Wow, did not expect such backlash from this. Maybe i went about this wrong but i feel like im not the only one here that did that. I can definitely post up a novel-esque story ive made. It really seems like people expect everything to be plain as day for them with out having to read into posts or think about things. Kinda disappointed. Heres a long chapter from my old novel. It was jotted down on my phone as i came up with bits and pieces while out and about. So forgive me for any errors
Main character (mc for now) wakes up in his bed and notices his wife is already left for work. He goes about his normal morning routine and watches tv while eating breakfast and playing with his cats. He works his way back to the fridge where we see a 'honey do' list. He picks it up and skims through it then lays it on the counter and goes to get dressed. He walks back into the kitchen, grabs the list and scratches each cat on the head as he heads out and locks the door. Double checking to make sure its locked.
He walks to his car whistling a happy tune and twirling the keys in his hands. He climbs in, drives off to the store and finishes up his errands. As hes heading back home he hears the warning sirens blair in the distance and assumes its for an earthquake as is common in the california city he lives in. He calls his wife to make sure shes ok and made it to her offices safe room for this kind of situation. After confirming that shes ok hes arrived at home and begun to unload the groceries.
once inside he makes sure the cats are ok and not too startled, turns on the news and puts the groceries away. As hes putting away the milk an announcement comes on the tv saying "government officials have informed us that this is not an earthquake. They advise everyone to stay indoors, lock and seal all doors and windows. we are being told to seal all air vents and turn off ac/heat. Stay in the deepest room of your household and stay together. Under no circumstances should any opening b unsealed. officials are saying that this is only a precaution for our safety and that there is no cause for alarm."
Mc knows better. He calls his wife again and to make sure shes still in her offices safe room and he cant get through. After trying twice, the tv goes to static. He looks out the window and sees nothing out of the ordinary except for his neighbors boarding up and sealing their windows. He looks at the cats who are meowing and crying loudly and says "i dont like the way this feels, and i dont think you guys do either" with a grim look on his face...
he proceeds to seal all the openings of his house and put the cats in the most inward room with food,water and their litterbox. He hugs them both tightly and kisses them on the heads as he says "daddy will b back soon kids, hes got to go pick mommy up from work..." he smiles at them as they meow and a tear drops from his eye as he walks out of the room. He seals the door behind him, with them inside. He grabs his bug-out bag hes prepared just for this sort of situation. He makes sure his gas mask and radiation suit are inside. He knows there is a bag just like this in his wifes car and hopes she can get to it in time....he hopes HE can get to HER in time... he locks and seals the front door behind him and runs to his car.
He runs to the car and races thru traffic to get to his wife. After a few minutes he pulls into the office parking structure and gets to the floor she parks on. He looks for her car to make sure shes still there and doesnt see it.... he checks the floor above and below in case she couldnt find a spot or something...but he notices that several cars are missing and theres broken glass everywhere. He assumes that the cars were looted and he finds somewhere to park his car and runs inside, with the bug out bag.
Once inside he looks all around the office for any signs of life...and his wife. He makes his way to the safe room and finds it...collapsed. theres a few limbs and lots of blood hanging and coming out of it... he shudders and turns his head for a minute to collect himself. He takes a deep breath, turns back to it, takes a step closer and drops to his knees.... he fears the worst. The absolute worst. He shivers and tears run down his face for a minute or two until he gets himself together. He looks as the structure and its integrity, checking to see if its safe to move anything in an attempt to dig it out and see if his wife was indeed inside.
He decides its safe enough and begins to remove boulder after boulder and leverages the heavy security door out of the way. He clears as much debris as he can and looks as far in as he can. He sees several corpses, some of ppl he knew. Friends his wife brought over for parties and get togethers. He mourns their deaths and keeps looking for his wifes body. To no avail. He hopes that means she got out but there are still more bodies further in that he cant see.
then he sees a fraction of a dress thats all too familiar and is dead certain its his wifes. He even finds her wedding ring nearby and he drops to his knees once more and falls over in tears. He cant remove the rubble and debris to b 100% certain its his wife...but the dress....and the ring..... who else could it b?! He does what he can to make her body....more decent in its crushed state under the rocks and twisted steel. He says many words, most in his head bcuz they are too painful to say aloud. He takes the ring with him and attaches hit to his necklace and slowly gets up to leave. He hears voices outside in the office.
He hopes maybe its someone who can help him or knows where his wife his. He runs out to see who it is and he realizes, they arent going to help him...before he can hide from them, theyve spotted him. He quickly runs behind a cubicle and grabs anything he can use as a weapon and takes a strategic location. He only saw two ppl, he doesnt want to kill anyone and with his current weaponry, that wont b a problem. But he doesnt know what weaponry they have. So he waits for one to come around the corner and hits him over the head with a three hole punch, just barely knocking him out.
He immediately learns that the other man is the one with the weapon, and its a fire arm. The bullet grazes his shoulder he falls over into the cubicle wall in pain, knocking the whole cubicle over. He scrambles into the one across from it and quickly reaches inside his bug out bag for a piece of cloth he wraps and ties around him arm. He checks for his small pocket knife and finds it just as the armed man comes around the next corner over. The man doesnt know where mc is exactly and is cautiously and nervously checking around every corner and jumping into each cubicle to surprise mc. mc grabs a stapler and as soon as the armed man jumps into the cubicle beside mc's he throws the stapler the other way and distracts him long enough to sneak up behind and stab him in his gun arm just as the man fires in the direction of the stapler.
Mc proceeds to knock the man out by hitting him in the head with the butt of the knife. He quickly grabs the gun and checks to see how many rounds are left in it, none. He checks both men for more ammo and finds none. He leaves the gun behind but not where they can easily find it and harm someone else. He wraps up the second mans arm, not wanting to leave him there to bleed out. He grabs his things and leaves.
