I walked through the doorway of the little home. It was broken down but still had photos of the family who used to live here on it. I approached the tiles of what seemed to be an old kitchen floor and stroked the cold damp wall. It reminded me of the only thing that was left of this world. Broken down and in anarchy. "Ryan!!" I turned to see Curtis.. "I'm fine" i replied knowing it wasn't true.
"Well Ryan we have to go back to base" said Curtis with a worried expression on his face but quickly covered it up with his usual tour guide face. I walked away from the wall and to the car. it took about 20 minutes to get to base but i couldn't stop thinking about why the guards kept looking at me. I keep having this idea of why but that's crazy. I've seen a lot of action movies and if any of it is real this should be it. The constant stares of the guards. The emotionless looks. The guard moved his gun and I no idea he was going to shoot me. I was watching but my instincts aren't enough for this. The guard shot me and I fell backwards out the back of the truck. . At least he tried he didn't exactly have good accuracy. I honestly flinched and made my self fall out the back off the Jeep. I hit the concrete with a thud and instantly had the worst burning sensation in my arm. Even though my arm hurt like a bitch I tried to run. I looked around and had trouble hearing. The bullet must've messed me up for a little bit because I was back on my feet in about fifteen seconds. I tripped and looked behind me to see the Jeeps stopped and people getting out. Except Curtis. I was so scared but saw a bullet go over my head. . I got back up and started running. We were on a "highway" or that's what they used to call it I think. So I just started running to the woods which was on both sides of the highway. I heard bullets but I wasn't stupid enough to turn around. I just ran until I was scared backward by a noise. "Freeze" a man said from the bushes. I looked around to see where they were. "Name" said the man. "It's Ryan but I need to go they will kill me!" I replied urgently. "I'll tell you whatever you want but I need some help " I said as i gave him a look of desperation. "We don't know you" He said. It started to feel hot like the temperature getting 20 degrees hotter than it really was. "You hate them right? The people shooting at you" He asked. "Well of course they are trying to kill me!" I screamed. He smirked "Well good enough my names Jacob and your heads going to hurt" The last thing i remember was the barrel of his rifle sling right to my face and than it was just black.
I woke up in what seemed to be an infirmary but more caveman like, it had everything a hospital would have except the walls were stone. The cool feel of the walls gave me chills so bad they reminded me of winter nights alone missing my family. "Hey there sleepy" I looked straight up scared outta my mind i had no idea anyone was there but i looked to my left and saw a punk girl with red orange hair and she was gorgeous. "You take to long to sleep, I had to watch you all day" she said. I knew i shouldn't have responded because I was confused about what happened. "Who are you?" I asked she seemed to consider the question. "It doesn't matter who I am it matters who you are." she said, I wasn't sure if she really cared because she is so confusing right now. "I can't think with you here" I said i just was remembering what had happened and had a million thoughts going through my head. "You're no fun" she said "My names Circe i hope ill get to see you around again sometime but duty calls" Circe walked away and in came Jacob. I remember him plain as day hitting me with the barrel of his rifle. "Follow me" Jacob said and walked off. I looked around and saw other patients. That's when I saw my broken arm from falling out the Jeep not only was my arm broken but there was also no cast on it. I could worry about that later. I stayed there wondering if he was just gonna hit me again. "Anytime soon would be great you know" Jacob said. I got up and walked with him. The second We exited the infirmary I was mind blown. There was a group of people with red bandanas over there face wearing all black with an anarchy A on there back walking around. There were several others i could hear gun shots and i turned to see.. more people dressed the same. but everyone seemed to stare at me. I followed Jacob to a room i entered and instantly felt stupid for walking into a locked room with some dude who had hit me in the face with the rifle.
