The Book of Jay: Purity
All little girls have nightmares.
Some just stick.
Warnings.
Violence, ghoul love, language, sexual content, gore, homosexual scenes, disturbing imagery and content that may offend some readers. This warning applies throughout this work of fiction
Notes.
This will hopefully be the first of a series of three.
The stories will be presented on a scene-by-scene basis and may bypass, change or summarize certain events or parts of the original plot.
This short chapter can be skipped over, it's just a little intro.
Chapter Zero - Some Kind of Distant Past. Perfect Weather to Fly, Elbow
Pounding the streets where my father's feet still ring from the walls.
We'd sing in the doorways,
or bicker and row,
just figuring how,
we were wired inside.
Perfect weather to fly...
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Jay.
August 20, 2268.
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Shadows slowly leaked out of the woods surrounding a ten year-old Jay. The sky was grey and the clouds seethed and twisted far above her head. Every tree and blade of grass was painted in shades of black, grey and white. A path in front of her led further into the wilds. It was long enough that eventually it vanished in the distance.
A scream echoed somewhere deeper in the woods. For some reason Jay was sure it was her mother.
As scary as the forest was she forced her feet to follow the path. At first Jay was hesitant with slow sacred footfall. Every time she took a footstep a strange electronic beep echoed all around her.
Then the screaming got louder and her gut clenched. If Jay could just get to her mother in time she could do something. It was up to her, she had to get there.
The faster Jay ran the quicker the electronic beeps became. The notes built to one long deafening crescendo as she burst into a painful sprint.
The screaming was choked off to silence. The sound dropped to a low steady monotone. No matter how fast she ran the tempo would not pick up. There was no longer any sign of her mother.
"No, no, no."
The ground turned sticky and grabbed it Jay's feet. She went down hard and her knees slammed into the earth. Jay was only able to look on with wide horrified eyes as the dirt slowly crept over her legs. With a strong jerk it plunged her into darkness.
So Jay started screaming.
"It's alright! I'm here!"
Jay abruptly stopped her wailing. She realized that she had been thrashing in her father's arms. The little girl didn't say anything as she settled in and silently kept crying. Jay moved and laid her head down on his lap. She could hear his breathing and it was soothing.
He started smoothing her hair back with slow, reassuring calmness. It brought peace to her mind and relaxed her body. It drove all the demons from her thoughts.
With her father murmuring comforting words Jay began to fall asleep once again.
"Don't worry, I'll be here."
This time Jay was swallowed by a dreamless sleep.
Disclaimer.
I do not own, profit from, take credit or claim any content related to Fallout. This applies throughout all of my works of fiction.