Two people in their late teens rushed through the the door and securely locked it behind them. One was male and the other female. Both were wearing a blue jumpsuit with the number '101' printed in yellow on their backs. The female had light brown skin and black hair done up in a bun. A few strands of her hair fell in front of her hazel eyes as she struggled to catch her breath. The male next to her had an athletic build caused by numerous hours of exercising and training. He had dark blue eyes and short messy black hair. He stood about six feet tall and had a mix of white and tan skin.

The male grabbed a pipe wrench from a nearby toolbox and jammed it into the door handle. "There that should hold them for a bit." He said as banging started coming from the door. "You ok Amata?" He turned to his companion who was still trying to regain her breath.

A full minute later, Amata stood up and looked around. They were at the entrance to Vault 101. There was a large gear shaped hole in the wall where the vault door would normally be. "Lucas I should be asking you that. You wake up to being attacked by vault security and radroaches simultaneously after your dad left. How can you be calm right now?" Amata asked surprised her best friend was taking everything so well.

Lucas and Amata stepped back from the door, "My dad teaching me to fight everyday of my life helps with that." He said. "We need to leave now. That door won't keep them at bay for long." He said and ran towards the opened vault door when he realized that Amata wasn't with him. "Amata, c'mon let's go!" He said as he saw her standing next to the control console.

Amata shook her head, "No Lucas… I can't go with you. I… I'd just be a burden to you and get us both killed." She said as she looked at the ten millimeter pistol on her waist. "I'm not a fighter like you are."

Lucas walked over to her and hugged her tightly. "If you stay here, your father will probably take out his anger on you and hurt you. I couldn't live with myself knowing that you were enduring such pain because of me. So let's leave together ok?" Lucas said.

Amata thought for a second, thinking of what would happen if she stayed. She finally came to the conclusion that it would be best to leave with Lucas and finally see what was outside of this vault. "I'll come with. To help you look for your father but we don't even know where to begin. I mean he could have gone anywhere and we have no way of finding him." Amata said looking into Lucas's eyes.

Lucas was about to respond when the door was busted open by Vault 101 guards and the Overseer himself. They began firing at Amata and Lucas. Lucas pushed Amata out of the way but took a bullet to the shoulder. He ignored the pain and began firing his ten millimeter back at the guards. He made sure to hit them in non-vital areas like the arms and legs. Lucas then shot the console that controlled the vault doors and pulled Amata through the massive doorway. The console that Lucas shot began to malfunction and caused the door to begin closing behind them.

Amata and Lucas ran towards the end of the cave as the door closed. Amata felt a twinge of sadness in her chest as she abandoned the home that she was raised in. Sure she did feel regret for leaving but her chances of surviving were much better if they were Lucas. She doubt she would last long in the vault if her father caught her.

They ran out of the cave and were greeted with blinding light from what they assumed was the sun. Amata gasped in horror at the sight before her. The entire land was completely scorched. There were buildings in the distance that seemed to be on the verge of collapsing or in the process of doing so. Below the edge of the rocks where she was standing, Amata saw what she could only assume were dogs, fighting over what appeared to be the carcass of a dead person. The dogs only had tufts of fur on them while the rest of their body had patches of burnt flesh and scars. Amata turned around and threw up on the ground at the sight.

Lucas rubbed Amata's back with his good arm as the contents of her breakfast resurfaced. 'So this is what the surface looks like. It doesn't shock me that this place looks like hell itself. Dad told me stories of the waste and told me never to tell anybody that we were from the surface.'

A/N Lucas already knows of his origins. He just doesn't know what his father was doing prior to coming to Vault 101.

Lucas patted his side pocket to make sure the holotape his mother left for him was still there. It was the only thing he had that gave some insight into who she was.

Once Amata was done vomiting, she noticed the wound in Lucas's shoulder. "Lucas you're hurt." She said as she examined his wound.

