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"Everything hurts, everything hurts," I muttered as I woke up, "Where am I? Ow, ow, ow."

When I open my eyes, I was lying on a hard surface and it was dark. It was so dark that I couldn't see my hand in front of my face, I was starting to become scared. "Hello?" I called out, "Is anyone there?"

No one answered, I got up to my feet and I slowly walked around and bumped into a wall. The wall feels slimy to the touch, I pulled my hand away. "Where's the lights?" I thought, "I can't see a Snorking thing, am I blind?"

I walked around again and bumped into the wall again, I figured I was in a enclosed space. I felt something that feels like a light switch and I flipped the switch, suddenly everything went bright and it hurt my eyes so bad that I turned it off. I grabbed my face for a moment with both hands, moaning in pain from my eyes. I flicked the switch with my elbow then slowly tried to open my eyes, the pain of the light was still bad but I managed to adapted.

Looking around the room, it looked like a underground bunker. The room was empty, it had gray tiles and gray walls, but there's a white ceiling. For some reason the walls were almost covered with algae, I felt sick to my stomach. In fact, my belly ached with hunger and my head is throbbing from the bright light. The only thing in the room that was worth my while was a dresser and a mirror both covered in green algae, on the dresser sits a pair of Tinted Goggles.

The goggles were brown colored and it had some grime covering it, I approached the dresser and stand before the mirror. I used my hand to brush off the algae to take a look at myself, it's not what I remembered myself.

Under the glow of the light, my yellow skin was covered in grime and dirt. My eyes had dark circles around them, my cheeks were caved in, and my face had some small spots of purple to them. I looked older than my age, I'm a teenager but I look like almost my grandfather.

Looking at my clothes, they were ragged, torn, and dirty. The white part of my shirt was covered in dirt, making it look tan but my blue sleeves didn't change color. My clothes were to big for me, I think I've lost a lot of weight. That thought was soon reinforced as my stomach growled, I used my hand to rub it.

"How did I get here?" I asked himself, "I wonder what's in the dresser.

I opened up the drawers in the dresser, there were only three of them. Inside the top one was a digital watch, a moldy book, a couple of pencils, a switch blade, a compass, and a map. The digital watch was working so I put it on, the time on it says it's 7:30AM so I assume it's morning. I clipped the switchblade on my belt and then grabbed the compass and clipped that to my belt as well, I picked up the old book and flipped through it.

There's just horizontal lines on every page of the book, no words on it or anything. I set the book down on top of the dresser and then opened up the second drawer and inside was a backpack, I picked up the backpack and placed the book inside it and then the pencils. I probably wanted to make a journal of my experience so I better write what happened each day.

The third drawer was horrifying, a Winchester Rifle. There were boxes of Mini Torpedo Shells next to the rifle, since the rifle has a backs trap I could use it on my back. Thinking the enemies I might be facing I best take the rifle with me, hoping that I won't have to use it. There were about 6 boxes of Mini Torpedo Shells filled with 20 MTS rounds, multiply that by six and I think I've got about 120 rounds of ammunition. I grabbed the boxes and tossed it into my backpack, then I picked up the rifle.

This whatever gauge rifle appears loaded, I cocked the rifle and a torpedo shell came out. It was a red shell and I picked it up, it wasn't fired so I put it back into the rifle. "How am I going to get out of here?" I asked myself.

Remembering that it's morning and remembering the reaction to the light, I grabbed the Tinted Goggles on the table and put it on. The goggles fits perfectly and there were no scratches, my vision soon improved and it looks like I'm watching HD television.

I approached the door and opened it, there was this dark tunnel and I see what appears to be light on the end of it. I walked down the tunnel with rifle in hand, when I got close enough it appeared to be a door. I opened it.

A bright light shined through into my face, thankfully I had the goggles on and it didn't hurt. I stepped out into the morning and the sun was just over head, beaming it's light from dry space and down into the sea. When the glare subsides, I discovered that theres something different, the sand was orange and the ocean was green. I was standing on top of a cliff and what I could see appears to be a city, it looks abandoned and derelict.

There weren't any fish swimming nearby, there was signs of life but I don't see any fish creature. Everything looks alien to me, hostile. Below, I managed to see a small walled in settlement. It looks like it's built out of debris, it's signs of Snork life.

"I've gotta find out what happened here," I told myself, "I gotta find my friends and family, wherever they are in this forsaken ocean."

I used my snork to swim down the cliff and swam above a road, or what's left of one. When I approached the walled settlement's gate, a Snork stands guard. He was wearing what looks like sheets of cloth sown together into a simple shirt and pants, he only had cloth for shoes and he was armed with a high powered assault rifle.

"Hold it right there!" he warned as he aims his rifle, I held my rifle up in the air and I was scared to death, "Where are you from?"

I was silent, I didn't know what to tell him.

"What's wrong Snork?" he asked as he lowers his rifle, "Catfish caught your tongue?"

