in the end, a new hero will rise to right the wrongs of his time
Gen. Atom Travis is a soldier who fought during the Great War. He survived it until the final days, but when the bombs fell, his life changed once again. Can he accept his past, mistakes, and failures to survive?
This is my first story, and I do not have an editor, so please understand any mistakes I make. Fireflight startrottor
Based on the universe that Kkat created with locations and characters from falling shadows, project horizons, dead tree, fallout equestria (ofc), and speak
I am NOT an artist, so can someone please help me with an actual cover?
Fallout Equestria, blood of the Hero, introduction
War, war never changes. Two hundred years ago, a war between the ponies of Equestria and the zebras of the Zebraca empire started due to a hostage crisis and a trade embargo of coal and gemstones. It was a long and grueling war that lasted for decades, so long that I lost track of time during the fighting. This is my story of the last two hundred years in the Wasteland on my own.
Prologue, The Fall. Two hundred years ago, sirens blazed into my ears as bombs were reported to have started to fall and detonated in the city of Manhattan. The balefire bombs have been reported to have struck the research facility of Mirapony and the city of Couldsdale. However, Cloudsdale was completely destroyed. As far as I can tell, about 5% of my soldiers in the base are panicking out loud, 45% are panicking internally and the other 50% of the base is holding it together. “General!” A voice said, knocking me out of my thoughts, “Equestria is launching its counterattack; shall we do the same?” First Lieutenant Cricket said. “Yes, we must,” I replied calmly. “Um……. General, can I speak with you?” Second Lieutenant Ostrich said, sounding more on edge than she usually is. “What’s the issue?” I asked with a small amount of apprehension in my voice. “Do you remember becoming Luna’s personal guard?” She asked. “Of course I do. Other than my wedding and my children hatching, it was the happiest day in my life,” I -responded with a smile, but seeing her face, it fell, “something is wrong. Isn’t it?” “Yes,” she responded uneasily, “it is reported that a Zebra weapon with a similar effect to the weapon used at Little Horn has been detonated inside of Canterlot.” I startled Ostritch when I slammed my hand against a table before I asked, “Are the two princesses….?” “We don’t know.” After a moment I decided and calmly said,” I’m going in.” “What!!!!!!” Several soldiers exclaimed. “Are you sure?” Junior Sargent Thorax asked. He was not surprised since he knew me well enough not to attempt to stop me. “Yes, well, it is my job after all.” “Good luck,” he said, respectfully saluting to me. “What do you mean that it is your job?” A soldier asked flatly. “Right, Thorax and Ruby are the only ones who know fully what happened,” I said, “Luna asked me to be one of her personal guards,” I clarified flatly. “And you did not tell us?” Ostrich said accusingly. “Didn’t want y’all to worry about me.” The soldiers stared at me with concern but they knew my no-nonsense reputation “General, are you sure? It is a 50/50 chance that you will survive,” Brigadier General Ruby said. “I made my decision,” I responded with much resolve in my voice. “Atom, come with me,” Ruby commanded in a serious tone. “On my way,” I said, with a small amount of surprise in my voice. I was surprised that she used my real name instead of my rank.
I followed her as she led me through the twisted halls of the l-16 Republic military bunker. After about a 15-minute walk, I found myself in the room that I shared with my wife. “You know that exact courage and loyalty is what made me fall in love with you,” Ruby said after the door closed. Ruby, my wife and second-in-command, is also a dragon. “I know, but the princess needs me!” “I know,” she said sadly. “Are you going to attempt to stop me?” I asked flatly, “No.” “Then why did you nee… augh?” I was about ready to ask, but then she hugged me. “For that,” she said. After what seemed to be about an eternity, I said, “I need to get going, Ruby.” as I pulled away. “I know,” Ruby said with a sadness in her voice. Just return home safe. Okay?” “Understood, general,” I said, smiling slightly. “Don’t call me that,” she said, nudging me playfully. “What else am I supposed to call you?” I joked and then remembered, “Hey Ruby…” “Yes?” “Can you hold on to this for me?” I asked, handing her my weapon, Noheir. “Why? This is your rifle.” “I don’t feel right holding it now,” I admitted. “It was a gift to me from a better time before the world blew up.” “Okay,” she sighed. “I will put it in the safe, and Noheir will wait until you return.” “Perfect.” “I love you,” Ruby said with sadness in her voice, “please return safely.” “No promises, but I will try.”
