Mad World

chapter 1 shutdown

30 minutes and counting. I said to my two friends as we sat in the barracks of our village. We had a good run but this is the end isn't it. James said sitting at my right threw a voice synthaser. making him sound more robotic to fit his android character model.

Well I heard there already working on a sequel. Mark said sitting on my left. His character model a shifting mass of plant matter. Yeah but it could be years before that's released I countered. Well we should start counting the days until something like this that isn't a shitty WOW clone. He shot back his voice growing louder. stop before you two start arguing we should be enjoying these last few minutes before the server's are shut down.

After that we sat for a good 15 minutes wallowing in our sorrow. the only sound the werring of James's machinery. An air raid siren started to go off knocking us from our sadness. What's going on I asked being the first to speak. Mark and I looked to James who was already deep in player menus. There dropping nukes when the shut down happens the only available mission is last stand. Get to a bunker and defend it. I was the first to speak let's go should go.

In moments we we're on our feet sifting through our inventory's getting out best gear. The stuff you never use because it's two rare to ever use. Seconds later James looked like a armored war robot. Mark looked like grass weaved in the shape of a man. Adorned with jewelry and gemstones and I a monk with bits of armor tied to his robe.

Lastly I pulled out my sword. Despite having picked human and physic as my class I had built a formidable melee build. My sword gives a small amount of bonus psi damage. It was silver with a large sapphire at the cross guard. My gun on the outher hand was nothing to write home about. Just a beat up low level AK94 for when melee wasn't an option.

With our gear in order we ran outside. The few people of our village we're running for the bunker. we had built it around for events such as this one to keep our people alive. Everyone grab whatever you can and run for the shelter. I yelled as we made our way there. The bunker was in the collapsed basement of some old ruin. Making our way down the piles of ruble we found the NPC mayor of our village Helen. working with the small security force to set up sandbag barricades. Helen send them inside there's nothing they can do James told her. She waved her hand and they stopped working scrambling to get to safety.

Guys what's going on robots mutants the military? She asked exasperated. We don't Know who or how but nukes are on the way. She stopped and looked at me wide eyed. What but how there haven't been any nukes for century's. That's not important now just get everyone in the bunker and shut the door. You guys are coming right. No people you don't want in there are gonna want in and we're have to keep them from opening the door. She stopped like she was going to try and talk us out of this but shook her head instead. It's been an honor. Same here keep them safe for us. She ran in and stood at the control panel ready to close the foot thick door.

We began fortifying imediatly Mark creating plant turrets. James emptying his pocket of every mine and tripwire he had and I created a physic barrier to act as our cover. As the last group came over the lip gunshots rang out and some of them fell to the ground dead. As they scrambled down the door began to close and the shooters came into view. Maraduers in cobbled together scrap metal armor. I opened fire gunning down the low level junk enemies with ease. They hit the ground some of there body's tumbling down the hole.

The last few survivers slipped through the closing door. With a click the door locked behind us. Me and mark left our cover as James cloaked behind cover taking out his rifle. Shouldering my gun I drew my sword assuming a fighting stance. I began casting a series of buffs on my self and consuming my rare potions. Even as the next wave came down on us I was still buffing myself. A military guy in an armored exo suit charged me firing a shotgun. The pellets bounced off my psy shield some going back at him and denting his armor. Slashing at his neck I took his head off. Just as I downed the last potion.

God this feels good like when we did Coke in Australia. I yelled liberating another soldier's head from there body. The good times Mark replied launching a wooden spike from his hand at an unarmored soldier. The man was impaled hitting the ground dead. Give them ground James shouted to me and mark. We backed off James giving covering fire. 8 minutes till the bombs drop I informed everyone. I turned around my back practically against my psi barrier. just in time to see a wave of soldiers being thrown aside and trampled by the mutated beast of the land.

Gorgons, hydras, even a small dragon. It was one of the Best exciting times of my life since the deployment where we all met. It came down to the dragon as we were whittling down it's mammoth health bar an explosion happened. We all stopped fighting to look at the cloud. James already dead from the EMP with Mark and I headed his way from the radiation. The dragon let out one final wail as the shockwave hit us. Before I could hit the ground the screen went black as the server was cut off. I thought back to all the fun we had with Mad World while my capture suit disconnected.