We have to thank mainly the situation that is currently presented since if it had not been for this global pandemic, we would not have had the opportunity to write this story that we present to you today ....
Remember: "The challenges of life are not there to paralyze you, but to help you discover who you are."
Hello my name is Hannah and today I come to tell you my experience of how I survived a worldwide, deadly and catastrophic epidemic.
It was March 20th, I was at school like a normal day with my friends, when suddenly the school alarms started ringing, it was about 10 am, the teachers looked desperate and started to evacuate all the students, we didn't really know what was happening we were confused as everyone looked distressed and scared running around; Suddenly, I went into a state of shock, I could only listen without understanding the few words that were announced through the megaphone, I felt paralyzed, I didn't know what to do, it was as if my body couldn't react to the situation, I lost consciousness completely and I couldn't remember what had happened, after that I only know that I woke up in a kind of shelter next to unknown people, I have no idea how I was able to get there.
After I regained my full consciousness the first thing I heard was a voice ordering me to go out and get food, however he issued a warning: "Be careful with them". I didn't know what he meant or what his words meant, I just decided to follow in the footsteps of others. When I left the shelter the first thing I saw around me was a forest that seemed to be very far from the city, at a moment to another someone pushed me towards a group of people and then we were divided into groups, we began to walk and when I looked at the sky I could notice the sun hiding, it seemed that it was going to get dark which could bring a climate of approximately 5 ° C as it was winter, the forest where I was thick and the view was very reduced by the amount of shrubs and snow that covered them, it began to get very cold, you could say that the temperature was too low; I hear irritating sounds of insects and other creatures feeding on decaying animals.
As we went along, we were picking fresh fruit; we kept walking for about 10 minutes when we noticed a lake on the way that had almost no water because of the low temperatures that changed it from a liquid to a solid state, but everyone picked up what they could.
On the way back to the shelter, I was trying to remember what had happened before all this, although because of my distraction I stumbled upon a large rock that was on the ground, I looked up and saw a person holding out his hand to help me up; because it was dark I could not recognize his face immediately, but when I took his hand and stood up I could see who it was, he was from my school, we never got along, his name was Andrew, he was the boy that had always bothered me during all my school days, until that day I always thought he was the most unbearable; suddenly we heard someone shouting "run, here they come", everyone got scared and started running, at that moment I asked him what was happening, he told me:
"there is no time to explain", he took my hand strongly and we started running towards the shelter, while we were running I looked back and I saw that the people who were staying too far away were making me believe that they were drowning, they were falling to the floor as if their breathing was cut off and their lungs stopped working, I tried to return to help them, but Andrew said that we could not do that because if he returned I could die, I threw myself down and we kept running, finally we arrived at the shelter, and from how exhausted we were we went to rest.
The next day, as soon as I woke up, I looked around and noticed that there was no one next to me, everyone had already woken up, so I decided to go out and look for them, when I walked for a few minutes I still found no trace of anyone, and when I realized I was on a mountain with a slope of about 100 degrees and a fall of about 12,000 meters from which I could see a city, that scenario made me wonder about my family, but I knew
inside that I didn't remember much about who they were or even what they looked like, I just knew that since every person must have a family and must be there somewhere, (until now I was starting to assimilate the reality I was in and retrieve my memories), I was determined to find them even if I didn't find any sign of them in my memories.
On my way back to the shelter I found Andrew asking me where I was and what I was doing, I told him that I wanted to find part of me, my loved ones, so I wanted to go to the city, at that moment, his face changed from a worried expression to a worried face, I remembered that on another occasion he had told me that it was not safe to come back, but I kept insisting until he told me that I could go on the condition that he would accompany me, I accepted without thinking because it was better to be accompanied although I was not sure if he was a person I could trust.
First we went to the shelter to pick up the necessary supplies, such as some food, water, and by surprise I realized that Andrew picked up some weapons, although I did not know why we would need them he explained to me that it was in case of an emergency in which case it would happen, but I still prayed to God that we would not be able to use them or hurt anyone, in short, he added that it was better for us to go out since it was convenient for us that the other residents did not notice and so being all asleep, we would take the opportunity to escape.
