You try to follow her.

"I'm coming in. Please, don't attack me." You say.

You turn the door knob and it open. It's a large bedroom with a double sized bed. It's in the same shape as the kid room, but you don't have time to watch the place in detail, the girl is jumping by the window.

"Wait !"

But she doesn't listen and run through the garden. Swearing under your breath, you try to follow her and let yourself fall from the second floor. Already she's jumping the gate and disappear behind the wooden fence. Getting back on your feet, you run after her and use the door, which, lucky for you, is open. Outside is a back alley, it seems in good shape, but already few weeds have grown here and there. The girl is still running toward a street on one side and you run after her. Not really in great shape, you start getting out of breath and are about to give up, when the redhead stops dead on her track at the intersection.

She then grab a wooden plank next to her and walk back to you.

"Shit !" You shout, as you start walking backward, hands in front of you.

"Wait ! Calm down ! I'm inoffensive !" You say to her.

"Where are we ? What the fuck is this place ??" She yells at you.

"That's what I'm yelling at you for the last five minutes !"

She frowns and stops just few feet from you, still the plank ready to hit but out of reach for now.

"You mean, you don't know ?" She says, in a blaming tone.

"I don't even know who I am !"

The girl lower her blunt object for a moment. Which makes you a little bit more at ease.

"Me too..." She admits.

But then she raise again the wooden plank and you make a step back.

"How can I know you don't lie !"

"I don't know, but that thing is really necessary ? I'm pretty sure you can kick my ass in no time even without it. You seem in great shape, when I'm already out of breath after running few hundred feet."

She hesitate a short while and then throw the weapon in a garden.

"OK, you can follow me, but no funny business, or I'll bash your head !" She warns you.

"OK, OK, no need to be so aggressive..." You mumble, while lowering your hands.

As you look down, you notice that she's not wearing any shoes and she's walking barefoot on the ground.

"Don't you want to find some footwear in the house we left ?" You ask.

"I'm not going back there, I don't trust you enough." She says.

She then shows you to walk next to her and you both go toward the street at the end of the back alley.

"What do you remember ?" She asks you.

You try to bring your memories together. You remember some part of high school, the bullying mostly, but no face or name. You also remember working in a gas station and playing video-games on your PC. But nothing much or really revealing.

"I remember working as a cashier in a gas station mostly." You just say. "And you ?"

She stays silent for a short moment and then just say.

"I was studying... in... hum... history..." She tells you.

But it seems made up. And as you just nod, a short flash of memory comes to your mind.

"Happy 21th birthday, man ! So, how does it feel to be finally in the adult league ?"

The person saying this is blurry, everyone is, but the place isn't. It's a strip-club, with the loud music, the **** and the stripper on the stage. The non blurred redhead stripper... The same that you're walking with.

No wonder she didn't want to tell you that. So you decide to keep that secret, she could become very suspicious and probably dangerous if you tell her.

"So, how do I call you ?" You ask

"I don't know. I can't remember my name." She answers embarrassed and confused.

You think for a while and then come up with an idea.

"Why not Study, since you were studying ?"

She frowns, but don't reject the idea.

"And I call you what ? Cash ?"

"Yeah, why not..."

"OK then, Cash and Study." She says loudly.

You finally arrive to the street and you just shout "What the fuck ?" at the sight.

"Yeah... exactly..." She confirms.

In front of you is an empty street, car have been left here and there, some not even parked or the door even closed. Some stores have their windows bashed and there is a thin layer of dust everywhere. It's an apocalyptic scenery.