Mojave Redemption - Part 7
Jacob wondered what the hell had made that noise, or even if he was just losing it, when out of the silence that had followed the "thump"s came an equally faint whistling sound, this time from above. Jacob sat there thinking he must finally have lost...
Mojave Redemption - Part 6
Joshua was indeed right, it took several days before John showed up again, during which the prisoners had worked on the trench to the point where only about third remained. As Jacob and Joshua were led to the trench by some unfamiliar guard he noticed...
Mojave Redemption - Part 5
Jacob woke with a start, the air raid siren outside the Vault from his childhood ringing in his ears once again. He reached for the pistol on his chest instinctively and panicked when he found the comfortable weight missing. He opened his eyes to find...
Mojave Redemption - Part 11
Jacob was silent as he led Sarah through the night, partly because he was afraid of giving away their position to anything unfriendly, but mostly because he just wanted quiet, and to be alone. Once the sun had fallen below the horizon he used his night...
Mojave Redemption - Part 10
Jacob awoke to find himself dangerously close to the edge of the bed and nose to nose with a sleeping German shepherd that had apparently decided in his sleep that the mattress was entirely his domain. Jacob only smiled and gently removed Joshua's paw...
Mojave Redemption - Part 14
Two weeks had passed since Jacob had parted ways with Sarah and he was now drinking whiskey at the bar of a seedy casino called the Atomic Wrangler in north Vegas, or Freeside as the locals called it. The journey to Freeside had been mostly uneventful,...