It was night, we were ready to escape, I noticed that my hometown was too far away so I asked Andrew how we would get there, he replied that we would have to walk and if we were lucky we could find a car or means of transportation where we could continue our journey. A warning to stop came to my mind, which was very risky, however, I was brave
enough to continue. We stayed up all night driving on empty roads, surprisingly exhausting.
The next day, at dawn, we saw a kind of store a few meters away from us, which when we approached it was like a gas station that unfortunately was abandoned and showed that a disaster had occurred some time ago; Andrew decided to go in to collect food and find items that could help us in the future; We noticed that in the back of the gas station we found a car with a disastrous image but it seemed to be busy, we carefully approached to confirm, and when we reached the border of the car we saw a silhouette, I decided to talk to him but that person did not react to any of my calls, Andrew took my arm with a warning signal, He pushed me behind him and when he opened the door the human body that was inside the car fell to the ground without any stability, he was definitely dead, his body didn't have any ,mark of an accident , it just had a rotten smell because of the advanced state of decomposition, which made us think because of the crows that were circling in the sky, that the body had been in that place for days. Andrew decided
to take advantage of that car without any belongings, he opened the door of the co-driver's seat, closed the door and climbed up next to me in the driver's seat, we couldn't find the keys, but Andrew had taken several courses in mechanics so he played with the wires and was able to start the car, consequently we put gas in it and got out as fast as possible.
About 100 meters after we had advanced I noticed in the rearview mirror that someone was
chasing us, I reacted thinking that it was a person asking for help so I warned Andrew, he
told me that it was not a being like us, that it could be confused with the aspect resembling
an ordinary human but that those things were mutants, I told him to explain everything that
was going on, and he asked me if I remembered the last day we were at school to which I
replied yes only that after I passed out I didn't remember anything else, so he started to tell
me everything in detail: "that day there was an alarm that distressed the entire population, a
kind of deadly virus had been unleashed as the main objective of affecting humans both
physically and psychologically, contagion began to increase uncontrollably that day in our
school, a girl seemed to have brought it in a kind of test tube to show everyone the new
invention of her father's company, However she did not know in itself that it was that
substance so when she dropped it it spread instantly. This virus as first stage affects mainly
the lungs and the breathing of the one who inhales it, they stop breathing completely and it
seems that they are dead, but in a lapse of time they get up again but they are not the same
anymore, they are like a kind of mutants, they do not have any memories or thoughts, they
are more like aggressive animals, hungry animals that only attack you with the objective of
taking possession of you and increasing their population, the means of contagion is by bite,
scratch or if you come in contact with their saliva or blood, this evil being has been invading
us for weeks, until today it has no cure and spread so fast that it is already all over the world,
as I said before the aspect of these people is the same as ours, although they have
investigated that they have acquired abilities and small physical forms from other animals,
possibly they used to realize that substance unpleasant diseases of those beings; moreover,
their actions are unconscious and they cannot speak, their sense of smell has developed in
such a way that they have an advantage in finding those who are not of their own kind. Now
that you know this, you must be aware of the great problem we are facing, we are at serious
risk everywhere.
It was a long road trip, without realizing that we had already arrived in the city, now the
difficult part began, the survival. The city looked shattered, nothing was in its place, in the
streets and platforms there were cars drifting and some of them were broken, people's
belongings were scattered on the ground, as for the houses and premises bathed in rubble
from the robberies, there were broken windows and open doors with signs of violence, but
they were not all, Some houses were still in good condition only they were covered by
boards everywhere, I guess the survivors locked themselves in so that no one could enter,
after all I observed, I decided to focus only on looking for my family to make sure they were
okay or if they still had vital signs, I was afraid to think that they could be part of the infected
since it could be my reality to find them.
