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| #Post#: 4260-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Operation Xez [Fiction] | |
| By: Dr. Time Date: August 4, 2013, 3:07 am | |
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| EDIT-Yeeeahh...I just realized I should make a different comment | |
| thread...else it'll make this thread too piled up. | |
| Each post of mine will contain only ONE chapter. | |
| Please ignore it if I post continuously more than 3 times. | |
| And remember. I'm a lazy bum. Don't expect continuous updates | |
| to the story. | |
| So..yeah.Remember to comment and help me improve :)) | |
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| Some things I thought I should make clear- | |
| Point of View- First Person | |
| Credits- | |
| The Last of Us- Concept idea | |
| ...(More later) | |
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| Chapter 0 (Intro) | |
| Into the Future | |
| 2nd October,2026. 8:19 PM. Helena,USA | |
| Present Day | |
| "Xez" Event | |
| We had surrounded them. Or that is what it seemed. | |
| 2 MetaDrones. And between them stood the UltraDrone. Their | |
| leader. | |
| They were in the position we wanted them to be. Trapped from all | |
| sides. | |
| All my memories raced passed me. Both happy and sad ones. All | |
| the people who sacrificed themselves. The promises I made. I | |
| promised to kill them. Now the time had come to fulfill those | |
| promises. | |
| Suddenly the UltraDrone gave out a huge sound. | |
| It then began to charge up it's huge laser. | |
| "I don't get it! We Destroyed the reactor machinery! The laser | |
| shouldn't work!" | |
| "What're ya doin'?!! Use the shock wave to keep it under control | |
| now!" | |
| "It's not working anymore!!" | |
| "Reactor power has almost reached full potential!" | |
| "Abandon this building! Everyone out of here now!" | |
| I couldn't move. My heart skipped a beat. | |
| I didn't understand the situation. I had disabled it. How can | |
| the UltraDrone be able to use it? | |
| The Drone was about to fire the laser.It aimed at the exact | |
| location of the building I was at. | |
| I felt as if time had stopped. I had no time to act. | |
| It was now that I realized. | |
| This is my end. | |
| #Post#: 4261-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Operation Xez [Fiction] | |
| By: Dr. Time Date: August 4, 2013, 3:08 am | |
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| Chapter-1 The beginning of the end | |
| 13th August,2024. 7:14 PM. Jackson,USA. | |
| Past | |
| About 2 years before "Xez" event | |
| The rain intensified.A thunderstorm seemed most likely to | |
| occur.This would be the 4th thunderstorm in this week. Something | |
| that does not happen often. | |
| My name is Jake. At that particular time I was watching a | |
| programme on our TV with my Dad.My Mom died when I was about 5 | |
| years old. My Dad wouldn't tell me the reason why she died.I | |
| think it's mostly because it brings back horrible memories to | |
| his mind.So,I don't ask about it. | |
| "This rain is really getting annoying,"said my Dad."Mostly I | |
| like it. But these days it's just too much." | |
| "Tell me about it. I'm very much fed up too,"I said. | |
| Both of us were sitting on the couch,as usual,watching TV. I | |
| said 'as usual' because with the rain being so intense,it is not | |
| possible to go outside.So mostly we end up watching TV,or some | |
| other boring stuff. | |
| Yeah,I know.You must probably be thinking,'Hey! It's 2024!We | |
| must have some cool things to do by now!'. Well, the truth | |
| is,humans haven't developed much even after all these | |
| years.We're kind of as we were in 2012 or 2013.I will say that | |
| cities and town are developing,but I won't say the development | |
| is satisfactory.One main reason for the slow development was | |
| mainly because of World War III. I don't have much idea of what | |
| happened to my family then, as I was just a child back then. One | |
| of the major things that's happened is that petroleum has run | |
| out. We knew this was going to happen. But it happened a bit too | |
| fast. We humans were unprepared. Cars are now run on | |
| electricity. Every single one of them. | |
| And you might also be thinking,"It's just a bit of rain.You can | |
| at least go out with an umbrella or something." We can't. In | |
| 2019,petroleum was almost at it's end. Scientists discovered | |
| some sort of new material, Dezirilium. It was supposed to | |
| increase the quantity of petroleum by doing something with the | |
| molecules or something.I don't know completely. But something | |
| went wrong with the Dezirilium. It released some sort of | |
| poisonous smoke. This somehow got mixed with the clouds, by | |
| turning into some sort of acid. Now whenever it rains, the acid | |
| gets mixed with the raindrops. The raindrops would simply burn | |
| them.Severely. They would die eventually. It would also burn | |
| through other substances like umbrellas,etc. So, no one uses | |
| them anymore. | |
| Another example of how something made for our benefit can | |
| ultimately lead to our downfall. | |
| The rain seemed calmer. I was surprised because after all these | |
| days of thunderstorms and heavy rainfalls, I almost got used to | |
