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Alexjcreads- Reads 564
- Parts 11
"Breathe. Kick. Survive." Those three words got 16-year-old Nora Kaufman through the 500-yard freestyle. They won her a state championship, earned her a spot on the prestigious Gold Medal Swim Club, and secured her a future swimming for the University of Michigan. Her life was lane lines, 5 AM practices, and the deafening silence of the underwater world. But on June 13, 2026, the water turned against her. The ROES Virus-Rapid Onset Encephalitis Syndrome-doesn't just kill. It rewires the brain. Within hours, the infected lose all humanity, becoming twitching, relentless predators driven by a single urge: to feed. The outbreak spreads faster than society can react, and Arizona's desert heat becomes a furnace of chaos. Now, the pool that gave Nora her speed is her only sanctuary. Her teammates are scattered. Her city is a wasteland. Her family is fractured-and her sister Maya's buried resentments threaten to drown them all. Alongside her boyfriend Ben, Nora must navigate a world where the infected feel no pain, and where every shadow hides a monster wearing a familiar face. But the most dangerous threat isn't the virus. It's the darkness creeping into her own mind. Can a champion who thrived on structure survive a world without walls? Or will she, like the rest of civilization, finally drown in the dark?- Reads 564
Alexjcreads- Reads 415
- Parts 15
Saturday, June 13, 2026 - The day the world ended. Alexandria "Alex" Cahill had her future mapped out: 200 IM, 100 breast, state championships, college recruitment. Swimming was her life, her escape, her identity. Then the ROES Virus came. Rapid Onset Encephalitis Syndrome-a pathogen that attacks the brain, rewires it, and turns the infected into creatures driven only by the urge to attack and feed. Flu-like symptoms give way to seizures, confusion, and then-complete mental breakdown. Within hours, the infected are relentless, painless, unstoppable. The outbreak began in Salt Lake City. Within days, it spread to New York, Boston, D.C., Philadelphia. Governments fell. Cities became wastelands. And Alex found herself alone, trapped in a world that had collapsed around her. Now she's surviving on instinct-and on the muscle memory of every lap she's ever swum. The water that once carried her to victory now carries her through the apocalypse. But Alex isn't just searching for safety. She's searching for her mother-a nurse who was on the front lines when the outbreak hit. She's searching for her friends from the Decatur swim team. She's searching for any trace of the life she lost. The Final Lap is a story about loss, hope, and the bonds that survive even when the world doesn't.+12 more- Reads 415
those_cat_shoes- Reads 187
- Parts 6
A drama filled swimmer's life with an abundance of twists and turns.+2 more- Reads 187
SIlly_bells0124- Reads 449
- Parts 17
*******RECOMMENDED FOR COMPETITIVE SWIMMERS****** Includes but not limited to: Jokes Comments Memes Swimmer Hacks- Reads 449
American_Swimmer- Reads 244
- Parts 6
Just a bunch of problems and situations that only swimmers will understand. These are so true you are going to re-think life completely.+12 more- Reads 244
LittleRedHawk- Reads 343
- Parts 10
My swim stories, quotes, and things basically every swimmer will relate too.- Reads 343
