Something's happening

There's some seriously weird shit going down round here these days.

I've been on the force a few years now and I never had to draw my gun until a couple of weeks ago. A guy jumped David and started clawing at him - David held him off but couldn't shift him.

This guy was strong, hopped up on something - and I had to shoot him. There was no other choice. David couldn't get him off him and this guy was just whaling on him, beating him over and over and trying to bite him.

I shot him through the head.

I went to counselling and under normal circumstances I would have been off the street for a while.

But whatever's going on out here, it's not normal. There's some kind of epidemic...

That cold that was going round I mentioned last month?

It's not a cold. The cold is just the first stage of some kind of infection. They're not telling us what kind yet, but there's rumors that it's got something to do with the level of violent attacks that have been on the upswing across the country.

I don't know what's going on, but I don't like it. Everyone's nervous, tense. A couple of guys we know went hunting upstate for the weekend and never came back. Annie's school is closed even though it should still be in session. I don't know what's going on.

But I've still got a job to do.