A Lovely Virus

Jack wasn't sure if he could keep running anymore. The last few days had been filled with nothing but the need to stay away from other people. At this point, it was hard to tell who was infected and who was not. No visible marks on the skin, no change in the genes of a person. This virus only had one way of showing if it was inside a person. Of course, by the time anyone could realize the truth, they would be infected. The married couples had gone first. None of them stood a chance. If just one of them became infected, they would attack their partner to spread the disease. The rest of their family would fall quickly. Jack was thankful that he had been busy testing a video game for Bandai Namco when his family became infected. Of course, it didn't take long for entire cities to fall to the virus. The police were overrunned and a few military bases were infriltrated by the infected. Jack was heading for his home city, Seattle. Evacuations had occured on the first day of the outbreak, but the government put them to an end when the infected began to sneak in as refugees. Seattle was one of the few cities that had been able to quarintine anybody who was infected. If Jack could make it there and prove he was uninfected, he would be safe.

"HELP!" someone yelled.

Jack had been walking along State Route 99 after reaching Fife, Washington. He was on the homestretch when he saw an Amtrak train sitting in a siding. He could see that a lot of people were on it. The smart thing to do would be to avoid the train altogether, but Jack was concerened with the fact that he had heard a plea for assistance coming from the train.

'No way someone on board is uninfected. The train wouldn't stop unless the virus was declared to be on board. It went into the siding to prevent the virus from reaching anymore cities and everybody on board should now be infected.' thought Jack.

"SOMEBODY HELP ME PLEASE! I CAN'T KEEP THEM BACK MUCH LONGER!" yelled the voice.

"Oh for crying out loud." said Jack as he ran for the train.

Jack had a backpack filled with food and water. The only other object in the pack was a stun baton that had proven useful for he past few days. Jack pulled it out as he reached the door to the passenger car the yells were coming from. Jack forced the door open and entered to see people swarming what looked like the restroom. He charged forward and stunned them all with ease. He knocked on the restroom door.

"Hello? If you're uninfected, come on out! I'm clean as well!" Jack yelled.

"How do I know you are not just one of those people out there?" asked the trapped person.

"Well, I could say the same for you. If you want to stay here, I won't stop you."

"W-Wait! Hold on a second!"

The door opened and on the other side was a young woman. In her pajamas. She must have been sleeping when the outbreak began. Jack raised his hand to his face to block how red it was.

"Lady, please tell me you are not infected."

"Why would I yell for help if I was like these crazy people!?"

"To trick passing folk and infect them."

"How do I know that you are not like these people than?"

"You don't...er..."

"Charlie. Call me Charlie."

"Alright Charlie, I'm heading for Seattle. Its one of the few safe places left. You coming?"

"Uh, sure."

The duo get off the train before passengers from other cars show up. For hours they keep marching with nothing happening. Silence is all that they hear. Finally, Charlie decides to start a conversation.

"So..."

"Jack."

"Alright Jack, where were you five days ago?"

"Santa Clara, California."

"Wait, what?"

"I was born in Fife. Our Fife. When I was in highschool, most of my family moved to San Diego. I finished my education in Seattle and a week ago went to California to visit my family. They convinced me to do some game testing for Bandai Namco. Just as well that I did because they all got infected when the outbreak began. I had just finished testing the game I was playing when some guy walked into the lobby. He went up to a woman and just kissed her on the lips. No one gave it a second thought, even when the woman tried to resist. People only panicked when both of those folks start kissing other people. It got chaotic. Of course, when I got outside. I saw so much kissing. The next day, I was on a plane to Oregon. I saw on the news about how big this thing was. A global scale pandemic that had infected 80% of the population. People acting way to lovey dovey. Society being disrupted because the infected stop doing their jobs and focus on spreading love everywhere. The plane landed in Oregon and I've been walking alone ever since. How about you?"

"I come from a rich family. I was able to easily afford first class on that train. Everything was going swell and I went to sleep. Next thing I know, I wake up to screams and go outside to see a bunch of people kissing. I ran to the restroom and locked the door. If it wasn't for my phone and the news app on it, I would have thought that everyone on board was just insane. Are they sure that it is a virus?"

"The scientists? Yep. It does some weird thing to the brain that causes a person to want to spread the love by kissing other people. Don't worry. A cure is being mass-produced. But we have to wait since its being used in the Eastern Hemisphere first."

"Seroiusly? By the time they show up, the entire country could be infected. Maybe even the whole continent!"

"Well Charlie-"

The next thing Jack knew, a man was on top of him, kissing over and over again. Charlie screamed and pushed the man off Jack. Unfortanetly, Jack kissed her and so, all three people were infected. For the next month, they kept spreading love until they were captured and cured.

The End