Airborne

Chapter 2

It had finally happened.

Today someone came banging on our door, screaming for us to help them. They banged on the door, while dad held a gun, keeping everyone behind him. The stranger continued to bang on the door, begging us to let him in until there was one final thud, and silence. I felt like I was dying along with him.

Shelby and mom were both sobbing, while dad lowered his gun. Dad told us to grab all the supplies from the living room, and move it to the other side of the house. Knowing that dead bodies are contagious, we did what he said. I had never felt fear like I had in this moment, I felt sick.

We all were sobbing at this point. We really hadn't realized how bad things are up until this point. Once everything was moved, we all huddled together, realizing that any of us could die within a few moments.

"It's going to be alright guys." Mom said. Shelby was hugging me close while Leo, mom and dad talked about what our next actions would be. I watched the window.

I wasn't dealing well with hearing the death of someone. I was scared, knowing this was how the world ended. I felt like my existence was pointless, and death was my end scene, coming sooner then I thought. I ached for my mother, my father, my sister, my brother, and the future I'd never get to have. It was like my heart had been ripped from my body.

I could still hear the news anchor through the house. Moving to the other side of the house meant we couldn't turn off the TV so we were subjected to this hell for the rest of our lives.

I'm not sure how much time we just sat there, listening to the news, we had heard a few depressing announcements, such as the current death toll, getting up to about 5,000 within 1 day.

The illness had a name, ANMV. It stood for Airborne Neurological Malfunction Virus. The remaining scientists had not come any closer to finding the cure. We couldn't get any of our other family to answer, which left my mom frantically trying to get ahold of her parents and sisters.

I had made the mistake of looking out the window, and saw 3 bodies lying outside. I felt sick to my stomach. I had never been this afraid in my life. The constant feeling of drowning was becoming hard on me.

I had found comfort in imagining what I would have been doing if this had never happened, such as watching movies, chatting, a so many other things.

How I missed that...

Hi everyone! This chapter is shorter, but I promise that we will be getting into the good parts soon! Hope you all are enjoying!