I was still silent, still feel scared and I noticed myself shivering. "You seemed to be sensitive, to the looks of your clothes and those goggles you've been through hell and back. So what your hear for?"

"I don't know where I am," I muttered, "I can't remembered what happened to me, I don't know where home is and..."

"Tell you what, you come inside to the village and I'll let you on your way. Wherever your way is." he said, "But put away your weapon, or you'll get shot at."

I placed my rifle between by back and my backpack, thankfully the safety was on. I stumbled inside the walled village, there were Snorks dressed in clothes that were suited for the poor walking by to their daily commute. The buildings looked like they were built out of junk and corral, probably whatever is out on the ocean floor. As far as I can tell, there wasn't much.

There were these Nuclear Warning signs all over the place, either part of the building or for decoration. Where did I seen those signs before? I can't remember, I pretty much forgotten a lot of my past but at least I still have my education as that could come to handy. Right now, I need food and I don't have any money to spare. No sense on panhandling since everyone looks like they don't have money either, I can't remember what currency it is. What was it? A pearl?

An official looking Orange-skinned Snork approached me as I wondered around town, he was wearing what looks like a Tattered Snork Patrol Uniform. He wasn't wearing the hat but he looks dirty, but not as dirty like me as I'm much worse.

"You look friendly," said the Snork Officer, "We haven't gotten that many Snorks that IS friendly around here these days, what's your name and what are you doing here?"

"My name is AllStar," I told him, "AllStar Seaworthy."

"Oh, that famous Snork from long ago." he responds, I soon got confused, "You happened to be related to him?"

"I don't understand," I told him.

"Are you okay there AllStar?" asked the Snork Officer.

"No, you know which way is Snorkland?" I asked.

"Snorkland?" said the Snork Officer, "Don't go there, that place is a war zone."

"What happened there?" I asked.

"You don't know what happened to the world?" asked the Snork Officer, "Snorkland had been in ruins for 125 years, ever since the bombs fell."

"Bombs!" I cried, "150 years? Wait a minute, that can't be right."

"What happened to you AllStar, you look worse than everyone here combined." asked the Snork Officer, "You either had a head injury or..."

"I'm hungry," I finally told him, "I just crawled out of a rock, there wasn't much under it."

"Well Snork, maybe that's the problem." said the Snork Officer, "I name is Travis by the way, come with me I think I could fix you up."

Travis took me into his home where he sat me down on a table and gave me something to eat, his home was a simple shack built out of rubble. Despite it's bad state, it looked nicer than all the other shacks I seen in town. It was a single room, there's a cot, a fridge, a table with two chairs, a couch, a portable radio, and a simple electric lamp with a car battery attached to it.

Travis sat me down at the table then prepared something for me to eat, I feel my stomach growled and I was embarrassed as I thought he could have heard it.

Whatever he gave me looked disgusting as it looked like burned up meat, I was so hungry that I simply cannot repel such a meal so I ate it up as fast as I can. "Careful AllStar," warned Travis, "My Snork, you've been through a lot huh? What's with the tinted goggles anyway?"

"I have sensitive eyes, so sensitive I can't get them exposed to the sun or else they would blind me." I told him, "What day is this?"

"April 14."

"Anything I should be warned about?"

"Raiders mostly, along with the Neuroctopuses and Feral Snorks that dominate the Outback." said Travis, "How old are you anyway, you either too young or too old."

I soon froze, I can't remember how old I' am. I knew I was a teenager, but Travis claimed I also look older. I don't get it, "I forgot how old I' am," I simply told him.

"Well, I could fix that," said Travis as he opens up a drawer and pulled out a small box with a digital panel in front.

"Oh, I know that," I said as he sets the thing on the table, "It's a device that scans your DNA and calculates your age, I think a relative of mind invented it I forgot who it was."

"It's a device of what's left of the Snork Computer Age," said Travis as he turns it on, "Hold on, let me tested it."

He stuck his finger in the hole and after a couple of seconds, it revealed his age: 20 years old.

"That's young," I complimented.

"Yeah, not much Snorks live that long out here these days." said Travis as he removes his finger, "Now it's your turn."

I did what he asked me to do and I stuck my finger into the hole on top of the old device, a couple seconds later I soon got my age: 150 years old.

"150?" gasped Travis as I took out my finger, "Holy Neptune."

"I didn't know I was that old!" I gasped, "Maybe it's wrong."

"AllStar, that thing does not EVER lie." said Travis, "You said your name was AllStar Seaworthy?"

"Yes."

"By Neptune, AllStar Seaworthy in the flesh." compliment Travis, "No Snork has ever lived that long in the history of the Snork Race, I only heard about you because you've saved countless lives after the bombs fell including my Great Great Grandfather Corky."

Now I remember, I soon got a massive flashback and I remembered the mushroom cloud that shot up from the horizon. The pressure wave of the bomb ripped had ripped through my body before I was thrown against a wall, then I passed out.

TO BE CONTINUED...