“Jesus fucking Christ, who in the fuck are you?!”

A pistol cocked.

“Holy shit old man! Im sorry, I didnt know anyone was down here!” The young man raised his hands to the darkness just before a dusty old light flickered on.

“You sick boy?!” The old man didnt take his hand off the hanging pull string and kept the pistol pointed straight at the young mans chest.

“No, no, I swear! Im just passin’ through! Looked like a place I could get a nights sleep, I swear I didnt know you were in here or I would have never come in, Im sorry!”

The old man let go of the string and dropped his arm, but kept the gun at his chest.

“Well, as long as you aint sick…”

“No, I swear it!”

“…then I suppose I could let you stay for the night…” he lowered the gun, “but I aint got no food for you, boy!”

“No, no, its fine! Im not even hungry! Thank you very much for the shelter, sir, very much appreciated!”

“Ah, dont worry about it, just close the fucking door before some sick bastard stumbles in here and infects us both!”

The young man swung the big steel door shut and made his way down the stairwell.

“Im not sure you’ll have to worry about that one to much, sir, I think they’ve pretty much figured out that the disease wasnt contagious.”

“Oh yeah? And just how in the hell do you figure they figured that one out? Just who in the hell do you figure THEY are? And just where in the hell are you even HEARING this god holy shit from? Just what kind of people are you coming in contact with?” The old man raised the gun back up at the boy whose hands simultaneously raised back into the air.

“My god, old man, calm yourself! I know everything is choas out there, but cant we have just a little order down here, between you and me, between two honest, healthy, human beings?!”

“I dont know how honest you are and I dont know how healthy you are, boy.” The intensity was gone.

“Look, Im a traveler. I’ve been moving since the start of this, thats what I do, its what alot of us do, I just do it alone, dont need no groups. So I hear things, talk to lots of people, see alot of sick people…” the old man raised the gun higher and got a terrifying look in his eye , “…but I swear to you, its not contagious! No one is even sick anymore! Everyone who was sick died out, only us healthies left! I swear to it, sir, last sick I heard of was weeks ago!”