Wasteland.(Aarmau AU)

Chapter 45: His Journey

He had started walking a half a mile out, he was counting the steps. He felt his heart beat ten times as fast, like it was trying to get in all its beats before time was up.

He passed ghouls on the way, but oddly they ignored him. Maybe because he was dead inside himself. Or maybe they sensed that he would soon join them.

Impact had not followed him. And it was hard to say goodbye to his long time friend. But he had done it and their was no going back now.

He walked to his death knowing that when he was done he could rest in peace knowing that his family would be safe.

Many times he stopped and wanted to go back, but he had gone to far to stop now.

He knew when Aphmau saw the new picture in her amulet she would break down. And the thought of this, made him move faster to his fate.

He arrived at the place he knew he would die.

Ghouls were running, pushing and shoving their way to get away from it. And now he knew exactly what it was.

A huge blob of red, hot radiation was oozing out of an old nuclear reactor. Someone must have turned it on and then left.

He felt everything in his body scream at him. He was out of its reach for now, but he would have to go right to it to stop it.

The reactor stretched high into the sky. And he felt his heart beat faster and faster.

He shot open the door and got a face full of the poison, radioactive gas. His face started to bleed and he was already starting to get nauseous.

But he went through anyway. And was sweating through the hot cramped space between him and the radiation.

He saw a vent in the ceiling and crawled through it, ending up in the control room of the reactor.

There was a person there. And he knew who it was before he saw them.

"Hello Jennifer...." He said his voice deep and regretful.

She glanced over at him in pure shock. And turned to face him.

Half of her body was completely broken, her skin hung of her bones and her eye was gone. But somehow she was still conscious and alive.

"Hello.......... Aaron......" Her voice was echoed, broken and hushed. Aaron could immediately tell that she was a victim of radiation more then the enemy.

"What are you doing! Your going to kill us all!" He yelled but at the same time he felt blood run out of his ears. He didn't have much time to shut this thing down.

"I....... am........cleansing........the planet.........it......is full ........of.........filth."

"The world is still recovering from the last meltdown. Why would you want another?!" He felt stupid talking to her, he knew that Jennifer was long gone.

"You........showed.........me........love.............and I.........betrayed you........this world.........corrupts."

He felt sick, he didn't have much time. So he made a movement, but realized the radiation had taken his right leg, the skin was starting to come off it.

"Jennifer..... if you want to help the world. Then stop this. My family.... everyone will die if this continues..... please!"

"You............ want............me............to stop?"

"Yes!" He felt his arm burn. He was starting to lose his thoughts.