_ The world is dying

Avery turned questioningly to Danny. "Yo man, How do you know about the store?" he asked Danny, skepticism etched on his face.

Well since Avery didn't know him from before, he could as well pull off with whatever explanation he comes up with.

Danny scratched his head, a nervous habit he'd picked up since this ordeal began. "I used to live around here," he replied, trying to keep his voice steady despite the gnawing uncertainty in his gut.

He wanted to go check it out – to go see if his parents were there. For all he knew, they wouldn't recognize but that was the least.

They might be zombies too.

Was he ready to stomach such?

Avery raised an eyebrow. “Whoa! I never knew you lived this close to the clubhouse. You came to have some fun time close to home but the apocalypse did its thing.” Avery was chuckling amusingly.

They were walking in the direction of the store now – of Danny’s house back in his reality.

The more people they encountered, the more Danny was convinced that the world