Chronicles of the Apocalypse: Across the Ruins (2024)

Chapter 1: Walking In the Winter Wasteland

One Year Earlier. 2041. Winter. One month after killing Dodge.

In the streets of a wintery Washington D.C, a figure moves through a snow storm, before the figure opens up an entrance to the underground. The figure then climbs down the entrance and begins climbing down, before he finally enters the sewers and removes his scarf and places the goggles on top of his head, revealing to be James.

James: Fuck....

James arms his weapons and equips his flashlight, moving through the underground sewers with caution. Monstrous growls up ahead are heard as are rats moving around in the sewers. James manages to loot some ammo from dead corpse. James equips a lighter to burn the cobwebs in his path. Eventually, as he continues on, a ratclaw jumps from a nearby derailed train and attacks James, who manages to fight off the creature, long enough for him to grab his gun and shoot the creature in the chest. More Ratclaws appear and chase James, who reaches a sealed door. James manages to get to other side as James pulls out his knife and stabs the beast in the eye twice, before finally managing to close to sealed door. Suddenly, James is attacked by more Ratclaws. James manages to fight off the Ratclaws, but they maul his chest up. James looses his knife in the mouth of a Ratclaw, but suddenly, Shawn, Joseph and Marcus appear and shoot the remaining Ratclaws.

Shawn: We're clear!

Marcus: Good!

Joseph: Who is it under the Ratclaws?

Shawn turns his head and then gives a look as he notices it's James.

Shawn: My shit-sniffer brother.

James: Agh....

Marcus: James, what the hell is up with you, man? You've been going to the surface non-stop.

Joseph: Yeah, man. It's very concerning. It's getting weird.

James: I just...needed to....

Shawn: What you need is to stop going up to the surface on Taker territory? Seriously, man!

Shawn helps James onto his feet.

Shawn: You're gonna get us fucking discovered down here!

James: It's been a month, Shawn! We've been trapped here for a fucking month.

James groans as he tends to his injury.

Marcus: That looks bad, man. You should let me sister take a look at that.

James: I'm fine.

Shawn: Dude, no you're not. You know Cassandra and probably Kyle are going to give you shit for this, right?

James sighs.

James: Right.

Elsewhere in the underground metro, Kyle is sleeping, before Sarah approaches with a lamp light.

Sarah: Kyle. Hey, Kyle.

Kyle begins to slowly open his eyes.

Sarah: Hey, sorry to wake you. Did you have a good rest?

Kyle smiles.

Kyle: I did.

Kyle sits up.

Sarah: Rocky says he's got your rifle ready for practice.

Kyle looks around to see Rachel sleeping in the bed next to his and Sarah's.

Kyle: Long night for her again?

Sarah: Yeah, she was hanging out with Abigail again.

Kyle stands up and heads to the range to find Rocky prepping an assault rifle.