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  • Story Listed as: Fiction For Adults
  • Theme: Science Fiction
  • Subject: Action
  • Published: 09/14/2025

Abbey and the Resistance

By Kashif Imdad
M, from Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Abbey and the Resistance
The year is 2088
Following the catastrophic world war that left humanity on the brink of extinction, the last remnants of humanity rebuilt, survivors established communities amidst the devastated terrain. The city lies in ruins towering skyscrapers now resembling skeletal structures, with shattered windows and decaying exteriors. Nature has reclaimed the once bustling city streets, lush plants and weed flourishing everywhere. Scattered wrecked vehicles obstruct the highways.
Roaming gangs, referred to as the slavers, now dominate the wastelands, abducting people and plundering settlements. Human beings have become mere commodities, those considered fit and capable are captured and sold into slavery.

Abbey's settlement under attack by the slavers. She flees with her family into their home for safety, but the slavers quickly find them. They are captured, loaded onto a truck and taken to the slavers settlement, where they are confined to cramped cells.
Suddenly thunderous explosions and gunfire ring out. Resistance fighters have launched a surprise attack on the slavers compound. Abbey and Mike are rescued and taken to the safety of the resistance territory. There, they meet Charlotte, the group's leader. She explains the resistance are freedom fighters all members are former slaves, fighting against the slavers to end their barbaric slave trade.
She guarantees them food and lodging, but requests that they join the resistance. However, if they prefer not to join, they are free to depart.
Abbey and Mike agree to remain at the settlement on the condition that they can participate in a raid to save their parents from the slavers.
Charlotte consents but insists that they must complete their training first. They are assigned a small wooden cabin for their stay.
As Mike and Abbey explore and get to know the settlement, they discover this is a female led society, women make up the majority of the fighters and the workforce. The men are primarily at home, handling household chores, with only a handful enlisted in the army.

The following day, Abbey and Mike go to see Charlotte, who introduces them to Tyrone, their combat trainer.
After hours of intense training Tyrone takes Abbey and Mike to the prison arena, where a raucous crowd gathers at the stadium to watch the male inmates battle it out in armed combat for the entertainment of an excited audience. As the days go by Abbey and Mike progress and advance in their training.

The following evening… Abby sits outside in the garden with Tyrone gazing at the stars, she shares her worry for her parents who are still in captivity.
Suddenly the tranquillity has been replaced by the sounds of gunfire. The settlement has come under attack.
The slavers have launched a raid on the resistance outpost, resulting in widespread panic among the population. The slavers cause chaos and destruction as they lay waste to much of the settlement. Mike, Abbey and Tyrone rush to arm themselves. Fierce clashes break out as they confront the enemy fighters.
After hours of intense fighting the slavers are defeated and are forced to retreat.

Charlotte is badly wounded during the ambush, she orders her fighters to eliminate the slavers once and for all.
The day Abbey has been waiting for has arrived , she can finally save her parents from the miserable life they have had to endure imprisoned at the slavers' settlement.
Abbey leads her fighters into battle into the slavers stronghold. The slaver gangs are wiped out. Anya finds her parents locked in a tiny cell and frees them from her captors. The slave trade has been abolished.

Years later….
Out of the ashes of the slave wars a new nation rises.
Resistance fighters have defeated the threat of the slaver gangs, establishing a new matriarchal nation governed by women. Citizens now enjoy free, peaceful and prosperous lives.
Abbey lives with her family. She rose through the ranks and was elected the nation's first Prime Minister, her mom Emma works as the prison warden in the country's largest prison, her brother Mike is studying catering, and her dad Andrew is a househusband.
Abbey is at work, after a staff meeting she heads to her office where her boyfriend Tyrone is waiting to take her out on a date.
Afterward Abbey and Tyrone head back to her house, where her dad is cooking dinner in the kitchen and her brother is busy cleaning the house. Abbey takes a moment to introduce Tyrone to her dad and brother before they head to her bedroom. A few hours later, Abbey's mom returns home from work. Mike gathers the family and invites Tyrone to stay for dinner. They sit down to enjoy the meal.


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Daniel Ofori Junior

11/16/2025

I appreciate the effort and clarity here , I loved it .

I appreciate the effort and clarity here , I loved it .

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Kashif Imdad

12/01/2025

thanks

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Cheryl Ryan

09/22/2025

This is a powerful narrative. The story is full of hope, resilience, and the courage to fight for freedom. I love how Abbey's journey comes full circle, from survival to leadership, showing how strength and compassion can rebuild a better world. Thank you for sharing!

This is a powerful narrative. The story is full of hope, resilience, and the courage to fight for freedom. I love how Abbey's journey comes full circle, from survival to leadership, showing how strength and compassion can rebuild a better world. Thank you for sharing!

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Shirley Smothers

09/22/2025

Love this story. You can flesh out these characters in more depth. Congratulations on Short Story Star of the Day.

Love this story. You can flesh out these characters in more depth. Congratulations on Short Story Star of the Day.

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Kashif Imdad

09/22/2025

thanks

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Jessica M.

09/22/2025

A good story that seems like the backbone for something more. I think you could build upon almost everything, from how they got to 2088 (in detail) to expanding each of the main characters.

A good story that seems like the backbone for something more. I think you could build upon almost everything, from how they got to 2088 (in detail) to expanding each of the main characters.

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Kashif Imdad

09/22/2025

thanks, will keep that in mind when writing my next story which i will upload soon.

thanks, will keep that in mind when writing my next story which i will upload soon.

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JD

09/21/2025

I like short stories much better than novels, because they require a lot less time committment, more immediate gratification, and are generally a condensed form of a novel. In your case, I think your story is a bit too short and condensed. It seems like a summary or an outline for a novel or a much longer story. Seems like it would make a good novel if you ever choose to expand it. I definitely li...
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I like short stories much better than novels, because they require a lot less time committment, more immediate gratification, and are generally a condensed form of a novel. In your case, I think your story is a bit too short and condensed. It seems like a summary or an outline for a novel or a much longer story. Seems like it would make a good novel if you ever choose to expand it. I definitely like the idea of a matriarchal society, and slavers being defeated. Happy short story star of the day, Kashif.

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Kashif Imdad

09/22/2025

Thank you. I have uploaded a new story which goes briefly into the origins of the matriarchal state, its set just years before the events of Abbey and the Resistance , I new at writing short stories, I will learn as I go along. I will take your feedb... Read More

Thank you. I have uploaded a new story which goes briefly into the origins of the matriarchal state, its set just years before the events of Abbey and the Resistance , I new at writing short stories, I will learn as I go along. I will take your feedback into account when writing my next story

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