Geenah:-"Okay, so here's the plan." She said with a proud smile. "There's a small airport, not too far from here, in Humacao. They have those small planes and I think you can do it... Can't you?"
Ariel:-"Well, I took only a few piloting classes and most of them were in simulators."
Geenah:-"Whatever, same thing. So...whaddaya think?"
Ariel:-"Great? And how are we getting there?"
Geenah:-"Duh, Mama's van. It'll be safe in it."
And so they started preparing for the dangers they might confront. The plan was to get to the airport and then fly to Puerto Rico's sister island, Vieques. There, it was speculated that the virus had not reached the even smaller island. They took with them everything that may help them defend themselves. Ariel grabbed a rusty machete he found in the shed. Geenah decided she was going to stick with her big knife and her mom, Lucy, grabbed a pail. Their grandmother, whom they refered to as "Mama" was too heavily sedated to notice the end of times. Ariel thought that he needed to also go get his girlfriend Vanessa, but Geenah told him it was too risky so they both agreed that they would tell their love interests to meet them at the airport at six and if they weren't there, they would leave. So, Geenah and her family left their house behind to try and look for a safe place. They ran over a few of those who got in their way.
Midway, Geenah got a call from her friend.
Geenah:-"Holy shit! Davey, are you okay?"
David:-"I-I don't know. They're everywhere!! All of my friends... everyone!"
Geenah:-"Look, we can get out. I have a plan, maybe you can come, where are you?"
David:-"I'm... I'm.... Oh my God... Nicky? Aaah!!"
And his screams were the last thing she heard of her friend before the call became nothing but static. She tried to reach him back, but maybe it was too late. Maybe he was gone now, too.
They got there and tried to call Vanessa, but she wouldn't pick up. A few minutes later, Vash, Geenah's boyfriend, arrived. He looked flustered and dazed. She fell into his arms and asked him how he was.
Vash:-"They-They got my dad! They just fuckin' ate him! I couldn't do anything, and I don't know where my sisters are. I just had to go. I didn't knwo what to do. And in trying to fight them off my dad, I got bitten. . . I just had to go." He said fractically.
Geenah:-"Oh." She said as she let go of him.
Vash:-"What?" She only looked at him. "Baby, what?!"
Geenah:-"It's just that. . . You're infected now. You're one of them."
Vash:-"No, I'm not. I feel fine, that's why we're leaving anyways, to get help. I'll get help and everything will be alright."
Geenah:-"That's just it, you won't be alright. You won't. I can't risk it."
Vash:-"Baby? What, what do you mean you can't ris-"
And before Vash could finish speaking, Geenah had driven her knife to his heart. Weakened and on his knees, he managed to say:-"W-why? I thought you loved me. . ."
Geenah:-"I do. That's why I did it."
She kissed his forehead and slit his throat. Her love's blood flooded under her feet and she said "I love you" one last time. Her family looked at her stunned and to their glances she responded:-"I take no risks. We either leave here safe and clean, or we don't leave at all. But by God, I will leave, even if it means getting rid of some people. . . It's not my fault he got bitten, okay?! Not my fuckin' fault. Now, Ariel, try to reach Vanessa. She has one hour."
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