The hot topic in Bel Air was the swine flu that was spreading across Maryland. Many of my fellow students had caught swine flu but none had died so the hype was beginning to die down. The night of the homecoming game was quickly approaching but word had gotten out that half of our football team was out with flu like symptoms. Students and faculty alike where worried. That Thursday during the pep rally in walked our football team. We screamed and cheered, not only because they were healthy but because homecoming week would not be the same without them. The players ran through the bleachers giving high fives and hugging friends and the pep rally was going great until the star quarter back fell down the bleachers in a fit that seemed like a seizure. The gym went silent as teachers ran to him and a voice yelled, "Call 911!" It all went by so fast, one second he was shaking the next he had jumped up, and started vomiting a black thick liquid. The sounds of disgust echoed on the gym walls as those around him where covered in it. When it seemed like it was finally over his skin turned pale green and he fell down again.
By time the ambulance came the people who had been covered in his "puke" were already washing in the gym showers and given clothes from the school store. Word was buzzing as students who were closest to him spoke. My friend Leiah was one of the people who got covered and she told me what she saw. Apparently before the whole thing occurred the white of his eyes had a pinkish tinge. The thing was, all the football players had this pinkish tinge also. With each player individually inspected by our nurse the game was cancelled as our team was sent to Upper Chesapeake Medical center, where my mom works.
That night when my mom came home she told me what she knew. She started with the quarterback who had died first. Slowly the other football players followed the same fit that he had with the curious vomiting and eye color change. The difference was that before dying some of the others launched into extreme fits of anger that lasted for up to 3 hours. The ones with the anger attacked everyone in sight and some of the nurses and doctors were stabbed with needles. Not only were they angry but the boys were bleeding through the skin as they attacked those around them, thus getting blood on the people they attacked.
I figure that's how what ever it is, got passed on. The Surgeon General was notified of this strange disease. He ordered the happenings to stay out of the media and sent one of his people to look at the bodies.
Homecoming had arrived, and everyone was trying to be happy. The actual dancing was happening in the gym where most of us students were, so that when my friend Leiah fell to the floor next to me everyone stopped. "Adam" I heard a voice scream. As I turned my head I saw another guy on the floor as he seized also. When the tremors stopped we all stepped back from the people who had fallen because we knew what was going to happen next. The lights flickered on in the gym exposing color changes in both victims. Leiah stopped shaking, and I heard cracking sounds as she got up and looked me straight in the eyes. The white of her eyes was pink. I let out a gasp as I saw her eyes roll back and she turned around and vomited. Outside in the hallway screams where heard. I turned around to see a handful of boys and girls running from another girl who was bleeding. She had no cuts yet blood seemed to be seeping from the corners of her eyes. She stopped chasing the group, turned and faced us, and ran forward. It all happened so fast, I followed a group of people through the back doors of the gym to get outside.
There were screams coming from all around as students were getting attacked and others were falling to the ground. Some of those who fell to the floor did not get up while those who did lunged at those around them. To make matters better it was pouring rain outside and although it was dark the road lamps clearly outlined the thick black liquid that looked almost like oil on the pavement. I turned around looking for a way out of the hysteria and ran toward the outlet that lead to the road. The sounds of the sirens was becoming louder so I ran toward the sound. One of the ambulances ended up pulling over next to me and the doors swung open. "Are you infected". "Infected with what?" I asked in return. The man in the uniform looked at me and shined his flashlight on me. "She's good! Let's go" As soon as the words left his mouth the ambulance sped away, leaving the doors open. I stood in the pouring rain wondering what was happening but knew I had to get home. My house is on the very edge of Bel air, that meets Forrest Hill. I was only about 30 minutes away by foot so I started walking. The police station was empty, as was the court house, and the pub. I kept walking and started to notice, that the normally busy streets were empty. Soon I heard the helicopter soar above my head. The bright light that seemed to be searching for something, anything, was blinding. I heard the rush of cars as I reached the halfway point on the way to my house. Right before me I saw dozens of cars and a fence set up directly in front of the "Welcome to Bel Air" sign. There where men that looked like they were astronauts in their white suits all over the place. I ran to one of them asking what was going on only to be picked up by more men who threw me into an ambulance. Quickly some tests were ran on me and I guess I passed them because they took me through the gates all the way to where I am now. I searched the web for any possible word as to what happened to my friends and the people in Bel Air. There was absolutely nothing. A couple days ago a man came to my door and told me that I was to appear before a group of doctors and scientists explaining my account of the disease. I don't know where it came from but I know that it kills pretty quickly and I'm the only survivor.
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