"Come and sit down" Jacob said staring into my eyes, I sat. "Tell me everything leading up to this moment". "At Least ask me out to dinner first" I said. No offense but i'm not really all about telling people my life story. Jacob laughed "Well lets see how far your humor will last the ones with a humor don't keep it long" He said smiling. Knowing the consequences of what would happen if i didn't start talking. I started talking to Jacob. "It all started with the war america got bombed by Russia and everything went down hill from there, My parents and i were tied up and had guns to our heads. "they shot my parents, My sister, And my brother right before my eyes and they were about to kill me first when I heard gun shots from everywhere and I saw the Russian soldiers drop to their feet. I stood up to A man looking down at me with a huge smile on his face as he took me away asking me questions that I couldn't hear. All the noise was zoned out by a loud ringing sound. I had wondered if I'd gone crazy. I wasn't crying I wasn't happy. I was just emotionless. They took me back with them to give me a place to stay. The Confederate." The rest could be explained another time.I explained it all everything up to this moment. Jacob stared at me like he was not surprised "We are done here Talk to Circe to get your apartment number" He left. I was alone in this room. everything i had explained did it mean anything to him? I would find out later. i walked out. "This kid is fucked up" Jacob Said as he passed Circe while she sat on a bench. "How about we talk about it over tee?" Circe asked. Sigh I hate everyone. I didn't know how I went from being interrogated to drinking tee with a shady girl. "So let me explain this place" Circe said but she seemed like she'd done this a million times. "Explain please" I mumbled I really was getting anxious about all this. "Okay so this is a coffee place because I remembered we ran out of tee two months ago" she said stupidly. I looked her dead in the eyes for like twenty seconds straight. She drank some coffee and then looked up at me. "What?" She said spilling coffee on her self then whispering curse words. "I did not mean the coffee shop with the Statue of Liberty symbol on it I meant the huge underground base we are in" I told her more disappointed then ever. "Why do you wanna know about that?" She asked. "Most people are just happy With the coffee" she said shortly after. "Just explain this stuff to me" I said "Well okay I'm going to explain it easy pretty much We are good guys who go up against the bad guys who you were with but they think we are the bad guys because their leaders make them believe that. Anyways follow me" I followed her for about two minutes down a long narrow corridor of stone. We finally got to a room with a bunch of cheering from a bunch of anarchy punks. "This is where we practice fighting its good not to get the shit kicked outta you in a fight" Circe said. I've heard of boxing but this was a little brutal i mean the guy is on top of him bashing his face in repeatedly. "You should limit the amount of damage these people do to each other its just practice" I said. "In a real fight there is no mercy." Circe said. "Well lets just get to the important part follow me." Circe said, Everyone here talks a lot if you haven't heard. Circe and i walked up some stairs to this office with a view of the boxing ring. There waiting was a tall African American man in a tuxedo. "This is Blake he runs this place besides two others" Circe explained which got me even more confused. I Introduced my self to Blake but he seemed like he already knew everything about me. Blake started to explain "So this system works by finding people who've lost everything like you or Circe here, We train you all to strong fighters who will scavenge items from the contaminated zone where the others don't want anyone going." I looked over at Circe and she looked bored. The only thing i thought was, Why me, And how I knew I wasn't good enough for this. Blake continued his ramble of what to do "I suppose you've never held a gun or fought before? Circe will be your tutor along with you will be sharing an apartment for trust issues, Any objections?" Blake smiled. Circe spoke up "I am not sharing a house with a dude!". "Well doesn't that suck?" I said, I was disappointed she felt that way because sharing A house with my only friend who looks like a model sounds fun to me. "Than its all good and settled Circe will give you your essential equipment necessary for going to the contaminated zone." Blake smiled. I honestly have no idea what's going on I understand math as better then what's going on right now. Circe stormed out so i caught up too her and asked why she was angry. "Blake knows he shouldn't send a rookie out there you'll get killed if anyone picks a fight with you." Circe yelled. "And your kinda my friend even though we haven't known each other for long." Circe walked off. She handed me a Handgun, My apartment card, and a backpack. Well this isn't going to be fun. I walked to the apartment and realized they never told me where it was. I walked around this place for a couple hours and it was dark before I knew it. I sat down next to the wall and thought about what I told them. Why do they need someone like me? They should have known I have fought before I literally look like a delinquent. I had so many things to think about. "Why are you up so late?" Circe asked but I jumped back. I had no idea she was there. "Nothing just getting my whole mind around this" I replied. She smiled "Well it's the Fourth Of July (they think) you wanna watch the fireworks with me? My other friends are with there girlfriends and boyfriends." I felt relief she actually wanted me around. "Of course! I mean I would love to spend time with you. I mean not to be creepy. Not implying that I am or anything. I should stop talking" I said not very smartly. "You're funny" She smiled. "Lets go then I know the best view of the fireworks follow me" She said she started running so of course I ran to. We ran all the way around this place until we found a way to to a ladder. We climbed up and the view was amazing it was above the entire place. "You look cute when your all scared" Circe smirked. "I'm not scared I'm nervous we will get caught up here" I lied I was nervous I would say something to make her think I'm a pervert. "Just sit back and watch the show Ryan" She said as she sat backwards and got close to me. I've never been close to a girl but it was awesome and nerve wrecking. I felt her warmth on my body and I pulled her close. Just when I was looking at her there was a huge pop noise. i jumped up and got my gun out ready. They were the fireworks. They were so beautiful I wanted to stay there forever. I saw the last firework go up into the sky and I turned to Circe and she looked so happy as she turned to me. Then she started to kiss me and I didn't do anything back because I was in Awe. She is way out of my league. She looked at me confused "Did I do something wrong did I screw up?!" She asked blushing. "Wait what no I promise I just haven't kissed someone before kiss me again. And she did it was awesome People say you never forget your first kiss well I know ill never forget this. Kid napped by a 30 year old man then brought to a facility and got kissed. That's a new one.
