Owen Miller is twelve years old. He is small, kind, and frightened of loud noises. He has never held a weapon. He has never been alone after dark.637Please respect copyright.PENANA442GX5jinD
He cannot fight. He cannot drive. He cannot shoot. He cannot outrun a grown man. He has spent his whole life being told that adults will keep him safe.
It is the morning of September 25th, 1998.637Please respect copyright.PENANAnMFUc2bk1y
By tonight, the adults are not coming.
The streets are not empty. Something is moving on them. Something that does not think, does not stop, does not speak — only wants. The shape of a person, hollowed out and still walking. And there are more of them than there are of him.637Please respect copyright.PENANAbTlOQhRVNj
There is always more of them than there is of him.
He is twelve.637Please respect copyright.PENANAeHAcxr10hN
He is alone.637Please respect copyright.PENANAZ56mtMsmnu
He has a backpack and a long way home.637Please respect copyright.PENANAXhiUJ4ktzi
The city is awake, and the city is starving, and Raccoon City does not care that he is a child.
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This story was developed with the assistance of AI as a creative tool for refinement and support. The narrative, themes, and characters remain my own.637Please respect copyright.PENANAvMF2P4rjD0
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