In a shallow street, covered in frost and snow where death only awaits you.

Is it earth? Yes it is. A very different one at that, in abandoned buildings, a few skeletal remains can be found under, inside, or outside many streets and buildings.

This world is truly broken.

....

"Hunt. Today. Good." uttered coldly by a young man wearing heavy padded clothing keeping him warm in this wicked environment.

He strolls down the streets that lost their flare from the numbing cold. With that in mind 'Luis' has lost hope in everything, even humanity.

He rarely speaks, but when he does It's to make himself sane, but he seems to believe he lost it. He has no contact of any human companion for 5 years, or any company at that.

He now lost the proper grammar everytime he spoke, it was as if he was a caveman speaking. But he never really cared, he is merely a kid trying to live.

Luis was strolling down the frozen wasteland of a city, dawning his trusted spear and a wood that's barely a shield.

Until suddenly, he heard a little movement. He has been adept at the movement of the 'monsters' in this world, so his senses are heightened.

Sensing a potential danger he dawn his spear and wood covering in a hostile manner, similar to how a roman soldier would dawn it. From his experience it worked best if he did it like that.

As he went, his senses led him to an abandoned mall. He was scared. But he pushed forwards anyways.

"Hiyaa!" He grunted as he busted a debris that blocked the entrance to the mall. It was fairly hard to move and bust it down, but he managed anyways.

As he walked inside, he sensed in the distance a change in the air current. "Disturb-ance" he uttered in a husky voice from the cold.

He wasn't always like this, the world. The world wasn't always like this.

5 years ago.

"Mom! I'm home!" Shouted the young Luis. "Oh hey baby" his mother exclaimed and gave him a kiss in the forehead. "I got a 10/10 in the exam!" The young Luis exclamed in joy.

"That's my boy!" His father stated in joy, "Give a high five for dad" as his dad reached out for a high five, he immediately gave his dad a high five, like the happy kid he was.

As the mother went back to preparing their dinner she told young Luis one thing that she always repeat to him, "That's a wonderful achievement Wis!(his Filipino nickname) -But remember, friends and having trusted love ones are the greatest achievement anyone can accomplish", "Yes ma!" Exclaimed young Luis in joy.

She always say this to him, but he didn't knew why, he just trust his parents. It wasn't like he didn't have any friends, he had a couple to be in fact, but he listens to his mother nonetheless.

He can remember it vividly, after his mother placed the food at the table a news anchor told everybody, that the entire world was to be covered in nuclear winter.

It was World War 3 then, NATO vs EUFA. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization vs The Eastern United Front Administration.

The top players being U.S.A. vs CHINA. And Philippines was caught on the crossfire, despite siding neither of the two fronts.

And at the heat of their battle, the two sides nuked each other until they drained their Nuclear Bomb stock.

Philippines wasn't hit. But the winter that came with the nukes, came through the Philippines in a blink of an eye.

Everything was Frozen, Every. Thing. In. His. House. Besides him.

He was in the middle of the room. Once the Winter creeped out to them, their Gasolina that was for cooking exploded. So as the winter started his father freezed to death along with his sister. His mother got exploded.

And he was lucky the explosion gave him enough heat to survive, it was pure luck.

....

Back to the present.

As Luis was snapped back to the real world, he couldn't help but she'd tears from remembering the good 'ol past.

But for now, he set it aside as he checked what was with this abandoned mall, what was the disturbance.

As he searched in all directions, looking over to where the disturbance was. He was led to the elevator of the mall.

As he broke through the elevator door, he saw a freezing body.

At first he dismissed it for 'just another dead body', but as soon as he heard it breath, adrenaline rushed through his body.

He immediately checked if there was a beat in the bodies heart, and to his surprise it was still breathing.

He immediately carried it's seemingly dress less body. He looked through the nude breathing body, and confirmed it was a female.

As he stated into her, he couldn't help but feel be attracted to her appearance. His manly instincts kicks in, and he was confused to what he was feeling.

But he snapped back to his senses and took the body to be further treated back at his base.

His base was covered in a thin wall of sticks and stones that would break in an instant with enough strength, but for now it'll do.

Inside the walled area, a small hut made of sticks could be found. It was not sturdy, but it was enough to support 5 grown male with enough strength.

He laid her down in the center of the hut, and covered her with warm rocks that wasn't too heavy. It was a pleasure to the woman he thought.

Especially in this freezing climates. It had to do for now. After that, he went outside guarding for monsters nearby.

Monsters was the result of animals mutating from the radiation of the nuclear bombs. And became predators, they oddly became wrathful.

In his lifetime, he never were scared. But today he was shitting his pants. 'Was it because of the female?' 'Was I always a scaredy cat?' all questions that needed answers.

And he needs them...now.