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Chapter 12 - The beginning of the war

The infected were able to run and there were new forms of mutants. The Diamond City Army raised the danger level outside to the highest level, preventing anyone from leaving the city. Jack, Lisa and Otis. Their condition was the best. Otis married Lisa and had a child named Ryan. He opened a restaurant like he had before. Jack worked in food management. Lisa stayed home taking care of the child and the house. They all lived in a big house that Diamond City gave them after Ryan's new baby. They were very happy. Jack and Otis became like siblings. One day Otis was dreaming of himself in the woods running with Ryan. Biomed caught them and gave Ryan a gun and Ryan killed Otis. He woke up terrified. Lisa said to him. "You've been waking up like this for two years. When will you move forward?" Otis said to her. "I can't move on, he was like a brother to me" Lisa put her hand on Jack and said to him "Hey listen Ryan is gone and never came back. Now you have a new Ryan to take care of and take care of me" Otis kissed Lisa's hand and Lisa said to him "Take your breakfast box and go to work late you lazy bum" Otis kissed her and took the food and went down the stairs and opened the door and went out of the house and headed to the restaurant while walking on the road the city was beautiful from the inside. All the people were getting along. He went and opened the restaurant and started working among the officials. Jack went to the meeting from Jack's side. Jack got up early and left the house for a meeting they were going to hold. Jack was in the meeting and the senior officials were there and their faces changed. The general and the city official entered. The general stood at the microphone and said "We have a big problem. Biomed has been harassing us a lot these days. Today, unfortunately, the 44th Division was killed and we cannot keep quiet about it. It has killed many people and is advancing towards us. So, I am unable to say it. We will enter a war in the coming days with Biomed. We will have to exploit every point to win." Everyone in the hall fell silent and looked miserable. The city official said "Therefore we will have to reduce the food percentage for people in the coming days because we will enter into a war. We have been under siege by Biomed for months and the siege was tightening day after day. Therefore, you Jack, reduce the food percentage for each person and reduce the production of restaurants for food. We want every piece of bread in the coming months." Jack said "How is that? Many people have restaurants. This means they will go bankrupt. My sister's husband has a restaurant." The official said to him "Unfortunately, people's lives are at stake." Jack sat down and looked annoyed. While they were talking, they heard a loud explosion from the gate. One of the soldiers said over the radio to the general "General, Biomed, you have a cannon in front of the gate. The strikes are getting closer day by day. What are we going to do?" The general said to him "Respond to them with mortar shells and call all the reserve soldiers and leave them at each gate." The officials and Jack left the hall and Jack went to the restaurant. He entered the restaurant and saw Jack talking to the customers while laughing and smiling. Jack went to him and told him everything in the meeting. The signs of collapse appeared on his face and he started hitting the wall and shouted "All of you get out now" He sat on the ground. Jack came beside him and said to him "Hey, don't act like this. We want a strong Otis here, not a weak Otis. We can't escape Diamond City now. The world outside is ruin upon ruin." Otis was silent for a while and heard an explosion from the direction of their house. Jack and Otis ran to the house, afraid of Lisa and the child being injured. They found the house on fire and the right side completely destroyed by shells. Jack and Otis tried to get in but the firefighters told them not to go in or they would die. Otis pushed the firefighter and went into the house and started looking for his wife and child. The whole place was destroyed. The smoke was thick. Otis was coughing a lot. He heard his wife and son screaming in Jack's room. Otis entered the room and carried them and wanted to get out. The board fell in front of the house and they had to go to the back door. The scene was very horrific and the smoke was thick. Otis was able to save them. He pulled them out and hugged them tightly. The child was crying loudly. The firefighters and ambulance came and took Lisa and Ryan and reassured Otis that they would be fine. Otis wanted to go with the ambulance but they stopped him and told him that they were going to the ground shelter. One of the paramedics said "All the men in the city are now in the draft, but the children and women will go to the shelter." Otis said to him "I want to be with my family." The paramedic said to him "Listen Otis, I have known you since I came here and you have been very supportive of me, and I will try to take care of them. Now you and Jack go to the draft, or the army will expel you and your family from the city." Otis said to him "Since when did you wait for this news? It was only an hour ago." The paramedic said to him "It's code 12. It's the war code." The paramedic left, leaving Otis confused. Otis and Jack went to the draft at the barracks. The general entered and saw Jack wanting to enlist and the general said to him "Where are you going? You are responsible for the food here. Go to the shelter now." Otis looked at Jack and said to him "Listen, go take care of our family. I said our family because you, Jack, are like a brother to me. Remember the first day we met? You have been by my side since that day. Take care of our family, I will be fine." Jack hugged Otis and said to him "Take care of yourself, brother." Jack said "You too." Otis entered the barracks and quickly put on his military uniform and the general gave him a weapon and the commander's badge and said to him "Otis, you are the person who has been out of town the most before coming. You know a lot. I will appoint you as the commander of Unit 121. It is a unit for new soldiers and is small in number. You and the soldiers will head to the forest. Go to the forest above and guard the place." Otis said to his soldiers "You heard the man, let's go."star_border

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