Chapter 1: MY BODY IS IRON
My name is Chris Walker.
A 13 years old in the year 2316 and an orphan. So I have many things that I have to do, like play my PS45 trying to defeat god of war LV, I know sound hard right, but it is nothing compared to camp.
Oh, I forgot one more thing, you know how countries usually send nukes and start wars and things like that to one another, well since 2268 Russia (the mother of all nukes) shot nukes at USA (the G.O.A.T of war) and started World War… I think 7 or something but it is also nicknamed WWnuke because a nuke the size of a bulket (a future thing) can release 40 kilos which could eradicate Texas, which it has of course.
But today, in camp is selection day, when everyone from fifteen upwards even though their some exceptions for those lower than 15 get chosen to go to war which is okay with me because (1 I already have an escape plan. (2 I pretend to be weak which come easy since I look like a corpse, so every bully pick on me and every girl avoid me.
My only friend is Jake Jacobs-Norman (his parents shared the surname), a few months ahead of me but is a different human being, he wears a red jacket on top of any shirt, and he has blue hair (nuke attack on his dad) and yellow eyes which when looking at look like a sun about to explode, pulsing with every heartbeat so I could tell if he was scared.
He acts crazier than me and on pizza day well should see the speed he runs. It started off great, I was having fun in class without a rubber band shot at me every ten seconds… it was 20 so yippee and class was actually nice especially science since we discussed my favorite topic "Nuclear Beasts" capturing the class attention "what are they?" and as usual only me and Jake knew the answer so when we rose our hands everybody was a mixed of confusion to anger and a lot of threats but before I could think twice the teacher picked me
"Yes, Chris" he said with a look of normality as if I did this often which I do.
"Um, Beasts are people who instead of being killed by nuclear explosions their blood and body systems get modified so they could maybe control their environments or they could change their body behavior like I don't know running too fast like Jake"(Oh, did I forget to mention Jake is a beast, sorry).
"That is correct Chris and I can guess Jake was going to say the same thing, right?" Jake just replied with a nod and gave me a look that said that exactly what I did not want to say and faced back to the class but his eyes pulsed a little bit faster but it was already slowing down as the teacher continued
"As Chris said Beasts are war heroes to their countries like Jake's father here but not all of them must be beasts like Kevin father and brother." He said it like you will say millipedes and worms
"You just had to mention them" I mumbled
I guess some caught it since most of them started saying
'Yea right, heroes who run away' said one guy
'I think they ran because of him' said one snooty girl
"Quiet!" the teacher shouted which tuned down the entire class except some sounds. "As I was saying beasts could receive it directly or there is one exception to be coming a beast and that was if they had a nuclear infected blood in the system which can be inherited, so like that we end the class and leave to meet your senior's the last time and obviously with assignments" and the entire class answered with a groan.
We gathered to the auditorium to greet our seniors' good bye as they go to war, the man calling out the names was General L. Kyle (the L means Laku) who is the definition of crazy, he wore a full black war uniform with red glasses, which I think is to hide the fact that he has dark red eyes which to his enemies looks like a black hole, as I heard.
He started by saying "Welcome junior soldiers to the choosing day".
He then stared at me and Jack as if we were next with those creepy eyes of his but that was impossible I mean they could say I might run off like my dad and brother. They started from A to Z but I still have a gut feeling that said run, run, And RUN!!! But I ignored it as usual then I heard "Chris Walker 13 of years" I thought it was a practical joke and I think everyone thought the same thing till he said 'Chris Walker, brother of Johnathan walker'.
I thought I will never hear that name again, I lost my brother 5 years ago after he went to war and got lost in Arizona which was the same time the whole thing about kids below 15 going to war started and the same time I started to hate the world leaders but I went up to stage shivering like I came out of a meat locker, which I have done before so I wasn't surprised when everyone was staring, piercing into my soul, I was angry and scared at the same time, I asked the General "Sir, they" but I stopped so I wouldn't look like an idiot and a coward.
I waited for the end of the call which was for some reason to long but I waited, and waited, when they got to J. I was between pity and happiness when I heard 'Jake Jacobs-Norman 13' but it was natural since he is a beast but I immediately regretted it when he patted me on my back and said " I guess we are going to our death together" I immediately wanted to throw him off-stage which was hard because it will look like I am strong enough to be a beast, like my dad which no one knows and I knew that when I strangled and killed a crocodile with a skipping rope at 7 because I thought it was just a doll and the case of the demon ants, well that is for another day but basically I pretend so that they won't think I was a beast like my dad since I didn't have any powers. We went to our barracks to pack our stuff, most people snickered and placed bets on how long we were going to survive, I'm pretty sure I heard someone say half an hour which didn't surprise me because everyone here hated us since we were the only one who got picked which to me is more like a curse than a 'blessing' my bunk was a disarray of junk, video games and clothes and I pity the unlucky person that get to sleep here, I was about finishing up when one boy slapped me in my back and ran away, I didn't focus about it till I noticed I was feeling drowsy and next think I know I am falling into what seem like an endless puddle of water.
I woke up in what seemed like a building filled with weapons but it was dimly lit so I couldn't see if it was paintings or real, I am hoping their paintings. Then I saw my Jake in the opposite direction mumbling something in his sleep like "I want more pizza, chef" I ignored him after trying to wake him up.
I still wondered if I should break the rope with my hands when I heard some footsteps coming down the stairs, when I turned around (it was a rolling chair) to look at the person who has captured me and possibly wish to kill us.
Then that 'possibly' turned to 'surely' as I saw the worst bully, and full grown daft wad, Kali dowere, he wore the wore fashion trend of the 21th century and he wore it so much it became older. Now he was here with some guns hanging on the walls (even though I still hope their paintings).
"What do you want?" I asked him
"I'm pretty sure that I am not worth your time"
"No you aren't, before, but now, now you have peaked my interest" he said
"Do you know why they picked you to go to war?"
"They pick the best" I said pretty sure of my myself (even though I was about to pee myself)
"NO"
"Then why"
"Because those are who need to die"
(Mind you every time I get insulted, I sometimes lose control and when I do that, well, things happens) I tried to stand up when I felt a sensation in my right arm, I looked down and then I finally knew, those paintings are real things.
I felt nauseous just looking at it, but I noticed something else where the bullet met my arm, green mist was coming out of arm meaning… I got shot with a nukellet, a bullet containing enough nuclear power to kill 40 grown men, I immediately started feeling the result, my blood cells dying, my heart slowing down, my eyes getting dim when I heard "don't worry, I will send your friend with you" and I saw him walk over to Jake pointing at him, immediately my heart started beating again, but faster and in heavier amounts, or something else is flowing through it.
I got angrier trying to see well when I noticed, the place where the bullet has been was covered with a thick black coating, but I didn't have time to waste, I pushed with all my strength and cut the ropes and escaped running straight towards Kali square head applying so much force, I was happy when I heard a CRACK from his skull and he immediately crumpled, then I noticed something, the wall shifted allowing the mirror to show( since when does walls shift in abandoned buildings), allowing me to see why my head hit his with so much force, across my forehead was a thick black liquid that I only recognized as metal, but it was impossible, for someone to become a beast they will have to have at least a gallon of it flowing down their veins, when I thought about what our science teacher said
'There is one exception to be coming a beast and that was if they had a nuclear infected blood in the system which can be inherited'.
But I was alone and I don't think my brother was a beast but when I heard more footsteps and someone shouting "I think kali is down there" I knew it was time skedaddle (it became famous in 2298) and get the hell out of there, so I untied Jake and we found the back exit after what seemed like hours only to meet the general waiting for us.
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