{"sf1_id":1341698,"sf2_id":"ZeqX6aB1","title":"Humanity Is Dead","author":"STRONG","words":14275,"posted_at":"2018-06-12T04:17:00.000Z","tags":["Lewd","M/F","Snow","Snuggles","Wolverine","survival"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1341698-humanity-is-dead","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/ZeqX6aB1","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/70/1b/701b8a51-7656-4d82-96d4-a5399bafdeb7","description":"Anon is the lone survivor after a biological weapon hits the world and wipes out humanity","content":"\\\u003eThe world is dead\n\n\\\u003eEveryone is\n\n\\\u003eWell you aren't\n\n\\\u003eBut you should be\n\n\\\u003eYou survived because you're a coward\n\n\\\u003eBut being brave got all those courageous men and women and the beasts humanity created killed\n\n\\\u003eNo one remembers how the war started or even who ended it\n\n\\\u003eJust how it ended\n\n\\\u003eSomeone somewhere unleashed a virus that infected and killed humans\n\n\\\u003eMost humans anyway\n\n\\\u003eWhat was once a population of over 7 billion is reduced to less than 50000 worldwide\n\n\\\u003eAt least, that's what they said before the radios shut off\n\n\\\u003eYou survived because you dodged the draft and won the genetic lottery\n\n\\\u003eThe disease that killed all of humanity gave you the worst flu like symptoms ever\n\n\\\u003eBut you survived\n\n\\\u003eYou were Anon, now a wanderer\n\n\\\u003eThe last human you met was 2 years ago\n\n\\\u003eA man and his 2 sons\n\n\\\u003eThey were headed to the human colony in Florida\n\n\\\u003eYou told them not to but they didn't listen\n\n\\\u003eYou had been there\n\n\\\u003eA swarm of Anthro locusts was there\n\n\\\u003eYou learned Anthro locusts were omnivorous\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou survived because you ran\n\n\\\u003eYou ran and ran and ran\n\n\\\u003eThe screams of those being eaten alive ringing in your ears\n\n\\\u003eYou were in what should be Washington State now\n\n\\\u003eYou've met Anthros along the way\n\n\\\u003eSome were openly hostile to you\n\n\\\u003eSome tried to eat you\n\n\\\u003eMost looked at you with pity\n\n\\\u003eYou knew it was because you were probably the last human they were ever going to meet\n\n\\\u003eYou should be dead, your family all died around you, your fiancé died in your arms\n\n\\\u003eAnd yet here you were, doomed to live and too cowardly to end it yourself\n\n\\\u003eYou had tried\n\n\\\u003eNow you just wandered\n\n\\\u003eYou couldn't settle in an Anthro community.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eHow could you look them in the face after what humanity did to them\n\n\\\u003eBred them and poked at them until humans had a disposable fighting force\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eAnd in the end they were immune to the virus\n\n\\\u003eThis world was theirs now and you were just living on borrowed time until you died of whatever or you just gave up and let them eat you\n\n\\\u003eYou needed to catch something to eat\n\n\\\u003eYou could smell a winter snowstorm on the horizon\n\n\\\u003eIt's amazing what you can smell without pollution\n\n\\\u003eYou set up a snare trap and bait it\n\n\\\u003eYou had seen deer tracks around here\n\n\\\u003eEasy plan, catch a deer, kill it, and then find some shelter to wait out the storm\n\n\\\u003eYou had your basic gear with you\n\n\\\u003eYour leather armor, creased and stained from the years of use\n\n\\\u003eYour crossbow; rifle ammunition was hard to find\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eAnd a spear you had made with a long sharp point you forged and a shaft of ironwood\n\n\\\u003eAlong with various tools for killing, skinning, and sharpening\n\n\\\u003eA water canteen\n\n\\\u003eAnd some food that would last if you didn't catch a deer but still you would rather not waste your reserve of dried insects, peanut butter packets and Various jerky from several different animals\n\n\\\u003eYou hide under a pine tree and totally bury yourself in the needles\n\n\\\u003eBetter catch a nap while you can\n\n~~~~\n\n\\\u003eYou awoke with a start\n\n\\\u003eYour Snare went off and that means food\n\n\\\u003eBut you hear something more\n\n\\\u003eShouting?\n\n\\\u003eSHOUTING!\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003ePeople!\n\n\\\u003eYou get up and rush to your trap\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYour heart sinks at what you caught\n\n\\\u003eAn Anthro wolverine is dangling upside down by one footpaw, waving a stone axe and throwing a string of curses that don't make sense\n\n\\\u003e\"CUNTSTAINEDPISSFUCKERASSDIGGERTWATWAFFLEMUFIINMAN\"\n\n\\\u003eIt spots you\n\n\\\u003e\"GODDAMMIT I SURVIVE FOR YEARS ALONE AND GET TO GET KILLED BY A GODDAMNED HUMAN COME HERE I'LL CHOP YA LEGS OFF\"\n\n\\\u003eYou find your voice\n\n\\\u003eIt's been at least 10 months since you've had to use it\n\n\\\u003e\"Look man, I didn't mean --\"\n\n\\\u003e\"MAN?!?! THE FIRST FUCKER I MET IN YEARS AND THEY THINK I'M A GODDAMN MAN! FUCK ME SIDEWAYS\"\n\n\\\u003eYou step back and look at...Her with better attention\n\n\\\u003eYou can now clearly see that she is indeed a female, you can now see she had what would be amounted to rags covering her Orange sized breasts and a loincloth (flipped because she's upside down)\n\n\\\u003eAnd she's small\n\n\\\u003eLike 3 and a half feet tall\n\n\\\u003e\"Looks please calm down Miss. I wasn't trying to catch you, I saw deer tracks and wanted to catch one before the storm\" you says trying to calm her\n\n\\\u003eShe stops swinging her stone ax around for a second\n\n\\\u003e\"How didja know a storm is coming? I smelled something weird and wanted to investigate and possibly eat it, turns out it was you\"\n\n\\\u003e\"I can smell it, anyway let me get you down\"\n\n\\\u003eYou hesitate\n\n\\\u003e\"You aren't going to chop my legs off like you said right?\" you ask, raising an eyebrow at her\n\n\\\u003e\"Nah just let me down, it's my own fault for stepping into a fuckin obvious trap\" she snaps at you\n\n\\\u003eYou walk over the trap line and slowly lower her down\n\n\\\u003eAs she sets down she tried furiously to undo the knot around her leg\n\n\\\u003e\"Whoa whoa you're just gonna make it worse, let me\" you say as you kneel next to her working on the knot\n\n\\\u003e\"Ah so my eyes were not tricking me, you are a human. I haven't seen one of your kind since...\" she rambles off\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea. Just me now I reckon\" you say solemnly\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea probably\" she says scratching her muzzle\n\n\\\u003e\"My name is Anon by the way\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Zahrah\" she spits out simply\n\n\\\u003e\"Look I'm sorry I-\"\n\n\\\u003e\"I told ya I wandered into it without thinking don't apologize for setting a good trap I'm just mad tha- \" She freezes mid-sentence, her ears flat and her tail rigid\n\n\\\u003e\"What is it\" you recognize her action immediately and try to lower yourself\n\n\\\u003e \"I can smell deer\"\n\n\\\u003eDeer! Thank god\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Where?\"\n\n\\\u003eShe points northwest ward\n\n\\\u003eYou unsling your crossbow and load it\n\n\\\u003eShe on all fours\n\n\\\u003e\"Follow me anon, let's see if you're any good with that toy of yours\"\n\n\\\u003eYou follow, years of hiding have honed your skill at walking silently\n\n\\\u003eAfter about 10 minutes of walking she points\n\n\\\u003e\"I can't see too well at distances. What do you see?\" she says to you\n\n\\\u003eA herd, at least 15 individuals all grazing\n\n\\\u003e\"Deer\" you say simply\n\n\\\u003e\"How many can you get?\"\n\n\\\u003eWe'll see\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou shoulder your crossbow and aim down the sights\n\n\\\u003eYou hold your breath and aim at one at the outside of the group\n\n\\\u003eA doe\n\n\\\u003eThere is a slight \"Thwip\" and it collapses you bolt went right through its head you guess\n\n\\\u003e\"One down\"\n\n\\\u003eShe shudders, that must be exciting\n\n\\\u003e\"God damn I can't use those projectiles, my eyes...\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou reload\n\n\\\u003eTake aim\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eThe buck is there, at least 250 lbs. of meat in addition to the 100 from the doe\n\n\\\u003e\"Thwip\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eIt crumples\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eIt makes a \"Mehhhhhh\" as it falls and that spooks the rest\n\n\\\u003eGoddammit\n\n\\\u003e\"So how many?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"2\" you answer\n\n\\\u003e\"Just 2? And here I thought you were use-\"\n\n\\\u003e\"I got the buck\" you cut her off\n\n\\\u003e\"A big un?\" she says looking up at you.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e \"At least 200 pounds\" you say\n\n\\\u003e\"Hm maybe you are useful\"\n\n\\\u003eYou go to the buck, the bolt is buried in its skull\n\n\\\u003eYou pull it out and wipe it on your pants\n\n\\\u003eStained leather\n\n\\\u003eZahrah is at the doe\n\n\\\u003e\"I can't see your bolt anon\"\n\n\\\u003eYou glance at the tree line and see it lodged in a tree\n\n\\\u003e\"Well Zahrah, it's been a pleasure working with you\" you say as you pull it out and put it in its quiver\n\n\\\u003e\"Wait\" she says grabbing your arm\n\n\\\u003eWhen did she get next to you?\n\n\\\u003e\"A storms coming, you ain't got nowhere to go, might as well shack up with me for the time being\" she says matter of factly\n\n\\\u003eYou smile\n\n\\\u003eYou were starved for interaction\n\n\\\u003eEven though you were an introvert before it all went to shit you valued at least some interaction\n\n\\\u003eYou felt recently like T.Hanks from castaway talking to yourself\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe's surprisingly strong\n\n\\\u003eYou hefted the buck in a fireman's carry and she lifted the doe with no issue\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou followed her for a while until you found yourself and an old cabin\n\n\\\u003eHow did she?\n\n\\\u003e\"I've lived here my whole life\" she says reading your mind\n\n\\\u003eYou both unload and get to work, you gut, carve and skin the deer\n\n\\\u003e\"Hey I want those intestines\" she says\n\n\\\u003e\"Fine, I want the heart\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Deal\"\n\n\\\u003eYou're trading body parts, great\n\n\\\u003e\"Come on, I've got a smoker over here\" she says\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou move the not lighter deer corpse to the smokers each bit of flesh hanging to be preserved\n\n\\\u003e\"Come on then\" she goes inside beckoning you\n\n\\\u003e\"Alright. The beds over there, the fireplace is there and the kitchen is there, the outhouse is outside, you want fresh water you gotta go pump it out now\"\n\n\\\u003eOh man fresh well water. You know that running water from streams is supposed to help with bacteria that can cause illnesses\n\n\\\u003eBut that's not 100%\n\n\\\u003eCatching rainwater or boiling works but that's usually a hassle\n\n\\\u003eBut now that you weren't hunting or trading body parts you could get a good look at your hostess\n\n\\\u003eAgain she was short, like 3 and a half foot tops\n\nHer fur was black on the back, her stomach and chest had like brown fur and on her head she had a white streak down the middle\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eIt reminded you of a Mohawk\n\n\\\u003eShe was curvy for being short and that surprised you\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"You got a problem there?\" she caught you staring\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh s-sorry, I just haven't seen an Anthro wolverine before\" you say as you look down.\n\n\\\u003e\"Well at least ya could tell I'm a wolverine and not a goddamn badger\" she says with a laugh\n\n\\\u003e\"If we're gonna be studying each other come 'ere let me get a good look at cha\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou walk closer to her\n\n\\\u003e\"My eyesight ain't so good, so get closer\"\n\n\\\u003eWhat was it you read about wolverines long ago?\n\n\\\u003eSmall, strong, ferocious for their size, able to take down full grown deer, males can hold miles of territory and often fight wolves\n\n\\\u003eIf she wanted she could have killed you at any time\n\n\\\u003eYou shiver\n\n\\\u003e\"What cha shivering for? Ya cold?