Upon leaving the room, I walked through the halls of the I-16 Republic military bunker to the front door, and for once that day, luck was on my side. “Greetings, general,” Second Lieutenant Qible said, saluting me. “Greetings, Qible,” I said. “Is something wrong? “Master Sergeant Moowacher asked, looking nervous. “You are reading my mind, Moon?” I asked flatly. “No need,” she responded. “Your face looks worried; you only look like that if something is wrong.” “Well, you got it right,” I sighed. A zebra weapon similar to the one used in Little Horn was reported to have been detonated in Canterlot.” “Are the princess okay?” Qible exclaimed “We don’t know.” “You are going in, aren’t you?” Moon asked. “Yes,” I replied. At the same time, Qible said, “What!!” “Why?” Qible asked. “Right, you fell asleep halfway through,” I said, rolling my eyes, “Luna asked me to be her personal guard at the start of the war.” I clarified, “So…. Let me get this straight; you have not only been the general of the republic army AND a royal guard for the leader of Equestria?” “Yes” “That may explain why you disappeared every so often.” Qible reasoned. “Well, yes and no. Half the time, yes. The other half, I was leading the Equestrian forces under Luna’s request, which, mind you, was rare. This reminds me, hey Moon, can you do me a favor?” “What is it, Atom?” I sighed and asked, “Can you report that I went to M.I.A. when I entered Canterlot?” “Why?” Qible asked “I see; let me guess, you also want us to abandon the bunker and seal it?” Moon said slightly accusingly, “You are sometimes too perceptive for your own good sometimes; you know that, Sargent.” I said flatly, “But yes, you are correct.” “Permission to speak general?” Qible asked, saluting me “How many times do I need to say that you don’t need to ask me that, but yes, second lieutenant?” I responded, saluting back “I was just wondering, why do you want us to say you went M.I.A.” “I have a feeling that I will survive the bombs, and Equus needs time to heal, and I think that it will be better if The Republic was temporarily out of the picture, which includes myself.” I said, slightly tearing up, “I hope you understand that my choices were for the better of all. So, can you do it, Moon?” I said, staring at the black dragon with a look in my eyes that said, “Please understand me.” “I understand, but are you sure that this is the best course of action?” “Yes” “Understood,” she said, saluting me as she said it. “Thank you,” I said with tears flowing down my face “Are you okay?” Qible asked “He is going through something,” Moon said “Why does this almost feel like Cliff?” I asked, tearing up more “Not again!” Moon said “Shit, Not again!” qible exclaimed “You will be okay, Atom,” Moon said, wrapping a wing around me “How can I?” I asked “I…I… why!!” “Atom, what did you do every other time this happened?” “I…I kept moving forward,” I said. “You’re right; I must keep moving forward. The princess needs me.” “There is the human I know,” Moon said “Let’s move,” I said, drying my tears. With my magic wrapped around me, I then teleported to my destiny. Standing at the magic barrier surrounding Canterlot and inside it was the notorious pink cloud that wiped out little-horn swirling around the building of the ancient capital of Equestria. I could almost feel it sucking out the life of the city, and it almost seemed like it was waiting for me to join the city. “Okie Doki Loki, how shall I do this?” I said to myself, genuinely confused about how to enter the city, but then I remembered that I could walk through the barrier. “How do I always forget that,” I said, face palming I swear I have been a royal guard since Little Horn. Even a tiny amount before that, and I always forget about it!
