Imagine having a flu and anyone you infect will instantly mutate into feral man-eating monsters! There's nothing you can do but watch helplessly as loved ones transform before your eyes! All they have to do is stand 20ft within your proximity
However in this comic the 'asymptomatic carriers' of this flu also develop bizarre powers inspired by states of matter, a fighting chance against the hordes of infected. Be warned there are those who seek to spin the situation into a grisly game!
(many carriers take inspiration from classic monsters Owen's Gas makes him phantom-like, Evan's Solid powers via saliva manipulation makes him look like an undead rogue/swordsman, the FPS guy brings psychological horror, Raffa can shift into a big black wolf, the puke monster brings a dose of horror-kaiju and cosmic-horror, the infected look like a combination of zombies and the organism from The Thing- the infected is rapidly fluctuating between states of matter and has traits closer to a poltergeist than a fleshy zombie.)
Spoiler-ish monster features
Vampirism and cannibalism between 'carriers' allows you to take a portion of the victim carrier's power as an additional secondary power, a creepy sound activated the symptoms within the carriers and hints to ancients perceived to be demons/gods
