It hadn't been updated in three days.
All four of the ninja ignored all the parts of the videos that made little or no sense to them.
The ninja saw the fall of one of the local major cities, a tide of the Infected swarming like ants and attacking positions - trying to climb up over each other to reach the humans.
The keening wail that proclaimed the Infected having a distinct lack of humanity left in them. Yeah, that was something that would haunt a few nightmares.
"Okay," said Sakura after they'd watched the video once all the way through and everyone had been silent for awhile. "Let's see if I've got this."
Silence with both Naruto and Sasuke nodding. Hinata nodded a few moments later.
"Someone did this," said Sakura. "Someone spread this one virus which was spread through the air. Piggybacked onto that virus was another virus. A large number of people die from the first virus, but a lot of people survive that and then they have the second virus in them. That second virus builds in the spine and brain, after about five hours the first symptoms develop. When it gets to a point, that person starts trying to eat other people. If they bite someone, that second person gets the disease and it is a lot faster at that point. Possibly because there's more virus getting into the body."
Several nods at that much.
"At this point, it's been a month or so since the first case," said Sakura. "A week since their disease-control agency declared the emergency. Three days since their major population centers started falling. There are still places holding out, but they're collapsing."
"We need to get the hell OFF of this world," stated Naruto. "This is a freaking screw up. You saw that city we passed over? That's EVERYWHERE."
Nobody argued either point.
Sasuke was silent for a moment before bringing up the obvious question. "How? How do we get back?"
"How do we know we haven't already been exposed?" asked Sakura. "Five hour incubation period according to those guys, but the first virus apparently has a week before symptoms develop. We can't take this back home."
Hinata flashed her dojutsu briefly. "That pilot person is over in that building, reading some books."
"We're stuck here for now," said Sakura. "Let's see what more we can get as far as information."
The airfield was remote, fenced, and had a few supplies - mainly for aircraft to refuel and resupply when avoiding the big airports with the heavier traffic.
That said, the supplies here weren't all that great in either quality or amount and a week of one person living here had put a dent in some of those supplies.
The target picked out, a place called Sparks Nevada and a warehouse in that town, was detailed.
"Thing is, it's a 'distribution center' - which means that they might have nothing useful there or it could have LOTS of useful stuff," said Omar Gutierrez, the aged Hispanic tapping the map printout he'd made before the internet had cut out.
Not far from a major population center which had apparently fallen to the Infected called Reno. Far enough, and desert enough, that the Infected weren't likely to migrate there.
"It ain't defensible, which means we can't just move in," said Omar. "Fence is down right here where a truck ran through it. Too many doors. Couldn't get low enough without landing the blimp to see how many doors are open. Power grid's off in the vicinity so unless there's a generator - some doors won't close easy."
"You've thought about this," noted Sakura.
"Lots of time to think," said Omar.
"What's with all these books?" asked Naruto. "'Pest Control for Organic Gardening'?"
"Some people raided sporting goods stores," said Omar. "I raided the library. Got a garden started behind the offices."
Hinata held up a book titled "A Field Guide To Medicinal Plants and Herbs" so the others could read the title.
"I can see why," said Sakura, noting that she had some reading material to go through. She felt this was her strength - she DID get the best scores in the Academy. She flipped through one titled "SAS Survival Handbook" and made an interested noise as she came across "The Encyclopedia of Country Living" and tapped it thoughtfully. "This?"
Omar shrugged. "The airfield is good for now, but what about later? Gotta think about that. Maybe someplace remote - never worked a farm but you can't live off cans forever."
"You were ready for something like this?" asked Sasuke.
"Hell no," answered Omar. "Didn't even watch zombie movies prior to this crap going down. Then I started reading LOTS of this stuff after the CDC announcement. When the people in charge tell you everything's under control and not to panic - THAT, my young friends, is when you should start marking where the exits are."
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