After the Pandemic: Apocalypse (1309 hits)
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Submitted by Dannie M <Danniellewashere.at.gmail.com> (View user info) at 2005-03-08 15:48:47 EST
Her ebony hair swirled away from her waist, only to swing back to caress her hips with each step she took. Ashton had been pacing for hours, watching the lack of progress on the West tower rebuild. Her crimson glare encompassed the North and West units of her compound, both looking worse for wear after last night's attack. The Pacific Ocean, now the color of sludge, roiled in the background.
Her intelligence drones hadn't turned up a single hint of insurgence in the past weeks, but the organization and strength of the attack pointed to months of planning at the very least. The sunrisers hadn't shown any signs of joining forces in the twenty years since her kind had been born. Sure there were cells of humans operating under the cover of forests in what was the Midwest. The "Leeches", as the sunrisers so inelegantly named them, had agreed to let some cells exist and reproduce. They were monitored closely, as all crops should be, to ensure proper growth and population for future harvest. The sunrisers hadn't shown any real rebellion thus far, which made yesterday's attack all the more infuriating.
A scratching at the door tore Ashton away from her musings. A slight nod to the guards granted admittance to the intelligence officer, whose slight frame shimmied through the door and came to a kneeling halt at Ashton's feet. An elegant hand gestured for the officer to rise and take a seat as Ashton assumed her normal position at the head of the ivory table. Another nod indicated that the officer should start her report.
"Madame, the North wall was breached at 2200 hours. The stationed guards were initially brought down by sniper fire and appear to have been finished off by hand. Each was found with a gaping chest wound that appears to contain some sort of onion powder or salt. The sunrisers had to watch them bleed out before the salt application. They weren't in a hurry. They followed the north wall, exterminating the guards and one pod of zombie drones that were juicing a new crop of boys."
Ashton winced at the loss of good blood. She had just received the truck of pre-teen boys and would have to replace the food source soon or her troops would be uncontrollable in their hunger.
"We estimate that there were thirty individuals involved in the attack. They used primitive C-4 charges to detonate the North tower and took advantage of the distraction to move on to and damage the West tower. None of the attackers were caught. We do not know where they came from or where they made their escape."
A final gesture dismissed the officer as Ashton's mind wandered back to the beginning. Back to the hospital where she sat at her son's bedside, holding his hand after a routine appendectomy. The image of his face still stirred long buried emotions deep within her. Most emotions were dead to her, exchanged for the rage and power that came with being one of the most powerful Vampires on the North American continent.
Her hand drifted to the scarring at her throat as she recalled the searing agony of the shuffler's bite. Her eyes closed as the image of her son's killer played through her mind. Laying on the floor, dying, she was unable to stop the young girl who tore out the throat of her only child. That horror was followed by a blessed darkness that she thought woud be death. She would likely never know who dragged her from the grip of nothing and made her a changeling, but even the strong Vampire blood that now coursed through her veins couldn't repair the damage the shuffler caused, leaving her voiceless, consumed with hate and an unholy power.
Her determination to exact revenge had put her in this place of high command. The knowledge that the shuffler's bite had left her with abilities many of her counterparts didn't possess, filled her with an additional sense of purpose. Her ebony hair flared away from her waist as she resumed her pacing. This attack wouldn't deter her. She would control the new world and she would destroy everyone and everything in it. She would be Earth's apocalypse. It would end with her.....
User Reviews
Submitted by notyou (user info) at 2005-07-01 16:47:47 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by nrduncan (user info) at 2005-05-12 17:42:28 EDT (#)
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I have just got done reading these all and I have enjoyed them all. Great work everyone, +2's for all!
Submitted by munkeypants (user info) at 2005-03-24 11:08:34 EST (#)
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Submitted by mbstateside (user info) at 2005-03-18 11:36:31 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Yankee_In_TX (user info) at 2005-03-16 10:45:13 EST (#)
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I did like this one, but no need to be a jackass.
Submitted by Kre8rix (user info) at 2005-03-14 00:44:44 EST (#)
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Just so you're aware,
I subtly included the introduction of your character, but left it open enough for a truck to drive through.
Ball's in your court bro...
