Jake's Place

Jake’s Place used to be a bar out in East Texas. It used to be, because nothing is in East Texas anymore. Only rumors of that old bar still exist, must like the rest of the East Texas/Arkansas/Louisiana area only remains in rumor since the Mexican takeover of the southern portion of the U.S.A.

Some people claim to have known the Mexicans would revolt and make a move against America, but that doesn’t change the fact that they didn’t say anything, and now most of the southern states now belong to Mexico. They can say what they want, but no one could have known that the Mexicans had developed nuclear weapons, much less that they would be willing to use them against American civilians. New Mexico, SoCal, Arizona, and most of Colorado were overtaken easily, but the Texans were prepared and itching for a fight. The Arkansonians joined the fight since the Texans were already throwing down the gauntlet, and their fighting merely spilled into Louisiana. Most of the residents there moved out quicker than cockroaches escape a kitchen light, transforming Louisiana into a vacant battleground for the Mexicans, Arkansonians, and Texans to fight for to their hearts’ content. The Americans put up a good fight, too good a fight if you asked the Mexican military. Texas and Arkansas didn’t even get a helping hand from the national army, the central government was too lethargic and apathetic to send aid. What those civilians were doing down there was nothing short of incredible.

When the Mexicans decided that they were tired of trying to take the South, and wanted to actually take it, they decided to nuke Texas, shocking the Southern states into submission. The attack was well coordinated; they hit Dallas, Corpus Christi, and Texarkana all within the same hour, leaving nothing but desolation in what was Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana (which had been ravaged by the war beforehand more than any other place), and most parts of Oklahoma. The American government ceded the lands Mexico demanded without pause or guilt afterward. Some wonder if the war was instigated by our government, but no one outside of the institution will ever know. One thing ex-residents in the area do know, though, is that no one will ever go to Jake’s Place again.