The sun is just coming up lighting the deserted city and casting ominous shadows in the littered streets. Pip doesn’t know what city, somewhere in Arizona or New Mexico. She stopped paying attention to state signs a long time ago, having no need to know where she is. Cities make her nervous, and she usually tries to avoid them, but she’s out of food. A Walmart begins to take shape in the distance as she creeps along the sidewalk. Pip doesn’t like to look in Walmarts for supplies because most people go there first. It’s a logical decision, Walmarts tended to have everything anyone could look for. But one year into the apocalypse, Pip didn’t hold out much hope of anything being left over. Still, she needs food, and the gas stations certainly didn’t have much left in them either. Pip has been alone the last year. She had seen other …show more content…
“I’m sorry for what happened to you.” She says after a moment, still staring at the brick. It’s the only white brick on the entire wall of orange, and for some reason, it holds her attention. She stares at the brick long enough that it takes up her entire line of sight, her vision blurring around the outsides. She eventually closes her eyes and listens to the sound of the little girl pounding on the window. She turns back to the rusty red pickup truck, and takes a deep breath in anticipation. She can’t walk away from this. An image of her brother forms in her mind. Her brother wouldn’t leave the child here. Pip let her breath out slowly and takes her knife from her side. She grabs the handle of the door and opens it quickly letting the baby fall to the ground. She lands on her head on the dark asphalt. The smell of death assaults her senses. She takes a step back covering her mouth and nose and her eyes begin to water. She coughs into her arm and wipes the water from her eyes. She focuses on the