Chapter 3 Home Sweet Home

After they were all inside Dirk took stock. "Well we just survived a nuclear attack, maybe, probably; we found some kind of fallout shelter, and the most important one SOMEONE JUST NUKED THE HELL OUT OF THE WORLD!!"

"What the fuck just happened" Asked Hillary

"I dunno...I guess China or the States finally got tired of this war and wanted it over" Said Dirk "Maybe even the Canadian underground got a nuclear warhead or something. I honestly don't know, this is fucked up"

The stood there in silence for a few minutes thinking about everything that had gone down in the past hour. The bombs were still falling and the mountain was rumbling, only softer now.

Hillary was the one that broke the silence "well I guess that were going to be staying here for a while, until the radiation has settled"

"That could take at least 30 years!" exclaimed Amanda.

"Yeah but if we want to live it's our only chance" Said Greg.

"Greg's right, now let's check out the rest of this shelter." Said Dirk, that ended the discussion, they all seemed to look to Dirk as the 'leader'.

Dirk pulled out his flashlight and opened a door off to the side of the entrance. Inside were medical supplies.

"Well if we lose a leg we can just grow one back with the stuff in here" Joked Kris.

"Hah funny" Said Amanda.

"Let's keep moving, we should split up into groups of 2" suggested Hillary.

"Good Idea, I'll go with Dani" Said Dirk

"Amanda you're with me" Said Kris

"Hillary" Said Dimitrios

"Well I guess it's us then Sam" said Greg

"Alright that's that, take a walkie talkie and go in different directions, call if you find anything special or important." Said Dirk

With that said they each went their own ways. Dirk and Dani went down a hall facing north, Kris and Amanda went down a hall facing north-west, Dimitrios and Hillary went north-east and Greg and Sam went west.

"This place ain't so bad eh Dani" Said Dirk

"No it's not; it's actually kind of nice" Replied Dani

"Check that door on the right I'll get the one on the left" ordered Dirk

"Yeah sure"

"Mines empty, how bout yours Dani``

"A Bed" said Dani

"Dani! We don`t have time for that now, maybe later though"

"Okay I`ll remember where this room is" She said with a wink and a giggle.

Kris and Amanda were walking down the hall which seemed to go on forever without a door when they finally found one. Kris ran up to it and opened it hopping to find something special. As he ripped it open a mop fell out and landed on his head as Kris jumped back.

"Hah you just got owned by a mop" laughed Amanda

"Shhh, that never happened" joked Kris

"Sure, sure I`ll just keep it as blackmail material"

"That`s cold Amanda, no joke"

"Yeah but you still love me"

"Yeah you always have that one on me"

"Hah damn straight"

Dimitrios and Hillary were searching rooms like mad; all they found were rooms with a bed, a dresser and a table. Inside all the dressers were these blue suits with a big 143 on the back.

"I wonder what it means" said Dimitrios

"What what means?" said Hillary

"The big 143 on the backs of those jumpsuits."

"Oh, I dunno maybe that's how many were made?"

"We may never know"

"Yeah let's move on, this place is giving me the creeps, I keep thinking were going to find a dead body or something."

"Hah like that would happen this place hasn't been used in like 50 years I bet."

They kept going down the hall and into the next room. This one was bigger though it was like a suite. They walked into the bedroom part and they found a skeleton there.

Hillary screamed and ran out of the room while Dimitrios just stood there dumbfounded by the irony of the situation. He called Dirk on the radio and said "Dirk we ugh... found something that might be interesting``

"Oh really what`s that?"

"We found a ugh...dead body in one of the living rooms"

"What? You mean like a freshly dead one or a skeleton"

"A skeleton I think it's been in here for a good while.

"Damn...well search the room for anything important and keep going"

"Rodger, Dimitrios out"

"Shit" Dirk thought to himself "who knows how many other people were in here that died"