[ WP ] Begin and end your story with this sentence : `` And yet , the city remained . ''

And yet, the city remained. Our final landmark. 
 
 Nobody remembers the first day. Why? Because it was just a normal day. The gentle, seemingly harmless coughing was disguised among the rest of the world. 
 
 And everybody was unknowing. A stranger unknowingly infecting a passerby. A husband unknowingly dooming his wife. A mother unknowingly killing her newborn. 
 
 There's no hope for a cure when it goes unnoticed. We can not stop what we can not predict. It spread everywhere. Introverts, extroverts, children, teens, adults, even animals. After ten minutes patient zero was among thousands. 
 
 The fourth day. The final woman, 22, surrounded by nobody - void of motivation. Possibly immune but it did n't matter now. Within seconds she hit the ground. No pain. 
 
 On the fifth day, the city had no economy. It had no traffic. It had no concerts or comedy shows. It had no laughing or crying or screaming. No happiness. No love. No sadness. Humanity was gone. And yet, the city remained.
