Genesis

Genesis Chapter 3

At first I use the sunlight outside to guide me, until I look down to see a flashlight left for me. "Taurus?!," I call. "Where are you?!" "I'm in the elevator it still works!,"I hear her say.

I look to my right to see a figure waving at me, I turn the flashlight on and walk over to Taurus.

I walk next to her as she presses the up button, the button glows as our flashlights show the numbers above.

It stops at the number 4 and it opens up slowly. We point the flashlights into the elevator, gratefully there are no dead bodies. Sadly, there is blood all over the place.

"Oh My God," Taurus looks at me and I turn to her.

Her purple eyes are filled with fear and I can see her hand is trembling because the light from the flashlight is shaking.

Bloody handprints, some big and some small are all over the top and bottom part of the elevator.

Bloody footprints are also all over the walls, and the thing that finally makes me throw up is the blood dripping from the top part of the elevator.

After I threw up, Taurus comes up to me to show me something.

Taurus has on surgical gloves and shows me something that disturbs me. In her left hand is a letter, she opens the letter and I point my flashlight at it.

"Tell my daughter I love her, for I wish to die in peace. It's possible this storm might destroy the entire country, but I'll have to enjoy my last few hours of life. God has send a sign that he is angry at us and we will have to accept that. I have had stage 3 breast cancer and have been on the verge of dying anyway so Lord, I'm ready. Signed by China Carol Simon."

I look at Taurus's right hand and in her right hand, long and behold a bloody knife.
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"I'm going to find the medicine and it's alright if you want to sit and stay in the lobby,"Taurus says. I watch her leave and I put my head in between my legs.

Being just me and Taurus makes me feel alone and I truly hope we find someone else soon.

As I think about this I hear something up above the ceiling, I think it's Taurus, so I go back to my thinking.

"Are you okay?," Taurus says as she walks to me. I look at her and stand up and look at the ceiling.

"This place is a total piece of shit, it has already been robbed," Taurus says. I hear another sound up the ceiling, and

I look up to see a hand moving and trying to dig through the ceiling and get to where me and Taurus stand right now. "Let's go," I say.
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We go out through the window, and run away from the hospital as fast as we can.

We finally end up in the middle of Times Square, which is filled of broken cars, building debris, and of course dead bodies.

The sky is still clear and the sun is out. Taurus pats me on the back and we face each other in the middle of the road.

"Hey, what happened in there?," Taurus asks. I shake my head,"I thought I saw a hand I the ceiling."

"A hand? Dead body probably," Taurus says. "I don't know I saw the hand move around," I say. Taurus chuckles,"You could be seeing things, let's walk."
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Around afternoon we have walk for what seems like an eternity, we talk and laugh and say stupid things about whatever.

The weather is perfect, sky is blue and sun is bright. We walk over debris and bodies.

I look at each one of the bodies as I walk over them. I turn to Taurus,"Do you think we should give them a burial?" Taurus shakes her head,"There're dead, they already have their graves."

Taurus stops walking I do the same. "What's wrong?," I ask. "Come in here ," Taurus points to a building with a opening.

We get in and sit on the ground. "What is it?," I ask her. "I thought... I thought I saw a boy or a man walking up ahead of us," she says.

I stare at her for a moment,"Do you think someone is following us?"
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We got out of the building after making a plan, that we kept our eyes and ears alert for anything else other than us.

"Tell me more about you?," I ask Taurus. Taurus sighs than chuckles. "Well... I was a highschool student about to graduate. Was about to go to college and be a artist a painter," she tells me smiling to herself.

I smile with her. Taurus continues,"I never wanted to do anything else. I also liked painting and drawing certain things. I especially liked drawing and painting the sun, the moon, rainbow, the zodiac signs," Taurus looks at me.

I smile,"I guess that's where you got your name?," I ask. "Not really, my real name is Gabrielle, I was born on May 18 which is Taurus sign so I decided to change my name. In this new world I am no longer Gabrielle I'm Taurus. New world new name," Taurus explains.

I think about her explanation. She looks at me,"Like you...," she stops walking I do the same. "Your no longer Skyler, you have to pick something else to call yourself," she says.

I don't want to, I am me and I don't want to change it. "I'll think of one."
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We decide to spend the night at a hotel, a hotel that used to be five star but is now no star.

Me and Taurus sleep in the lobby because it's the only place with no bodies, as a matter of fact it's the only place that's still clean.

Me and Taurus lay down back to back but not close because the room is humid and warm.

Taurus snores, and I'm still awake. What is going on?
Why is this happening? Is the government doing this? Are we the only ones?

As these questions go through my head, I hear the creaking of the hotel door, someone is opening it slowly.

My heart is beating, and I am starting to sweat.

The door closes and I hear soft footsteps coming towards us. I close my eyes and pray the person or thing goes away, but it doesn't.

My heart pounds faster and I sweat harder and I close my eyes tighter,I feel someone's breath on my ear. My eyes opens to look up at a set of brown/green eyes. I gasp. "Hello, Skyler," says a male voice.