[ WP ] The cooties have mutated to become lethal . Physical contact with the opposite sex is considered worse than even Ebola .

When I saw her... Everything froze. I was terrified and filled with a wonderous lust all at once. Other than off of a school computer screen, I had never seen one in real life. 
 
 It has been sixty four years since females had been deemed fatal to the male population. They were all carriers of the worst disease known to male-kind... Cooties. In history class we that thousands upon thousands died from the Cootie epidemic. Males and females alike were on the verge of extinction until a dozen world leaders decided that the sexes needed to become quarantined from each other. The female world leaders accused the males of giving them the Cooties and said it was all our fault. Us males knew better and our scientists had indefinite proof that it was the females who had contracted the Cooties and were spreading it. The negotiations got nasty but in the end the females wanted to separate themselves from us just as much as the males wanted to separate from them. We built walls. Drew up maps and boundaries. Put bodies of water between us. From the moment I was drained and plunged from my tube I was taught that females were unstable, raging bimbos infested with Cooties. That if we were ever to come in contact we were to purge and sanitize immediately or it would be the end of us all. 
 
 Yet there I stood, mystified. I wanted to yell out, `` Halt! Stop or I'll shoot!'' I just could n't though. The gate had been breached, my radio was furiously rattling with my sergeant inquiring as to what the situation was. My brain was pulsating with adrenaline and my body -- completely numb. All the while she just stood there, staring right back at me. 
 
 She was in a green jumpsuit with long brown hair, rucksack on her back, and at least one sidearm on her right hip from what I could see. I was wary but there was only one word that was scrolling through my mind; Beautiful. She took slowly turned toward me and began to take a step and I tensed up... 
 
 `` Stop right there! Do n't move!'' I yelled. I cranked open the gas on my thrower and aimed it in her direction. `` You are breaking international law and committing an act of war, do n't move a muscle or I will light you up.'' She just stood there staring at me blankly. She seemed to be just as intrigued with me as I was with her, however, I was beginning to freak out that she was n't responding at all to me. 
 
 `` Do you talk or something or what the fuck?'' I said. 
 After a couple seconds she nodded and said, `` I do. Please, do not hurt me.'' 
 Her voice was melodic and sweet -- it surprised me and left me startled me. 
 
 `` Wh-Why did you break through the gate? You know you are breaking the law.'' 
 
 `` I had to. I did n't want to, but I am on the run,'' she said. 
 
 `` On the run from who?'' 
 
 `` Our government, I am a researcher at our Disease and Control Facility in Bogata. What we were working on was a vaccine for the Cooties.'' 
 
 `` You mean, you're a scientist? A woman scientist?'' 
 
 `` Uhh, yeah. Anyways... We were able to actually put together a vaccine for the Cooties. The Female Parliament deemed it a danger and unnecessary risk though and wanted to close the program down. And thats why I am on the run! I think we could finally after all these years bring peace between Females and Males.'' 
 I was hesitant. I wanted to believe her but everything she was saying went against everything I had learned about the opposite sex. 
 
 `` I should n't even be talking to you. I should've torched you the moment I saw you. Do n't you realize that you just being here could expose me and millions of other to Cooties?'' 
 
 She looked agitated, `` what are you stupid? Did n't you hear anything I said? I have a vaccine.'' 
 `` And why should I believe you? You are just a conniving, shifty bitch. You are just trying to trick me.'' 
 `` And you are just a thick-headed, filthy baboon, but you know what? I did n't believe everything I read in the textbooks growing up but now after meeting you I ca n't even...'' 
 
 `` Williams! Goddammit! What in the hell is happening over there?'' My radio interrupted. I picked up my radio, `` Look, I do n't know what to tell you. I have an obligation and whether you are telling the truth or not... I ca n't help you.'' 
 She began to look extremely distressed. I did n't know what to think. She was the most attractive thing I had seen in my entire life. What if she did really develop some sort of vaccine? She did n't seem as irrational and barbaric as I was taught in school -- a tad annoying maybe, but other than that she was pretty normal. 
 