\" she says as she walks small circles around you\n\n\\\u003e\"You're so goddam lanky, but you're good with that crossbow of yer's\" she looks at your spear\n\n\\\u003e\"Now where didja get that spear?\" she says eyeing it with envy\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh-I uh -- I made it\" you say\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eNo need to lie\n\n\\\u003e\"You made it? How?\" she says looking up at you\n\n\\\u003e\"Uh... Before the war I was learning how to blacksmith as a hobby for Ren fairs...\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Wotsa Ren fair?\" she asks\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh it was a kinda festival were people would dress in suits of armor and swords and pretend it was the medieval times\" you explain\n\n\\\u003e\"Uh huh...When were those again?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eRight, she probably didn't have much education\n\n\\\u003eFew Anthros did, after all they were cannon fodder during the war....\n\n\\\u003e\"It was a long time ago before the war.\" you say\n\n\"Sounds stupid\" she says bluntly \"but making metal\u0026nbsp; ...that is useful....\n\n\\\u003e\"Anyway you hungry? We can cook up some of that deer we got\" she asks\n\n\\\u003e\"Sure I could go for some food. Also thanks for letting me shack up while the storm passes\"\n\n\\\u003eShe waves you off\n\n\\\u003e\"Is nothing'\" she says and she throws a 3 lb. slab of deer meat onto a metal grate above the fire \"you helped get us some deer meat easier than I could have alone, usually I have to settle on squirrel or something the wolves killed\"\n\n\\\u003eRight wolverines were mainly scavengers....\n\n\\\u003eYou smile \"that was mutually beneficial, after all you found them with your nose\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea but I can't see for shit, never could, and there ain't a place to get glasses anymore\"\n\n\\\u003eShe's right you could maybe scavenge reading glasses but it sounded like she needed a serious prescription\n\n\\\u003eYou are silent for a while both looking at the meat cook and the fire (Survival TV)\n\n\\\u003eFinally she breaks the silence \"how do ya take your meat? Well done?\" she says, cutting about 2 lbs. of meat away from the slab\n\n\\\u003eIts rare and somewhat bloody still\n\n\\\u003eYou guess that's her portion\n\n\\\u003e\"Medium rare actually\"\n\n\\\u003eShe looks at you, \"Oh? An adventurous human, my lucky day\"\n\n\\\u003eShe pokes the meat\n\n\\\u003e\"It'll be a minute or two then\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Can't be that lucky of a day, after all you did get caught in a trap and then exposed to a total stranger\" you say with a short laugh\n\n\\\u003e\"Fuck\" she says \"Ya saw everythin' didn't cha?\"\n\n\\\u003e \"I mean I did but I was more focused on the small wolverine lady swinging an ax at me and swearing so much a sailor would blush\"\n\n\\\u003eShe laughs at that.\n\n\\\u003e\"I missed this kinda stuff\" she says\n\n\\\u003e\"Hm? What stuff?\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Talkin', the only things I've met fer a while tried to kill me outright\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Hm... I thought wolverines enjoyed solitude mostly\" you say rubbing your chin, your beard was coming in again\n\n\\\u003eNo need to shave in the apocalypse except grooming\n\n\\\u003e\"We are but I'm no feral, I live in the woods by myself and not in some goddam colony\" she says calmly \"But I still enjoy talking to someone, solitude and loneliness are sometimes one and the same\"\n\n\\\u003eYou couldn't argue\n\n\\\u003eThe world ended but for you...\n\n\\\u003eNo more job to worry about, no mortgage, no SJWs no nothing...just you living.\n\n\\\u003eBut at times when sleep was just outside your grasp\n\n\\\u003eYou felt it. The feeling everyone feels late at night, the loneliness, the existential dread of everything everywhere\n\n\\\u003eHumans are....Were social creatures\n\n\\\u003eEven the most outcast person wanted companionship\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou think of hugging her but decide against it\n\n\\\u003eHugging a total stranger is weird\n\n\\\u003eTake off your leather face mask and sigh\n\n\\\u003eYou usually wear a leather face mask that covers your mouth and nose\n\n\\\u003eKeeps your breath hidden due to all the various blood and animal whatnot that have covered it\n\n\\\u003eDeer and some predators can smell human breath, at least you heard they can.\n\n\\\u003eYou saw a video once of a hunter spraying himself with elk piss to cover his scent then spraying it INTO his mouth\n\n\\\u003eYou weren't Bear Grylls, you weren't drinking piss\n\n\\\u003e\"Ah the face of the human\" Zahrah says with a chuckle \"it's weird seeing a beard below a face cover\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"I've been all over. Most places don't have green forests like this anymore, I needed the mask to not breathe in the dust and sand\" you say\n\n\\\u003e\"You've been wandering awhile haven't you anon\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Needed to\"\n\n\\\u003eShe pulls your slab on meat of the fire pit\n\n\\\u003e\"Why?\" she asks handing it to you on a wooden plate\n\n\\\u003eShe starts eating her own chunk of deer now\n\n\\\u003e\"Humans are dead, the last colony I was at got over run\" you explain\n\n\\\u003e\"By what?\" she asks\n\n\\\u003e\"Locusts\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh.....\"\n\n\\\u003eThey were one of the wars worst creations\n\n\\\u003eAn unending swarm that ate everything\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eThey couldn't be controlled, couldn't be tamed, and couldn't be stopped\n\n\\\u003e\"Then why not an Anthro colony? I'm sure one would accept an amateur blacksmith\"\n\n\\\u003e\"After all humans did to Anthros, how could I\"\n\n\\\u003eYou sigh\n\n\\\u003eYou were afraid on most Anthros\n\n\\\u003eHumanity created them to fight so humans lives would be spared\n\n\\\u003eThey were literally born to die\n\n\\\u003eYou were ashamed for all of mankind\n\n\\\u003e\"H-how could I find a place when I never even fought? When the draft came I fled to Canada, then when the sickness came no one even cared I came back because they were all dying\"\n\n\\\u003eShe's looking at you\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou take a bite of your own deer streak\n\n\\\u003eIt's warm and it's good,\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eIf only you had seasoning\n\n\\\u003e\"Sorry... Shat got pretty serious\" you say ashamed\n\n\\\u003e\"Don't be sorry, that's some serious shit to keep inside\" she's already eaten half her deep portion\n\n\\\u003eYou both finish your meals in silence\n\n\\\u003e\"Hey ah Ze, you don't mind if I call you Ze right?\" you ask\n\n\\\u003e\"Naw, I don't mind but what's up?\"\n\n\\\u003e\"We should bring in some more firewood, if this storm is going to be so serious that I can smell it then we should have plenty more\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe looks at her pile of wood in the corner and frowns slightly\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea yer probably right\"\n\n\\\u003eYou get up and walk to the door\n\n\\\u003eYou open it and already it's beginning to snow\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eFor about 15 minutes you and Zahrah bring in wood\n\n\\\u003eShe chopped all this with an ax made of stone?\n\n\\\u003eYou were impressed\n\n\\\u003eYou sit down next to the fire now and Zahrah sits close to you\n\n\\\u003eYou stay like this for about an hour\n\n\\\u003eYou're tired, the well water was going to have to wait\n\n\\\u003eBesides if you needed water you had a constant fire to attend to and boiling water would be easier here\n\n\\\u003eYou're nodding off\n\n\\\u003eYou snap awake as Ze speaks\n\n\\\u003e\"Geez Anon, if your that tired let's just go to bed\"\n\n\\\u003eShe's getting up and moving to the bed\n\n\\\u003e\"Get out of them leather bullshits you're wearing, I ain't having any of that kinda mess in my bed\" she says eyeing you\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh uhh okay\" is all you say\n\n\\\u003eYou strip down to just undergarments\n\n\\\u003eIt felt good to not have to wear all that gear\n\n\\\u003eYou never really took it off when travelling\n\n\\\u003eBetter keep it on in case you had to run\n\n\\\u003eBut you didn't need to run anywhere now.\n\n\\\u003e\"There's only one bed so we are gonna hafta share\" she says \"keep yer mitts to yerself or ill bite your fuckin dick off\"\n\n\\\u003eYou cringed thinking about that\n\n\\\u003eYou climb into the bed and Zahrah follows suit\n\n\\\u003eYou sleep on your back generally because it easier to get up faster\n\n\\\u003eYou pull the covers, a few animal skins, over both you and Zahrah\n\n\\\u003eShe turns onto her side and faces away from you\n\n\\\u003eYou don't mind\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou fall asleep in a bed for the first time in a long time\n\n~~~\n\n\\\u003eYou wake up and you're warm\n\n\\\u003eThe furs from the random animals must be doing their job keeping you warm\n\n\\\u003eBut still really warm\n\n\\\u003eAnd ...Heavy?\n\n\\\u003eYou lift up the covers and peek under to find Zahrah asleep on top of you, face buried in her claws\n\n\\\u003eYou weren't complaining about having a short stack wolverine sleeping on you but you didn't want her to get the wrong idea\n\n\\\u003eYou try shifting her slightly\n\n\\\u003e\"Noooo comfy\" she whines softly as you try\n\n\\\u003eWell this is your life now\n\n\\\u003eYou are a living space heater\n\n\\\u003eYou decide to stay put for the time being anyway\n\n\\\u003eThe bed is comfy and warm and you had affection for the first time since your fiancé died from the sickness\n\n\\\u003ePlus you can sleep in, a quick look out a window showed the storm hit hard\n\n\\\u003eYou were both snowed in\n\n\\\u003eSo you drift back you sleep, placing your arms around Zahrah getting a soft sigh from her\n\n\\\u003eYou guess she hasn't had this for a while, or might not have ever\n\n\\\u003eYou fall back to sleep smiling\n\n~~~~\n\n\\\u003e\"Oi fucker wake up\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou awake with a start\n\n\\\u003eZahrah has thrown off the blankets and is stomping around the cabin\n\n\\\u003e\"What's up?\" you ask groggily\n\n\\\u003e\"I need to piss and can't get outside\" she says bluntly\n\n\\\u003e\"Why did you need me then?\" you ask as you pull on your leathers and mask\n\n\\\u003e\"I needja to wade through the snow so I have a path to the outhouse!\"\n\n\\\u003eGod you missed indoor plumbing\n\n\\\u003eYou look out the window\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eIf the snow storm was Germany, it would be a fucking blitzkrieg\n\n\\\u003eStill it was better than having Zahrah wet herself, plus it would make things easier for you later when you needed to go\n\n\\\u003e\"Alright, let's do this then\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou open the door and the winds push it open wide, the warm air sucked out by the cold\n\n\\\u003eThe snow is waist deep to you but that's close to shoulder level for Zahrah\n\n\\\u003eNo wonder she needed your help\n\n\\\u003eYou push through with her close behind you, using you as a windshield\n\n\\\u003eYou push through the snow slowly\n\n\\\u003eTrudging through the cold and snow.\n\n\\\u003eAt least Zahrah had closed the door of the cabin behind her\n\n\\\u003eYou finally reach the outhouse and push the snow out of the doors way\n\n\\\u003eShe scampers inside\n\n\\\u003eGod this sucked, your leathers were soaked and starting to freeze\n\n\\\u003eYou needed to get back inside to strip down and let them dry but you couldn't just leave Zahrah\n\n\\\u003eYou instead huddle by the side of the outhouse, protected from the wind\n\n\\\u003eShe finally comes out\n\n\\\u003e\"Anon?