start of the virus

KAZUO'S P.O.V

I was horrified more and more by the passing day at the thought of losing her forever if I delay more, there were no leads except that of kids gone missing and all I could wish for, was her to be safe, no matter where she is

"Kaz, look at this " Qwezyl told me, this kid has been so much help to me, I regretted hating the only person Aura was happy with, I ruined her happiness sometimes, and when I was about to make things better between us, she was taken away from me, it brought so much anguish, I wanted her! I need her!

"it's a map leading to Vizyl companies" Shirly fired after grabbing the paper from his hands, she had been so much support to me, even when I broke down so much, she was there, and I had no idea how could I ever repay her.

"But we cannot be sure that Aura is there and if we get caught trespassing here, and she isn't there, that'll be the end of all of us" even though Qwez loved her, in another beautiful way, he was also concerned about us, I'm starting to respect him more and more and appreciate Aura's choice.

"and also, if so many people are kidnapped, I don't think it's for slaughter purpose, it's not necessary for them to cover their murders with no police or order" Shirley suggested

"They could've just killed masses then and there" I whispered and shuddered at the thought but I was smiling at the possibility, that Aura might still be safe.

"here eat something" Lily offered us food on the tree stump and smiled at us, she took care of us so much, I wish I could provide her answers about her daughter but I didn't get any lead about her nobody did.

they'll have answers only if they find the place they were keeping them.

"Kazieee!!!! " Daisy came rushing towards me crying and I wondered what happened this time, she saw a lizard in her room?

"huh?" I turned and saw her running as if her life depended upon it

"Yek..cii...it's... I don't...knoww...spotts...and..bruises..so...suddenly" she sobbed continuously which made my anxiety bar reach high, I held her shoulders and hugged her, she seemed to calm down a bit and she looked me into the eyes

"what happened?"I asked her, after wiping two crystal teardrops from her blushed cheeks. Shirley looked concerned and she rushed to Daisy's aid, Qwez knelt before her and waited for her answer.

"you guys should come" she answered and hurried off in the direction she came, we followed the same pattern as she and I noticed a girl lying on the sands with blood gushing around her

END OF KAZUO'S P.O.V

the crowds seemed to erupt out of nowhere to see the sight of Yeckci lying with blood poring of her fragile body, there seemed to be no impact and the holes seemed to form in her body by itself and pour the blood out.

it seemed to be impossible from stopping Qwez from crying, Shirley sat beside him and soothed him with the words she could offer. she herself felt sorry for the good woman lying dead before her.

"don't touch the body!!" Fred shouted as he cried looking at the sight of his wife damaged in every way possible, suffering a torment

"But why?" a man beside him whispered

"don't you see! it seems like a poison, more like a virus!" since he had been an assistant to a doctor before this, he knew how viruses or poisons looked like and he was worried about this

"Is this like a new virus evolving" Kaz mouthed and wished he hadn't asked, he didn't want to hear the answer for this?

"it might be," he said

"don't go near this body!! I repeat no one is going to touch this!!" Fred shouted.

everyone backed away in fear when they started realising how tense the situation was, and they had to keep the infection as minimum as possible if this was a new race of virus

"what do we do?" Fred whispered to the doctor who was taking care of everyone's sickness and fever, and the same person who dressed Aura's wound.

"I don't know!! it's definitely not poison" he checked her pupils with gloved hands and other precautions

"it's a virus?" Kaz asked

"might be a bacteria too" he spoke to himself and turned to the audience who had horror written on their faces

"Did anyone touch her? Fred did you?" the doctor turner to Fred who was staring into oblivion until Kaz shook him.

"morning maybe" he answered.

"no right after she started showing symptoms? it seems like as soon as she grasped the virus, it was an immediate death" he told looking at the recently developed holes in her skin and they holes appeared even after she's dead indicating the virus is still inside, even after the host is dead.

"nobody was near" Fred answered

"who spotted it first?" the doctor turned to the audience and saw a small hand raising and Kaz noticed it was Daisy's.

"can you explain my dear?" he asked and Kaz nodded

"I was coming from the tuition and I saw her coming outside of the forest and she fell..." she sobbed hard and Kaz hugged her and held her in his arms, he cradled her for a while and she continued

"she fell and the blood seemed to come out of her like a fountain, I was scared...I'm sorry I didn't help her, I ran to Kaz and-" she sobbed again with much more grief.

"it's okay you didn't help, it's really okay" the doctor assured her and made sure he stayed away from anyone else because of the examined gloves being in his hands.

the sun seemed to be so harsh at them, the virus seemed to glitter inside the pale body, indicating it had consumed everything inside of her, everyone gasped in surprise, with the beauty of it, only the doctor knew how ugly damage it had done.

"Everyone, stay out of the forest for a while, be safe until we find what this is" the doctor advised everyone to stay out of this body, until the sunlight kills the virus, since the host is already dead, it can't survive long in sunlight.

"what do we do doctor? if it's just the start?"Kaz was worried about it.

"I'm going to examine the virus in my gloves, please stay out of my hut, until I declare it safe, and go to the ruined hospitals and check for disinfectants, the present ones might not be enough if it gets contagious" he knew it was no good, he hasn't seen a virus like this in his entire medical career, and all he could do was to keep his fear to himself, without panicking anyone else

"and Kazuo?" he called out

"huh?" Kaz turned and asking him

"make sure everyone stays safe alright? keep an eye on everybody" he said

"yes doctor" he replied and he wished Aura was safe from whatever is going on around here