| this kind of weather.We might not be experiencing any more | |
| thunderstorms this week. | |
| My Dad noticed this too.He got up from the couch. | |
| "I'm gonna go and get us some more food from the store. We're | |
| almost out," he said. | |
| "Sure. Can I come too?" I said. | |
| "No.You stay here." | |
| "Oh come on Dad! I want to go out!" | |
| "Sorry son. Uh...I'll get you a candy bar?" | |
| "Dad...seriously." | |
| "Well,your loss. I'll be back." | |
| He picked up his jacket and went out. He closed the door behind | |
| him. | |
| At least I thought he did. | |
| With my Dad off to the store, I felt even more lonely. | |
| After 6 minutes or so, the rain got intense again.Very intense. | |
| I actually began to worry about my Dad. But I knew my Dad very | |
| well. He must've taken shelter somewhere. | |
| I don't know what happened in the next 15 minutes or so. I felt | |
| drowsy. My head felt heavy. I almost felt like I couldn't | |
| breathe. | |
| This is how it started. | |
| After 16-17 minutes, everything went back to normal. I was still | |
| confused. | |
| The lightning and thunder came back. | |
| I looked out of the window. I could barely see anything in the | |
| darkness. | |
| Then came the surprise of something I had never seen in my | |
| entire life. | |
| Red lightning. | |
| With no thunder. | |
| I was shocked. What the hell is this? RED lightning? | |
| What the hell was happpening? | |
| This continued for a few seconds. Red lightning strikes | |
| repeatedly went on for some seconds. | |
| I counted the number of strikes as it went by. | |
| One....two....three....four....five....six | |
| And then there was a huge lightning strike. It lit up the entire | |
| room in red. It was accompanied by a loud wailing sound. Very | |
| loud. | |
| "Seven.." I said. | |
| By now I was scared. I knew something was wrong. Terribly wrong. | |
| At that very moment, the lights went out. It was a black out. | |
| My assumption that something was wrong got reinforced. Now I was | |
| sure that something was wrong. | |
| I got up and and somehow managed to go through the house and | |
| find a candle and a matchbox. I found them on a table near the | |
| couch. | |
| I lit the candle and placed it on the table. | |
| I had no clue what was happening. Red lightning? And what was | |
| that huge wailing sound? I had no idea. | |
| I just hoped that my Dad was alright. | |
| I waited..for more than an hour. My brain still couldn't | |
| completely process what was happening. The only thing I could do | |
| was wait. Now I started really worrying about my Dad. I hoped he | |
| was alright. | |
| Suddenly I heard footsteps. I was delighted as I knew it was my | |
| Dad. He was safe! | |
| Then the footsteps changed into fast, heavy steps,as if someone | |
| was running. | |
| I caustiously went up to the front door. I was almost near it. | |
| The doors flew open. I stumbled back and fell on the floor. | |
| I looked at the person who was standing there. | |
| Using the dim light of the candle on the table, I saw his face. | |
| No...let me correct that. | |
| I saw it's face. | |
| No eyes...and in it's place,blood trickling down it's cheeks. | |
| It's lips were covered in blood. | |
| It almost looked like a Zombie. | |
| I was shocked. I was frightened...No words can describe that | |
| moment. | |
| I let out a scream. | |
| The "Zombie",upon hearing the scream, let out a huge wail of | |
| it's own. | |
| It then jumped on top of me and started choking me. | |
| I couldn't breathe. I tried to fight back. But it was just too | |
| strong. | |
| I tried to punch it. | |
| But I just felt like I had no energy left. This thing was | |
| choking me. | |
| I gathered all my strength and managed to hit it hard in the | |
| face. | |
| It flinched and fell to the floor. | |
| I knew this was my chance. | |
| Catching my breath, I tried to get to the kitchen. | |
| One word came to my mind- Knife. | |
| I needed to kill...whatever it was. | |
| I stumbled across the room. | |
| I caught a glimpse of a knife on the kitchen counter. | |
| I needed to get to it. | |
| Suddenly the Zombie caught my foot. | |
| It immobilised me again. | |
| It came up and started choking me again. | |
| It was now enraged after I hit it, and started choking me even | |
| harder. | |
| I started to lose my focus. Everything started becoming blurry. | |
| I then blacked out. | |
| The last words I heard before I did so was a familiar voice | |
| saying- | |
| "Oh no you don't!" | |
| Perhaps the last words I'll ever hear again. | |
| #Post#: 6912-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Operation Xez [Fiction] | |
| By: Dr. Time Date: September 13, 2013, 6:07 am | |
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| Just a quick update- | |
| I was writing the 3rd chapter, but problems came in the form of | |
| school and henceforth my exams =( | |
| So, progress is really slow.Even if it's half way finished. | |
| Just letting you guys know that this thread is NOT dead, it's | |
| one of my dreams to complete this story which I'll not give up. | |
| I'm not even sure of anyone has even read the ^ posts till now | |
| -.- | |
| Motivation=Semi-blown | |
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