Fallout 4: Divergence

The morning was cold and wet in the commonwealth as Blake woke from an uneasy slumber face down on the stone floor of Fort independence. sitting above him was a high ranking officer of the Minutemen, Preston Garvey who held a tray of food, "hey now, easy does it, you took quite the blow to the head." Blake struggled up on to his hands and knees to sit down and lean his back against the stone wall, "what the hell happened to everything?"

Blake has been having a very bad day, way back before the nuclear war that devastated the world, he was a soldier, discharged from the military with honors, he had a family, a wife and child, those had been taken from him when a man walked into the vault, shot his wife and kidnapped his son! All while he was five feet away frozen inside a cryo pod. As if that wasn't enough, when he got out of the vault he was caught between a rock and a hard place in a raider clash with the minutemen over the old vault entrance, he's lucky to be alive.

Preston looked him over, at his attire, the bright blue vault suit reading 111 on the back, "The General wants to talk to you, but he said you should eat first." He hands Blake the tray, which had a bunch of food he didn't recognize, "whats this?"

Preston pointed to each food item in turn, "that's a mutfruit, that's cooked Deathclaw meat, you'll forgive us if we have little more than salt, and that is corn on the cob, enjoy your meal, The General is in his office when you're done."

Preston got up and left, leaving Blake with his Odd smelling meat. After trying the meat, he decided that it was passable and ate the entire platefull of food, After he had finished, he walked through the fort, milling about looking for this office that Preston had referred to, when he walked out into the soggy, overcast sun, he saw who exactly the Minutemen were.

Buy and large Fort indipendence had been Rebuilt, all the damage that it was famous for before had been sealed up and repaired, within the fort and on the walls walked Men, women and robots in dark Blue uniform, all with that same logo on them somewhere, a musket crossed with a lightning bolt to shape an M. However there were also several other individual people that sat astride the wall looking outwards that he could only assume were Mercs.

"You're the Vault Dweller, I presume?" Blake turned to address the voice and was struck dumb in his tracks by a beautiful pair of brown doe eyes attatched to one of the most beautiful Hispanic women he had ever seen, she was young, stacked and curvy in a fit way with straight long brown hair that hid one of her eyes, she wore a simple short sleeveless Dress with home sewn cloth sleeves and homemade pants as well with combat boots on her feet,

Blake was at a complete loss for words as his eyes roved over her body, The woman sighed, "The Name's Britania Haldis. My Husband wants to see you, and keep your eyes to yourself, he's no raider boss but he doesnt take kindly to people ogling his wives."

This took Blake out of his beauty induced stupor, "wives?"

Britania nodded, "theres three of us, me, Ellie and Isabel." Blake blinked, "why would a man need more than one wife?'

Britania shrugged, "well...Ellie was his first wife but she couldnt bare him any kids, so that became my job, I don't know what isabel is for, she doesn't want to bare any kids and to my knowledge they only consummated on their wedding night...i dont know."

Blake groaned, "I know this is a wasteland but COME ON! Show some restraint!"

Britania, with a mighty eye roll hooked one of her manicured fingers through the collar of Blake's vault suit and led him to the General's quarters, "The Vault dweller to see you, babe."

She relinquished him as a red haired Toddler waddled over to her, "mommah"

As Britania picked the child up with a giggle, The man inside beckoned to Blake, there was only candle light so the figure was sillouetted within. Blake walked in and was immediatley inundated with his Pip boy's geiger counter going off hard, he looked around for the source, what he found was what looked like a sledge hammer but with a head made of what looked like four purposefully damaged Fusion Cells with a small rocket booster attatched to the back of the head.

"Welcome Vault dweller, I am General Dorian Haldis." The deep voice centered his attention back on the man who walked into the light a bit more, Blake jumped back at what he saw.

Dorian was 7ft tall and shirtless, his skin was rough like Super Mutant skin but not green, down his back ran a smooth yet tough looking carapace like that of a mirelurk, his hair and beard were Orange and his fingers were webbed.

"I see you've met one of my wives already." General Haldis said as he began to put on his button up shirt, "I heard your exclaimation about that from across the court yard so I won't bother you about what you think of her." As General Haldis was tucking in his shirt to put on his Chest plate, someone moved in the large bed, "Honey...is it morning already?" A young blonde woman sat up in bed, putting on glasses as she pulled the covers up to her chin, "is that the Vault Dweller?"

