The end of the world adventure by Marybeth Hale (recommended ebook reader TXT) 📕

 "Well, that was interesting." Sam said before he grabbed his bag and then continued to go down the building. "Finally. I am here." Sam said as he walked outside and then took a deep breath. Sam walked around and hid in a nearby store as zombies shamble after him. "Phew. That was close. Now time to look." Sam said as he rubbed his hands. "I better get a snack for mary." Sam said quietly as he looked around. Sam walked around looking for any kind of food that he could get. "Ah hah. I knew that I could find something." Sam said as he reached for a un opened bag of chips.
After he grabbed the chips, Sam looked at the ground and placed the chips into his backpack. "Gotta have something to drink somewhere." Sam whispered before he went to walk around the area. Sam looked around as he felt like he was being watched. "Come on out. I got something to trade." Sam said as he got his pistol ready. Sam grabbed nearby bottles of water and sodas and placed them in his backpack. Sam made his way to the back of the store as he grabbed more snacks for the both of them. "Wow barely any beverages. What did people have against the future of the world?" Sam asked before he walked out of the store. "Now where to go? Hmm." Sam asked as he looked at two houses that was close to the store. Sam shrugged and then walked to one house and looked at the playground that the house had. "That brings back great memories." Sam said before he sighed and walked into the house. "Wait. I remember this place." Sam said as he looked around. "This is my childhood house." He said before he smiled as Mary watched out for Sam. "Come on where are you?" Mary asked quietly as she watched the sun go down.
Sam shook his head and then looked outside as his eyes went wide. "Oh no. I wasn't paying attention." Sam said as he looked for food. "Dad, you god damn genius." Sam said quietly as he looked into the pantry. He smiled as he seen the emergency rations that his dad would collect and go crazy over. "Ok. Reminiscing time is over." Sam said before he started to grab the food and water. "I wish dad would have gone crazy getting sodas. But oh well." Sam said zipping up his backpack and went upstairs. "Ahh feels so good to be in my old bed." Sam said as he layed in the bed he used to lay in since he was a kid.
Sam felt like he was a little kid again as he was able to sleep through the night. "Time to collect more stuff and then go back home." Sam said before he stood and started to stretch. "I'll take these and these." He said as he took the blankets sheets and the pillows. Sam stuffed them into his backpack and then looked outside.
"Time to go." Sam said before he walked downstairs and then started running to the building. As Sam got closer, Mary woke up and then started to clean all of the stairwells. "Time to fly." Sam said before he took out his grapple hook to put in the grapple gun. He pointed the hook towards the buildings roof. "Let's go!" Sam exclaimed as he shot the grappling hook and held onto the rope. "Oh hell yeah! That was fun." Sam said as he pulled himself onto the roof. Sam walked to his fort as Mary ran to him and looked at him. "Hey, you ok?" Mary asked before Sam looked up at him and then nodded. "Yeah. I went to my childhood house and slept in my old bed. I did get any food and drinks I can get." Sam said before Mary smiled at him. "Good. You need that food." Mary said as Sam kept his anger in. Sam sighed before he walked out before stopping in his tracks being surprised. "Oh wow." Sam said as he looked at the whole room that was made into a whole new apartment for him. "Do you like it?" Mary asked before Sam looked at her. Sam didn't know what he should say though he wanted to confront her.
"I love it." Sam said going to Mary opening his arms hoping to get a hug. Mary stepped back again not saying anything as she didn't knowing what would happen. "You can't hide from my hugs. Please just once." Sam said as Mary looked away. Mary smiled and then went to him to take the chance and hugged him. "See? There was nothing to be afraid of." Sam said before Mary looked away. Mary felt horrible having to keep the truth from Sam but she knew that he wouldn't understand. 

