A Sudden Stirring

Silence. Then... warmth in my joints. I shifted my weight, and the coarse grey fibers of the carpet gave way under my boots. I stopped. Looked down. Beside me lay two silent figures, frozen and unmoving. I reached out slowly and nudged the still hand of the orange-clad figure with my fist. Nothing. No fight in them. I stood tall, keeping watch over the quiet ground.