The Assassination of The President: The Shot That Broke a Nation
A Nation on the Brink
By the time of The President’s second term, the United States was already in turmoil. The emergence of C-23 had turned cities into war zones, with quarantine failures, violent uprisings, and economic collapse making governance nearly impossible. Martial law had been declared in multiple states, and federal power was fracturing under the pressure. Trust in the government had eroded to its lowest point, with conspiracy theories running rampant. Some believed the virus was a controlled experiment gone wrong, others thought it was a manufactured culling of the weak, and a select few even suspected that the government was hiding a cure to maintain control.
Tensions between the government, the military, and the people reached a boiling point, setting the stage for the most shocking political assassination in American history.
The Event: February 6, 2024 – “Judgment Day”
The President had become an increasingly isolated figure in his second term, surrounded by loyalists and a heavily militarized security presence. The country was falling apart, but The President remained defiant, vowing to restore order at any cost. His administration had launched “Operation Final Stand”, a last-ditch effort to forcibly dismantle quarantine zones and suppress riots through military intervention.
On February 6, 2024, the president made a rare public appearance at the White House Emergency Command Center, a fortified bunker in Washington, D.C., where he planned to address the nation. The speech was intended to reassert control, sending a message that the federal government was still in charge. However, he never finished his address.
At 8:46 PM EST, as The President stood at the podium, a single shot rang out—one that would change the course of history.
The bullet struck him in the neck, causing massive arterial bleeding. Chaos erupted as Secret Service agents scrambled, but it was already too late. Within minutes, the president collapsed on live television, his blood pooling on the ground as horrified viewers watched from their homes. By 9:02 PM, The President was pronounced dead.
The Shooter: A Ghost Without a Name
The assassination was unlike anything the nation had seen before. Despite the high security, the shooter had not been caught—in fact, no one even saw where the shot had come from.
The Impossible Shot – The round that killed The President pierced multiple layers of reinforced security glass, suggesting either unparalleled precision or a weapon of unusual power.
No Identifiable Perpetrator – No sniper was found, no gunman arrested. Some suspected it was a military-grade stealth operation, others believed it was the work of an unknown faction.
A Vanishing Bullet – Ballistics analysis suggested the round disintegrated on impact, making it impossible to trace.
Conspiracy theories erupted almost immediately. Some claimed the shooter was a rogue National Guard officer furious over Operation Final Stand. Others whispered about a foreign intelligence plot, while the most extreme theorists argued it was an inside job orchestrated to accelerate the collapse of the United States.
Whoever pulled the trigger, their message was clear: the government no longer had control.
The Aftermath: A Nation in Freefall
With The Presidents death, the country descended into chaos. His administration crumbled, unable to maintain power in the wake of riots, mass desertions, and internal betrayals.
A Power Vacuum – With no clear successor, the federal government fractured. Competing factions within the military, Congress, and state governments fought for dominance.
The Fall of Washington D.C. – Within weeks, protests in the capital erupted into full-blown civil conflict. By the end of the year, Washington D.C. was effectively abandoned, its governing power dispersed to surviving regional authorities.
Martial Law Becomes Permanent – Cities like Seattle, Los Angeles, and Chicago became autonomous war zones, patrolled by corporate security forces, ex-military factions, and private militias.
The assassination of The President didn’t just kill a president. It killed the idea of a unified America.
The Connection to the Vvaywards
The assassination of The President marked the beginning of the end. The moment when America truly fell apart. For the people of Seattle, it meant one thing: there was no one left to save them.
By 2035, the world that emerged from the chaos was unrecognizable. Cities like Seattle had become isolated battlegrounds, where survival meant choosing a side, or making your own.
The Vvaywards weren’t born from ideology or patriotism. They were born from the ruins of a world where the government had failed, heroes no longer existed, and the only law that mattered was the one you could enforce yourself.
And for those who still whispered about the assassination, one question remained:
Who really pulled the trigger…. and why?