In January 2009, the Michaluk Virus escaped from the Centers for Disease Control and decimated the major city centers of the southeast.These are the stories of how it all began.The Becoming: OriginsBrandt Evans's life is spiraling out of control. Depressed at the way his life is heading and desperate to help his sister pay for school, he accepts an offer from Dr. Derek Rivers that might result in either a large payday–or his death. Instead, it is the beginning of the end of the world.The Becoming: Brothers in ArmsTheo and Gray Carter find themselves surrounded by chaos, death and misery on all sides. As their worlds collapse around them, both are forced to do the unimaginable–both to ensure their survival and protect each other from the cannibalistic infected. Weaponless and alone, the two brothers quickly learn that the only thing they can count on is each other.The Becoming: DeliveranceRemy Angellette is running with the wrong crowd and her life is spiraling out of control. After getting arrested for shoplifting, she finds herself stuck in a holding cell at the New Orleans Police Department when the first waves of mayhem begin to wash over the city. Now, she must rely on NOPD patrolman Marc DuBois to get her out of the city and reunite her with her family– before the infected get to them first.