\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Right here\" you say stepping out\n\n\\\u003eGod, that wind sucks\n\n\\\u003e\"Let's get back inside, we need to dry off\" she says\n\n\\\u003eYou nod and push back to the cabin\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eThe snow made the 50 feet or so feel like miles\n\n\\\u003eYou push open the cabin door finally and you both spill through\n\n\\\u003e\"I'll chuck some wood on the fire\" Zahrah says \"get out of those cloths or you'll get hypothermia\"\n\n\\\u003eYou start to strip out of your soaked clothes and hang them near the fire\n\n\\\u003eYou look at her\n\n\\\u003eShe's shivering, even though you made a path as best you could she still got a ton of snow caked into her fur\n\n\\\u003eYou grab the blankets\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Come 'ere we need to warm you up Ze.\"\n\n\\\u003eYou drape the blankets over your shoulders and sit down cross legged near the fire and invite her into your lap\n\n\\\u003eShe walks over slowly and sits into you\n\n\\\u003eYou shiver from the cold water on her but still keep the blankets open pointed towards the fire\n\n\\\u003eThis causes the heat to funnel to you and her\n\n\\\u003e\"It's been a long time since anyone cared about me\" She says\n\n\\\u003eYou look down; what caused this?\n\n\\\u003eShe's looking into the fire as she talks, she's not talking to you, just talking, needing someone to listen\n\n\\\u003e\"I've been out here almost my whole life, when I was born the humans who created me wanted to kill me cuz of my vision\" she says absentmindedly\n\n\\\u003e\"One human, a janitor or something, his job was to get rid of the unwanted like me. I guess he felt something for me because instead of killing me he brought me here and showed me how to survive\" She continues\n\n\\\u003e\"He died with the rest of your kind, I never got to say goodbye, he just said he had to go and.....\" she is just staring at the fire \"He never came back\"\n\n\\\u003eYou sit there digesting everything she said\n\n\\\u003e\"What about you Anon?\" she's looking up at you, you notice she has deep hazel eyes\n\n\\\u003eYour turn to unload baggage you guess\n\n\\\u003e\"I-I... I was born into a military family, everyone in my family served since World War 1, I was supposed to keep it going and when the draft came, and my parents were overjoyed...\" You ramble\n\n\\\u003e\"but... I ran... I never wanted to serve and it seemed unfair that I would have to fight for a cause I didn't believe in....I came back when the sickness hit. They all died... my friends... my family... my fiancée... everyone I ever knew and didn't know\"\n\n\\\u003etears are welling in your eyes\n\n\\\u003e\"I tried to survive with everyone else; rebuild they said!\" you're staring into the fire \"the locusts came, I ran. I've been wandering ever since. I figured I was going to die alone so I headed to the last forest I knew of, might as well die surrounded by trees\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Why not try to find other humans? You could rebuild\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Humanity is dead. No need to sugar coat it, I could be the last or I could be a forgotten soul in the continued history, but either way I would rather just disappear like the ghost I've always been\"\n\n\\\u003eYou reflect on this statement\n\n\\\u003eYou graduated high school, no one came to congratulate you\n\n\\\u003eCollege, you were a face in the crowd\n\n\\\u003eYou always were no one, just another person dying inside\n\n\\\u003eAnd even now, after you left this place only one person, one thing would ever remember you\n\n\\\u003eA lone wolverine\n\n\\\u003eYour tears were flowing freely, you didn't even notice before.\n\n\\\u003e\"I don't think you're no one Anon\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou're startled from your thoughts, you almost forgot she was there\n\n\\\u003e\"You drop in from nowhere, trap me, free me, help me get more food than I would have in a season, help me stay warm, help me go piss....keep me warm during a blizzard...\"\n\n\\\u003eYou're looking at the fire, focusing on yourself and on the small bundle of fur in your lap\n\n\\\u003eThis was the most welcome you had been in a long time\n\n\\\u003eEven those Anthro colonies or cities or whatever you wanted to call them just tolerated you\n\n\\\u003eThe last human they would see\n\n\\\u003eThe pity was tangible, they were so grossly trying to make sure you were comfortable, making sure that you had all you could want before the last remnant for humanity died\n\n\\\u003eBut you refused every time, never staying long\n\n\\\u003eYou helped them rebuild. Showed them metal working, at least the little you knew and moved on\n\n\\\u003eYou felt like Mad Max in a way but you were not courageous\n\n\\\u003eYou planned to reach the coast and set up, live until cancer or whatever came and killed you\n\n\\\u003eYou didn't deserve such a peaceful death. You deserved the same as every other human\n\n\\\u003eCoughing up blood and choking on your own bile\n\n\\\u003eYou snap back to reality.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe's cuddled into you\n\n\\\u003eYou wrap your arms and the furs covering them around you both\n\n\\\u003eYou're both looking at the fire, they call it survival TV for a reason\n\n\\\u003eThe shape and forms it takes... They never really mean anything but...\n\n\\\u003eAfter a while they form what you think of.\n\n\\\u003eA forgotten memory\n\n\\\u003eA person you tired desperately not to forget the face of...\n\n\\\u003eYou stomach growls breaking the trance between you both\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh... we should eat\" She says calmly \"I have more of that deer but I also have some quail and eggs from said quail\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Quail and eggs sounds good.\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe gets out of your lap and stretches\n\n\\\u003eShe pauses and turns to you\n\n\\\u003e\"You aren't no one Anon\" she puts a clawed paw to your face\n\n\\\u003e\"You helped everyone along the way. You taught them all you knew of how to make metal and even if your name and face is forgotten, they will remember the lone human that taught them.\"\n\n\\\u003e\"But enough of that emotional shit! Let's get some breakfast\"\n\n\\\u003eYou smile, food would be good. Even though it's only morning it's tough to focus\n\n\\\u003eSnow, darkness penetrated by only a fire, an inviting bed and company\n\n\\\u003eYou were starved for anything social\n\n\\\u003eIts odd how before you thought you would be ok on your own\n\n\\\u003eEven before the war, you thought \"even if the world ended tomorrow any only I survived I would be okay\"\n\n\\\u003eWandering the wastes of civilization, seeing the now crumbling skyscrapers\n\n\\\u003eYou wouldn't be ok on your own, Zahrah had proven that\n\n\\\u003eBut you were a guest, only here because you helped her find food\n\n\\\u003eShe's cooking now. The food she's making smelling great\n\n\\\u003eWell, let's just enjoy it all for now\n\n~~~\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eIt's been a few days the storm passed\n\n\\\u003eThe snow isn't melting but still the winds have died down and the world is quiet again\n\n\\\u003eYou and Zahrah have gotten to know each other pretty well\n\n\\\u003eAfter all there wasn't much to do besides talk to each other during the blizzard\n\n\\\u003eShe wasn't used to company, but welcomed your talking and inputs on various things\n\n\\\u003eYou dreaded the day you would have to go\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eSo, you kept yourself busy\n\n\\\u003ehHlping Zahrah outside, staining your leathers black since you had time now\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003ePen ink and melted snow\n\n\\\u003eYou didn't ask why Zahrah had a drawer full of pens\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou go outside and look around\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou can see the mountains to the north, a valley to the west, you had come from the east and nothing was that way\n\n\\\u003eYou've chosen the path you'll go when you have to leave, back to wandering\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eWestward, follow the sun until your reach the ocean. Then wing it\n\n\\\u003eright now though, you're sharpening your spear on a whet stone\n\n\\\u003eZahrah had taken an interest in your metal working\n\n\\\u003eYou wished you could use the skill to help her, but how could you?\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou had no scrap metal, no forge, and no anvil\n\n\\\u003e\"A....Anon...\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou turn to her\n\n\\\u003e\"I was wondering if you could.... make me some tools before you go\" she says nervously, twisting one footpaw into the snow while looking down\n\n\\\u003e\"I would love to Ze but I don't have any supplies here to do that\" you say\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou hated that you had to let her down\n\n\\\u003e\"We can fix that!\" she says with a short bounce\n\n\\\u003eShe replied so suddenly it startled you a bit\n\n\\\u003e\"Shere's a few abandoned towns around! I'm sure we could find what we need!\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"If you knew there were abandoned towns around why didn't you go scavenge them?\" You say looking at her\n\n\\\u003e\"Never needed to\"\n\n\\\u003eShe had a point\n\n\\\u003e\"Well ok, fuck we can do that. We need something to load supplies into like a wagon\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"OH!\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe leads you around the backside of the cabin, you had never looked over here and never needed to\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eThere's an old metal cart partly rusted but the tires look in good enough shape\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eIt's only about 3 feet by 3 feet and waist high on you but it's better than nothing\n\n\\\u003e\"Alright then Zahrah, looks like your stuck with me till the snow melts away\"\n\n\\\u003eShe smiles at you, wiggling her ears gently\n\n\\\u003e\"I'm ok with that\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou are as well,\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou both head into the cabin\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou are going to need to make a list of what you need\n\n\\\u003eSpring is here. The snow melted away,\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou've been living with Zahrah for about a month now\n\n\\\u003eOr was it 2? You didn't really count the days\n\n\\\u003eYou and Zahrah had gotten close\n\n\\\u003eBetween her snuggling onto you every night (not that you were complaining) and her being close to nude most of the time, you were noticing her curves more and more\n\n\\\u003eStill you couldn't push that boundary\n\n\\\u003eLast thing you wanted is to ruin this\n\n\\\u003eYou check your gear\n\n\\\u003eYou can travel a lot lighter since you can leave most of your tools behind at the cabin\n\n\\\u003eSpear check\n\n\\\u003eCrossbow check,\n\n\\\u003eCompass check (Zahrah claimed you didn't need it because she could find her way back without it)\n\n\\\u003eHunting knife, check\n\n\\\u003eIt was time to get moving\n\n\\\u003eApparently \"Close by\" meant the closest Town was about 10 miles away and the other about 5 or so miles from there\n\n\\\u003eIt would take you almost the whole day to get there, so you had some furs and other items for setting up a camp\n\n\\\u003e\"Ready?\" you ask Zahrah\n\n\\\u003e\"Ready!\"\n\n\\\u003eYou set off pulling the cart along behind you\n\n\\\u003eThe sun was just beginning to rise\n\n\\\u003eIt would take maybe 5 hours to get there, and you had plans to set up a camp before scavenging meaning you needed to make use of the daylight\n\n\\\u003eThere were things you wanted to grab as well.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eThings that would make living easier. Flashlights, batteries, lighters matches, little things you don't miss until you need them\n\n\\\u003eZahrah is leading the way leaving you to pull the cart\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe's chatty today as well\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"I've never been to a human town before, I just never needed to and it wasn't like I was welcome\" she was saying\n\n\\\u003e\"And I don't like the idea of living near Anthros, I think that I would make the prey Anthros uncomfortable because I can only eat meat\"\n\n\\\u003eYou're just nodding and pulling along\n\n\\\u003eShe suddenly stops. You look up past her and see the outskirts of the town, a weathered sign says \"Sunnyvale\"\n\n\\\u003e\"I-I I'm scared Anon\"\n\n\\\u003eYou're taken aback, did she say she was scared? Of an empty town?