Upon walking into the ruins of the ancient capital of Equestria, I did not know what was in there, so ultimately, I was forced to turn on my Eyes Forward Sparkle Now, personally, I hated how the E.F.S.changed my vision; however, for once, I am glad about it so I can avoid the hostiles that were crawling around the city. I am aware of the effects of the pink cloud; it will slowly, in large enough quantities, will slowly begin to melt your skin off, literally, as well as fuse you to objects; however, lucky enough, I am a mechon, and well a spirit so I am relatively immune to the effects of the pink cloud, but due to reports for some of my soldiers, not even a hazmat suit will stop it, so instead of risking getting stuck in my salvager outfit, I chose to remain in my standard uniform which is made of a material that is less likely to fuse to me. I hope… After about an hour or so of walking around Canterlot, my chest started hurting due to my still organic lungs, which forced me to slug down a healing potion. However, I noticed that it was not as bright as it used to be. “Shit,” I said to no one in particular. “Better make this quick. Forgive me, Celesta and Luna,” I said before attaching my right salvager gauntlet. The reason I did that one was because of the hook shot that was attached. Upon doing that, I broke out, running towards the nearest building, three stories tall. Once I was a few feet away, I jumped, using my telekinesis to levitate over a nearby chunk of concrete upon jumping off of the piece of concrete. I shot out my hook shot to the tallest point of the building, and then, not even stopping, I ran to the next building and the next. After about 3 minutes of jumping on the roofs of buildings, I made one last jump, levitating over a bench and hopping off, and sending my grapple shot flying. I luckily caught onto one of the towers of the castle and, with my momentum, smashing through one of the stained glass windows. Upon looking at it, I realized that it was my favorite one, the ministry mare’s defeating Nightmare Moon, and I smashed right through Twilight Sparkle. Standing up, I once again realized that my chest was hurting again, so I pulled out the last healing potion with color, “Last one,” I observed, “better make it count…” So, with that, I was once again running. After running for 15 minutes or so, I reached where the sister would most likely be: the Canterlot throne room. Upon reaching it, I searched for ten more minutes until finally, I found an unnatural lump on the floor that looked suspiciously like Luna… “Luna?” I asked the lump, which prompted it to twitch. “LUNA!” I shouted, running towards the lump. Upon looking closely, it was, in fact, the princes of the night fused to the floor. “Oh no…. Luna speak to me… Luna!” I was now beginning to panic till finally she twitching again “Atom,” she asked weakly. “Luna, you are okay. Now we need to get you out of here,” I said, still panicking and attempting to get her off the floor to no avail. “No, atom, it is too late for me…” she said before she started to cough and sound suspiciously like a particular unicorn. “Don’t say that, damn it,” I practically shouted, once again attempting to get her off the floor and once again to no avail. “Atom, this is not going to work,” she said quizzically. “Shut up, it will,” I said, tears falling down my cheeks and onto Luna’s side. “Atom…… le…leave me,” she said “Unless…” “What are you thinking, Atom?” “Do you remember that spell that I told you about?” “Atom… it is too dangerous.” “Luna, I cannot live with myself if I just let you die without trying anything,” I said pretty matter-of-factly. “It is my job to sacrifice my life for you, so let me try it, please…” “Very well then, just please be careful doing it…” “Understood,” I said before putting my hand on her chest. Soon, magic started to flow from my hand into her chest, attempting to reach her soul. After three or so minutes of digging around, I found it and began to break off half of it and pull it towards myself; in the middle of the soul being retrieved, Luna used that same link I created to start transferring her magic into me. Feeling unusual, I looked over and saw her horn glowing and realized that she was transferring her magic to me. “Why?” I asked, surprised at the fact that she was doing it “Atom, you may need it more than me.” Realizing that she was right, I