General Haldis buttoned his general's coat and gloves over his shirt and chest plate, also sporting the minuteman logo, "yes, this is...what was your name again kid?"

Blake blinked, "oh...uhm...Blake.", General Haldis turned to the woman in bed, "Ellie this is Blake, why don't you get dressed so we can turn on the top light." The young woman shrugged, "kay." she got up and walked to the bathroom totally Naked, however Blake could only really see her outline.

After watching his wife leave to the bathroom, he snapped back to Blake, "so, Blake, what's your mission?'

Blake blinked, "im sorry, Mission?'

Finally, General Haldis put on his General's hat, "yes, every Vault Dweller has a mission thats supposed to change things up here, why the most recent example was project purity in DC, wish we had some clean water here in the Commonwealth...ah well."

Blake slumped his shoulders, he had no clue so much was expected of him, "I uh...im not on any official mission but I'm lookong for the man who killed my wife and stole my 3 month old son."

Suddenly General Haldis's eyes began to glow bright green, "Who did it?" His voice, once so calm and stoic was now trembling with rage. Blake shrugged depressedly, "I don't know...nobody said anything when it happened..."

General Haldis nodded, "we need to get Nick Valentine...he'll be able to help, I'm a shit detective."

The bathroom door opened and Ellie walked out, as she did so she pulled the string on the lamp on the ceiling that lit everything up, revealing that she had gotten dressed in a black duster and a gray scarf over some road leathers with combat boots, wearing a military cap and her glasses as well, "did I hear you say we'd be visiting nick?" She looked super excited at the news. Talking about his problem made him hurt in his heart, especially seeing all the love that General Haldis was getting.

"Yes my love, gather the other two, and Tell Ronnie to round up the troops, we've got a citizen in need."

Ellie ran out the door by Blake who looked back at the General, "so what happens now?"

The General grabbed the radioactive hammer off the wall and let the jaft rest on his shoulder, "now? I figure out who it is we need to Massacre, because anyone who does what this man has done meeds to burn."

Blake suddenly felt elated, this creature, whatever he looked like, was surely a man of substance who really cared. They both walked out into the now sunny day, the entire fort was looking inwards, "alright everyone, This Vault Dweller is on a seeking mission, some man killed his wife and swiped his son, now we're going to Diamond City to figure out what can be done about what, now don't do anything out of the ordinary while im gone, the commonwealth still needs us to fight the good fight, but if you come across any slavers, look for any babies you might find...3 months old or maybe a little older."

After he addressed the troops he turned to shout at the back, "Isabel! Get ready to ship out!"

A figure dressed in a suit of armor and a Minuteman cape walks up, he recognized the Mechanist from Hubris comics, he was incredibly shocked to see someone taking comics so literally, "i'll just be a minute." She says in a heavy modulated voice before going into the barracks.

"And me?' Britania strutted down off the wall, still holding the todler, "do I get to come?"

The General shrugs as once more, Blake cant take his eyes off her, "sure, suit up and let Preston know that little Jackson needs babysitting."

"Dahdee' the toddler reaches out to his father, who drops his hammer that Blake could only now see was labeled Nukebringer to the ground before taking the boy in his arms, Britania leaving for the Barracks "hey there Jack. I'm going on a little trip, do you want me to bring you back a soda?"

Jack giggles, "soda! Yes please." General Haldis nuzzled his son with a smile, "I love you, now go find Preston, your mommies and I have to go.'

After the General had set the child down, he took Blake to the Barracks, within he saw all 3 wives gully suited up, Ellie now held a quad barreled Rocket Launcher, The Mechanist's trusty eyebot sparks was floating by her side as she cleaned Protectron's gaze and Britania was suited up in a revealing helmetless Rocketgirl costume, however it had obviously been fitted with tactical pouches, she stood in the white Belly shirt and tight white oants that accentuated her rear. she pulled the thigh high boots up her long legs, punctuating the motion by drawing what looked like a red squirt gun from the holster on her hip, "we're ready, babe." She giggled, once more setting Blake's heart on fire with her eyes.

"W-wait..." Blake looked at her costume, "she's going to do battle with a SQUIRT GUN!?"

General Haldis patted Blake on his shoulder, "yes. Now get some gear, we're going to diamond city, that means we have to go through supermutant territory."

Blake blinked in confusion, "super...Mutant?"