Lucas simply shrugged, "I've felt worse. It can be easily fixed up with a stimpack and some cloth." Lucas said as he ripped part of his vault suit off and used it to patch the bullet hole in his shoulder with Amata's help. He then took one of the few stimpacks he had and injected himself with its medicine. "There look see?" Lucas said with a smile towards Amata who sighed.

"Alright fine but we need to find a place to stay the night. It's getting dark and I don't want to know what comes out at night." She said as she pointed towards the setting sun. Lucas pulled out his pistol and shot the the dogs that were coming towards them with a hungry look in their eyes.

Lucas pointed to a small house with a bunch of others. He checked his Pip Boy 4000 and saw that it was updating itself. The screen flashed once and a map of the entire area illuminated his Pip Boy. 'Seems like the satellites that orbit the Earth still work. Guess dad was right about that one.' Lucas thought and saw the name of the destroyed town pop up on his Pip Boy as 'Springdale'. 'They're still even able to tell us the name of places that existed Pre-war. Looks like Vault-Tec knew what they were doing when they launched those satellites.' Lucas looked over to Amata who was holding herself tightly and looking scared out of her wits. "Amata…" Lucas said while wrapping Amata in a hug while she finally broke down from the shock of everything and cried.

After a few minutes, Amata composed herself and looked at Lucas, "I… I want to get away from here now. Can we just go find shelter…" She said making Lucas smile and help her up. He walked over to the dead mongrel he shot and put two more bullets in his head to make sure it stayed dead. He picked it up and threw it over his shoulder.

"What are you planning on doing with that thing?" Amata asked intrigued and somewhat disgusted at Lucas touching the mutated animal.

"Well we're going to need food right? I could probably skin this thing for some leather to make some sort of blanket or bags for us to carry stuff with." Lucas replied as they made their way down the rocks and towards the nearest house. Lucas pulled out his pistol and motioned for Amata to do the same and open the door. Amata slowly pulled out her pistol as well and slowly opened the door. Lucas peeked through the doorway and noticed that the place was a mess but looking like nobody had even stepped foot in the home for at least a few weeks.

"Ok looks like we're clear." Lucas said as he walked into what he assumed was a kitchen and threw the mongrel on the table. Amata searched the rooms for anything that they could use for later.

Amata opened the door to the bathroom and gagged when the smell of rotting flesh hit her nose. 'So glad I threw up earlier.' She thought as she saw two mutilated bodies sitting in the bathtub. "Oh my god…" She covered her mouth with her hand and backed up. Lucas came running out of the kitchen and towards her.

"Amata what's wro-" He stopped mid sentence when he saw the bodies. "Damn… Poor bastards…" Lucas said before closing the door and walking Amata towards the nearest bedroom which had a queen sized bed. "Stay in here Amata. Let me deal with the mess." He said, leaving her in the room.

Lucas removed the bodies from the house and same back in covered in some blood. Amata was in the living room waiting for him. "Lucas I found some new clothing for you." Amata showed Lucas the clothes she found and pushed him into the bedroom to change. When Lucas came out he was dressed in a pair of black pants with black boots on his feet. He had on a red long sleeve shirt with a black sleeveless jacket over top of it with a hood on the back of the jacket. There were pouches running from his left shoulder to his right hip. There was a pistol holster on his left leg which now housed his ten millimeter pistol.

Amata was dressed in some leather armor that fit her just right and would have been to0 small for Lucas. Lucas stared at her for a few seconds slightly stunned at the way the armor she wore hugged her curves very nicely. He shook his head to clear any inappropriate thoughts from his mind. "You look good Amata." Lucas said getting said girl to blush a bit but went unnoticed because of the dim lighting.

"I-I also found this rifle in one of the cabinets with some ammo. I don't know if I'd be able to handle it like you could so here." She said as she handed him a hunting rifle with an adjustable scope on it. On the side of the rifle was the word 'HOPE' etched into the wood.

Lucas shouldered the rifle and looked through the scope, getting a feel for its weight. He unloaded the gun and made sure that there were no bullets in the chamber. He pulled the trigger and a satisfying click came from the rifle. The rifle seemed to be in good condition. "Nice find Amata. This will definitely help later on." He said as he reloaded the weapon and set it against the couch.

