And so here we have the first of Edward's flashbacks!
"Good morning, Chicago!" What the hell...? "It's seven o'clock and time for the world news report. A viral outbreak is under investigation in China..." Damn alarm. I brought my hand down hard on the snooze button, then felt around the alarm clock and turned the alarm off, and fell back asleep.
I actually woke up two hours later at nine. It was my first day of summer break after my second year at the University of Chicago, and since I didn't have to work today either, I had slept in. I just wish next time I wouldn't set alarm. I wandered into the kitchen to find some breakfast and found my cell phone beeping. I had six missed calls (five of which had left messages), and seven texts.
Two of the messages and three of the texts were from Tanya. I erased those without listening or reading them. I had another text from my cousin Carlisle, asking if I had heard about China. And a message from his wife, Esme, asking the same. What are they talking about? My other texts and messages from various friends all asked the same thing. Right. To the TV and CNN.
I started watching, and immediately forgot about breakfast. There was an outbreak of something in China and some neighboring countries, and they had video. It was...impossible to describe. Horrifying, disgusting, and you just couldn't look away.
My phone rang. I answered without looking. "Hello?" I said absently, still staring intently at the TV.
"You've seen the news, then?"
"Yeah. Carlisle, what the hell is this?"
"No one knows."
I watched as the video showed someone firing straight into the attackers chest, only to have nothing happen until the stream of bullets hit the head.