"He- he's awake!" A faint voice shouted. The young man slowly opened his eyes and saw a young lady leaning close to him. "He's awake!" The lady shouted again and ran outside.

The man sat right up and tried to recollect some of his thoughts. He can't remember anything except for some hazy recollections. The last thing that he remembered fully was a huge explosion and that's it. He surveyed the room he was in and saw a couple bandages near his bed. The lady must have taken care of him while he passed out, he thought

He checked his body if there was any scratches, wounds or anything. But surprisingly there was none. "Why am I not in my soldier uniform?" He asked himself absentmindedly that he taken back minutes after he asked. "Why should I? Where am I?" There was pain at the back of his head as if memories came rushing in his head. But even with all of those pains, he still can't remember anything.

With nothing left to do, he waited for the lady to come back and properly thank her for her kindness. He looked to the left and saw the door widely opened as if there was no door there to begin with. There was couple of chirping birds outside that made the young man smiled a little bit.

The room was not that big and was a bit of a run down with only a small bed, table and a sink filling the room. The young man also noticed a huge absence of household materials. There was only a pair of plates and utensils on the table not far from his bed and it seemed to be borrowed from his neighbors.

Not soon after, the lady came back accompanied by another lady a bit older than her. She was wearing a top that exposes her midriff and denim short for her bottom. Her hair is not that long and a bit curly that extends up to her neck. She was panting crazy as if she sprinted and run across the town to fetch the lady next to her.

While the lady next to her, was wearing a cardigan and a very long pleated skirt. She, like the other girl, has a blond hair just longer in a pony tail and wears glasses. At a first glance, she looks a level headed girl.

"Hello." The young man smiled and greeted the young ladies.

Both of the ladies looked at each other and nodded at the young man. The girl from before approached the young man and sat at the foot of his bed and said, "You've been knocked out for awhile, do you know?"

The young man nodded and replied, "It would appear so judging by the bandages near my bed."

"Oh no," The girl shook her head and leaned a little closer, "That's from my sister's patients that came here while she was looking after you. You were just knocked out and were perfectly fine when the geezers found you at the outskirts."

The man was shocked and looked at the other girl assuming that she was the sister being referred. "Thank you."

"Don't mention about it." The other girl finally spoke and approached the two. "My name is Alice and this is my step sister Amelia," she said as she pointed the girl at the foot of the young man's bed.

"Howdie!" Amelia tipped of her cowboy hat and smiled at the young man. "How are you by the way Feliciano?"

"Fe-feliciano?" The young man repeated in shock. "That's not my name." He muttered under his breath. The girls looked shocked and looked at each other in confusion.

"It isn't? Old Gramps said that it was your name." Amelia defended and added as she crossed her arms, "That old geezer pulled a fast one on us, Alice."

"If that is not your name can you tell me your real name." Alice asked.

"I don't know." The young man replied and added, "I don't know but I know it is not Feliciano."

"Well we can't just leave you nameless." Alice said and asked, "Could we call you Feliciano until you remember who you really are. I think it's the best for everyone."

The young man nodded and noticed Alice was heading over the door. She looked back at Feliciano and asked, "Do you want something to eat?"

"Pasta."

"Pasta?" Alice was taken aback from his weird request but complied to it nonetheless. "Okay I will head out for a while and buy some already cooked pasta for Feliciano. Amelia, stay here for a while and look after him for awhile."

"OKAY!" Amelia exclaimed.

"Is she mad at me?" Feliciano asked to Amelia not soon after Alice head out. Amelia cracked up and produced a series of laughter that made Feliciano embarrassed. "No, she's not silly." Amelia waved her hand dismissively and carried on laughing, "She's always like that to anyone. You should be surprised if she wasn't"

Amelia's laughter ceased and let go off a deep breath. "She's just crankier today because Old Man died last night. They were very close. He was the one who said to us that your name is Feliciano. It kinda makes me sad that I will never know why he named you like that."

