The year is 2060 and the United States has been torn apart by an unknown infection. Michael is living in a small commune with his friends after being separated from his sister at a young age. But when unfortunate circumstances arise, Michael and his...
"Psst..! Sarah c'mon we have to move..!" Soon Sarah started waking up with a throbbing feeling in her head. She looked over at her clock and rubbed her eyes. Her visions adjusted to the morning as she stared directly at the clock.
"Dude.. It's fucking 5 AM why are you waking me up.." Sarah said sounding pretty pissed as she laid right back down. Michael scoffed at her decision and laid down next to her. He turned his head and looked into her tired eyes.
"Because it's your mutha fucking birthday..!~" Michael said chuckling. Sarah looked at him for a long time with a "What the fuck" face.
"So you woke me up.."
"Well no shit..!~ Anyways Happy Birthday stupid~" Michael said quietly as he sat up. Sarah chuckled and kissed him on the nose.
"Thanks stupid~" Sarah stood up and looked out the window of her cabin. It was very wet and cold outside as it had rained and puddles had turned to ice. Winter was the worst season for the group. It was cold, it was constantly raining and that made it hard to get any work done.
Sarah quickly found herself turning around as her friend Luna attacked her.
"Ah Ah Luna stop it!~" Sarah said laughing.
"Hey Happy Birthday dork!~ How old are you now, 5?" Luna said getting off Sarah and sitting down next to her. Sarah scoffed and punched Luna's arm.
"I'm 22 dumb-ass!~ Which means I can legally drink!~"
"Yeah in Canada.. We're in Maine moron..~" Luna said ruffling up Sarah's hair.
"We're close aren't we?"
"Yes but we're not in Canada.~ Hell it takes a lot of gut to make it to Canada.. and past the border."
"Yeah it does.." Sarah said looking over at her wardrobe.
"Do you think that one day this hell will be over..?" Luna asked gently gripping Sarah's hand. Now Sarah was a woman of truth. She told no lie but when it came to questions like that she couldn't bring herself to conclude an answer. She would always say:
"I-I don't know.. I mean really with the way things seem right now, our chances of having a "normal" life are pretty rare.." Sarah said rubbing her arm. Her stomach dropped as she said this. She feared Luna would think that She had only negative thoughts in her mind.
"Pssh I never said normal..~" Luna said smiling as she lifted Sarah's head up.
"Normal is boring~ It has no color or personality.~ But we all do. Together as one~ So we'll never have a normal life but we could always just have a GOOD life..~"
"Do you really think so Luna?"
"Oh i'm positive..~ And when all this is over, we'll all be free..~" Luna said falling backwards on the bed. Sarah chuckled and ruffled up Luna's hair.
"Welp I gotta get some work done this morning~ It's your birthday so they're letting you sleep in today~ Take advantage of that!" Luna said standing up and leaving her cabin and closing the door. Sarah stood up and walked over to her wardrobe. She put on a pair of brown canvas cargo pants, brown combat boots, a black tank top, a dark grey turtle neck sweater and an army green button down shirt.
Michael opened up her door and threw her a gun and gun holster.. Sarah grabbed the gun and looked at it confused.
"Is it our turn to hunt?"
"Yeah. The Head mistress said to wait till you woke up to go hunting but you're already awake and dressed so.." Michael said. Sarah nodded and attached the gun holster to her waist then to her leg. She slipped the gun into the holster and stood up.
"Why is it always that I get the loud weapons and you get the silent ones.?"
"Because out of everyone here, me and Luna are the only good archers..~" Michael said putting his bow around his back.
"Plus I know EVERY archer technique..~" Sarah rolled her eyes and smiled as Michael yelled for Gabby to open up the gates.
"Be safe out there! And Sarah!" Sarah turned around and faced Gabby who threw a small package at her.
"Happy Birthday..~" Gabby said closing the gate.
"Thanks!~" Sarah yelled. She examined the dirty package and looked at the back. A piece of string was keeping the wrapping on the package, so Sarah pulled it off the and revealed a small black box. She opened the box and reveal a tactical knife and sheath.
"Oh hell fucking yeah!~" Sarah said pulling the knife out of the sheath and examining it.
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She attached the sheath to back of her gun holster and she gripped onto the knife tightly.
"You ain't letting that go anytime soon huh?"
"Noope!~" Sarah said as she and Michael walked into the woods. They hunted for a few hours and for the first hour, had no luck. That's when Sarah's knife skills and Michael's bow skills came in handy for hunting. They returned to the camp dragging a large deer, and holding a bag of rabbits, and birds. As Sarah entered the camp, Michael felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. His instinct was to turn around and so he did.
He looked over the forest as dark grey clouds filled the sky. Lighting and thunder filled the sky and quietness around him. Michael stared deep into the woods when his eyes met with another. It wasn't a person though, It was a figure. One that was standing tall. It looked slender and had the blackest eyes. The devils eyes.
But Michael assumed his eyes were messing with him as they always do. He slowly closed his eyes and counted to three. When he opened his eyes the figure was gone.
"Hey Mike get inside the storm's gonna start in a few hours and we gotta get that food prepared.!" Gabby said ushering him inside.
"O-Oh right sorry!" Michael said snapping out of his trance and running into the camp. Gabby closed the gate and overlooked the forest.
"You won't take them.. I'll won't let that happen again.."
