The car rolled through a landscape that time had abandoned.The shocking thing is he acquired the system again.
Dust spiraled in lazy curls behind the black SUV, rising into the still afternoon like ghosts of a forgotten past. On either side of the cracked road, wilted trees leaned forward as though trying to whisper forgotten secrets. The earth was dry and fractured. Even the breeze seemed hesitant, unsure whether it belonged here anymore.
Ahead, like a faded scar on the horizon, stood the remnants of a town.
No people. No sound. No motion. Just boarded windows, tilted streetlamps, and buildings that wore decay like second skin. Some houses still stood stubbornly upright.
Others had caved in on themselves, surrendering to years of silence. A lone swing in a half-collapsed playground creaked as the wind nudged it back and forth — a haunting lullaby that no children would ever hear again.
