Strain 7

Chapter Five

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Janie’s POV

          This wasn’t right. It just wasn’t right. I called Haven and got her to come over to the Johnson household as soon as possible. Once she was here, we filled her in. Even though she didn’t know Nicole that well, she still cried. It was horrible. The virus itself was a nightmare but for it to kill a friend? How are you supposed to deal with that?

          “Okay, so Nick and I looked this thing up on the computer and came up with a plan” I began. Nick and I were standing up in the living room, facing everyone else who were sitting down.

          “What kind of plan?” Brittany asked.

          “A plan to try and survive” Nick said bluntly.

          “We will survive of course! This probably isn’t as bad as it seems! We just don’t want to take any chances. We are going to do everything we can to avoid it.” I covered for Nick. What he had said made everyone start to freak. ‘A plan to try and survive’. Nice, Nick.

          “But how? What are we supposed to do?” Nathan asked.

          “Well…we researched the disease. They are calling it Strain 7. What it does is it comes in cities and towns through waves. We just got hit by the first wave. Supposedly, N-…she wasn’t the only one around here. There will be another wave coming through in a couple of days.” I explained.

          “They say if you keep on the move you could possible avoid the disease. Just try and stay out of the way” Nick added.

          “Do you think we could avoid it?” Ronnie asked. She looked really scared.

          “Yeah…I think so. We just got to pack a couple of belongings and a change of clothes in our book bags and hit the road.” I said.

          “We’re leaving?” Chandler asked.

          “Yeah” Nick answered.

          “Janie!!!” Frankie screamed as he ran in. I smiled and gave him a huge hug.

          “Where’s Sarah?” Nick asked Frankie.

          “She’s upstairs” Frankie answered, “I just came down here for a coke.”

          “No cokes buddy. You have school tomorrow and you need to be able to go to sleep tonight” Chandler said to him. Frankie pouted but walked back upstairs.

          It all hit us then. Frankie and Sarah. They couldn’t be left here.

          “Wait…where are your parents?” I asked the three brothers.

          “They went on that business trip” Nathan answered. We all just stood in silence, thinking.

          “We…we can’t do anything” Chandler whispered.

          “No…but we could give them a call and warn them. Tell them that we will take Frankie and Sarah and we will be okay.” Nathan said. It was all they really could do.

          “What about Sarah? Where are her parents?” I asked.

          “They are also away on business. We are watching her for them” Nick answered.