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Elise looked at the grinning girl. Honestly, she hadn’t thought about how long they were going to be able to stay here. Now that she thought about it…

“It depends on if the city shuts off the water. I seem to recall humans being able to survive weeks without food, but you can only live a short while without any water.”

Elise looked at her freshly bandaged hands. They throbbed, but the pain had gone away and she was thankful that the bleeding seemed to have stopped. She hugged herself, pulling the warm sweater close to her body.

“Also, it depends on the government’s reaction to the situation. If they opt for containment, well…”

She sighed and blocked out thoughts of her mother and father.

“How big do you think this thing is?”

She looked down at her bare feet and wiggled her toes. The infection had been in the news all the time for the past few weeks. Nobody had been certain where it came from, but the media claimed the first cases originated in Africa. They had seemed pretty confident that it had been contained, but obviously they were wrong or had just said that to keep the population calm. Elise thought of the possibilities, what if it was everywhere? Spreading like a wildfire through dry brush? Silently she said a prayer and hoped that wasn’t the case. Elise had no interest in being one of the last humans alive, Sse had always wanted a family, and that wasn’t going to happen if the world was ending. Elise looked back up at Avery.