Virus

• Chloe Rodwell, Grade 7
• Short Story
• 2021

My life was always great. There was never a moment of sadness. I may have had a coffee or two spilled on me, but nothing too bad. There were super friendly people, and I was always making people happy. I worked at a hospital and had worked there for 4 years and sat at a desk for most of it. I worked with some friendly people in my time and some that were extremely rude to me. But then something happened. I didn’t feel right, then I blacked-out.
It had been a tough year before the Virus came. People had been fired, and I was working harder than ever. I was overwhelmed but, like always, still having fun. There was some new computer coming in, and I was not happy about that, but it was doable to stay satisfied.
I had the Virus, and some others had it too. The Virus made me not helpful. I remember that someone said to me if I am going to get sick, I will be at the hospital. I remember after a couple of days someone came through my back door and stealing and seeing things that I didn’t want them to see or take. It was hard not being able to help and being taken for people to look at me. I feel that the whole world hated me.

Now, after I have shared all this with you, you may want to know how I got the Virus. Well, it all started going; a coughing man dressed in black came in. He was on his phone and looked tired and sick. He slowly and moodily came up to my partner and I said, “I need a doctor,” still on his phone and my partner said, “sorry, we are busy, come back tomorrow’. He flipped and stormed out of the hospital. A night when I turn on to go to sleep, something didn’t feel right, and then I knew I had the Virus.

I am in the hospital right now around all my friends. They all look sad, and I am not sure why. My best friend is crying. Then I feel all my memories gone. I never got to say goodbye. I never travelled. But it is okay because I am only a computer, right?