\n\n\\\u003eYou look at her\n\n\\\u003e\"What's up Ze?\" you say as you walk up to her\n\n\\\u003e\"The only humans I've met besides you and father tried to kill me, granted I've not met many\"\n\n\\\u003e\"And here's a place where they lived\" she says looking up at you\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea, but that's over now\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou reach around her and pull her close, her head at your stomach level\n\n\\\u003e\"Let's find a building to set up in\" you say rubbing her shoulder\n\n\\\u003e\"Okay\"\n\n\\\u003eYou both are walking through the main street\n\n\\\u003eGrocery stores, cloths stores, restaurants, and the bank\n\n\\\u003eA bank would work, they are generally pretty secure and have heavy doors\n\n\\\u003eYou point it out to Zahrah\n\n\\\u003e\"Hmm ok, but if I smell anything funky we aren't staying there\"\n\n\\\u003eYou open the front doors to the bank, its cool inside and dark\n\n\\\u003e\"Can you see Zahrah?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea my night vision is pretty good\" she says walking into the dark\n\n\\\u003eYou wait a bit for your eyes to get used to the darkness and then survey the scene\n\n\\\u003eA basic bank, you can see the counters and a few desks\n\n\\\u003eZahrah is in the walk in safe\n\n\\\u003e\"What's all this paper stuff?\" she's asks holding up a bunch of dollar bills\n\n\\\u003e\"Money, we humans used to use it to get stuff\" you explain\n\n\\\u003e\"You traded paper for things?\" she looks at you confused her tail swishing slightly\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea, you would work a job and they would give you money that you could buy stuff with\"\n\n\\\u003eShe thinks a moment\n\n\\\u003e\"That's dumb\" she says finally\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea but its good kindling now\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou set up your sleeping mat behind the counter and set up a small fire pit in the safe\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eHopefully it will radiate the heat outwards\n\n\\\u003e\"Alright where to first Anon?\"\n\n\\\u003eTough question, scavenge food? Scavenge tools? Clothes? Raid houses?\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Let's go to the local department store\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"What's that?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"A store where they have all sorts of things\"\n\n\\\u003eYou both leave the bank and look around\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eThis town wasn't a small town but still was big enough to get lost in\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou needed to get a lay of the land and the internet wasn't a thing anymore for looking up maps\n\n\\\u003e\"Let's get on the roof to look around\" you say to Ze\n\n\\\u003eShe looks at you\n\n\\\u003e\"Nope, I don't do heights\"\n\n\\\u003eFair enough\n\n\\\u003eYou walk back inside and look around, eventually you find the Storage closet with roof access\n\n\\\u003eYou climb up and have to hit the hatch a few times before you can push it open with a sad defeated creak\n\n\\\u003eYou look over the edge and see Zahrah looking up at you\n\n\\\u003eYou wave\n\n\\\u003eWhy did you wave you idiot?\n\n\\\u003eShe laughs at your waving and just says \"hi Anon\" like she would be talking to a child\n\n\\\u003eDammit\n\n\\\u003eYou shake yourself out if that stupidity and look around\n\n\\\u003eYou see a hardware store to the north and a Walmart to the west\n\n\\\u003eOk west first\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou climb back down and meet back with Zahrah outside\n\n\\\u003e\"We're heading west\" you say to her as you begin the walk, pulling the cart behind you\n\n\\\u003eIt's about a mile or 2 to the store\n\n\\\u003e\"Anon what are those\" and \"Anon what is this\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eThat's all you're hearing from Zahrah as you walk\n\n\\\u003eYou explain everything along the way\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eAfter about an 45 minutes you reach the Walmart\n\n\\\u003e\"You smell anything Ze?\"\n\n\\\u003eShe sniffs around a bit\n\n\\\u003e\"Nah\" she says\n\n\\\u003eLet's do this thing\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou force open the sliding doors and walk in\n\n\\\u003eAgain, you have to wait as your eyes get used to the dark\n\n\\\u003eYou needed a light\n\n\\\u003eSigns\n\n\\\u003eThe camping section\n\n\\\u003eYou stumble around to the camping area and find a lantern and the batteries that go with it\n\n\\\u003eLet there be light\n\n\\\u003eYou can see now\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eZahrah is next to you looking at the lantern\n\n\\\u003e\"What the fuck\" she whispers staring at the light\n\n\\\u003e\"What you've never seen electric lamps\" you look at her\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"No, I've lived my whole life in that cabin\" she's still staring at the light\n\n\\\u003eYou grab a shopping cart and start throwing every battery in reach into it, as well as a few flashlights\n\n\\\u003eYou head to the gardening section.\n\n\\\u003e\"Hey, why would I forge you tools when we can get them here?\" you ask Zahrah\n\n\\\u003e\"They have those?\"\n\n\\\u003eWow she has been sheltered or something like that\n\n\\\u003eYou grab an Ax and hand it to her\n\n\\\u003e\"Voila metal ax\"\n\n\\\u003e\"What the FUCK! You mean this stuff was here all along?!?\" she says looking at her new tool\n\n\\\u003e\"Well yea, what did you think humans did? Make stuff from hand?\" you ask\n\n\\\u003e\"You made that spear!\" She yells at you!\n\n\\\u003e\"People don't usually carry spears\" you retort\n\n\\\u003e\"Well, fuck me then\" She says\n\n\\\u003e\"Is that an invitation?\" you ask\n\n\\\u003e\"Shut up!\" she punches your leg\n\n\\\u003e\"Huh, come on, let's get you some actual clothes\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou go over to the kid's cloths section and start picking through things\n\n\\\u003e\"Why are you looking in the kids section?\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Cuz you're short\"\n\n\\\u003e\"And you're lanky, ya dumb fuck\"\n\n\\\u003e\"I like this\" she says picking up a batman Shirt\n\n\\\u003e\"Try it on then\"\n\n\\\u003eShe pulls off the cloth that is wrapped around her chest\n\n\\\u003eIt was falling apart anyway\n\n\\\u003eShe pulls on the batman shirt and it fits\n\n\\\u003eBarely\n\n\\\u003eHer breasts are pushing against the fabric and you can clearly see her nipples\n\n\\\u003e\"I LIKE IT\"! She says flicking her short tail around\n\n\\\u003eYou grab some more shirts in that size\n\n\\\u003eYou go over to the woman's underwear section\n\n\\\u003eShe can't wear pants cuz of her tail but you could probably get her to wear underwear\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eHer ass is big enough to fill normal underwear\n\n\\\u003e\"Pick some out you like Zahrah\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe snoops around and grabs some underwear\n\n\\\u003eShe then drops her loincloth and pulls them on\n\n\\\u003eThey seem a bit small\n\n\\\u003e\"Try a larger size\"\n\n\\\u003eShe picks another and pulls them on\n\n\\\u003ePerfect\n\n\\\u003eYou grab more in that size\n\n\\\u003eYou look at her\n\n\\\u003eShe's adorable\n\n\\\u003eI mean how could you not like a short stack wolverine in a batman shirt and Panties?\n\n\\\u003eAlright, let's get you some cloths\n\n\\\u003eYou grab some underwear and some shirts and a few pairs of shorts\n\n\\\u003e3 towels, some soap, you find crossbow bolts in the gun section\n\n\\\u003eNo guns though but plenty of ammo\n\n\\\u003eYou leave the Walmart, it's almost 3 judging by the suns position\n\n\\\u003e\"Let's get to the hardware store\" you say to her\n\n\\\u003eShe nods and have her new ax over her shoulder like a lumberjack\n\n\\\u003eYou pull your cart, now filled with goodies to the home Depot\n\n\\\u003eIt's a mile or so and it takes about 20 minutes\n\n\\\u003eYou push the doors open and go inside\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eAh home depot, so many useful things\n\n\\\u003eYou grab a shovel and a hatchet\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"What else do we need here Zahrah?\" you ask her.\n\n\\\u003e\"We should grab those things to sharpen our tools\"\n\n\\\u003eYou find the grinders and sharpening tools\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou also grab a hand saw and several lengths of rope\n\n\\\u003e\"Let's head back to the bank and cook up some dinner\" you say to Zahrah\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea let's go\" she says happily\n\n\\\u003eYou both head out and head back to the bank\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eIt's nearly dark when you get there\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003ePulling the cart slows you down a bit\n\n\\\u003eStill it's a good haul\n\n\\\u003eYou pull out one of the lighters you got from Walmart, and light up a pile of money and get the fire going\n\n\\\u003e\"This is going to make our lives a lot easier\" Zahrah Says to you looking into the fire\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea it is, we can get good tools and supplies from the town\"\n\n\\\u003eWait did she say our lives?\n\n\\\u003eYou look at her\n\n\\\u003e\"A-anon, I want you to stay with me, life has been so much better with you around and--\"She snaps to attention\n\n\\\u003eYou know that look.\n\n\\\u003eYou pull your crossbow off your back\n\n\\\u003e\"What is it\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Wolves\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Fuck\"\n\n\\\u003eYou can't see them you turn the lantern on\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou have the advantage\n\n\\\u003eYou can shoot them with your crossbow and they should get bottlenecked through the door\n\n\\\u003eYou get up and close one of the doors and wedge it shut\n\n\\\u003eEven if you closed both though, they would wait for you\n\n\\\u003e\"How far are they\" you ask her\n\n\\\u003e\"Dunno\" she has her ax ready\n\n\\\u003eYou can hear them now stalking slowly\n\n\\\u003eYou see the light reflect off eyes\n\n\\\u003eYou aim and fire a bolt and are rewarded with a sharp Whimper and a soft thud\n\n\\\u003eOne down\n\n\\\u003eYou hear snarls and you reload\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eSuddenly 2 rush through the door and pounce at Zahrah\n\n\\\u003eShe brings her ax down into one's head but the other is on her\n\n\\\u003e\"FUCK YOUYOUFUCKIN WOLVES FUCKYOURMOMAND-\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou run over and impale the wolf with your spear\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Goddammit I just got this shirt!\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eNo time to mourn it\n\n\\\u003eYou hear another and raise your crossbow\n\n\\\u003eYou aim and fire another bolt and hear another whimper\n\n\\\u003eYou hear scratches and the sound over nails on concrete\n\n\\\u003eThey are running away\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eMaybe killing 3 of their pack made them think again\n\n\\\u003eZahrah is still swearing about her shirt\n\n\\\u003eYou look at her\n\n\\\u003e\"Zahrah, you're bleeding!\" you rush over to her\n\n\\\u003e\"What? I am? Oh I am...\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eHer shoulder has a deep slash in it\n\n\\\u003eOk ok, you know how to fix this\n\n\\\u003eYou think about your surroundings\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eThere was a grocery store around the block\n\n\\\u003eThat would have first aid stuff\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eCould you risk it? Zahrah was bleeding badly\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou pull her shirt off her and press it into the wound\n\n\\\u003eYou want to admire her body, but no time for that\n\n\\\u003e\"Hold that there, I'm going to get some first aid stuff\" you say to her \"I saw a store around the block, I'll be right back\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Will you be ok?