One hundred billion people wasn't something that the world could just ignore. It was an epidemic that effected everyone. Virus X was something no one expected or saw coming, not even the top scientists. Some journalist believed that it was an inside job that our government had carried out in order to keep the population down so that resources could last in future. Others believed that it was God's punishment to us all for sinning and not taking care of the land he had given us.
It started off like a cold but by day two the symptoms got worse, then suddenly the body just started to shut down one organ at a time and the next day people were dead. Three days was all it took. The government somehow managed to find a cure but not before billions of people died. The X virus is what shaped Hewlett in what it is today.
The scientists later found out that there was a certain gene present in young people and adults which lead the government to isolate people they presume to have the gene. The Breathers are the lucky ones immune to the disease that took people's lives and the Suffocators are the ones that have the gene, segregated by society.
I'm patient number 1242 from sector no.6 but my real name is Rosa and I'm a presumed to be a Suffocator. Fate probably already decided that I would be one even though I don't want to be. Facts don't matter to them as I am no longer considered as a person. I'm the living thing that is feared.
YOU ARE READING
Creators
Science FictionHewlett was hit by an epidemic in 2156 which they named the X virus. When the epidemic slightly declined the government divided the people into two groups, the Suffocators who are carries of the disease and the Breathers who are immune. Rosa is bei...
