The group had originally planned to head back to Lakeview Estates, but by the time they'd patched themselves up and caught their breath, the sky had already gone dark. With night falling fast, they decided to rough it for one more evening.
They found a nearby building with a rooftop and climbed up to crash there for the night.
It was October in Starlight City, and the nights were already getting chilly. But with their enhanced physiques, none of them were particularly bothered by the cold. In the apocalypse, you learned to enjoy comfort when it came and endure hardship when it didn't. No one had the luxury of being picky.
They lay on the cold concrete, bodies aching, and drifted off one by one.
Ethan woke around midnight, eyes blinking open to a sky full of stars. He lay there for a moment, staring upward, letting the silence settle around him.
Then he noticed something strange.