\" She says looking at you sadly\n\n\\\u003e\"I'll be fine\" you says as you pull your spear out of the wolf \"I survived for a while alone\"\n\n\\\u003eYou pull her ax out of the other wolf and set it next to her\n\n\\\u003eYou grab a flashlight and load it up with batteries\n\n\\\u003eYou click it on and look out the door\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eThere were no signs of the wolves other than the 1 that was dead with a crossbow in it\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eThe other was whimpering and laying on the ground a bolt straight into the side of its neck\n\n\\\u003eBetter put it out of its misery\n\n\\\u003eYou stab your spear into the back of its neck and twist it\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eIts whimpers stop and its lays still\n\n\\\u003eAlright, to the store now\n\n\\\u003eYou head in the direction you saw it\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou find it shortly and try the door.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eLocked. Fuck it\n\n\\\u003eYou swing your spear like an ax and shatter the window of the storefront\n\n\\\u003eYou climb through and head to the first aid section\n\n\\\u003eNeosporin, bandages, gauze, hydrogen peroxide, sewing kit,\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou also grab a box of razors and shaving cream\n\n\\\u003eYou go to the alcohol aisle and grab vodka as well\n\n\\\u003eYou head back to the bank and are relieved to see Zahrah is still conscious\n\n\\\u003e\"Ok this part is gonna hurt, and probably suck a lot\" you say as you pull out the bottle of vodka\n\n\\\u003eYou unscrew the lid and hand the bottle to her\n\n\\\u003e\"Take a swig of this and let's get this started\"\n\n\\\u003e\"What is this\" she says sniffing it and making a sour face\n\n\\\u003e\"Drink it, it'll take some of the edge off\" you say as you thread the needle\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe takes a quick swig of it and retches \"Oh god that shit burns! What the hell Anon!\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Its alcohol, don't worry\" you shake the can of shaving cream\n\n\\\u003eOk here we go\n\n\\\u003eYou pull the shirt away from the wound slowly\n\n\\\u003e\"This is gonna hurt a little bit\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou pour hydrogen peroxide into the gash and she winces slightly\n\n\\\u003eYou then wipe it down with one of the towels\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eThen you spray shaving cream around it and shave the area around the gash\n\n\\\u003e\"Hey what're you doin that for?\" good the alcohol it kicking it a bit\n\n\\\u003e\"I'm going to need to stitch this shut and your fur is going to get in the way\" you tell her calmly\n\n\\\u003eBreathe\n\n\\\u003eDon't let your hands shake, she is depending on you\n\n\\\u003eYou start sewing slowly, she's wincing but not complaining\n\n\\\u003eYou finish up. 4 long inches of stitching\n\n\\\u003eYou then put some Neosporin on it and place some gauze over it and tape it down\n\n\\\u003e\"Alright, we're good to go Ze\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Thanks anon\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Ze catch some sleep, I'm gonna stay up and keep watch as well as gut and skin those wolves we killed\"\n\n\\\u003eShe nods at you\n\n\\\u003eYou grab one of her new shirts \"arms up\" she raises her arms slowly\n\n\\\u003eYou pull her shirt down on her and walk her to the \"bed\"\n\n\\\u003eYou tuck her in and bundle her up\n\n\\\u003e\"I'm not going anywhere Ze, I'll stay with you as long as you want me to\" you say\n\n\\\u003eShe smiles and nods drunkenly \"s'good\"\n\n\\\u003eGeez how big of a drink did she take?\n\n\\\u003eYou look at the bottle\n\n\\\u003eNearly 1/4th of it is gone\n\n\\\u003eWhat the fuck\n\n\\\u003eWhatever, you go and drag the 2 wolf bodies in the bank and get to work skinning and gutting them\n\n\\\u003eBy the time you finish with all 4 the sun is coming up\n\n\\\u003eZahrah Stirs gently in the bedding\n\n\\\u003e\"Anon?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Let's go home\"\n\n\\\u003eYou smile at her and get to packing everything\n\n\\\u003eShe's moving her arm around and feels the gauze with her paw\n\n\\\u003e\"Didja have to shave me\" She asks with a frown\n\n\\\u003e\"Yes, I needed to so that I could close the wound up\" you say and you throw some stuff in the cart\n\n\\\u003e\"Hmpf fine\"\n\n\\\u003eYou both begin the walk back to the cabin\n\n\\\u003e\"Hey Anon, let's grab more of that alcohol stuff\" she says as you walk past the store\n\n\\\u003eyou've created a monster\n\n\\\u003e\"Ok let's grab some then we should get going\" you say calmly, climbing through the window\n\n\\\u003eYou reach over and pick her up and bring her into the store with you\n\n\\\u003e\"Watch the hands\" she says playfully\n\n\\\u003e\"No\"\n\n\\\u003eYou go over and grab some more bottles of alcohol and head back to the cart\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003ePulling the cart is rough, you have over 300 Lbs. of wolf meat, a shit ton of tools and clothes as well as other random shit\n\n\\\u003eYou both have to pull it to get it where it needs to go\n\n\\\u003eWhen you finally get to the cabin it's almost nightfall\n\n\\\u003eYou're tired\n\n\\\u003eYou've been up all night, fought off wolves, got a bunch of gear, sewn up a short stack wolverine, and pulled a cart over 20 miles\n\n\\\u003eAs soon as you park the cart, you start unloading it\n\n\\\u003e\"Go rest Anon, I'll handle this\" Zahrah says putting a paw on your arm\n\n\\\u003e\"No you won't, you're going to tear your stitches and reopen that wound\" you say as you pull the shovel and sharpeners off\n\n\\\u003e\"But you can help me by getting the wolf meat out and cooking some up\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe huffs at you\n\n\\\u003eShe's wearing a hello kitty shirt and red panties\n\n\\\u003eYou smile.\n\n\\\u003eShe starts unloading the meat and you finish putting away the tools then start carrying the clothes into the cabin\n\n\\\u003eAfter about an hour everything is put away and the wolf meat is ready\n\n\\\u003eThe new skins are outside being stretched for tanning\n\n\\\u003e\"Here ya go\" she brings you a platter and sets into her own piece of meat\n\n\\\u003eYou smile and start eating\n\n\\\u003e\"You promise you're gonna stay Anon?\" she says\n\n\\\u003e\"I said I would\"\n\n\\\u003eShe smiles and you finish your food\n\n\\\u003eYou strip down and hang your road leathers up\n\n\\\u003eTime to sleep\n\n\\\u003eYou get into bed\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eGod you're tired\n\n\\\u003eZahrah gets in and snuggles up to you\n\n\\\u003eYou smile and pull her close\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"You're a great snuggle buddy\" you say to her\n\n\\\u003e\"So are you\"\n\n\\\u003eYou put your arms around her and then kiss her gently\n\n\\\u003eShe seems surprised at first then kisses back\n\n\\\u003eYou pull away and smile\n\n\\\u003eHer ears are flicking gently and he tail is wagging slightly\n\n\\\u003e\"Goodnight Zahrah\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Foodnight Anon\"\n\n\\\u003eYou both fall asleep in each other's arms\n\n~~~~\n\n\\\u003eYou awake slowly, you're groggy still but you have to piss\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou lay in bed, rubbing Zahrah, gently debating whether you should get up and pee or just stay in bed longer\n\n\\\u003eYour hands are creeping down Zahrah's back and you rub her tail and ass gently\n\n\\\u003eYou get a happy sigh from her\n\n\\\u003eEventually you need to get up and go\n\n\\\u003eYou gently shift her off your chest getting a soft \"nooooo\"\n\n\\\u003eYou throw on some shoes and go outside.\n\n\\\u003eFuck it you aren't going to the outhouse\n\n\\\u003eYou stomp over to the nearest tree and relieve yourself\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou shiver a bit from the cool morning air\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou finish up and head to the cabin\n\n\\\u003eZahrah is up now and is cooking\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"What's cooking?\" you ask walking over to her\n\n\\\u003e\"Some deer meat, we need to go hunting again\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"But we just got those wolves\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea but we should stockpile while its spring, that winter storm we had last season was pretty mild compared to previous years\"\n\n\\\u003eYou couldn't argue with that logic, besides she was more used to this mountain living\n\n\\\u003e\"Hey Ze, I'm gonna pump in some water for a bath, alright?\"\n\n\\\u003e\"You don't need my permission stupid\"\n\n\\\u003eYou laugh and head to the water pump and begin pumping in water\n\n\\\u003eIt's freezing cold, so it has to go into the boiler and get warm and that will take a while, you'll probably have to wait till the end of the day for it to be ready\n\n\\\u003eYou pump in water for about 40 minutes and light the fire under the boiler and stoke it\n\n\\\u003eZahrah opens a window \"Hey food's ready\"\n\n\\\u003eYou head inside and eat with her\n\n\\\u003e\"Zahrah lets go set some traps we should be able to catch some small game\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Ok, while we're at it we can look for deer or moose\"\n\n\\\u003eYou haven't had moose before but you were willing to try anything\n\n\\\u003eYou get into your clothes and grab your crossbow and spear as well as rope and other trapping gear\n\n\\\u003eZahrah just grabs her ax\n\n\\\u003e\"How did you hunt with only that ax?\"\n\n\\\u003e\"I usually just would sneak up on animals and give them a good whack\" she says while making a swinging motion\n\n\\\u003eYou both head out and set up some traps on known deer trails and well as along trees for squirrels\n\n\\\u003eThen you hear it\n\n\\\u003eA motor\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eZahrah hears it too and is sniffing the air.\n\n\\\u003eYou crouch down\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"What direction\" you whisper\n\n\\\u003e\"Northeast\"\n\n\\\u003eYou pull out and load your Crossbow\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eIt's getting closer\n\n\\\u003eThen suddenly an ATV bursts through the brush. You reel back and pull Zahrah with you\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eAn Anthro fox is sitting on the ATV Looking stunned\n\n\\\u003e\"Whoa\" he says simply\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eZahrah is up and pissed \"WHOA? WHOA?!? THAT'S ALL YA CAN FUCKIN SAY AFTER NEARLY FUCKIN RUNNING US OVER YA CUNT!\"\n\n\\\u003eHe shrinks back from the verbal onslaught\u0026nbsp;\n\n\"Uh uh sorry, I didn't know anyone lived out here the nearest colony is like 40 miles away\"\n\n\\\u003eHe looks at you\n\n\\\u003e\"And you're a human! There are humans there too!\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eWhat\n\n\\\u003e\"That's all well and good\" you say \"But what are you doing here? We've been setting traps for hours and you could have just scared off all our game\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh yea uhh sorry?\" he says shrinking back ears folded flat\n\n\\\u003eYou were more interested in the ATV he was riding though\n\n\\\u003e\"Where didja get that ATV?\" you ask him\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh this? We found some old beat up ones in a town and restored them! Well I mean we just put batteries in them and changed the fluids\"\n\n\\\u003eYou could use an ATV that would make your and Zahrah's lives easier\n\n\\\u003e\"We?\" Zahrah says\n\n\\\u003eYou might be able to get her glasses at the colony\n\n\\\u003e\"Me and my buddies! Oh I'm Herald by the way\"\n\n\\\u003e\"I'm Anon and this is Zahrah\" you say\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Cool, I'll take you to our camp!\"\n\n\\\u003eHe leads the way, after about 20 minutes you hear more voices\n\n\\\u003ePeople laughing and joking\n\n\\\u003e\"Hey guys! I met some people who live up here! One of them is a human\" Herald calls out\n\n\\\u003eYou come out of the tree line to a clearing where a small RV is parked\n\n\\\u003eThere are 3 Anthros around a small fire\n\n\\\u003eA rat, a dog and another fox\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh neat, ask them where we can get some beer!\"\n\n\\\u003eYou frown\n\n\\\u003eThe first people you meet that have vehicles are frat boys\n\n\\\u003e\"Hey she's pretty cute!