Charles Campion

Private Charles "Charlie" D. Campion (d. 16 June, 1990) was a security officer for the United States Army, part of the operation revolving around a biological warfare testing site in California. He was the husband of Sally Campion and the father of Baby LaVon; his parents died in a house fire when he was relatively young. He was among the first to die of "Captain Trips", a fatal and highly communicable strain of flu that was carefully bred and patented by the military for defense purposes.

Early life
Charles Campion's parents died in a house fire when he was fairly young, something that traumatised him to his dying day.

Adult life
Charlie married a woman called Sally sometime in or prior to 1985; he was already by that time working for the military police guarding a top-secret military installation in California, headquarters to "Project Blue", an undercover and illegal biological weapons laboratory.

In 1987, Charlie and Sally had a baby, whom they called "Baby LaVon"; she was rarely denied anything by her loving parents, and when such a thing did happen, she wept.

Virus escape and death
In June of 1990, an accident occurred at the base and a deadly strain of virus known as "Captain Trips", a strain of super-flu with a 99.4% communicability rate, was unleashed upon the base. Campion was playing solitaire when he saw the clock go red and rushed out, only barely making it through the gates before they clashed shut behind him. While he was the only survivor at the time, he had unwittingly contracted the virus as well.

He hurried home, woke his wife and daughter and had them dress and help him pack. Within half an hour they were already packed and in the car, heading east; they made it across four states before Sally and Baby LaVon died. Finally, Charlie crashed into Hapscomb's Texaco in Arnette, Texas. He was severely ill, with his family dead and he himself quickly on the way. He received immediate medical treatment, but succumbed to his illness ten minutes later.

It was because of Charles Campion's escape from the military base and subsequent travel across the country that the virus could spread across the nation and finally across the world, decimating all but a handful of people.

Physical appearance
Charlie had white skin that turned deathly pale when he was nervous or frightened; his dark eyes bulged and stared.