continued with the process of removing half of her soul. Upon completion, Luna gave out her last breath… “Luna? LUNA?! shoot.” “Atom” “Wat,” I thought to myself “Atom” “Who’s there?” I asked to the voice in my head “Atom, you seriously don’t recognize my voice?” it (no, she) asked quizzically. “Luna?” I asked in my head “Well done, atom, you won a golden star,” Luna said sarcastically. What the….? I thought to myself “I can hear you. You know that, right?” “Never mind that,” I said, “we need to get the hell out of here.” “I agree,” said Luna in my head. “Oh right, hold out your hand, Atom.” “Why” “You shall see.” Okay? I thought to myself. Holding out my hand, I felt something come to me, and after a few seconds, a sword came flying out of somewhere in the palace and stopped in my hand. Wait wat. “Atom,” Luna said comfortingly, “take my sword and use it. I trust it to you, my friend.” “Why?” I asked out loud “Do not worry about it; just trust me,” she replied reassuringly “Okay…” I said; after a moment of hesitation, fully grabbing the sword, it began to change its shape; instead of the long ordnance sword, it became what looked like a short sword that reminded me of the letter opener from The Hobbit, the only difference is the symbol of the moon on the hilt, however, I noticed that the symbol was not fully visible, upon closer inspection, it looked like tendrils of dark magic were wrapped around it. Before I could think about it more, I remembered where I was. “Let’s get moving,” I said, trying to teleport, only to feel like Luna had fucked my brain with a jackhammer. What the…? I thought to myself. “You burned out,” Luna said quizzically “Never mind that,” I said, simply putting on my glider suit “Atom, what are you doing!!!!!!!!???!?” Luna yelled as I jumped off a balcony in a deadly nosedive, pulling up at the last second and gliding dangerously low to the lifeless streets; eventually, visibility got so bad that I was forced to land before I ran into something, five minutes later, three figures soon stepped into viewing distance, my EE.F.S.marked them as hostile “Luna, should I engage?” “Atom, these are my civilian’s.” “Lulu, they aren’t yours anymore…” I said, drawing my sword “Very well then, you have my permission to engage.” In three quick slashes, I killed two of the figures as I missed the third, and it bit me hard on the arm that was holding the sword “Gah!!” I shouted, pulling out my knife in my boot and stabbing my attacker in the throat, killing it almost instantly due to my strike in a vital nerve and windpipe. Upon pulling my knife out of the “pony’s” neck, I cleaned it off on my uniform and continued to run through Canterlot. After about five or so minutes, I realized that I was reaching the end of the barrier. I was about to leave when something caught my eye: a rusty spear leaning against a wall. I was about to investigate when I realized that the barrier was beginning to shatter, so I ran once again only to realize that I was running off the cliff that was a part of Canterlot, but instead of stopping, I continued to run until I jumped off (I was still wearing my glider suit) and began to glide. I had just landed when the barrier finally collapsed, releasing the pink cloud to the surrounding area. I was just outside of the range, but still, just to be sure, I ran a little bit farther till finally I stopped, only to look behind me to find that same spear that was in Canterlot, “what the Fuck!?” I shouted, surprised that it was directly behind my head. Something was off about it, I felt a strong magical response to my powers than it changed, it was the spear that Celestia used against sombra. I grabbed it, and I realized that my journey was just getting started.
Is this what you want to be? Name: Atom Travis Lvl: twenty-seven age: 46 S:7 P:7 E:5 C:5 A:5 i:6 L:3 Y/N Y Footnote: level up New quest perk added host of the night, you have the princess of the night inside of you, increase magic by 20% and magic resistance by 50%, increases by 5% during the night Survivor of Canterlot, you are 50% more resistant to the effects of the pink cloud, and healing potions last 25% longer in your possession. Item note New legendary weapon acquired: the lunar blade; the lunar blade is the legendary sword that Princes Luna used to defeat King Sombra. With the sword in your possession, you can use several new abilities.