\" the rat says looking at Zahrah\n\n\\\u003e\"Look we just wanna know where we can get an ATV and where the Colony is\" You say\n\n\\\u003e\"What will you give us for that info then\" snickers the fox\n\n\\\u003eZahrah growls \"We could just kill you and take your ATVs\"\n\n\\\u003eGod dammit, she can be intimidating even though she so small\n\n\\\u003eThe grin disappears from the foxes face and he looks like he wet himself\n\n\\\u003eTheir eyes go from her to you, to your spear, to your loaded crossbow\n\n\\\u003e\"Of course, We don't want that\" you say with a shrug \"We just asked a simple question and you gave a stupid answer\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eThe rat clears his throat, \"Ahem well uhh, we don't know where you could get an ATV, we found ours in an abandoned house...Sir...\"\n\n\\\u003eThe fox spoke up next \"The colony is about 40 or 50 miles south of here\"\n\n\\\u003eHe goes into the RV and comes out with a folded map\n\n\\\u003eHe points it out for you\n\n\\\u003e\"Hm... Mind if I take this map?\" you ask politely\n\n\\\u003e\"Uhh yea sure\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Well then gentlemen, we will take our leave\" you say \"Oh and there's a town east of here with a few liquor stores, you'll find beer there\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou turn away from them and walk away\n\n\\\u003eZahrah follows you\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"See ya herald\" you say as you walk past him\n\n\\\u003eYou head home\n\n\\\u003e\"Anon we should go to the town again tomorrow and try to find one of those vehicles! We might be able to get a generator here and have power!\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eHer ears are flicking excitedly\n\n\\\u003eYou smile at her\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea, but we have to find one first\"\n\n\\\u003e\"We'll head there tomorrow at sunup and pack for a few night stay\"\n\n\\\u003eThe sun is starting to set\n\n\\\u003eOh man your bath will be ready\n\n\\\u003eYou head inside and start the water going in the tub, the water steams gently\n\n\\\u003eYou strip down and ease your way into the water\n\n\\\u003eOoo this felt good on your tired bones\n\n\\\u003e\"Make room for me\" Zahrah opens the door and climbs in\n\n\\\u003e\"H-hey! Come on Ze!\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Hush you! I deserve a good soak too!\"\n\n\\\u003eYou sigh\n\n\\\u003eShe's naked and sitting between your legs, her little tail swishing in the water\n\n\\\u003eYou grab the shampoo and get to washing her fur\n\n\\\u003e\"Ahhh\" she groans happily\n\n\\\u003eYou work your fingers into her fur, massaging gently\n\n\\\u003eShe's snuggles up onto you\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou grab a small cup and pour warm water over her head and wash her head and muzzle gently\n\n\\\u003eShe's washing her legs and arms\n\n\\\u003eYou reach around her and start washing her stomach\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Mmmm higher Anon\"\n\n\\\u003eYou put your hands on her breasts and give them a quick squeeze before washing her gently\n\n\\\u003e\"Mmmm yea that's it\" she says\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Now down there\" She directs you\n\n\\\u003eYou move your hand down her fur starts getting thinner\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou slide a finger past her lips and rub gently\n\n\\\u003e\"Mmmm yea Anon just like that\"\n\n\\\u003eYou rub a little harder and search for her clit\n\n\\\u003eYou find it and rub in a circular motion\n\n\\\u003eShe's pushing her ass onto you and is grinding on you\n\n\\\u003eYou in turn, rub faster than push a finger into her pussy making her gasp slightly\n\n\\\u003eYour right hand is fingering her and you left starts squeezing and groping her breasts\n\n\\\u003eShivers and gasps\n\n\\\u003e\"Ohh god Anon harder\"\n\n\\\u003eYou don't need another invitation\n\n\\\u003eYou push a second finger into her and use your thumb on her clit\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe shudders and kicks her legs slightly\n\n\\\u003eShe pants\n\n\\\u003e\"H-holy hell, anon that was the best o-orgasm I've had\"\n\n\\\u003eShe shudders more looking up into your eyes\n\n\\\u003eShe's still grinding on you and smiling\n\n\\\u003eShe lifts herself gently and positions your member against her and slowly slides herself down onto you\n\n\\\u003eHer pussy feels better than anything you've felt before, warmer than the hot water around you and slightly pulsing with spasms\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe gasps and shudders and sits still on you for a moment\n\n\\\u003e\"It's bigger than I thought it would be\" she says as she grinds side to side\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eHer walls wrap around your member and are tight\n\n\\\u003eSo so tight\n\n\\\u003eYou grab her around the waist gently and start moving her up and down, getting a cascade of soft moans from her\n\n\\\u003eShe helps now, moving herself and using the side of the tub as leverage\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe's moving slowly, savoring the feeling of you in her\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou savor being in her just as much\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eNeither of you has had release for a while\n\n\\\u003eThe slow build up from her moving is intoxicating\n\n\\\u003eYou put your hands back on her ample waist and assist her moving\n\n\\\u003eYou slowly speed up\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe Gasps and shudders looking up at you\n\n\\\u003eHer insides tighten quickly as her legs go straight and twitch slightly\n\n\\\u003eYou keep pumping into her and feel close\n\n\\\u003e\"Do it inside me Anon, Kiss me\" she moans\n\n\\\u003eYou force her down hard onto your cock and you buck upwards and you explode into her\n\n\\\u003eYou lean down and kiss her as you continue to spurt in her\n\n\\\u003e\"That was amazing Zahrah\" you say as you wrap your arms around her\n\n\\\u003e\"If you think that was fun wait till I go into heat this summer\" she says has she slowly lifts herself off of you, your now half flaccid cock slides out\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eOh boy\n\n\\\u003eYou relax back and she leans into you, both of you relax in the afterglow and the warm water\n\n\\\u003eAfter a bit the water starts to get cold and she climbs out of the tub and you follow\n\n\\\u003eYou wrap a towel around her and grab another for yourself\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou dry off much quicker than she does, so you throw a few logs onto the fire and usher her by it so she can dry quicker\n\n\\\u003eYou let her sit by the fire and pull out a few steaks for dinner\n\n\\\u003eYou throw them on the stove, she likes her rare, you prefer medium\n\n\\\u003eYou pull hers off and put it on a plate for her and bring it to her\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe's been watching you and smiling the whole time\n\n\\\u003e\"Lucky me, I got the human that cares about a little wolverine like me\" she says as you set the steak next you her\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou smile and give her a kiss\n\n\\\u003e\"Lucky me, I caught a wolverine in a trap and she still loves me\" you respond with a smirk\n\n\\\u003e\"Shut up!\" she playfully punches you\n\n\\\u003eYou go get your food and sit next to her\n\n\\\u003eYou both eat quietly, enjoying the company\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou finish your meal and put a hand on her paw\n\n\\\u003e\"I'm glad you asked me to stay Zahrah, but even before you asked, I didn't want to leave\" you confess to her \"I was only going to leave if you wanted me to\"\n\n\\\u003e\"I didn't want you to, and I never want you to anon\" she responds looking into your eyes\n\n\\\u003e\"Well now you're stuck with me\" you say playfully as you squeeze her paw gently\n\n\\\u003e\"Now let's get to bed, we have a long day tomorrow and will need the energy\"\n\n\\\u003eYou get up and offer her a hand to help her up, which she gladly takes\n\n\\\u003eYou get into the bed and lay on your back\n\n\\\u003eShe takes her usual position of laying on your chest, snuggling her muzzle into your neck and letting out a content sigh\n\n\\\u003eYou pull the covers over you both and wrap your arms around her and you both drift off to sleep\n\nNext day\n\n\\\u003eThe preparation to go town this time around was quicker, and you can get there much faster because you aren't pulling a cart\n\n\\\u003eThe walk was only a bit slow because Zahrah can't walk at the same you can\n\n\\\u003e\"Quit walking so fast ya lanky fuck!\"\n\n\\\u003e\"This is how I normally walk you munchkin!\"\n\n\\\u003e\"You and your goddamn trees for legs!\"\n\n\\\u003eThis was the whole walk, filed with friendly insults and bickering\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou still arrive to the town after a little over 3 hours\n\n\\\u003eYou need to find the residential areas\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eAfter about 20 minutes, Zahrah gets your attention\n\n\\\u003e\"Hey, anon, what are those\" she points\n\n\\\u003eThere were graves covering what was easily 50 acres on a mountain\n\n\\\u003eYou weren't able to see them before because of a hill that was in front of it and your lower elevation\n\n\\\u003e\"Those are Graves Ze\" you say solemnly\n\n\\\u003e\"Graves? You mean each of those are a person?\" She asks\n\n\\\u003e\"Maybe more to save space\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe looks at you wide eyed \"but there are so many\"\n\n\\\u003eYou nod\n\n\\\u003e\"Billions died\" you say to her, still looking at the graves\n\n\\\u003eYou're pulled from your trance as she hugs you around the waist\n\n\\\u003e\"I'm glad you didn't\" she says\n\n\\\u003e\"Me too\" you say with a smile\n\n\\\u003eAbout 20 minutes later you find some houses\n\n\\\u003eOk time to have to look in the garages and scavenge more\n\n\\\u003eThe first few houses give nothing\n\n\\\u003eYou bash through the door of one and Zahrah recoils\n\n\\\u003e\"What's wrong\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Something died in here\"\n\n\\\u003eYou're pretty sure you knew what\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou had already felt this and knew what to expect\n\n\\\u003eYou walk in and Zahrah reluctantly follows\n\n\\\u003eYou walk up the stairs and into a room\n\n\\\u003eThere they were\n\n\\\u003eLooks like a couple decided to end it themselves\n\n\\\u003eYou see the pills and booze they took\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eThey died in each other's arms\n\n\\\u003eYou grab a blanket and cover them, so it looks like they are tucked in\n\n\\\u003e\"You've seen this before?\" Zahrah asks\n\n\\\u003e\"A few times yea\" you answer\n\n\\\u003e\"The sickness came and everyone got sick, almost everyone died but some decided to just end it rather than suffer\"\n\n\\\u003eShe looks at you\n\n\\\u003e\"You caught it?\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea, instead of killing me, it just made me sick for a few days\" you look down \"I watched everyone I ever knew die, while I just kinda sat there watching\"\n\n\\\u003e You leave the room and close the door behind you\n\n\\\u003e\"I hope whatever religion you believed in is true and you're together\" you say placing a hand on the door\n\n\\\u003e\"A-anon? Did you have a human mate?\" Zahrah asks you\n\n\\\u003e\"Why do you ask Ze?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"I never had a mate before you and I'm curious, I want to know your past\"\n\n\\\u003e\" I did, before it all went to hell, she... She died with everyone else\"\n\n\\\u003eYou go to the garage and spot a gun rack\n\n\\\u003eYou never bothered with a gun before but you knew how to clean and maintain them\n\n\\\u003eYou find a SRM 1216 revolving shotgun\n\n\\\u003eScore! These things were like 1200 bucks and could hold like 16 rounds\n\n\\\u003eYou also find a Glock 40 and stash it\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou would (hopefully) be able to get Zahrah some glasses and then teach her to shoot\n\n\\\u003e\"Anon there's a shed thing in the back\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou follow to where you heard Zahrah and there is indeed a shed and a trailer used to transport vehicles\n\n\\\u003eHm it's locked, whatever\n\n\\\u003eYou can just smash the connectors\n\n\\\u003eYou go back to the garage hoping that they have a good tool for it\n\n\\\u003eThere's a sledgehammer in the corner\n\n\\\u003eWhy do they have a sledgehammer? Maybe ice buildup?