Mechladon preview draft 1
this draft is far from done but Mechladon is a train. and in just one word to describe it, it's fast.
it was snowing outside the train pass was covered in ice he looked up from the heater he was using to take note. no train would make it through the ice beaks of Jomak alive or unscathed. this was the worse winter that the small town had seen. they noted that there was a train coming according to the report it was till 3 days out. so they started to thaw the tracks.
both the tracks were attached to the underpart of a cliff ledge, there was a third track suspended at the edge of the cliff face. but that one was never used.
scrapping off the ice was hard work with pick axes and shovels only did so much and as dynamite would not be useful in this storm they were stuck to heating small parts. and breaking them. the ice was so thick it took several thrusts to break it then they would let it fall to the cavern below. what made the work even tougher was that the people doing this were only attached to the cliff by a rope that was from the top of the cliff to the bottom of the cliff.
after 5 hours the crew came up and sent word to the village that the break was done. the tracks were clear. as the 5 people stepped inside the man from before walked to the edge of the ledge. to feel the tracks. he felt a small vibration. the train was early but it still seems. like...
ZZZZZOOOOOMMM!!!!! the train rocketed by the entire cliff vibrated as the train used the old tracks the ones that they didn't break any ice off instead all the ice and snow that was piled on was tripped so fast it flew dangerously in all directions the man took note of this and ducked for cover but it was too late as he was moving a huge piece of ice flew overhead and landed on the small hut. as he looked behind him at the train he saw.
fire. one word means so much but in this case, it was fire from the sky. the small town of Jemek was under attack from the train tracks high above as the train zoomed by it spewed fire from its roof as the village burned no one saw it coming or could react. the town was gone in flame in less than a heartbeat.
the man woke to something sticky beneath him he felt and tasted blood. the man shot up the blood was not his he looked to see remnants of the hut bleeding from the people inside were gone. their red stickiness was all that was left. then smoke filled his nostrils he moved to the edge of the cliff to see Jemek burning its flames being unstoppable. the fires roared alive as the wood and blood feeding the fire.
without warning his radio went off.
"Is anyone there bzzt gain anyone there this is Tokyo central control.
is anyone there?"
he picked up the radio and turned it one responding.
"this is Joran of Jomek bas by Jemek village. what happened?"
the next words explained all that had just happened and after those words, his eyes grew wide. and filled with hatred.
"Japan has fallen."
information and background:
this story is set in a world where technology is limited. but there are 2 factions the keepers who are old but know they keep their nations together and safe. there are 24 keepers with 24 nations.
Then there are the evestoractors. they eliminate and kill they are no longer human they are monsters. they are nothing but savages. mechladons were created in hopes that the nations could communicate and be safe but then the unthinkable happened. the oceans dried up the only thing that keeps some nations safe. one by one the nations fell. with only 2 remaining japan and the Brazilian empire. then japan fell this follows the survivors as they try and take back their homes as they destroy the evestoractors and reset the world by using the cores of the mechladon trains. to save them and destroy everything else.