Fallout Equestria: Blood of The Hero: a new world, new challenges, WHY THE HELL NOT? Five minutes after bombs fell… “God Fucking damnit” I shouted at the top of my lungs. “What the mater Atom?” Luna asked calm “Raidiaton is too high,” I said, frustrated. If there is one thing that I regret doing, it is that I made my body accept radiation as a power source. Ok, so there is one thing you should know about me: I am a Human with magic, but that is not entirely true. I am also a spirit and a mechon; yes, I am a spirit in terms that I have genuinely died once in the past, but NOT permanently. No, I am not a ghost, but in fact, a Nibel spirit. Long story short, a fellow light spirit, Ori (yes, that Ori), got me to a spirit well and resurrected me about 25 years ago, hence why I look 21 years old because I physically cannot age. As for being a mechon… I do not have the time nor the patience to explain that story, so I will say that I was running into power problems about six years ago because my previous power source was ether or Life Force. You can imagine how annoying that is, so I added on in a power converter, allowing me to accept different things as power, one of which I radiation, sooooooooo, luna fuck me with the moon… “I heard that,” Luna said. “Damn it,” I said to myself. “Ok, the first order of business, find a fucking cave.” which prompted a thing to pop up in my E.F.S. New quest added Find a cave A marker popped up in it, pointing two miles to the right of me “Ok…” I said to myself, “Time to run.” upon saying that, I got into a running stance and tuned on a song that seemed to fit and pressed play to begin a dead sprint to the cave before… well, I explode
Upon finishing that song, I suddenly got the warning that I was exceeding my energy limit and would have to do an energy purge. Realizing that, I removed my glove, jammed my right hand into the ground, and shot a massive energy beam. “What was that?!” Luna practically yelled in my head, “Don’t worry about it,” I responded casually, looking at my hand. My hand is the only place my cowling will show through; it still looks like my normal hand, but instead of my dark brown skin tone, it is pure white, minus my knuckles and a small glass optic in my palm. Looking closely, I saw that my internal aiming optic was absolutely fried and completely unusable, meaning I could not do that again until I replaced it. Deciding that leaving my glove off was better and quicker, I ran once again.
At the song’s end, I reached the cave and stepped inside. Once inside and deep enough that the radiation was a bit more manageable, I sat down and breathed. “Ok,” I said to myself, “time to put on my salvager suit.” After that was said, I put on a blue suit that appeared to be made out of fabric at parts, and it is, but I infused radioactive-resistant material into it a while ago. Once it was on, I grabbed my oxygen tank and, put in an air talisman and sealed it. “What do we need to do,” I asked Luna in my mind. “Well… we must find my sister first and foremost.” New quest added Find Celestia “And we must find the rest of the 81st.” New quest added Find the 81st elite corp. With that decided, I got back up and journeyed back into the waists.
Footnote No experience gained
New quest perk added. Mechon power: because you are a mechon, you gain less damage to limbs. However, you have a limited power supply, and if you exceed that, there is, without an energy purge, a high chance that you will explode. This perk is exclusive to Atom. This perk is mutually exclusive to adamantium bone lacing and zebra brew Spirit edge: you are a Nibel spirit and gain certain combat perks. It allows you to use weapons specific to a spirit and increase your immunity to the effects of the pink cloud. This perk is exclusive to any Nibel spirit in your party.
Okay, there's one upside to the fallout, which is that it lasts only a short time. I can at least say I'm moving out, but that also means that it's a pain in the ass to find the rest of the 81st because they are doing the same, except for Master Sargent Moonwatcher, I immediately lost contact with her after the bunker was sealed. I don’t know if she died or was in a stable, but knowing her, it is probably the ladder. And Celestia is only Faust knows where.
So Luna fuck me with the moon…
“I heard that,” Luna shouted in my mind.
“Oh fuck you. I know; YOU SAID IT 50 FUCKING TIMES NOW,” I retorted, extremely frustrated.
“What the matter?”
“I am trying to find the rest of the 81st as well as your sister, and it is a major pain in the ass.”
“Are you doing ok?”
“Fuck no!” I shouted back, more to assure myself I wasn’t completely defeated. “The world just ended, and this is not the first time this has happened to me. I need to find your sister with ZERO fucking info on where she has gone, AND I need to find the 81st elite corp, with one member completely off the books, alone!” I finished speaking with Luna as I took a seat on a nearby rock.
“Hostle on the left!” Luna shouted, which prompted me to look over and see… what the FUCK IS THAT! It looks like a giant cockr-
“AUHG! DAMNIT!” I shouted as it jumped at me and latched onto one of the fabric parts of my salvager suit, luckily not piercing the material. At that gesture, I shook it off my arm, and it landed hard but was still not deterred and jumped at me again. Mid-air, I activated S.A.T.S (Stable Tec Assisted Targeting Spell) from my PipBuck, and the world slowed to a crawl, giving me a chance to aim and think. The spell indicated a 90% hit chance of a hit. Luna thought that I was going to throw a punch, but instead, I did a round kick that struck true. The creature flew backward into the other side of the ravine that I was in at the moment.
