forum Apocalypse (Closed)

Started September 03, 2018 by @Desvelarse pets

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“I lived just outside of this city in the suburbs,” Eli responded, glancing the man up and down. “Do you need any help? I’m Eli.”

“I just need water and a place to stay, but… looks like there’s not exactly a place to stay. Anyway, I’m Seneca,” he said.

“Good to meet you. I have a few things back at my house. The area that I live in wasn’t hit by the earthquakes as hard as the city. Theres a bit of water damage, but besides that, it’s alright,” Eli explained.

“Okay,” Seneca replied, “Let’s go on that way then. How far is it?”

“Only around a 15 minute walk,” Eli answered. He motioned for Seneca to follow him, and he began walking.

Seneca followed closely, but he was busy taking in the state of the city. It was in shambles. He was dragging, but trying so hard not to let it show.

Eli would occasionally glance over at Seneca with a concerned frown. He went slowly, making sure not to get too far ahead. “It’s a mess, right?” He asked.

Seneca looked up. "I'm sorry?" He trembled a little bit, hoping he wasn't annoying Eli by constantly asking him to repeat things. He ran fingers through his hair nervously.

"Yeah? I am a medic." Jordan chokes out.

"So then heal yourself or take some medicine or something." Luke hurries to say. The man looked as if he were about to pass out in the next minute.

Jordan sways, his eyes rolling back to the back of his head and he falls. Crashing to the ground with a loud thunk sound from his already damaged head.

“The city, it’s a mess,” Eli repeated, raising his voice a bit. He climbed over a bit of rubble that was in the road as he went along.

Jordan sways, his eyes rolling back to the back of his head and he falls. Crashing to the ground with a loud thunk sound from his already damaged head.

Luke sees the guy passed out and decides to flip him over and see what is inside of his supplies. He sees many medicines and bandages in one. He makes his best guest of what each does and takes one that looks like a pain reliever. I guess he is going to have to dry swallow this Luke thinks as he stops looking for water. He puts it in the man's mouth and lifts his head up, hoping it would go through his throat. Luke didn't need to be here but he waited anyways.

Jordan chokes and the medicine. He coughs and sits up, grunting at the weight of the pack, "What the hell?" He coughs again, clutching his throat.

“The city, it’s a mess,” Eli repeated, raising his voice a bit. He climbed over a bit of rubble that was in the road as he went along.

"Oh… yeah, it is. We lost my mom and one of my brothers to one of the earthquakes when all this madness first started. We were unlucky that time, and we were very near to the epicenter, and trapped inside a building," Seneca replied, drawing a little closer to Eli so communication would be easier, "This earthquake seems to have been at least as powerful as that one was, which is saying something. I don't know that anyone in that city is left besides us."

"You were passed out so I put that in your mouth so you would stay alive." Luke got up and brushed the dirt off of his pants. "Well, now I have nothing to do so I'm gonna go off."

Jordan stands, leaning on the wall and heaving with suppressed coughs, "DId you put that stuff back?" He narrows his eyes.

Jordan stands, leaning on the wall and heaving with suppressed coughs, "DId you put that stuff back?" He narrows his eyes.

"What stuff?" Luke faltered in his movements and turned back around to face him.

"The medicine. Dumbass." Jordan spat back

"Of course I did." Luke said hoping he wouldn't hear the slight change in his voice. He stole the medicine just in case he needed it in the future. He left some in the man's pack, hoping that he wouldn't notice the casings missing. "Don't worry about it, feel better." Luke hurried to say while walking away quickly.

"DOnt lie. Being me I can tell."

"I'm not." Luke countered. He shifted slightly onto his right foot while clutching his backpack strap with his left arm. "Your probably paranoid since you fell down like three times. You just need some sleep."

"And you dont tell me what to do." Jordan snaps back immediately taking his backpack off and rifling through the stuff, "You did!" He gets to his feet and starts running

“The city, it’s a mess,” Eli repeated, raising his voice a bit. He climbed over a bit of rubble that was in the road as he went along.

"Oh… yeah, it is. We lost my mom and one of my brothers to one of the earthquakes when all this madness first started. We were unlucky that time, and we were very near to the epicenter, and trapped inside a building," Seneca replied, drawing a little closer to Eli so communication would be easier, "This earthquake seems to have been at least as powerful as that one was, which is saying something. I don't know that anyone in that city is left besides us."

“Oh, goddamn..” Eli breathed out, looking over at Seneca with a sympathetic look on his face. “I’m sorry about that, Seneca,” he added. He seemed to really mean it, too. Sure, he lost his parents in the illness, but he imagined the earthquakes to be much worse.

"It's all been pretty scary, but at least… at least I'm not being led by a false hope that my family might be alive," Seneca sighed, "Although if that were the case, I'd have something driving me on. I mean… I think this is just it. Had it been just one type of disaster, we could've rebuilt, but this has been full on cataclysm."

“Yeah, I get it. All of this will never be the same. It’ll most likely have to be torn down and built back up again,” Eli added before asking a quick question. “What happened to your dad? Is he alive?”

"No. Drowned in a tsunami. I found his body, and I tried to revive him, but I just did CPR on a corpse for half an hour," Seneca replied, grimacing at the memory, "So after that, it was me and my oldest brother, but he came down with the plague too, and wasn't as lucky."

Eli frowned even more at that as they got away from the city, seeming to be in a more suburban area now. “I’m sorry about all of that. It must have been terrible to loose everyone like that,” he said. He still had a few people left, but he couldn’t imagine being completely alone.

"Again, at least I'm not out searching for people I'll never find," Seneca sighed, "What about you? You're all alone here?"