Virus: Lethal Candy

It was Halloween time on Earth and Harlan was just a little too excited. He was just eating too much candy. At least it wasn't burritos. "I need MORE CANDY!!" He was running down the halls all around the ship, wearing his shirt over his head, like a hood screaming "I am the great Cornholio!!! I need candy for my bunghole!!" He went into the jump tubes sideways, backwards, and head first. Of course, he hurt himself badly.

Nahimana was reading a book called "Lord of the Flies''. It was a very good book. Especially the part where Piggy dies. She closed the book when she heard a screaming noise. It was Harlan, "I am the GREAT CORNHOLIO!!! Do you have candy?? Candy for my bunghole??!!" Nahimana did NOT know what he was talking about, "I think you have eaten too much candy, Harlan." Harlan was carrying around a bag of candy. "What are you talking about? Cornholio? You should try some, it's GRRREAT!!!!" He kept on dancing around and chanting to his little Cornholio thing and left the room. He also left his candy behind.

She picked up the bag and looked inside. There were many different kinds of earth candy. She had her eyes on the white chocolate cappuccino caramel. She put her hand in the bag and took out the piece of candy. She studied it and smelled it, for nothing had smelled so good. She had never eaten earth candy before. She put the candy in her mouth and chewed. It was soooo good. Except for the nuts. She didn't know the dangers of earth candy does to Andromedans, but she'll soon find out.

After their studies and duties, the crew was heading to the galley for dinner. Nahimana wasn't very hungry. Her stomach started to hurt pretty badly. She thought it was no big deal, but it was. Radu could sense something was very wrong. He saw that she was very tired. Her eyes were darker than usual, which no one noticed but him. "Is there something wrong, Nahi?" She couldn't think straight. She looked at him and closed her eyes to find out what to say. "Well, I don't feel so.....," she fainted.

Radu, Suzee, Commander Goddard, Bova and Harlan stayed in the classroom while the others took Nahimana to the infirmary. She had a fever and she was wide awake with a headache. They just found out a few weeks ago that they have a CAT scan. Rosie read from books on how to work it. She laid on the bed. "Rosie, if anything happens to me, tell Radu that....I love him." They put her in the scanner to be tested. A few minutes later, she was quietly asleep, or was she???

Rosie was reading the CAT scan and it showed that there was nothing wrong with her. "Nahimana, you're okay. Nahimana?" Rosie went to the scanner, finding Nahimana fast asleep, or so she thought. She tried to wake her up. She never woke up, not even one response either. Rosie checked for a pulse, but there was none. Miss Davenport fainted while the other looked on in sadness. Now, they have to tell Radu, which will be even sadder. He will be crushed when he finds out that his true love is dead.

End of part one - To be continued

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