Run with it, I'd like to see more from you.
Submitted by Professional_Peon (user info) at 2005-03-12 11:54:33 EST (#)
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Here is my contribution - http://www.ubersite.com/m/61730
Submitted by Rawrg (user info) at 2005-03-11 17:51:10 EST (#)
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I thought I'd read a sampling of the person who was reading my series of late this was the buttons right here. Nicely done, especially on a first post. You have a very good grasp of writing technique, I look forward to reading your future posts.
Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2005-03-10 03:26:08 EST (#)
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What thecaes said.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-03-09 18:31:41 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by engine13 (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:45:31 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Id (user info) at 2005-03-09 12:38:19 EST (#)
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Automatic +2 for vampire point of view....which gives me ideas....never a good thing
Submitted by Dannie (user info) at 2005-03-09 00:46:19 EST (#)
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Don't swear. It's un "lady" like. har har.
er.
yes, Virginia, it IS bedtime.
Submitted by LadyPlural (user info) at 2005-03-08 23:44:02 EST (#)
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So I think I found where immygirl1 was. I think her ghost has taken up resi-dense (get it? Ha. Ha. I am SO. Fucking. Funny.) in my head.
Does anyone know any good exorcists?
(I swear I"m not always this stupid)
Submitted by LadyPlural (user info) at 2005-03-08 23:40:22 EST (#)
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I am SUCH a motherfucking retard today. It isn't my fault, damnit. I had to get up at 5 AM this morning.
So I'll, ah, just get back to chewing on my foot over here in the corner now, ok?
Submitted by LadyPlural (user info) at 2005-03-08 23:24:21 EST (#)
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Dude, not YOUR sychophant. His. Silly n00b.
Submitted by LadyPlural (user info) at 2005-03-08 23:23:17 EST (#)
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/03/08/high_school_zombie_threat/
Submitted by spedmonkey (user info) at 2005-03-08 21:17:09 EST (#)
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I'm impressed. I'm really liking the way this series is coming alive. At some point, someone (coughJACKcough) should put together a timeline showing how all the posts fit together.
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2005-03-08 20:43:58 EST (#)
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First post?
Nice!
Submitted by stardamage (user info) at 2005-03-08 19:15:26 EST (#)
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Man, was this ever good.
I love the idea of humans as crops. I never thought of it that way. Literally never crossed my mind.
Congrats on an awesome first post, too!
Submitted by thecaes (user info) at 2005-03-08 17:41:20 EST (#)
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Nice! I was wondering when someone would write a post from the vampire point of view. Which may have already happened. I'm reading them in reverse order of posting, for some retarded reason.
I'm half done my contribution. None of you fuckers better steal my idea. I think I'll post the first half now, and the second half on the weekend, because it's getting long. Just like everything I try to write. *sigh*
Really good post, by the way. Well thought out, well written, and logical (timeline not withstanding)
Submitted by Dannie (user info) at 2005-03-08 17:20:37 EST (#)
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Of course I am destroyed. The Uberlord doesn't like my timeline....*sniffle*, but I will survive. As long as I know how to love I know I'll stay alive...*sob*
It must be getting kind of crowded in your ass what with your head and Lady Plural's nose up there. Ohhh! Kidding! Kidding!
sorry, I couldn't let it go by, it was said with love in my heart. I enjoy your writing and LP's commentary ( I will have to go read her stuff now) but she said sychophant, not me!!!
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2005-03-08 17:15:06 EST (#)
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Dannie, you must be destroyed.
Kidding. I get your point.
Busy at work. Head up ass. Details were missed. I do apologise.
Submitted by Dannie (user info) at 2005-03-08 17:08:10 EST (#)
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er umm...point. I didn't get the POINT across.
*more whimpering*
Submitted by Dannie (user info) at 2005-03-08 17:05:22 EST (#)
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I didn't get the across very well. Ashton is living in her own world. Other posts have mentioned the building going on on the coasts. This addresses part of that, but why would someone as powerful as she thinks she is be successfully attacked by 30 or so humans? In 20 years she has built an area of importance, but yet not very stable.
