Rollins: Victim of Promicin

(written June 7th)


This article was printed today in our local newspaper. It is the first casualty that has actually hit home for me other than the death of my parents. Ave Rollins and I went to high school together. Of all people, I had hoped that she would not be the one to take Promicin. I just did not want her to take that risk- but then again, I have no control over how a person lives. It's a very sad thing. And I will mourn her loss but at the same time I will keep her memory alive in the work that I do. What saddens me most about the article is how the media is portraying Promicin like it's as bad thing. There is so much negativity in it that because of it, my strength grows more into wanting to do everything in my power to continue helping the 4400 and the Promicin takers. I will not fail and I will continue on.
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Rollins: Victim of Promicin

Ave Rollin's, a local in a small town in southwest Texas, died yesterday, June 6, 2007. The cause: Promicin.

Since the distribution of Promicin lead by cult leader, Jordan Collier, life seems to have gotten worse instead of better. Promicin is what gives the 4400 their abilities and now unfortunately the serum has reached nations world wide. The cost: There is a 50/50 chance of developing some kind of ability or dying within forty eight hours. As a result people have been dying left and right.

Ave Rollins is no exception. “I don’t understand,” said her mother. “Her life was so full; I don’t understand why my baby would take such an awful thing.” According to some of Rollin’s friends, they held onto the belief that she wanted an escape from her family. Her friend, Karen Giles was quoted by stating, “Her family held a tight leash. She was never allowed to go out with her friends much.” Another friend was quoted by saying, “She hated her family. They smashed her dreams of going off to college. She didn’t care about the risks. She just wanted a way out.”

And so, that’s what Promicin seems to have become: an exit strategy for those who feel they have nothing to loose. Are we to trust what Jordan Collier says is right in healing the future? Or are we too look upon the evidence at hand and flat out say that Promicin is not a healing hand but rather a terror of destruction?

An online journal was found by Ave Rollins. In her last entry she wrote:
- People risk their lives daily: Some by running into fires, the military on the front lines. My life is okay but just once I would like to know how it feels to take a risk. Promicin has given me that opportunity. Am I afraid of death- no. Death is natural and so I am ready for it. If I get an ability it will be even greater but no one knows when the odds are 50/50.

I myself have seen the syringes, I have seen up close and personal what Promicin looks like and I have tempted to take it myself but logic and fear is what always stops me. I will not be one of those who will jump and take that 50/50 risk. I have so much going for me, a great home and a great family that I am not one to throw it all away in an instant.

Ave Rollins death marks the twentieth death in this city that has resulted from Promicin. It’s evident that she will not be the last. People have gone from being skeptical to curious and so they put themselves at the very edge of deaths’ door. It has become an escape for some- their only chance at salvation. Yes there are some cases in which people develop abilities but the odds of death from an injection seem much higher than that of gaining some ability. In the end we all have a choice: And that’s the scary part.
- Erika M. Johnson