 Mary smiled a little as she waited for Sam to have to put her down. "Yeah I guess you can say that." Mary said before Sam finally let go of her. "Sorry. It's been so long since anyone let me hug them." Sam said before Mary looked at him. "It's fine. I am just not used to hugs." Mary said before Sam nodded and then walked around the room. "How did you manage to do all this?" Sam asked sitting on the couch.
Mary smiled as she sat next to Sam while looking at the wall. "I don't reveal my tricks." She said before Sam shook his head. "Your mean." Sam said in a joking manner as he crossed his arms. Mary chuckled as Sam looked at her and then smiled. "Wanna ask me anything?" Sam asked before Mary took a moment to think. "What was your life like before all of this nonsense?" Mary asked while looking at Sam. He looked as he thought about his life. "Fun but lonely. But I did have one friend. And she was my best friend." Sam said as a tear ran down onto his shirt. "I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have asked." Mary said before Sam wiped his eyes. "No, it's fine hun. Don't worry." Sam said before Mary nodded.
Mary got up and then went to put the food into the kitchen that she made for him. "So how was your adventure? I see you got a lot of food." Mary said before Sam stood up. "It was great. Why don't you ever go on one? It might be fun." Sam said before Mary froze. She knew that she had to come up with an answer but she didn't know what to say. "Maybe I will later. Don't you worry about it. I'll be fine." Mary said before Sam smiled as he nodded. "Ok. So where are you from?" Sam asked before Mary closed the pantry door. "Affer the zombies taken over the world, I moved around the country. All alone just trying to survive." Mary said before Sam shook his head. "No where did u live before the craziness?" Sam asked before Mary pulled out a map. "Here. I lived here until the end of the world." Mary said while pointing to a state.
"Nice. I'm from there too. So is my best friend. She was named Mary. That's why I thought the name was perfect name for you." Sam said as he looked down. Mary looked at him sympathetically before putting her hand on his. "Let's talk about something else." Mary said as she took a tissue and wiped his tear away. "Ok." Sam quietly said before he went and sat on the couch. "Hmmm. I'll be right back." Mary said as she left the apartment and then walked down the stairs and went to a nearby bakery. "Now to get what I need." Mary said as she grabbed a nearby toy wagon and started putting cake ingredients into the wagon. "I hope he will like this." Mary said before putting different colors of frosting into the wagon. "Ok now that I got that. What shall we have for dinner. I do need to start up the electricity for the building." Mary said quietly as she exited the bakery. Sam layed onto the couch and fell asleep as Mary walked around. "Aha! There you are." Mary exclaimed as she seen a big fat turkey in front of her. She let go of the handle of her wagon and started to run after the turkey as it ran away from her. "Come back here! We need your meat!" Mary yelled as she kept running. Mary grunted as she jumped onto the turkey while it was panicking. "Ok, now grab and twist." Mary said as she grabbed and broke the turkey's neck.
"Finally." Mary said breathing heavily as he sat on the ground feeling proud of herself. "Time to collect more stuff." Mary said while dragging the dead turkey to her wagon and placed it on top. Mary whistled as she walked and collected more food and more dessert items and then turned around. "Now it is time ot go home." Mary said as she started to walk back to the building. "Hello? Mary?" Sam asked after he woke up from his nap and then sat up.

 "There you are. Holy cow!" Sam exclaimed as Mary pulled the wagon. "I told you I would go on an adventure. You would've been so proud of me." Mary said as they carried the food to the kitchen. Sam smiled as he seen the big turkey that Mary has gotten. "Oh yeah. I'll be right back." Mary said before she turned around and then walked to the generator in the basement. "Ok, start you up. Go get some more stuff. Go home and relax. Yeah, I can do this." Mary said to herself as she looked for a switch to flick.
She walked around the generator while feeling upset. "How the hell do I turn you on? Oh, there it is." Mary said before grabbing a gallon of gasoline and started to fill the generator. "Step one done." Mary said while grabbing a chord and pulling it hoping the generator would start. After a few minutes of Mary continuesly pulling the chord, she smiled as the generator finally started up. "Hah. Got you. Nothing can stop me." Mary said as she walked up and left the building to go to a nearby appliance