman dressed
in a two-piece bikini standing under a tree, gnawing on a bloody arm. Yes, breathe now, breathe now. Sounds like you and the deacon come across a lot of wanderers in
your travels
as you put it. More than I care to remember. Do you think that's wise? [inaudible] soon or later,
especially without protection. Brother, this is the most potent
protection a man could have. No disrespect intended, but I
was thinking about something a little more conventional. Sometimes, a little can be a lot. Daniel killed the Philistines
with a jawbone of a lion, so I think the good book will
be more than enough protection. How long did you say you've
been a preacher, reverend? Um, 14 years.
14 years, September. Praise god, yes. Yeah. That's what I thought you said. But I find it perplexing
that you'd make a mistake like you just did. Mistake? What mistake are you
referring to, brother? Even an old sinner like me knows it was Samson that slew the Philistines with the jawbone of an ass, and not Daniel with the jawbone of a lion. That's not a mistake that
a preacher of 14 years would make. Which leads me to ask,
who are you, really? Now see, I suppose that empty [inaudible] is suppose
d to be filled
when you left here. I don't think so. Maybe you should try the
supermarket up the road. Brother. A little slip of the tongue, brother. That's all. Barking up the wrong tree. Barking up the wrong tree. The Bible says to make a mistake is to commit a misunderstanding, and that's
what you're doing right now. You did it again. You did it again. Father, that's what Dylan said. That's Bob Dylan! [inaudible] Sit down! Call your partner. Get him out of here. Get him out of here, right...
Howdy. Mr. Willy, you've got to stop
sneaking up on me like that. I mean, you can't knock on the front door like a normal person? Heard gun shots. More dogs? Yeah, Mr. Willy, more dogs. Speaking of dogs, though. Where's Napoleon today? You give him the day off or something? [spits] I shot him. You did what? I shot him. After listening to what you said. [inaudible] crazed and stuff. I couldn't let him live like that. No, no.
I shot him. Mr. Willy, listen to me. I shot him twice. Those dogs that I
told you
about, they're infected. Something was wrong
with them or something. I don't know. They were infected. But there's nothing wrong with Napoleon, and you just shot him? Yep. [spits] Felt pretty bad about it, too. Before this pandemic, I
had never killed anyone. In the last two months, I've
taken the lives of 11 people. Four of them are currently
buried in my backyard. The thing about it is,
I don't feel anything. It's not registering. I don't know if it's because
of my current condition
or our current situation,
but I feel nothing. Nothing. I'm gonna call my wife, Zara. It'll probably be the
last time I talk to her. I gotta figure out some way
to ease her worrying if she doesn't hear from me tomorrow. I just don't want her to worry. I don't want her to worry. This'll probably be my last recording too, so when I'm done, I'll take this tape and stick it in the mailbox with a note. If by some miracle I wake up
tomorrow and I'm still me, I'll resume recording. I'll let you know how
I'm feeling. Anyway. I guess that's it. Thanks for... thanks for listening. I hope this helps somebody, somewhere. [door opening] [door closing] No one is available to take your call. Please leave a message. [beep]
Uh. [clears throat] Yeah, I know I'm calling a
little earlier than usual. But that's because my phone is acting up. Won't keep its charge or something. I don't know. They're gonna charge
another shot something. Anyway, I'm down to one bar now. So, yeah. Anyway, if you don't hear from
me tomorrow or the next day, don't panic or anything. That'll be the reason why,
because of the charger. Anyway, just call me back
when you get a chance. Yeah, so, later. [dial tone] [insects buzzing] [coughing] [screams] [screams] [thump] [screams] [jostling] [coughs] Keep still you son of a... [screams] Damn! [screams] [screams] [screams] [insects buzzing] [birds singing] [clapping and laughing] That's not me. I could never do that. As you can see, I haven't fully
transformed into a wanderer.
I guess that means I beat it. I guess I hope that's what it means. I feel good. I feel like my old self. No more chills. No more stomach aches. I've got my wits about me. My appetite. As a matter of fact, I feel better than I did before I was bitten. Man. I guess I'll call Zara now. I'll just tell her that I
found the solution to my phone problem and we can continue talking now. Yeah. Yeah. [phone rings] Come on, come on, come on. [phone rings] Hello? Hello? Colonel? Jack. I thought your phone
wasn't working. Yeah, it wasn't. I figure out what the problem
is, and it's working now. So how are you doing, colonel? I wasn't expecting you to pick up. Listen, Jack. I thought I'd be spared having to tell you this for a few days, but... Spared. Spared telling me what? Colonel, spared telling me what? [clears throat] Three days ago, some
wanderers made their way onto the base undetected. There were eight of them. They came out of nowhere,
attacking and biting a few unfortunate people. Jack, Za
ra was one of those bitten. Wait, wait. Wait, wait a minute. Zara was bitten three days ago? I talked to her in the
last three days, colonel. She never mentioned anything. And I talked to you and you
never mentioned anything. Jack, I'm not done yet. Zara was AB positive blood type. She made the full transformation. She's one of them, Jack. Zara's one of them, Jack. Why didn't she tell me? Jack, she didn't want to worry you. She didn't want to worry you, Jack. She didn't want to worry you. Jack.
Jack. Jack? Jack.
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