The Deathwave: Part 1

## The Deathwave: Part 1 Blurb

Clarke Emerson joins NEXUS after his last family member passes away, to work on the final stages of the main project NEXUS has been working on.

## The Deathwave: Part 1 Breakdown

### **20th July, 2028**

The Deathwave: Part 1 starts with Clarke sitting in a classroom. Shortly he is called to the principals office as someone is wanting to meet with him. From Clarke's interaction with the teacher, it was clear that he was quite smart for his age (17) at the time. He meets with Alisha Evans and Matteo Carter, who offer he a job at NEXUS. He declines the offer, explaining that he wants some time to think about it. That same day his Aunt, also the last family member in his family, passes away in hospital. This gave Clarke no choice but to join NEXUS as he was left with no one to turn to for any help or support.

### **26th February, 2029**

Clarke, now 18 years old, works at NEXUS alongside John Millard who he's become friends with while working at NEXUS. John introduces Clarke to Dios, a dangerous weapon NEXUS have been creating for years. See Dios for more information about it. While Clarke has been working at NEXUS, he has attended multiple meetings about Dios and the future plans for NEXUS. At this point he knows what they're doing is wrong and tries to explain to Mr. Carter and Mr. Shen that if they make Dios any stronger, it'll escape. The people at NEXUS ignore his warnings and continue working on the project.

### **4th April, 2029**

John invites Clarke to visit his place for dinner to both meet his daughter Carmen Millard, but also to warn Clarke about NEXUS. John explains that anyone who joins NEXUS cannot leave the company. If they do, they are killed. He also mentions his theory, how all NEXUS workers families are dead, and accuses NEXUS for the deaths. John ends their conversation with a last warning.

> *"You’ve seen what NEXUS is trying to do. It’ll only end badly and you know that. Either that creature is going to cause chaos, or the war will cause chaos. Either way, it ends with everything going to shit." - John Millard*
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### **23rd August, 2029**

At this point of the Deathwave, civilians are being sent to war after most of the military have been killed in World War 3. Random men have been selected to go to war without choice, including a character who is later known as Buck.

While the war continues, Clarke decides to ask Alisha out on a date after crushing on her since joining NEXUS. The end of their date takes a turn when Alisha explains that they cannot have a relationship, and so Clarke and Alisha never end up dating, but instead stay close friends.

> *"Listen... You don’t have time for relationships when you work for NEXUS, I need you to understand that... As much as I like you... We can’t be together." - Alisha Evans*
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### **2nd October, 2029**

NEXUS have begun testing Dios on humans, by choosing random humans without permission, locking them in an experiment room with Dios to see how Dios will attack. This is the beginning of NEXUS taking their experiments too far and killing innocent people.

### **10th October, 2029**

Clarke Emerson continues his day as any other day. He watches the experiments, looks over the coding behind Dios and finds new ways to improve the weapon. However, on this particular day, Clarke hears a loud smashing sound. He goes to investigate, to find Dios has escaped.