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Story Guide -- Story List Length (rounded up): 1500 words, 6 min. Previous (Part 6) -- Next (Part 8) -- Contents -- Gallery Folder Cast Plague, Part 7 Day 28, 8:55 a.m. Number of infected people worldwide: 10,655 Number of infected people in the U.S.: 2,989 Location: Bay City, WA Struggling with the weighty plaster leg cast, which extended from her hip to her toes, Sandra hobbled out of the CDC mobile lab. The unyielding long leg cast, which was applied to stabilise her broken thigh bone, also paralysed her knee and captured her ankle, severely limiting her movement abilities. With both joints locked in the firm cast prison, she had great d

Story Guide -- Story List Length (rounded up): 1750 words, 7 min. Previous (Part 19) -- Contents -- Gallery Folder Cast Plague, Part 20 Day 100 Number of infected people worldwide: 250,887,332 and increasing Number of infected people in the U.S.: 85,669,637 and increasing Location: Atlanta, GA Nicholas Allen reached for the digital voice recorder to turn it off. ‘Thank you for the interview, Dr Watkins.’ In response, Sandra mumbled a few more demotivated words to the journalist. Then she moved up the right arm to scratch her itchy skin under the soft neck brace. To no avail, since her arm was wrapped in a long arm cast, and she

Story Guide -- Story List Length (rounded up): 2000 words, 8 min. Previous (Part 11) -- Next (Part 13) -- Contents -- Gallery Folder Timelined 2 - 1963, Part 12 24th November 1963, 10:47 p.m. Despite her cast-constrained posture, Sarah witnessed the events that unfolded in the room. Bob was shot, and disappeared from her field of vision, and most likely lay dead on the floor. As the most frightening part of the ordeal, the bold gunman continued to advance towards her bed. And because of her amnesia, she had absolutely no idea why she was going to die. ‘Please do it right now!’ Sarah cried out, tempting fate. ‘I won’

Story Guide -- Story List Length (rounded up): 2000 words, 8 min. Previous (Part 4) -- Next (Part 6) -- Contents -- Gallery Folder The Curse of Friday the 13th, Day 1, Part 5 Friday the 13th, 6:43 p.m. Around quarter to seven in the afternoon, Julie left the Cast Room for the third time that day. As she pondered over the situation, she gradually comprehended the dreadful pattern behind the strange sequence of accidents which she was involved in. The more time she woke up, the greater number of casts she had to endure. She squeezed her eyes shut not to see her new casts. Despite all those alarming events, she hoped that the latest mishap in

Story Guide -- Story List Length (rounded up): 1350 words, 5 min 30 sec. Previous (Part 6) -- Next (Part 8) -- Contents -- Gallery Folder The Curse of Friday the 13th, Day 2, Part 7 Friday the 13th, 6:58 p.m. Mike stared blankly at the slogan on the wall. ‘Special Accident Care Unit: dedicated to caring for patients with extensive injuries.’ The corridor was quiet in the medical ward that had been established to nurse the victims of serious accidents. No footsteps could be heard, but merely the barely audible beeping of the health monitoring devices filled the air. Late in the afternoon, only Mike and Dr York stood outside Jul

Story Guide -- Story List Length (rounded up): 1750 words, 7 min. Previous (Part 15) -- Next (Part 17) -- Contents -- Gallery Folder Cast Plague, Part 16 Day 61, 11:00 a.m. Number of infected people worldwide: 21,987,662 Number of infected people in the U.S.: 11,368,474 Location: CDC mobile laboratory, Bay City, WA The countdown ended and a string of zeros appeared on the timer display. Sandra responded to the warning beeps, but it was clear to everyone what they needed to do. ‘Feeding time!’ ‘This is my turn!’ Karen said. To attend Audrey, who was completely incapacitated, Karen freed her fully casted right arm f