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Letter to whom ever,
The virus spread insanely quick.
It seemed only the children where immune, and certain adults.
We could of never stopped what happened, nor could we of expected this.
This virus was to strong, to smart, and unexpected for any kind of plan to be made.
I wish we could of saved those who died, I wish we could of helped more people out
but we didn't know what to do we where scared kids at the time, and I am sorry..I'm sorry..
Contained in this letter is my accounts to what happened.
-Sincerely,
Travis
(THIS IS A ROUGH DRAFT UN EDITED)
Chapter One – The Beach
It
was just another day in the small town of ocean shores, kids going back
to school summer was over. I could of never guessed what would happen
next, the bell rang every one came running out to the buses, the sun was
shining brighter then I've ever seen it. I couldn't believe my eyes
when I saw this sight, we didn't get much sun during the winter it had
to of been about 80 degrees out side, I was already starting to swet in
my big blue jacket. I hopped on the bus, figured I'd get home and ask my
grampa if he wanted to head down to the property, we owned about 5-10
acres out in the boondox of grays harbor. I always loved going out and
riding the bikes in the back yard I could feel the wind in my hair, my
day dream came to a quick end when I realized the bus missed my stop. I
yelled at Ken, "YO, bus driver let me off." he stopped the bus and with
the nod I always got from him I was home free.
I stepped into the
house and it was even hotter inside then out. I went back to my grampas
room and he was just laying in bed. "Hey gramps wake up its like 80 out
side can you believe it?", I got no reply. I noticed he had a wet rag
on his head, he must have been sick I thought to my self, I gave him a
nudge on the shoulder he rolled over and told me, " I don't feel so
great, tell your gramma I need another asprine.". I quickly went down to
the garage where my gramma was doing laundry and told her what he said.
She didn't look so great either, I just couldn't figure out how two
people could be so sick in such nice weather. I figured my plans where
shot so I headed to my room and flipped on the TV to Q13 to watch some
family guy. I was rudely interrupted by a special news cast. God I hated
news I was half tempted to switch it over to some thing better, when I
saw what the scrolling bar on the bottom said "We have been informed
from the health department that this new flu is highly contactable, if
any one comes into contact with it be sure to wash your....."
This
was starting to worry me a bit, both my grandparents where sick what if
I get it? Even worse what if they die from it? As the news cast went on
a man named Dr. Wesley got his fifteen minutes of fame. He announced
that every one with flu like symptoms should head to the nearest
hospital to get checked out. I instantly ran out to the living room
where my gramma was sitting and told her, she already knew. I was
worried but I could see in her face a sense of ease and confidence. She
told me "don't you worry we don't need to go to the hospital we will be
fine." I went to bed worried that night, I had horrible dreams about the
weirdest things.I woke up about 5 times that night, the noises I kept
hearing just creeped me out.
The next morning I woke up late for
school, I figured I'd call my friend Dan and see if he could come get
me. But when he answered he told me school has been called off today due
to the flu. I was kind of excited, "no school yes. Then it hit me if
the school is canceled due to this thing it must be serious. Most people
would of got that idea from the news cast but I was only 15, I couldn't
even comprehend what "reality Tv" really was. I wanted to check on my
grandparents but I was scared to find what lay behind that door. The
worse images kept popping in my mind, but I couldn't stand at the other
side for ever. But right as I went to reach for the door I heard some
noise in the room, that was a good sign I figured it means they cant be
dead. So I decided I'd just tell them I was heading over to Dans, I got a
reply, "Errrrr aarrrr" so I figured it was fine and they must of just
woke up I mean it was only 7am.
I was heading out the gate when I
noticed my dog wanted to come to so I went to the garage and grabbed
his leash. As we where walking down the drive way I noticed my grampa in
the window, couldn't tell what he was doing but I waved to him as I
left. We where a little more then half way to Dans house walking on the
Bolivard when I noticed the traffic was backed up. Which was odd for Ocean
shores specially during this time of the year. I stopped and asked a man
in this nice red convertible what was going on? He replied to me, "Kid,
its that damn flu we are all trying to head to the hospital didn't you
hear? Four people died from this thing last night.". I told him I'm
sorry and hope every thing goes okay for him and his family but all I
wanted to say was, "Ha you guys are sissies my grandparents had it last
night and they are fine today"... I guess I was just happy I knew my
family was fine and nothing was going to change that in my mind.
