Marked For Death

The Mark Forewarns

"My head is killing me..." I thought as I sat up rubbing my head. I looked around and noticed I was on a table. I tried to think of how I got here. Now that I check, I can't remember anything besides that the outside world is a radioactive wasteland. One of my sleeves were rolled up, and on that arm there was a tattoo. All it said was "S.T.A.L.K.E.R."

"Looks like you are finally up," A deep voice said to my right. "Thought I was going to have to carry your body to a grave."

I looked back at the voice, seeing a man in a dark green Kevlar vest, black cargo pants, with a drop leg holster, containing a very mean looking 9mm pistol. The man gets out of his chair and comes over to me, reaching into his back pocket and handing me a PDA.

I look at it for a minute before asking, "What's this for?"

"That was the only possetion you had when you were brought in. Besides a pair of binoculars and a pistol," He responded.

I looked at the screen of the PDA, it had one thing on the To-Do List. 'Kill Strelok.' The man must have known what I was looking at because he said, "Your going to have to figure out what that means on your own. I can't help you with that, but I know someone who can. But first you need to do something for me."

"And that would be?" I asked, "But first off, what's your name? It would be good to know before I start doing things for you."

"My name is Niko," He said, "Now that you know, let me give you your assignment. You are going to get a flash drive from a man captured by Bandits. I don't care if the man is dead or alive, I just need that flash drive. I will have backup for you. You will meet with Wolf's gang on a hill above the Bandit camp. Wolf knows you are coming, you better get going. Losing daylight."

I stood up, grabbing my pistol and my binoculars. I went up the stairs to my left. When I got to the top there was an angled door that I had to push open. Once I opened the door and looked around I saw a run down town, and the brown wasteland that I barely remember...

(And there is the first chapter of my new story! I hope you enjoyed, the next chapters are going to be longer.)