Heidi Ariana: Generation 9 Chapter 3

Glenna's long awaited birthday has finally arrived and the Montgomery family is elated that grandma Scarlet has lived to see the event.   James convinced Glenna to skip her last day of school and also arranged for Gammora to take a vacation day as well.

With guests arriving, James put the finishing touches on the birthday cake and everyone fell silent as Glenna blew out the candles. 

The party was called short though when the family started feeling under the weather.  Coughing, sneezing, fever, nausea, this illness came on fast and with no warning.

 

Hours after this mysterious illness started, the first casualty took place.  Twelve year old Gammorra was in her room when suddenly she burst into flames.  Despite the family's best efforts to extinguish the fire, Gammora perished from her injuries.

The entire family was stunned but there was no time to grieve.  Scarlet was feeling unwell and left the room to go lay down when suddenly, she was engulfed in flames.

Thankfully, the butler was able to put out the blaze but the whole thing is puzzling.  There's no explanation for these two cases of spontaneous combustion.

With the entire family grieving and Scarlet recovering from her near miss, James decided to take a shower to try to clear his mind and to make sense of everything that had transpired.

Halfway through his shower, James noticed a strange burning coming from his core and before he knew it, flames were licking at his body.  The water did nothing to contain the inferno. 

His heart broken family could do nothing but watch him succumb to his fatal injuries as he collapsed on the cold hard floor.

Strange things are happening. Could this be the beginning of the end?  Could this have been what Ariana and James predicted?  Only time will tell.