The Whole Truth....?

V learns about the infection that ends the world.

Decmember 21, 2012

7:20 A.M

 

 President Hill is a short, stocky think built man. He is all grey and silver hair. He is in his 60s I believe or late 50s. This is his first full month in office. I liked this president, I thought he would serve at least 2 terms. Today  President Hill did not look well at all. He had heavy dark bags under his eyes, his normally styled hair was looking alittle disheveled and he looked pale under the bright lights. I thought he might have been lacking on sleep, maybe a few days worth. He wore his normal black suit, white shirt and this morning a red tie which he had left loosened around his neck. He straightened some papers on the podium stand and when he looked up and into the camera he looked so old and wore down, it made me hold my breathe. He stared straight into the came with eyes that seemed devoid of light, just two small black holes waiting to suck the world down into them. He began his announcement and i released the breathe I was holding. Adam was rubbing his hand up and down my back trying to keep any panic from setting in.

 

             "Good Morning Fellow Americans. I would like to thank you for joining

me again this morning. For those who did see my speech last night this

will go over alot of the same points plus any new information i have

received. Last night at about 11:30 PM,CT I informed the nation that we

may be facing a national or even global situation in the coming days,

weeks or months. It is now clear that this "situation" can not be contained

For those just now tuning in I will explain the situation very soon. First

whatever needs to know is that there is a "Red Zone" or "Ground Zero"

of this. These areas are to be considered "Potential deadly health areas".

Our GZ or RZ is in South-East Michiagan near South Michigan University.

This situation has potential to spread very quickly so even if you live 40

miles away you still have to be prepared"

 

 President Hill took a moment to mover around some papers, get a drink of water and fumble with his tie. I gave Adam a "what the hell is going on? What is he talking about?" look. He didnt know so he shrugged back put his index finger to his lips and blowing then pointing to the TV where the Pres had cleared his throat and was about to start talking again. Effectively shutting me up. I stared straight at the TV waiting to find out What exactly the "situation" was.

 

"Science has come up with a reliable prediction of how fast this

might spread, here is our most current research findings:

3 Months- Most if not all of the US

6 Months- Covering Mexico and Canada

1 Year- Reaching all but the most remote islands of the globe.

 

 I grabbed Adams free hand, not knowing what else I could do. I didnt even know what the situation was but Damn the whole world was going to have it in about ayear..... This did not seem like good news to me. Hopefully they will tell us how to fight the situaiton. Adam gave me hand a good squeeze back, never taking his eyes off the TV.

 

"....may not sound like good news people, We are just trying to

keep everyone informed of the facts at hand. The situation is

what we are now calling the "RA Virus" short for

"Re-Animation Virus". This virus was found to be useful in a

new cancer and radiation treatment. The treatment was

still in early testing phase and was approved for human

volunteer testing around the beginning of October.

It was approved to be administered by Oncologists at

South Michigan University. The volunteers would

receive these shots 3 times a week with radiation 2

times a month. The first 2 months of testing showed

promising signs, No unusual bad side effects in the

volunteers. That was until 2 two ago, one of the

volunteers began to have flu-like symptoms, fever,

muscle aches, fatigue, insomnia, ect. Test were

run on all volunteers. They only abnormal result was a

slight increase in Methane in the body. No one had a

concern of this increase and treatments continued.

The following day 5 other volunteers were feeling

sick. Several more following suit until the end of last week

when the first one to feel ill did not show up to his normal

scheduled appointment. The nurses and doctors become

alarmed and sent someone to this house to do a

check. What was found was a horrible sight. I will

not go into grusome details but I will tell you

the information you need to know. The man was in

his bed, the doctor checked for a pulse but found nothing.

The doctor check the mans body out for any sort

of evidence to what happened. When he came across

the imjection site he noted think red spider web

looking discolorations branching out for it. The mans

pallor had become very pale almost translucent and

he eyes had yellowed from jaundice. The colors in his

eyes had become smoky in appreance.

