Chapter 1: The Ambush

The Ambush is the first chapter in The Years Passing By. It takes place 2 Years before the main events of the game, and reveals the backstory of Vincent.
== Plot ==
Vincent wakes up to his alarm clock, oddly, due to the time being around 2-3 in the morning. He see's the news still on his TV, explaining that a mandatory evacuation was nessecary for all Eastern States of the United States of America.
Vincent grabs his grandfather's pistol, and heads out to his backyard. He looks around, hoping infected wouldn't reach his home. The elderly neighbor next door, however, became infected due to his comprimised immune system. He attacks Vincent, but the man reluctantly shot the infected.
Later, his best friend and 'brother', Anthony, drops by. He offers him a ride out of the city. They get into his SUV, and drive away from the doomed neighborhood.
They arrive on a freeway, leading to the city, however, like every clichè highway, is jammed with cars. Anthony gets impatient, and crashes into one of the cars in anger. The driver, however, was an unconcious infected, who now found his dinner. They abandon the vehicle, and run on foot.
The duo enter a city, engulfed in chaos. Some buildings caught fire, and gas stations either blew up or got destroyed by looters and infected. They run through, dodging cars and infected. They however, run right through an intersection, causing a bus to crash into a building behind them. A woman, stuck in the bus door, gives her baby to Vincent, before the bus is bombed by a helicopter due to carrying a mutated version of the virus.
They make their last footsteps, before entering an alleway that will get them to an airport. Anthony says he can make it, but infected begin to enter the area. Vincent offers to stay behind. He gives the baby to Anthony, then runs off to the airport.
As the infected begin to storm the alleyway, Vincent's adventure begins...
== Trivia ==
*Only chapter to not feature any weapons that the player directly uses.
*This and Chapter 3 are the only chapters not to mention any form of Maya, or her school.
=== References ===
*Vincent's Alarm Clock song is A-Ha's "Take On Me".
*The burning gas stations sign shows a company named "Seashell Diesel", a reference to the Shell gas company.
*A Billboard advertises a Hot-a-Cola, referencing Coca-Cola.
**Another billboard advertises "Super Land: Terrors of Fun", an amusement part Maya and Vincent visit on their adventure.
== Transcript ==
The transcript and quotes for The Ambush are found here.