The Shadows

Twilight and Crimson were walking down a highway when they found a building saying GUN STORE on the top.

"G... U... N?" Crimson said trying to read.

"Yep. I read about these. I mean, I never shot one, but there should be a shooting range in here." Twilight said finding a flashlight.

The two walked in and found 2 rifles and 1 handgun. Twilight grabbed the handgun and found the shooting range. Twilight found a target and aimed the gun. she slowly pulled the trigger... click.

"What the-- Why isn't it..." Twilight looked for a button or something to find the source of the problem.

Before she could do anything, a creature came out of the wall and grabbed her! Crimson quickly aimed at it and pulled the trigger. BANG! The creature was dead and Twilight heard a loud ringing in her ears.

"You okay?" Crimson asked.

"Yeah, just give me a second..." Twilight said.

After a minute of Twilight sitting on a chair, Twilight got up and saw a green dot on the gun. She looked at Crimson's rifle and noticed the dot was red. She pushed the dot on her gun and she saw red on the other side. She aimed at a target and squeezed the trigger. BANG! After a quick "eek!" from Twilight, she looked and saw she nailed the target in the chest.

"Nice shot. Not bad for your first bullet." Crimson said remarkably.

"Yeah. Not bad..." Twilight agreed.

After coming to terms witht he situation, Sam wanted to talk to Adagio about where she was from and who her family is. He found her in the guest room a few minutes later.

"Adagio?" Sam called.

"I'm here." Adagio said.

Sam took a seat and held up a bottle of water.

"Want one?" He asked.

"Sure." Adagio said taking a seat.

"So... where are you from?" Sam asked awkwardly.

"Nowhere..." Adagio said.

"Well, who are your parents?" Sam asked.

"I don't have any parents. Me and my sisters were my family. But then they abandoned me..." Adagio said with her voice cracking.

"Oh... I'm sorry for bringing it up." Sam said.

"No. It's okay; I wanna talk about it. Afterwords, I found Chris. He ran away when his parents abused him. I met him when I was getting attacked by a gangster. Chris came out of nowhere and knocked him out. We stayed together ever since. He was with me on robbing you, we needed a home and we had no money. Then... the things got him... Thank you for putting him down." Adagio said.

"Of course. We, uh... need more food and there's a food market nearby. I think you should come with me, be my backup." Sam said.

"W- what?" Adagio asked.

"You know how to use a gun, and I need more eyes on this run. If you don't want to, that's fine." Sam said.

"I'll come. Just give me a minute." Adagio said grabbing her gun and putting the safety on.

"Let's go." She said soon after.

Twilight and Crimson kept walking when they saw a food market in the distance.

"Let's go." Crimson said as he walked towards it.

The two walked to the store and went through the back.

Sam and Adagio were driving  down the road until they saw the food market. Sam could've sworn he saw 2 figures walk through the back...

"Keep an eye out. We might not be alone." Sam said as he loaded his .45.

The two walked in and saw the place was filled by sunlight so they didn't have to worry about the Shadows. Adagio looked down the left side and Sam took the right. They found several items of food, including 20 cans of corned beef, canned corn, and other little things. They were about to leave when a loud click sound came from the back.

"Stay close." Sam said walking toward the sound.

The two came across the door and prepared to aim. He kicked the door and aimed seconds after. Who they saw next was unexpected and changed their fate in the world...

Twilight and Crimson heard the door opened and raised their guns at the 2 strangers. Twilight's face quickly turned pale when she realized who had a gun on her head. She expected her to pull the trigger, but instead she just stood in shock.

"Twilight?" Adagio asked.

"You know her?" Crimson asked Twilight.

"Yeah." Twilight said slowly lowering her gun.

"Are they good?" The other man asked.

"...Yeah." Adagio said lowering her gun.

"Alright. Then my name is Sam. What's your's?" Sam asked.

"My name's Twilight. This is Crimson." Twilight said.

"Strange names... Are you two alone?" Sam asked.

"Yeah. Why?" Crimson asked lowering his gun.

"We have more people back home. Not a lot, but enough." Sam said.

"Alright. It's not like we have anyone else to find." Crimson accepted.

The four soon walked out and saw that the sun was now high and shining.

"What time is it?" Twilight asked.

Sam then checked his watch.

"1am. The others should be worried." Sam said as he started walking to the car.

As they drove home, Twilight noticed the buildings and the road, all uneven and rocky. But most of all, one building was covered in crystals-- dark crystals and forms of pods.

"What is that?" Adagio asked.

"Sombra..." Crimson said.

"Who?" Sam asked.

"No-one, for now..." Twilight said.

Sam was confused, but had no time to understand as they pulled up to the house.

"Here we are." Sam said.

"Wait, do you have room for two more people?" Adagio asked.

"We have the cots and the couch. They should be comfortable for you two." Sam said.

"Thank you. How about those things at night?" Twilight asked.

"The Shadows? We keep candles near us at night. They hate the light." Sam said.

The four headed inside the house.

Maggie and Anon were sitting on the couch trying to see the news, but nothing showed up. Then the door opened and Sam called out.

Maggie got up and went to see him. Anon was up second and walked out.

"Thank God." Maggie said hugging Sam.

"How are things?" Sam asked.

"Fine. But Sam, things are getting worse here. The news is quiet and we saw a few Walkers." Maggie said.

"Wait, who are they?" Anon asked.

"This is Twilight and Crimson. They're with us for now." Sam said.

"I'll go grab some cots." Maggie said.

"But first, we need to talk." Sam said to Anon.

The two went upstairs, out of everyone else's hearing, and sat down in Anon's room.

"What is it?" Anon asked.

"It's about Adagio." Sam said.

"Dad, I know what you're worried about. I'm not falling for a criminal." Anon said.

"I know, but that might change. And by then, she might too, but right now, you need to watch your own skin." Sam said to him.

"I know, Dad." Anon said.

"Okay, just making sure." Sam said walking out.

Anon then rolled his eyes and layed down.