This story has so many holes and I had to stop often in order to find my muse who kept running away and hiding. So, when you don't hear from me in a while, this is the reason.
The world had ended, but even thought that has happened, life had not given up on trying to survive in an post-apocolyptic event that we call the domination of mankind. The person who had instigated this destruction was an American ex-General of the United States Army named Slade Wilson, and through his influence had turned the government into puppets and he was the puppeteer pulling the strings of destruction.
Through his influence, he became the ruler of the world, and the title of King/ High-lord is used in the place of President. He took the remains of the White House, and had his workers build him a castle claiming that a King must have a castle.
Usually when someone declares power over humanity, someone tries to fight back, and usually that causes some sort of revolution to overthrow the King, or demand he becomes nicer to his citizens, especially when his law states that all females must attend to the kitchen, aid to their man, bear lots of children, and overall, be mindful of the law at all times. There are exceptions to the rules, such as if there are women, young girls, female orphans, or widowed, then they must adhere to the first rule which is to stay in the kitchen.
Let me be the first to tell you that the law sucks, especially if some of the women were serving their country as a part of the Armed Forces. The women were seperated from the useful or the useless. I was part of the useful, and so was my younger sister, but my sister was booted when they found out that she was three months pregnant. She was sent to go live with our mother who took excellent care of her and her baby. I stayed and utilized my anger into learning everything that the military had to offer, and when the King's Guard opened up in position, I jumped at the chance to enlist.
I had gone to the interview dressed for battle, in case the Men had a challenge they wished to set, or if the King had wanted to meet the only female to excel in everything that was offered, who took command when given the chance and led the team to victory every time, who showed ambition as well as pride, and most of all, the only female who was not afraid of the King. The King saw a fiery soul, and he wanted that soul for himself, to break if nothing else.
The Men had set a challenge, which was to infiltrate the local bandits, single out the leader, return for further orders, and apply the execution or pardon to said order. The King was not surprised to hear that the Men had set such a difficult task, but what had surprised him the most was when she opened her mouth and asked a question.
"Pardon my intrusion, but may I speak?" She asked in such an odd manner that even the King looked slightly confused.
The King spoke before the Men could, "Granted".
"Yes, sir. I just have one question, and my question is this; what would happen if I became the leader of these bandits?"
"And what makes you think that you would be placed into such a position", said one of the Men who, genuarily, wanted to know.
"I don't, sir, it is just a question." This female had intelligence, which made her of value to the king, even if the Men below thought otherwise.
The king thought about it, and decided, "You have your orders, soldier! If you do become the leader, you still have to report your findings to me, your King, is that understood?"
I jumped to attention, saluted with my fist to my heart, and proudly shouted, "Yes, King Slade, sir!"
The Men smiled. The King smiled. They all saluted, and I departed to pack my things and to "get lost". Before I completely left the the building, one of the guards stopped me, as he just arrived on duty and didn't know why a female soldier was here. Guard stations are manned by two soldiers at all times, the guards before them were supposed to inform the new guards all who had an audience with the King and his Men, regardless of status. I looked at him and his partner, and smiled a truely wicked grin, and I knocked them both out in 10 seconds flat. I heard silence, so I looked back, and everyone was in shock, some fainted, some had a hand on their weapons, but the only one who wasn't as surprised as everyone else was the King. He had his mouth open, sure, but he looked expectantly at the female soldier, which was me. I smiled , waved goodbye, and took off for the barracks.
My stuff was already packed thinking that I would've been accepted into the King's Guard. My plan is in motion the moment I knocked out those two guards. I didn't have much, just some civilian clothes, my uniform, and all of my weapons. I grabbed my sports bag, and left the grounds before the King and his Men sent the hounds after me.
Three days later after my "escape", I found that living on the streets was really easy, and that the hardest part was to act like it was hard. I had to look the part of a wash-out, or I wasn't going to find those rebels. Throughout History, rebels show up when they're needed the most and I needed to look desperate enough for them to help me. Still, living on the streets, in the middle of Autumn, was not my most ideal way of catching their eyes, but I'm trying, plus it's a good thing that this land doesn't get much of a winter or I'd be screwed. At least I look like a boy most of the time, but I was really a girl in hiding, and hiding I'll stay.
I got my food from stealing fruits from vendors or from supermarkets, but I didn't take more than what I needed. On occasion, I did see some runaways, some human-pets with broken collars, and some broken females from other peoples that I don't want to know where they had come from, and I did try to lend a helping hand, but I was turned down most of the time, because I looked like a boy, and in their eyes a boy meant more trouble than what I was worth. Although some females saw the gentle soul that I was portraying, and I helped them survive the city, and move us to the deserted farmhouse that I had found when I was scouting with my old unit.
The farmhouse was just located on the outskirts of the city, about a mile or two from the city walls, and I stole food for all of us plus I made sure to evade, confuse, and lose my pursuers in the maze of the city. My group consisted of five females including myself and I taught them to read, write, and how to survive off the land, like hunting the wildlife, or picking the right kind of berries. Two of them knew how to write, and the other two knew the basics of reading, and of course, I knew it all. I made sure to teach them what they needed to know, and how to follow my commands, and for them to execute them precisely. I got them into shape, and had them follow me into town to learn to steal form the vendors and from the supermarkets, but not from the people themselves, because that wasn't what we needed to survive, at least, at the moment.
Please review, so that I can update or edit this page or something... FYI, this story has taken me about 2 years to write cuz the muse is very slippery and my college courses are really hard to keep up in.