A Hayu's Dream
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think I'll try to sleep now.
Yours,
Elizabeth
Dear Anne,
I ran outside to the bathroom and threw up. There weren't any tissues. I had to use leaves to clean myself. I even threw up. I had a feeling of being watched. I felt there were glowing eyes in the bushes. A hooded gray figure stepped out of the bushes and bowed to me. I ran into the cabin. Lad wasn't happy that I was out sick again. I think I'll go to bed now. I wonder what's making me sick. Is it the virus? I don't know. Yawn I'm a little tired. I think I'll go back to sleep now. The fire is roaring. It's very beautiful. Lad woke me up at 7am. He told me to come outside. We went outside and saw two branches shaped like an “X” put together. Lad told me that hoodlums (no joke) must have thought we're special. That is cute. I wonder how special are we? I don't know. Breakfast was apples. I'm feeling tired. I think I'll take a nap. I hope I can sleep. Lad interrupted my writing. He wanted me to help him and Bruce out in the barn getting eggs and milking the cow. He told me my sickness isn't an excuse to not do any work. I ache all over. I milked the cow. I got scratches on my arms from getting eggs from the chickens. Bruce and Lad were busy pulling the plow making grooves in the ground. I planted seeds. It was awful. I'm tired. Yawn. I can't wait to go to bed. I ache all over. I'm finally finished. I had to help Bruce and Lad with the plow. It was hard to plow in the ground. It was hard. I think I'll go to bed now. I'm tired. Dinner was more apples. I can't help being tired. I hope I won't throw up again. The sunset was beautiful. I'm glad. I made sure I went before the sunset. I feel fine, except I ache all over. I think the boys are having no trouble sleeping. I hope I won't get up at 3am in the morning again. I hope not.
Yours,
Elizabeth
October 20, 2001
Dear Anne,
It’s a new month and a new date I was out in a coma from the virus for awhile so here’s what happened while I was out. I remember thinking of the day. I recall thinking it's a good thing I went to bed early. Lad woke me up. The cabin was on fire. We ran out of the cabin and watched it burn. Then the rain came and washed the fire out. We saw people come with pitchforks. They threw food at us. Lad grabbed our hands and pulled us through the forest. We saw people with pitchforks following us. Then we reached a door. The door opened and Lad pushed Bruce and me through the door. We found ourselves in a forest. I have no idea where we are. Bruce wanted to talk to me. Our talk was about the virus. I felt vibrations on the ground which felt like an earthquake. An angel being of light in a male form appeared and the being gestured for us to follow him. We followed him through the forest to a beach. I could see dolphins were flying out of the water making a splash. Then one landed on the beach. I felt a vibration every time the dolphin walked. It hopped forward towards us. I guess it was a dragon drum. I told Bruce that. The dolphin turned into an angel. The angel signed those we were really unconscious fighting the virus. The angel asked us if we wanted to live or die. Bruce and I had a private talk and decided to live. Then the angel turned into a tree and sunk into the earth. Then the tree creature swallowed us both.
I came to by me waking up in a hospital room. I saw my mom crying next to me looking upset. I asked her why she was upset. She stopped crying and abruptly hugged me and told me she was so worried that I wouldn't come out of the effects of the virus. I looked on the bed next to mine and I saw Bruce. He was up and awake. He waved hi to me. I waved hi back. Mom told me I been in and out of reality due to the virus she even told me today was October twentieth. It seemed according to her and the doctors that the virus was a mutated type of flu was making me see things that aren’t there like I was in catatonia and have depression attacks too. I asked mom if I was cured. She assured me I was cured. I looked through my diary and found entries that were very weird. I can't believe I wrote all that during my time I was out of it very strange. I had a very weird year. Bruce and I gave each other our addresses. Bruce lives near Wolfville while I live in Hamden now according to Mom. I think Bruce is the one. I'm not sure.
