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Name: Marcia Clement



Age: 71 years old

Gender: Female

Job: Former Federal Bureau of Investigation Agent, specializing in Homicides; Occasional Substitute Teacher

Previous life: Marcia Clement was born into a poor, misfortunate, and rather disgraceful family. Before her birth, her father was arrested for mutilating two men and abusing his wife. However, he was found not guilty, and divorced Marcia's mother just months before her birth.

During Marcia's infancy and early youth, she was constantly left at home, without supervision, for many hours as her mother worked. Some days, her mother would come home to a disaster, and, after screaming so loud that her lungs ached, would break down to cry. Life for Marcia and her mother wasn't easy, but they used whatever they had to survive. Some days, Marcia's mother would sacrifice her own meals for Marcia to have enough food to survive.

When Marcia was old enough to attend a public school, she suffered harshly from bullies. She would always come to school wearing a dirty shirt that was far too large for her, baggy jeans, and boots, whereas all the other girls would wear dresses and skirts and whatever else was in style at the time. Her first few years of school were brutal, but she learned to defend herself. She wasn't the type of girl who would sit back and try to ignore the bullies, instead, she would fight them.

One time, when she was only ten years old, a boy named Samuel called her and her mother sluts, and Marcia completely went off on him. She grabbed the boy by the collar, and punched him so hard that his nose broke and blood streamed through his nostrils. He tried kicking at her, but she dodged it, and punched him again, this time in the chest. As he fell to the ground, Marcia jumped on top of him, furiously punching him without remorse. Eventually teachers had to come and separate them, but Marcia lied her way out of being suspended, settling for a detention instead.

After her fight with Samuel, one girl in her class, Melody, became very friendly with her. Melody was a pale girl, with sparkling green eyes and gorgeous blonde hair. The first words Melody ever spoke to Marcia, which she will never forget, was, "You beat up my brother. We should be friends." Surely, Marcia was taken aback by the fact that Samuel's sister was Melody, but this became a very minimal problem in their relationship.

Growing up with Melody was fun and adventurous. Melody lived in a secluded part of the town, where many woods were near. Whenever she invited Marcia over, they would enjoy playing in the woods, climbing trees and building forts, until their muscles ached from the excercise. "One day," Melody would say, "I want to run away, and live in the woods forever. Day or night. Rain or shine. I want to have this be my home forever."

After spending so much time at Melody's house, Marcia became accustomed to Samuel, and the two grew on each other so much that they started dating when they were 18. Most of the times, Melody would be join the two on their dates, but she never became a third-wheel, and Marcia never confused her time spent with Samuel with her time with Melody. Even when Samuel and Marcia broke up at the end of high school, Marcia and Melody's friendship never faultered.

They attended the same college, and went into the same profession. They got their first full-time jobs as law enforcement agents (also known as police officers, although they both prefer not to say they were police officers since they don't like the term as it makes them seem basic), and after a good ten years of working to their fullest ability (during which they both became married; Marcia marrying Samuel and having children), they were finally promoted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

They worked as partners at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, working alongside another seven agents during important investigations. The two were promoted as co-leaders of the group of agents, and were very successful. However, when Marcia was 49 years old, about to turn 50, she was shot in both the stomach and her left knee, injuries that would lead to retirement at an early age.

She was in the hospital for a week, struggling for dear life, when finally, she recovered. However, the shot to her knee would cause a physical disability where she could no longer run properly, and would cause much pain if she ran. Every morning, she would take painkillers and try to return to her normal job, but the pain became stronger and her age started to catch up to her. When she was 57 years old, she finally retired alongside Melody.

In her later years, she returned to her home town, spending much time with Samuel and their two sons and three daughters. Kirk, the oldest, was almost 30 years old, and followed into his mother's steps, becoming a FBI agent. Faith, the second oldest, was a year younger than Kirk, and was a well-known doctor. Rebecca, the middle child, was 26 years old, and becoming a therapist, but was struggling with finding clients. Jason, the second youngest, was 25 years old, and was a lawyer. Serena, the youngest, was 22 years old, and was just about to finish college, earning her degree in law enforcement.

Samuel ended up passing seven years before the apocalypse, making Marcia become extremely depressed. She would cry for multiple days and would be reluctant to do anything. However, Melody was always there for her, and they would grieve together. For the rest of the time leading up to the apocalypse, Melody and Marcia have been living together and doing practically everything together.

Life during the outbreak: When the outbreak originally started, Marcia was stuck at the hospital as Melody was being examined for breast cancer. She was talking to Faith when the entire hospital went into panic, and Marcia was pushed to the ground by a large man. Faith barely was able to help Marcia back on her feet when a man—no, a zombie—tackled a man just feet away from the two and bit his entire face off. Panicked, Faith dragged Marcia out of the hospital with her, where they immediately ran for the streets, not bothering to go for their car as there was a lot of traffic.

