A New world (as seen by Gordon Freeman)

Chapter 1: Point Resertion

“Wake up and smell the ashes”

I woke up on a smelly train leading somewhere; the last voice I heard was someone unknown.

There were 2 people aboard on the train, 1 was a black person around age 30, and he had bad bruises on the face and 2 scars on his knee. His arms had cuts and sores on it which wasn’t a pleasant sight to look at. The other person was an old senior, looked to be around his 50s. Like any typical person he had white hair around the bald patch and he was wearing glasses. He looked a bit like George Shapiro, the director of Seinfeld. There weren’t any signs of cuts, bruises and sores. Though the sight of his wrinkly body was also unpleasant.

They’ve looked like as if they were kept prisoners, there moods weren’t happy in fact they were sad. I woke up in a strange place unknown with a cold, chilly voice saying “Wake up and smell the ashes”. When I got off the train, I had an instant gut feeling: I was held prisoner too.

The Train comes to a complete stop,

“End of the line” says The Black Man

I slowly walk out the door and a big shine temporarily blinded me while I was making an entrance. I notice a flying object that takes photo’s of the prisoners and patrols the area looking for crime. It looks no bigger than a football. I don’t know why it took photos of us, possibly for data; possibly it was looking for crime, who knows? I walked out carefully and proceeded to the entrance. I noticed I had no luggage… huh pretty ironic isn’t? There was this big screen up top of the building… It seemed like a big transmitter, and in the transmitter was a person greeting us… He looked like the Mayor of this town. There was a female around her 20s waiting at the entrance looking to see if her husband was on the train. I figured there wasn’t…

I walk around the table, most of these people seemed sad as if they lost someone they loved. They were all wearing the same clothes… I looked at my clothes and I noticed somehow I was dressed in these. I knew… Something is mysterious is out in this world. I had no memory of my childhood or what occupation I had. These Innocent people had given me some warnings; they are really young people, mostly around the ages of 20 – 30. I realized I was in the domestic world of “City 17″. They told me how they were somehow going to get back; they also told me not to drink the water… I guess it causes amnesia because of all the dirt and chemicals inside it.