Nuts (Chpt.29)

After washing your face and taking care of business you go out. You buy a pack of mixed nuts. You walk out and at the doorway you hear a voice,

"Oh what you got there?" Ray says as he approaches you. "I bought some nuts." "Nice, watch out, I might rob the whole pack off of you if you fall asleep." He laughs as he walks in.

You walk back to the car as you wait for others to come back. Then all of a sudden it starts pouring hard. People start running to their cars from the store and vice versa. Your mother comes running back to the car.

"Oh boy, the rain came without warning."

She says as she closes the door and puts her seatbelt on. "Okay everyone is here?" She looks around and makes sure that she has everyone she should in the car. "Okay, let's go." She's the first one to get out of the gasoline station. Soon the rain gets so heavy that it becomes hard to see the road. They decide to pull aside and stay in a parking lot till the rain lessens. You pull into a grocery store parking lot. After a while your father comes running up to your mothers window.

"I don't think the rain is gonna go down, it's just going up instead. How about we stay here tonight?" "Sure, hopefully it goes down by tomorrow morning." "Yeah." Your father then runs back to his car and goes in it.

By morning the rain has turned to a slight drizzle. So you start to move closer to the the other side of town. At around dinner time everyone agreed to stop by a little family restaurant. It was really late so not many restaurants are still open, but then you find a local seafood restaurant . Inside it is decorated to look like a ship. Inside the news is playing on a little tv hanging on the wall. You pay little to no attention to it. Until you hear a ear piercing beeping noise coming from it. It's an alert. Suddenly from it came the robotic voice of a man.

*This is not a drill. I repeat is not a drill. -beeeeeeep- By the presidents ordered, we advice all citizens to be wary of people with the following. A sudden and high fever. Auditory or Visual hallucinations. Sudden convulsions or vomiting. If you or a loved one displays two or more symptoms please keep them far away as possible from everyone else by locking them in a separate room, then contact authorities or medical personnel. Do not make contact with them. Until further notice do not let them out and barricades all entry and exit ways. I repeat do not let them out until further notice from authorities or medical personnel. -beeeeeeep-