The police and Medical Examiner were called to

remove his body. The doctor return to the SM Univ

and reported his findings. They agreed to stop

using this new shot immediatly. Of the studies 10 volunt-

eers 6 were found dead, 4 were still missing. The doctors

began testing blood taken from the volunteers

when they were receiving the shot and after they had

passed. What they saw was the RA Virus at work.

The small a mircroscopic organism- the virus-

attacking the healthy red blood cells around it.

Virus would kill the healthy cell and attach itself

to it. The virus seemed to be controling the red

cell that was attached. Both the virus and the red

cell began attacking the closest healthy cells

near them. This continued making the volunteers

feel the flu-like sypmtoms until their bodies

were over run with the dead cells. When the

volunteers did finally pass the virus attached to all availbe

cells and it became a single minded,

single acting objest. On slides containing the

tainted blood when the healthy cells ran out

the virus moved aimlessly about. When the doctors

added healthy cells to the slides the organism sort them

out again, attaching and killing them.

 

 The President took another short break, getting a cup of water, shuffling papers about. At some point my mouth had opened and I hadnt had the tought to close it yet. I could only stare at the TV making small sqeauks of protest. I didnt know what any of the things he said really meant but I was 100% sure it wasnt ending in rainbows and unicorns now. Adam was completly still and silent behind, long ago releasing me from his protective arms. I wanted them back, thats the only time I gelt safe and I needed that now. I reached back and pulled one of his arms around me interlocking our fingers and resting our hands on my thigh. The Pres tapped lightly on the mic to let everyone know we were starting the show again.

 

"THank you for your patience, I know this is a

great deal of informatin to take in. This next

part is the most important part to keeping safe in

the coming future. The doctores overseeing the trial

received a call from the ME office concerning the

volunteer that was found dead earlier that day. They were

told that the ME had been bitten by this man. The ME had

noticed some sort of twitching in the mans fingers, toes

and jaw muscles. This was about 5 hours after he was

brought in. The ME had been examing the injection site.

The deep red lines had spread down his entire arm and

had made its way across his chest. She was leaning in for a

closer inspection when then man grabbed her arm and bit

her. She bandaged her own wound and locked the man

in the morgue alone. The ME developed

a high fever hitting 102 in a matter of hours.

She was sent home with some antibiotics and told to

get some rest. The MEs office set a gaurd infront

of the morgue door. The gaurd reported that the "man"

had a unsteady gate to his walk, almost shuffling. He also

reported that the "man" was continiously snapping his jaws

open and closed like he was chewing something.

He was doing this in such a forceful manner that he cracked

and even broke some of his own teeth. It should also

be noted that when the gaurd or anyone walked by the window

door the "man" would follow even repeatly running into

the glass to get to the person. The people who knew

about the situation began to watch the news and

saw news  reports of a "strange flu" "extremly violent

people" and they knew that the virus was spreading.

The areas most affected right now are: South East Michigan,

Northern Ohio and Eastern Indiana. I informed the public

last night to be on the look out for anyone seeming to

act agressive or violent. I am here to night to inform you

again to stay on the look out for these people and also

people who have flu-like syptoms. Do not het close to

any of these people they may be carrying the virus.

Stay indoors as much as possible and call emergency

numbers if needed.  We will be giving updateds

every 24 hours as long as we can.

Thank you good people of America. Be safe.

 

 And with that the TV screen went black leaving us to wonder what the f**k just happened??

 

 

 

 

Author's Note

Hey Everyone! This is my first attempt at writing a full story. I would like to be able to construct a more realistic response to a zombie apocalypse and I hope that is what I am accomplishing. Being new to this I would love to get Pos/Neg feedback about the characters are they defined enough? Can you relate to their reactions? Does the storyline seems more realistic then other zombie stories??
Now I am not done writing the whole story yet so I will keep on posting as I finish!!
Thanks everyone! Have a great read!!