"Well, it's good to have someone with me that knows stuff like that. I've just been lucky enough to not get hurt that badly, because if I did I wouldn't know how to fix whatever injury I had." Nadia said. "It's good to have someone with me in general. I really thought I was the last one."
"Well, now you're not," Cat said smiling at her. "So, where are you from?"
"Stafford Connecticut." She replied, keeping up her quick pace. "What about you?" Nadia had noticed the girl's accent as soon as she had spoken, but she wasn't sure if Cat had been born in England or if she was just raised there.
“Well England, obviously. But I was born here. My mum was American. She died in childbirth and so my father took me back to England and raised me there. But for the past few years I’ve been staying here, with my grandparents.” She looked up at the sky, watching some birds pass. “So technically I’m from both here and England,” she said.
Nadia just nodded, not sure how she should react to that. "I've never even been out of the country." She said after a few seconds of silence.
“I’ve gone to quite a few countries but that’s only because Europe is so condensed. How far till your car?” she asked.
She looked around to see where they were, then responded. "It shouldn't be too much longer." A few seconds after she spoke, Nadia spotted the car up ahead. A wave of relief washed over her when she saw that the car looked exactly the same. None of the windows were broken and all the doors were closed. All of her stuff was safe.
Nadia hurriedly left as soon as Cat got her bag, wanting to return to the safety of her car as soon as possible. "What's in your bag anyway? Why is it so important?"
(hey if anyone else is on their character can find Nadia's car so we can all meet up)
(Sorry I was at a rehearsal…)
Quinn turned off her music and took out the bags out of her cart before shoving it away, letting it roll down the street. The sound of it echoed on the silent air as Quinn hauled the bags to a house and opened the doors of its storm cellar before closing it behind her. It wasn't much of a base, but it was all she had left.
Valerie was walking through the woods. She was out looking for supplies and maybe trying to get away from a bear that had found her. Maybe not? She wasn't quite sure yet but vacating the vicinity was a safe bet. As she walked she spotted a car, maybe it had some supplies in it. Valerie crept closer to see other living people near. Wait living! Wasn'tshe the last one left?! If she wasn't hallucinating, which heh might have been happening recently (at least to her knowledge), then there were actual people there.
Cat looked past the car and saw a girl creeping through the woods. Nadia was still looking in her car, checking that her things were all there. "Nadia," she said quietly. "Don't get up and don't do anything but there's a girl in the woods and she's watching us."
Nadia completely ignored the first part of Cat's statement and jerked her head up and began looking around. "Girl? There's someone else? Where?"
"Oh my god," Cat said under her breath. "There in the trees. But I told you not to look for a reason." She looked her in the eye. "What if she came to steal your stuff. What if she has a gun? You better hope not or we'll both be dead very soon," she said, crossing her arms.
"She won't kill us." Nadia muttered, still searching the trees for the girl Cat was talking about. "There's a limited amount of us on Earth. If she kills us, she lowers her chance of survival."
Valerie had realized they had spotted her. She ran through numerous plans before walking out with her hands up, "I come in peace!"
Nadia nudged Cat. "I told you she wouldn't hurt us." Man, today was full of surprises. She had thought she was the only person left on Earth, but then suddenly met two people in the span of what felt like ten minutes. Nadia smiled at the girl, trying to show that she was friendly. "Don't worry, we won't hurt you. At least, I won't. My name is Nadia, nice to meet you."
Valerie let out a sigh of relief as she walked closer. A smile appearing on her face, "Thank God. One is better than none, I'm Valerie."
"I'm Catriona, but you can call me Cat," she said, not smiling but not frowning either. "Where did you come from?" she asked.
“The woods? Geography is hard at the moment given the post apocalyptic terrain,” Valerie said with a slight sigh, “But it’s great to meet you Cat.”
After stocking up, Quinn sighed and decided to go for a walk. Nothing bad was going to happen right? Besides, she couldn't stay in one place for long. Just in case, Quinn took her twin pistols with her. It still unnerved her how everything was so silent in the post-apocalyptic world when she so used to the sounds of the city. Quinn turned on her music, sure it was..oldish, but it wasn't like any new music was going to come out any time soon.
Nadia tried her best to keep her excitement contained. She had met two people in one day after believing that she was the only one left on Earth.
“The woods? Geography is hard at the moment given the post apocalyptic terrain,” Valerie said with a slight sigh, “But it’s great to meet you Cat.”
"Yes, lovely to meet you," she said with a small smile. Cat turned to Nadia. "Were you going anywhere in particular?" she asked.
"I've been searching for other people for months now. Now that I've found you two…I don't know what I'll do." Nadia muttered. "I guess…we'll just try to survive."
"Alright," she said. "But if either of you two are trying to . . . rebuild society then we should probably try to find someone male. Orrrr try and travel to other continents and countries and see how the rest of the world is doing." She shrugged. "Just some options."
"The rest of the world is dead," Valerie stated, "Animals are rampant. Service is down, and the world as we knew it ended. Now all that really is left to do is figure out how to clone ourselves so we can begin repopulation. Shouldn't be that hard."
“Hold on, hold on,” Cat said. “First of all cloning ourselves would take technology we very much do not have. Second of all who are you? Why are you so certain the rest of the world is completely gone?”