(To all first time readers, this "chatroom" style writing does not last beyond this chapter, dont be scared off)

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-WELCOME_USER_MAE-

Mae: Hey sorry about earlier.

Bea: It's fine, it was a mistake, I know you didn't purposely do it.

Mae: Thanks… Uhh, How's your Dad doing?

Bea: Pretty good, we took him to Dr. Hank, he says that the parasite in my Dad can be beat and he should just rest for now.

Mae: So do nothing? Isn't that like, what he normally does?

Bea: He's old, Mae.

Mae: Yea but like Mr.P is like waaaay older then him and he's still outside doing stuff.

Bea: My Dad worked hard before and a while after my Mom passed away. Him working 12 hour shifts almost every day did a lot of damage to his body.

Mae: True but Mr.P fought "em dam effing Krauts" Which I think wore down his body a *lot* faster.

Bea:Wait, what? How do you know that?

Mae: He wasn't always such a meanie, remember? back when we were kids Mrs.P would have us over for lemonade and let us play in the sprinkler, do you really not remember?

Bea: Oh wow I totally forgot about that. Man that feels like it was a 100 years ago.

Mae: After we were done we would sit on his porch and he would tell us about when he was young.

Bea: Oh yea and Mrs.P would have to tell him to "Quiet down now Richard" when he started too get to *graphic* lol.

Mae: Scar3d 4 lif3

Bea: agr33d

Mae: Whatever happened to Mrs.P?

Bea: I think she kicked the bucket? Pretty sure it was just age.

Mae: I guessed now we know why he's so cranky. I feel bad but like, he's like *always" an ass so.

Bea: Still, try and be at least a little nice to him?

Mae: Yea, sure.

Bea: Ok well, Im gonna go to bed, I am so. Effing. Tired.

Mae: Same. Why did Greg have to drag us so far out in the woods, just to see some stupid waterfall?

Bea: I mean, it was pretty, but not worth the three hour long hike.

Mae: Agreed. Well, goodnight.

Bea:Night

*A few hours later

*Bea wakes up to a loud crash from her Father's room. She runs in to find him on the ground, grabbing his chest and coughing blood. Bea quickly picks him up and places him back in bed, she then runs to the living room, grabs the house phone and calls 911. The operator says to hang tight, that help is on the way and will be there soon. Thing is, the hospital is a 20 minute drive away and one look at her Dad's state convinces Bea that it may already be too late. She tries to call doctor Hank, but is interrupted by her Father.

"Bea… Come here." Says Bea's Dad.

"Y-yea Dad? What is it?" Says Bea, walking hastily towards her Father.

"Bea look at me…"

"Bea turns to look at her father. He's a mess, his eyes are red, and his teeth are stained red as well from all the bloody coughing.

"Look, help will be here soon, you just have to-"

"Bea… We both know this is it for me. When Hank said that there were, "some cases of survival" he was talking about for rich folk, not us. He also told me that *Cough* their people out there who buy the corpses of people with the parasite for research. I told him that once I die, I wanted them to take my body and give you the money…

"No Dad don't talk like that, you're gonna make it, please don't just give up on me!"

"I am Bea, im fighting as hard as I can, but it's doomed fight. Look, you need to promise me that you'll get out of this god forsaken town. Your Mom and I tried our hardest to get this family out of this hell hole, but it looks like only one of us is gonna escape. Bea… Promise me you'll live the life you deserve…

"Dad no, I-"

"Please Bea… Promise me…"

"Ok, I promise, look, the E.R people will be here any second, just stay with me, please!"

"Dad?"