by Beth Hoyer
Lydia and Ben are dead. I'm not sure. I better go to sleep now. The light is getting quite dim.
Yours,
Elizabeth
Dear Anne,
A man who told us to get up and put the tent away waked us up. The tent is small triangle shaped. It reached to my waist. There is room inside for the both of us. A female I saw was Lillie Fjord helped us put the tent away in a backpack. The tent actually folds into a backpack. What a nice invention. It is very interesting. Bruce and I followed the others down the stream to a cave entrance. Someone carried glow balls. We entered the cave and reached a basement of a house. It was very interesting. The house looked like it hasn't been used for a long time. There was dust. I sneezed a few times. I felt a boom and turned around to see them closing up the cave wall. Then we went upstairs. There were several floors to the house. The house was similar to Lydia and Ben’s house. We picked rooms and stayed in by gender. I looked out the window and I could see that the yard was overgrown. It was very interesting. There were trees next to the house. I picked the living room with Bruce. So did Lillie and two others. I checked the refrigerator for food. There were gooey foods. We all gathered in the kitchen and ate the goo. There were about twenty of us. I counted. We introduced ourselves. Most of us knew sign language. I volunteered to go out and find some fruit trees. Lillie told me it was nice of me to volunteer but she suggested only hearing people go out. Three people volunteered a man and two women. They went outside. I saw them out the window. They were talking about radioing the army and telling them where we are. I used my voice and told every one in the room what the three people outside said. Lillie was outraged. She told me she suspected I could lip read. One of the people ran outside yelling about me lip reading. The three people ran into the forest and hid behind the trees. I saw one of them pull a black object from their pocket. Then there was a blast. I felt myself thrown out the window with Bruce. We hit the ground with an oof.
I woke up and I could see white trees along with Bruce nearby lying on his back awake staring at the sky. The sky was dark blue color. The sun shined bright orange. I think I'm in an alternative world. The trees are bare and white. The ground is brown color. I think it is weird. I don't know. I got out my journal and started writing. I can't wait to get out of here. I'm going crazy. I turned to look at a tree and saw men with guns come out of it and started shooting at us. I lay down and made myself still. I lay there until the men with guns left on the truck. Then Bruce and I attended to the wounded. It wasn't any good several people died on me. Then I felt a tugging sensation on my hand and looked it was one of the wounded who happened to be a male in his fifties who was bleeding in the heart area. I lip read him asking me to hug him. I hugged him and he died in my arms. I felt pain in my back and fell to the ground. I looked to see a police officer with his gun aimed at me. He had a look of disgust on his face. He shot me and I woke up in a forest. Next to me was Bruce. The house behind us was in fire. I saw people run at us. I woke up Bruce and we got up. One of the people was Lillie Fjord. She signed if we were okay. I told her I felt pins and needles feeling in my legs and chest. Lillie examined me. She found glass in my clothes. She wiped the glass away. She examined Bruce and found glass on him. I had cuts on my chest but lucky for me none of the glass was in my skin. Lillie found Bruce fine. We stood and looked at the house. It was covered in fire. Parts of it had broken away. I looked in the sky and I saw helicopters coming.
I yelled "helicopters!"
Then we ran into the bushes. I hid while men with guns got off the helicopter. They looked around then I felt someone hit me in the head behind with a tree branch which I passed out.
I came to feel someone was slapping me on the face. I woke up feeling Lillie waking me. She and I were in a gray cell. We were both wearing red jumpsuits. I have no idea why I'm in this cell. I asked Lillie. She told me that after they knocked me out they tore off my coverall and put this coverall on. I don't believe this. They found my diary and couldn't read the language in it. I felt my pocket and found my diary in my pocket. I was relieved. I wrote down what happened so far. I asked her about Bruce. She told me Bruce was send away. I'm a little worried about Bruce. I wonder where they took him. The door opened a man came in dressed in army fatigues. He aimed the gun at Lillie and fired. Then shot me too which I passed out.
I had a weird dream that I was on a ship in space. The ship didn't have gravity so I was floating around. I was in a cell a room with water dripping filling up the cell with water. I took a drink of water and spit it out. It was acid. I think this dream is very weird. Is this my body's way of fighting the virus by keeping my mind clear? I don't know. It is very weird. I wonder why I keep dying and turning out alive. It's very strange. Sigh.
