The silence of the quiet town was suddenly broken by the sound of an engine coming closer. This was fairly unusual as most vehicles had been destroyed during the apocalypse, or had run out of fuel by now, but there was definitively some kind of truck coming up towards the town's main road. After a few minutes of the sound getting louder and louder, a military Humvee (http://www.chezpilou.info/public/Voitures/Hummer_us_army.jpg) with camouflage colors appeared. But instead of rescue, or a group of soldiers coming in to save the day, there seemed to be only one young girl at the wheel.<br/><br/>At 22, Janie (http://files.myopera.com/magic_mania/albums/53530/17.JPG) was a fairly recent officer in the US Army, and also a Communication Engineer. While the world had ended, she had been completely oblivious to it, having spent the last couple of weeks alone on top of a hill, working on satellite equipment for the Army, repairing a transmission tower. Add to that the time it took her to drive her vehicle back to the closest town, and only now was she seeing the devastation of what she had missed.<br/><br/>Her first clue had been when she tried to contact her military base before leaving. No answer had come back. Then, when she was on the road, she tried various radio stations, and again nothing. Now, she had spotted this small town and decided to investigate what was going on. She still had no idea of the extent of the situation, but as she rolled through the deserted main street, she spotted a small group of people talking. It was a good thing there were people here since the Humvee was almost out of gas by now.<br/><br/>She stopped her vehicle a few feet away and stepped off. She looked like a soldier, wearing her military boots, camo pants, white tank top and a buttoned camo vest on top of it, with the US Army logo on her shoulder. She also had her issued handgun in the holster on her belt, and black sunglasses on her face, which she brought up on her head with a hand. Slowly, she approached the group, unsure as to what was happening, and hoping that these could tell her why everything seemed so deserted. She spoke in a cautious and slow voice.<br/><br/>"Excuse me? Anyone knows what's going on around here?"<br/>