Fallout story prologue
Aether could feel himself slipping. But he held on because he knew that the feral beast would take over and he would be lost. He had seen it happen before. When the reactor malfunctioned it happened so quickly. His best friend lost himself and he attacked him soon after. The worst part was the screams. His fellow vault 34 members died and became ghouls. The screams started and didn't end until five minutes passed. Then the ghouls took over and sang their own song. This went on for hours until they finally calmed.
Aether smiled. He smiled because he managed to survive the meltdown. He managed to grab all the rad-aways the clinic had. He then limped to the armory where he shutdown the doors from the outside. No ghouls were getting in. When he entered the armory he put in a tape of his favorite song. Heartache by the Number.
Aether remembered the security officer that joined him when he entered. He died soon after the door was locked. Aether was suspicious of the transformation to happen soon. He has been watching that corpse for days now. He had shifts set up. He watches the body, then the door, then he checks his ammo. He was getting bored of this so he decided to switch it up. He stopped watching the corpse. It hasn't moved and it won't. He thought it was ridiculous to think that the corpse would awaken and attack.
Aether could no longer feel his legs, he tried to move his foot. It didn't respond. He didn't think his body has the energy to use his legs. But now he heard the ghouls song again and something else. The vault door creaking open. Aether began to cry.