I woke up and walked to my bathroom for a shower. I washed my hair , got out and looked in the cabinet. To my surprise I found a curling iron , I smile washed across my face at the thought of doing my hair differently. I hurried and plugged it in before changing clothes.

Top - tight camo half top

Bottems - black ripped jeans with lace underneath

Shoes - converse boots that go to mid-calf

Jacket - leather biker jacket.

I got started and curled all of my honey-copper hair. I walked out my hair and down the hall till I reached the kitchen , were everyone was eating. I sat down at the end of the table next to glen who was moaning about a hangover.

Dr. Jenner walked in and I mentally kicked myself for forgetting to talk to him last night.

" I don't mean to pester you so early in the morning" Dale said.

" But you will anyway" Jenner said back.

" We didn't come for the eggs" Andrea said from the other side of the table with a plate of food.

"looks like to me SHE came for the eggs" I snickered.

" When you're done follow me" he said before walking out. I ran after him.

" Hey" I said once I caught up to him in the hallway.

" Yes?" he said.

" We need to talk"

" About?" he said raising and eyebrow.

" About Karen"

His eyes widened and he sucked in a breath like I had just kicked him in the chest.

" How – how did you know my wife" he stuttered.

" Correction I KNOW your wife" I said.

He looked at me like I was stupid or something.

" If I'm going to be blunt about this. I'm an angel from Heaven , but that's not important what's important is I was up there with your wife she's my bestfriend.

He looked lost for words.

" Why are you lying to me?"

" I'm not"

" Yes , yes you are cause angels aren't real!" He said getting angry.

" If I was lying how would I know that you guys met at the university of Texas and that on your first date you snuck up on the roof and watched the stars till three in the morning. The next day she missed two of her classes but she didn't care cause she already knew she loved you"

His eyes weld up in tears. " How did you know that?"

" I know that , cause she told me that a week ago when we were on a walk she told me all about you and I made a promise to her that if I found you when I was down here that I would tell you something for her"

He was openly crying now. " What did she say?" he said.

" She wanted me to tell you that she loves you and she misses you"

" Is – Is she happy , you know up there?"

" She's very happy , you should see the arguments though with her and Einstein , man those get heated" I said laughing a little to lighten the mood.

He chuckled and then pulled me into a hug. I froze not sure what to do.

" Thank you" he said.

" Your welcome" I said patting him on the back.

He let go and wiped his tears as the rest of the group came down the hall.

He led us into what he called ' the big room'.

" Welcome to zone 5" he said gesturing to around him. " Vi give me a playback of TS-19"

"Playback of TS-19" the computer voice said.

" Very few get to see this" Jenner said.

We watched as an image came up on the screen.

" Vi give me an EIV" Jenner said.

"Enhanced Internal View"

" Is that a brain?" Carl asked.

" An extraordinary one , not that it matter in the end" Jenner said.

" What's all those lights?" Rick asked.

" It's you , somewhere in all those ripples of light is you , the part that makes you human"

" You mak' sence ever?" Daryl asked.

" Synapses , ripples of light that control everything a person wants , says and does. From the moment of birth to the moment of death"

"Death? Is that what this is a visual"

"More or less the play back of the Visual" Jenner said.

" Scan to first event"

"Scanning to first event" Vi said.

" It invades the brain like meningitis , the brain hemrages then the major organs go into shut down. Then death.

We watched as the brain that was once full of life slowly faded to black.

" Vi scan to second event"

"Scanning to second event"

" The reanimation time varies , some two hours others sooner the longest we have heard is eight hours. In this case it was two hours nine minutes and seven seconds" Jenner said.

We watched as a red glow started in the bottom of the brain.

" It restarts the brain?" Lori asked.

" No , just the brain stem. Basically gets them up and moving but the frontal lobe , the Nero cortex the human part. The part that makes you , you. That doesn't come back. Basically it's a shell driven by mindless instinct" Jenner replied.

" But there not alive?" Rick asked.

" You tell me" Jenner said.

" It's nothing like before , most of that brain is dark"

" Dark lifeless dead"

" Jenner I know this has been taxing for you and I hate to ask one more question. But that clock it's been counting down this whole time , what happens at zero?" Dale asked.

" The basement generators they uhh run out of fuel" Jenner said.

" Then what happens?" Rick asked.

Jenner just walked away.

" Vi what happens when the generators run out of fuel"

"When the fuel runs out facility wide decontamination will occur"

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Me , Carl , Lori , Sophia , Andrea , Amy and Carol sat in one room while the men went to check the fuel tanks in the basement. I went over to Carl and Sophia.

" Hey you guys want to dance I can play some music on my phone" I asked.

Sophia's face lit up with excitement as she looked to her mom for approval.

" It's fine with me" Carol said.

" It's okay with me too" Lori said.

I pulled my phone out of my pocket and played.

Cruse - Florida Georgia Line.

As the song started Sophia and Carl got up and came over to me as I started dancing around.

When the chorus played I picked up Sophia and spun her around a couple times , she was laughing and having a blast.

Even Amy joined in she stood up and started dancing. I walked over to her and took her hands as we jumped around crazily like two stupid teens.

We were dancing around when Lori stood up and put her hand up to the AC. I looked over to her and said.

" Something wrong?"

" No , just the air stopped"

A couple seconds later the lights turned off. The kids ran to their moms scared as we made our way to the hallway. I opened the door as Jenner walked by.

" Jenner why did the air stop , and the lights?"

" the building is prioritizing its energy"

" Air isn't a priority or lights" I asked

He just kept walking , so we all followed him.

" What's going on?" I asked.

" Zone 5 shutting itself down" he replied taking a drink from the bottle he stole from Daryl before handing it back to him.

" Okay Lori Carl get your stuff everyone let's get out of here" Rick said.

We all started walking towards the door when sirens sounded and the lights turned red.

"30 minutes to decontamination"

" LETS GO" Rick yelled.

We all ran to the door just as the gates slid down and it sealed shut.

" Did he just lock us in" Glen asked wide-eyed.

" Open the door" Rick said.

" It's better this way" Jenner said.

" What is? What happens in 28 minutes?" Rick asked.

Jenner didn't say anything.

"HEY WHAT HAPPENS!" Rick yelled grabbing on to Jenner's shoulder.

Jenner stood up.

" DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS PLACE IS! WE HAVE PROTECTED YOU GUYS FROM SOME PRETTY NASTY STUFF. WEAPONIZED SMALL POX. EBOLIE STRANDS THAT COULD WIPE OUT THE ENTIRE COUNTY!"

He sat down before continuing a little calmer.

" In an event of a major power outage a tsarist attack for example HITs are deployed to keep any unwanted organisms from getting out"

"HITs?" Rick asked.

" Vi define" Jenner said.

"H.I.T.s - high-impulse thermo baric fuel-air explosive consists of a two-stage aerosol ignition which produces a blast wave of significantly greater power and duration than any other known explosive except nuclear. The vacuum-pressure effect ignites the oxygen between 5,000 and 6,000 degrees and is used when the greatest loss of life and damage to structures is desired."

" Sets the air on fire. No pain just a millisecond and it's over , no more sorrow , no more grief."

" An End"…