"So this is the end." Cassandra whispered as she gazed upon the hellish landscape. She sat down as tears welled up in her eyes. It all happened so fast. One minute Cassandra and her brother, Alfred, were hiking after the world meeting and the next minute she was alone, afraid, and about to faint from blood loss. I didn't even have time to say good bye. She thought I will never see my friends and family again. I-I never got to say I-She closed her eyes as she finally slipped out of consciousness.

"Cassy, dude, hurry up!" called Alfred as they walked up the trail.

"No, you slow down!" Cassandra panted "This better be worth it Al!"

"Of course it will be!"

After some time of walking they stopped to rest. "Wow, it's wicked pretty up here." marveled Cassandra.

"Wait till we get to the top dude!" Alfred answered.

Suddenly, they heard a loud sound, like an explosion, in the distance. No, it can't be! thought Alfred. "Cassy, we need to run! Now!" he commanded.

"Al, what's going on?!" asked Cassandra worrily.

"Just follow me!" They sprinted down the mountain more explosions being heard in the distance. Without warning, Cassandra tripped over a root and tumbled off a ledge, but Alfred was too far ahead of her to see.

"Ok Cassy," Alfred panted "We just need to get everyone into the bu-" Alfred looked around. "Crap! Cassy! Cassy, dude, where are you?!" She must have gotten lost. he thought.

"Oi, Alfred!" called a voice.

"Hey Arty!" answered Alfred.

"Don't call me that. Where is Cassandra?" asked Arthur

"I think she got lost." replied Alfred

"You lost her?! Come on, we need to look for her." Arthur and Alfred treked up the mountain. As they walked they noticed that the air was becoming very hot. In the blink of an eye the trees started to light on fire. "Arty we need to hurry!" yelled Alfred as he grabbed Arthur's arm.

"How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that?!" asked Arthur as Alfred dragged him over to a ledge.

"Look!" said Alfred as he pointed to Cassandra at the bottom. She isn't moving. Is she dead? he thought. They went over to her. Arthur checked her pulse.

"She is just unconscious." said Arthur.

"Of course she is not dead! She is my little sis and that means she is a hero, like me!" responded Alfred. Thank god she isn't dead. He thought. The both carried her back to the bunker, forest burning around them.

"What happened here?" asked Arthur when they went into the bunker.

"I-I have no idea," replied Alfred "Anyway, it looks like she is waking up." Cassandra's eyes fluttered open

"Where am I?" she groaned "What happened last night?"

"You and Alfred were hiking and there was what sounded like an explosion," answered Arthur "Then this bloody git lost you. We had to bring you inside this bunker under the world meeting building ourselves."

"Who else is here? Is it just us three?" Cassandra inquired.

"No, I'm here too." said a quiet voice from behind them. They spun around to see who it was. He looked a little like Alfred, only the had had slightly longer hair and a curl. The stranger was wearing a fluffy coat and holding a polar bear who kept asking who he was.

"Oh, um, yes he is here too. This is… um… who are you again?" wondered Arthur

"I'm Matthew." the stranger sighed like he was used to it.

"Right, so what are we going to do? We have very little food down here and we don't know if the others are alright." pondered Arthur

"Leave that to the heroes! Come on Cassy!" yelled Alfred dragging Cassandra out of bed.

"But Alfred, what if something happens to you? I would hate it if you got hurt." said Arthur worriedly "I mean, we don't know how many of us are actually alive and losing more people would not be good." he stammered trying to save himself.

"Don't worry dude! I have weapons in here! Also we are americans so we are pros when it comes to the apocalypse." laughed Alfred "But if it makes you feel better we can wait to go out."

"That is fine. Now we need to see what we have for supplies down here." uttered Arthur

After a few weeks Alfred,Cassandra, Arthur, and Matthew all decided to leave the bunker and set up camp somewhere else. They stayed close to what seemed like one of the few remaining water sources in the area.

"We need cool nicknames." stated Alfred one night as they all sat around the campfire.

"Why would we need nicknames?" asked Cassandra

"Because they're awesome!" replied Alfred loudly

Cassandra smirked "I can probably guess what you nickname would be. You're gonna call yourself 'The Hero' aren't you?"

"Yep! What about you Arty?"

"I don't know. And stop calling me Arty!"

"Maybe 'The Magician'?" suggested Cassandra

"Alright. What about you Cassandra?" asked Arthur

"Hmm... something badass. 'Shark' seems good." she responded staring at her shark tooth necklace that she had since she was little.

"What about me?" whispered a voice next to them.

"Oh, Matthew, dude, I forgot you were here." said Alfred "How about your nickname is 'Ghost' because you can go anywhere without being noticed like a ghost?"

"Ok." replied Matthew "Do you guys think things will ever be normal again?" Nobody heard him. Of course they didn't answer me! I should be used to this by now though. They probably wouldn't even notice if I died. Matthew thought.

"We should go to sleep." stated Arthur. They all closed their eyes and fell asleep under the stars.