Day After Tommorow

Springfield had begun like unlike any of the other towns around it. The Springfield Prision had been the first structure built in the town. At it's complition, the prison was the only thing in the town. Built nearly a hundred miles from the nearest town in any dirrection, Springfield Prison was believed to be the safest prision ever. The rest of the town slowly was built out from the prision. After thirty years in operation, Springfield Prision became an Army base in 1862. Occupied by both North and South troops, the base had but one job. Army horses were trained and housed in it. In 1875, Springfield Army Base became Woodland Wildlife Sanctuary. The Sanctuary made up the south end of the town. Main street ran right outside it's gates. One had only to travel ten blocks to the 'buisness district' of town. The Hospital, Post Office, strip mall, a multitude of small shops, and Highway on/off ramp where all located here. Three blocks west of the Hospital, was the City Hall building and Public Works Office and Warehouses. Nesseld all around these buildings were house. The town was surrounded by farms and ranches. If one went east from the Hospital, to the edge of town lay the FS station and grain sillos next to the train tracks.


Ann sighed as she made her way toward the gates of the Woodland Wildlife Sanctuary. Things were never going to be the same. A week ago, she had been arguing with her fellow keepers about who was hotter, Hugh Jackman or the new guy at Johnson's Hardware. he world had changed overnight. When the first reports of strange weather patterns had come in, Ann had just looked them over and moved on. But, when a UN messager appered, she knew something was up. An orded had been issued for the animals at Woodland to be moved south. All of the major breeding zoos and wildlife sanctuarys were ordered to move animals that where on a pre-screened list. For the people of Springfield, it was a dead give away that something was up. Last time Woodland had been 'empty' had been WW II. All but sixty of the animals had been removed. Fifty were medium to large canavores, ranging wolves to bears, bobcats to an elderly lion. They couldn't be moved, because none were in the breeding program. The other ten animals were smaller, some penguins that wouldn't be crated, a few birds, an iguana, and the Sanctuarys dog.Ann had offered to stay behind with them. This wasn't the first time she had done this.
When it had started raining, Ann had opened the front gates and sut everything but the security down. By the time hte rain had stopped, there where now over three hundered animals in Woodland. The local farmeers had just opened thier fences, and thier animals had wandered into the empty enclosers, to the safty of dry warm buildings.When the freeze had hit, Woodlands computer had locked all the animals in. Ann had vowed to appoligize to Roy, the head of Woodland, for makeing fun off him and his' plan for everything, make sure the computer can work under anything' way of thinking. It had saved her life. Now, she had an entire, fully stocked compound to herself. And for all she knew, she was the only one left in the town.


Ann pulled out her gloves and begain to unlock the iron gates that were the main entrance to Woodland. Ann stepped out and looked up and down the street.Nothing, no living thing could be seen. Ann sighed at the sixty dead cows laying infront of the gates. She would have to get a truck and the Bobcat up here soon. No sense it the cows going to waste when she had animals to feed. Though Woodland had enough supplys to last for upto a year on site, Ann knew that finding meat for the animals left behind would be hard. Ann pushed down on her walkie and sent out a message.
"Anyone have thier ears on?"


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The evacuation was almost complete when Lynn's patient went into cardiac arrest. She was suppose to leave but couldn't, Jim was her patient since she had come to Springfield. God she had brought him back several times already. She just couldn't give up. She straddled his waist as his heart stopped again.

She put her hands together and thumped on his chest three times. She felt his neck with two fingers and felt a faint heartbeat. She pressed on his chest then breathed the breath of life into his mouth and returned back to his chest.

"Breath damn you, don’t make this whole thing a waste of time, come on breath, Jim"

She felt sweat running down her back from her hours of working on Jim and then he just stopped fighting altogether. She got off the top of him shaken; she had never lost a patient before. Why now, when she had given up her chance to get out to save his life. She collapsed to the floor and wondered what she was going to do now.

Well girl, you can't just sit around here all by yourself, she said to herself. She stood up; her legs were shaky and grabbed her black bag. She looked through it, she decided she best pack it with meds and more equipment just in case she came across more trouble. She covered Jim before she turned and went to the dispensorary. She would make sure she had plenty of what she might need. She found another black bag in there and emptied out what she didn’t think she would need and fill that one with a multitude of meds. She added more scalpels and medical equipment to her own bag. She was ready now.

She took the stairs up to her office on the fifth floor and started to put on her bulky sweater and parker. She had to stay warm out there. She left her office carrying the two black bags; she said a little prayer that she would find someone anyone. She did not want to be alone. Strange, she that was always alone, now did not want to be that way. She exited the hospital and began to walk against the wind

Ann looked up as a familiar bark rang out in the empty streets. Two huskys came barreling around the corner and slide to a halt at her feet. Ann gave a sad smile as she nelt down and scratched their heads.
"Hey boys. Good to see you."
Ann sighed Capone and Nessler were the Johnsons pride and joy. If the two of them where lose, that could only mean that John and Sue were dead. Ann clapped her hands and whistled to the dogs.
"Come on boys, Red will want to play with you, and I have work to do."

Lynn was freezing, the wind was whipping through her as she stumbled along. Her hands felt like they were frozen to the two black bags she carried. Her breathing was ragged and as a doctor she knew she was going to freeze to death if she didn't find refuse from this weather. She walked with her head down and was surprised when she walked into something real hard. She bounced off it, almost fell and looked up to see a gate. After inspecting it for a moment she saw a type of intercom. She pressed it, hoping to find someone, anyone willing to let her in out of the cold.