Yours,
Elizabeth
October 21, 2001
Dear Anne,
What happened to me started the moment I was hit with the deadly flu type virus? Mom told me the whole story. She told me that Kurt Deboy was really a Human Genetic Engineered Weapon along with others made by the United States in an Asylum in Connecticut. She explained Kurt escaped from the Asylum in December. The government caught Kurt, had him killed and issued the same order to the others except for three of them who proved to be the cure to the virus. The U.S.A. government just recently admitted the truth about the Kurt and the others after the virus’s cure was found. The President according to Mom wasn't happy about Kurt and the others made behind his back. He didn't know of this. Only a few members of the high ranking officers of the government were aware of this. The President once he found out immediately had them apologize to the people and discontinue the program. I asked about Sue. Mom told me that Sue was taken with Kurt because she was pregnant with his baby and that she already had her baby a boy named Liam. She was sent to the Asylum to live with the others while sick with the virus. Mom told me one of the Human Genetic Engineered Weapons used their poisonous claws on Sue which the venom killed off the virus. The blood of two others related to the one poisoning Sue was the antidote that cured her of the venom. As a result she was cured and the doctors discovered the same effect on the other virus victims.
I looked back at the words Mom wrote, I read while I was in the tented room back in January.
She wrote: "Actually you'll be put in a coma to fight the virus"
Oh so that's what Mom was saying. She never said anything about being frozen. I told Mom about those times I was in her world. She happily explained the virus left me like a zombie in a dream world. I told mom to tell me what happened and the whole story beginning with the moment back in January. Mom told me she wrote down the whole story in my journal to read once I came out of the zombie state. Here’s what she wrote:
"Lisha, Kurt was seen hanging around Milly Mall before you and Sue arrived. Phone records indicate that Sue called Kurt and told him where she was going the previous day. A government official arrived and recognized Kurt and alerted the police. Kurt aware of this ran in and tailed you and Sue. He entered the store with a gun and yanked out a bed sheet, which he put over himself. He fired the gun causing people to run away from him. The Police arrived and they threw smoke bombs to knock people out in the store. The doctors examined people. Only a few had caught the virus including you and Sue. Kurt was captured and taken to someplace unknown to die. You and Sue were taken to Washington D.C. for evaluation where Sue was discovered pregnant with Kurt’s baby. The only way for you to fight the virus was in a zombie like state. After they cleared you from being contagious they sent you home to Connecticut. You talked with the bellman of the hotel acknowledging him. Then at home you acted like you were normal but didn’t acknowledge your father or me. The doctors told me to resume normal activities. You and Sue with her pregnancy were cleared to have your jobs back. We introduced Bruce one of the victims to you. We tried to keep your virus status a secret but a woman found out and blabbed to the press. There were protests outside about you and Sue. The Police had to come and escort you both off the premises. The crowd pushed the police who accidentally pushed you. You tore two ligaments in your wrist which healed up. I have to admit I've been reading your journal for any clue to get you to acknowledge your father and me. After this happened we went to Germany for better medical care where they tried to put you in a coma. Then on advice of your Grandfather Alexei Zesky Senior we went to Alaska to see a Shaman who claimed he could help people. We had to camp to see him because he was desolate. During the camping days later you and some of the others escaped. Your journal describes that you went in a forest and hid in people's houses never acknowledging the people who lived there. They called the police who came with darts. Maureen and Christian Kingly are one of the virus victims and are alive. They
were darted while you and Bruce escaped. Sue’s pregnancy required the government to take her to a facility unknown to watch her and help her with the baby. The virus was named High Council reason unknown. You and Bruce were captured and brought back to Connecticut. You and Bruce lay in a coma falling in and out of conscious. I've hope you would wake up to acknowledge me and say "I Love you". It hurts that you Lisha never acknowledged your parents. I love you and I miss you. Love Mom"
I told Mom "I Love You" and hugged her. It brought tears to her eyes. She was happy to see me. I wanted to know where Dad is. She told me he'll come once he finishes business at work. I looked over on my right and saw Bruce and his father. They were hugging each other. Bruce waved hi to me. I waved hi back. I felt like I missed many things. I won't be going back to college in a while. I'll be recovering from the virus. I hope I can keep my relationship with Bruce. I still want to be his friend and maybe continue the relationship. I'm tired now. I might as well sleep this tiredness off.
Yours,
Elizabeth
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