As
Lucky and I walked up to Dans door, I heard yelling and screaming which
wasn't a big deal around here. His family always fought if it wasn't
him, it was his sister. But I noticed some thing on the window, it was
blood. "Dan! Let me in are you guys okay?!" no one answered me, the yelling
just kept on. I figured what the hell Ive been here enough times and if
some thing is happening that shouldn't be they will thank me so I opened
the door just as Dan was running out side. He looked at me, I looked at
him I asked, "What the hell is going on?" he replied, "Lets go, I woke
my mom up... she's nuts maybe its from the fever last night.". We
decided it would be fun if we headed down to the beach, the closest
entrance was past my house. As we got down my road my dog went nuts he
wouldn't shut up. I couldn't figure out for the life of me what was
wrong with him. Then I saw it, it was one of those damn bums again. I
told Dan to stop for a minute, "This guys drunk look at him." Dan just
laughed. The man looked at Dan and I maybe it was our laughter that
caught his attention or my dog barking. But in any case I wish we
wouldn't of because some thing we did pissed him off. He started
stumbling over to us, by habbit Dan and I just started running.
It
wasn't that we got into a lot of trouble, it was more like we always
had the knack to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and knew the
easiest way to stay out of trouble was to run from it. Lucky my dog
wasn't dumb either he knew to run right behind us. We all three ended up
falling over the sand dune at the edge of the beach, "Get off me
Frankenstein" Dan always had to call me Frankenstein, I didn't hate the
nickname but it wasn't the most flattering. I got it one day playing
football. I wasn't very fast but I was one of the biggest kids in our
school, so I didn't have to be. I could stand right in front of the ball
holder and walk him down the field with no trouble at all. I replied
back, "Shut up you fat redneck." We both just started laughing. It
couldn't of been past noon and the beach was packed with cars. "Whats up
with this?." I asked Dan he shrugged and went on to say, " Maybe they
are all trying to get out of this hell hole of a town?"
Dan could
tell I was feeling off, "Hey Travis, wanna mess with them? Haha." I of
course not wanting to be the downer told him, "Hell yeah.. Do you want
to act sick? Or do you want me too?". Before I could even look over at
him for a reply he was already down banging on a car window screaming,
"HELP (cough cough) Help my face its burning. Help I don't wanna die
help please help me.". I ran to the next car over and started doing the
same thing, I guess it was catchy because Lucky started jumping on the
sides of the car barking like a mad dog. We did this for about an hour
and figured it was time to relax. Dan pulled out a smoke, of course I
bummed one off him. It was a Marlboro menthol, god how I hated menthol
at the time but it felt so good to take a drag. We where still sitting
on the beach when I heard syrians coming from the main street by my
house. "We gotta go." I told Dan he agreed.
We got to the main
road and saw a bunch of ambulances, most the time if there was a
ambulance some old lady or man must of slipped and fell, I know that
sound horrible but around here its was the truth. The only problem with
that theory is they where at my house, "Thats my house, what the hell
did that bum do?!". All I could think was maybe that drunk guy came into
my house and my gramps shot him. Dan turned to look at me and said,
"Lets go take a look, this cant be good...". Like I already didn't know
that? I was prepared for some thing bad to come out of the cops mouth
when we approached, but he just stood there silent. "Whats going on?" I
said, he looked at me and asked, "Do you live here?", I nodded. When a
cop asks " is this your house" or "do you live here" it never seems to
be a good sign. Cop took a deep breath and started to say, "Well we have
to quarantine this..." I didn't let him finish I saw the the bio-hazard
suits that you see on Tv when people are dealing with toxic chemicals
and couldn't hold it in any more, "WHATS HAPPENING TO MY GRANDPARENTS?!
WHY ARE YOU TAKING THEM?". The cop looked at me and asked if I was home
last night, Dan instictivly said, "No, officer he was at my house all
night with my mom you can call and ask if you want the number is
555-0530." the officer said, "I will just to make sure, you kids should
probably head back to his house till we can get more information,
okay?".
