When Aliens Attack

You wake up suddenly to an enormous heat blast explosion! barely escaping with your life.
Everyone in your home is dead except you!

Within minutes the military is banging on what’s left of your front door. You are told alien ships had launched an air strike attack against planet Earth overnight, destroying 73% of our planet and all living creatures.

All survivors must be evacuated out of their homes and relocated for medical assistance and for recolonization. However, before being forced out of your home, you are instructed that you can bring a winter coat and one item from home and only one.

You are then told you have less than 2 minutes to grab your items, and then will be taken to an undisclosed fallout location ..

What will you bring? knowing you’re loosing everything you cherish and love,
how do you choose ?

Tell us what you brought from home

After what seemed like forever, you arrive at an undisclosed location with a bunch of people you’ve never met. no facilities no buildings no nothing. Just land surrounded by ocean for miles an miles, oh and supplies ..

Everyone was ordered to grab a 55 gallon drum of drinking water equipped with two back wheels
one box of standard military food rations and one duffel bag that doubles as a sleeping bag. Inside each duffle bag are 6 standard issued survival items

1) One 320 x 300cm / 126 x 118 inch tarp.
2) One hand Axe.
3) One basic no frills fire starter kit.
4) One heavy duty goose-down blanket.
5) One first aide kit
6) One small cooking pot


Everyone was told to pick a mate of the opposite sex, 5 items of their choice, and one animal .

ITEMS LIST:
Remember : Each person can pick 5 items
and only 5 and one animal

Crossbow
Arrows
Machete
One box of wooden matches
All purpose flagline rope
Fishing pole
Fishing hooks
Flashlight with solar batteries
Large area fishing net
Waterproof boots
Assorted Vegetable Seeds
Salt


ANIMALS
Adult Borderline Collie Dog ( male )
Adult Ferret female ( huntress)
Adult Maine -coon cat female ( huntress )

After everyone was done selecting their stuff,
the military got back into there vehicles and through their drivers side windows yelled out at he same time “ Live long prosper and procreate !”
And then one by drove away...

Write a detailed story or poem, prose or rhyming,  telling us what you would do to survive, describe in detail the items and animal and person you picked and why within the story.


Title your story or poem/ poems
there is no submission limit.
Those who submit more than one page make sure you number those pages and title em .

DO NOT BABBLE  Stay focused 😊
2 weeks Good luck 👍🏻

I posted an example of a story :

Also I wrote specifically that you are taken to an undisclosed location with people you’ve never met. I did it with this in mind
Dup crushes❤️ and pre-existing friendships.
You may know the Dup members writers name but not their real name, see where I’m going with this? You could ask your new partner their name and get to know each other only to find out you two belonged to the same poetry sight and in fact are already friends .

UPDATE:
No submission limit ! YAY!

Sorry for all the editing but it’s a big competition
I think it’s good to go now lol

         
After the fallout pages 1, 2 an 3          
         
With very little time to think I grabbed my biggest photo album and my winter coat. I was then ushered out of what’s left of my house. After arriving at the fallout area me and a bunch of people I’ve never met, were told to quickly get in line and pick 6 items off a random table stacked with survival stuff. I was also told to pick an animal, grab a duffle bag and one food ration box, and a mate, However all couples must be from the opposite sex for recolonization purposes. I exhaled a deep exhausting breath trying to take all this in. I took a look Inside the duffle bag and based on what I saw and already have, I surveyed all the items on the table and made my choices:          
         
A crossbow,          
vegetable seeds,          
waterproof boots,          
rope,          
salt,          
large fishing net.          
         
After gathering my items and putting them inside my duffle bag I started thinking ? Did I choose the right things? My mind went into overdrive!
If I need arrows, I will make them with my standard issued Axe! and if I need fishing hooks,
I will make them out of wood along with a wooden fishing pole! and if I need light at night, my fire will have to suffice, calm down I told myself breathe, breathe___ I exhaled omg! this can’t be happening!          
         
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Move it along said an MP.. sorry I managed to say, in a very scared voice. Yes we understand ma’am but we must move it along, We have other fallout areas we need to tend to as well..  people we’re looking around lost, I definitely could relate. After looking at all the animals I decided to pick a ferret as my animal choice. one, because ferrets are great hunters and two they make great pets. Rather than me picking a buddy, I was asked by a tall, brutally  strong looking man if I wanted to buddy-up with him? I said yes.          
         