I don't think it is entirely out of the timeline, but I'll give a little and say it "possibly" should have happened a little later.
So there.
Ha!
*whimper*
Submitted by Pentameter (user info) at 2005-03-08 17:03:06 EST (#)
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So well written.
You'll do well here.
Submitted by Mario (user info) at 2005-03-08 17:02:05 EST (#)
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Sweet
Submitted by LadyPlural (user info) at 2005-03-08 16:59:36 EST (#)
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Nuts, sorry about the 0.
Submitted by LadyPlural (user info) at 2005-03-08 16:59:12 EST (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by LadyPlural (user info) at 2005-03-08 16:59:04 EST (#)
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Twenty years isn't enough time, damnit. These vampires were a bit slow to start up, and come on- they live for several hundred years, I believe I read. So, Not Enough Time.
The Uberlord and a random sycophant have spoken.
Submitted by LadyPlural (user info) at 2005-03-08 16:56:57 EST (#)
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And if you'll excuse me, please, I'll take this moment to remove my foot from my mouth and quitely go off into a corner to rock back and forth for a bit, ok?
I see what you mean now. Twenty years isn't near enough time, and it kind of contraidicts with other posts set in about the same time frame.
Submitted by Dannie (user info) at 2005-03-08 16:56:48 EST (#)
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Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2005-03-08 16:50:10 (#)
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Keep an eye on the timeline though... if kre8rix's installment had the kid being killed and this is the mom, these vamps seem awfully advanced for the early days, which I believe is when k's is set... or is this years later?
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It says in the story, twenty years after the change. Read man, read!
Submitted by LadyPlural (user info) at 2005-03-08 16:54:47 EST (#)
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Oh man. I totally missed that tie-in. I'm stupid. And it could be any length of time- YOU'RE the one who said they could live for a long time. Nurrrrr to you. Especially for the apostrophe you messed up in your first comment.
:P
I KEED, I KEED
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2005-03-08 16:50:10 EST (#)
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Keep an eye on the timeline though... if kre8rix's installment had the kid being killed and this is the mom, these vamps seem awfully advanced for the early days, which I believe is when k's is set... or is this years later?
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2005-03-08 16:46:15 EST (#)
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Clever. This thing is taking on a life of it's own...
Which is like, totally cool.
Submitted by Kre8rix (user info) at 2005-03-08 16:33:24 EST (#)
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Submitted by Dannie (user info) at 2005-03-08 16:24:46 (#)
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LOLOLOMG!!!!one11on3!!!wooo! Liek UR soooo kull L8D Plurl!!loloone!!!11111omgroflmaocopter!
I've tried to type like that on several occasions and I just can't do it.
Thats shit's hard, yo
wurd
Submitted by Dannie (user info) at 2005-03-08 16:24:46 EST (#)
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LOLOLOMG!!!!one11on3!!!wooo! Liek UR soooo kull L8D Plurl!!loloone!!!11111omgroflmaocopter!
Sorry for any culture shock I may have caused. I will work on a "wooo this is my frst post fuckerz" post someday. Maybe. Nah, that is SO overdone.
And thank you all for the compliments. It is just good luck that I joined when something this interesting was going on. Just say NO to lurking.
Submitted by thaumaturge (user info) at 2005-03-08 16:22:48 EST (#)
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Gothic transgression. Sublime.
Submitted by LadyPlural (user info) at 2005-03-08 16:16:18 EST (#)
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Reasonably good AND a first post??!?!
Who are you, and what have you done with immygirl1?
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2005-03-08 16:04:07 EST (#)
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Very Nice
Submitted by hcp28 (user info) at 2005-03-08 15:59:46 EST (#)
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Interesting
Submitted by zakalwe (user info) at 2005-03-08 15:59:40 EST (#)
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oh my god. a decent first post.
if i wasn't a poster child for apathy i'd be shocked right now.
well done.
Submitted by Kre8rix (user info) at 2005-03-08 15:56:33 EST (#)
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Well done.
Great addition and first post. Way to go!
Thats a hard one to pull off
Submitted by Dannie (user info) at 2005-03-08 15:51:10 EST (#)
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An addition to:
http://www.ubersite.com/m/61238