Awakened-Artifact

 The sound of the cold breeze whistling through the empty parking lot was all that could be heard as a young man and his companion carefully made their way towards a damaged, hollowed out apartment complex. Vegetation had not wasted any time retaking lost territory, and large parts of the surrounding buildings were overgrown with kudzu and other local flora. The ground was littered with garbage and detritus, remnants of the panicked exodus of its residents four years prior. Cars were askew or overturned throughout the lot; fortunately, most were empty. Arti did his best to overlook the corpses in the remaining few. He and his partner Derek ha