Amata nodded still with a blush on her face and went back to searching the house for supplies. Lucas went into the kitchen to finish preparing the food. Lucas finished with the food and came out carrying two plates, one for him and one for Amata. He walked into the living room. "Amata?" He called out looking around. He got worried when there was no answer. He walked further into the room not noticing the figure approaching him from behind. "Ama-" He was cut off when the figure behind hit him on the back of the head with a baseball bat, knocking him out cold.

"Hehehe… we got ourselves two nice catches here. Boss will want to see them for himself. Bet he can tell us how much of a price these two will catch." A raider, who had snuck into the house, said as his companion brought out an unconscious Amata slung over his shoulder. "Shame we can't have fun with the girl first. Boss will kill us if we ruin the goods." He said as he slung Lucas's rifle over his shoulder.

His companion, a big muscled man who had a gas mask on, said nothing as he threw Lucas over his other shoulder while his raider buddy looted the place for anything else of value before both of them left the house but not before torching the house.

Scene Break

When Lucas came to, he let out a groan and struggled to get up but found he couldn't. He tried to speak but found his mouth was covered by a gag. He looked behind him to see that Amata and him were tied together by a rope in the middle of a classroom that seemed to abandoned. 'Where the hell are we at? Why are we tied up? What the hell happened?' He ran these questions through his mind.

Amata began to stir and she realized that she was in the same situation as Lucas was. She sent him a look that seemed to ask, 'Where are we?'. Lucas shook his head which made Amata's eyes grow in fear. Lucas looked around the room and saw that their weapons were on a nearby desk with their Pip Boys as well.

The door burst open and a large man with a mohawk walked through the door with a pair of sunglasses on his face. He had two sets of chains crossing over his chest and a pair of baggy red pants with black boots. He reeked of oil and sweat with a mixture of blood. "Well looks like our two new guests have awakened." The man said with a grin revealing his rotting teeth. Behind him were five other raiders, all were carrying chinese assault rifles and didn't look like any standard raiders out there. They didn't look drugged up like most raiders and had a look of seriousness in their eyes. All of them wore chest plates that looked heavily armored and had black outfits underneath the chest plates.

Lucas struggled against the bonds. The man punched Lucas in the head causing Lucas to grunt and Amata to let out a small squeak. "Now now. None of that. I'd rather not ruin the merchandise. My boys already did a number on you two when they caught you." The man said ignoring the glare that Lucas was giving him. "Now we just have to wait for the slavers to get here so we can negotiate price."

Thirty minutes passed by and the Raider boss seemed to be getting pissed off. "Where the hell are they?! They should have been here by now!" He yelled losing his cool. "One of you guys go find them!"

Before any of the four guards could move, a man burst through the door with his left arm missing and a few bullet holes in his right shoulder. His left eye was missing like it had been carved out. "BOSS WE HAVE A PROBLEM!" He yelled.

Flashback

A raider patrol of five walked around the building that used to be a school obviously. They were to locate the slaver caravan and bring them to the boss. It was currently late into the night and the full moon was high above them.

The leader of the patrol stopped his men. "Hold up. What's that?" He said pointing towards what looked like a fire. The patrol ran towards to find a brahmin killed with bite and claw marks all over it. Some of the dead bodies had the same wounds, others had bullet holes in them. "What the hell? Is this the slave caravan?!" He exclaimed as he picked up a deactivated slave collar.

"Boss we found a survivor!" One of the raiders yelled and he ran over to find a man with all four of his limbs cut off. "He's still breathing but it's like he seen a ghost."

The leader knelt in front of the mutilated slaver. "Hey talk to me. What happened here?" He asked making the slaver flinch.