\n\n\\\u003eYou don't care but you thanked the dead man inside the house for his outdoorsiness and hoped he kept an ATV stashed in this shed\n\n\\\u003eYou Bring up the Hammer and swing and smash the lock connectors\n\n\\\u003eAfter a minute of intense work the metal plates are mangled and torn from the door\n\n\\\u003eThe walls were so flimsy that you could have just go through them like the fucking Kool-Aid man\n\n\\\u003eBut you opened it and you had to thank the dead man once again\n\n\\\u003eThere is was an ATV\n\n\\\u003eDusty and forgotten for years, but it was there and had been protected from the weather\n\n\\\u003eZahrah jumps excitedly\n\n\\\u003e\"We found one!\" she says swishing her tail\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea, this couple gave use a ton of good stuff.\"\n\n\\\u003eZahrah looks at you \"Do you think we should bury them anon?\"\n\n\\\u003eYou think for a moment\n\n\\\u003eWhat would you have wanted\n\n\\\u003e\"No\" you say distantly lost in thought \"They chose to die where they are, together and in each other's arms, to disturb them would be...\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Wrong\" Zahrah finishes the sentence for you\n\n\\\u003eYou nod.\n\n\\\u003eEnough sad shit\n\n\\\u003eYou go to the fence and smash the wooden frame that had a lock on it\n\n\\\u003e\"Alright then Love, let's get to pushing this thing to that Walmart\"\n\n\\\u003eZahrah smiles and flicks her ears and you\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Aww you called me love\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou roll your eyes\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Come on, don't get all mushy yet\"\n\n\\\u003eYou go in the house and look around\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eKey rings, you needed keyrings\n\n\\\u003eThere was a key rack by the door so you grab them all\n\n\\\u003eYou keep checking keys till you find one that fits and give it a turn\n\n\\\u003eNothing\n\n\\\u003eYou weren't surprised\n\n\\\u003e\"Oi munchkin, get up here and steer while I push\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Fuck you Anon!\" is her response\n\n\\\u003e\"Seriously though I need you to steer\" you say as you shift it to neutral\n\n\\\u003e\"You know I can see for shit Anon\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea well, we'll be going at the speed of Anon pushing a 500 lb. machine, I'm sure you can handle the high speeds\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Fine\"\n\n\\\u003eShe get on the ATV and you take the chance to squeeze that glorious ass\n\n\\\u003eShe squeaks in surprise and looks back at you\n\n\\\u003e\"Don't start what you can't finish\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Oh I can finish it better than Dio tried to finish Jojo\"\n\n\\\u003e\"What?\"\n\n\\\u003eGodammit Jojo memes\n\n\\\u003e\"Nothing just steer\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Ok, what way am I going?\"\n\n\\\u003eAfter about an hour of pushing you reach the front of the Walmart\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eAnother half hour to get the ATV inside\n\n\\\u003eYou are laid out tired\n\n\\\u003eZahrah is setting up a room in one of the manager offices for you both to sleep in\n\n\\\u003eYou take a swig of water and rub your face\n\n\\\u003eOk so you had it here pull the battery, flush the fluids, fill the tires and get fuel. Easy right?\n\n\\\u003e \"Ok anon we are all set!\" she's cooking a few pieces of meat over the fire\n\n\\\u003e\"Hey Zahrah do you like seafood?\"\n\n\\\u003e\"What?\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Like fish and stuff\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Never had it\"\n\n\\\u003e You were going to have to change that, seafood was awesome\n\n\\\u003eBut you were too tired right now, your body screamed at you for pushing that ATV so far and so long\n\n\\\u003eYou manage a quick bite of food Zahrah prepared before she put out the fire at your request\n\n\\\u003eYou didn't want to risk burning down the building.\n\n\\\u003eSo you were going to have to share warmth together under the covers with Zahrah\n\n\\\u003eYou snuggle into the makeshift bed and she snuggles into you\n\n\\\u003eYou have one arm around her and one hand on her ass and she snuggles into your chest and neck\n\n\\\u003eYou remember a song by the Gorillaz\n\n\\\u003e\"If heaven has a VIP, this is it\"\n\n\\\u003eThe rest of the song or words don't matter\n\n\\\u003eThe next few days are spent opening up the ATV, Clearing lines, replacing fluids\n\n\\\u003eYou walk to the local gas station with a few gas canisters, Zahrah following you closely\n\n\\\u003e\"Why do we need this stuff?\"\n\n\\\u003e\"It's a combustion engine\" you explain\n\n\\\u003e\"This gasoline we are going to get is combustible and acts as the catalyst\"\n\n\\\u003eYou didn't know much about how cars work but you knew enough of them to know how to replace parts and such\n\n\\\u003eYou arrive at the gas station and go to one of the manholes in the parking lot\n\n\\\u003eYou open it with a wrench and are hit with the smell of gasoline\n\n\\\u003eYou always enjoyed that smell\n\n\\\u003eBut this part is going to suck\n\n\\\u003eLiterally\n\n\\\u003eYou get a piece of hose and drop it into the fuel and bring the other side to you lips\n\n\\\u003eYou starts to siphon it up and after a few second the fuel reaches your mouth and sprays in a bit\n\n\\\u003eyou cough and spit out the liquid\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou put the now flowing fuel into one of the gas canisters\n\n\\\u003eUgh that was disgusting\n\n\\\u003eYou look at Zahrah\n\n\\\u003e\"I am not kissing you till you get rid of that smell in your mouth\" she says\n\n\\\u003eYou smile and head to the gas station\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eMouthwash, it would have mouthwash in the convenience store\n\n\\\u003eYou open the door and search around\n\n\\\u003eYou find some and take a swig and rub some on your lips\n\n\\\u003eMinty fresh\n\n\\\u003eYou go back out and swap the containers for fuel\n\n\\\u003e\"Much better\" Zahrah says to you as she walks over and snuggles into you\n\n\\\u003eYou hug her and sit down, she sits into your lap\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Hey Anon why is all this stuff open? Or everything just laying around? Or just you know, here? Don't humans care about stuff?\"\n\n\\\u003e\"It's all open because no one was here to close it up or pick up anything. A few Major cities were taken by Anthros and colonies were built up around towns but in these town everyone is just dead\"\n\n\\\u003e\"We were sure we were all going to die, so we just left it for Anthros\" you say\n\n\\\u003eShe puts a paw to your face and kisses you\n\n\\\u003e\"I'm glad you aren't dead\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Me too\" you smile\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eThe containers are full so you close them\n\n\\\u003e\"Let's get back to the ATV, it should be good to go\" you say to Zahrah\n\n\\\u003e\"You mean it works!?\" she says bouncing on her feet\n\n\\\u003e\"Probably\"\n\n\\\u003eYou arrive at the Walmart and fill up the ATV with fuel\n\n\\\u003eMoment of truth\n\n\\\u003eYou turn the key and are greeted with a RRRRRRRRRR as it tries to start\n\n\\\u003eYou punch they gas while it's going and it starts up\n\n\\\u003eVictory!\n\n\\\u003eZahrah Is Overjoyed and quickly jumps on \"I'm driving!\"\n\n\\\u003e\"No you're not, you blind midget, you don't even know how!\"\n\n\\\u003eShe grumbles and scoots back to let you on\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Nope you're sitting in front of me\"\n\n\\\u003eYou get on with her between your legs, the back of her head on your chest\n\n\\\u003e\"Ahhh I like this\" she says\n\n\\\u003eYou hit the gas and do a quick lap around the building\n\n\\\u003eZahrah is laughing \"We're so fast!\"\n\n\\\u003eYou pull back into the building.\n\n\\\u003e\"Come on babe, lets load up and head home, we need to build a shed or something at home to house this too\"\n\n\\\u003eShe gets off and you grab her gently and give her a big hug\n\n\\\u003eYou then grab her ass and kiss her\n\n\\\u003e\"Hey now why the mushy stuff?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"I appreciate you and am glad I'm here with you, that's all\"\n\n\\\u003eYou break from the hug and get to packing\n\n\\\u003eDoesn't take long you pack everything onto the ATV and get driving\n\n\\\u003eFuck you missed driving!\n\n\\\u003eThe trip that would normally take hours of walking took about 20 minutes to get to the cabin\n\n\\\u003e\"Fucking hell this is awesome\" Zahrah says snuggling back into you\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea it is\" you say as you park the ATV and start unloading it\n\n\\\u003e\"Come here I need to change those bandages and look at your wound\" you beckon her over\n\n\\\u003eShe sighs and walks over\n\n\\\u003eShe's wearing rainbow panties and a nirvana shirt\n\n\\\u003eYou tried to convince her to wear pants but she refuses saying they feel weird on her fur\n\n\\\u003e\"Ok arms up\" she lifts her arms and you pull her shirt off her exposing her Breasts and the bandages on her shoulder\n\n\\\u003eGod she's adorable. you resist groping her though\n\n\\\u003eYou peel the bandages off her wound\n\n\\\u003eHer cut isn't infected and is healing well, although it'll leave a scar covered by her fur\n\n\\\u003e\"I think we can leave the bandages off now\" you say to her with a slight kiss\n\n\\\u003eShe puts her hands on her hips and shakes herself a little causing her breasts to jiggle\n\n\\\u003eShe enjoys teasing you\n\n\\\u003e\"Don't start what you can't finish\" you say as you watch her boobs jiggle in front of you\n\n\\\u003eShe then kisses you and starts pushing you into the cabin\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe's strong as fuck for her size\n\n\\\u003eShe then literally picks you up and throws you on the bed\n\n\\\u003eShe's on you now waving her rainbow panties in your face\n\n\\\u003e\"Get these out of my way\" she play growls at you, pulling your pants\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou take them off and she pulls off your undergarments\n\n\\\u003e\"Ooo I always forget how big it gets\" she whispers and rubs your member with her paw\n\n\\\u003eYou can feel her hot breath on you\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe's wagging her tail slightly\n\n\\\u003eShe begins to lick your cock and breathes heavily\n\n\\\u003eShe then takes you into her mouth and begins sucking your member,\n\n\\\u003eShe wraps her tongue around you as she sucks gently\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eNot to be outdone you grab her ass and pull her pussy to your mouth\n\n\\\u003eShe gasps as your tongue hits her panties and licks her through them\n\n\\\u003eYou pull the panties off her and get back too licking her wetness\n\n\\\u003eShe's gasping and moaning on your cock , too overstimulated to do anything but gently rub it with her paw\n\n\\\u003eYou lick her clit in a circular motion getting moans and shivers\n\n\\\u003eYou can see her asshole quivering with each shiver\n\n\\\u003eShe sits up onto your face and is rubbing the your chest, your mouth is buried in her wetness as she rocks back in forth on you\n\n\\\u003eYou can't see much beyond her back and her tail swishing\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe starts shivering widely and shuddering before her legs clamp down on your head\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eHer claws dig into your chest\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou continue lick and prodding her with your tongue before she gasps out a quick \"ahhh\"\n\n\\\u003e\"A-Anon stop stop\" she gasps\n\n\\\u003eYou relent and she rolls herself off you\n\n\\\u003eShe's breathing heavily\n\n\\\u003e\"How...How did you do that with your tongue? That was amazing\" She pants out\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou