Broken - Broken Alpha Series Book 2 by Amanda J. Baker

Author:Amanda J. Baker [Baker, Amanda J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-12T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 3

Lana had stopped running a while ago. Now, she was just sobbing.

She had made it past the tiny encampment on the dirt road. She was well on her way back to her own residence, when she had stopped on the side of the road. She had leaned against a tree short of breath, tears already streaming down her face. Then she had thrown up. She threw up again, and finally a third time. Now, she was resting against the tree. She tried to make herself stop crying, but she could not. Lana wanted to stop the tears. She tried to distract herself, but every time she closed her eyes she saw the image of the boy. He was staring straight at her with lifeless eyes.

He had suffered. He had been in pain, and no human should ever have to suffer that. It was a terrible existence having the virus. You wouldn’t die for a while. It took about a week or so, which was still relatively quick. The symptoms would set in in a day or two, and then you would be rendered immobile. You would not only have very limited control over your body, but you would also be far too drained of energy to utilize those parts you did have control over. After that, the boils would appear and erupt frequently, causing puss to ooze all over your skin and your clothes while also dehydrating you. On the third day, the blood loss typically began, and by this time you were essentially dead. The only movements would be caused by your muscles spasming and your brain convulsing. You would not eat or drink for the next three days, while continually losing fluids and blood. At this point not only were you barely alive, but many people—including Lana after today—believed that there was no free will within you. You were braindead, unable to think and reason the way any human being ought to. Any person who got to such an advanced stage of the disease was nothing more than a useless old animal, wounded and unable to make themselves useful. Most importantly, they were suffering. They were experiencing something no human should have to go through. The way it crippled a person was humiliating, and at this point, it was better off to be dead than alive.

Lana was sure that many would beg to be put out of their misery, if they could. At the same time, another part of her wondered if they could even feel pain anymore. It was a terrifying thought. To be infected by a disease that takes over you, takes away your control and your liberty, even your ability to think. It was all a scary mess, but the one thing that got to Lana was it taking away your ability to feel pain. If the disease did do that, it would be a terrifying conclusion. Most viruses don’t attack your pain receptors. Hell, most of them leave your body alone. The sole purpose of a virus is to infect its host and use the body as a factory to produce more viruses.

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