The Shanxi Virus: An epidemic survival story by John Winchester

Author:John Winchester
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-06-26T06:00:00+00:00

Friday, June 12th

Chapter 14

Jen sat down on the concrete curb at the edge of the street, waiting for the rest of the group to arrive. After setting the infected woman's corpse alight, Robin had wasted no time before taking charge, setting the others to work and instructing the rest of the group to meet in the cul-de-sac. That had been almost two hours ago.

Jen was glad that someone had stepped up to the plate. She didn't know her parent's neighbors all that well, but from what she'd seen they were not the brightest bunch. Jen wouldn't admit it to the others, but when Mike shot Claire, she'd felt a huge sense of relief. If she had been in Mike's shoes, she liked to think she would have done the same thing. She would do anything to keep herself from catching the virus.

The others began filing in a few minutes later, sitting on the curbside or on the street itself. Ted was the last to arrive, shoulders drooping as he lugged the long bar chainsaw and gas canister up the hill. He dropped the chainsaw in the grass and plopped down on the curb not far from Jen, wiping the sweat from his brow.

"Ted, move away from Jen and go sit next to Mike. We've got a new rule. Keep fifteen or twenty feet between yourself and anyone who isn't an immediate member of your household. I know we've already broken that rule dealing with the incident down the hill, but I think everybody has been enlightened as to what we're dealing with." Robin turned a serious glare towards Rich Preston, and then in Jen's direction. "Am I right? We're all taking this seriously now? Nobody is going to try to leave until the government manufactures a vaccine or the virus burns itself out?"

Heat burned Jen's cheeks, and she nodded in agreement. If she didn't need her OCD meds so badly, she never would have tried to leave in the first place. She had no idea how she was going to cope without them, but considering the risk of trying to get them, she had to find a way to live without them.

"I'm not convinced that we should stay here," Rich said. "I heard on the radio that the military set up a camp for civilians at Fort Leonard Wood. They have food, shelter, and a hospital. Why shouldn't we go there?"

"What do they have there that we don't have here?" Robin asked. "Aside from a hospital? Are you injured? If you don't need a hospital right this minute, then I wouldn't worry about it. Besides, we have Jen here. She's a third-year medical student. I'm sure she can take care of anything that comes up. Rich, I heard that broadcast too, but I'm not so sure that I want to be crowded together in a tent city with a bunch of strangers. It doesn't make much sense to gather everyone into one spot. We saw how that ended up working in the big cities.

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