Night started to fall and therefore we needed to look for a shelter, we searched in several places in the hometown, until finally we were lucky and found an abandoned house but in good condition, we decided to go inside and went to the kitchen where we found kitchen utensils that apparently had been used recently, We were intrigued because it meant that there could be people, however, we decided to spend the night in one of the rooms of the house because there was no way to go out and look for another place, at that time it was too dangerous to be outside, those beings were everywhere, we were so tired that in the midst of the discomfort and the bad environment we simply closed our eyes.
The next morning I woke up a little confused, with my eyes closed I saw that we were surrounded by people staring at us with pots in their hands, I reacted out of fear and the moment I tried to move I saw that my whole body was tied up with ropes and next to me was Andrew in the same way as me, I had no time to wake up completely, I only managed to detail a woman who hit me suddenly and that would be the reason I felt lost, I was in a lapse of knowledge where my lips could only pronounce one name and that was my friend's.
When I was able to react, when I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was Andrew trying to get me to react, we went down to the room where the lady and the other people were gathered, when they saw me they greeted me a little embarrassed and the lady apologized to me and explained that they thought we were infected, then they offered us something to eat and told us that when the infection started they went in because of the news that they started to broadcast more frequently, but they didn't have the opportunity to go to a shelter, so they decided to stay in their house and look for a way to protect themselves. We told them how we had come to the shelter , and that we had come all this way to look for my family. They offered us help, told us that we could bring some supplies and that we could stay in their house as long as we needed.
That same afternoon we went out with them, to look for food and also to look for clues about my family, we passed by some stores that still had some food left, we took what we could and went back to the house, that night while I was falling asleep images came to my mind of memories and I could remember some of them, among them my family where I could remember my sister and I
thought that maybe with her memory clear in my mind I could have more chances to find some clues about my family.
The next morning I woke up early and when I went downstairs the lady was already awake and Andrew, I told Andrew what I had managed to remember so we decided that after lunch we would go out to look for clues in the city, the lady said that someone could join us, but we had to go back before it started to get dark. We went out in the company of a friend of the lady and the three of us started walking towards the avenue, we were carefully going through the empty streets and paying attention to any noise or any movement, we passed the buildings and started to see houses, again with boards covering the windows and entrances, I looked at each one of them trying to remember if any of them was familiar to me, Suddenly we heard a scream that apparently was from a girl who was asking for help, the lady's friend told us to hide and wait for him, he entered the place where the voice came from and minutes later ran out with the girl while they were being chased by an infected, he attacked the infected and he fell.
When we saw that it was safe we approached and when I could already distinguish the girl I recognized her, she was my sister, she looked at me and came to hug me, I could not believe how lucky I was to find her so quickly.
It started to get dark, so we decided to go back to the house, on the way Emma asked me some things, but I explained to her that I could not remember almost anything that I only had a few memories, she told me that it would help me to remember, but it was better when we were in a safe place so we decided to continue the journey in silence. When we were in the room where I was staying she started to tell me that our parents worked as scientists in a laboratory, they were recruited to be part of the team of scientists selected to work and investigate the cure of this virus, but she asked me not to worry and assured me, that they were safe, at that moment my sister told me that it was time to return to the house so that we could also be safe, I accepted and we returned to the house where I had to pick up my belongings, before I left first of all I was grateful for the help that they had given us, At that moment Andrew hugged me and it seemed that he was also saying
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Hello my name is Hannah and today I come to tell you my experience of how I survived a worldwide, deadly and catastrophic epidemic.
It was March 20th, I was at school like a normal day with my friends, when suddenly the school alarms started ringing, it was about 10 am, the teachers looked desperate and started to evacuate all the students, we didn't really know what was happening we were confused as everyone looked distressed and scared running around; Suddenly, I went into a state of shock, I could only listen without understanding the few words that were announced through the megaphone, I felt paralyzed, I didn't know what to do, it was as if my body couldn't react to the situation, I lost consciousness completely and I couldn't remember what had happened, after that I only know that I woke up in a kind of shelter next to unknown people, I have no idea how I was able to get there.
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