Prologue
My name is Eric. I think the year's 2268. I live in Washington, or what used to be Washington. You know, that place in the Northwest. It's not the worst place I've heard of. I hear that the Capital Wastleland is torture. I can only name three people I like: my mother, my father and my father's friend. I live near some old radiated river. It's not too far from here, but I sure wouldn't walk there. The river's pretty large, a great place for mutated fish to crawl out of. We... I mean I lived in some old Pre-War building that happens to be in a good condition. It wasn't not a dream home, just okay. No giant holes in the walls, atleast.
Chapter One
The story starts when some raiders shifted towards the city. About a hundred. They decided to target our area because it was one of the few places that didn't take a direct hit from a bomb, keeping it in a good condition. They took old stores as there homes. Basically, they caused destruction. Alot of it. Killing people, hanging them from lamp posts. It was gruesome. I hid from them in the basemant when they attacked our house. They ransacked the place. They killed my mother and my father. I could hear them scream. I could hear them struggle. Then, I just heard nothing. I didn't know if the raiders were still there. I waited and waited. I decided to take a knife out of a shelf, and climbed up the ladder, up into my house. Blood was smeared across the walls and floor. A bloody hook was left behind. The raiders had stolen our food and our valuables. I sat down, not knowing what to do next. After a few minutes, I heard something. Something hit the door. I stood next to the door, waiting there with my knife. The door flew open and someone came in. He didn't see me and I jumped him. Before I stabbed him, I realized who it was. It was my fathers friend, Matt. He almost shot me with a 10mm pistol before he realized who I was.
He asked me, "Eric, what the hell do you think you're doing?"
"Sorry. I just thought that you might be a raider," I replied.
"We're going to get you out of here. They killed your parents, didn't they?"
"Yes. I don't know what they did to them."
"We'll find out. Come on. Take this, you'll need it," he said as he handed me a pistol and ammunition.
He guided me out the door. It was total madness. People were screaming and crying. Raiders were spread all over, some with knives, some with bats, some even had pistols. A few noticed us.
"Come on kid, use your pistol, that's what I gave you it for," Matt said.
I aimed and fired two bullets at the raiders that noticed us. I hit one of them out of the three that were coming to us. I fired maybe three more bullets. Matt had to finish them off for me. We rushed out of the warzone and into safety, maybe a hundred feet away from them. Matt had something on his arm that looked like a device. I was curious about it.
I asked, "Matt, what's that on your arm?"
"It's a Pip-Boy. Personal Information Processor. I'll get you one some time," He answered.
To be continued.