I feel kind of stupid writing a journal, but I think it will be a fun to read when I get older. My exploits for the next couple of years might be worth publishing? (I would hope so!)

Feb 13th, 2005

Ok, so we are a day short of Valentine's Day and Sylvia is not back with her parents, so I don't have a date! High School sucks! I hate this town! Why, of all the Canadian Forces Bases in the country, did my dad have to get posted here? There is not a place in the world more ass-backwards and boring than Courtney & Comox!

Feb 14th, 2005

Ok, … Sylvia and I had a little smooch in the hallway at school (woo hoo!), I feel better now! I am going with her to the Valentine's Day Dance tonight!

Feb 15th, 2005

The dance went well! I don't know who was more worked up by the end of the night, Sylvia or me! Man! She is such a good kisser we almost didn't make it through the night without tearing each other's clothes off!

Feb 16th, 2005

There is something weird going on! My dad picked up a news report from somewhere in the States on the satellite dish that said there was some kind of infection spreading and some areas are being quarantined? Then I saw some military guy walk into the picture, there was a loud bang and the signal cut out?

Feb 17th, 2005

There was a news bulletin read over the PA at school today that said, "Due to a biological weapon threat all school activities are cancelled until the end of the week!" We were told to go home and stay indoors! They said that there would be an announcement by TV and radio to let us know when the alert was over. I just got home. I am kind of scared and confused. I wonder if it is connected to what we saw on the satellite dish last night?

Feb 18th, 2005

Dad was able to pick up a short-wave radio message from somewhere in New Mexico about the CDC picking people up and taking them to quarantine centres? They also said that people are being arrested if they resist this process and that a few were shot! Holy Shit! I hope that isn't going to happen here? Apparently there is some connection between the Essex Syndrome and the disease carriers? I only know of one person in town with Essex Syndrome. Dad is going to look into it. He has me swear not to tell anyone what we heard on the radio!

Feb 19th, 2005

There has been an alert sent to every Military Base in Canada! Apparently President Ventura has been removed from office in the States! My dad is on the base and has been told that he will not be allowed off base until the alert is ended. My mom is crying and won't come out of the bathroom. I had to cook dinner tonight; it was only Kraft dinner so it wasn't too bad. I have tried to call my dad and let him know how mom is handling it but I was not allowed to call his line or leave a message! There was a message from the Prime Minister saying that a state of emergency has been declared! She said that martial law has been declared until further notice.

Feb 20th, 2005 (This is being written from memory)

I was woken up Sunday morning by a huge booming crash! When I looked out the window I saw an enormous fire burning in downtown Courtney. There were explosions and what looked like lightning flashing all over the place setting things on fire and blowing them up! I ran downstairs screaming for my mom! She wasn't in the house so I headed toward the front door. Just as I got to the door I heard a terrific smashing sound and the side of the house was destroyed. I was thrown through the open door and was trapped under a part of the roof for a few minutes.

I had numerous scratches and a nasty gash across the back of my leg but I was otherwise OK. The house was on fire as I searched for my mom. As I watched, a few military aircraft and a Huey Cobra flew over, firing on something in the downtown area. I could see more bolts of lightning coming from the ground striking the aircraft. I just hoped that my dad wasn't in one of the aircraft being fired at, but he probably was.

After a few more minutes an enormous disembodied hand grabbed the Huey and crushed it, dropping it to the ground where it exploded!

Feb 21st, 2005 (This is being written from memory)

The firefight of the day before had ended just as the Huey was destroyed. Apparently there was some person or creature firing bolts of energy at everything. A couple of hundred people were killed and most of the downtown area is still-burning rubble. I still don't know where my mom and dad are! I am staying at Sylvia's house as it wasn't destroyed by the fight downtown. She has turned into an Elf like in the Lord of the Rings! She is 6'2" tall now, which isn't much taller than she was before, but it is nice looking a woman eye to eye for once! I have seen people who have turned into Dwarves that had held up in their basements during the battle. I have seen a few Klingons and a reptilian guy who looks like one of those things from Babylon5! I can't believe what is happening, it is all just too weird! Everybody is forming prayer circles and burning incense. The whole block reeks of sandalwood, sage and smoke of burnt buildings.

Feb 22nd, 2005

I still haven't heard or seen anything of my parents! I have asked around and nobody from the military is saying anything.

The gash on my leg was starting to get badly infected today. I was trying to find a doctor and I ran into my old 4th grade teacher Ms. Granger. She said that I was hurt and that she could channel healing energies into my leg! I always thought she was weird, but now I had proof. I was going to tell her to go away when I saw a few people around her nodding in agreement and encouragement. I figured it wouldn't hurt and agreed to let her try. She laid me down on the ground and waved her hands over me for a few minutes whispering some kind of prayer and then she laid her hands on my wound. There was a warm feeling flowing out her hands and through my body. My wound began to ache and throb and then itch like mad.

As I began to sit up to stop her the itching went away. My leg felt fine and when I stood up and felt the bandage under my pants it didn't hurt at all. I was so shocked I pulled my pants down and looked at it, tearing off the bandage. The swelling was gone and the wound was completely healed, and without a scar too! Ms. Granger looked at me with an intense feeling of satisfaction and then patted my arm saying, "It won't be bothering you anymore!" She and her followers walked off looking for more people to help.

I went and found Sylvia and showed her my wound (she had been looking after it for me for the last few days). She was so happy for me she gave me a big hug and kissed my face off! We ended up in her room. I will be a gentleman and say no more!

Feb 23rd, 2005

I am beginning to think my parents might both be dead! I think I am just in a kind of shock or denial, I don't feel a thing about them being missing?

Sylvia's parents are cool with me staying with them but they think that if we are going to sleep together we should at least be pair-bonded! They are such hippies! My parents would probably be freaking out if they knew that Sylvia and I are sleeping together! Sylvia and I are ok with it and her mom is arranging it for this Saturday in a Wiccan ceremony.

People are getting whacked! Literally! There was a shooting today a few blocks over! Someone caught some people looting a house that had been crushed by some wreckage from the fight with the thing downtown. A neighbour pointed his rifle at the looters and when one of them pulled a knife he shot him! There was a nasty battle between the looters and few of the other neighbours in the area and 3 people were killed! At one point one of the looters had been shot three times and had fallen down dead. He got up a minute later and ran away! There was a huge pool of blood around where he had fallen. He must have lost 3 or 4 pints of blood!

They tried to follow his blood trail but they lost it after a few hundred yards into the bush. While they were trying to pick up his trail some giant monster attacked them. It was green and had huge claws and teeth. They kept shooting it and hit it many times but it just kept coming. Four of the guys were killed before they turned and ran. It followed them for a bit and then turned back when they broke out of the bush. They are putting together a posse to hunt down whatever that thing was.

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