As soom as they reached the bunker, Rose helped him down the steps. Once down, Rose shut the trapdoor and helped the person into one of the five beds behind the stairs. Then, she went to get the medical supplies. She tried to do it swify, so as not to startle the injured man.

Even though Rose wasn't big in the medical field, she knew she had to do something. First things first, clean the wound. She got glass bottle of water and a washcloth, and a small bottle of soap. She soaked the cloth and put a little bit of soap on it, about a couple of drops. Before she could do anything however, she turned to face the man. Who was staring at her, as if he was fixated. His eyes almost sparkled in the dark light. Rose spoke.

"I'm to need to take off your shirt and jacket to clean you off and tend to you injury."

The man blinked a few times, slowly, he took off his jacket and then his shirt. To reveal that his whole body was covered in the grey ash. She had him lean back down, as she began cleaning. Washing away all the dried blood, as she did, she noticed the cinders weren't washing off. She then put some rubbing alcohol on the scar, making the man wince. He sucked in a breath through his teeth, Rose noticed that his two front teeth were slightly spread, leving a small gap big enough to put a coin through.

Once Rose was done, she took out the bandages. She wrapped his upper body with the long bandage, and as she did, she was managed to get a better look of this man. He had an older scar on his left rib side, and a couple on his back and his on his arms and fingers. He had a crooked nose, and his eyes were dark teal. He had hair, a widows peak hair, and it was dark grey.

Once Rose was finished, rose went to bring jim food and water, he looked so tired and exhausted, she brought him cook steak with carrots, and some water. He took a large sip of water first, he then let out a cough, he looked up at her and spoke.

"Where... Is, my axe?"

His voice was light but also dry. Rose placed the plate of food on a nearby stool.

"An axe?"

She asked, the man nodded, "Mhmm."

Rose didn't see an axe, but she supposed she could go check.

"Well, I'll go and see if there's any other survivors and see if your, um... Axe is lying around. Until then, you need to eat and rest."

The man nodded, and proceeded in eating.

Rose left up aturned. of the bunker. Feeling a little bit more relieved that she wasn't alone. But she had to fond others, there had to be more.

Rose came across the two dead bodies. Rose, feeling sadness more than horror, knelt on her knees, and said a quick prayer.

"Oh lord, please watch over these two as they pass on to the other realm. And please bless bless that the injured man will heal strong. And please bless that I will find other survivors. Amen."

She continued her way down towards the river amd looking through remains, looking for anyone. But there was nothing. Not even bodies. She made her way towards the river, hoping for anything.

Down by the bank, were footprints in the dirt. Many, many footprints she could make out coming back and forth. Some were so smudged. Rose turnes, and walked back to the ruined village. As she walked back, she searched for the axe. She rumaged through the debris, but she couldn't find anything. Nothing.

Rose spent an hour and a half looking through the village. Looking for any sign of life, bit to no avail. Finally, she made her way back to the bunker.

As she did, she found the survivor was fast asleep, lightly snoring. Rose saw that the persons eyelids were black. His short and jacket were still off, he was just sleeping in his pants, belt, and boots.

Rose took the deep red shirt, and she found a thread and needle. She then sewed the torn piece where the weapon had struck. Once she was fimished, she layed the shirt and jacket on the stool. Rose ate a carrot, even though her appetite was completely gone.

She sat on the ground, rubbimg her head. This whole thimg was a mess. Just yesterday, she was milking Jess and spending woth her family and washing her clothes, and the next day she was looking for survivors in a destroyed village she omce called home. And her family was gone.

The thought of her family made her heart ache. Mother and Father knew what to do im situations like these. Rose was so scared, and she was lost. Rose let a couple of tears. Before she let herself drift imto sleep, she thought: What happened?