Endings are Beginnings
Summer 2025 Appalachia Mountains, United States
The night air was cool on the mountain and rustled among the forest trees. David Meyers stood guard over the village against the animals as the rest of the town slept. Rubbing his hands over his rifle, he noticed the usual sparkling stars that hung above their compound were meticulously hidden by thick gray clouds. Gazing at the stars was one of the few things that reminded him of his old life. Life before the virus, the war, the giant mutated wild animals that raided camps, and life under the Resurrection.