You can read these words if you like. It may temporarily relieve boredom while you are quarantined. If you're reading this after the corona epidemic, good job on surviving. If you weren't alive during the corona epidemic, I don't know why you're reading this. You probably have robots to read for you and stuff like that. Anyways, enjoy.

We woke up the next morning with our wounds mostly healed. Trudy and the five others were eating in the mess hall when somebody knocked on the front gates. I checked the cameras and it was an Atlantian from Resilience. I stood up. "You two, with me, everyone else, stay on guard, " I said. The two followed me to the gate. I had them stand just inside the wall, behind a corner so they wouldn't be seen.

I opened the gate. The Atlantian outside was a lower ranking soldier, just a messenger. He had rations and medipads with him. His holster was empty, and the gun was lying on the ground a few yards away. He held his hands away from his body to show he was unarmed. He was visibly tired and breathing hard.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Everyone we have- is sick with- some virus. We don't know- how to cure it- but the supplies you- took yesterday helped- them fight off the- virus. We need your help- to stop the spread, " He said, gasping for breath.

"How many are sick, and is it humans and Atlantians?"

"Everyone is sick. Almost all are sick, except for twenty or so. " He had stopped gasping, but was still very tired.

"Are you sick?"

"Yes. They sent me to get your help and to show the symptoms. "

"How many have died?"

"So far, four. But everyone is sick, and we don't know if it will get worse. "

"ARC, analyze. What is it?"

ARC processed the symptoms for a bit, as well as vitals from the Atlantian in front of me. "Analysis suggests it is a virus called Covid-19. Mortality rate is higher among older humans and Atlantians. "

"Will they be fine without our help?"

This is where I make stuff up again. Any similarity to government, commercial, or private projects or research is purely coincidental.

"No. The Covid-19 virus itself isn't much worse than a bad cold, but, in about three or four weeks, it will mutate into Covid-20. The antibodies produced to fight Covid-19 will be useless and even counterproductive against Covid-19. This is when the deaths will rise. Mortality rate of Covid-20 is 84%, barely lower than the black plague. "

"Alright, We'll help you. Any traps or ambushes and I'll have Hope will blast your camp off the planet from orbit, " I told him. Hope's orbital strike cannons had been broken when we first left Atlantis, but the Resilience crew didn't know that.

"I understand. When do you want to leave for my camp?"

"We'll leave in about an hour. You can come in while we get ready. "

"Thank you. "

I walked back through the gates, signalling to the other two to stand down. They lowered their rifles and followed me into the complex, keeping an eye on the messenger. I led them to the command room where the others were waiting.

"Alright guys, the uprisers have a virus in their camp. Trudy, take three and get about a quarter of the medical supplies on the helicopter. You three, with me. I'll go talk to the leader in their camp. Don't fly in until you get an all clear from me. " Trudy nodded and began to get the helicopter loaded. I would take the messenger back to their camp and talk to their captain. I needed them to stop fighting us if they wanted our help. I grabbed a small pack of medical supplies and began to trek to their camp.