One idea I had was this: essentially, parallel to the deader plague, a new “menace” had popped up in northern Scotland: a disease which turned the skin of the victims a very light grey, and despite making them fast and strong, also made them vicious, tempermental, and incapable of eating anything but meat- preferably fresh. In addition, infected individuals possess an unnatural fear of water, despite not being harmed by it. So long as they continued to gain sustenance, the individuals remained lucid, and didn’t rot- well, at an unbelievably slow rate. The disease became known as Wight Syndrome, and affected multiple Highlander clans.

One such infected individual, a fellow named Jacob Leslie, is in the British Royal Commando Corps with a friend from the Gordon Clan, by the name of Will. Will likes to mock Leslie for his circumstances, though Leslie doesn’t really mind the illness. The two are deployed to the U.S. to help the U.S. fight the deaders and quell the plague. It’s here that the young Jacob meets Audrey, barely saving her from the deader on the beach. He looks at her, and says, “What the bloody hell are you doing out here, having a wank?” He yellls at her to get moving, seeing other struggling up the dunes, and fearing the ocean like mad. He tears up the slope behind her, yelling, “A little more speed would be expedient, DEARIE!”

He drives her to the hospital in the transport he and Will share as squadmates, and when her douchebag boydriend leaves her behind, explains the circumstances to the parents.

Et cetera, et cetera.

seriously tho, a really good read.