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Thermonuclear Front - Aftermath by XennyDiemes

Thermonuclear Front - Aftermath

XennyDiemes

This piece takes a more serious and dramatic turn of the action-paced exploits as this is a conceptual, one-off tale of Xendrian and his tale of survival in a world destroyed by global nuclear war. One a conspirator from his own organization started. The name of this story: Thermonuclear Front

Story:

Sometimes the agency does have places called "stations" located on uninitiated worlds out of its jurisdiction and on one particular Earth, Interrealm has to consider packing it up and leaving that world because after seeing the news of growing tensions between this planet's superpowers, it was time to go. Xendrian was assigned to take care off the evacuation from the western half of the planet while Evelynn along with her superior commander overseeing the operation, Commander Xim in the New York base. It was later determined that tensions have cooled down and it seems that the world is finally getting off the whole WWIII deal until a sudden incident plunges the world prematurely into all-out nuclear war.

Despite Evelynn calling out to Xendrian to get back, she is cut off and brutally ordered by Xim to leave before the missiles arrive. Xendrian desperately reaching to Evelynn gets caught in the blast of the first bomb. With his signal lost, Evelyn assumes the worst and leaves before the nukes reach New York.

It has been now seven years since this world went straight to hell. Both stations have been destroyed along with the world's major cities. Very few areas of humanity still thrive but now have to deal with bouts of nuclear winter, radical climates and diminishing food supplies Most places are still suitable to live but are so remote from each other. For Xendrian, if it wasn't for both his genetic makeup and his now shortened out Realmengine, he would have died from his injuries or the radiation hereafter. Any hope to take a human form with the device is lost and has to rough it out as a dragon in a world that is unknown to one.

In his long Journey, he has to survive by hunting, avoiding much human contact as possible, fighting off surviving predators and making clothes from scratch or snatching the largest ones as he can. Ultimately he makes the long cross ocean sail and soon on the first leg of a long walk across the harsh American landscape from Anchorage. It would have been easy until he gets captured by Marauders who have never seen a dragon, let alone a talking humanoid. Figuring out what to do with him, he crossed paths with a woman named Cassey who frees him and letting hell break loose against his captors.

Though it wasn't easy for him, he decides to take Cassey along on the long journey which will put them at odds with each other and explore more into their lives on the way to New York. Meanwhile back on Prime Earth, Xim is now at a higher rank and Evelynn continues to move on but not so much over the loss of Xendrian, holding onto the fact that he is still alive. Then something resurfaces about a hidden conspiracy involving Xim that connects him to the events seven years ago and the last agent who found out about it is killed. It drew her to the conclusion that Xim has done the unthinkable, and will do anything to shut anyone up who came close.

Back on the destroyed Earth, the journey did have an effect between to two travelers as their adventures and dramas start to forge into a relationship that blurs the barriers between species. As they enter the Virgina area a heavy rainstorm rolls in and they take shelter in an abandoned warehouse. It was as good of time to rest there. Or it would be the case when personal feelings run deep between them to the point size and species be damned, they went for each other in that warehouse. In the aftermath, Xendrian looks out contemplating what he had done if it was for good or bad. If he has a shot of going back home or make this world his home.

At the same time, Evelynn contemplates breaking all protocol to go back and find Xendrian while dodging the looming watch of Xim and his reasons for the deaths of billions for his own gains.

That's pretty much the idea behind it and for months two songs helped with what I thought worked well with the image above.

Lydia Ainsworth - Wicked Game https://youtu.be/lK59QzUN1kk
On the night Xendrian and Cassie get close, looked at each other in the eyes and soon kissed includes flashbacks of his journey and their first encounter.

Flunk - Blue Monday https://youtu.be/vyjNCFje8bc
For the aftermath and soon walk to New York in the morning rains and journey to the final stretch.

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