Chapter one:

Road trip.

As Jane was driving that night, Maura sleeping on the passenger's seat she started to think about that day that changed their lives for ever : the day the world ended.

Just 2 weeks ago Maura and her had decided to celebrate their first weeding anniversary by going to a little cabin just outside of Boston. They spent 5 magical days, enjoying the nature, taking long walks into the woods, making love, talking about their future.

When they came back a few days later the streets of Boston were empty and silence. All they could see were dead bodies laying on the ground and abandoned cars. Having no idea of what was going on they drove to the station only to find Frost, Korsak, Frankie Junior and Angela dead lying on the floor of the cafe where Angela worked.

Jane remembered stepping into that coffee shop and seeing her mother lying on her floor next to her two best friends and her brother. She remembered rushing towards them checking their pulses, but it was too late.

Overwhelmed by the pain the two women , after sitting their on the floor holding each other, crying the lost of their loved one the two women stood up decided to try to remain calm and use their skills to found out what could have had happened.

Maura had offered to do an autopsy to determine the cause of death and after conducting a dozen of them she came to the conclusion that they had all inhaled something, some sort of gas that killed them almost immediately . So after burying her friends and family Jane and Maura wandering in the streets of Boston trying to found survivors and after days of looking they found no one.

Electricity, water was down, all that was working was gas and it was the middle of december, so it was cold. For the first week Maura and Jane barricaded themselves in Maura's house mourning their loving ones. Unfortunately they both knew they couldn't afford to stay inactive for too long. So after a week they decided it was time of them to leave Boston not knowing where they should go and what they would found along the way. After talking about it Maura offered to go to Washington Dc, knowing her mother was there. At first Jane was reluctant knowing that if what ever happened was the work of terrorists DC must have been hit pretty hard. But seeing Maura in distress picturing her mother dead lying on the floor like Angela Jane knew she couldn't refused that to her, even if it was dangerous. Maura deserved to know if her mother was still alive. Both of them were scared, they still had no idea of what happened and if it had happened only in Boston or to in other cities as well. After conducting the autopsies both women started to believe that Boston might have been the victim of a terrorist attack and if that was the case that more major cities must have been hit too.

Knowing they had nothing left in Boston Maura and Jane packed a few things, weapons to defend themselves, a few clothes, some food and some gas for the car and hit the road.

Leaving their hometown was hard for both of them, not only because they didn't know what they would find along the road but because every single person they knew was dead. Every person they loved and cared about was dead and all they had was each other. Both women knew that they would probably never came back to Boston and their only hope was that that only major cities were hit and that they would find survivors who could eventually fill the blanks and explain the situation to them.

Looking at her beautiful wife sleeping Jane remembered fighting with her because she wanted a summer weeding while Maura wanted a winter wedding convinced that it would be so romantic to get married during Christmas holidays. For the first time ever Jane was actually grateful that Maura imposed her preference on that particular event. She knew that if they hadn't been away celebrating their anniversary that they would have been dead like everyone else in the city.

Around 2 am, Maura who barely slept over the past week finally woke up.

"Where are we?" Maura mumbled craking her neck.

"We're not there yet. Go back to sleep." Jane replied rubbing her wife's back with her right hand.

"I'm alright, do you need me to take over?"

"No, I'm good."

"You need to sleep Jane, you know what sleep depravation can do to someone and how dangerous driving can me when you haven't slept."

"I know, I saw a sign indicating a motel a few miles away, we could stop and try to find a few hours of sleep if you want?"

"Yes please."

About half an hour later the two women arrived to the crappy motel and after inspecting their surrounding to make sure it was safe they finally decided to stay here for the night.

"I'm sorry, I know you're used to better than this." Jane apologized as they entered the room.

"It's alright Jane as long as I'm with you I don't care when we sleep." Maura replied her arm wrapped around her neck.

Lying down in bed holding each other Jane starting to worry. They had driven almost 500 miles already and hadn't passed a single car or human being for that matter. There was no doubt in her mind that what happened in Boston happened every where in the country. Trying to remain optimistic Jane knew that there was no reason for them to be the only survivor, that if who ever attacked the country didn't attacked the secluded place where they were there was a high chance other smaller cities had been spared as well.

"Jane?"

"Yes darling..."

"Do you think there is a chance my mother is still alive?"

"I don't know sweetheart. There is a high chance what ever hit Boston hit Washington as well, but maybe your mother is safe, Maybe she didn't inhaled that gaz. Please don't loose hope alright?" Jane said kissing her wife's forehead.

The truth was Jane knew that Constance was dead too, but she couldn't bring herself to tell Maura the truth. She needed her to have a purpose to keep her optimistic about the future. She knew that in a world in by such a tragedy hope was probably the only think to keep them alive .

Trying to fall asleep both women realized that the world they had known and loved was gone. They knew that what could be easily qualified as an apocalypse had taken everything and every one away from them and that the only thing that was keeping them going was the hope that some people including Constance Isles had survived and the hope of starting over somewhere. Only 10 days ago they were celebrating their anniversary making plans for the future but now they were on the road fighting for their lives. Jane, as a cop knew that a world without any institution, or order would probably fall in chaos quickly and that this trip to Washington was probably going to turn into a fight for survival. She knew that she needed to protect Maura, what ever it would cost her. So that night, Jane didn't sleep at all. She kept her eyes opened, her hand on her gun fidgeting at every single noise trying to make sure that no one would hurt them. Maura was all she had left in this world and she was determined to protect her until her last breath.

So guys, I know this is completely different from everything I ever written or actually any other story here. I know this story has a lot of potential, that I'm gonna have the opportunity to build a real background story, new characters that they're gonna meet on the road. I figured it was time to write a story with a real purpose instead of the traditional : they date/get married/ have kid story. You know that I usually need a few chapters to make the story interested so I hope you'll stick around. I have tons of ideas for this apocalyptic story!It's a real challenge for me as a writer and I'm excited! A drive from Boston to DC might bring some adventures, dangerous adventures so stay tuned!