The distance between the hospital and Marcia's house was nearly two miles away, but at a steady jog, the two arrived at the house in less than an hour. As Faith immediately ran for the phone to try to contact her husband and three children and her siblings, Marcia barricaded all of the windows and doors. Faith wasn't able to contact the entire family, but she was able to contact Rebecca, Jason, and Serena, all who lived fairly close to her, and told them to find refuge at Marcia's house. Kirk, however, was unreachable.

Combined, the group of refuges would include fourteen people—Marcia; Faith, her husband, and three children; Rebecca, her husband, and her son; Jason, his wife, and his daughter; and Serena and her boyfriend. Marcia had some handheld guns hidden in a chest, which would protect them, and a large assortment of knives and swords they could use (although they were only really meant as a display, not as weapons). Faith's husband, who luckily was a hunter, had brought over his shotgun as well. They constantly kept trying to get ahold of Kirk and

For days the family had been staying inside the house, until they finally realized that they needed more food. Zephyr (Faith's husband), Rebecca, Jason, Serena, and Seth (Serena's boyfriend) all established a plan for them to run to a local grocery store while the others stay at home to protect the children, but Marcia protested, wanting to join along. After a debate that the others knew they would not win, they allowed Marcia to come along, but under one condition: she was to stay behind the group at all times.

Using Rebecca's car, they drove to the grocery store, and found out that it was completely empty. Not even a zombie was in sight. Thinking way ahead of it, Rebecca opened the doors of the grocery store, only to have two zombies tackle her to the ground. Marcia's instinct sent two bullets whizzing through the air and lodging into the brains of the zombies, killing them. The group checked to see if Rebecca was alright, but she seemed oddly pale, presumably due to the fright.

A dozen more zombies were located in the grocery store, but the group ended up killing them. After filling three grocery carts full of nonperishable foods, the group left. While leaving though, a few aisles started to fall to the ground, one of them landing on Seth's leg. More than a dozen zombies started to come through the back exit of the store, which wasn't open moments before. Which brought to a rather distressing assumption: someone else was there. Though they were able to pull Seth out from under the aisle, his leg was badly damaged and he was slowing the group down. As they were running out the store, one of the zombies tackled Seth to the ground, bringing Zephyr (who was helping him) down with him. The zombie bit right into Seth's neck, but Zephyr got away.

Serena was extremely upset after noticing that Seth had been killed by the zombies, but didn't let that slow her down from driving the group away. Upon returning home, the group discovers that their electricity is no longer working. Many days pass, with Rebecca becoming sicker by the day. Nobody knows why, but looking back at it, Marcia realizes that Rebecca must have been bit when she was attacked at the grocery store.

One night, Elliot (Rebecca's husband) notices that Rebecca is breathing very scarcely now, and fears that she'll die in her sleep. However, early the next morning, he notices that she's starting to moan again and move. He jumps out of bed, and when she opens her eyes, he kisses her. However, instead of kissing him back, she bites his lower lip right off his face. Elliot tries to scream, but Zombie Rebecca attacks him again, this time bitting his entire mouth. Half an hour later, Elliot's face is unrecognizable, and their son walks into the bedroom, after having a nightmare. Zombie Rebecca attacks him too, ripping his stomach right open, and eating his internal organs.

By the morning, Zombie Rebecca and Zombie Elliot have completely eaten their sons body, and attack the other children in the house. Faith's two sons are killed by them, both trying to protect the younger girls, and their screams alarm the adults. Faith ends up stabbing both Zombie Rebecca and Zombie Elliot in the head, and starts crying over her dead sons. However, this wouldn't be the only person to suffer over for the next months of the apocalypse.

Zephyr, Jason, and Serena all fail to return from a supply run to the hospital, after Faith's daughter and Jason's daughter both become sick with a fatal flu. In the end, Hannah (Jason's daughter) ends up dying, while Summer (Faith's daughter) survives. Cecelia (Jason's wife) ends up committing suicide later, after both Jason and Hannah's deaths. Marcia's house becomes overrun by zombies, during which Summer dies, but Faith and Marcia make it out alive. In the end, it's only the two of them left, living together, when Marcia realizes and hopes that Melody is still alive. Now, her goal is to find Melody, if she's still alive.

Weapon: Beretta U22 Neos (Handgun/Pistol), Knives (Meele Weapon), Barrett M98B (Sniper Riper) (Acquired after Breaking into a House Full of Illegal Guns)