What a Time to be Alive

Goodbye

Springfield Ohio, April, 2016

"Madison move!"

"No I want to see him when he comes!"

"But I'm his favorite, and I'm older"

Madison pushed Mason out of the way and Mason pushed her back.

"Mom can you please tell Madison I'm older than her"

"Do you two understand the word 'twins'. Also, your father loves you both the same. I'm sure he's dealt with enough in the army this year, he doesn't need it from his children" said their mother, Sarah.

Madison and Mason step away from the window with a little shame on their faces.

"When will he be here?" Madison asked

"Should be any minute-"

Michael, a very tall man with black hair came through the front door.

"DAD!"

Michael dropped all of his things and hugged his children so tightly. The energy in the room shifted and everyone was in tears.

"I missed my twins so much, you're both so big, oh my god I just love you guys" Michael was almost hysterical is tears.

He stood up and hugged his wife Sarah.

"You're just the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life, every time I see you I experience that over and over again"

The couple pressed their lips against each other.

"The army can't have you any more"

"I know Sarah, I know, they won't"

"They wont?"

"I'll explain later, I just love you and our beautiful children so much!"

Sarah noticed the worry in her husbands face. A man she's been married to for 20 years and for once she didn't recognize him.

"Well I made dinner for our favorite soldier, who's hungry?"

While at the dinner table Sarah couldn't help but notice Michael's quietness. He mainly just listened to the twins talk about school events and things from the past few months. Michael would glance at Sarah ever so often and notice the worry in her eyes.

"Guys, I can't do this anymore.." Michael said with extreme sadness on his breath "The look on your mothers face is killing me..."

The family was silent.

"Being in the military.. I find out some things that I'm not supposed to share with anybody. Not even you guys. But this is too big. We're going to have to leave Ohio. There's going to be a plague"

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Indianapolis Indiana, April 2016

"Lauren! Have you seen the news lately?"

Lauren walked out of the kitchen with a robe on and her hair in a very messy bun.

"Why?"

"Big virus thingy going around. People has extreme memory loss and attack other people. Any cases of it at the hospital?"

"Not that I know off, Mark"

Lauren sat on Mark's lap and kissed him on the cheek. He motioned towards the TV.

Doctors at St. Vincent hospital worry about the safety of the other patients. They say whatever this virus is it's spreading so rapidly it's hard to keep up with everyone. They suggest everyone washes there hands and stays away from anyone they think may be infected. Although, they do say that they will get these people cured as soon as they can. Back to you Jeff

"Damn. That's crazy" Mark exclaimed.

"I mean I haven't been there in two days, so maybe I missed something, I dunno" Lauren shrugged.

"Well this is a great excuse for you to stay home forever" Mark said as he lightly pushed Lauren of his lap and down on the couch. He stroked her face and looked into her eyes.

"Just make sure you be extra careful okay?"

"I'm fine Mark, I'm gonna be okay."

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Amarillo Texas, April, 2016

"Hey Warren! What on Earth are you doing?"

"I don't believe what I do is much of your concern Mr. Andrews" Sean Warren said with the nicest tone in his voice. Sean was in his mid 30s with brown hair to his shoulders.

"Well I'm just saying, I've been your neighbor for a few years now. Never seen you loading guns in that trailer of yours."

About ten helicopters flew above them going North.

"Man we've been seeing a lot of that lately" his neighbor said "Molly said it has to do with that god forsaken virus going around-"

"Mr. Andrews I hate to be the bearer of bad news but it has everything to do with that god forsaken virus. This world is much to blind to the simplest of things. Secrets are about to be spilt and let me tell you I'm not going to be in this city when they do. My suggestion is that you screw that pretty wife of yours one last time before this world goes to absolute shit"

They two stared at each other for a few seconds before Sean shook his head and went to hook his trailer up to his truck.

"Sean, what's going on?"

"I guess you Christians may call it the rapture" Sean said as he continued to hook up the camper.

Mr. Andrews stared at him for a second and finally shook his head and laughed a bit.

"You're and crazy son of a bitch, you know that?"

"While that may be undeniably true, I'm an alive crazy son of a bitch, and that's good enough for me"

Warren opened the door to his truck and started it up, when tornado sirens became to erupt across the neighborhood.

"Tornado sirens on such a sunny, beautiful day? I couldn't imagine that'd there's an emergency."

Warren laughed at his neighbor, closed the truck door, and began to drive.