[ CW ] `` Save yourself . '' - use this line of dialogue in a story without using action movie tropes

`` Save yourself'' 
 
 
 That's what the message said, written in faded ink on the concrete wall. Below it, was a dead man, his eyes still open. You search the body's pockets and backpack, looking for something, anything, that could help you. You found a small pickax, a flashlight, a bag of trail mix, a marker, and a new sleeping bag. You put those items into your backpack. Still kneeling down, you shut the man's eyes, letting him sleep peacefully. You take out your towel and wet it before wiping away the message in ink. 
 
 
 `` I'll need this stuff more than you do. See ya soon, buddy'' you say, before strolling away, into the great unknown. 
 
 
 Several days later, you found yourself dying by a decaying building. Those `` shadow things'' got you, and even though you managed to escape from them, you received some fatal injuries. You knew you did not have much time left. Then you had an idea. You took out the Sharpie marker you found earlier, and began to scribe a message into the wall of the building, your hands shaking with pain. You laid down on the cold hard ground, your hands over your chest, like a body in a coffin. You hoped that maybe another survivor could make use of your supplies. You turn your head to the left and see the message you scribbled sloppily onto the brick wall. 
 
 
 `` Save yourself''
