The End of Sunset

All my life I thought I’d grow up to be a well respected lawyer. I did not see this day coming. My family vanished and humanity became nothing but a numb creature to devour everything in its way. We are beyond caveman ways now, we are surrounded by a smart and deceitful breed of humans that evolved under this new world pandemic called the zombie virus. My name is Ursula. I am writing in my diary today to help make sense of this present which will soon be known as history in hopes of the future finding out what happened to those who denied abiding and why we look like the terrorists. The zombie virus was nothing like the movies. Metaphorically it is reasoned to be known as that because people lose their senses. They mentally are confused, unaware of their existence. Nobody knows how it started other than it being on a Fourth of July. I was with my family camping out in Delta woods. The most secluded area you could find. There were only about 4 other families that were there with us. My son and daughter were playing by the river when we heard fireworks. Then in the blink of an eye, my husband disappeared and my children too. I thought I was hallucinating however it was clear they were taken. I started to feel fuzzy and unable to comprehend the nature of the environment I was in. I was losing it. I did not know who I was anymore. That is what actually helped me cope with my family’s vanishing. I smelled smoke coming from the river but I locked the doors to the cabin and shut the windows. I drank a lot of water. I was determined to stop feeling drugged. My mind could not find peace. I was surrounded by turmoil of the mind that is. I passed out in the bathtub. The next morning I woke up to the news.

“ Roger from Channel 3 here, we are here to inform you that this Fourth of July was hacked by the army intelligence of Russia and Vietnam. They are looking to start a war with the United States. It would be pivotal if everyone stays indoors to avoid the toxic smoke from the fireworks that are happening all around the world, Nancy please provide more details. “

“ That is right Roger, we are asking everyone to stay indoors and lock up, please do not take matters into your own hands, we are working on resolving the disappearance of millions, we have not yet been able to confirm if both incidents are related. However it has been confirmed that the smoke from the fireworks is lethal and it is what is causing many to have dementia or a form of zombie impulses. Many have reported wanting to eat human flesh, desperation, unable to comprehend their being. It is best to fight this off alone in a room with memories of one's identity. Watching old movies, listening to music that left an extreme impression on you can help people come back to normal. Some pastors have said that reading the Bible will help tremendously. “

My husband was a very loving person. He was not like me, his temper was leveled. Even though he did not attend a Christian church he was always walking with God. He told me one day that I was putting on the burden of troubles by not walking with Jesus. I tried to have faith but I never chose to believe. Now I am starting to believe. I opened his briefcase and found scriptures of love and a sound mind. I never understood the need for them until now. The more I read those scriptures, the more I believed why the spirit of god is needed in human DNA. We can be the smartest, successful, richest, person in the world. But that won’t guarantee how well you will be when everything collapses to the ground. As days passed cities were destroyed. I was too afraid to make contact with my neighbors in fear of them being used as vessels by this virus. I was lucky enough this cabin has a bunker underground that I can hide in. I was not going to risk going out knowing that people are killing each other. Even though I was alone, I did not feel the presence of fear overtime. I read the Bible and became a believer of Jesus. He took his people before this day. The rapture is real.

