Avalon: The Retreat (17 page)

War with China and Russia continues since the original attacks on the West Coast, when both countries launched nuclear bombs in addition to landing troops with the intent to invade. The Chinese landed on the Baja Peninsula with the expectation to come up the West Coast and attack California. Intel shows that they intended to drop troops further south and then swing north to come through Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

Russia was in the process of landing troops East of Anchorage, Alaska, on Canadian soil per their agreement with China. The first Chinese invaders were bombed with tactical nuclear warheads after three days of troops being unloaded and countless warnings from the U.S. The bombs killed upwards of five hundred thousand troops.

A bit further south, Mexico City was hit with warheads as well, and the death toll was around ten million people. The same scenario befell the Russian troops, ending any further invasions. Mexico pleaded for peace three days after Mexico City went up in a column of ashes.

The Middle East lies in ash and ruin and, for all intensive purposes, is practically glowing in the dark. Oil wells are on fire in every country in which they existed, and no one is making any attempt to put out the fires. Germany signed a cease-fire when they saw what was happening to the Middle East and that China, Russia, and Mexico were on the run; they wanted no part of it.

An unidentified submarine made it to within fifty miles of the East Coast and launched a series of missiles from somewhere near Cuba. Within an hour, Jacksonville, Norfolk, and Baltimore evaporated, with Philadelphia and New York City following. The island of Cuba was consequently melted to the water line of the Caribbean by several nuclear warheads that struck in quick succession.

In Asia, North Korea was nuked repeatedly over several days, essentially reducing the entire nation to a Stone Age culture, probably for the next two or three hundred years. Although China and Russia wanted to call a truce shortly after their troops were bombed, U.S. nuclear submarines launched all missiles in our inventory, and they joined North Korea in their manner of living. The U.S. Government then demanded and received unconditional surrender from China and Russia.

Reports are coming in that many parts of what remains of the United States are being overrun by motorcycle gangs in the process of setting up Feudalistic Systems, particularly in California and Arizona. Other reports tell of similar gangs in Southern Florida, Western Georgia, and Western Virginia.

The Mid-West is the only area still functioning, albeit at a reduced rate, and what is now known as the “Mississippi Corridor” appears to be the primary vestige of American civilization. Armed citizen soldiers are on guard and patrolling all borders that connect with any state close to those who have, in effect, broken away from the United States proper.

Starvation runs rampant, and crime and looting continue unchecked by a law enforcement that no longer exists. People in prisons, nursing homes, and mental institutions are starving to death in their rooms and cells, abandoned by those in charge of their care.

In some areas, all non-whites are being hunted down and executed by hate groups, and Politicians are being lynched by mobs. It is, without a doubt, the lowest point in our country, the world, and humanity itself; might apparently makes right, and those in the minority are being killed in wholesale numbers everywhere. Many are fleeing for the borders but are being shot on sight; those who make it past the armed hoards are dying from radiation exposure…