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2015: Toronto, Canada
Ethan sat on his couch as his seeing eye dog rested it's head near his lap. He brushed his fingers through the long and mangy fur, the dog clearly wagging it's tail as Ethan smiled to himself.
"American officials are still scrambling to find the start of what appears to be a new form of Rabies rapidly spreading through the country. Over two thousand are reported dead from the recent outbreak in New York City alone. President Obama and his family were airlifted out of Washington D.C today as the historic city was put into quarantine for the first time since the virus was first spotted in Charleston four months ago. In another historic move, the Canadian Parliament has shut down the Canadian border into America for health and safety concerns. Other countries have reported incidents of the new Rabies virus as well, as many as fifty countries so far now have confirmed cases which are rapidly multiplying." came a voice from the TV as Ethan reached over and grabbed the TV remote before turning it onto shuffle. Ethan heard a familiar knock on his front door before he heard it open and close as feet began to shuffle across the wooden floors.
"Hey Ethan, I'm back from the store. They were all out of the milk you drink with your coffee so I had to substitute. Is Samuel ready for his haircut today?" came his old friend Sarah's voice as he listened to her walk into the kitchen and set down a few plastic bags.
"Yea, his fur is getting too long. Isn't that right boy?!" Ethan said in a baby like voice as his dog barked and began to lick his face as Ethan laughed and giggled.
"Well, let me put these up and I'll take him out for his little haircut." Sarah said from the kitchen as Ethan stood up and felt around the arm of the couch for his stick. He finally felt the long tube of plastic before tapping it against the ground and walking into the kitchen. Ethan smelled something sweet as the smell of chocolate fudge hit his nose.
"Sarah...did you get...a double chocolate cheesecake?!" Ethan said exictedly, earning a small laugh from his dear friend as he heard the refrigerator door open and close.
"God, I can't get anything past your sense of smell can I? Yes I did get one, it's your birthday here in a few days and I know how you love chocolate cheesecake." Sarah said, her heels clicking against the floor as Ethan listened to her start rummaging through another bag of groceries.
"Thank you Sarah...God, what would I do without you?" Ethan asked, bumping into a stool at the island bar before taking a seat and setting his cane down.
"Oh I don't know, probably bump into every thing known to man?" Sarah replied with a chuckle as Ethan smiled back.
"It means a lot to me that you stay with me and help me with things." Ethan said before he heard the click of Sarah's heel step towards him, a hand landing on his shoulder.
"Ethan, we've been friends since high school. We have each others backs, friends forever. Oh, which reminds me. Your grandmother called while you were in the shower this morning and said she wouldn't be able to attend your party this Saturday due to the travel restrictions placed on the roads. She did say that she sent a card ahead and a small surprise of her own. Jane also sent me a text saying she would be late to dinner tomorrow, her boyfriend won't be getting off till seven." Sarah said as she let go of Ethan's shoulder and walked back to the grocery bags.
"Well, as long as she makes it at all. With college and Shane, she barely comes to see me anymore." Ethan said, his voice laced with a backdrop of sadness. Ethan sat there and clasped his hands together as he fiddled with his fingers.
"Ethan...you okay?" Sarah asked, the grocery bags no longer making noise as Ethan looked up and nodded his head.
"Yea...just thinking about mom and dad. I wish they could be here to see me turn twenty...feels like just yesterday sometimes that I lost them to that damn...drunk driver." Ethan said with a momentary lapse as he steadied his breathing before shaking away the thought.
"Ethan, I know they'd give anything to be here and see you right now. Your mom and dad were two wonderful people...and they loved you very much." Sarah said, walking over as she stood in front of Ethan before pulling him into a hug.
"I know...and I loved them too. I just wish...wish I would've said goodbye." Ethan said, reaching up and wiping a single tear away before he felt Sarah's hands on his cheeks as she directed his face to look at her.
"Hey, listen to me. Please, don't worry so much. In the end, no one of have very long on this Earth. Life is fleeting, and filled with so many things, make your life spectacular." Sarah said, Ethan nodding his head as he felt his friend wrap her arms around his neck as she hugged him before walking off back to the groceries again.
Later That Night
Ethan sat in his living room as he traced his fingers over a small braille comic, the TV playing in the background. He smiled and chuckled as he traced his fingers over a funny joke in the comic as piano music played on the TV. Ethan reached over to his side as he plucked a grape from a bowl and guided it to his mouth. He then reached into his pocket as he took out his small cell phone before holding it to his mouth.
"Call Sarah Fishman." Ethan said, the phone beeping in reply before it began to ring. Ethan sat there as the phone rang and rang before finally cutting to voice mail.
"Hey Sarah, I know your out and about with Samuel. Give me a call when you can, it feels like you've been gone forever." Ethan said before tapping a side button, hanging up on the call. Ethan suddenly heard a car screech to a halt before a loud explosion rang out from outside the windows before screams began to echo outside.
"Oh my God!" Ethan said as a few car alarms began to go off across the apartment complex. Ethan reached for his phone once more as he pressed another side button meant for emergency calls only.
"All operators are busy now, please hang up and try your call again. All operators are busy now, please hang up and try your call again." came the automated voice as Ethan stood up and slowly felt his way over to the windows. Ethan could tell Sarah had left the blinds down as he felt them move as he leaned against the window to listen. Ethan could hear snarling from outside before a woman's scream pierced the night air, sending Ethan back up before practically tripping over the coffee table to turn the TV off. Ethan felt along the walls as he finally found the light switch and switched the lights off, blacking out his apartment windows from any searching eyes. Ethan pulled out his phone once more and brought it to his mouth as he pressed the same button as earlier again.
"Call Sarah Fishman." Ethan said as the phone beeped back before it finally began to ring again.
"Ethan! Is that you!?" came Sarah's panicked voice as Ethan bumped into the back of a wall and slid down it.
"Sarah, I just heard a loud car crash outside and screams. What's going on!?" Ethan asked as he heard gunshots sound off from somewhere in the apartment complex.
"Ethan, listen to me. Lock the door to the apartment and don't make any noise that could be heard outside." Sarah said as Ethan heard more screams begin to erupt from where the gunshots had been shot at.
"Sarah, what's going on?!" Ethan asked worriedly, his blood pressure beginning to rise as he heard another car plow into something else outside.
"It's that virus we've been hearing about on the news. It's broken through the containment system at the border. I was just getting Samuel's haircut whenever these people plowed through the glass of the store and began attacking people. This old bitch fucking bit my leg as I was trying to get out, I'm bleeding pretty badly. I'm with a few others locked in the safe room in the back of the store. Whatever you do Ethan, do not open the front door!" Sarah said before Ethan's signal cut out, the call ending as Ethan dropped the phone and slowly slid back up the wall. He reached his arms out in front of him as he turned in the direction he knew the door would be, finally bumping into the wooden door as he traced his fingers down to the knob. Ethan grabbed the lock and turned it before locking the deadbolt as well, slowly backing away from the door as more and more gunshots sounded off from outside somewhere. Ethan bumped into another wall as he slowly made his way to the side before coming to another doorway. He slipped into the room before closing that door behind him as well, finally backing up into his bed as he climbed into and curled his knee's close to his chest. Suddenly a deafening siren began to sound throughout the city streets, reverberating off of his bedroom windows as Ethan put his hands over his ears and rocked back and forth.
"Just be a dream, please just be a very bad dream." Ethan said as the siren continued to ring throughout the night air, the sound of a helicopter flying overhead somewhere.
"Please...just be a dream." Ethan said once more before finally falling off to his side and curling up by himself in bed, the siren still ringing outside.
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