DISCLAIMER

Hi, first piece of fan fiction I've ever written. I've read plenty and I think a common problem is people burn through ideas too quickly so I've purposely tried to manage a slow build when writing this story. If you're the patient type you'll enjoy it, if you're not, well then I feel your pain because neither am I. Please review/criticise, it's the only way to learn in life. I make an effort to write long chapters (longer than most I've seen anyway) not counting this prologue, aaaand that's about it, enjoy.

PROLOGUE

Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick. The clock echoed around the packed room as the hands moved closer and closer to 10:47am, August 24th, 2488. A nervous chill had settled over the crowd for the last few minutes, a complete contradiction to the hustle and bustle of the weeks leading up to this day. Deep inside this underground vault, the inhabitants had gone about their daily chores with unbridled enthusiasm and gusto that hadn't been seen in living memory as this date drew closer and closer. All the vault dwellers had packed into the cafeteria, some arriving hours before just to sit and watch the clock, to live the dreams of their ancestors, to walk above ground again.

Inside the cafeteria there were the young and the old, the tall and the short, the brave and the cowardly. Friends and enemies alike held their breath, imagining the new world that would await them. Little did they know that one amongst them would be the most important player in the new era, the one that would ultimately decide the new order of life, and the new direction of civilisation. Like the other 131 vault dwellers, he had no way of knowing what world would be thrust upon him, this is his story.