Flash: "Uh... Well, we don't have our weapons anymore..."
Hooper: "Do you think you can fight off some spiderlings without one?"
Flash: "I haven't been in a scenario like this before, but I can try."
Hooper: "Alright then, face opposite to me and we'll split them between us!"
Flash: "Gotcha!"


Yeah, writing short novels isn't a viable option for me anymore, as I found out partway into writing the second one, so I'll draw what I've already written and what's still stuck in my mind!
Starting with the beginning of chapter 2, the initial two protagonists, Flash (guy in red and grey) and Hooper (guy with the fedora and blue coat), not long after finding each other and deciding to start traveling together, find themselves confronting a group of spider goons. The clouds of purple fog and suddenly darkened sky were clear indicators towards what they both already suspected: the threat that sent them out of their home island, after 3 years of silence, was going after the outer civilizations next.
Following this occurrence, the duo didn't take long since exiting their housing for the night... to run into some of the menace's goons. With or without weapons, 3 years was plenty of time for them to discover some hidden talents of theirs, and they were going to take full advantage of them.