My name is Phil. Neutrophil—the strongest type of immune cell. I've just been born, so this is all I know. Except for that I live in a girl named Rebecca Daynger. I'm content, floating here with my twin cell. Everything is perfect, swimming here in the bloodstream, attacking the viruses. A scream pierces my cell membrane. I almost freeze. But I don't. I wish I could look away from this monster but I can't. It's here, the nightmare Rebecca feared the most.
COVID-19. No cure. No help. I'm on my own. I glance at my dying twin. And I run.
