Novel: 2040 - The streets of San Fransisco
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After introducing the main characters in a long opening scene, Eric and his brother Rick were on
their way into the post-apocalyptic city of San Fransisco in USA. Destroyed buildings, green
already reaching out of 5 story high buildings and the wildlife nding its’ way back into the big
metropole. Even the golden Gate bridge was no longer hanging over the brutal dark ocean with
its’ innocent red color showing the contrast between the old colorful city and the now existing
dark post-apocalyptic atmosphere. There had to be all kinds of monster like animals in that dark
and endless ocean.
The goal for today was to reach the Building 21. The buildings were labeled that way by the
brothers. Things like buildings and architectures didn’t have any meaning anymore. In fact,
nothing except the brothers themselves had any meaning for them anymore.
Everything was just labeled with numbers or letters. Times where owning certain objects gave
meaning and status to a human being was due.
After taking some shortcuts, the brothers arrived at Building 21. It was a big building where you
couldn’t even see the top of it because it was covered by black and grey foggy clouds.
Entering the building, a sudden smell rst appeared. It smelled like rotten esh that would lie
around for months unnoticed. It instantly caught their attention. In the corner of the lobby of the
popular former hotel there were cadavers of dead animals. The cadavers were the ones of the
animals you could watch crossing the streets and roaming the open town.
Erics ght instinct suddenly kicked in. He was the more active brother that always faced his
problems with violence. While Eric may be better at physical activities, Rick was the smarter
brother. When there was a problem, he could sense it from miles away.
“Some of the cadavers have just recently been killed. Let’s get closer I need to examine the
cadavers. We may not be alone in here, Eric..” Rick said.
As the brothers got closer, the smelling got worse and worse. Rick looked at the cadaver and
became silent for a moment. After a short pause he began panicking. “Do you see what I see?”
He asked. Eric, not sensing the danger of the situation began raising his voice in curiosity: “What
is it that you see, Rick? Tell me stop hiding something!”
“Shh be quiet! The bite wounds of the cadavers signal that there is a Lion very near.” Rick replied.
As there was a Zoo near town the animals could escape very easily and because of the fact the
Lions did not have any rivals they could reproduce easily. However, that the lions would be able to
enter buildings caught the brothers o guard.
A sudden roar caught the Brothers attention.
There was a giant Lion across the lobby, looking at them with blood still running down its’ teeth.
Often the male Lions live on their own while the female Lions watch out for their children so it was
clear that there was only one Lion. The brothers were in a rush. They needed to escape now.
As the Lion ran towards them, Eric pulled Rick onto the stair case. “Run, we need to run upstairs
now!” Eric shouted as they ran up to the rst oor. The rst oor was empty. Just a bunch of
closed doors of the old hotel rooms.
On the next oor they couldn’t detect any open doors as well.
They didn’t have much time left as the roar got closer and closer. On the 3rd oor, it seems as if
there was a second lobby. It was pitch black. “We need to nd a hiding spot quickly!” Rick
shouted as they were running into the pitch dark, unknown place. To their luck there was a small
hole in one of the curtains. Because of the small light which shines into the room, Rick noticed a
bunch of lockers in the corner of the lobby. To their surprise one of the lockers was open. Quick
thinking with an addition of adrenaline resulted in the brothers squeezing themselves in a locker
that was meant for a family worth of suitcases.
Silence
As the brothers were getting quieter, the furious lion also became quieter. The only noise there
was left was the paws and its’ claws touching the oor as he got closer to the brother’s hiding
spot. The brothers knew they could only hold their breath for a certain amount of time before the
lion would hear their heavy breathing.
Suddenly the lion started turning around. He ran o quickly. It seemed as if he was running away
from something. As the brothers were confused something caught their attention too.
A loud engine like sound was driving on the streets. They couldn’t believe their hearing so Eric
pushed the curtains away and locked eyes with a big truck lled with people who appear to be
searching for food. They had weapons and as one of them noticed the curtains being pushed
away the truck was stopped and people started running into the building. The people were
Raiders which erose out of the apocalyptic situation and made any other survivors of the city
unsafe. As the brothers heared them entering the building they knew it was time to run. Time to
run now. As quickly as possible.