"D-D-D-Death a-a-and his h-h-h-hound ambushed us… They killed everybody! YOU NEED TO RUN NOW!" The slaver exclaimed but he was silenced when a bullet entered his forehead. The raider group grabbed their weapons and turned to see a figure with a tattered brown cloak flowing behind him standing there with a rifle they had never seen in his hands. The figure held a Honey Badger, a pre-war weapon that was thought to be gone. The assault rifle had a holographic scope and an angled grip on its barrel. On his back was a sword still in its sheathe. The figure was obviously male and wore a pair of black cargo pants, combat boots, a grey vest with a grey shirt underneath. A strange device was attached to his left arm and the raiders couldn't figure out what it was. The cloak he had on obscured his face but the raiders could see a pair of emerald green eyes staring right at them and they looked to be filled with fury.

"We'll kill you! You piece of sh-!" One of the raiders began saying before a giant white dog jumped on him and ripped his throat out. The raiders jumped away from their fallen comrade and readied their weapons. The dog was a massive white husky, almost the size of a Yao Guai cub. Its fur was matted with dried blood and its teeth were bared and dripping with blood. Its sky blue eyes never left the four remaining members.

"DAMN MUTT!" One raider raised his rifle to shoot the oversized husky but he never got the chance to shoot because the figure had moved behind him and sliced his head clean off with his sword. The blade had a silver appearance to it as the moon and the fire reflected off the blade.

The remaining three raiders fired their guns at the man but he dodged each bullet almost like he saw their trajectory. He shot the two raiders with his Honey Badger and sliced the leaders left arm off and put a few bullets in his right shoulder. "Y-You sick fuck! You killed them!" He screamed in pain and anger.

The figure looked at him with amusement. "That's funny coming from somebody who kills, steals, and rapes. You even sell other people into slavery. I'm doing this world a favor by getting rid of you." He said as his canine companion sat next to where he was standing and began licking its blood coated fur. "Tell me where those two people you took are. Right now."

"Hah! You can't get their location out of me!" The raider yelled. The figure sighed.

"I wanted to save you some pain but I guess that's not an option." He said pulling out a knife as he held down the raiders right arm while the husky laid across his legs. "Don't worry. This will only hurt a lot." The man said as the knife began to make its way towards the raider's eye.

Flashback End

"You mean to tell me that a single man took out an entire slave caravan and an entire patrol?! Are you fucking kidding me!?" The raider boss screamed at the wounded raider before shooting him in the head with a .32 caliber pistol.

"Sir what should we do?" One of the guards asked.

"Stay here and get ready for a fight. Use the captives if you have to." The boss said as everybody took up positions around the room. They waited a few minutes as the sound of gunfire drew closer to them and then all was silent. The five in the room looked at each other. The door slowly creaked open and the raiders let a barrage of bullets fly right through the door causing the entire thing to splinter. The gunfire ceased and the door fell off of its hinges and onto the floor.

They slowly made their way forward when something bounced off the doorframe and landed at the boss raider's feet. At his feet was a flashbang grenade. "Oh shit…" He said before it went off blinding everybody in the room.

When Amata and Lucas's vision returned, they saw all four guards dead, each with a single bullet in their head. A cloaked figure stood over the leader who was laying on the floor and had a silver double edged sword buried deep into his gut. "Y-You fuck! You killed all my men! You've ruined my operations! Who the fuck do you think you are?!" The leader said as he began spitting up blood.

"My name is none of your concern. All you need to know is that I am the reason you die now." The figure said as he pulled his sword out of the raider's stomach and decapitated him. The head rolled away from the body and came to a rest near Amata who was scared out of her mind. The man approached them and raised his sword.

He brought his sword down and cut the ropes binding them. Lucas reacted quickly and grabbed the nearest assault rifle and pointed it at the man. "Who are you and what do you want with us?" Lucas asked keeping the gun aimed at the man who slowly sheathed his sword and slung the assault rifle onto his back, securing it with a strap.

"Relax I didn't come here to harm either of you." He said as Amata quickly ran behind Lucas. A large white husky walked through the door, dragging three large bags into the room. When it saw the gun aimed at its owner, it let out a low threatening growl as it slowly got ready to attack.

