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The worse Poppy felt, the more she dwelled on the past.Memories from the last several years kept coming back to her. Without Nicole's guidance, she might still be trying desperately to please everyone, going along with whatever they wanted and keeping her feelings to herself. Back then, she couldn't even open up to Zeph.Nicole helped her break those habits, become more confident, and grow closer to Zeph.Poppy wrapped her arms around her. "I'm really glad it wasn't you."Nicole hugged her tightly, too choked up to answer.Over the next few days, Poppy's condition continued to fluctuate. Nicole and Zeph took turns at her bedside, watching for the slightest change.At one point, her condition became so precarious that they nearly needed an emergency injection to keep her heart going.After five days, her fever finally broke.Poppy was noticeably thinner. Nicole and Zeph each lost several pounds, too, and even Cola barely touched his food.Nicole checked everything she could.
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Nobody could prepare for every disaster. No matter how carefully people planned, nature could undo it all in an instant."Nicole, if you ever lose any of us, promise me you'll keep going," Zeph said. "Don't blame yourself for things you couldn't prevent. You've already done more than anyone could ask. Every extra day we have together is a gift."Nicole clung to him, tears sliding silently down her cheeks.Zeph bowed his head and gently wiped them away. "What happened to the Nicole who wasn't scared of anything?""She's scared now."He kissed her forehead. "That's okay. I'm here. We're all still here."Zeph stayed with Poppy through the night so Nicole could rest. He was still awake when she came to relieve him at dawn."Go get some sleep," she told him.Poppy's fever kept coming back, and her voice was hoarse.Nicole gave her antiviral medication and herbal remedies, hoping they would help her recover. She also administered several bags of IV fluids.After half a bowl of chic
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Nicole and Zeph scrambled out of bed. Cola whined and raced toward Poppy's room.Zeph rushed in and found his sister burning up, her cheeks flushed. The thermometer read almost 106 degrees.Nicole quickly removed the bandage from Poppy's hand. The bite was red and swollen, though there was no pus.She never expected a single tide bug bite to make Poppy this sick.She checked Poppy's heart rate, oxygen level, and pulse. Her heartbeat was regular, but her oxygen saturation was down to 93%, and her pulse felt rapid and weak.Nicole gave her medicine to bring down the fever while Zeph set up the oxygen concentrator. "Poppy, wake up."Poppy's eyes fluttered open. "Zeph, I feel awful," she whispered.He fitted the oxygen mask over her face. "You have a fever. We're taking care of you, alright? Don't be scared."Nicole kept several pieces of lab equipment in her storage space, but without the necessary reagents, she couldn't test Poppy's blood.She brought out an ECG machine to mon
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Watching the tide bugs crawl over the capsule made Nicole's skin crawl. With each new horror, humanity's chances of surviving seemed a little slimmer.The bugs swarmed over the shell for another 15 minutes. Whether the aerospace-grade material held no appeal or simply proved too hard to bite through, they finally gave up and left.As they cleared the window, Nicole could see outside again.The fishing boat floated nearby. The swarm retreated as quickly as it arrived, pouring down the hull in a dense black mass and disappearing beneath the surface.Nicole waited another 15 minutes. Only when she was sure the bugs were gone did she open the hatch.The sea breeze barely carried a trace of the stench. In that short time, the swarm apparently consumed almost all the decomposing bodies aboard.Her stomach turned.With the fishing boat so close, Nicole remembered the radiation protection suits she asked Marcus to find back when they lived at the villa complex. After getting those, she
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Zeph was already outside. Yelling at him wouldn't help, so Nicole focused on getting them both through this.Then she remembered the tear gas. She never collected any herself, but Zeph had a few canisters. He scavenged all sorts of supplies over the years. Nicole gave them a quick once-over before storing them in a corner of her space.Since she wasn't the one who gathered them, she barely remembered what was there. After nine years, the tear gas slipped her mind entirely.She pulled out the canisters and handed two to Zeph. With two apiece, they sprayed frantically at the advancing swarm.If this failed, they were out of options.White clouds spread across the deck, and the bugs backed away. As soon as they retreated beyond the cloud, Zeph grabbed Nicole and rushed her toward the capsule.She barely made it through the hatch before the swarm advanced again.Before closing the hatch, Nicole reached out and pressed her palm against the yacht, pulling it into her storage space.
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At first, Zeph mistook the dark patch for a current. But the wind was mild, and the darkness spread far too quickly.The mass raced toward the fishing boat and surrounded it. Then countless tiny shapes swarmed up the hull in a dense, unbroken stream.They were black, roughly the size and shape of beetles, and moved astonishingly fast.The swarm poured over the boat like a black tide. Dense clusters never bothered Zeph before, but the sight made his skin crawl.He lowered the binoculars to tell Nicole they needed to leave. Before he could speak, Poppy screamed. "Bugs! There are bugs!"They spun around. While they watched the fishing boat, black insects climbed aboard behind them.More raced up the yacht's hull. Their legs made an audible rustling as they scrambled over one another.Each had a black shell and eerie green eyes. They covered more of the deck by the second.They seemed to track by scent. As soon as they reached the deck, they headed straight for Nicole and the other
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Nicole didn't hesitate. She blocked Edward right away.Less than a minute later, her phone rang again. It was an unfamiliar number.She didn't need to guess; this was Edward's classmate or one of his friends.Given a second chance at life, Nicole had zero interest in being taken for a fool. She w
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Nicole never expected the new resident of 1801 to be the same young man who had helped her at the courier station.He looked mildly surprised, too. He nodded once at her, then went back to work.Up close, he was striking in a cold, sharp way. He was tall and lean, with broad shoulders and clean li
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Two miles was nothing. The Hummer reached the entrance to the complex in just a few minutes.Nicole handed the man 400 dollars, thanking him for saving her and for ignoring traffic rules.His voice stayed cool. "No need. I was heading this way, anyway."Seeing he wouldn't take it, she didn't push
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Just after midnight, the timer refreshed. One hundred thirty minutes remaining.That meant time could stack.Nicole nearly laughed out loud. Seconds mattered. During crucial moments, even a minute could mean the difference between living and dying.She decided that unless it was absolutely necess
