Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes

Welcome to Part 3 of the prequel/serial to Drake and the Fliers. If you missed Parts 1 and 2 and want to start at the beginning, click here.

Before the Flight – Part 3

“Why aren’t we sick?” Drake asked.

Kelsey sighed and leaned against the window of the Denver hospital, focusing on the ceiling. “I don’t know.” Her voice caught, and she cleared her throat. She turned her attention down the hallway, towards their mother’s room – or what was her room until half an hour ago.

“First Dad, then Grandma and Grandpa, and now…” He glanced down the hall himself and swallowed.

“Maybe we’re immune.”

“No one’s immune,” Drake said, not fully believing his own words. He and Kelsey had been exposed just as long as their mother. Now she was dead, but the siblings stood among the infected, completely healthy. They didn’t even wear masks or any…