She was obviously frightened and even more surprised to see me than I was to find her, but she eventually crawled over to me without incident and once she got close, she broke down in tears. As she wept, she snuggled up to me and softly thanked me for saving her life. All I could do was give a feeble smile while I draped my jacket over her thin shoulders. We slowly worked our way back out of the store, which had became an unexpected death trap for those things that had once been a part of the human race.

To be continued...