Rebecca, who was eighteen, had been left in charge to look after her younger brother, Luke who was ten, while their parents went to France to visit some old friends. Rebecca lived in her own flat in London, studying fashion at a college in the centre of London. It was a Sunday morning and Rebecca was up before Luke, so she decided to spoil him and cook him a full cooked breakfast. While his food was cooking Rebecca flicked on the TV. As she clicked on to Channel One, it was the news and there were flashing headlines all over the screen saying, “Do not leave your houses, deadly disease spreads like a wildfire. “Rebecca sat down in horror and could not believe what she was reading. A fatal disease called Pythis had broken out in Japan five days before and now it had reached Great Britain. Rebecca had read about it in the newspaper the other day, but never did she think it would spread. She was speechless; thoughts were whirling round her head, “What do I say to Luke? Will I ever see my parents again? What will happen to us?” She decided that she would wake Luke and give him his breakfast and tell him about Pythis, so he was warned about what was going to happen. She ventured to his room, fighting back the tears and hiding her fear as much as she could. When Luke opened his sleepy eyes she told him to come to the kitchen soon for breakfast as it was almost ready. Of course it didn’t take long until Luke came bouncing into the kitchen, with a big grin on his face which was going to make it harder for Rebecca to tell him. Eventually she plucked up the courage to tell him. As she was telling him, tears swelled up in his eyes almost immediately. Rebecca told him that they had to be prepared for the worst, as over half the population in Japan had died and now Pythis had spread into most countries and was killing thousands of people. Once Luke had calmed down, she turned the new back on. It has now hit Edinburgh and Glasgow within the last two days as it takes less than five days to infect someone and kill them. There was nothing anyone could do now, as it had spiralled out of control. One thing was for sure, Rebecca was not going to let either herself or Luke leave the flat until it was safe, but would it ever be again. They wouldn’t even leave for food. Rebecca was terrified of what was going to happen to all her loved ones. She had a feeling she may never see any of them again. Luke was quite obviously thinking and feeling the same but he wanted to be brave as he always was. Luke wanted to ring their parents. As Rebecca dialled her Mum’s number in, suddenly it struck her, what if their parents die, what would happen? The phone rang and rang and just as Rebecca was going to hang up, their mother finally answered. She sounded panicked and tearful. It was Dad, he had been struck with Pythis, earlier that morning he had become very sick and confused, which were some of the symptoms of Pythis and the worst part was their parents weren’t together as her Mum had gone to stay with another friend two days ago. Rebecca was scared and knew her father was a victim of Pythis, which meant he may only have a few days or not even that left to live. She needed to call him and she knew it would be painful as it would be goodbye. The worst part was telling Luke and watching his heart break. After an hour phone call to their Father they said their Goodbyes, hoping it wouldn’t be the last Goodbye, but couldn’t help but believe it. The next morning Rebecca hoped that Pythis was a nightmare, but knowing it wasn’t. Over night the deadly disease had killed over half of Scotland and it was now closer than ever. It had hit London, as over a hundred people had been reported to have had the symptoms over night. When Luke came into the kitchen he hadn’t slept a wink and he complained of a sore head. Rebecca’s heart sank. This couldn’t be true, not her baby brother. She told him he probably just needed something to drink and eat. After two hours Luke felt better and Rebecca prayed that it was just dehydration earlier. There was now only one channel left on television and it was the 24 hours news. It was now reported that in every country almost or over half the population had been confirmed with Pythis or had died from it. Rebecca was so shocked how quickly one disease can take over the world and so quickly. Rebecca and Luke sat cuddled on the sofa together the whole day just watching and listening to the radio. The only thing Rebecca got up for was the telephone, which started to ring. It was their mother, Rebecca feared the worse. Her mother was in tears. She could barely get the words out. Rebecca told her to calm down and just breathe. The words which everyone feared the most soon filled Rebecca and Luke’s head. It was their Father, he had passed away earlier that morning. They were lost for words, they sat on a heap on the floor with tears streaming down their faces, they sat their all night just holding one another, knowing that this wouldn’t be the only loved one they would lose or morn for. Five days on, Rebecca and Luke were still feeling fine but didn’t want to say it as it could change any minute, they were also starting to become very hungry as they were running out of food. There were no channels left on the television now, just one radio station, reporting to the ones left in Great Britain, the awful thing now was that people in desperation were taking chances and leaving their home to get supplies. Rebecca didn’t think twice about letting herself or Luke step outside the front door. More than a half of the population in Great Britain were dead now and more were dying every minute, but what had been said on the radio was that the number of people being infected had slowed down and soon it would be over, but there were still a lot of people who were going to die in the next few days and after that the deadly disease may be over. For the last day Rebecca had been trying to get hold of her mum but there was very limited signal, as there was limited everything. She was concerned their Mother may have died, which scared her. Luke had barely left his room nor had spoken for the last two days, it was his way of dealing with all of it. A few days later the radio station was still going and it has been announced that the disease would no longer spread and it was safe to leave your houses now. Rebecca wanted to be happy, but nothing she felt would make her feel happy, as she knew everyone she had ever laid eyes on would mostly likely be dead now. She cried for hours, until she looked out of the window and saw the first human, apart from Luke, she had seen in over two weeks. As the person moved closer she thought the figure looked very familiar, it was their Mummy, she shrieked with joy, shouting to Luke to hurry, she sprinted outside until she was in her mother’s arms. Luke was soon at their side. All three of them cried with joy they had each other again. The fresh air felt so good as it hit Rebecca’s cheeks feeling fresher than ever before. After ten minutes they all went back indoors, of course they were heartbroken that their father, didn’t make it nor many of their friends, but they were so grateful to have one another.