The Living Skulls (Edition 1)

⒈ Nuclear Winter

I wake up, from an undesirable nightmare.

All those memories of the past are over for a night. One night can do such harm do us humans. Us humans cannot think too much about ourselves without having the danger of hurting another. Dead. Dead as we are. Dead as us humans were since the beginning. It was our faith to be best kept but we couldn't think twice. We did the unthinkable. We destroyed Mother Earth. We destroyed what she made us, that is something you cannot keep sealed in your mind. It has been almost 50 years since the bombings happened. I still remember it like it was yesterday. People were panicking in the streets, keeping their children as close to them as possible. Even love couldn't protect them from dying. The sirens were blaring, emitting an ominous sound. Such sound you might find at a horror movie. Before they blew up we were asked to seek shelter in our basement, our deluxe shelter that us so called "rich kids" could afford. I still can't believe no one can afford the extra $150,000. It wasn't much but I best not think about it. She died, he died, and they died. All of them died. It is just me and my younger sister now, forever.

As I start to tear up I start to remember the good times instead. Mom always baked us pies in the summer breeze during July. Those were the days where all the flowers and life grew. Later on I jumped into the leaves that my sister has been cleaning for some time. She would get angry for some time but eventually fall in the pile with me as well. In winter was the time of rejoice and the time of sweet gifts. Finally spring came along and it wasn't as fun as I anticipated because of the amount of allergies I received but all in all it was amazing.

After going nostalgic for 5 minutes I finally get up. No this was no bed but just a simple mattress on the cold floor on the shelter. Mom and dad died while contacting radiation poisoning. Because of this I had to gather supplies to last us another week by stealing items from broken down houses. There isn't much for me to give to my sister so we normally share. Sometimes I wonder why we were the only ones that survived and not our parents. We tried to hold them back before they left but it just couldn't happen.

"Got everything?" My sister asked. "Yeah most of it here is just packed and ready to go." I said while pointing at the stuff. "Hmm..." she wondered. "What's up?" "Nothing, its just I feel like we aren't ready to embark on this adventure, we could get ourselves killed." She responded. "Don't worry, life is simply to make the fun out of it. If you don't want to go then be my guest but I really need to find out if there are more people out there." I said with an disappointed tone. "No I'm coming but please bring some protection we are basically risking our lives just to find more."

I nodded my head and walked over to the "Miscellaneous" box and opened it. There I find 2 sets of radioactive protection suits. I hand one to my sister and said "This is all we have, no guns no weapons. If you would like some weaponry we would have to find some." "That's okay, we are fine without the weapons. I mean how bad could it get?" She responded. I looked sideways at her. "You know whenever you say that something does get bad." "Ha, that's just an old wives' tale. Nothing could go wrong with this, trust me." She said. At that moment I gained more confidence and we put on the backpacks, staring at the world ahead...