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in large cities
as people tried to flee to the countryside, and the phone system almost collapsing
as people tried to contact loved ones. Gun stores sold out of guns and
ammunition just as fast as the grocery stores, and people were preparing for a
war against an unknown enemy.
    Cable news
started to report that the president was considering the unthinkable and would
be making an announcement in moments. As Tara scanned the channels she noticed
all the networks were now broadcasting from the White House.
    The President
stepped to the podium, his wife and daughter close behind. “My fellow Americans
and citizens of the world, I have the grim duty to inform every person on the
planet that this infection is covering our globe. People everywhere are dying.
I am ordering our military and civil law enforcement to terminate any infected
people they come into contact with.” His voice was strained with emotion as he
glanced at his family again. “Since our military and police can’t be everywhere
at once, I am recommending that every citizen take on the responsibly to
terminate any person they identify with the infection. For some of you, this
message might be too late, as the infection has already crossed our borders.
With God's grace, we will be able to survive this plague and rebuild our
country. God bless, and I pray for us all.”
    As Tara sat in her
living room watching the TV, she could not believe what she had just heard from
the president. She had done everything Blake told her, but now she didn’t think
she could take the waiting any longer. She felt like she was waiting for death.
Down the street she heard two gunshots. The reality of death started to set in.
She turned off the TV and sat in the rocking chair cradling Kaya in one arm and
holding her .45 in the other. She rocked back and forth, trying to soothe Kaya
and imagine what would come.

Day 4: Luke Dameon

 
    Pastor Luke Dameon
had trouble sleeping that morning, so he decided to get up early. He made his
morning cup of coffee and decided to work on his sermon for next Sunday. He
started to read from the New Testament in the book of Revelation, chapter six.
When he got to verse eight, he paused and reread it:
    And
I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and
Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of
the Earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the
beasts of the Earth.
    After he had
finished rereading it, he placed the Bible on the desk and decided to ponder on
it for a while.
    Luke Dameon had
grown up as a preacher’s son. He had known he wanted to follow in his father’s
footsteps since he could remember and had wasted no time. After graduating from
Bible College and marrying the woman of his dreams, Teresa, he joined his
father’s ministry. But it was not long afterwards that his father was diagnosed
with stage four prostate cancer. Within months, he had passed away.
    Teresa and Luke
then had to look after this flock of people that his father had worked his
entire life building up. It was now all on his shoulders. But with the help of
his wife, he was able to keep the ministry moving forward. They had never been
able to have children, but serving their flock had given them full and happy
lives.
    After his bible
study he walked into the kitchen where his wife had just finished cooking
breakfast. As they ate and listened to the radio, they could tell something was
wrong. The announcer on the radio was saying something about half the world
being infected and people killing each other. Luke and Teresa both stopped
eating at the same time and stared at each other, shaking their heads trying to
deny what they was hearing.
    They ran into
the other room and turned on the TV, scanning the channels to see the news.
Each station was reporting the same thing: infection, death, destruction, and half
of the population affected. It was leaving them with a terrified feeling,