Red Skies: Part 1
Red picked up his journal holding all of his valuable information within it and stowed it away safely inside his pack. "Rise and shine!" Red exclaimed to the sleeping bag right to him. A moan came back at him soon enough words started to become sensible from whoever was in the bag. "Red, were in a nuclear wasteland, you think we could sleep in for once?" Replied the person inside the bag. Red did not respond, only ignoring the question and packing up so that they could move. "c'mon, we mustn't waste time" roared Red "You know more than anybody the importance of getting up early here"
The duo carefully packed up there items and started to walk down a windy road down the mountain of witch they had just slept on. "Ladies first" quoted Red. The woman he talked to was a young (as is with all furies made by the mutation first) polar bear like woman. Her face was strong and her hair like gold wire. She wore leather armor for defense and a pair of army boots. "ok Red, if you insist that I be the better fur here" she shrugged in disapproval.
She rushed down the mountain sliding down with the pads of her feet. When she reached the bottom, her armor was dusty as possible and she barked up at her companion "What's taking so long Red?" "ugh, everything is a competition to you isn't it, Sam?"
Red responded in displeasure. Red hurried down the hill, witch for him was a mere stroll down the path into the basin where they both were.
"so what now?" asked Sam "we walk D.A." Red snapped. Then Sam's face grew red and became infuriated. "Regardless, we must move" Red said ignoring Sam's temper. The two walked on for a while before making a noise. "Stand back" whispered Red. Sam shook her head as she stood still as stone. "Look what we have here!" said a voice in the distance. Red smiled and looked down with his wide brimmed hat blocking the sun. "You two seem like you're packing" the voice said "go check em".
A small group of five or six grunts with weak armor slowly walked towards the two. "Drop all weapons so that nobody gets hurt!" yelled at what seemed like the leader of the group. Just then Red laughed and seemed to teleport towards the leader, running as fast as lightning. He grabbed his neck hard enough to make his skin bleed. "I'm afraid I can't drop them" he whispered into his ear. Red then dropped the man down while he crawled away.
"When you play with fire" yelled Sam"you're gonna get burned" she pulled out two forged curved swords and went into a stance that seemed more defensive. "We don't wish to kill more than we have to!" exclaimed Red with a death giving stare strait at the leader" just then the rabbit like leader started to laugh madly. "We have more than an advantage you know." Laughed the leader "we have numbers, weaponry, and hell, were in a fucking canyon!"
"fine by me" Red snapped" well, Sam... shall we dance?" Red jumped into the air and sliced the throat of two members with his razor-like nails. Just then two members of the brigade charged for Sam. She then threw a few needles at there legs, forcing them to the ground. Red roared with the thrill of the hunt and sprinted around the remaining group. He grabbed the two men by the chest and drooled on the faces as he threw them down to the ground. "I give, I submit!" cried the leader of the group that assaulted them.
Red's eyes grew to a dark green as his pupils shrunk and yelled "accept it, you're dead now" the face of the man was full of intense fear and he was panting like a dog. "Up here you ugly bastard!" yelled the leader of the raid as he jumped down the canyon with an axe in hand, intent to kill. Out of sheer instinct, Red pulled up the man in his right hand and blocked the attack, killing the meat shield in the process. Red roared with excitement as he threw the shield across the canyon.
The leader, now unarmed gulped and stood shocked by what just happened. Red then grabbed both men by the head, and ran with both in hand to the canyon wall and slammed them against it. "Red, No!" yelled Sam as Red turned his head around to see her. Just at that moment the two leaders grabbed there combat knives and stabbed Red intensely in the arms. Red yelled in pain as he lost his grip. "Let's get the hell out of here" the two said as the sprinted away from the path. Sam ran over to Red and pulled the knives out of his forearms. "I'm fine Sam let me jus..." Red faintly quoted as Sam pushed her lips up to his.
Red fell unconscious.
I've just been wondering, what was my past like. I lost most all of my life's memories when the transformation took a hold of me. When I try and remember the time before, all I see is a patchy network of a human life. I was happy; I had a family, a home. I recall a yard, vast with greener grass than I've ever seen. And a wife, beautiful and happy.
That image has been stained into my mind, forever within but forever lost. I think that will be my life's goal from now on. What little I know of this place I live in has been provided in this bunker. Its dark, it's damp, and food reserves have diminished. I will have to go outside, to feed and find more people like me.
What little I do know is this, I am a genetic alteration of an animal and a human. We were known as "furries" we were ever living, meaning we were not immortal, but under the right conditions, we could live forever. Under tests, this effect was only passed on to the few who were humans at one time.... First gens. The kin of the first gens were not ever living and did not receive this trait. Through much testing and hours of work, a few pups gained this trait. The percent of pups that received this trait was around 0.0001%
Although small, this number had significance. It was important to humans, until only the furries lived. The world fell under a nuclear holocaust. Al first generation furs were sent to the bunkers and life support systems so that they could repopulate the world when the smoke had cleared. I was just released to do such a thing. I have been released a few hundred years early, with little knowledge of where and who I am, although I know where I can learn more....
Journal entry 15
Date: 5/5/2345