Chapter 2

No, no no no no no!

Lucia didn't know what woke her up, but as soon as she did, she was not pleased. She was facing a skeleton, charred up from the blazing inferno. She, of course, did what most normal people would do: she screamed and backed away from the skeleton. After recovering from her initial shock, she finally paid attention to her surroundings.

"Oh My God…" She breathed as she looked into the horizon. Out to where the eyes could see there were only ashes. A black field of ashes were everywhere around here. The building boasting their height, the mountain that pierced the sky; all gone. Just ashes and ashes all throughout the lands. She look up toward the sky, and saw a sky so pitch black, she couldn't understand how she could see everything so clearly. The white clouds, yellow sun, and blue sky were all gone. Not even a moon or star could be seen.

"No" she breathed "No, no no no no no!"

She panicked, and she didn't know what to do. She was scared, she was cold, she needed…

*Groannnn*

"Brian!" She exclaimed, as she looked for him. She looked behind her, and she saw a body. It was Brian, but her was severely hurt. His whole body was scarred with burns and scratches; it was as if there wasn't a part of his body that needed to be attended to.

"Brian! Brian!" She screamed as she rushed over to him "Are you alright?"

*cough cough* "L-l-l-luc-cia-a?" he said in a weak voice. He forced a weak smile and said "I'm fine. Don't worry about me."

"No you aren't!" She exclaimed "Look at you! There isn't a part of your body that isn't hurt! We need a hospital!"

"No, please don't. Its too late for that…." Brian then studied the surroundings around him as well, and took a closer look at Lucia.

"W-wait Lucia" He asked "H-h-ow are y-you ok when e-e-veryt-thing el-se is d-destroyed?

"Now that I think about it…" She said with a thoughtful tone "But that isn't the problem! You are the only one that matters to me now"

"D-d-don't worry Lucia" He said "See, look!" He mustered all the strength in his body to stand up. When he got to his knees, though, he collapsed onto the ashes below him.

"Don't move Brian!" exclaimed Lucia "You'll get hurt!"

Brian couldn't help himself from smiling. "A-a-alright then, I w-w-will stay still if y-y-you do one thing for me."

"Anything for you!" She exclaimed

"C-c-can you s-stay w-w-with me? I-i-I don't w-want to b-b-be alone…"

"Of course! I can't just leave you here!"

"T-thank you…"