By this time I was so freaked out I couldn't even think
straight, "What is going on?" all I could say over and over with no
reply. Dan was holding Lucky leash as we walked he told me, "We can't go
to my house my parents where sick too.. and they will know we lied if
they call.". I just kept following him with no idea what was going on,
we walked for a good 10miles before I even noticed we left my house. By
this time we where on the out skirts of Shores, everything seemed to be a
blur of lights and fog. It was around 4pm by the time I realized my
feet where sore. I stopped in my tracks, Dan looked at me, " Hey you
know they are going to want to take us away right?" All I could do was
nod, "Hey Dan, lets just leave the harbor..".
I never expected him to agree with me, this was his home all his family lived here. "Lets go then", he replied to me.
Chapter 2
The Wondering Kids
We
had it all planned out, it seemed like some thing out of a movie. The
shop down the road had a few cars, one of which was still running in the
back. Dan and I creeped up the side alley and slipped right in. "This
must be the fucking best idea we have ever had", Dan laughingly said to
me. As we where driving, I realized we had no destination so I leaned
and turned the music off, "eh Dan lets go get Mike.. sound good?". Dan
had only met Mike once, but Mike and me go way back. Mike was my friend
from Sultan before I was up rooted to Ocean Shores, surprisingly it took
no conviencing Dan was on board for this road trip to Mikes. We got to
about Olympia, it was probably maybe a 2 hour drive at most traffic
wasn't bad after getting past the hospital. I ended up dazing off around
the curves, I guess the day has just started getting to me I just
couldn't stay awake any longer.
"WAKE THE FUCK UP FRANKY", I woke
up swinging to the left connecting with nothing but a seat. Before my
eyes where even open I was pulled out of the car, "What the hell Dan??".
I
stared in amazement, nothing but cars pilled infront of us, we where
right out side Seattle. Dan just stared at me with this look that just
said "yah bro yah". I couldn't figure out how some thing like this could
even happen. Smoke and fire was all we could see over the road, "Hey
Dan you think they where all trying to get to the hospital??" Dan
replied, "looks like it man". We decided it was time to use the
"shoe'ba'rus" and started walking. With Lucky leading the way we noticed
most the cars where empty but a few had people in them pounding on the
horn like it would make the crashes clear up any faster. Just as we
where getting ready to jump off the road onto the side and head into the
city a man rolled down his window. He was pale looking and smelled
horrible, he started to try and say some thing but it just sounded like
gibberish. I shaked my head at Dan implying we need to just ignore him
and keep going!
We where in the suburbs before we knew it
walking the streets. It was already getting dark, we didn't plan to be
stuck out in the middle of a no where like this. It was getting cold and
Dan was getting nervous, I could lie and say I wasn't but I was shaking
in my shoes. It was irie nothing was moving, nothing but the wind
blowing the trees. Even Lucky seemed on edge, it felt like the end of
the world as we knew it.
Chapter 3
The journey
It was a rough night for all three of us, I at least had my dog to keep
me warm. I don't think Dan slept much if at all last night. I think
everything was setting in for him, it already hit me the day before. I
figured it was time to keep moving, at least this way we wont be
thinking about the what if or could be's. Dan pointed to the right, I
saw it. A van coming our way, it had to of been fate. We jumped into the
middle of the road like CJ from San Andreas, the van surpisingly
stopped. The guy in the van looked as us and started to say some thing,
but before he could Dan yelled, "GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE CAR BEFORE I
REPAINT YOUR WINDOWS RED." I was stunned. The man slowly got out of the
car, Lucky started barking again like he was a bad ass. I knew if it
came down to it my dog would run rather then fight but I went with it,
"YEAH KILLER ITS DINNER" I figured if I act like my dog was willing to
rip into this guy he wouldn't give us a problem. Dan was already in the
car before the guy could even take a second glance, Lucky and I ran
towards the passanger side and before we could jump in Dan already had
the thing moving.
