Tiffany Barta

Friends Forever

Things definitely took an unexpected turn for the worse: the virus had mutated; the vaccines stopped working. The world population had dropped to a mere five million in a matter of months. Every major city had fallen into shambles, society had taken on the "every man for himself" mentality, and freedom was nowhere to be found. I did have the occasional fleeting thought, prior to all this, of what it would be like to actually live like the people in all of those Mad Max movies; I imagine these weren't exactly the circumstances of "living the dream" that anyone had in mind. What has become of the world is a terrible thing indeed. However, in spite of everything, my only concern was finding my dear friend.