It's the Black Spot!!!

"Dear goodness help you, lady."

"Hu, how long do I have, when will I start to feel it, the transforming?" stammered Karina questioningly.

"We don't know for certain the exact length of time, but..."

"Spit it out already!" yelled Ethan, shaking both in annoyance at the long delay and fear for the nearly unknown person he helped to save and who, it seems, is now in certain doom.

"Well, we plot it at around four days starting from the first time sunlight hits the infected portion."

"Then we only need to keep her inside then, right?" asked Kaley, visibly relieved at the news, then immediately tensing again at the next news.

"No, unfortunately even wood and concrete can't completely block out sunlight, leaving her here would commit her immediately to her fate."

"Oh goodness," cried Kaley, tears springing to her tears, Karina at the news went limp, going into deep shock at this news.

"Wait, you said 'leaving her here' would do that, is there another option?" asked Ethan.

"Very quick, you caught on to that very quickly. Yes, we can take her to my main base and we have a containment unit there that is made out of a special material that completely blocks out sunlight, as well as sound. If we were to put her in there, she would be safe."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Yelled Kaley, struggling to her feet attempting to carry the limp Karina.

"Unfortunately, my base of operations is too far away, and since we cannot use any vehicles that have internal combustion engines in it as long as the Drakt are here, we must walk the distance, a journey of two days, or in this case, due to the season it will be pushing it to get it done in three nights, and that is if we wait until tomorrow."

"Then there is no hope for her," mumbled Kaley, sinking back down with Karina.

"Normally, yes. Fortunately, I came prepared for this possibility, and for other reasons too... I actually am carrying a spare portable version of our containment unit," at this, Lieutenant Colonel Mcdouglas pulled a wrapped black tent-like object, "if you will open this and have Karina get in, she will be protected, unless something tears it, until tomorrow night."

Ethan grunted as he caught the tossed containment tent, "wow, this thing is really heavy."

"Now you understand why it has to be so thin. It's really heavy, but all it takes is a little pressure to tear it and at that point all is lost for the person inside."

"So what then? how do we make sure she stays safe?" asked Kaley, putting Karina down and moving to help Ethan put the tent up.

"You must stay up and keep watch, here is a paper for any authorities that arrive, and here is another shield device, it looks like this man..."

"Ethan," he interjected.

"I see, it looks like Ethan can teach you to use that."

"But what about you?" asked Kaley.

At this, Lieutenant Colonel McDouglas held up the palm of his left hand, which held a small dark spot on it, "I have been marked too, and am infected, which is why I carry two of the containment units."

"But then, that means...!" exclaimed Kaley.

"Yes, you must stay awake, all day, to assure that she, and I, are kept safe. All day, by yourselves."


Greetings and Salutations,

Well, as I'm sure you all noticed that I did not post my story post last week. This I blame on my friends for not bugging me enough about it. Tis their fault and rests not at all upon my laziness and non inclination towards posting on time. Anyways, for some reason this post was causing me trouble. I just couldn't figure out how to have the middle in there and then the end was just causing me pain. Shall I end it here? No, there. Wait, but here is better. ARGH. At one point I even started a whole different type of post, a sort of throwback to what I used to do, but then I came back to this (that's still saved so you may still see it one day). Anyways, there ya go, a post, happy?

Farewells and Valedictions,
Eoin Anndra Davis