Timeline (Contagion)

Contagion is an alternate history about a disease outbreak following a boat sinking the the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It starts from the sinking of the boat to the immediate results, the expansion of the disease, and the aftermath. This alternate history is still very new, and is being edited. Due to this, the creator of this alternate history asks that you do not edit it.

This page serves as the timeline of the althistory.

June 1, 2005
The Pacific Runner is a cruise ship that goes across the Pacific Ocean by going from the Marhsall islands to Hawaii regularly across the year. In early June, it makes this crossing, going from Honolulu to Majuro, taking about 6 days each way.

As the ship is close to halfway to the middle of the cruise, an engine explodes dramatically, injuring 3. Captain John French orders someone to see what damage had taken place, and it is informed to him that a massive hole was made in the bottom of the ship, and that water was coming in. Captain French calls in the closest radio tower, being that of the Johnston Atoll. Nobody answers. He is informed by a crew member that the island has been deserted since 2004. Captain French knows that his radio is not strong enough to reach Honolulu, the next closest tower, and runs out of ideas. It is predicted that the boat will sink within 2 hours.

After five minutes, the same man who had informed Captain French of the fate of the Johnston Atoll realizes that there is an airport there, and that because the runway is only for emergencies, the ATC tower would still be in operation. The Pacific Runner sets its course for the Johnston Atoll.

Captain French knew that the ship would not manage to arrive at the Johnston Atoll in time. Coral reef in the area could damage the hull of the ship, and he knew that he could not make it before the boat would sink. Passengers were readied into the lifeboats as the cruise ship continued its course, weaving around the coral reef in the area.

The Pacific Runner was about 3 miles away from the Johnston Atoll when the motors could no longer run. Unfortunately, Captain French had predicted that the boat would sink about a minute later, judging from the last checkup he had made on the motors, just a minute before. Due to this, the information of the boat soon to sink was too late for about 100 unlucky passengers, who drowned as the boat went down. The rest of the passengers, about 300 of them, rowed to the Johnston Atoll, Captain French among them.

Upon arrival at the island, isolation was clear. There were plants that had grown all over the runway of the island, and everything looked about a century in age. There was no sign of life, and even the shrubbery all over the island was dead, as if it had never been watered for a very long time. Captain French went to the ATC tower which was still functioning and contacted Honolulu. From there, a rescue plane was sent to pick up the passengers of the Pacific Runner.

June 2, 2005
All survivors were taken over to Honolulu airport, where specialists interviewed many passengers, asking them about if they had heard an explosion or anything of the sort, as to figure out what had happened. After about an hour of this, the experts came to the conclusion that the engine had exploded because of a badly-made part of the motor, which then caused a hole in the boat.

June 3, 2005
A ceremony was held in honor of all of those who died in the accident. The next day, the responsible cruise line refunded the passengers and gave them the option to fly to the Marshall islands or go to any city serviced by their cruise line for free. A majority (75%) of the passengers went to the Marshall islands, and the others went to varied locations around the Pacific ocean. 20 went to Fiji, 18 to French Polynesia, 15 to Kiribati, 12 to Los Angeles, US, 8 to Micronesia, and 2 to Hagåtña, Guam.

June 5, 2005
Within only 2 days of the free flights given, about one half of the survivors were being hospitalized for what seemed to be a very severe disease. The symptoms were all similar, including vomiting, nausea, pain in the lungs, and difficulty breathing. None of the hospitals were informed that the patients came from the same boat as other patients. However, a journalist discovered this and informed the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

June 5 to 6, 2005
The CDC promptly responded by taking in all of the patients and bringing them to their own headquarters they had in Hawaii. It took an entire for the final patients to arrive in the CDC Building. Once there, examination begins for all the patients.

The survivors are all found to have a disease that had never before been seen. After further examination, it was found that the disease was remarkable contagious, and that by simply touching or being close to an infected patient for awhile could lead to infection. The disease was called Emanio-Periculosus Disease, or Spreading Danger. Most called it Perimanio Disease as to shorten it.

This althistory is still under constuction, and is to be continued.