Testing

     It's been a few days since I told you about Allen he should be dead by now, but he's not. My theories are being proven. I gave Allen the immune suppressant drugs this froze the fungus' effects. I'm also giving him antibiotics these are fighting the infections the fungus forms. The problem is I have to produce something that will detach the fungus from his DNA. The only way to do this is through an anti-fungal attached to a virus. I don't have the resources here and we're running out of meds quick he has maybe another week.

     Ever since Allen's been back Zoey's been acting weird. She's been girly. She does her hair and yesterday I caught her in my moms old make-up bag. I think she's got the hots for Allen. this is starting to stink I'm the only person who doesn't have anyone else, besides my father. My mom was my father's life, this has become a bonding time for my father and I. I feel bad for my father though.
   
      I wasn't here when it all went down. He had to watch her die I can't imagine that. I do find myself missing her. She always took good care of me when I was sick, and i wasn't here when she needed someone to take care of her. At least she's not suffering anymore, and I know someday I'll see her again. That is the comfort that comes with my faith. I know the family I've lost in this are waiting for me in batter place, and goodbye is only temporary.

 

He Returns

     Our simple perimeter search yesterday wasn't that simple. We cleared most of psychs withing a 1 mile radius. Their number are increasing we may have to pick up and move soon. We can only handle a few dozen psychs a day. We decided it would be wise to make the extra journey to the hunting store the next city over. so we got in out go karts and raced there killing a good 40 psychs on the way. we got there and loaded up on silent weapons we got dozens of hunting knives, hundreds of arrows for both the compound bow my father and I use, and the cross bows we got for everyone else, some machetes from the gardening store next door. as we headed back to our go karts we noticed a martial arts supply store. I had been in there before they had some really expensive sword and weapons. We walked over but we notice a broken window with fresh blood on the glass.

      We all got ready for some psychs and entered. A little bell rang when we opened the door and a shadow moved in the back. I told everyone to surround the door. I opened it and pulled back my bow. suddenly a knife lodged itself in my bow and i fired into the darkness. I heard it hit the wall. I knew right away it wasn't a psych so i yelled out, "We mean you no harm. We're just stocking up on supplies. That arrow was a reflex, you did throw the first knife." A voice replied. "How do I know you mean for peace. I've been bitten how do I know you won't kill me for that." This is what I need someone infected to try and cure. I gave him a reason to cooperate " I was a biology student at UCSB. I've been studying the virus, and I may have found a cure come with us and i might be able to save you." After I spoke I heard him say my name, and then he walked out.
         It was Allen he was pretty beat up, but he was alive. Brian ran up and hugged him. He us told about his plan to make it to the Concord military base but he had gotten bitten. He knew they would kill him if he went there so he decided to fend for himself until he turned. We all grabbed the weapons we wanted. Brian grabbed nun-chucks and a short sword. Allen and I grabbed katanas, and I grabbed a box of throwing stars however Allen got throwing needles. I grabbed Naganada for Luna and some assorted bladed weapons for ever one else. It was getting dark so we decided to stay over night we returned today.
      
    Oh and one more thing before we left the shopping center I grabbed a old military radio from the thrift store hopefully we can make contact with someone.

New Updates

         As you may have noticed I don't update everyday. I have a lot more responsibility now, so I won't be updating a regularly as I used to. I also have less to talk about the danger has reduced now that we have a well fortified structure. Although, I won't go more than a week without posting.Other than Raito building a silent generator out of a exercise which Keeps us fit, charges the go-karts, and allows us the luxury of TV watching,  nothing important has happened since I last posted. And, I don't foresee me updating tomorrow because all we're doing is making a simple perimeter search and clearing. we don't get many Psychs around here they prefer the  shopping centers with lots of rotting meat and food.

I'm Back

            Hey everyone it's been a busy month. Everything has been pretty calm. We've spent our days fortifying the house. I've been hard at work on a cure, and I think I've made a breakthrough. The virus is not a virus at all, it's a parasitic fungus which spreads like a virus, and acts as a bacteria.The fungus enters the system and begins fusing itself with you biology on a the DNA level. After it kills you it takes control of basic brain function, and drives the body to spread the fungus. Hunger is the best way because it is such a base brain function. The problem is that it has no cognition to control the hunger so they eat anything. As the body decays fungus grows stronger and stops the decay at a point where the creature can still travel it can even heal to a limited degree. As long as the fungus get nutrition from the Psychs victims it should live perpetually.

            The interesting thing about the fungus is that it's ability to survive is based on the ability of the human to resist treatment. Every time we gave an anti-viral the fungus would survive because the human could survive, this is also why my mother never turned. She was on immune system suppressing drugs to keep her from rejecting her lung. These drugs are what killed the fungus. When my mother was infected the drugs she took weakened the fungus making it unable to adapt, then the anti-biotics my mother took killed it all together, or so I thought. the bacteria can't be killed that easily but it can be subdued, and over time with daily treatments I think I can get rid of it. After death the fungus grows in the body my mothers fever caused damage to the brain so the fungus couldn't control it, yet it lives on until it consumes the body. From now on we burn every psych we kill.

            I need to test my theories the only problem is I have no test subject. I really need some rats but they're all gone. The interesting thing is this isn't the only fungus of it's kind. I can think of another similar to this. the first was in the Amazon. Ant were behaving oddly climbing trees and dying. It ended up being a fungus which took over the brains of the ants and propelled them to the tree where the spores could burst out  and spread. I believe what we are dealing with is an ancestor to this fungus, and the one in the amazon simply adapted to more defenseless creatures. God gave man a mind stronger than any other creature, and we will defeat this.