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FOR BEST RESULTS LET THE PAGE LOAD. EPISODE ONE: POINT OF ENTRYThe Hong Kong Harbor is restless tonight. The year is 2003, and an epidemic is raging through her gorgeous streets threatening every human being in its path... Scientists work around the clock desperately searching for an antidote to treat the virus that has already taken the lives of hundreds of people… Fear is running rampant as China’s tourism market plummets to an all time low… To date, the origin of the virus that causes “Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome” remains a mystery…. One suggestion of its source came on May 23 when Professor Yuen Kwok-Yung of the University of the Hong Kong microbiology department reported that the SARS virus may have jumped to humans from a rare breed of nocturnal feline known as the “civet cat.” The civet cat is considered a delicacy in southern China…  The truth is, the civet cat is innocent. This recent plague is a result of something much darker, and infinitely more personal. This rampant disease runs swift and steals the breath of those who are infected. Who could ever imagine that this deadly virus is actually a product of a decade old vendetta between one orphaned kitten and the entire human race…
It happened here, behind this store front, a place where delicious confections are woven from meat, vegetables, and rice…
It is in this alleyway, where he sometimes comes to remember…. Mother kept her newborn son safe and warm. She built them a shelter out of a postage box to protect them both from the harsh China rain… At night, mother would sneak into the restaurant and gather scraps from crawlspaces, and open garbage cans in the kitchen…
Tonight however, mother would not come and go so easily…
At the end of the month supplies run low… Need more plastic forks… Need more styrofoam containers…More rice… More meat… Heeeeeere Kitty. Kitty. Kitty. Mooooooooommmmm!Her memory is delivered in 30 minutes or less…
This is where he comes to remember…
….and to remind himself of a promise he has every intention of keeping. I honor you Mother. You will be avenged.
TO BE CONTINUED…
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