Lily had found the Gamestop where her brother Everest worked, but the place was seemingly deserted. In fact, most of the Riverside Center was deserted, with a few people lurking about. She approached the store in the mall and looked through the glass windows to see if she could see anything.

The lights were off, seemingly nobody in the store.

[i]Damn, must've missed him on the way here[/i] she thought to herself, wishing for the best. She turned from the store to head out, and decided to take a cursory glance around the mall. Luckily for her, most of the mall was unpopulated sans a few looters. No sign of the infection, [i]The plague[/i], she thought to herself, but most people had fled, and the looters had come to take what they could.
[i]I hope you're okay[/i], she thought, thinking of Everest, a cold shudder running through her.
[i]No, can't think like that.[/i] She swallowed hard.

Most of the stores in the mall had closed, only one or two with their lights still on, and many already had their windows broken, and their things looted. She decided to leave the mall, he wouldn't be here anymore.

Problem is, she had no idea where he would be, and night time wasn't safe.