Direction of Change (Part 1) (346 hits)
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Submitted by Silent Renegade (View user info) at 2007-06-04 22:54:21 EDT
It's no easy fight, going against a nation with nothing but a few comrades to support your cause. It's everyone's cause. Everyone has a reason to stop this, and so we grow. We grow and we fight and become stronger. United, in a way that is much more solid than what this country started as. If you can even call it a country anymore. It's hard to know what will happen if we succeed. I don't think any of us have thought that far ahead. Right now, right now it is the government soldiers against us, the American Resistance Movement. We will not fail...
The president signed a bill in 2043 declaring that in the event of a global disaster he would sieze full control of the government, nullifying the process of checks and balances. Solidifying stability in the hands of one leader to rebuild in such an event. Twenty years of defensive war burned the nerves for judgment in government officials. The entire world had swept down upon the United States. Premature withdrawal from operations within the middle east during the double 0's crippled friendly bonds between the U.S. and allies. Terrorism grew to epic proportions. The American military was spread so thin in attempt to control the anarchy. The world wished to destroy the only stable organization left. The terrorist organization "Alrifah Hadilazar" had infiltrated surrounding nations and were actively attacking the U.S. The bill passed, the concept appealing, and such a global disaster swept down upon the world in one catastrophic event. It's ironic that shortly after such a bill was passed 43 biological weapons, detonated in 38 countries ripped the global populace with a disease worse than death. You begin to bleed from the eyes. Like crying streams of blood. The skin begins to boil. A never ending need to satisfy thirst. A sensation described as parasites eating away at you from the inside. Death comes not till long after the pain has driven you insane. The average being around a week.
Very few survived, the disease spreading across continents. Only two areas of the world provided sanctuary. A place to rebuild, to heal. One clean zone surrounding the mid atlantic states of The U.S. Virginia, Maryland, most of west virginia, Deleware and most of North Carolina. the other Clean zone somwhere deep in Siberia, and the northern parts of China and Mongolia. These clean zones were areas of quarantine. The only way to eradicate the disease was to wait till the infected just died. Surviving troops were used to sweep the country sides and burn the dead, burn out the disease. Survivors that were found were brought to the clean zones and tested, and provided a home. The world, what was left of it, began to reconstruct.
Communication was established for a short while between the two clean zones. After ten years the clean zones had spread and were prosperous. Zone 1 a little more successful than Zone 2. A rivalry quickly arose. Zone 1 was in a more resourceful section of the world than Zone 2. The former president of the United States, now in full power of the Reformed American Nation (RAN) refused to relieve any resources to The People's Settlement (TPS).TPS declared war on RAN of course, in interest of growth and survival. Citizens of RAN were quick to raise arms for the purpose of protecting their interests. It was truly a world war. Neither nation really gaining or losing ground. RAN began testing on a new super soldier. The first born of every family were recruited into a training program. Their minds erased of any form of disobedience. Steroids pumped into their system, and biomechanical devices infused with flesh and bone creating full compliance. TPS was destroyed.
A global government was established. The former president, now blind with power used his soldiers to oppress the citizens. Either one was a citizen and worked in the labor camps or one was recycled into the soldier corps and removed of any individuality. Removed of any independant thought. They became a collective controlled by the puppet master. This is where my story begins. I refused to be controlled. There would be no strings attached to me. When the citizen classification began, I fled. With a small group of supporters we found a group of abandonded buildings in what was now the wilderness but was once a prosperous city. We have found ways into the populous without being seen or noticed and have recruited. Sleep friend, for you are among friends... On the morrow you shall learn more of where we have been. Perhaps in that we will know where we are going...
User Reviews
Submitted by DirtyHarry (user info) at 2007-06-06 11:48:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
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Submitted by SilentRenegade (user info) at 2007-06-05 21:53:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Yozz (user info) at 2007-06-05 18:58:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I liked it.
FYI - Clean (shouldnt be capped)
somwhere (somewhere)
Deleware (Delaware)
Just in case you plan on using this in the future - cause its good - you should.
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oops my bad... thanks alot though...
Submitted by Yozz (user info) at 2007-06-05 18:58:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I liked it.
FYI - Clean (shouldnt be capped)
somwhere (somewhere)
Deleware (Delaware)
Just in case you plan on using this in the future - cause its good - you should.
Submitted by oapa (user info) at 2007-06-05 17:57:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
i really enjoyed this. i look forward to the next chapters.
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-06-05 13:36:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by Progr3ss (user info) at 2007-06-05 05:41:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Shame on us
Doomed from the start
God have mercy on our dirty little hearts
Shame on us
For all we have done
And all we ever were
Was just zeros and ones
-NIN Zero-Sum
Submitted by czwij (user info) at 2007-06-05 05:01:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
how come only the redneck states prospered?
nice start, i love apocalypse stories...
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2007-06-05 00:33:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
43 biological weapons?
Me thinks a half-doz or so of neutrons bombs would have cleaned this up quite nicely, sans any offical evacuation notices.