Legends Never Die

Here’s a hard fact of life: it doesn’t always go your way. Nothing ever does. Life, is a sequence of overlapping decisions that pile up until one day, like Damocles’ blade, it comes crashing down in one fell swoop.

It was late last year when I decided on this path. You don’t just have a want to be a killer, you have a need. And I, had a need. So I went on the prowl.

I was rather fond of Asian countries. The climate was good--China in particular. So I went there and found my first victims. The officials knew something was up but, fearing panic, sought to cover it all up.

After all, having a serial killer on the loose was no laughing matter. It’d hurt the local tourism industry. The economy would be devastated. So they kept quiet. And I killed more, and more. There was a sadistic joy to watching it all unfold, these actions of mine like a snowball tumbling down a hill. It was too late. They tried to corner me, but I’d escaped elsewhere. Planes were a godsend.

France, Italy, South Korea. My, my, I was a rather prolific killer if I do say so myself. And with each passing day, more and more corpses pile up, waiting to be cremated. At this point, I was untouchable. Invisible. There would never be a panacea for a serial killer like me.

One by one, each country fell as I slipped through seemingly airtight defences. Govetnments setting bounties of billions to end my reign of terror. But some refused to believe I existed. Some foolish people. They fought against ideals that could have saved them, but no, they were stubborn. To them, I was a myth. Something falsified, made up. Others didn’t take me seriously. They believed it’d never be them. Why would I, a prolific killer, pick them of all people?

There’s a saying, killing one means you’re a murder. Killing a thousand makes you a hero. I’ve killed far more than a thousand. Yet, it seems no one is keen on deeming me heroic. It’s fine, not that it matters. Heroes are always remembered that much is true.

But you and I both know, legends never die.

My reign of terror will continue as I see fit until you halt me. But until then, I, Covid-19, will continue my slaughter.