A whole new world

Rising to the top of the elevator the light from the outside world seems blinding at first. It takes your eyes a moment to adjust to the light of the sun again before you’re able to take in your surroundings.

When your eyes finally do adjust, you are welcomed by a starkly different landscape to the one you left behind when you went down that elevator. The ground is no longer covered in grass but has turned to dust. All the trees seem worn and have far fewer leaves on them than you remember. The air itself seems dusty and less clean than it did before. The place was a wasteland.

In the distance you can see the ruins of the Boston city centre. Tall skyscrapers still rising above the horizon, but now with large chunks missing from their sides. As you take in the vast landscape that lies before you from atop the hill, hope begins to fade. The two of the assailants, along with your son Shaun, could be anywhere out there.