He awoke in a darkened room, there was no concept of day or night nor was
there any idea of time that entered his head. There was just nothing. He
listened for some sound of life but the silence was deafening. He could
hear machinery in the background and wondered if he was in the old power
facility. But he heard no voices, no movement and there was no light. He
was filled with trepidation. Maybe this was a trap he didn't want to stick
around to find out. Slowly he felt the wall of the room until he came upon
a door. He tried it, it was unlocked. He carefully made his way down the
dimly lit unfamiliar corridors. He finally found a way out and stepped
blinking into the sunlight. The city was as empty as the building, there
was no one not even a rat. There was nothing but devastation surrounding
him.
"What happened here?" He thought.
He made his way to the edge of the city, to a promontory where he went to think when his mind was confused with the matters of the world. But the landscape had changed. In the middle of the clearing there was a small wooden cross. He knelt beside it and read it
"Pride."
He jumped up. "No!" He thought in shock. "It can't be, I'm alive."
Pride turned back toward the city. His thoughts turning to another, the one who had put this cross here.
"Salene." He whispered.
Pride had no idea where she was or even if she still lived. It tore at him to think of how her heart broke when she had heard of his death. He turned to go back into the city to search for her, but a glimmer caught his eye. He moved toward it and found a cloaked figure on the ground. He pushed back the hood.
"Oh my God, Salene!" he gasped she was badly beaten and very pale. He felt her forehead, she was burning up.
"We've got to get you out of here." He said.
Pride knew the Mall would be the safest place for them but it was too far away for them to get there. He knew the farm was close and decided to take her there and then go to the mall himself for supplies and hopefully find medicines left over from Patch's stores. He picked Salene up and climbed the path that led to the farm.
He took Salene into the barn. He remembered it being far warmer there than in the farmhouse itself. He lay her on the soft straw. Pride rummaged around and found some threadbare blankets that must have been left when Jay and Ebony fled the barn. He rolled one of them up and placed it beneath her head. Only when he was sure that she was comfortable did Pride dare to leave vowing to be back in only a few hours. He did not want her to die alone.
"What happened here?" He thought.
He made his way to the edge of the city, to a promontory where he went to think when his mind was confused with the matters of the world. But the landscape had changed. In the middle of the clearing there was a small wooden cross. He knelt beside it and read it
"Pride."
He jumped up. "No!" He thought in shock. "It can't be, I'm alive."
Pride turned back toward the city. His thoughts turning to another, the one who had put this cross here.
"Salene." He whispered.
Pride had no idea where she was or even if she still lived. It tore at him to think of how her heart broke when she had heard of his death. He turned to go back into the city to search for her, but a glimmer caught his eye. He moved toward it and found a cloaked figure on the ground. He pushed back the hood.
"Oh my God, Salene!" he gasped she was badly beaten and very pale. He felt her forehead, she was burning up.
"We've got to get you out of here." He said.
Pride knew the Mall would be the safest place for them but it was too far away for them to get there. He knew the farm was close and decided to take her there and then go to the mall himself for supplies and hopefully find medicines left over from Patch's stores. He picked Salene up and climbed the path that led to the farm.
He took Salene into the barn. He remembered it being far warmer there than in the farmhouse itself. He lay her on the soft straw. Pride rummaged around and found some threadbare blankets that must have been left when Jay and Ebony fled the barn. He rolled one of them up and placed it beneath her head. Only when he was sure that she was comfortable did Pride dare to leave vowing to be back in only a few hours. He did not want her to die alone.