Decided to enter the story comp ^^
Topic:
1# + 3#
Characters Included:
Xavier, Damon{Not a real character}
Story:
Somewhere along a country road, in a rickety old pick-up, a male husky/wolf mix named Xavier flicked his ears. He was fast asleep, his head resting on his mechanical left arm, a small glowing pulse of green light coming from the arc reactor in his chest. As the speeding truck driven by a twenty year old man hit a tree, Xavier was thrown into the back of the drivers seat with a thud. He landed sprawled out in a mess of fur and metal, now he was awake. Xavier struggled to right himself, and peeked over into the driver's seat to see that his master, Austin, was unconscious with his head planted on the steering wheel. He could see blood dripping slowing from a cut on his face, and the truck was rammed into a tree, the windshield smashed to pieces. Now Xavier could see why they had wrecked, a hoard of walkers was slowly moving towards them. Xavier let out a yelp, he knew that if the walkers reached Austin, they would eat him, and turn him into one of them. The pandemic had started exactly 6 days ago, from what Xavier had watched on the TV, scientists has been testing a new drug called Centraline on people, it's purpose was to vaccinate for every type of sickness that could be caught from animals. Little did they know that for some reason, it would turn the humans into zombies, or "Walkers" as Xavier liked to call them. Now there were barley any survivors left, just a few gangs and groups, some loners, all just trying to survive. Xavier and his master Austin were all alone, which made this situation even worse. Xavier couldn't just let Austin be turned into one of those things, so he sprang into the front seat and pulled Damon's head up with his teeth by his shirt collar. Now that he had him in a sitting position, he began to lick his face harshly. "Come on, we have to go!",he yelled, though if Austin could hear him it just sounded like a bark. Austin slowly began to twitch to life, he was now coherent enough to see what was happening. "You all right boy?", Austin murmured as his cupped his face in his hands, wiping away the blood. Xavier looked back outside and saw the walkers were advancing, he growled and nudged Austin roughly. Austin nodded to him, he tried to open the door, but it would budge, now he brought his leg up to kick out the glass. That's when Xavier has an awful realization, Austin wasn't going to be alright. He looked at Austin's leg, it was serrated in all kinds of places, the bone was showing through at the knee. "Austin?",he yelped as his human made the same realization.
Austin had spent a few minutes trying to see if he could get out of the truck but it was no use. He turned to Xavier and smiled, ruffling his companion's fur with one hand, while shielding his bloody leg from view with the other. He looked up at the setting sun through the cracks in the windshield and sighed, "Seems like this is where we part ways boy", he said without looking back at Xavier. "No come on, you have to try, I won't leave you!",he said, his words still just coming out as barks to his master. "Why can't you understand me?",he growled wishing that for just a moment his master could understand his words. Austin just looked down at him with an expressionless face and grabbed the big hybrid, pushing him out the smashed window. Xavier tried to scrabble back in, but it was no use, Austin was using all of his strength to get him out. Now Austin looked at his faithful companion, sitting on the hood of the truck as it began to rain, his fur beginning to get soaked. "Get out of here!",he yelled, tears starting to roll down his face as he realized this would be the end of their friendship. In a last gesture, Austin took the dog tag necklace off of his neck and slung it onto Xavier's. He gave him a smile, tears still streaming down his face, "It's been dam good having you around boy, remember that I love you, always will. Now LEAVE!",he yelled, his voice cracking. Xavier nodded to his master in a gesture of obedience, he felt the necklace slap against his neck and chest as his master told him to go. He gave one last look to the advancing hoard of walkers and looked back into Austin's eyes. "Until we meet again, old friend",he said even though Austin couldn't understand him. With one last bark to Austin, he shot off into the dark forest, the rain plastering his fur down, slightly hiding the green glow of the arc reactor in his chest. Austin's necklace clinking slightly as it hit his metal arm. Now that he felt he was a safe distance away, he turned around, barley able to make out the truck.
Austin was looking to where Xavier had run, he smiled and saluted his best friend. "See you on the other side boy", he said before flicking open the cover to his lighter. He stared at the flame for a second, then was jarred when the walkers started smashing into the truck to get to him. "Go to hell",he said in a strangely calm voice, before throwing the lighter onto the hood where it met gas and oil, throwing the whole truck into flames. Xavier lurched back as he saw the truck explode into a unrecognizable heap of flames. A single tear escaped his eyes as he started to walk back farther into the forest. His head slung low, his ears drooping. Right now he was numb with hatred, with fear, and and with sadness. He had just lost the most important thing in his life. Now he was left alone to survive the walkers and whatever other dangers would present themselves to him. After what seemed like ages of walking through the now pitch-black forest, he came to what looked like an abandoned trailer. There was a small whole in the side, big enough for him to squeeze through, using his mechanical arm as an anchor, he jumped and caught it, scrabbling inside where it was equally as dark and cold, but it was better than sleeping in the rain. He shook his fur out, now his arc reactor cast a strong green light around him, and he could see the whole place was empty. Bone tired and freezing, he jumped up onto the table, and curled into the pile of linens. He was finally at peace, and he dreamt about all the good times he'd had with Austin.