“What was that!” Luna shouted in my mind. She was surprised that I did a really accurate round kick.
“ご心配なく (don’t worry about it),” I responded, not realizing that I was speaking in Neighon.
“What?” Luna asked
“Sorry, I meant, don't worry about it.”
“HOW AM I NOT SUPPOSED TO WORRY ABOUT IT? YOU JUST DID A KICK THAT LOOKS MORE ZEBRA THAN ANYTHING, NOT TO MENTION YOU JUST SPOKE IN AN UNKNOWN LANGUAGE!”
“TURN OFF YOUR DAMN CAPS LOCK!” I mentally shouted with a sigh, rubbing my forehead because, damn, that hurts. “First of all, I’ve been training in martial arts for about 10 or 11 years, and any chance I get, of course, I can do accurate round kicks. And second of all, I was speaking in my second language other than dragon.”
“Hold up!” Luna said, thinking to herself, “You know multiple languages?”
“OF COURSE I DO! I LIVE ON A PLANET THAT IS MOSTLY INHABITED BY DRAGONS,” I shouted mentally. “You don’t just get to speak ponish when everyone speaks their own language, and you visit them regularly.”
“OW, MY EARS,” Luna snarled uncomfortably.
“Sorry,” I apologize. “Let's just not do that so we don't give ourselves headaches anymore,” I suggested, sitting down and pulling out Final Stand.
Final Stand is the pistol that I've held ever since my first and last operation for my original people and the first firearm I ever used in combat. From A gift from my mom to the one saving grace that I had during my early journey on fidara.
“Atom, are you doing ok?” Luna asked in my mind.
“Yeah,” I responded, pressing Final Stand’s barrel up against my forehead in thought, closing my eyes. “I'm just remembering something.”
“Are you…”
“FUCK NO!” I shouted out loud, surprised that she even thought of such a thing.
“Sorry,” Luna apologized. “It's just how sentimental you got while you were holding your pistol.”
“Tis ok,” I responded simply, “just remembering. How I got my pistol.”
Fallout Equestria, Blood of The Hero: chapter 3, part 1
The Beginning Of A New Journey: The Crash
35 years ago, 300,000 miles off of the surface of planet FID82 (Fidara)
USS Montana 45 minutes before mission starts. Main bay
May 29th, 2024 (I think)
“Last night, at 21:00, my husband, a father, passed away due to his injuries,” the speaker and captain of the ship stated, “but with a heavy heart, I still need to call upon a worthy volunteer to scout out the surface of the planet and to make sure that it is safe to send down a crew,” she then looked at all of the people that are gathered there, “do I have any volunteers?”
“I WILL!” I shouted after an eternity of silence.
“Son…”
“Don’t do that, Captain,” I stood up.
“ATOM!” Mom shouted, surprised that I volunteered, considering what happened last night, “it’s dangerous to do this, and you are only 16,”
“I know it is dangerous; that is the reason why I am doing this,” I stated, walking up to the stage, “look around,” I said, pointing around the bay, “no one else will do it, and I am no one important, no one will miss me, and I am willing to risk my life for us, even if I’m not remembered doing it.”
“Son, you are important to me,” she stated with tears in her eyes that I even thought so lowly of myself.
“Love it or hate it, but it is true,” I stated quite matter-of-factly. “You are the last person who thinks that everyone else either forgot about me or is dead,” I stood next to her on the stage. “No matter the cost, we must save our people.”
“ATOM!” a male voice shouted, prompting me to look over and see someone I had thought I would never see again. “That is not true yet. I’m still alive,” Peter stated,
Peter is a young German male who has been my first and only friend in life. He has lifted me up, and I can rely on him to stand up for me, and I will damn sure do the same thing. While I was finally evacuating, I noticed him out of the corner of my eye, trapped under some rubble, and so I stopped and got him out. He looked terrible, like he was trapped under there for a few days, and so, with the last of my reserves, I barely managed to teleport ourselves to the takeoff point. Suffering from a major burn-out, I was barely able to get us to the boarding ramp, and once we were inside, I passed out.
