Washington D.C

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia, also known as Washington, the District, or D.C., was the capital city and federal district of the United States. It is located on the east bank of the Potomac River, which forms its southwestern border with Virginia, and it shares a land border with Maryland on its other sides. The city was named for George Washington, a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, and the district is named after Columbia, the female personification of the nation. Washington is the southern point of the Northeast Megalopolis, a major cultural, political, and economic corridor along the northeastern coast of the United States running from Boston to Washington. As the seat of the U.S. federal government and several international organizations, the city is an important world political capital. It is one of the most visited cities in the U.S., with over 20 million annual visitors as of 2012. 
== Outbreak Years ==
==== Texas Outbreak ====
After the Austin Outbreak on September 20 2013, the US government attempted to contain the Cordyceps Brain Infection within the state of Texas by sealing its borders with the support of their military and FEDRA. Transportation pathways going inside and outside the state were quickly destroyed by US bombers or secured by US troops with armored vehicles such as combat tanks. However when the situation in Texas proved too much for the government to handle, all governmental and non-governmental operations in the region were terminated to prevent CBI from escaping the quarantine. Mass evacuations that were still continuing within Texas were stopped and important government personnel that were still within the quarantined state were ordered to evacuate quickly but secretly as to prevent mass panic when the remaining Texan population eventually realizes that the government abandoned them. 
Washington D.C, in response to the outbreak in Texas, began to quarantine the capital under the orders of the administration to prevent future cases of CBI from cropping within the city. The Washington National Guard were called in to support local law enforcement in maintaining order and peace. Meanwhile, FEDRA along with the CDC establishes large camps throughout D.C to act as quarantine camps, evacuation camps, and research camps. By November 25, Washington D.C had become a fortress city with the whole place being surrounded by heavily armed military outposts and bases. 
==== Washington D.C Outbreak ====
5 weeks after the Austin Outbreak, cases of Cordyceps Brain Infection began cropping throughout the city but by now, the US government discovered that the fungal parasite infects through bites, scratches, saliva, and ingesting food made of crops from South America. On December 14, hundreds of inhabitants within the city were forced out of their homes by the US military and transferred under heavy protection to newly constructed quarantine zones around the capital. There were also reports that US soldiers were executing civilians they view as hostile without evidence or trials and stole their belongings. US bombers also began destroying certain areas of the city that were considered to be heavily infested with the infected or were completely devolve into chaos. Response to this action by the government were destructive as riots and protests against forceful quarantine began not only in Washington D.C but around the country. A large heavily armed and organized militant insurgent group called "Fireflies" was eventually formed by disgruntled citizens and military officers within the capital who lost faith in the US government because of their "undemocratic" actions with their goal being to overthrow the government and establish a new nation. 
Attacks from the Fireflies and increasing cases of CBI along with the worsening riots fueled by dwindling resources such as food throughout the city led to the complete evacuation of the remaining US government from the city. The US military began leaving the city in droves, destroying roads or bridges to the city in hopes that it could stop both the insurgency or the infection from leaving the capital. Meanwhile, FEDRA was given the authority to oversee immediate evacuations as Washington D.C began falling to the infected hordes and the Fireflies rapidly. FEDRA helicopters began roaming around the city and landing in locations where they spotted civilians in order to evacuate them but this was eventually stopped when Fireflies launched aerial attacks on the helicopters using stolen RPG's. FEDRA armored vehicles used for the evacuation were also prohibited from entering regions of the city that were under the control of the Fireflies but this was extended to infested areas. 
When it was realized that the situation was hopeless, FEDRA left the city, leaving the remaining hundreds of civilians in the city to fend for themselves. Once the US government had all but abandoned the city, chaos and anarchy ruled with large portions of D.C completely destroyed. Most of the city was heavily infested by large Infected hordes with only small regions of the former capital being under the control of the Fireflies or other factions such as bandits. 
== Post-Outbreak ==
=== Arrival of Ellie ===
When Ellie arrived at Washington D.C on 2065, the city was destroyed and abandoned. There were a few abandoned Fireflies outposts and camps that Ellie goes through but some were infested with Infected Swarms. These locations hold a large amount of ammo and weapons which Ellie remarked to be a "gift". There were also destroyed FEDRA and US camps in the city with medkits, ammo, scraps, and other important materials that Ellie could scavenge. Unfortunately, Ellie has to be careful in entering the camps as US or FEDRA personnel established traps from bear traps to land mines which Ellie can either ignore or destroy. 
As Ellie continues her way to the city, she is suddenly attacked by a group of bandits who take her captive. After waking up, she is interrogated inside a small prison room by a captor named Joshua who is revealed to be the leader of a faction called the Washington Rascals. Ellie refuses to give up her reason for entering the city and is tortured mercilessly by Joshua until she faints from the intense pain. She eventually wakes up at night and escapes from her chair then sneaks out of the building which turned out to be the White House once she grabbed her backup along with the rest of her things. However, she is spotted by one of bandits and she is forced to fight her way out through the underground tunnels. After escaping, she enters the Washington Tunnels where she has to sneak through infested areas full of clickers and hibernating runners until she exits the tunnels. 
=== Encountering The Fireflies ===
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