Radioactive Beginning's

Chapter 2: Boars and Birds

Boars and birds come rushing into the house. Gavin grabs anything to defend himself, while Aidan slowly lowers Landon into his bed. Gavin and Aiden both pull out their crossbows taking aim for two hogs, as they violently come crashing downstairs. The boars stumbled a little bit more, but then fell. Landon grabbed his handgun, and started assisting in the battle. They quickly learned that the chest was the boars weak spot, as for the birds, most of them were trampled when the boars came in behind them.

While this was happening, Landon noticed something. The arrows were shooting out of Aidan and Gavins crossbows at an angle, something wasn't right... whether the crossbows were broken, or something was affecting them, regardless, Landon didn't like to see it. With the boar corpses piling up, and the ammo running low, the fight is starting to slow down, but definitely not over yet. Aidan and Gavin ran outside to check for more hogs, and to make sure that none got away, but what they had not realized was that one was still left inside. The boar slowly paced through the basement, Landon holding his breath in hopes that the hog wouldn't hear him. The boar went quiet. It must have left, Landon thought to himself. Suddenly the door flew open, the bloodthirsty hog charged at Landon. Landon quickly grabbed his handgun off of the table, Tlick Tlick out of ammo, Landon hit the charging boar in the head with the back of the gun, the boar dashed forward as Landon jumped to the side. Suddenly, the boar jumped and pinned Landon down, holding his left arm. Landon grabbed the boars throat, and started stangling it, every second causing more pain for Landon then the boar, finally the boar collapsed as Aidan and Gavin rushed downstairs.

Aidan and Gavin lifted Landon to his feet, and started to take care of his wound once more. The three of them slowly walked upstairs to see the damages of the attack. Walls torn down, doors destroyed, floors ripped up, windows shattered. They would have to move.

They set up camp a few miles away from their previous home. Aidan and Gavin were constantly bickering, which led to some tough decisions. Landon placed the last log into the camp fire, and then Aidan set it ablaze. "Tomorrow, we find a permanent location." Gavin stated

"Why do you always act like you're in charge?" Aidan argued.

"I'm not trying to control you guys, I just think its logical that we move tomorrow morning." Gavin countered

"Nothing good has happened ever since you've got here!" Aidan shouted

"I can't imagine anything happening at all with your lazy ass." Gavin snapped

Landon tried calming them down, but Gavin and Aidan both ignored him.

"Okay Mr. Leader, where are we going tomorrow?" Aidan argued

"I thought we could go to a Camp out south, the surroundings will be enriched with berries, and fresh fish, and there is barely any radiation down there." Gavin suggested

"I was thinking that we could move north, and raid skyscrapers, and eat actually good food, and find industrial resources." Aidan counter acclaimed

"There is so much radiation in the north. We will die so quickly." Gavin disagreed

"No, I think Aidan is right." Landon pitched in. Gavin opened his mouth to say something, but quickly changed his mind. The three settled into their tents for the night, as the next day would be a strenuous journey into the north.

"Wake up everyone!" Landon yawned from outside his tent, Aidan and Gavin drowsily emerged from their tents. "Lets get moving before the sun comes up." Landon said, grabbing his stuff. Aidan and Gavin followed along as they travelled upward through the city. The frosty air was somewhat comforting, and their crunchy footsteps stomping on the occasional ice patch was satisfying.

As the three journeyed further north, Their breaths started to become visible. After a few more blocks down the city, they started approaching a large hospital. It looked like a good place to live in, or atleast raid for medical supplies. Landon pointed to one of the windows. It looked like- it looked like- Landon couldn't see it anymore, some mist had come in front of his vision. He moved his pointing finger. The mist from the end followed. "What?" He mumbled, while moving around the mist with his pointer finger. He then experimented by waiting until Aidan or Gavin breathed, and then to try controlling there visible breaths. Surely enough, Landon pulled the air right away from Aidan and Gavins face. Aidan and Gavin glanced over, Landon started to try moving clouds, the effect was weaker, but he could make the flinch. "Guys! Check this out!" Landon exclaimed. Aidan and Gavin the tried to control the clouds. There was no effect. Landon quickly realized how much it hurt his wound to be controlling the wind, even though he was moving things with his other arm. "I think my wound might have some part in my wind controlli-" Landon was cut off by a loud shout of agony coming from the hospital.

The three boys lost all attention and started running towards the hospital. The doors were barricaded shut with thin sheet metal, Aidan tried hitting the metal blockade with a hatchet, but no luck. Landon suddenly had an Idea, he pulled wind right into the screw holes of the metal, and screws were bent up and broken quickly, as the sheet metal fell, so did Landon. He dropped to the floor, grabbing his wound in pain. Aidan and Gavin looked at eachother unsure what to do, or believe. They had just watched a man completely destroy a sheet of metal, using the power of wind. They started to run up the stairs of the hospital, following the noises of talking and shouting. As the neared the stairs, they were stopped by two men in masks with assault rifles. "What are you scrubs doing on the Flesh Eaters turf?" One of them mocked.