Chapter 2

I woke up to my watch alarm going off. It was six in the morning and the sun wasn't out yet. I cursed but got up anyway. I put my shoes on and wandered around the office trying to see who it belonged to. Then I stop, and a smile took over my face. I was in Margaret Mead's office! I loved her and her work! She was an amazing anthropologist and at the time she was the only female in that field. Which helped greatly because in some place's women were only allowed to talk to other women. I wanted to explore her office more, but my stomach makes a noise in protest. I was hungry and luckily for me, I know where all the museum cafes were. I had a light breakfast and started to collect all the water bottles and brought them to my new office/bedroom. A few hours later I had almost half of the bottles of water in my room and some juice and soda as well. I also went through the gift shops, took the water, some shirts, and sweatpants they had. To change and have some fresh clothes.

I also gather batteries and a flashlight for when the power will go out. It was now two in the afternoon and time for a late light lunch. I was conditioning my body for when the food would run out. I was looking out the window again and I saw some people running and looting. That made me worry about my barricades and if they would hold up. So, I quickly got up to check all of the entrances. None of them were messed with and it looks like no one was trying to come in. I was happy about that. I assume they thought this place didn't have any kind of supplies and I was surprised people wouldn't think to check, but I wasn't complaining. It meant more for me.

I made my way back up to my room and decided to turn my phone back on. I had a dozen text messages from my mother and friends. I ignore the text from my mother and reply to the ones my friends sent. Some were asking if I was ok or home and others ask if I was in the city. I reply to all of them say that I was in fact in the city and that I was okay and that I found someplace to hide. They were all worried about me but I told them I knew what I was doing. Like they would listen to me. Some wanted to come and get me but I yelled at them for thinking of doing something so stupid. I told them I would figure out a way to get out of the city if it wasn't placed in quarantine by now. I know I should talk to my mother but I hated her. I hated the way my family treats me but they were still family. So I sent her a text saying that I was ok and not coming back home. I turned off my phone not wanting a reply from her.

The sun was setting now. It will now be known as day one of the ends of my life. On January 11th, 2015 I will now be fighting to live another day with hundreds and thousands of other people. I had a light dinner of just a granola bar and half a bottle of water. I know I have a lot for one person but supplies can run out just as fast if you don't ration it. Before I went to sleep, I started writing down a plan for what I was going to do tomorrow. The first part was to find a map of the city and find all the locations around me that held food, clothes, and weapons. The second part was to build better barricades around the museum to make it look like it was trashed and empty of supplies, if anyone thought it would hold any they would think better of it.

The third part was to see if anyone knew what was going on. To find a way to keep in contact with people when the power finally dies. To keep away for my iPod to stay alive during this, because if it didn't I would go mad without my music. After writing down my plan I went to my chair and began to doze off into the darkness that was sleep.

I woke up the same way I did yesterday, to an annoying beeping of my watch. I got up and stretched out my body. I took off my two-day-old shirt and put on one of the long sleeve shirts I got from the gift shop and a sweater, a hat, my knife, and book bag with a bottle of water and some fruit bars. It was still dark outside but the sun was slowly coming up. I didn't want to take apart one of the barricades so I made a rope with the leftover dividers and open the window and began to climb down it. Let me tell you I am a clumsy person and almost fell a few times but I made it down safely. I made my way to the historical society building which was right across the street. I check to see if the doors were locked but they weren't. I made my way into the building and started to look for the maps. I needed a map of the island that is Manhattan. I mean I knew where things were and how to get there but I also wanted to mark it up. Like, create different zones and whatnot. After about ten minutes, I finally find a good map of the city and it's a huge map.

I continue looking around the building taking note that no one thought to look here for any type of supplies. This was amazing, not only were there more water but also more food and some clothes as well. I wanted to clear out the place but I knew that would take all day and I had two other things to do. So I made sure I hid everything and made my way out too look for a weapon and some more clothes. I need jeans and underwear and some more bras. There weren't many clothing stores near me so I have to head south of the museum but not too far south. I didn't want people or those things to see me. So I use the shadows to work my way to anything that was nearby. After forty minutes of slowly walking and hiding, I finally found a store.

However, it wasn't what I was looking for. It was Victoria's Secrets. Damn it! I hated that place but they had underwear and bras and I needed some. So I went into the store and checking it to see if it was clear, which it was. Dropping my bag on the floor I made my way to the bras looking for my size, I was a 34C so I just took out those and look through them so I would have some in different colors and I also took some sports bras. Then I went to the underwear section and cringed. I don't like girly things but I had to make it work and find my size. They had some boy shorts as well so I took some of those too. Soon I was filling my bag with what I found. Headed to find an H&M or another store that had clothes. Then, my next stop is weapons.