J.R. Hubschmitt
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Ascendant Station
The sunlight slowly faded away over the remains of cold steal and brick from the demolished buildings and streets. The smell of decaying wood and degrading fabric from the window I was looking out of filled my nose. I had to narrow my eyes as I scanned for any movement through the rubble on the streets. It was going to be a long night, it always is when it gets cooler out, the raids become more frequent. The feeling of hunger sets in and the need for warmth takes over and brings all sorts of depraved things out including other humans. What do you expect though it is a constant fight for survival. In 2125 the governing countries had a final fallout and a massive chemical and nuclear war destroyed the world as we knew it. No one really knows how many lives were lost. It has been told that half the population was killed by the impacts and then another quarter by the chemical and nuclear fallout. That is just hear say though sometimes it feels like a lot more were lost. We have worked endlessly the last 10 years to build Trebor City to make sure that all those who survived have a place to live. More cities arose as ours did with each one becoming more like its founders. The closest cities are Ektra which is mainly criminals and thieves there is no real order there with constant fighting for power. The next is Saint James, which I’m sure you guessed its founders were religious. Surprisingly there is not one definitive religion they all seem to stay to themselves and for the most part live in harmony. There is Morto City or dead city as we have all come to call it. This place has nothing it is a gathering of chemically altered and disease-ridden beings from all the fallout. Some are human, some are animals, and some you’ve never seen before. It is our job to keep Trebor safe from these cities and Morto being our biggest problem. They raid looking for food and whatever they can take, it doesn’t matter to them anything is on the menu. Then there is Ascendant Station it is the central location for every city we know about. All supplies and food get transferred through there and it creates the power cells that each city uses for electricity. No one knows who the founder of Ascendant Station is but without it most cities would not survive. I have never seen it but have heard it has great towers that can be seen glowing from miles away due to the electrical discharge, and the walls around the towers are at least 50 ft high and strong enough to take on any weapons without damage. No one is seen coming in or out of the towers and the security allows no one near them. The outer city is said to stay active 24 hours a day and always has trading going on. I hope to see it someday, but it is not looking to promising. By the way everyone calls me Vick it’s short for Victoria. Well enough of the history lesson for now time to go to work it looks like its going to be a busy night.
By J.R. Hubschmitt5 years ago in Fiction
