Chad Davis

The Locket Cure

The Locket Cure It ended quietly. No bombs were detonated. There was not a world war. It ended quickly, quietly; much like a deadly assassin, coming for you while you sleep. The only ones left just got lucky. I was born a few years after it happened. I am only seventeen now, but I feel like an adult. I certainly have the body of an adult! My mother used to tell me how things were before the virus, “Cara, you would have driven the boy’s crazy with a body like that”! But that would not apply anymore. Noone wants to get close to anyone else for fear of catching the virus. It started out harmless, much like the flu. But it quickly mutated. It mutated and spread so fast the world just could not keep up. Before they knew what they were dealing with it had already killed about three billion people. Everyone panicked and stayed inside and used special masks, but it was not enough. My father said around a million people were dying every week. I can only imagine how scared my parents were then. They have been my teachers, my friends. The only human contact I have ever had.