This guy grabbed both mine and his drums of water, in each of his hands and dragged them behind by there wheels. I emptied out both food ration boxes and equally distributed them inside each duffel bags then slung them both over my shoulders. I  then grabbed both animals by their leash and started walking following this strangers lead. After about an hour or so we stopped walking we needed to take a break,  we both sat down next to a tree that was clearly on it’s last leg, just a thick-ass stick, stuck in the ground.        
         
Well, this-is-as-good-a-place-as-any said my new partner, I nodded my head in agreement and said ok. Let’s camp here tonight. We started to make shelter when I looked directly into his eyes and asked him, so, what is your name?          
         
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My name is Joseph Porter. Where are you from Joseph Porter? well I was born in up state New York, up around Poughkeepsie. I’m 38 and the last thing I remember was going to sleep last night          
I was woken up by a very loud explosion and then a loud banging on my front door. Confused I opened my front door then looked around I couldn’t believe my eyes. I did a running sprint  up the stairs___ while yelling for my wife and kids! I-ah I found them all laying dead.

I waited a few minutes out of respect before I spoke, I offered a look of understanding. I-ah wow! this is so crazy I was at a loss for words.

What’s your name, asked Joseph? my name is Tabatha Drake I am 34
I was born in Massachusetts and the last thing I remember was going to sleep last night. I too was woken up by an explosion and then a pounding on my door. and like you, my family was all dead.        
         
         
Joe made a small fire pit then started a fire he asked me to please grab one of the pots and bring it to the fire pit. He then opened a small bag of food enough to feed two people modestly, and heated it up. we then ate in silence.          
         
Are you a witch Ms Drake? Please, call me Tabatha or Tabby, and no, I am not a witch why would you ask me that? Um.. everyone knows Tabatha is a witch‘s name and you are  from Massachusetts and I-don’t-know, I-ah? Sorry Tabby I was just trying to make conversation- it’s cool  Joe, no worries.        
         
It was starting to get dark outside but we managed to get the tarp up, it wasn’t the best arrangement but it was good enough for one night. I tried to unzip both duffle bags and turn them into sleeping bags. “Here let me help said Joe” look I told him,  the instructions are inside the label, see Joe right here, these duffel bags turn into sleeping bags damn zippers are stuck.    

To be continued        
         

Excellent start I so totally get the whole
Sorting through all the confusion and memories flooding in, where you were in life and all that.
it’s very good I love it , can’t wait to see what animal you picked what supplies you picked and your mate and why!  Also where you’re gonna go form there ! Hehe 👍🏻

so excited thank you Jo for starting off this comp!

I intend to pour out my heart and soul into your brilliant and crafty Alien comp. Something talks me I will have such a riot creating this story for you.. You haven't seen anything yet.. Hehehe..

Sex_on_the_Joe said:I intend to pour out my heart and soul into your brilliant and crafty Alien comp. Something talks me I will have such a riot creating this story for you.. You haven't seen anything yet.. Hehehe..

Thank you my dear friend it means that what you say means the world to me. the whole purpose of this is to reach out to people so we can all be creative. Let’s face it this is pre-training for what’s to come in the world right?  *Winky face*
I too am writing and I will be posting along and with everyone else 👍🏻
Thank you Joe I am happy this comp and theme speaks to you . Hope it speaks to others as well.

I love a decent challenge. Especially when it forces me to revamp my creativeness. Creativity is always food for my soul and the world is my canvas for my imagination.. Hey I should quote that. Lol.. You heard this first from me.. Copyright..

Me too Joe

https://deepundergroundpoetry.com/poems/401045-the-next-day/

Omfg! Wow! Wow! Keep em coming
Just wow Joe ! Oh my God I just realize I’m using your name in my story lmao I didn’t even realize that..  smh 🤦‍♀️

This is fantastic ! I love that you picked a ferret
They are meat eaters that’s all they eat !
Excellent choice of items too!

Zazzles said:Omfg! Wow! Wow! Keep em coming
Just wow Joe ! Oh my God I just realize I’m using your name in my story lmao I didn’t even realize that..  smh 🤦‍♀️

This is fantastic ! I love that you picked a ferret
They are meat eaters that’s all they eat !
Excellent choice of items too!


Thank Zazzles. I wanted my character to survive off of the sea. I myself cannot swim a lick to save my life. That is why I chose the items and the ferret.

Sex_on_the_Joe said:

Thank Zazzles. I wanted my character to survive off of the sea. I myself cannot swim a lick to save my life. That is why I chose the items and the ferret.

Excellent !  Happy you’re enjoying this comp!
Ps I am an excellent swimmer 🏊‍♂️