It's Everywhere

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2020-03-21 09:09

An entry to The Ink Well Fiction Writing Challenge #3 - What is Your Major Malfunction? by @theinkwell.

Thank you to @raj808 and @stormlight24 for this week's prompt.

Image by deepcove from Pixabay

Cleaning. It never does seem to take the filth away, no matter how many times you mopped the floors and walls of this place.

Scrubbing. Must not miss a spot on these handrails, doorknobs, handles; everything they touch is filthy now.

Misting. It's in the air, it's everywhere now. The air we breath. Must use aerosols. But it's not enough.

I've done everything to clean this place, but it's still here; the very thing that's spreading outside this building. I can't let them come back, I wouldn't. Not when they're planning to make more of those things. Filthy bastards.

There's one thing I haven't tried though. Heat. Yes, let's burn this motherfucking thing down to the ground.

Image by LoggaWiggler from Pixabay

"Just in: A huge fire has broken out of WuBei Pharmaceuticals. Firefighters are now in position to control the damage. Police have also taken into custody a suspicious looking individual who claims to be a worker from the facility."

The camera pans away from the reporter and focuses on the worker forcefully being led away by the police, bloodshot eyes eerily looked back through the lens as he kept yelling, "They already let it spread! Even if you stop that fire, it's out now! It's in the air! It's everywhere!"