The Dead Live On by Julie Cooper Brown Read Free Book Online

said that there were a lot of troops killed while stationed in other countries as a result of the natural disasters that had taken place. The mail would cease and all banks and government offices were to be closed.
    He also said that they would put Mobile Medical Units throughout as well to examine the residents for infection and those to be found ill would then be taken to the hospital to be monitored. He was sure that the spreading of the virus could be stopped in this manner. He said that with our cooperation, this would remain under control. He didn’t say anything about the recent disasters that had occurred. Our President was not available for comment; he and his family were safely tucked away in an undisclosed location.
    That is never good in a situation like this. I understand though, how he would be the first to be whisked away to safety. Or maybe he wasn’t really safe. I thought that maybe the virus had a lready invaded the White House. And with that bit of information, I began digging through our things and pulling out what could be used as weapons.
    Evan is a black belt in Tae Kwan Do and he had a few useful things, wooden nun chucks and a pair of scythes. I also had my own pair of chucks that he bought for me, a pretty shiny pink set that could be transformed into a club by screwing them together in the middle. I also got out our biggest knife. We could possibly be under threat of other people as well, because when it got out of hand it would be every man for himself. I informed Evan that now would be a good time to go on over and talk to Old Joe about a gun. Turns out, he had only one and he had plans on using it.
    Like I said in so many words, the CDC was wrong- despite the governments’ efforts, it could not be contained. That shit spread like wildfire. And I was right about them being zombies. What I don’t understand, is that they don’t know how it got out. I have a hard time believing that.
    The CDC had the power to stop it right then and there by quarantining the compound and destroying all samples and the infected. Isn’t that what they are there for? And what were they thinking? They should’ve known it couldn’t be controlled. With the whole world falling around us, what would make them think they the States could survive? They should’ve just nuked this country; we would have welcomed the swift destruction.
    Needless to say, when the CDC made their announcement, people had closed up their stores, and the government took most of the inventory from the bigger chains and used them to distribute from their centers.
    Within the next couple hours, the medical units were in place and soldiers were at the end of the block with a megaphone. They instructed every family member to come outside and line up for examinations and blood samples.
      Evan and I waited on Old Joe to come out and we all walked down and got Evelyn. Jake and his family were already in line when we got to the end of the block. Dan Patton was just a few people behind me so I asked him about Dawn, and he said she had gone back to Tennessee to be with her family. I thought that a little odd because she had just got back, but good for her. She would be with family. I asked him if he wanted to hang with us later if he were going to be alone and he said no, but he looked a little skittish and would not meet my eyes. I didn’t think on it too much. I decided to call my sisters while we were in line, got no answer and the voicemail didn’t pick up. As I was putting my phone away, I saw that Jake and Sue were having their turn.
    They began with Sue, I couldn’t really see what was being done, and I could only see their faces. I saw a look pass between the two, their expressions changed. You could see they were struggling to remain calm. Then they began exams on the boys and ended with Jake. One of the Medical technicians said a few things to Jake, handed him some papers and they all kissed and hugged Sue. A soldier walked her over to a