Title: The Last TwoChapter 1: The City That Once WasThe city sprawled out before them, silent and broken. Skyscrapers stood like hollow giants, their windows shattered, their walls covered in vines. The streets once full of life were now empty, save for the echoes of distant winds. The world had collapsed—disease, war, famine—and now, it was just her and him.Sophia was the last adult left, and Eli, her son, was now sixteen. He was tall for his age, his face no longer the boyish innocence it once had. Over the years, she had watched him grow into someone who no longer needed protection, though in many ways, she still saw him as the child she had lost long ago.