shrug and sit up admiring her small body\n\n\\\u003eShe grabs your arm\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"We aren't done yet\" she says eyeing your full erection\n\n\\\u003eShe slides herself over to the side of the bed\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Get over here\"\n\n\\\u003eYou obey and stand on the ground facing her,\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eShe's on her back on the bed looking up at you eagerly\n\n\\\u003eYou smile and lean over her and give her a deep kiss, tracing your tongue along her fangs and wrestling with her tongue\n\n\\\u003eStill kissing, you position your member against her slit and push in slowly\n\n\\\u003eShe moans into your mouth\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou stand back up and pull out of her slightly\n\n\\\u003eThen thrust back in\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou continue thrusting feeling her tight walls quiver\n\n\\\u003eYou bring her legs together and place them against your chest\n\n\\\u003eShe's shivering and panting, her eyes rolled back slightly and her tongue drooping out of her open mouth\n\n\\\u003eYou grab her wrists and start pulling her into your thrusts reaching deeper into her\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Ze you're amazing\" you stammer, pounding hard against her\n\n\\\u003eHer walls clench down hard on you and you feel her legs shivering against your chest\n\n\\\u003eShe's orgasming hard on you and that pushes you to the edge as well\n\n\\\u003eWith one last thrust you push deep into her womb and erupt\n\n\\\u003eYou hold yourself there in her for a minute or so before gently pulling out\n\n\\\u003eYou then lay on the bed next to her\n\n\\\u003eShe's still quivering slightly and has her eyes closed\n\n\\\u003e\"Ho...Holy fuck....What...Where did that come from anon\" she stammers, rolling onto your chest and looking into your eyes\n\n\\\u003e\"You're sexy as fuck and we've been so focused on getting the ATV running, we haven't had time to have any real fun\"\n\n\\\u003eShe's snuggled against you, you hold her tight\n\n\\\u003eYou bask in the glow and fall asleep together\n\n~~~\n\n\\\u003eThe next day you hook up the cart to the ATV and Drive back to Walmart and grab all the ammo you can\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou don't know what currency they use but assume it isn't bottle caps\n\n\\\u003eSo, you would trade whatever ammo you couldn't use for anything you might want to keep.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou kept the 12 gauge and solid slugs for your new shotgun and the .40 rounds for the glock 40\n\n\\\u003eEverything else was fair game\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eAs far as you knew, they wouldn't be totally hostile to a human and a small wolverine riding into town on and ATV looking like a goddamn bloodborne hunter\n\n\\\u003eBut you weren't going without your spear and you weren't going without the shotty\n\n\\\u003e\"This all we need anon?\" Zahrah looks at the ammo in the cart\n\n\\\u003e\"I think so, I don't know what money they use at the colony and I'm sure they need ammo. We can at least trade for whatever\"\n\n\\\u003eYou hop on the ATV and Zahrah climbs on top\n\n\\\u003eYou rev the engine and get going\n\n\\\u003eYou drive at a quick but leisurely pace to the area on the map the Fox had shown you\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eZahrah holds the map and you drive\n\n\\\u003eAfter about 2 hours of driving you can see the outskirts of the colony\n\n\\\u003eIt's basically a small town that some Anthros decided to settle into\n\n\\\u003eAs you rode down the middle of the street, you're getting all sorts of stares\n\n\\\u003eYou chuckle\n\n\\\u003e\"We must look like a circus sideshow\" you say to Zahrah\n\n\\\u003e\"A what?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Never mind\"\n\n\\\u003eYou head to what looks like the town market hoping to find someone you can talk to\n\n\\\u003eThey find you instead\n\n\\\u003e\"Whoa there Human\" a tough looking grizzly Anthro is walking up to you\n\n\\\u003e\"We don't mind your kind around here, but a Human riding into town with enough ammo to arm a militia is a cause for concern\" he says looking down on you\n\n\\\u003e\"Hey we can come into town and trade, can't we?\" Zahrah days before you even had a chance to respond\n\n\\\u003eThe Bear seems startled \"I didn't know humans raised Anthros anymore\"\n\n\\\u003e\"I'm full grown fuckface!\" Zahrah snaps at him\n\n\\\u003eHe cringes, realizing his faux pas\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Sorry there little lady, I didn't mean offense\" He extends a paw to you \"I'm Hank, the closest thing we have to a sheriff\"\n\n\\\u003eYou shake his Paw\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"I'm Anon and this is Zahrah\" you introduce yourself\n\n\\\u003e\"We heard there was a colony here and figured we could trade ammo since we don't have money\" you explain\n\n\\\u003e\"Well I don't know about trading but I'm sure \"the gun rack\" over there will buy it from you\" he points out a small building with a hand painted sign\n\n\\\u003e\"As for things you need I might be able to point you in the right direction, least I can do for newcomers\"\n\n\\\u003e\"She needs glasses\" you say, \"Can anyone around here can do that?\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Hmmm I think the doc can help with that, he's one of the other humans around\" Hank says thoughtfully, scratching his chin \"you can find him in that building there\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eHe points to what looks like it used to be an old mall.\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eNice\n\n\\\u003eYou thank him and pull up to the gun rack\n\n\\\u003eZahrah stays on the ATV\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou head inside\n\n\\\u003eA small bell rings and you hear a gruff \"I'll be right there\" from the back of the building\n\n\\\u003eA male hyena walks out, he's about 7 ft. tall\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eHe stops when he sees you and rubs his eyes\n\n\\\u003e\"Another goddam human, great\" he scowls at you\n\n\\\u003eTypical\n\n\\\u003e\"I got pointed this direction by Hank\" you explain \"I have ammo to sell and he said I should stop here\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Fuckin Hank\" he spits \"Fine let's get this over with, how much you got? a box? A few shells?\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Actually more like a lot of everything, it's outside on my ATV\" you say heading to the door\n\n\\\u003eHe notices your shotgun\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"That's a nice gun ya got there, looking to trade?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"The shotgun ain't for sale this is\" you open the door and show him the ammo haul\n\n\\\u003eHis mouth drops open \"where didja get all this?\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Found it\" Zahrah says\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eHis eyes snap to her and then to you\n\n\\\u003e\"Yer together?\" he asks her\n\n\\\u003e\"Yep got a problem with that\" she asks her eyes narrowed\n\n\\\u003e\"Uhmm, naw....\" he says finally\n\n\\\u003e\"How much you want for all this\" he asks finally\n\n\\\u003e\"Uh...\" you hadn't thought about this\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou knew nothing of conversion rates\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou didn't even know what the currency was called\n\n\\\u003eLuckily Hank walks over\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"You treating those folks well Zedd?\" he asks\n\n\\\u003e\"Yea, he is Hank\" you answer for him \"but I'm unsure of how much I can get for all this, this you can give me a hand?\"\n\n\\\u003e\"I'd be happy to Anon now I'm pretty sure all this is worth at least 500 units\n\n\\\u003eZedd's ears go flat \"That's more than I make in a month\" he says\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eyou sigh \"look I don't need credits or units or whatever you call them\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"I just want enough to get glasses\"\n\n\\\u003eZedd perks up a bit\n\n\\\u003e\"For really good ones you only need like 50 units\" he says\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Fine, I'll sell you 75 units worth for 50, as a measure of good faith\" you say to him\n\n\\\u003eHank seems to approve of this\n\n\\\u003eZedd grabs about 10 boxes of 9mm ammo and 10 boxes of rifle ammo (you don't know rifle calibers)\n\n\\\u003e You follow him into the store and he pulls out a stack of papers\n\n\\\u003e\"Paper money?\" you ask taking the stack\n\n\\\u003e\"We couldn't figure out a good way to make a currency so we just stuck with what you humans did\" he explains\n\n\\\u003eHm cool\n\n\\\u003e\"If I ever need to sell more ammo I'll come to you then Zedd\"\n\n\\\u003eHe smiles \"good business for me then\"\n\n\\\u003e\"See ya then\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eYou leave the store\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eZahrah is talking to Hank about the cabin and where you came from\n\n\\\u003eYou hate to interrupt\n\n\\\u003eEventually Zahrah notices you and gives you a quick hug\n\n\\\u003eHank smiles\n\n\\\u003e\"Thanks for the Help Hank\" you thank him extending your hand\n\n\\\u003e\"No problem Anon, stay out of trouble\"\n\n\\\u003e You now head to the strip mall and drive inside\n\n\\\u003eYou find \"the doc\" easily enough\n\n\\\u003eHe's the only other human\n\n\\\u003e\"Doc?\" you say walking up to him\n\n\\\u003eHe looks over and smiles\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"My word, another human\" he shuffles over and grabs your hand shaking vigorously\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eHe's old, Very old\n\n\\\u003eWell into his 70s at least\n\n\\\u003e\"Been too long since we had a new human in the colony\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Ah well we aren't staying. We heard you can make glasses\" you say\n\n\\\u003e\"Ah yes I can, do you need glasses young man?\" he asks shuffling over to a store in the mall\n\n\\\u003e\"I don't but she does\" you say gesturing to Zahrah\n\n\\\u003e\"My what a cute little wolverine\" he says shuffling over and adjusting his glasses\n\n\\\u003eHe's studying her face\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Hm yes I can do that, rare to find a fully mature wolverine Anthro around\" he says shuffling to an eye tester\n\n\\\u003eZahrah looks confused\n\n\\\u003e\"Why is it rare to find Wolverines?\" she asks\n\n\\\u003e\"Aside from the fact that your kind is reclusive, Sit here dear\" he says pointing to a chair\n\n\\\u003eShe climbs up\n\n\\\u003e\"As well, they were used as berserkers in the war, very good fighters\" he continues\n\n\\\u003e\"Most just stayed there after humanity died\"\n\n\\\u003eHe's clicking think and asking if she can see this, read the letter\n\n\\\u003eThis goes on for an hour or so\n\n\\\u003e\"Dear dear, you're extremely nearsighted\"\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"The glasses will take about a week or so and cost 40 units\", he looks at you \"Do you need time to get the money together? I know 40 is a lot to ask for\"\n\n\\\u003e\"Nope, here\" you hand him the stack of notes\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003eSe looks shocked for a moment\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"Ah very good then\" he shuffles to a desk and puts the notes away\n\n\\\u003e\"Come back in a week or so, they will be ready then\"\n\n\\\u003eYou hop onto the ATV and Zahrah climbs on\n\n\\\u003e\"That went well\" she says\u0026nbsp;\n\n\\\u003e\"It did\" you agree\n\n\\\u003eHead back the the cabin now\n\n~~~\n\n\\\u003eIt's been a year since Zahrah got her glasses\n\n\\\u003eShe hated them at first, but you convinced her to wear them\n\n\\\u003eYou gotten a windmill hooked to the house for power\n\n\\\u003eAn electric water heater small thing you missed\n\n\\\u003eBut all you needed was Zahrah\n\n\\\u003eAnd all she needed was you\n\n\\\u003eYou both are happy together and that meant more than anything in the world\n\n\\\u003eHumanity might be dead but you weren't and you weren't going anywhere\u0026nbsp;\n\n~FIN~\n\n  \n  \n\n"}