When 21 year old, Dale Ashe, informs his older brother, Mike, a former soldier now working at Owens Sea-Tow Fleet, about an emergency news broadcast to remain indoors until further notice, they ignore the cautions and leave home in search of, Major, Mike's missing Akita Inu. After a few awkward encounters, Ann pulls up and informs the brothers that Mike's girlfriend, Sarah, has checked in at the area hospital; and only after witnessing a patient succumb to his demise and come back to life a raging animal, innocent citizens become prey to those infected, and a failed attempt to escape the city results in more casualties, they realize the anchorman's advice should have been taken seriously... and they should have remained in the house. Their objective is getting to the docks, the place they suspect will be clear of Trackers and Bleeders, but more-so, an escape route out of the city overrun by a private agency that was contracted to contain the event, under the control of Master Sergeant Willie Sworn. ONLY A FEW WILL ESCAPE THE EFFACING being brought upon the city to control the population, orchestrated by the cities own ordinance enforcement superiors; blocked off from the rest of society, 112 square miles land, 48 square miles water, and 10 miles away from anything in every direction, making the effacing possible to decrease the population without making a sound.