 I pushed down the button on my radio to respond, `` Sarge this is Private Williams...'' 
 She mouthed the words `` please'' to me as I stood there. 
 `` Williams. What the hell is going on down there? Report!'' 
 I glanced at her and responded, `` there is some damage to the fence here... nobody in sight though... possibly some kind of animal or something.'' 
 After a few seconds Sarge squawked back, `` A repair vehicle has been dispatched to your sector. Cover the exposed area until they arrive and repair the fence. Understood?'' 
 `` Yes sir.'' 
 
 I holstered my radio and looked on at her as she let out a breath of relief. 
 `` The trucks are going to be her any minute. You need to go back through the gate.'' 
 `` I ca n't, If I go back they will put me on trial and I will be executed.'' 
 `` If you stay here, I am going to have to kill you. I do n't want to but I will have to. I am trying to give you a chance here, do n't you understand that?'' 
 `` I am dead if I stay, dead if I go back so what's the difference tough guy?'' 
 I felt weird. All these feelings that I had never experienced before were just rushing through me at ridiculous pace. I felt as though I was going to just drop through the floor. 
 She sighed and said, `` Look Williams, I know this is a lot to handle and understand. And if I have to die then I have to die. But I just had to know if this vaccine worked or not. Have n't you ever wondered what it would be like? To go back to the time before the outbreak? My mother said that they were wonderful times then. Males and Females are supposed to live together peacefully, its how its supposed to be.'' 
 
 My eyes began to well up, `` Kevin.'' 
 
 `` What?'' 
 
 `` My name is Kevin,'' I said as I took my pack off and threw my gun to the ground. 
 We both quickly fell into each other's arms and shared a passionate kiss. It was unlike anything I had ever felt before in my entire life. I had only known what a kiss was from old movies and books and man I never wanted to do anything else as long as I had lived. 
 I pulled back from her lips and smiled. She was also smiling, `` So far so good,'' I said and went back in for another kiss. She was absolutely riveting. I was n't thinking about anything else. Sarge, the Border Patrol, even whether the vaccine was going to work or not. All I could think about was leaving it all and taking off with her. Starting a new life with... With... Wait a minute. 
 
 I pulled back again, `` Hey, whats your name?'' 
 She laughed, `` Ana,'' she exclaimed. 
 `` Ana, a beautiful name,'' I said. Just gazing at her I could n't believe how lucky I had become. 
 `` Look Ana, we need to get out of here before the truck comes and they kill the both of us. I can hide you for a few days until the time is right. We can show the Male Council and the world that the vaccine works and that Males and Females can live together again.'' 
 
 She held my hands and looked down at them, `` I do n't know Kevin. Are you sure you are up to taking on such a huge endeavor in your state?'' 
 `` What do you mean Ana?'' I was puzzled. 
 `` Are n't you feeling weak?'' 
 All of a sudden it hit me. Almost like all the energy from my body had been drained down through my feet and all was left was my fleshy body and bones. What the hell was happening? My head and stomach began to grow with increasing pain. 
 Ana began to laugh and the echo clouded my head. 
 `` Aw, you poor, predictable, inferior male.'' 
 I dropped to my knees in pain. `` Ana... What the fuck?'' 
 `` I'm sorry Kevin that you had to be my first victim. But it was just too tempting to resist.'' 
 I looked up at her,'' You... cunt. You.. Lied...'' 
 `` Now, now... no need for name calling sweetie. I did n't lie, the vaccine worked perfectly. I feel fine, save for some mouthwash. God, you guys really do n't brush...'' 
 What a fool I was. Suddenly there were teams of females running through the breached fence, moving in all directions. I was beginning to fade. I have doomed my sex. Soon my body will be completely consumed by the disgusting Cooties and within a few days... The rest of Male-kind. 
 
 EDIT: I apologize in advance for everything grammer-related. Came out looking pretty rough...