I woke up a few days later in a room that the “Captain” prepared for me. Still, I never received any news on Pete’s condition, even after I pushed them on it. Still, ultimately, I just gave up, concluding that I was too slow and that I failed my only friend; then, two days later, my father died in my arms, which was the icing on the cake, but here he is, standing in front of me, alive.
“Pete?” I asked, tearing up slightly
“Yeah?” he responded.
“PETE!” I shouted, hugging the friend that I thought I had lost. “I thought I lost you,” I said with my voice cracking.
“Why?” he asked, genuinely confused as to why I was acting like this.
“I was never told what happened to you, so I thought that I was too late when I rescued you,” I stated, breaking the hug.
“WHAT!” my mom shouted at the fact that I was never told about the condition of my friend
“Yep, just like what I thought, and these actions only prove my point.”
“What do you mean by that, Atom?” Peter asked
“I trust that mom told the medical crew to report what happened to you. Am I correct,” I asked, looking at her as she nodded, “Exactly. Sorry about my language, but that only fucking proves my point that no one gives two fucks about me or hates me, which is most likely the reason why the disobeyed DIRECT FUCKING ORDERS!”
“Atom…”
“Don’t do that to me,” I interrupted. “You know it is true.” I then pointed around the room again. “Look around. I am the only one willing and able to do this. Please let me, for the sake of humanity.”
“You will need a crew, though…” Mom stated, deep in thought.
“I will go with him,” Pete exclaimed, “he needs someone to keep him in check.”
“I will go, too,” a female voice shouted, prompting me to look over and see someone I never thought would work with me after my mistake two years before.
“Elle,” I greeted her. After a few seconds, seven more people joined me, and two truly surprised me because we hated each other or were rivals. The ones I am talking about are Jackson and Elle. Jackson is a young black male whom I tried to befriend in 5th grade but ultimately made me turn my back on one of the “closer” friends that I have, and since then, we have never looked eye to eye. And Elle, that is too long of a story for me to explain why we hate each other, but despite our differences and rivalries, it is my job to do this. For Humanity
10 minutes before the mission starts
The final meeting, the main hall outside of the launch bay 1
“SON HOLD UP!” Mom shouted behind me.
“Yes, Mom,” I said, turning around, looking annoyed. “I need to get to the bay, and no, you will not change my mind, so don’t even try,” I stated, about ready to turn around, and then I felt a hand on my shoulder.
“I know,” she stated, “I only came to wish you good luck, and to give you this,” she said before handing me a holster with a pistol inside. No, that is not any pistol; it is a Colt M1911.
Looking it over, I saw that there was nothing really special about it, but still, this is still a good pistol. But I am shocked at how Mom got one.
“how..wh..what?” I stuttered.
“I got this for you for your birthday, but due to the chaos of the past few weeks with me becoming captain, you ran into the runes to save people, you returned three days later, passing out, a bright glow coming from your arm and a strange mark appearing…” She started listing things off, but one caught my interest.
“Did you say a strange mark appearing on my arm?” I interrupted.
“Yes, why?” As soon as she said that, I pulled up my sleeve to reveal my cutie mark. Looking at it for the first time, I was so surprised that I actually had one, a bright blue star with two wings spreading out on either side surrounded by fire.
“How did you get there?” I asked myself.
“What?” mom asked, clearly hearing me
“Nothing,” I responded, covering it up again. “OOkay back to my first question. Why did you get me this?” I asked, holding up the pistol that she had given me.
“I noted that you like that pistol, so I wanted to get you one for your birthday, but due to what happened, I forgot about it until you volunteered to do this,” she responded casually, something that I did not hear often. “Anyways, I want to tell you something.”
“Shoot”
“Use this pistol to make your final stand if anything goes wrong.”
“I will. Do you have any mags”
“Two”
“It will work,” I said. After I said that, I looked at my watch and realized that I was almost late, “shit, love you, need to go.”
“I love you too,” she said so quietly that I could barely hear it.
After a few seconds, I was in the launch bay that would send me on my journey to FID82 and, ultimately, my new destiny.
