30:22 The Encounter

Chapter 1 Part 1

The world ended.

Well, it finally happened the word ended, and everything went to shit. The world ending, we all knew it was going to happen but the way it happened was crazy. It all started when Agatha 616 was headed to earth and was meant to kill us all. But we did what we do best, and we destroyed it. The army sent every rocket they had to destroy the asteroid. And it worked it got rid of the danger, but it caused so much more. The problem with rockets is they are made up of a lot of chemical compounds and they rained back down to earth and thats when things started to change. the thing with the chemicals was they started to change everything and by everything, I mean coldblooded creatures and by change, I mean mutate and stared eating us to death. Ants, lizards, roaches, crocodiles you name it theres a lot of them. I knew this one kid that was eaten in his sleep by his lizard that his mom bought him for his birthday. Man, Todd loved that lizard and his cat. So everyone knew that normally to kill a cockroach you would need a shoe but now you needed a shotgun and sometimes a tank and sometimes that didnt even work especially if you didnt stay in the tank. Eventually a lot of the really big ones and the military took each other out. We lost 95% of the population in a year. The small amount of the population that survived went underground, hid anywhere we could. Bunkers, caves, panic rooms, so for the last 7 years Ive been living in an underground bunker. Its really not as bad as it sounds its a great group of people and we all love each other. You know its kinda what I imagined college would have been like. So, I write and draw every day to stop the boredom from taking over.

Dear Dudes,

Im wide awake and Ive gotten really good at not moving or breathing. Living in a bunker where everyone has found their soul mate is less than ideal. Karen and Ray got together a few months ago so theyre still in their honeymoon phase, which is super physical. I mean good for them they are both attractive and apparently quite flexible. But hey lifes short especially down here.

I was walking back to my room because surprise, surprise I couldnt sleep. I stupidly looked into Tim and Avas room. And to put in PG terms that was not a nice sight. So, this was the most awkward conversation I have had ever and thats saying something because I havent spoken to anyone outside this bunker for 7 years.

Ava – Oh hey Dee Ava spoke soft and innocently the complete opposite to her personality.

Me – Hey Ava I replied sweetly while rubbing my eyes from exhaustion.

Timm – Hey Dee, hows it going. Timm askes in a muffled tone

Me – Its going good Tim. How are you erm doing? I replied as an awkward tone started to take over the conversation.

Timm – Yep Im good. His voice was hushed as he replied.

Me – Cool, Cool I couldnt sleep. My speech quickened as my social anxiety began to stir.

Ava – Yea we know the feeling. My eyes rolled as she replied, she couldnt sleep because she was rolling around with Timm but me I couldnt sleep because its like trying to sleep on a rock.

Me – Yep probably not for the same reasons a small chuckle escaped my lips. Your guys door is open. Is that did you know that. Instantly my anxiety rose with in be again as my works stuttered when I spoke.

Timm – Yea we know. He replied quickly probably trying to shoo me away.

Me – Oh Ok I began to walk away.

After Avas family was killed by a swarm of termites, they became in separable in well more way than one.

I stopped and wished them a goodnight.

Both Ava & Tim – Night they both replied simultaneously

So pretty much everyone is coupled up down here. The first baby was born last winter it was super emotional. Welcome to the apocalypse kid the food sucks but at least youll never know what youre missing. Keel and Connor got together after carol died, she was a cow now we only have one cow her name is Grudie, Grudie is great. Grudie isnt our only food source, we have a hunting party that goes up to the surface and brings back as much food as they can. It was easier in the beginning when we had bullets. killing one of those things with a crappy homemade weapon is no walk in the park or so Ive been told. Ive never actually gone up to the surface with them. Im needed in the kitchen Im kinda the chef of the bunker, they like my soup. Being the only single person in the bunker has its perks. I get to talk to mav1s, she a robot that was super cool and would keep me company until her core battery ran out and now shes just a dead robot that I talk to and that Im pretty sure is making me go crazy. Then theres our final member of our colony, Joel. Hes well hes hard to describe, he fixed up our radio and talks to this girl every day. He tells me about her, Aimee was the girl he was dating just before the whole world went to shit. Shes the love of his life or so I can gather. Her colony is 85 miles away from ours, by the coast on radio frequency 3022. Joel and I are pretty close we have target practise every day, its kind of our thing; hes getting better. Hes getting closer to the target.