There's Only This (Sequel to There's Only Us)

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

"C'mon, we gotta check it out!" Amy whispered quietly.

"Hang on." Tyler dug through the flaming wreckage and retrieved his black metal suitcase that was slightly melted before they ran towards the sound. As they got closer, they could hear the strumming of an acoustic guitar getting louder as well as the voice of someone singing.

They all stopped at the corner of an abandoned house, peeking around it at the dark shadowy figure walking slowly down the streets as if weighed down by something.

"I walk a lonely road,
The only one that I have ever known,
Don't know where it goes,
But it's only me and I walk alone,"

The voice sounded familiar, but no one could really place it. The voice belonged to a man, but he sounded...old, like he had seen the universe and then some, his tone tinged with sorrow.

"I walk this empty street,
On the boulevard of broken dreams,
Where the city sleeps,
And I'm the only one and I walk alone,"

The man continued strumming his acoustic guitar as he pressed onward.

"I walk alone, I walk alone
I walk alone and I walk a,

My shadow's the only one that walks beside me,
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating,
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me,
Till then I walk alone,"

His voice grew louder, thick with emotion before he quieted back down as if worried someone would hear him in the deserted city.

"Ah ah ah ah ah,
Ah ah ah ah ah,

I'm walking down the line,
That divides me somewhere in my mind,
On the border line of the edge
And where I walk alone,"

The group used the cover of the line of houses to continue following him, unsure if he was hostile or not.

"Read between the lines,
What's fucked up and every thing's all right,
Check my vital signs, to know I'm still alive and I walk alone,"

He started walking closer to one of the destroyed houses before seeming to change his mind as he turned his back towards it.

"I walk alone, I walk alone
I walk alone and I walk a,

My shadow's the only one that walks beside me,
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating,
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me,
Till then I walk alone,"

He left something at the crumbled remains of the house before walking back down the street.

"Ah ah ah ah ah,
Ah ah ah ah ah

I walk alone, I walk a

I walk this empty street,
On the boulevard of broken dreams,
Where the city sleeps,
And I'm the only one, and I walk alone

My shadow's the only one that walks beside me,
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating,
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me,
Till then I walk alone."

He finished singing, strumming his guitar one last time. An eerie silence filled the air as the last notes echoed through the city. The group exchanged glances before testing their luck and stepping out of the shadows towards the man.

"Nate!" Jack gasps in recognition as he jogged over to him excitedly.

"Why are the hallucinations getting worse?!?" Nate yelled at no one in particular as he backed away from Jack, pressing a hand to his head as he laid down his guitar.