Vishnu and Talia roam the streets on the outskirts of a small town. Ghouls lurk in silent corners, prepared to pop out and take the lives of the innocent and guilty alike.

"Vishnu, why the hell are you running?" protested Talia redirecting her light brunette hair against the wind.

Vishnu didn't answer for he was quite out of breath himself. They ran through the road towards what seems like a car crash. 3 or 4 limping monsters approached the two.  Vishnu was, however,  prepared or rather, he risked his life for adrenaline rushes like these. Vishnu brought his dry hands to the saya of his blade. A mad grin animates across his face and with two swift swings of his Odachi, Vishnu bifurcates the loose skulls of the ghouls. He stepped on the fallen heads with a patriarchal pride, staining his expensive running boots that were once given as a Christmas Gift.

"Ahahaha," screamed Vishnu, "Now this is fun,"

Talia sighed with an unsurprised expression."Sometimes, I wish you had the calmness of Wendell and Wendell had some of the manliness of you,"

"Hey," exclaimed Vishnu, "Has anyone ever told you not to compare people. It's not nice."

"Ok," says Talia leaning closer towards her crush.

They stand like that for a while. Almost in a correspondent realization of what life is and what it will be. A cold breeze fills the atmosphere, fall is coming. Even though the fauna looks healthy, the impermanence of life will change it. It will crush whatever it comes across until we are all dead. A moments safety will never last, especially in this cruel world. Where the living struggle to stay living and death personifies itself through the emotionless killers that are ghouls.

"Alright," said Vishnu "Let's get some stuff done,"

Talia agreed and they walked off into a pharmacy. The windows were broken and the mannequins were smeared with old blood stains. Oddly enough, Vishnu and Talia enter through the front doors like how they're supposed to. The shelves inside are a complete mess although much of the supplies still remain intact. Countless ghouls litter the inside grocery area.

"Let's go into the shipment room," suggested Talia

"Oh I didn't think of that," replied Vishnu

They walked in and the area was safe. Almost like a new-looking garage. They both endeavour to cough quietly in all the dust. With a silver butterfly knife, Talia opened most of the boxes. Many of which include bandages, antiseptics, toilet paper, and painkillers. All useful things. The two began looting the area.

With a peculiar creak, the door slid open. Vishnu looked back over his shoulder with sheer horror. His sword was too long; too bulky to be swung in this situation. He threw himself back shuddering. Inching away from the ghoul. Talia quickly moved behind it and stabbed it a few times in the cranium leaving it to drop dramatically, leaving a pool of infected blood. They both pant like dogs in the moment's drama.

"Hey," admitted Vishnu, "You really saved my ass back there,"

"Well isn't that what friends are for?" replied Talia with a playful smile.

The two eventually escaped from a decorative window and left to loot another day.