Sixty-Two's Story

Six walked along the once large and proud highway, his duster waving in the dusty sands blown over the road as he silently marched on, the only sound in the wasteland being the winds blowing the last remnants of society away, like a footprint in the sand. He stopped and looked up, the sunlight just piercing under his hat and into his eyes, he tilted his head down again and continued striding along the road. Only a few steps forward and Sixty's foot fell through a weak point in the road, his leg sliding in until the middle of the road collapsed and Sixty fell through the air and landed hard against the rough sandy floor beneath him, "Damn" he mumbled as he stood up spitting the sand from his lips. He quickly dusted himself off and, pulled his hat off, waving it to throw the sand off, he quickly slipped it onto his forehead over his eyes and slowly turned around. He looked back up to spot the ruined city he noticed before falling through the road. He quietly sighed as he began striding through the sand dunes towards the large rubble city his family had once lived in before the war.

As he entered through the large rusted gates of the north wall he constantly watched his left and right flanks to make sure he wasn't being followed or watched, he continued to march down the long deserted road as he kept an eye out for any supplies he could take. Sixty noticed a small glint in his eye from a small rifle scope from a window in the large building to his right. "I'll be damned, if it ain't Sixty.....Three?" A man shouted in a pre-war western accent, "Sixty-Two" Six replied as he tilted his hat to show respect as he slowly walked over. "Well, common up" the man continued as he threw a long, brown rope down to Six. "Thanks" Sixty called up as he quickly climbed up the rope and stood along the balcony with the man. "Look at that, Damned Machines killed this great city" the man shouted un-needingly towards Sixty as he threw his arms out to embrace the city. "Well humans with guns doesn't help" Six replied casually. Suddenly the ground broke through and the pair of them fell onto the concrete rubble. Sixty quickly picked himself up and scanned the area, a bullet suddenly skimmed past his face blowing his hat off, he instantly raced forward towards his assailant, the dust quickly blew away reviling a Cyborg. The left arm human, while the rest of the body seems to have been traded for machine. He curved his path, but it was too late, the cyborg grabbed his arm and threw him backwards and through a thin wall. Sixty picked himself up and leapt out of a window and quickly zig-zagged across the path in front of the cyborg, jumped and grabbed onto the head of the machine and ran through the neck with his dagger, he quickly twisted the head until the body fell to the floor and the lights of power began to dim. He quietly walked over to the man and put his hat back on after dusting himself off. "Ya know, I wish more people could help us folk like you do Sixty-three", Sixty took a breath to say it again but felt no need, "No problem" he returned as he turned and once again continued down the long dusty road.

As Sixty continued through the skyscrapers of the once proud city, he noticed a smaller building not yet taken by the sand. He had a small unoticable grin as he walked in through the door. He twisted his wrist and pressed a button underneath a padding he placed, a light began beaming out of the wrist armour, he slowly strode around as he search the once prestigious living room, which had now become home to dust and sand. He quickly walked over to a small set of draws with the flag on it and tore the lock off as he opened it. He wasn't shocked to find a voice recorder and a another golden key. He picked it out and played the tape, 'Hey son, if your listening then........ Well you already left 60-2 and want to know more about your family. unfortunately this is not where it lies, this is just another safe house, but i tell you your close, 100 miles to the north is where you'll find it.' Sixty, sighed as he picked up the key and slowly walked out of the house and turned to his left and started walking down the sandy road.



Sixty walked along the now pure sand path, where the once small average houses used to be, but these were now lost under the sand. He heard gunshots and water, as he looked up he noticed a fairly small girl fighting a bunch of bandits. He noticed after their defeat that he saw a cyborg walking towards her, she valiantly tried to fight him off but he seemed stronger than her by far. He slowly walked over to her as she laid on the ground, "Need a hand?" he shouted over to her as he stood in front of her. As he heard the cyborg race at him form behind, he swung around and ran the neck through with his dagger and quickly stabbed the forehead with the other, instantly disabling it. "It's not fair to attack someone while their down" he said in a dark voice. After sheathing his blades he turned to the young girl and held his hand out to help her up, "You don't look like the travelling type, why are you here?" he asked her politely as he handed her gun back to her.

Sixty chuckled to himself as the girl spoke, how she was going to kill the bandits. the she asked him why he was there, he turned to her and foled his arms and lent back on one of the tents, "I'm looking for information about my families history, you know before all this." said in his deep voice as he pulled the recorder out of his pocket and hit play. omce again the man's voice spoke. "100 miles north is where you'll find it". Sixty paused, he quickly searched the tent and opened up one of the bandits maps, he slowly traced his route forwards. "Thats not good" he said outloud as he found the city he was going to was Keldos.

