Adventure
The lost heartbeat
There it was. A gemstone in the wilderness. A completely intact warehouse. Before the collapse, these were some where internet based sales corporations would store their, well, their wares. Vast monolithic structures, stocked with towering shelves, manned by overworked peons and armies of small robotic loaders.
By William Davidson5 years ago in Fiction
Portal of the Dark - Forever Nights
It's dark out at mid-day. The sun is in the sky, but its light intensity has been dimmed to that of what the moon used to be, and the sky is no longer blue with other stars shining through. Standing structures are still mostly intact, but largely unusable in the once populous suburban area of San Francisco, and some solar powered street lights still gently illuminate, but most of downtown is sunk 40 foot into the bay. The once bustling area is now home to shadows, and creatures lurk about. They are the ones to watch out for. Alyssa knows this.
By Sunday Gracia5 years ago in Fiction
Food for Thought
November 2nd, 2222 Today is the beginning of the end. We’ve been waiting so long for this. My nerves make me want to run away into the forest and never return but there is too many lives in my hand. I know my conscious wouldn’t let me live with that. I feel the rough bark on the branch I’m sitting on and look out over the city that is bustling a few miles away, just beneath my feet.
By Caitlyn Hemphill5 years ago in Fiction
Heartbreakerz
Mika entered the blackened wasteland of New Los Angeles cautiously. Bleached bones of broken skulls and twisted skeletal remains of cyborg casualties looked up at her hoverboard with grisly premonition. The endless drone of online units searching for human survivors provided dull ambience to the sharp metallic twang of bullets ricocheting off aluminum and steel bodies. Mika effortlessly glided over wounded refugees and carcasses, weaving in between the husks of burnt out mechs. A small band of armed men and women huddled behind a smoldering tank scrambling to reload ammunition as a fully automated soldier equipped with laser guided missiles launched a full out assault. Scavengers were everywhere, scattering like roaches as search lights combed the city.
By Daddy Milagro5 years ago in Fiction
Beating Hearts are not so Silent
The embers reminded me of the fireflies who would come to kiss our hands and cheeks the way they danced on the gentle Wind, who laid Her hands over the Mountains to mourn. She had tried to calm the Flames from the explosions and crashes, but the Flames were consumed with frenzy. The Wind could see the terror in the Flames as He took the Wind's strength against either of Their Wills. The rubble shifted around me as I held my ears and screamed with the Wind.
By Jayde Shertz5 years ago in Fiction
Within the Heart
I closed my eyes. My world seemed to be fading. Ending. Deep down I knew that it wouldn’t end here. It couldn’t end here. I’d fought too hard to see everything collapse before me. I wouldn’t give up now. The journey ahead would be dangerous and we’d quite literally be risking the life of hundreds of people. But that day I decided that we would be the survivors. The ones who would tell the stories years from now. The ones who’d be able to say that they crossed the galaxy and found our new home among the stars. The ones who lived through the total destruction of our once beautiful planet, Zenqua.
By Sophia Makarenko 5 years ago in Fiction
Till Death
They looked into each others’ eyes, reciting their vows, deliberately, yet sweetly. As they exchanged their rings she also gave him a heart-shaped locket that was passed from generation to generation, from mother to daughter to be given to their loved one during their wedding ceremony as a symbol of their eternal love.
By Alex Perez5 years ago in Fiction
Scavenged Destiny
Scavenging had become a lost art. The dead had so much they didn't need. Before the new dawn, life had been so comfortable that people bought the latest and greatest in trivialities and home decor instead of the basics of life. Survival had gone to the back burner on the newest top of the line industrial stove. But the dead didn't have mouths to feed. Their homes had been stripped for parts. Nowadays you didn't find much but brick and bone. All stripped away, but a good scavenger could always find gold in a pile of dirt.
By Christopher Beesley 5 years ago in Fiction