Over FID82
Log One Day one Cpt. Atom Travis of SLIA32
Day one, I had never imagined that I would actually see possibly our new home with my own eyes from orbit. From what we can see, we have identified 14 continents, and I swear to god that one of them looks like a dragon. From what we can see, the diameter of this planet is about 10,917.5 miles in diameter, and it has distinct biomes like Earth. However, I do not know the composition of the atmosphere and if it is safe for humans to breathe even then. The most striking feature of this planet is, in fact, its three moons. I think that I will call them Imperial, Oracle, and Perception because they remind me of the moons of one of my favorite book series. It’s not important, but still, we need to get closer actually to do our experiments. I will continue this log when we are in low orbit and are able to conduct our research effectively. Captain Atom Travis logging of
End Of Log
Log two Day two Cpt. Atom Travis of SLIA32
We are finally in the low orbit of FID82, and I have to say that the more we conduct this research, the more I think this is, in fact, the planet that WOF was staged on… but how… that planet was made up? Anyway, from several tests on the planet’s atmosphere, it matches almost perfectly with Earth’s, minus the extreme amount of carbon and sulfur that Earth had, and other scans indicate that there is, in fact, sentient life on this planet anyway from what we can see, it only appears to be on two of the 14 continents that I codenamed Pyrrhia and Pantala due to appearance. But still, neither is good enough for us to land on due to the heavy population and other issues, so I think we will land on continent A24W, which is on the other side of the planet, to allow us to set up at least before we encounter the locals just in case they are hostile. But more research is needed before we can confirm a landing sight. I will have a full report tomorrow. Captain Atom Travis signing off.
End Of Log Log three Day three Cpt. Atom Travis of SLIA32
My theory was correct. A24W is entirely uninhabited, so we can settle there unimpeded, but… what is going on?.... What SHIT!!!! ERROR, ERROR, ERROR, LOST CONNECTION. ATTEMPTING TO RECONNECT………. UNABLE TO RECONNECT.
Meanwhile…
“What happened?” I asked myself out loud as I picked myself up off the ground. Crew, do you copy?”
“I copy atom,” Reef (Peter) responded
“Still kicking,” Zoey (Ella) responded
After a few seconds, all seven other members checked in. “What happened?” I asked, wondering why that happened.
“Metior crashed into us and fucked up the engines,” Reef responded.
“Try to get the engines back online, Pete. I will try to get in contact with The Montana.” After I said that, Reef saluted and returned to the engine room, and then I went to the cockpit to contact The Montana. “GOD FUCKING DAMNIT WORK YOU THING” I shouted after five minutes and the central computer failing to work, “is power offline?” I asked through my communicator
“We are on reserves, and the systems are focusing on life support, doors, and lights,” Reef responded.
“Okay, relocate pow…” I was cut off as I heard cracking from behind me “oh SHIT!!!!!!” I shouted as the front viewport suddenly shattered, and I felt a sharp stab of pain through my knee. But still, despite that, time suddenly seemed to slow down, allowing me to think before I had an idea. I teleported to the right side of the door jam and shut the door, sealing that room. With gravity being added back to my body, I collapsed due to intense pain in my right knee. Looking at it, I was so surprised to see a single piece of glass sticking out of it. Lifting my communicator, I realized that something must have struck it, making it unusable, so with a grunt, I rolled over to my left side and dragged myself across the floor to a wall-mounted communicator. Using my telekinesis, I grabbed it and spoke, “Pete, do you copy?”
“ATOM! Are you okay? I was so…” Reef (Pete(he is called that because I misspoke and said Reef instead of Pete))
“Reef,” I said, cutting him off, “disable gravity in the entire ship.”
“Why?”
“I cannot walk…” I said with hesitation in my voice, “Long story, the cockpit exploded, which is the reason why I am using a wall comu…” I was cut off by an explosion and a siren that was going off inside the ship. “Shit,” I said to myself before turning the transmission ship-wide. “ABANDON SHIP! DO NOT WORRY ABOUT ME! I WILL SEE YOU ON THE SURFACE!” with that said, I crawled my way to an open closet with padding in it. Just as the door closed, the ship hit the surface, knocking me out and marking the beginning once and for all.
