Aftermath Part III — K.W. Callahan

The Su flu pandemic began in the Gansu province of China and spread across the world like wildfire. In its aftermath, humans gathered together, first in small groups, later in larger ones, in the hopes of ensuring their continued survival â€" survival from the elements and survival from other humans. Some people thought it enough to try to make a new life for themselves by using what they found, what they could build, what they could grow. Others found it easier to take, to intimidate, to kill. As a result, two factions came into existence. The following is the final story in the continued struggle of several such factions â€" remnants of humanity, fighting for survival in a post-pandemic world that will never be as it once was.