When the Bombs Fell
Chapter 1: A New Life
When the bombs fell, I was only fourteen. I was babysitting my sisters, Emily and Jessie. We were outside in the front yard, they were playing on the swing set my dad had bought and I was reading a book. The street was lonely and dogs were barking somewhere farther away from our house. I watched my sisters play for a while and looked down on my book again. "Lucas! Come and play with us!" Jessie shouted at me. I responded with, "I'm fine with just watching, keep playing!" I chuckled and went back to my reading. After two minutes I take a glance to see what they were up to and I'm shocked to see Emily talking to man outside the fence. The man is wearing a yellow trench coat and fedora. I rush over to my sister and the man speaks to me, "Hello I am with Vault-Tec Industries and was wondering if I could speak with your parents, it is of utmost urgency." "Oh, uh sorry but they aren't here at the moment, they've gone on a date night." I responded. "How unfortunate, well anyways I will leave these forms for your parents to sign and I'll be ba-" That was as far as he got before loud explosions were heard from behind us. "Oh god, it's begun, I'm fucking outta here" he exclaimed before he ran off. A loud siren started going off right after the explosion. At that time, I didn't know what was going on but I knew my sisters and I were in danger. I screamed to run and we ran in the opposite direction of the explosion. After that all I remember was being hit by a blast and waking up in ruins of a building. I also remember getting a massive headache. There was a mirror next to me and I picked it up. I looked at myself and what I saw scared me. I had no hair and my skin looked scorched. I looked around and saw no signs of my sisters, but I promised that I would find them no matter what, and that is exactly what I'm going to do.