"I see." Feliciano sympathized. "Where are we anyway?" He asked to change the topic.

Amelia grinned and replied, complete with arms raised, "We are in Wasteland number 11!"

"Wasteland 11?"

"Yup." Amelia nodded and continued, "When I was kid and the war was still high, a man with bomber jacket said to my people that we should not call this America anymore. But instead call it Wasteland 11 until he comes back. I remember him saying that this land will be twice as awesome since there are two ones in the name."

Feliciano laughed but quickly realized something from her words, "What do you mean 'when the war was still high'?"

"Hmmm…" Amelia paused for awhile and answered, "We don't know what happened but suddenly the man who erupted this monstrosity in the world suddenly vanished and stopped waging war from us."

"Do you mean it's all over?"

"Not quite." Alice returned and continued, "As far as I know he is still the ruler of this world. A lot of his underlings ran over places like this." She pointed outside while a couple of men clad with guns and grenades walked passed them. "He's still alive and hiding, probably having the time of his life, somewhere in this world. We just don't know where."

Feliciano was devastated. He fall back on the wall and was in cold sweat. He was still out there. He was still out there, capable of killing a lot of people. He started breathing rapidly that made the girls worried. He was having an attack and nobody knows how to calm him down.

After a few moments, Feliciano collapsed waiting to be awoken the next day. When the morning came Amelia was eating at the table while Alice was sweeping the outside porch. "What happened?" He asked Amelia.

"You hyperventilated," She answered and gave him bread to eat. "Or at least that's what my sister said. We thought you will be asleep for days again."

"How long am I asleep before I woke up yesterday?"

"I lost track of it." Amelia paused for a while and counted on her head. "Maybe weeks? Or even a month. The men that found you said it might be even longer."

Feliciano tried to stand but was still very weak. Amelia went over to his side and offered her support. She helped him reached the table to eat and helped him sat down. "Is this your home? Am I intruding that much?"

"Oh no," Amelia answered and swallowed the bread she just put on her mouth. "You know the Old Man I said yesterday?"

Feliciano added and answered, "The one who named me?"

"Yes!" Amelia patted Feliciano's back and continued, "He said that this house was yours. Well technically he said this house was free for you to use. He sounds fishy don't you think? Ever since my dad and I lived here no one lived in this house. It is as if the Old Man was waiting for you. HE WAS EVEN CLEANING THIS HOUSE REGULARLY."

"Stop creeping him out." Alice entered the house and joined them in the table. "Don't mind Amelia. She just like dealing with conspiracies. Are you okay to walk around?"

"I guess?" Feliciano said as he moved his feet.

"I will tour you!" Amelia shouted that Alice reprimanded, "No, you can't. You have a work at the café today right?"

Amelia frowned and ate silently. "If you like I can tour you. There maybe someone out there that can offer you a job so you can fit in easier." Alice offered and advised.

..

"Have fun on your tour, Feliciano!" Amelia greeted goodbye and rushed over to her work. Feliciano stepped outside of his house for the first time and noticed something. Almost all of the houses were run down. No one can even make a successful plant grow even the flowers outside his home was wilting. When he looked up he saw the sky as blue as ever and perhaps the only thing that can be complimented as beautiful with this surroundings.

"Alice," Feliciano called her out as they walked across the town.

"Am I going too fast?"

"Uhm no," Feliciano waved his hand dismissively and fidgeted. "I just wanted to ask you something."

"Carry on." Alice stopped walking and looked at him, "What is it you want to ask?"

"Can you tell me about the war?" He pleaded.

"Are you sure you are not going to have an attack like yesterday?" She asked that he firmly nodded. "I don't know that much since no one haven't documented about it. But I can tell you one thing."

Feliciano gulped and readied his self to what Alice will say. There was a hint of hesitation from her but after a couple of minutes, she sighed and completely gave in, "It's been 40 years ever since the war has erupted and there are a lot of things that changed since then."