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"Chloe, Chloe wake up! Something really bad is happening and everyone is running around! Wake up!" The little redhead woke up looking around groggily; her best friend Aubrey was shaking her awake.
"Bree stop it, stop!" The four year old whined, trying to fall back asleep.
"No Chloe, we need to go down stairs! Your mommy and daddy seem really upset. Get up!" Aubrey insisted, finally getting her friend to wake up. Once they were both standing they slowly made their way down the hall to Chloe's parents' room. Pushing the door open they find it empty with the news playing on the tv. They didn't really understand what the lady was talking about, but all of a sudden there was a loud boom and the tv turned to static. Looking out the window, they screamed when they saw another huge explosion go off downtown. They both ran downstairs trying to find their parents, crying and scared.
"Aubrey, Chloe! No, stay back! Aubrey your parents are...your parents are sick, honey. We don't know what's going on but you need to stay back," Chloe's mom said when they found her near the office. All of a sudden they heard a loud bang and Aubrey's father had crashed through the glass slider into the office. Only he looked different, scary. He was covered in blood, his skin was all bumpy in places, and his eyes were bright red and glassed over. Chloe's father pulled a shiny black gun from his waistband and aimed it at the crazed men.
"Richard! Richard stay back! This isn't you. Aubrey is here! Richard god fucking damnit back up! Fuck," A shot rang through the air as Chloe's father, Will, pulled the gun on the wild man. He dropped like a brick and Will slowly walked backwards, Richard's blood dripping off of him.
"Daddy!" Aubrey cried looking wildly from her father's body to her best friend's dad, tears streaming down her face. "Why was he being mean? Why did you shoot him? Daddy, wake up!"
"No! Baby he's gone, he and your mommy got very sick with whatever is going around. Aubrey baby, you're with us now, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry," Jane sobbed, grabbing the little girl before she went and touched her father. She was an orphan who just saw her father get killed after acting insane. "Will, we need to get them out of here, we need to get out of the state."
"Let's go now. Come on Chlo, we are going to go for a road trip, okay?" He said, looking to his daughter who had been uncharacteristically quiet during the whole ordeal. She looked completely mesmerized by the body on the ground...quickly he grabbed her and the four of them ran out of the house. Getting into the vehicle, they strapped the girls into their car seats and took off. Chloe took Aubrey's hand and tried to comfort the girl in the only way her young mind knew how. They heard Will and Jane talking about the sickness crossing the entire east coast, and it had started in the Huston where they were.
"Fuck, it looked like everybody and their cousin has the same damn idea. We need to get out of Texas, and now. Holy shit!" The girls saw a lot of cars backed up on the normally clear highway. But when Chloe's dad screamed, their view was blocked by Jane as she tried to shield the little girls from the gruesome sight in front of them.
"Just take the back roads; turn here! I'm going to call Tommy to meet us."
"I am, I am! He better pick up!"
They started driving again and the girls were wide awake, trying to understand what was happening around them. Aubrey had stopped crying for now, but Chloe was still silent. They heard Jane talking quietly and frantically over the phone with her brother, keeping him updated on where they were and where they would be. Suddenly the road became bumpy as Will drove over the sidewalk. When they thought they were in the clear he jammed his foot on the gas, not paying attention to the intersection as he drove through, causing them to be t-boned by a huge truck making everything go dark.
Next thing the girls knew they were being carried by Will as they ran through the crowded streets, with Jane in front of them with the gun, guiding them along still talking to Tommy through her bluetooth. They didn't know how long they were running for but they watch as the city turned into random dirt trails.
"Where did mommy go? Daddy where did mommy go?" Chloe's silence was finally broken when she realized her mom was no longer in front of them. She began to panic in her dad's arms, squirming and looking around to try and see her mother.
"Honey stay still, mommy stayed back for a second to try and help us get ahead. Uncle Tommy finally found us. She'll be o-"
"Stop right there!" A soldier yelled pointing his lighted gun in their faces.
"Look buddy, we've had a really tough time we just wanna-"
"Sir? What should I do? But sir, there are two small kids. Okay. Yes sir," The soldier was frantically talking into his walkie talkie but his shoulders fell defeated. Slowly he raised his gun and Chloe watched her dad's eyes become large with realization before extremely loud shots rang out. Both girls were dropped and they hit the ground, rolling down the hill. When they finally stopped, Chloe and Aubrey looked around, trying to find Will. He was lying a few feet away, being completely still. Both girls crawled over and Chloe let out a scream when she saw his eyes stuck wide open and spots of blood growing all over him. A bright light was shined on them from above but before the soldier could shoot, his aim changed and two shots rang out. The soldier fell, and they heard a woman's cry.
"Jane?! No! Jane, oh god!" The girls could see Chloe's uncle Tommy leaning over a familiar looking body as it withered and gasped. Once they got closer they saw Jane laying on the ground breathing hard and holding her torso, which was losing blood quickly.
"Chloe...Aubrey...Babies, please come," She sobbed opening her arms for the girls to come closer. "Uncle Tommy… He's going to...take care of you for a while… I've got to go away though babies. I love you both so so much... I love...you...both," She let out a wheezing breath, closing her eyes before going limp.
"Come on girls... We have to go. No, we have to go now. I'm so sorry, but we have to go," Tommy said through sobs of his own as he picked up two crying little girls and ran.
Radio News Broadcast: "...The number of confirmed deaths has passed two hundred. The governor has
called a state of emergency…"
Radio News Broadcast: "...There were hundreds and hundreds of bodies lining the streets…"
Radio News Broadcast: "...Panic spread worldwide after a leaked report from the World Health
Organization showed that the latest vaccination tests have failed…"
Radio News Broadcast: "...with the bureaucrats out of power we can finally take the necessary
steps to…"
Radio News Broadcast: "...Los Angeles is now the latest city to be placed under martial law. All
residents are required to report to their designated quarantine-..."
Radio News Broadcast: "...Riots have continued for a third consecutive day and winter rations are
at an all-time low…"
Radio News Broadcast: "...A group calling themselves the Fireflies have claimed responsibility for
both attacks…"
Radio News Broadcast: "...Their public charter calls for the return of all branches of government…"
Radio News Broadcast: "...Demonstrations broke out following the execution of six more alleged
Fireflies…"
Leader of fireflies: "...You can still rise with us. Remember, when you're lost in the darkness...
look for the light. Believe in the Fireflies…"
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