The Outbreak Monologue

“Be nice Jonah,” my father’s voice echoes through my mind, “After all, she is your sister.” Yeah, but an annoying one at that I thought. I look around our make-shift campsite and my eyes stop on her sleeping figure. I have to admit, she’s the bravest fourteen year old girl I have ever met. I haven’t seen her cry once. After the Outbreak spread, we’ve lost contact with our parents because of the chaos in the streets. We haven’t seen them in 7 months, when this all started. I fear the worst, but she’s optimistic. Tess, my sister says we’ll find them at the Superdome in Chicago. That’s where all the survivors go. I don’t know how many miles we’ve traveled, or if we’re even going in the right direction, but if I can keep my sister alive and out of harm's way until an antidote gets made, I’ll do it.
I’m exhausted from traveling day and night; my seventeen year old body hurts every time I walk, but I must keep my sister safe because that was our parent’s last request to me.
When the Outbreak entered our city, bodies littered the streets and there was mass destruction everywhere. The CDC scientists released a new strain of vaccines that was supposed to cure many of the fatal diseases known to mankind, but something went wrong with their formula and it mutated into something worse. Scientists are calling this new infection Leishmaniasis, or the black virus. It gets transmitted through a bite from the infectious person or animal. It originated from Africa, which spread to Asia, Europe, and North America within a matter of weeks. Major disease control organizations tried to fight the virus, but failed. The government set up quarantine zones, so they could try to control the virus, but that just made it worse. When a person is bit, discoloration will show on the infected area. Clots will appear in a brownish-purple color. A fever will initiate. This will be accompanied by shakes, chills, vomiting, slight dementia, minor