Survivor
Diaries
a Jericho Fan-Fiction
Chapter one
Monday October 2, 2006
Hello, my name is David
Patterson. I am keeping these diaries so that the future generations
(if any) will know the events that happened after the Nuclear attack
or as i have now come to call it, the fall. Before the attacks i was
nothing special. I lived in a small town in Arkansas. I had a small
town job as a security guard and lived a small town life. However,
the fall changed all the rules and it all began on September 25,
2006. I had just gotten off of work and was at home watching TV. On
the news their was something about the president in a special meeting
but i didn't pay much attention to it. The 6:00 evening news was
coming on and i was in the kitchen getting something to eat. Had i
known the last normal thing i did was have supper i would have made
the most of it and had a big meal instead of a TV dinner. As the
Microwave chimed i began to head back into the living room to watch
the news to see which if any Bowl Game the Arkansas Razorbacks would
be going to. As i sat down, the Tv and all the lights went off in the
house. I slowly got up and went to check the breaker box to see if
maybe i had tripped something when i had used the microwave. Nothing
was tripped so i assumed that another farmer had clipped the power
poles down the road again and had cut out the power to the trailer
park. I slowly began to head to the phone to call the Electric
company. When i got to it the line was dead no dial tone. I smiled
assuming the farmer had really done a number on the pole this time,
little did i know that this was only the beginning of what was to
come. I walked outside to check on some of my neighbors. I went first
to the right of my own trailer to see Mrs.Williams in her trailer
when i got to her door and knocked on it she promptly answered and
said that everything was alright then walked around my own trailer to
the left side to check on Gabriel Stephens a good friend of mine.
When i got to his door i knocked but he was not there. I casually
walked back into my house and headed for my bedroom and picked up the
Prepaid Cell i owned. I noticed it was off which was weird as i never
turned it off. For the next few minutes i tried to turn it on but
nothing happened. I walked outside and saw that people had begun to
congregate in the streets many of them wondering what the deal was. I
began to ask if any of them if any of them had used their cells to
call the Electric Company. None of them were able to and those
without cells could not get a dial tone on their land line phones.
Then Mitchell Davis a guy who lived down the street bearing the news that would put the nail on the coffin of the Old world. As he came i noticed the people around him began to look worried, my gut began to get that feeling i got when i was in School of forgetting to do my homework the sick feeling. As ran over to Mitchell who at this time as he was telling people began to get a serious worried look on their faces. As I approached Mitchell i asked him what was it that got him worked up then he told me. "Mitch what is the deal that has got you into a frenzy? David, after the lights went out i got on my CB to see how far the blackout had got. As i was listening on the CB base station in my house i heard some truckers talking about it, I still don't believe it."Mitch is a 20 something guy who like me had lived his life in a small town but because he was a trucker got to see the more of the world than I. However, the look i saw on his face was a look that started to chill me to the bone."Mitch calm down and tell me what is it you heard. Ok, as i was listening to the radio i got a trucker coming up from Memphis. He told me that truckers who were leaving Atlanta were telling others that Atlanta was gone and the only thing left was a MUSHROOM CLOUD!!" As he said Mushroom cloud another thougth crossed my mind Terrorist or in this case Nuclear Terrorism, however these were just rumors so far but still the people who heard that slowly began to gather around us."Mitch, these are just rumors you are hearing on the CB their aint nothing to confirm them yet ok so stop jumping to conclusions alright."after i said that a police officer pulled into the trailer park and got on his bullhorn. As i saw him get out i noticed it was a friend of mine, 24 year old Mike Johnson.
When me and him worked in the Security guard company he like to be called shooter cause he liked Shooter' Jennings songs. He slowly got out of the car and stood on the hood and began talking into the bullhorn."Everyone, i want all of you all to get back in your homes and stay their until you are told otherwise. As he got off the car to get back in i jogged over to him and he noticed me. He gave me a quick wave and closed the door as he sat down in the driver seat. I walked up to the window and looked whispered to him. Hey Shooter what is going on?Look, David i can't talk right now i have to secure all the city limits of town along with the State Troopers, or those that can get their cars started. Shooter, what is going on really, i have never seen you this worried. I only know a little, but about a few minutes ago, after the power went off of everything from cars to houses, one of the guys busted out a police radio and we heard the news from from the State Troopers. St.Louis, Dallas are gone. According to the radio broadcast it was a Nuclear Device of some sort."As he told me that i realized this was connected to what Mitch had said earlier. I leaned in to the car to not be overheard."Mitch has a CB connected to a backup power supply, he told us just now that some of the Truckers coming up from Atlanta said that Atlanta is gone. The only thing left was a Mushroom Cloud."Then the color drained from his face and he turned the car over."David, try to keep the peace around here if you can ok?"I nodded as he pulled out and headed for where Mitch was."Mitch, i want you to keep the CB on for as long as you can okay. Sure, did you cop friend tell you something."I leaned to Mitch and whispered into his ear."You were Right Atlanta is Gone. So is St.Louis and Dallas. I want you to keep the radio on so that we may hear of other cities that might have been hit."I slowly looked to the sun setting in the east and headed back to my trailer.I went to the bedroom and in the closet opened the gun cabinet and got out my Ar-15 assault rifle, my colt 45, and all the ammo i could and stacked it near the bed. I realized that once news of the attacks got out then people would either buy, or loot what they wanted. I planned on protecting my home. After that the rest of the night is a blur more later
Signed David
