A Fallout Pre-War Story.

This story is about a man, who experiences the nuclear bombs being dropped from China, during 2077. He eventually can't stand the pain and ends his own life.

Ben Anderson    A tale of survival and love.

                      Day Armageddon.

 

 

    This story starts our with a young boy names Frank Thomas, he was born 2057, May 27th. He was a nice young boy, he had a little lemonade stand were lemonade cost 5 cents. One day he was sitting at his stand, he just sold a cup of lemonade when a bully named Ben walked up to his lemonade stand and flipped the flimsy stand over and started to beat him up. After about a minute the bully walked away from him. Frank got up and ran back inside his house and told him mom, she started to bandage him up when his father walked in. His dad said "Son, you need to learn to fight for yourself. I will teach you how to fight come out to the garage." Frank got up and went over to the garage door he looked inside worried about what was going to happen. His father was standing their with boxing gloves on and he told Frank to grab a pair that was lieing on the ground. He went over and picked the pair up and put them on his hands suprised that they fit him, he then went infront of his dad and put his fists up. His dad slammed him in his face, Frank went to the ground holding his face. He got so mad that he jumped up and started to punch is dad, he kept hitting him in the stomach but ended up hitting him in the crotch and he fell down to the ground coughing.

 

 

 

            After Frank had hit his father he ran outside and went to find the bully that had flipped his lemonade stand. He ran down the street he saw Old Man Barry polishing his car, Frank said hello and kept running he knew to respect his elders. As he approached the bully, Ben tried to say something but he just got punched in the crotch by Frank and he fell to the ground. He jumped ontop of the bully and started to pound his face in, Ben could not do a thing because Frank had boxing gloves and was ontop of him. He pounded the bully until he passed out on the curd. Frank got up and started to walk back home knowing that he will be in trouble because he hit his dad in his crotch.

 

 

            A couple years later he was six-teen, he had just gotten his driver license and got his fathers car. It was a black Corvega Atomic V8 he was so excited to have it, tomorrow he would be driving it to the recuriter station. He wanted to join the National Guard so bad, he had read panflits about it and has seen commericals on TV about it, he wanted to help the people in Anchorage Alaska but he was not allowed to join the army. As he went to sleep he had a dream about him driving the his new car and pulling up to the station. Going inside and signing up, he then awoke about six AM. He got out of bed went into the bathroom and brushed his teeth, got a shower and put on his nicest suit. He walked downstairs and said goodbye to his mother and father, he walked outside with the keys and got inside the car. He started it and he loved the purr it made when it started, he then started to drive to the recruiter station. He parked in the parking lot and got out of the vechicle, he walks up the steps to the building he opens the doors and walks up to the lady behind the desk. He says "Hello ma'am, I would like to sign up." the lady said "Alright sir here are the papers fill them out and bring them back by Monday." Frank grabbed the papers and left. When he got home he started to fill out the papers, he was confused on some questions but figured them out. It was a Friday night and he had nothing to do, so he decided to go to bed. The next morning he got up and drove to the recruiter station, he turned in the papers and was told to be here by Monday. He was going to get sent to a training camp to learn how to shoot and what to do in a disaster.

 

 

                It was a month later and he just got out of boot camp, it was the worst month of his life he told his parents when he got home. He had slept until noon the next day, he had a week off of work and he was going to relax the whole time. He went onto his bed and lied down with a Nuka Cola in his hand, he sipped it and then set it on the table. He closed his eyes, he was going to take a nap. He awoke at about nine o'clock at night, he looked out his window and saw a car go up the street. He went downstairs and grabbed a book out of the shelf and went back upstairs trying to be as quiet as he could, he didn't want to wake his parents. The book was called The Catcher in the Rye, he sat down at his desk flicked the switch to turn on his light and started to read. At about midnight he decided to go to sleep, he put the book down and closed it with his marker in place. He went over to his bed and fell asleep.

 

 

                Four years later he woke up it was October 23rd 2077 he had turned twenty, five months ago and he was getting ready to go to work. He got his uniform on and went downstairs to eat breakfeast, he pours Sugar Bombs into a bowl and went over to the fridge and got milk. He poured it into his bowl and sat down, he started to eat the food when the phone rang. Frank got up and grabbed the phone he answered a National Guard member said "Get to the base ASAP China might launch the nukes today." Frank replied "Yes sir, ill be there right away." Frank grabbed his hat and put it on his head. He ran out the door and jumped into his car, he drove to the National Guard Station he pulled into the parking lot. He jumped out of the car and ran into the station, it was chaos people were running around, papers were all over the ground. Frank ran to his officals office and ran inside, his name was Bill. Bill said "Frank....China launched the nukes, my family didn't get into one of them Vaults." He then pulled out a 10mm pistol and put it to his head. He said "Tel my family...I love them." he blew his brains out all over the desk. Frank ran out of the room and bumped into a soldier it was his friend Jimmy he said to Jimmy "Jimmy, we need to get somewhere safe do you know anywhere?" Jimmy replied "Yea I know a little bunker that I have the keys to follow me." Frank ran behind him. He ran down the steps and arrived at a bunker door, Jimmy unlocked it they ran inside and closed the door. They ran inside a room and hide under the two beds.

