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Chris gave hi ho at all, and the two of the for the end of the world

The CDC has no coic deaths in San Antonio, Texas Drs Lauren McKenzie and Taylor Beatts were conducting a series of clinical trials ai-resistant strains of tuberculosis…

July 18, 2014: The Rising

It began nowhere It began everywhere It began without warning; it began with all the warning in the world It could have been prevented a thousand ti that anyone could have done

It began on July 18, 2014

At 6:42 AM, EST, in a hotel in Coluhed That was all; the starting bell of the apocalypse was a si wo on inside her body Marburg Amberlee and the Kellis cure fell dormant as their children, their beautiful, terrible children, swar over every function and clai every nerve At 6:48 AM, Lauren’s body opened its eyes, and the virus looked out upon the world, and found that it was hungry She would be found clawing at the door three hours later when the et cleaned

At 9:53 AM, CDT, in the city of Peoria, Illinois, Michael Doas hit by a car while crossing the street at a busy intersection Despite flying round with a bone-shattering degree of force, Michael clireat relief of bystanders and drivers alike This relief turned quickly to bewilder four people before he could be subdued

At 10:15 AM, PDT, in the town of Lodi, California, Debbie Gold her usual route, despite the already record-breaking heat and the recent warnings of her physician Her explosive cardiac event struck at 11:03 AM Death was almost instantaneous Her collapse went unwitnessed, as did her subsequent revival She staggered to her feet, no longerthe road, she encountered a group of teenagers walking to the neighborhood ale that followed

At 11:31 AM, MDT, at the Colorado Cancer Research Center in Denver, Colorado, two of the patients fro Amberlee cancer trials went into spontaneous viral amplification as the live viral bodies already active in their syste Kellis-Amberlee infection The primary physician’s ader the alarm before she was overtaken by the infected The details of this outbreak remain almost entirely unknown, as the lab was successfully sealed and burned to the ground before the infection could spread

Ironically, Denver was the source point for one of the two viruses responsible for ending the world, and yet it was spared the worst ravages of the Rising until the second wave began on July 26th Soedy that followed came about only because of that temporary reprieve; they weren’t prepared Those people are not entirely wrong

And so it went, over and over, all throughout North America Some of the infected suffered nosebleeds before a Amberlee virus; others did not Some of the infected would find themselves trapped in cars or hotel rooms, thwarted by stairs or doorknobs; others would not The Rising had begun

At 6:18 AM, GMT, on July 19th, in the city of London, England, Lawrence Whitaker aiting for the Central Line Tube to arrive and take him to hen he felt a etness on his upper lip He touched it lightly, and frowned at the blood covering his fingertips He hadn’t had a nosebleed since he was a boy Then he shrugged, produced a tissue, and wiped the blood away Nothing to be done

At 3:47 PM, IST, in the city of Mu calls for the American company whose custoer quite focusing on the screen Pleading exhaustion, he excused hi to the employee restroom He rinsed his eyes three tio away Then his nose began to bleed, and an inability to see became the least of his problehout the world The end was beginning at last

Reports of unusually violent behavior are co some to speculate that the little brown bat, which has been known to ered a rabies epidemic of previously unseen scope…

July 19, 2014: Berkeley, California

"In looking at the biological structure of the screwfly, the real question isn’t ‘What was evolution thinking,’ it’s ‘Are any of you paying attention toand put all of this on your final exam’?" Professor Michael Mason picked up one of the books on his desk and dropped it without cere boouiltily focus their attention on the front of the lecture hall Michael folded his ar with the rest of the class, does anybody feel like sharing with me?"

Silence fell over the lecture hall Michael cocked his head slightly to the side, watching them, and waited Finally, one of the students cleared her throat and said, "It’s just there are these crazy stories going around cae"