Diamond and Chaos Rule
1# + 3#
Characters Included:
Xavier, Damon{Not a real character}
Story:
Somewhere along a country road, in a rickety old pick-up, a male husky/wolf mix named Xavier flicked his ears. He was fast asleep, his head resting on his mechanical left arm, a small glowing pulse of green light coming from the arc reactor in his chest. As the speeding truck driven by a twenty year old man hit a tree, Xavier was thrown into the back of the drivers seat with a thud. He landed sprawled out in a mess of fur and metal, now he was awake. Xavier struggled to right himself, and peeked over into the driver's seat to see that his master, Austin, was unconscious with his head planted on the steering wheel. He could see blood dripping slowing from a cut on his face, and the truck was rammed into a tree, the windshield smashed to pieces. Now Xavier could see why they had wrecked, a hoard of walkers was slowly moving towards them. Xavier let out a yelp, he knew that if the walkers reached Austin, they would eat him, and turn him into one of them. The pandemic had started exactly 6 days ago, from what Xavier had watched on the TV, scientists has been testing a new drug called Centraline on people, it's purpose was to vaccinate for every type of sickness that could be caught from animals. Little did they know that for some reason, it would turn the humans into zombies, or "Walkers" as Xavier liked to call them. Now there were barley any survivors left, just a few gangs and groups, some loners, all just trying to survive. Xavier and his master Austin were all alone, which made this situation even worse. Xavier couldn't just let Austin be turned into one of those things, so he sprang into the front seat and pulled Damon's head up with his teeth by his shirt collar. Now that he had him in a sitting position, he began to lick his face harshly. "Come on, we have to go!",he yelled, though if Austin could hear him it just sounded like a bark. Austin slowly began to twitch to life, he was now coherent enough to see what was happening. "You all right boy?", Austin murmured as his cupped his face in his hands, wiping away the blood. Xavier looked back outside and saw the walkers were advancing, he growled and nudged Austin roughly. Austin nodded to him, he tried to open the door, but it would budge, now he brought his leg up to kick out the glass. That's when Xavier has an awful realization, Austin wasn't going to be alright. He looked at Austin's leg, it was serrated in all kinds of places, the bone was showing through at the knee. "Austin?",he yelped as his human made the same realization.
Austin had spent a few minutes trying to see if he could get out of the truck but it was no use. He turned to Xavier and smiled, ruffling his companion's fur with one hand, while shielding his bloody leg from view with the other. He looked up at the setting sun through the cracks in the windshield and sighed, "Seems like this is where we part ways boy", he said without looking back at Xavier. "No come on, you have to try, I won't leave you!",he said, his words still just coming out as barks to his master. "Why can't you understand me?",he growled wishing that for just a moment his master could understand his words. Austin just looked down at him with an expressionless face and grabbed the big hybrid, pushing him out the smashed window. Xavier tried to scrabble back in, but it was no use, Austin was using all of his strength to get him out. Now Austin looked at his faithful companion, sitting on the hood of the truck as it began to rain, his fur beginning to get soaked. "Get out of here!",he yelled, tears starting to roll down his face as he realized this would be the end of their friendship. In a last gesture, Austin took the dog tag necklace off of his neck and slung it onto Xavier's. He gave him a smile, tears still streaming down his face, "It's been dam good having you around boy, remember that I love you, always will. Now LEAVE!",he yelled, his voice cracking. Xavier nodded to his master in a gesture of obedience, he felt the necklace slap against his neck and chest as his master told him to go. He gave one last look to the advancing hoard of walkers and looked back into Austin's eyes. "Until we meet again, old friend",he said even though Austin couldn't understand him. With one last bark to Austin, he shot off into the dark forest, the rain plastering his fur down, slightly hiding the green glow of the arc reactor in his chest. Austin's necklace clinking slightly as it hit his metal arm. Now that he felt he was a safe distance away, he turned around, barley able to make out the truck.
Austin was looking to where Xavier had run, he smiled and saluted his best friend. "See you on the other side boy", he said before flicking open the cover to his lighter. He stared at the flame for a second, then was jarred when the walkers started smashing into the truck to get to him. "Go to hell",he said in a strangely calm voice, before throwing the lighter onto the hood where it met gas and oil, throwing the whole truck into flames. Xavier lurched back as he saw the truck explode into a unrecognizable heap of flames. A single tear escaped his eyes as he started to walk back farther into the forest. His head slung low, his ears drooping. Right now he was numb with hatred, with fear, and and with sadness. He had just lost the most important thing in his life. Now he was left alone to survive the walkers and whatever other dangers would present themselves to him. After what seemed like ages of walking through the now pitch-black forest, he came to what looked like an abandoned trailer. There was a small whole in the side, big enough for him to squeeze through, using his mechanical arm as an anchor, he jumped and caught it, scrabbling inside where it was equally as dark and cold, but it was better than sleeping in the rain. He shook his fur out, now his arc reactor cast a strong green light around him, and he could see the whole place was empty. Bone tired and freezing, he jumped up onto the table, and curled into the pile of linens. He was finally at peace, and he dreamt about all the good times he'd had with Austin.
Diamond and Chaos Rule