((Couldn't sleep. Wrote a different epilogue.))
Two years later, the group had formed a new settlement several miles south of Chicago. After some experimentation, they were able to get a radio beacon going. They’re settlement quickly became a focal point for the rebuilding of mankind. Many other survivors came to the growing city.
Aqizzar became the elected leader of the group, and led them to great success.
Workerdrone took a bullet in a battle with a group of raiders. It only hit him in the leg, luckily. It could have been a better shot, Worker tagged him in the head. He survived, but walked with a noticeable limb afterwards.
Org was killed in a grain elevator explosion.
Dwarf survived, but got involved in a bitter feud with Strife over the treatment of bodies. Starting with a heavy cross from Strife.
Duke got a pretty bad gash in his hand in the early days after the event while trying to help fix one of Strife’s chainsaws.
Archangel was happily married a year and a half after the event. He resisted several attempts to ‘cure’ him of his vegetarianism.
Strife sunk into himself, never seeming to recover from the event. The group still conducted periodic forays into Chicago, looking for salvage. One day they found a Grand National. Strife made some mention of it, but they agreed that it wouldn’t do much good for them now. The next morning, Strife, along with one of his cats (the eldest, an old black cat named Joey were gone). Strife took a bike and his two knives. They found the bike near the car dealership where the GN had sat. Strife’s combat knife was belted onto it, inside the sheath was a note saying that it had been grand. The GN was gone, and Strife was never seen from or heard of again.