OmegaNet 16

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OmegaNet 
Logon: Castillo, Maria
Location: Zone 15, Southern Europe
Date/Time: 2.25.33; 8:03 a.m.
My name is Maria, and I am 17 years old. I live in Madrid, but right now my younger sister and two brothers are here with me at this OmegaNet in the mountains. I have read here how some cities have burned, but nothing like that has happened in Madrid. But on Christmas eve, my mother and father suddenly began acting strangely. My mother came into my bedroom….I thought she was going to say something, but her face was horribly contorted….and she reached out to strangle me! I could hear my little brothers screaming in the hallway, and as I ran past mother I grabbed their hands and called to my sister to get out of the house! We were all crying and running! I have never been so scared! We just ran and ran. I couldn't sleep or eat, but we didn't have anything to eat anyway. The OmegaNet people found us, and brought us here.
Somebody wrote that these Afflicted people don't talk, but we ran into one boy who screamed at us as we ran, saying "Die!, die!, die!" over and over. He was clawing at his own face with his fingers, and I shall never forget that horrible voice as long as I live. I wish someone could tell me if my mother and father will be ok. I am afraid, and we want to go home. 
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