Pierre sighed in exasperation as he rifled through yet more empty cupboards. Everything left in the house was either rotten or useless as food. He opened the fridge, and so only one thing. A stick of celery. He pulled it out, and threw it at the wall. He kicked over a chair, and walked out the door, making sure to stay out of sight. As he walked out on to the street corner, he heard the usual sounds of the new world. Shouting, crying, and every so often, a gunshot. He looked down the street at the cathedral. A few people were outside, banging in the door.
He glanced down the other street, and saw what appeared to be a man in riot police armour. On the same street, a man behind a car, staring with intent at the armoured man, drawing some handgun. As he realised what the man was doing, he sprinted down the street towards the guy in riot armour. As he got close, 3 shots went off, and dived at riot guy in an attempt to tackle him. As he took him down, one of the bullets hit him in the calf, tearing through his flesh and passing out the other side. He cried out in pain, but adrenaline and the danger of the situation allowed him to recuperate himself and check for the armed man. He appeared to have gone. He looked to the man in riot armour, and through groans of pain, he managed to say in French "You okay?"