My names Fulton Ridely but my friends call me Fuller. I was born after war of 2052. What's so interresting about this war is that it ended in a nuclear fallout. The world was almost completely wiped out.
The only people whom survived were the people who lived in caves and had nuclear shelters. I live in a small town called The North Quater. The world i live in is nothing like the world my ancestors lived in. We have to worry about radiation, bandits , the army and just about any other living thing.
This place is boring but we always find something to pass the time. Some of the other people find cooking and building to be a good way to pass time but I go out and scout out the land and explore.
There's not many people around. Theres a total of 13 people in my town. Sometimes a traveler will come through but they ussally dont stay long considering no one in my town is friendly if they dont know you.
It's a saturday morning. I wake up starring at the ceiling of my small tent. “Time to start a new day” I say. I grab my shirt and walk out of my tent. I breath in deep and cough “the airs getting worse". Ever since I can remember the air gradually gets worse and more dense.
I walk over to the town showers and get cleaned up before i start my day. I walk out and see one of my friends. "Hey Jake" i said. "Whats up Fuller, you heading out to explore"? "Yep im fixing to head out" i replied. "Alright see you later" said jake.
I walk back to my tent and grab my gun and hat. It is important to have a gun in this harsh environment because of all the bandits and animals that have mutated from all the radiation.
I walk through the town and head for the gate. On my way out I run into the town guard. The guards name was Gary "hey fulton, you going out"? "Yea I replied just going to see what i can find".
He opened the gate and let me go out. I started walking through this wasteland filled with old building that had colapsed, old signs with the metal rusted and just about anything else you can think of. This was my utopia. This is were i felt at home and I would do anything to protect this land.
I look up and see a sign that says Martins gas station fill up or get out. I snickered to myself and said "I guess ill start my exploration there". I pry open the once automatic door and walk in. I had never been in this store before. I see tons of old food wrappers and a couple of shelves.
I walk to the back of the store straight for the big coolers. I saw an old milk jug and some orange juice containers. "Hmm looks like someones already raided this place". I start walking back to the front of the store and notice some blood on the floor. I bend down and take a closer look. "This blood has been here for awhile" i said to myself.
I walk to the office because thats where the blood seemed to begin. I saw an older man lieing with his face on a desk. His body had started decaying because the stinch was strong. This was part of our lives we always encountered a deep body or two so it was no suprise.
I shut the office door and pulled out the sharpie i had in my pants pocket. I wrote on the door R.I.P. I walked out of the store and started heading further away from my town. I kept heading down the road and just gazing at my surroundings. I wasnt really paying attention though. All of the sudden I started to notice i was at a place ive never seen before.
There was four large buildings infront of me. There was a large barbed wire fence surrounding the buildings. On that fence there was a sign that said DESERT REBELION. I suddenly began to shake. The Desert Rebelion are a group of bandits who will kill anyone who doesnt pay them or who isnt in there gang.
I started to turn around and leave but before i could I heard a noise. This noise sounded like a metallic clicking noise. Someone behind me had cocked there gun nd pointed it at my head. "So you like the hideout" said the tall mn standing behind me. I couldnt talk I just stood there and closed my eyes. "Well lets see what Drake has to say about you being here". Drake was the leader of the Desert Rebelion. They say he is the one who set off the nuclear bomb that started the nuclear fallout.
"Walk"! Screamed the tall man. So I started walking. We walked through the gate and into one of the large brick buildings. The inside of this building was runned down and not kept up. The floors squeaked as you walked on them. I was so scared I still couldnt talk. "Walk in that room" he said. He pointed to a large white door. I walked in and there was a crowd of Reblion guards. They all stared at me. Then I felt a large hand grab my shoulder and sling me against the wall.
"who is this mason" said the large man to the tall skinny man. "I dont know i caught him outside our building Drake". So this was Drake. "Well whats your name" he asked me. "Fulton" I replied. "Well Fulton you made a huge mistake coming here" said Drake. Two men from the crowd grabbed me and took me to this small cell took my gun and locked me inside.
Then Drake said " everyone out of the room". Everyone left right away for fear that Drake would get angry if the didnt. "So Fulton where did you come from". I replied "Im from a small town". He smirked a little and said "Ill ask again where are you from"? "I will not let you hurt the innocent people in my town". That made him very angry he picked up a near by chair and threw it at the cell bars.
He furiously paced back and forth on the floor then he picked up the chair he threw and sat down in front of me. "Look Fulton you can live join us and we can destroy your town together ,or ill kill you and the find your town and torture everyone in it". I glared into his dark evil eyes. "Ill let you think about this ill be back in three hours" then drake walked out of the room.
I set there and thought long and hard about what i should do. Three hours later Drake came back into the room. "Have you decided"? "Yea ill be on your side" I said. Drake smiled and said "good where are you from"? "Im from a small town called The North Quater" I replied. Drake let me out of the cell and said "Take us there and ill trust you enough to join the gang". I started to grab my gun from the nearby table and drake said "Not until we kill them". I nodded and walked out of the building.
When I walked out I saw the crowd of men again this time they all had guns and they seemed like they were ready to kill. "How did you know I would join you" I said. He replied "what do you mean"? "Well they all have there guns ready" I answered. "Haha" he smirked "I didnt know you was going to they had there guns to kill you if you didnt". I stood there frighted at the fact three minutes ago these guys were going to kill me.
"Well lead us to your town Fulton" said Drake. "Alright follow me" I said. We all marched down the road. I had to think of how to get away so I could warn my town because I wasnt going to betray them no matter what. I thought quick and noticed an old land mine sitting beside the road. I kicked a rock toward it and it exploded.
The gang was in shock they all looked around to find out were this explosion came from. I took this chance and ran as fast as I could. "Sir hes getting away" said one of the gang members. "Dont worry hes in for a big suprise" said drake. I kept running not lookibg back. I was suprised no one shot at me but that didnt matter I just needed to warn my town.
I got closer and closer to The North Quarter gate. I made it to the gate and then I saw an unbearable sight. My town was destroyed. The buildings were demolished the tents had been burned. The people I had spent my life with had been hung from the top of one of our buildings. I was devistated everyone I cared about was dead. I had nothing left to live for.
Then out of no where I hear "Fulton what are you doing". It was Drake I took off and hid behind the big building. Drake was walking around with his gang following behind him"Well Fulton now you know why I needed that three hours". I was getting scared because his voice was getting closer.
Then out of no where I hear running. Then I hear a voice say "get down or be shot". Then I hear Drake shout "THEN SHOOT"! I hear loud gun shots and people screaming. The gun fire seemed to go on for a long time but it was probably only a couple of minutes. When the gun shots stopped I walked out from behind the building and seen dead bodies lieing on the ground. "Hey you get down".
It was member of the army. I layed down on my stomach and put my hands on my head. "Whats your name"? the man said. "Fulton Ridley" I replied. "Well Fulton you have been exposed to massive amounts of radiation that is in the air you breath this could cause you to mutate or cause another person to get infected im sorry to say this sir but you have to be eliminated so you can cause harm to another human being". I looked up and the last thing I remember is a flash of light then total darkness.
My name was Fulton Ridely and this was my story.