The age beyond the apocalypse

The hidden truth

Nine years later...

"James! James! Wake up!" Shouted Liza. James sat up from his bed and yawned. James had dark brown hair, a few freckles around his nose, pale pink skin, and dark green eyes. He was skinny and quite small. "It's your birthday! do ya know what that means?!" Said Liza enthusiastically as she walked into the room. Liza had dark blue eyes, brownish black hair, thin eyebrows and white pale skin. James sighed "yes mom" he said. "Don't be miserable! C'mon you're getting your own pip-boy! remember how much you've always wanted one?" Liza replied as she sat on the end of James's bed. "I know mom, but I see them everyday, I just want something other then a stupid pip-boy that you're supposed to get anyway! "James ranted. Liza paused for a few seconds, then she took a deep breath and then spoke, "listen James...I...I was saving it for later, but now I think it's the best time. Stay here" Lisa got up from the end of James's bed and walked over to her safe. she opened her safe and pulled out a small metal case. "Be careful" she said as she handed it to him. James opened the case...

In the case lay an old but sharp Bowie knife with the word 'avenger' carved on the side of it. "A knife?" James asked confusingly. "it's your fathers blade. He called it Avenger" Liza said "what would I need it for" asked James "it saved my life a couple times, it could save yours" Liza said. "But I'm in a vault, why would I ever need a knife?" Asked James "you won't stay in this vault your whole life James. It may seem odd, but there's a better life out there." Liza said. "What! Out there?! Out in the wasteland?! No way! There are cannibals, monsters, no clean water or air!" Replied James. "There's a city built on the sea, off the coasts of Los Angeles ruins, or Boneyard. The city is called Elyria. It's currently being occupied by the enclave. Your father Jack he...he was an enclave commander. You just have to tell them you're James stoke and they'll let you into the city and provide you with a home and a job" Liza told James. "Woah! What?! Ok...when will I leave the vault and how?!" James asked. "When the time comes. The enclave use these vaults as experiments and I've seen them all. In this vault, there is an infection preserved and hidden somewhere in a sealed jar. The experiment is to see how long this vault could go before a resident discovers the substance and unseals it. It's also to see how the vault will react in the situation of an outbreak. The infection is called the 57A-37B-28C, or in words related to you, a zombie infection. It was developed by the pre-war government" Liza explain. James had too many questions, but he only asked one. "What do you want me to do" he asked "I want you to find the sealed container, release the infection, then leave while everyone is distracted" Liza instructed. James gulped, then he nodded his head.

James left his quarters and walked Down the metallic corridors. The only thing he could think of is what his mom had said to him. He later heard a voice coming from down the corridors "there he is! there's the little cunt! Get him!" It was Ralph Backsnapper. Ralph had a gang of six boys called the Backsnappers. Ralph was 11 and he was big for his age. He had short ginger hair, a thick neck, a round face that was covered in freckles and had small dark brown eyes and was built like a triangle. His gang wore black jackets made from Brahmin leaver. On the back of their jackets was a picture of a skull with a knife going through one eye, the picture was the logo for the backsnappers gang and it was sowed on. Ralph's farther was the overseer and he spoiled Ralph since he was a baby. When James was six and Ralph was eight. James had a puppy who he was very close with called Jack. The puppy was named after James's farther. One day Ralph saw all the fun James was having with his dog and so Ralph wanted one. However, he couldn't have one because his farther was allergic to dogs. This made Ralph jealous, so he accused the dog of biting him and the dog had to be put down. Ever since then James has hated Ralph and Ralph makes James's life a misery every time he leaves his quarters. James started to run back to his quarters, but one of Ralph's friends tackled him before he could reach the door. "C'mon ladies! Lets play kick the stoke!" Commanded Ralph. All six of them surrounded James and kicked him repetitively chanting "kick the Stoke kick the stoke" the more they kicked, the more bruises appeared on James's body. Eventually, James blacked out and lost consciousness...