Two (2)

Location: [Unknown]
Date: [Unknown]



The sky above was the color of a television tuned to a dead channel.

A cloaked figure wandered from one segment to another, the noise of its feat echoing against the dull steel walls of the abandoned breeding and sanitation station. Once, a thriving community had lived here with resources and technology sufficient to support a population of hundreds of thousands. No more, however. The cold grey walls and dusty skeletons told a story of a brief violent war that saw its people flee to distant parts.



Quiet as the grave, the building made no noise at all as the figure walked through the old factory. The sound of her footsteps echoing faintly against the steel walls whose disarrayed machines were now covered in inches of fine grey dust. Stumbling briefly, the cloaked one sat on the ground and hugged its knees to its chest. Shivering from hunger and exhaustion, a cursory look had told that no rations had been left out in the open. Yet, with hope that a deeper examination might reveal hidden caches. She would look for those as soon as she finished a short rest.

It was hard to know for how long she walked between segments, but however long it had been, the treck had left her feeble legs trembling from the effort.

Enveloped in the thick silence that encompassed the factory, the figure only emerged from her torpor when she registered the noise of footsteps approaching her. Weak as she was, the cloaked figure should have fled the potential danger but, for one reason or other, the cloaked one simply allowed the stranger to approach. Looking up at the stranger who aprached her, the figure's cloak fell back to reveal a white haired girl with bright blue eyes.

With eyes wide at the revelation that she wasn't alone anymore and shivering ever so slightly, the figure opened her mouth to speak with the stranger whose clothing seemed so out of place in this abandoned industrial complex.



"BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP"

Staring at the stranger with a perplexed expression, the figure stared at the blonde stranger with anticipation but no more words were forthcoming.

". . ."

And so, for a few moments at least, the two strangers stared at each other in complete silence.



"GRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrr..."

And then the silence was torn with the sudden and violent sound of the figure's stomach rumbling with hunger. Blushing with the noise that had suddenly emmited from her midsection, the girl fidgeted nervously, unsure what to do with herself.

Looking up from her cup to the miraculous person who had manifested food from nothingness, the figure seemed to suddenly perk up with shock at the revelation but seemed to struggle with herself.

". . ."

Moments of silence passed as the girl contemplated the empty cup before her before finally opening her mouth again.

"BEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeWOULDLIKETHATVERMUCHOHGREATANCIENTONE."