Still Here

The world ended quietly.

One shelter fell. Then another. Cities went dark. The skies dimmed. And in the noise of collapse, one man and a kitten slipped through the cracks and simply... survived.

Silas Ward, a former wildlife photographer, lost everything the day the Ferals came-zombies that still speak with human voices, luring the living to their deaths. While escaping an overrun shelter, he found a trembling kitten in the rubble. That kitten-Tux-became his one companion, his shadow, his family.

This is not a story of betrayal or heroes.
It's a story of quiet strength. Of found family.
And of the final journey of a man and his cat in a world that forgot what it meant to live.

(DISCLAIMER: Parts of this story were assisted by AI, but every scene and chapter was checked, edited, and shaped by the author.)