That's it. Today is the day. The day I leave my comfortable little bunker to go search into the wild unknown. I am sitting at the rusty stairs, peering up at the bunker door . It is dark, very dark. For the first time in a long time I feel something. I feel uneasy. My bag is packed, with the remaining can of beans and a couple of bottles of water. How hard can it be to find food ? If I really am the only thing left on this planet it can't be that hard ? Then again it's been a very long time since all this started. In fact I've never left this place . I was born and raised here. The only things that I have seen of the outside world were images from books and magazines , and stories from my mother before she , well you know , killed her self.

So yes , I'm going out into a world that I assume is overrun by vegetation , a world that's unrecognizable to me. Another worry on my mind is , if I don't find food , and I risk eating one of the plants, how am I supposed to know the effects the virus had on the plants ? Trial and error? No . No that's too , too stupid . Too risky . Yet again , I'm taking a risk as it is leaving this bunker in the first place , but I haven't a choice . Maybe I haven't a choice but to eat the plants? I'm overdoing myself with thoughts. I'm going to take my first step up the stairs . The noise of my footstep is oddly calming . I am taking another . "Clink". Ok that's enough messing around . I am walking the full way up the stairs, and now I can feel my heart racing . I think I'm scared. No . I am scared. I am terrified . I have no idea what I am going to see past this door . I don't have any options .

I am touching the lever to open the door. It is cold , very cold . I feel the metal against my fingers . I don't like this feeling at all . I begin to turn the lever "click , click , click". It's unlocked . I can't believe it's unlocked . I'm pushing. This door is heavy . I've never lifted anything other than my mother's body. I can't move it . I'm pushing again . It won't budge . Wait a second . It's a pull door. I really am stupid . My eyes are closed as I pull . I can feel the air coming in . I think it's air . It's oddly warm . Ok the door is finally open . And so are my eyes . Oh my goodness . All I can see is , green . Green everywhere , with spots of purple , red ,pink , orange . There are so many colors, so much. I am frustrated with myself for never leaving the dark, dull bunker before . This is amazing . Wait , what am I smelling ? Is this flowers ? Vegetation ?  Whatever it is I love it . It's beautiful. This scent ? A scent I've encountered once in my life . My mother always talked about how beautiful these things smelled but the only flower we had died , and I can't remember what it looked or smelled like . All I have are pictures of plants in the bunker. This is strange though ,there are no buildings.

Maybe this virus speeds up the growth of the vegetation ? I have no idea,  but all I can see are the shapes of buildings , but they are covered in lush , green vines and wood . Maybe this is the planets way on trying to remember us. This place, From what I was told was filled with people , filled with dogs , cats and birds too . Now it's a different form of life . I almost feel as if I'm an invader , invading someone's land . I feel bad in a way. Maybe I'm not gone mad . Maybe it was the bunker that has been causing me issues , feeling numb . The one thing I know for sure is that I'm still by myself . Sill alone . But that doesn't matter. I need to go find food , or maybe even risk eating a plant . I'm not too sure yet. I'm going to go into one of these ruins, let's just hope that luck is on my side.