It never made sense to me until now why Alfred was my husband. His presence made me feel safe. He brought my irrational emotions down with his warm hugs when I did not have time for words. He would always speak light into things. Anytime I was having a horrible week at work being a paralegal for a lawyer who made me do all the work and took my credit and never thought to raise my compensation, he would say how my boss was actually helping me. Helping motivate me to be a lawyer myself seeing how much he heavily relied on me. He told me how my endurance was going to pay off to kick start my true passion. I always felt intimidated by lawyers. I was never the most prestigious in my eyes. Alfred on the other hand knew my potential. He knew I had it in me to become more than just what I thought was a safe career. Alfred and I met when he was fighting a custody battle with his deceased brother’s wife. Alfred knew his wife was abusive verbally and wanted to take Renee from her as much as he could. He did not fight a case for full custody, just half. He wanted to make up for what the mother wasn’t. He knew how important the first years of growing up are. He wanted to teach Renee so much and thought about gardening being a good hobby to share with her. I find Alfred’s garden therapeutic. He would often reference the Bible and say how important it is we take care of ourselves on the inside as we do on the outside. Like plants we have to endure awful weather. That is why we must be ready to prepare ourselves for armor. I truly missed out on these conversations with my dear husband. I never got to share the Bible and the reference it has in living a fruitful life. His grandmother was a very sweet loving lady who passed down a heart locket to him. Inside it says those who wear this locket must continue the heritage she left behind. I never felt like I could be one ounce of what she was and denied the locket. I regret it deeply. Alfred loved me unconditionally and he saw me for who I was not who I thought I was. Now that I see the heart locket I am compelled to wear this with pride and share my heritage with the ones left behind and that are astray. Inside the locket it has Isaiah 58: 11-12. Alfred’s grandmother knew the importance of a positive healing influence in this already broken world. I now wear this with pride and gladly know my duty to play in this role. Alfred could not be left behind to rebuild these walls of lost hope and despair but I am going to fulfill the family heritage he passed on to me. I will seek to be a better person, have compassion and find the sick and stray. I no longer feel as if I walk alone. God is with me.

I took my bear mace and gas tanks to drive to the city. I knocked on doors and no one answered. I saw a fire on the way out to the city and stopped on the road. That is when I met Prudence.

“ Hello, is anybody out here! I am here to help, I’m going back to the city. “

Prudence was like a sister to me. Our 10 year difference did help bring us closer in trusting each other. I was 29 when we met and she was 19.

“ Hi, my name is Prudence. I was camping with my friends and now there is no trace of them. I do not know what to do. I think I might have fallen off a tree somewhere, I do not feel like I am mentally well.”

“Hi Prudence, my name is Ursula. I was also camping but with my family and it has been confirmed that there are people who have vanished. The smoke from the fireworks has made many of us lose sight of reality too. Please lets go back to my cabin to get you washed up and rested before we go to the city. It is not going to be an easy ride if you have no rest or shower before. I imagine the city is in worse condition.”

“ Ok. I can use some soup and a nap inside a cabin. I got lost trying to find my friends and passed out here. “

When we came back to the cabin, we noticed there were intruders. I immediately grabbed my bear mace and Prudence laughed as hard as I had ever heard in my life.

“ You don’t know how to use a gun? “

“ No, I do not feel comfortable.”

Prudence then remembered how her friends were hunting there and had 3 guns in their cabin. She was training to join the marines and was an avid shooter. I had asked Alfred to leave his gun at home in fear of someone using it against us.

Now looking back I sound silly. As we went back to Prudence’s cabin we thought it’d be best to stay there and leave for the city without being noticed by the intruders in my cabin. We turned on the news and this time the city seemed less threatening.

“ Salma from Channel 3 here, We have great news. We can contain this virus by chipping every individual that has symptoms with this new vaccine distributed by CERN. Please make appointments with your providers. The national guard will now be accompanied with the marines in all towns. There is no need to feel afraid anymore. We can make this go away. However, we need everyone to be compliant. We do not want to make things worse. “

Prudence was not only trained to be a Marine, she had done research on CERN. CERN is not to be trusted according to her. Many pastors had been talking about the agenda that dwelled in those facilities. It was not human. We both left for the city that day and I was happy to find my home standing in one piece. As days progressed my neighbors and family that were left behind started to feel more like a community. Until it was mandatory for everyone, not just those who felt sick to get the vaccine. If you did not get the vaccine you were a threat and people would look at you like a terrorist. We had to start a movement to stand our ground. The name of our movement was The Heart of Humanity. We welcomed everyone to join us and mailed envelopes with a heart locket. We invited them to start a new life with us in the mountains away from the city that was ordained to make us abide by their agenda. No one talked about what the vaccine did. But we knew. The vaccine made people colder worse than a zombie that cannot operate with their mind. This vaccine made everyone’s compassion vanish. We had cured many patients by visiting with therapists that made their mind evolve back to the way it was before the vaccine but the government did not listen. They saw it as an opportunity to take our greatest asset, our hearts.