War of the World

Apollo · #1 (**permalink**) 08-02-2008, 08:15 PM

You think two would have been enough but some one had to launch something at someone. This is the story of the aftermath and what the world turned into. . .
The Third world war began at the stroke of midnight on December 23rd of the year 2010. I was 19 at the time. After the first wave of destruction I crawled out my window and onto my front lawn where my folks were with my sisiter. My black hair had soot in it from the fire and my face was covered too but I ran anyways. I looked up for a minute, that was it. . . and it saved me from the bombers. I was left alone in the world with my sister's dog,(or so I thought)and all I knew from then on was horror. . .and death. . .
It only took two years for the world to come to a complete stop. And I was there to witness the birth of a new world. And that is where my legacy begins. . .

#2 (**permalink**) 08-03-2008, 08:01 PM

The ash and smoke covered my sight as I looked around. Nothing but rubble. where's my family? Where are my friends? We were all traveling on a school bus one moment the next something happened...

Caer Ibormeith · #3 (**permalink**) 08-04-2008, 04:59 PM

It was happening again. Something was chasing him. He could smell it's blood, thick and sharp to the nose.It overwhelmed his sense and he clamped a tanned hand to his nose to block out the smell. Nice timing. I can't even take a piss without getting killed now?

Apollo · #4 (**permalink**) 08-05-2008, 03:49 PM

The dripping from the top of the cave woke me of my dream of my burning house and the death of my family. I sat up and rubbed the sleepiness out of my eyes. I looked around and found my flashlight. I gathered my things in the dark easily and walked out.
Much had happened since that had actually happened. But I always see that in my head because it was what started my journey and I was almost out of this nightmare and into a sanctuary. Sighing I set out on the road. "Not much further. . ."

#5 (**permalink**) 08-06-2008, 08:06 PM

I rubbed the tears away quickly knowing that this was the beginning of a new time. *maybe i will find others that are like me*. * = thinking
I ripped off a few tears of my shirt and threw them on the ground. I suddenly felt the need to move quickly........... I feel the presence of someone watching me..... being able to pick up this scent wasnt making me a bit surprised for a few moments ago i thought tht the world would never end. Now im ready to believe anything....

Apollo · #6 (**permalink**) 08-07-2008, 06:18 PM

I walked out of the cave and met up with my loyal, trust worthy friend. "Hey. . .what're you doing? Huh?" In my dog's mouth was a rabbit I guess and if she wanted to share it I would pass. . .it wasn't looking to good. (unless rabbits are supposed to be green) Picking up my things, I started the journey once more. I know where I'm going and I'm so close. . .Next stop. . .the ruins of Boston. . .

#7 (**permalink**) 08-09-2008, 08:26 PM

I sniffed the air and as I moved through the broken streets of Boston, I felt the presence follow me. *Please don't hurt me* I pulled out my cellphone and dialed the only person I could think of.... my doctor. *I was a weird child while I grew up. I wasn't very good in small places and the darkness made me terrified. So terrified I would send myself into seizures just walking into it. Sure, my mom and I had a huge electricity bill but she didn't care. As soon as daylight came we had a blast when I was young. I already miss her and it hasn't even been a full day yet. The day is getting dark.... what can I do?*
I called but my doctor didn't pick up so I quickly just pointed at a random direction and started walking over the rubble.
"Please let me find shelter or someone soon. I can't even imagine what the dark will bring..." She muttered with a shutter that racked her whole body.

Apollo · #8 (**permalink**) 08-10-2008, 01:31 PM

I kept walking with Pup on my heels like always. "Don't worry we're almost there. . .and hopefully we don't run into anyone. . .at least. . .not like last time. . ." I thought of what had happened with the last person I had seen. Lets just say that they didn’t like how I looked. Next my thoughts wondered to to what would happen to me, possibly, if I traveled at night. . .with all of the people that didn’t end up living. I’m willing to risk it as long as no one who will remember sees me. I looked down and behind and saw it again. . .it was always there. . .a curse and a gift from World War 3. . .My tail. . . It picked itself up a bit but fell as I made it. I like it. . .but no one else did. I scratched behind my pointy ears and the back of my head and walked on with perfect vision, I let my hair fall to cover them up to not scare anyone I might see. Mutation. . .blessing? . . Or a curse in disguise?

#9 (**permalink**) 08-10-2008, 08:58 PM

Night fell.

In the day, a steel grey blanket covered the sky, from sea to oily sea. Temperatures hovered around fifty, where once they would have been eighty. At night, with no streetlights, no moon, the land experienced for the first time in millenia true blackness.

Only a fool would shine a light in that darkness.

The streets whispered. Thousands of rats, and countless cockroaches, climbed up from beneath the city. Larger things, too, crept about on the blackened streets. A flame appeared in an upper story window-a beacon in the night. The whisper grew louder, became a scratching, windy swirl. Glass shattered-dragging feet echoed across marble floors, scraping metal lead to steps on concrete stairs. Heavy breaths and subtle grunts echoed up the stairwells.

The flame went out.

Apollo · #10 (**permalink**) 08-14-2008, 07:44 AM

Pup and I always had been together for as long as I could remember. We walked the shadowed streets alone and cautious of the things out there. You see. . .Some people were mutated like me, others were fine. . .but for the other part of the world. . . they became simply. . . the predators. They scavenged at dusk till dawn looking for anything moving or dead to eat and pick apart with their fangs that jut out of their jaws. Their fingernails long and disgusting becoming claws. Their eyes sharper from being in the dark ruined houses.
Pup began to growl next to me and I knew one was close. Her senses and what we had been through together made sure of that. Bigger than most dogs because of her own mutation and longer teeth made her look a little like a sabertooth tiger, but I still saw a little dog wanting me to rub it's tummy under the big show of mean and ready to fight. I looked down and saw where she was looking and we went around and she slowly stopped growling but still had her nose to the ground in case another came close. "Almost there Pup." I sighed, yawning from being so tired. "Almost there. . ."