"Easy there girl." The man said to his canine companion. "Hey could you not aim that gun at me? Nasha hates it when people threaten me with weapons or try to rob me." He said in a calm voice as he rubbed the top of Nasha's head, scratching her ears as he did.

Amata looked into the man's eyes and she saw that there was no deception in them. She placed a hand on Lucas's shoulder.. "Lucas put the gun down. I don't think he's here to hurt us. Let's here what he has to say." She said.

Lucas reluctantly lowered his gun and walked over to where all their stuff was placed. He threw the rifle to the side realizing that the gun was broken due to a stray bullet destroying the firing mechanism. He slung his hunting rifle over his shoulder and holstered his pistol before putting his Pip Boy on. Amata stood next to him and grabbed her pistol and Pip Boy as well.

Lucas turned towards the figure. "Tell us who you are and why you're here." The man held his hands up in the air and Lucas realized that he was wearing a Pip Boy exactly like theirs. "How did you get a Pip Boy?" He demanded causing Amata to elbow his side.

"What my friend is asking… Where did you get your Pip Boy from? I know you probably got it from a vault but we want to know if you're from an actual vault or you scavenged it off somebody from a vault." Amata asked calmly much to Lucas's annoyance.

The man chuckled. "I am from a vault. I got my Pip Boy the same way you did. I know you are both from Vault 101. I saw you walk out of the cave that holds the entrance to Vault 101." Lucas aimed his hunting rifle at the man making Nasha growl.

"So you were spying on us?" Lucas questioned.

"Hey Hey Hey. No need to start aiming that gun at me. I saw you guys from a distance. Then I saw the girl with you vomit when she saw the mutts of the wasteland feasting on that dead guy. I was going to make contact with you guys but I wanted you guys to get used to the wasteland first." The man explained. "I was going to wait till morning to talk to you guys but these guys got you first. To be honest, you actually helped me complete my mission."

"Mission? What mission?" Amata asked curious.

"My mission was to take out these pieces of shit. They've been capturing the locals and selling them off to slavers to make some quick caps." He said gesturing to the dead raiders.

"Caps? Like bottle caps?" Amata asked.

"Yep. That's the currency that everybody uses. In the old days before everything went to hell, people used paper as currency." The man said as he held up a bag full of soda bottle caps. "Anyway, back to my mission. The sheriff of Megaton asked me to help out with this problem but I had difficulty tracking them. When you were captured, I figured that I could have Nasha follow your scent and lead me to you guys."

"So you used us as bait!?" Lucas yelled at him.

"Was never my intention to use you as bait. I can make it up to you if you follow. I know you're looking for a man who left the vault you guys did. I can help you find him." He said.

Lucas was skeptical for a second but sighed and lowered his gun, "If you can help me find my dad, I'll accept the help but do not double cross us."

The man seemed to smile behind the mask that came with the hooded cloak. "Great! We should probably loot this place for supplies before we leave." He turned to leave.

"Wait we should introduce ourselves first!" Amata exclaimed getting the man's attention. "My name is Amata Almodovar. Mr Grumpy over here is Lucas Blackburn my best friend." Amata said pointing to herself and then to Lucas who grunted before looking away. "What is your name?" She asked.

The man took off his cloak to reveal a five foot eight inch tall twenty year old with spiky blonde hair, a deep scar on his left cheek, and a bright smile on his face. "The name's Ashton Crux but you can call me Ash. This here is Nasha my faithful husky canine." He said scratching Nasha's ears getting her to bark happily. "We're from Vault 57. A vault all the way across the country in Alaska." He said with his grin still on his face.

Hey guys. I know I haven't updated any of my other stories lately but I will update them. I have a writing schedule set up on my profile. That will be the order I follow. I hope you guys enjoyed the first chapter of Fallout: Resurgence. I'm very excited for this story and I hope you guys enjoy it as well. This story is being cowritten with Dantekasaki (aka Chaz Liechti). He gave me the idea for the story. The MC is his character while the OC is my own. Thanks for reading guys. Hope you enjoyed the first chapter