Sixty thourght about ways to get to the city without running into bandit camps, when he heard Lia start talking to him. He quickly turned his head towards her as he took his hat off, reviling his long black hair and his silver eyes. "Hey, guy, what does that guy on the recording mean 'where you'll find it'?" he heard as he turned to her, "He means where I'll find the history of my family, my 'real' family, and to be honest I'm a little pissed that it's in Keldos of all places" he replied quickly as he rolled the map up and placed it in his bag and took out a small bottle of water. Lia began speaking again "I am heading towards Keldos, we should go together." smiling at the Sixty she continued, "My name's Lia, and yours?". He turned around and put his hat on and held out his hand, "Sixty-Two" he answered as he walked out of the tent, he handed her the bottle of water, "Here you'll need it, and if your travelling with me I have rules, One- Keep up, Two- I rarely stop" he told her as he walked up the stair onto the highway and slowly started walking, waiting to see if she was following.

Sixty began walking slowly as she caught up before standing in front of him, "Ok, look, Sixty, i can't travel during the daylight for too long, I have a condition that makes me tired quickly during day-light hours. So, I can only travel from dusk to dawn non-stop, but during the day I will need a break every now and again. Got it?" She asked staring into his eyes, "Yeah, I got it. Just tell me when you need a rest" he replied quickly as he placed his hat over his head, shading his eyes from the glaring sun. As the pair walked along the high way he turned to Lia and asked her "So, where are you from Lia?. I don't see many people in your clothing where I come from?".

Sixty was interested by her story as they walked, "My name is actually Drake Michael, i came from a settlement called 60-2, but i left to have an education and when i returned the settlement was, well it was'nt anything anymore. So i named myself Sixty-Two as a memento of where i grew up" He continued as the the pair of them walked around the courner of the Highway. "I've been travelling for nearly 8 years after finding out the people who raised me were'nt my parents, and in it self that's my sole reason for continueing" he finished before the began walking under a small bridge. "We'll anyway I'm thankfull your not running around naked" he said jokingly. "So apart from killing bandits what other reasons do you have to travel my delicate princess" he asked in a freindly voice.

Sixty sped up as he saw the small village, he quickly raced to the front gate and laid his back on the front gate. He flicked his hand to tell Lia to stay close to him and the wall, A guard slowly walked out of the gate and suddenly Sixty leapt at him and dragged him behind the wall and began whispering to him. "Look you not a bad guy, your just following orders, I don't want to have to kill you for that" he pulled the guard closer to tighten his grip. Sixty heard another guard calling out to the hostage, "Your going to tell him your fine, just taking a breather in the shade" Sixty whispered sinisterly as he pulled his hand away from the guards mouth. 'I'm O.k, taking a breather in the shade' the guard shouted, 'Okay, don't take too long' the other replied as he walked back into the village. "Thank you" Sixty said as he began cutting the man's air off just enough to knock him out. Sixty dragged him over into the shade. "I made a promise not to kill you" he said as he walked back next to the wall.

"What about you, you too seem aweful friendly," She playfully punched her arm and continued, "So, whats the story begind that?" Lia asked Kate as she took a seat next to Lia. "Long story, you see Sixty and I met when we were.... 16 I'd say" Sixty quickly corrected her, "I was 18 remember and 'you' were 16" Kate sighed as she continued, "Picky, picky. Well he came to this village for information regarding his family, since my dad was best friends with his, he gave him a lot of information, then when Sixty figured out where to find his dad we both left looking for him" she shuffled in her seat as she looked at Lia, "We found him in an old warehouse, Sixty's dad, well, He's practically a super genus". She lowered a voice, "And a hot one too," she quickly raised her voice at Sixty, "I see where you get it from" Sixty turned to her with a surprised face, "Thanks Hun, I guess my dad's your type too" he said jokingly as she continued the story, "Well a bunch of cyborgs were hunting his dad down for the research he was conducting, and well they ended up blowing the ware house up, Sixty ended up pulling me out of the rubble but, his dad was never found" she ended with a lowered tone. "You know, were similar, you and I. Sixty saved us both and now we're repaying him, well i think I repay him a little better" She fished with a cheeky smile.

Sixty was finishing up the note, when Lia had a random outburst "so you have a thing for damsells in distress?", Sixty quickly turned to her with a look of confusion. "what are you talking bout, she repays me by getting me info on my dad and letting me talk to her dad, theres nothing between us" as he finished, Kate pouted her lips and turned away. Then Lia had another outburst, "so where are we going big guy and boobies", he sighed as he finished the note and got up. Kate pulled Lia's hed towards her chest, burying her face, "Theres no need to be jealous Lia you'll get there some day", she finished as Sixty began speking again. "We're still going to the city to find my dad, OK Lia" he ended quickly as he heard a set of footprints from out side.