I can't give up on Ginger. I can't let anyone else go. I am going to hold on. Forever, if I can.
I run to Plemington square again. Maybe I didn't look hard enough. Maybe I went to the wrong shed. Wow. Maybe I'm the one going crazy. The wrong shed. Boy I am kidding myself.
I unlocked the door and slowly opened it, it creaked louder than I thought it would. Ginger? I whispered into the darkness. Even though it is light outside, darkness remains in the shed. I hear a sniff and some whimpering.
"Hello?? Ginger?" I open the door even more hoping for the light to brighten the shed. No luck. I hear silent crying, well obviously it's not THAT silent.
"If anyone is in there, come out! Right now. I am not in the mood for your -"
I was cut off by a small girl about 5 or 6 years old who ran up to me and hugged my waist. I grabbed her hands and bent down to her level, facing the cute little girl. She flinched when I grabbed her hands and a tear dropped from her cheek.
"What's your name?" It would be weird to call her kid, I don't even know her. "Um. My name is Natalie" she looked unsure about her decision to answer me. "Well, Natalie. What brings you to this haunted shed?" I joked around hoping to make this situation a little less awkward. I mean, to find a girl crying in an old shed... just a little weird.
"Well I heard some barking and I came In here." Tears started flowing down her face. I lifted my hands up to her face to dry her tears. Blood. Blood. Oh my gosh! My right hand is covered in blood. I look down at the hands of Natalie that I once held.
She had a deep gash in her left hand that didn't look so good. Blood stained her small beautiful hands that used to be clean and gentle.
"What happened??" It seemed like I was closer to her. Like if known her for years even though I only met her minutes ago.
"Well there was a dog In there and... it bit me when I tried to pet it"
Oh my gosh. Ginger bit Natalie and that only means one thing.
Natalie's infected.
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"Natalie? We need to get you home!" I grabbed Natalie's non-bloody hand and lead the way to her safety. I hope I'm going in the right direction."Where do you live?" I asked Natalie. I was walking in circles waiting for her to direct me the right way. "Laine 7C. I forgot the house plate but I know my house when I see it" Natalie is mature for a young one.
They divided the society into different sections called Laines. They are labeled 1A, 2A, 3A and so forth. There were 30 sections to each letter in the alphabet. I led Natalie to 7C hoping her parents wouldn't jump to conclusions that I bit Natalie. Well, I don't think they would jump THAT far into conclusions.
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"We're here" I warned Natalie, I don't know the consequences that await her. I squeezed her hand, this is it. My goodbye, and I only met her 3 hours ago. Natalie lets go of my hand and knocks on the door in front of her. A tall guy about 30 drags himself to the door- man, what is with me and guessing peoples ages? The guy (I'm guessing it's Natalie's dad, I hope not) finally reaches the door and has to put down his bottle of beer in order to welcome Natalie into a big bear hug. "Princess! Oh my goodness. I missed you so much! Where were you?" Natalie updated him with the situation, leaving out the injury part. I guess she doesn't want to rain on his parade. It took a while for Natalie's dad to notice me hovering over his front steps. "Did you find my princess?" he asked me with a big smile on his face. Well, I guess I mis-understood this guy. "Um. Yeah I guess." I had my hands behind my back, shifting awkwardly on my feet. "Thank you" he smiled and motioned for me to join in on the big hug. Well, I don't want to be rude.

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Science Fiction**Not Edited** Mae is loosing her family and her loved ones; all from the stupid society. Why did they ban dogs? Why are their curfews? Why is the Faroile disease killing everyone and why do they do nothing to stop it? Mae has a lot on her plate b...