A Girl Named Odd
By: Hannah Starling
Note: I own the following story, it has been copyrighted.
Prologue
What makes a man mad? Many things seem to come to mind when we ask ourselves this. Is it greed? Power? The need to be more successful than others? How about disease? Even this is the cause of man's downfall. The way the disease affects the brain, sitting there, slowly eating away at each cell, taking over every nerve and function. People, they have no control of what's happening to them. This will spread, and if it does? Well, it will not be a good thing. No one can survive this.
The year is 2024, seems like yesterday that the year was 2011. How would I know what it was like then? I lived it. All these years, my cells slowly aging. For some odd reason that I am not aware of. I was born in the 1990s. My body is that of a 19 year old, but my mind contains over 50 years worth of knowledge.
I was of the age 17, on the 29th of September, year 2012. I was a few months from graduating high school. Did that ever come to pass? Sadly, no. Here's why:
~ The ancient theory of the Mayans civilization was that the world would meet it's terrible fate in the year 2012. Scientists investigated this for hundreds of years and could not come up with the truth. Some believed it to be a hoax, others thought the theory was true. The Mayans were only half correct, the world did indeed end in 2012, but the planet did not. Only it's inhabitants. ~
December 12, 2012, a deadly disease was unleashed accidentally. I haven't any idea how or why? All I know is it started in the western part of the United States.
It spread all over the world, preying on every human being. The disease isn't like the ones you normally hear about. Spanish Influenza and Swine Flu cannot compare. No, this is much worse. Man never stood a chance.
They call this virus, "MVD" (Mankind Vampiric Disease). Basically, it transforms your cells and takes over your functions. Giving it's unlucky victim, paranoia, confusion and despondency. Only few survive the transformation.
MVD cannot be spread airborne, it requires biting, scratching and exchanging of bodily fluids to be spread. I'm currently investigating the cause of this epidemic. In doing so, I am also on the run. Nowhere is safe, not even a church.
Here is what I meant by disease making everyone mad, everyone is out to kill, out for blood. MVD caused everyone to turn away from their humanity, and turn against one another. The human race is almost completely wiped out, there is only a few of us left. What happens when the last human breathes their last breath? I don't want to know.
I'm heading west towards where all this began. I need answers to uncertain questions. Sometimes, I hope this is all but a dream and I'm waking up into a normal world, but this is now my reality. Everyone is gone.
