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screen. It seems to be
taking place in the crowded waiting room of a hospital, and the
father realizes that the scream had come from an old lady on the
television that was near enough to the camera's microphone that it
had picked it up very clearly. Her screaming persists as the report
goes on, and as it plays out, feeds scroll across the bottom of the
screen, reading out bold lettered warnings about a "NEW DISEASE
CAUSED BY CHEMICAL DUMPING IN CRATER LAKE", and more that tell
about a, "INFECTION" that is "SPREADING RAPIDLY". As the field
reporter tries to explain what is happening in greater detail, the
room behind her resonates with the wails of the
suffering.
    His wife is sitting on the
couch in front of the television, hunched over. She looks deeply
concerned, and their daughter stands close beside her, her face
also reads of confusion. She was just at school and has heard
nothing about this, not a tweet or a single post on the web. How
could it have happened so fast? The father takes his place, and
stands beside his daughter. She looks up at him, no longer upset
about the fight they had had in the car, and with an almost fearful
look in her eyes, then looks back to the television. He places a
comforting hand around her and rubs her shoulder and back
supportively. Then, he too continues watching the
screen.
    The field reporter is still
on it, giving her report to the newsroom and rest of the world. She
looks just as distressed as the family as she works, looking around
the waiting room in a worried fashion while reporting, although,
trying her best to remain professional. Behind her we can see
people sitting with their dying friends, and holding their
relatives in their arms. One woman let's out a shriek that startles
everyone, the reporter included, and the camera shakingly zooms in
on the crying lady in the background. She holds a man in her arms,
who lays motionless. It seems whoever it is has passed away,
possibly her husband. She covers his face with a handkerchief, as
the cameraman zooms back out recapturing the field reporter, who is
just turning back from looking at the weeping woman. She explains
to the viewers as compassionately as possible that the disease has
taken it's first casualty. Watching from their living room, the
family is deeply saddened and slightly alarmed. Whatever this thing
is, it's real, and it's taking the lives of people in their
hometown.
    As the reporter continues
to speak, the screen readjusts into a picture in picture format.
The anchor back in the newsroom is displayed on the bigger portion
of the screen, and the field reporter is on the smaller box in the
top left corner. As they converse back and forth about the
sickness, what is being done and what people should do to protect
themselves, it becomes apparent that something odd is happening on
the smaller screen behind the unaware field reporter in the
hospital's perturbed waiting room.
    The man who had just passed
is now slowly sitting up. The handkerchief sticks to his face,
keeping it hidden, while the woman's is frozen in total shock as
the body raises itself from the embrace of her loving arms.
Everybody in the room begins to gasp and stare in awe. Even the
field reporter turns around to see what is happening, and the small
screen expands again to get a better view of what is going on. The
father and his family watch on, squinting and trying to understand
what they are seeing. Maybe he hadn't died after all.
    When he becomes too
vertical, the handkerchief falls from the risen man's face. It
excites everyone surrounding him, including the reporter, and she
motions frantically for the cameraman to zoom in and get a close-up
shot of the miracle. He follows orders and zooms in on the couple.
The man's skin had been pale before due to the fever, but now there
is no color in it whatsoever, none except for a hint of greenish
grey. His eyes are also greyed and bloodshot, and not staring at
anything in particular. That is, until he turns to