I woke up in a forest. The sky was dark brown. The air was dusty. I found I was breathing heavily. I saw Bruce lying next to me and I woke him up. We looked around the sky. I pulled out my journal and found myself and Bruce wearing strange clothing that resembled white robes. It was very weird. We saw a being of light like an angel. The angel gestured for us to follow her. We followed the angel to the edge of the forest. I could see dark black crystal spires in the distance in a dark forest. The sky was dark brown color. Bruce was next to me looking worried. I asked him what happened he explained I fainted. I look up and I could see an angel. The angel gestured for us to follow her. We followed the angel to a door. The angel opened the door and showed white clouds and blue sky. Bruce and I walked through and found us in a meadow in a forest. It was interesting. I finally figured out that it was my body's way of fighting the virus. I told Bruce that. He didn't laugh at me. He suspected this too. We wandered around the forest. I found a path that was a road. We walked on the road until we reached a house. It was like a nineteenth century house made out of wood. A man looking like Vladimir Arkov came out. He was wearing brown pants. And a brown long sleeve top. He told us to come inside quickly. We went inside the house. Inside were three rooms which had a living room, kitchen and bedroom. He handed us brown coveralls. I changed in the bedroom in private. There was a fireplace with a fire roaring. There was a pocket for my diary. I felt fine. Well Lad told us we're on Terrania I asked him how he knew us. He explained he was a seer. Oh. I checked my watch and found it was working. I pulled out my diary and started writing. There were two couches. I checked the bedroom there was a mattress on the floor. Bruce and I checked out the barn. It had three horses. Oh good I could learn how to ride a horse. It was soon night time. Lad warned us that people with unknown names come out at nighttime killing people who were out in nighttime. We went back into the house. Lad gave me the bedroom to sleep in. I checked and I didn't found a bathroom. It was outside next to the house. I'll probably come out later to go. I hope I can hold it I asked Lad for the date which he acted confused and refused to tell me.
Yours,
Elizabeth
Dear Anne,
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I woke up feeling sick. I felt I had to throw up. I ran outside and threw up in the bathroom. The bathroom was small building with a cellar in the ground below. I threw up and threw up. Then when I finished I opened the door to see a hooded figure with his sword drawn. Then the figure put his sword away. I walked back to the house. Lad was up. He was annoyed that I walked out. I explained I threw up. I was feeling sick. I went back to the bedroom. I pulled out my diary and in the firelight I started writing. I feel fine. I wonder why the hooded figure didn't kill me. It's very weird. I checked my right arm and I could see three numeral markings on my arm. I think I better go to bed. I don't know what time I'll be up tomorrow because I was waked up by Lad. I asked him why he let me sleep so late. He explained I was sick. So he thought it was a nice gesture to sleep late. He handed me eggs for breakfast. I ate it. It was okay. I drank milk. I got up and wandered around. I saw that in the barn there was a cow and chickens in their coop. Then I walked back to the cabin. I'm calling it cabin because it’s like a cabin. I felt dizzy so I went to the bedroom and lay down. I'm feeling di
zzy and I have a headache right now. I think I'll take a nap. I hope I'm fine. I slept until 6pm. I didn't have any weird dreams. It was strange. Bruce came in the cabin. I told him about naming the cabin. He agreed to call it cabin. Bruce kissed me on the cheek and gave me flowers. I put in a glass of water. Then Bruce gave me some dinner. Dinner was applesauce. Bruce learned how to make applesauce. There were apple trees near the cabin. Then Bruce lay down next to me. He snuggled next to me. We lay there for a while. Bruce is nuzzling my neck. Now he's kissing it. I guess we'll be having sex before the day is over. I don’t know. I have no idea what's making me sick. I know it's impossible for me to be pregnant. It is very weird.
I'm feeling wound up. Bruce and Lad are sleeping on separate couches. I'm in the bed. I feel I have to go. I'm nervous being outside with those people being around. I think I'll try to hold it. I feel I have a throw up feeling in my throat. I think I'll try to sleep now.
I just sneezed achoo! Achoo! I hope I'm not getting a cold. My nose is a little runny. I hope I'm fine with nothing new about me. I