Your guess hints at a grim-survival aftermath, but it shifts the core idea from 'endure and make it to tomorrow' to 'only two remain.' It misses the explicit 'live/another day' perseverance theme and would likely produce a different scene and tone.

Your guess points to total disappearance or no survivors, which clashes with the original idea of surviving and making it to the next day. The underlying message and mood are largely reversed, so it would likely generate a different scene and atmosphere.