The two began their journey to find a nearby shelter for rest. After a while, they finally found a nearby shelter. The place looked abandoned and a little destroyed because of the war happening, but it still looked steady enough to provide a safe shelter for people.
Marcus and Noah both stared at each other contemplating if they should go inside.
"Should we? It might be risky and there might be enemy soldiers here since it still has good structure." Noah asked, examining the structure of the abandoned place.
"Well… we can risk it. But I think one of us should check first. I can go if it's needed." Marcus answered Noah, though suggesting to go first is a selfless act, it's still a very dangerous risk that could lead to his death.
As Noah was about to answer, Marcus opened the door and went inside himself. Luckily, there were no enemies staying in the place, the only dreadful thing about the place was the corpses that were his and the enemy's troops. Moments later Noah also went in and checked if the place was safe for them.
They cautiously walked through the hallways of the abandoned place. It was eerily quiet, the windows were shattered and debris was everywhere. A piece of paper floated through the air, luckily Noah caught it.
'6-17-21-12'. Those were the numbers written on the paper
"What does it say?"
"It's numbers"
"What? Let me see." Noah showed the paper to Marcus and Marcus realized something.
"It's a code."
Noah rolled his eyes at Marcus. "Obviously, but what for?"
"How am I supposed to know?"
"Just think of something." Both stared at each other in awkward silence, trying to think of an answer.
"I don't know."
"Seriously? Nothing at all?"
"Yup, absolutely nothing."
"Okay.."
"Ok."
Silence.…
After a few seconds of silence, Marcus spoke and said, "Maybe we're overthinking it."
"You're right, maybe we are overthinking, I'll hold on to it for a while."
"Sure."