"I wonder what happened to that guy" I
muttered to Dan. Dan looked over at me, " Who fucking cares its the end
of the world.. Did you see anyone all night? I sure didn't.. It's not
normal.. Hazmat suits, car pile ups, no cops.. This isn't just a flu its
some thing more" all I could do was stare out the window and nod. I was
scared, it wasn't for me or my family but for the world. A few hours
past before either of us said anything, I think we both just had enough
of this day. "Hey Dan, we are almost there!" Dan smiled and said, "I
hope they have food" I couldn't help but laugh, " Of course you do fat
ass". It seemed like a week had past by the time we got to Sultan, but
it was only about 24hrs since that morning. We pulled up in the drive
way, I started yelling, "HEY MIKE MIKE GUESS WHOS HOME". It was odd no
dogs barking, nothing it was silent like in Seattle.
I started
to walk around the side of the house to Mikes window, tapping on the
wall as I walked. "They must of just gone out" I explained looking at
Dan and his stupid grin. "Travis, they didn't go out.. Its the end of
the fucking world haven't you got it??" "Shut the fuck up!" I replied.
Just then it happened, we both saw it.. But neither of us could react in
time for what happened next. All I remember is blood, blood every
where, "DAN WATCH OUT, WATCH OUT!!". Lucky was already in action, I was
surprised to see my dog trying to fight. All I could hear was wimpering
and moaning. Dan was on the ground his arm ripped into, lucky was
twitching on his side and this guy.
No this thing was still
coming, coming for me. All I could do was grab the knife in my pocket
and start to swing. I always prided my self for loving knifes and being
able to handle them with a certain skill, but at this moment I must of
looked like a 4 year old trying to cut bread. With out warning a giant
boom hit the air, I was standing with the knife out like it would of
protected me. The thing was on the ground, it wasn't moving, it sure as
hell wasn't breathing its head had been blown straight off.
Chapter 4
The Goodbyes
I
couldn't figure out what was going on all I could hear was my name
being said, "Travis you alright? Travis we gotta move". I turned and
realized it was Mike, he had his dad old gun. "Mike what.. what the fuck
did you just do... what the fuck happened.. Fuck Dan, DAN ARE YOU OKAY?
DAN?" no answer, "LUCKY GET UP LUCKY COME HERE" nothing but silents
fell over the air. "Travis, we have to go more will becoming they smell
blood.. They feed on us.." I turned and looked at Mike, "We can't just
leave them, we can't.. Dan.. Lucky..". I was being dragged away from the
two things I thought I would have for the rest of my life. The two
things that made it out of Shores with me.
Mike was walking with
a mission pulling me right behind weither I wanted to go or not, I was
on my way to god knows where. I had tears falling all over my face, "
Mike please tell me you know whats going on you just killed a man.. My
dog is dead... Dan is.. Dan..." I couldn't get the words out my friend
had just died right before my eyes and I couldn't do anything. Mike
turned to me, "Its this disease that they kept talking about on tv.. Its
turning these everyone who catches it into monsters.. They might look
the same as they did before they got sick, but they aren't.. they
aren't.. " his words drifted off. Some thing just wasn't sitting right
with him, I turned and asked, "Where's Mom and Dad??".. His face filled
with pain, tears rushed his eyes, "gone".
I understood now why
his words drifted, he had lost his parents.. I lost mine. It wasn't
setting in I guess, I just lost my grandparents and the closest thing I
had to a family was gone. Even thought I didn't want to believe it I
knew it. Some thing was wrong in the world, I just watched one of my
best friends die. It wasn't long before we where up at Wallace Falls, I
noticed Travis was there so was Amber. Travis was Mikes little brother
and Amber his girlfriend. It was always funny going to his house as
kids, his brother and I decided I was T1 and he was T2 but he never
seemed to get it in his head he always thought he was T1. His Mom and
Dad started calling me by my last name for this reason.
Chapter 5
The "Welcome Home Party"
It
was a night to remember that night I was greated with a hug and a
scream, "TRON how did you get here". Like always the last name became
the first, I couldn't help but cry. I then explained all that had
happened to me. They told me about how everything was going to shit down
here too. I just couldn't believe it, I guess I just didn't want to? I
looked over at Travis and yelled, "Eh little brother you got some
smoke?" and like it was magic he wiped out the pipe and light up. Mike
wasn't very happy with this, but honestly at this point and time I just
didn't care anymore. I looked over at Mike and Ameber, "You know if we
are going to die.. we might as well die in a haze?" Mike didn't find
this funny at all "Tron, Travis, Amber... Its time we figure out what we
are going to do.. Dad always told us one day some thing like this would
happen".
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