The Wasteland
Characters:
- Jason Johnson (Narrator/Main Character)
- Steven Johnson (Father)
- Mary Johnson (Mother - Deceased)
Important Information:
The story is narrated by the main character, Jason Johnson. A man who has experienced a post-nuclear war and for the rest of his life he made it on his own out in the Wasteland. Nothing but a wide open field of dirt, where old and shattered buildings lay, leaves and grass stripped from the land. Radiation has infected food, water, and creatures that survived the atomic bomb. As Jason adapts to his new (destroyed) environment, he learns to kill, and protect himself against strange and mysterious creatures. In search for his family in the Wasteland, they were separated by The Enclave. As Jason travels through the Wasteland he makes new friends and enemies along the way. New towns and cities that have been rebuilt and some are surprisingly still standing with only few exterior damages to the structures.
I will be posting new chapters every month hopefully. It all depends on my upcoming college schedule and work load. I am fairly new at writing stories like this so please leave me messages/reviews on things I could do to improve my writing.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fallout3/Bethesda.
Prologue
It was a cold rainy day in the Capital Wasteland. Everything under my feet was completely muddy and it made my journey that much harder to travel on foot. What other way was I supposed to travel anyhow? All vehicles on this earth were destroyed from the impact of the nuke. Any food I was too find and eat was completely radiated and the flavor was gone. Things were starting to look bad ahead in the distance. I saw a group of Raiders hanging out in their camp.
There was a lot of smoke from their fire in the air and you could almost smell them from a mile away. As I neared closer to their camp I was getting myself mentally prepared to kill them all. I had a combat shotgun and 50 shells of ammo in my backpack. I also had 4 Stimpacks and some surgical tubing if anything serious was to happen to me in the fight. My father Steven Johnson is a scientist and taught me everything he knew. I take after him in the curiosity of building new inventions to make my life easier.
As I was preparing my shotgun, I had a flashback of me and my father playing catch outside…before the nuke was dropped. I remember I was playing baseball with my father in the backyard. It was warm and breezy outside. My mitt was all broke in from the summer before on my birthday in June. I was 14 years old at the time and loved to be outside and play sports. My father taught me how to throw a curve ball. Every time we played catch I used to show him how much better I was getting at throwing the curveball. We had some good times; I really don't remember getting in trouble with my parents when I was younger. Suddenly reality snapped back into my brain and there I was loading up my shotgun. As I got it all loaded I stood up carefully and peeked over the rock I was hiding behind. I was only about 100 yards from the Raiders camp site.
As I veered over the rock cautiously, a Raider was on the other side with a Laser Rifle pointed at my head. He said "Who the hell are you? And what are you doing with that shotgun boy!" I was scared out of my mind, but was ready for the worst. As I was about to open my mouth and say something sarcastic back at him, I activated my Stealthboy and slowly crouched down and eased away from the rock formation. The raider was shouting "Where the hell is he!?" and "Come here boy….I ain't gonna hurt ya, I just wanna have a talk with ya is all. Come out and we will talk like civil men." Of course I was thinking he can kiss my ass. There is no way I was going to show myself and believe that he just wanted to talk. I have seen what the Raiders have done to lonely wanderers in the Capital Wasteland and it's not even humane.
As I was slowly walking backwards in a crouched position I didn't know my Stealthboy had worn off. I finally bumped into something behind me and I turned my head slowly and looked up…..it was a Raider. He said "Well, well, well. What do we have here. Trying to sneak away from me boy?" He then lifted up his Laser rifle and smacked the end of it over my head and knocked me out.
And the story begins. Hope your all pumped up for Chapter 1!