 

 

                Outside people were rioting, and running around busting and looting. A group of Riot Control police were pushing the people back but were getting overnumbered very fast. In a flash of bright light a very loud bang happened. All the people froze and looked at the flash, a lot of people were blinded and fell to the ground. A strong gust of wind and fire came and killed all the people, destroyed buildings and threw cars. Twenty more nukes landed in the same area, everything was destroyed skeletons where people were remain. Shadows of people are stained on the walls forever, buildings are falling. The people that survive either get crushed by buildings, and are getting burned by radiation. One hour after the bombs fell people crawl through the streets with radiation falling. Frank slowly gets out from under the bed and opens the door, all that remains is just a small part of the National Guard Station. He walks out into the hall and can feel the radiation, he runs back into the room and pushes the button to make the door shut. He stumbles back and opens a Medical Box and pulls out Rad X and takes a big dose. He sits on the bed and looks at Jimmy, he still cowering under the bed he says "Jimmy....come out from under the bed, its over." Jimmy slowly comes out from under the bed and runs to the toilet and pukes.

 

 

                A week later Jimmy is sleeping while Frank is messing with his Radio, he is trying to get any kind of signal from anyone he speaks into the radio "Is anyone out their....we are in Bunker 74 at the National Guard Station, we need to know if anyone is out their alive. This message repeats.* He set down the radio and walks into the armory, he grabs a Advanced Radiation Suit and a Assault Carbine. He walks out of the armory and leaves a note saying "Dear Jimmy, I am going out to find survivors or anything. Im taking some Rad X, an Assault Rifle, and three mags. Ill be back in one hour, if im not then you know what happened." He put the note on the desk, he then walks over to the door and opens it. He walks outside and closes it, he starts to walk outside all he sees if misty stuff above the ground. Frank starts to walk down Third Street he is heading towards the Police Station, he was walking down the street looking at the skeletons on the ground. He sees a person come running at him with a switch blade, he aims his rifle at him and fires three rounds. The man goes down to his knees clutches his chest and falls down and dies, Frank keeps on walking. He eventually arrives at the Police Station and walks up to the doors, he kicks one of them open and runs inside. He runs over to a building and dives into a room, he sees three dead bodies and a police uniform with a .45 Magnum. He grabbed the .45 Magnum and puts it into his holster. He looked out of the door and ran down the hall, he busted into the break room to find a cop sitting in the corner. He fires his pistol at Frank but missed he screamed "Stop fireing im friendly!" the cop stands up and holds his leg, he says "Im sorry, its just im so scared." Frank replied "Come with me I have a bunker with me and my friend." the cop walks out of the room with Frank, they run out of the Police Station and head back towards the bunker.

 

 

                They arrive at the bunker and Frank opens the door Jimmy is still asleep in his bed when Frank and the cop walk in. He tells the cop to go and rest on his bed and that he had to do some things. Frank walked back into the armory and washed his Radiation Suit cleaned his Assault Rifle and the same with the Magnum, after he is done with that an hour passes, he walks back into the room and closes the armory door Jimmy woke up and had a 10mm pistol in his hand aimed at the cop he said "Who is this guy.....should I blast him?" Frank said "No, I found him at the Police Station." Jimmy put his gun down and got up, he yawned and stretched. He walked over to the fridge and pulled it open, he grabbed some Cram and a Nuka Cola. He sat down cracked open the Nuka Cola and started to eat the Cram, he sipped the Nuka Cola and said "Frank, do you think us three are the only survivors?" he replied "No I don't what about them people in the Vaults. They have to be alive." Jimmy went back to eating. Frank walked over to the cop and tapped his shoulder, the cop still lied their Frank tapped his face. He then flipped his body over and saw his face was ice white and his eyes were closed, Frank touched his face and shivered. He said "We got a dead one, im going to search his body for supplies." He grabbed his body and starts to look through it, he found some ammo and a police baton. He grabbed them both and puts them in the Armory, he walks out of the room. Frank says "Jimmy NO!" Jimmy had a 10mm at his head and blew his brains out all over the floor. Frank saw a not on the table he picked it up and read "Dear Frank, I will not live in this HELLHOLE of a place we call Earth. I wanted to kill my self since the day the bombs dropped, I tried to stay alive with you but I just coulden't im sorry Frank but I just can't." Frank stumbles and fell against the table, he got his focus and ran into the armory he grabbed a .45 Magnum and puts it to his head and pulled the trigger. His life flashed be four his eyes and he saw a dark evil light, he saw Satan he was to re live the way he died the pain gets worse and worse. That is were his story ends. War....War Never Changes.

Reviews

[Emma Marie Taylor]

Really cool!