Disclaimer: I do not own Kim Possible or Fallout 3. They belong to Disney and Bethesda Studios.
Author's note: This is my first story that I have ever written. Reviews and even flames are accepted. I am open to ideas, tips, pointers, and even criticism. I am new to FanFiction, so I might make mistakes with formats and sizes.
This is a Kim Possible/Fallout 3 fusion. If you have never played Fallout 3, I would suggest that you learn about it very quickly as most of the story will not make much sense to you if do not know about Fallout 3 or the Fallout universe.
By the way, Ron's father name, James, is not conceived from Kim's dad. In Fallout 3, the main character's father is named James, so I though it would be fitting.
Chapter 1-Prologue
"It's a beautiful baby boy!"
The man in a doctor's uniform cradling a newborn baby in his hands as he repeatedly shouted the same sentence over and over to everyone around him.
"Oh my, that's so wonderful honey," the weary woman replied towards her husband.
"I know Charlotte, it's what we always dreamed of," replied the giddy man as he took off his mask and cap.
He was a well-built man, wearing glasses and having nicely combed blond hair and huge grin plastered on his face. He couldn't help but smile at his wife Charlotte. He loved her so much. Her loving face, her beautiful eyes, her nicely fit body, and her shining personality were all part of why the man had fallen in love with her.
"Well Charlotte, what should we call him?" asked the man.
"I don't know James, I a little too tired to think right now."
"I was thinking of a name earlier this week. How about Ron?" asked James as he watched the baby play with his thumb.
" I think it's perfect. Ron, Ron Stoppable." Charlotte replied.
1 year later
"Come one, come to daddy."
Ron started to walk towards I his dad. He struggles at first, but he slowly made to James.
James smiled and patted Ron's head.
"My, my. Only 1 year old and already walking properly. A little practice, but I'm sure you start walking just fine."
Ron was amused by his dad's compliments and started to hug James' leg. James smiled at his son, but as he looked at his Pip-Boy he realized that he had more work to do. Gently pulling Ron off his leg, he went around and closed the gate to Ron's playpen, blocking Ron's way out. Ron was first curious at his father's movement, but suddenly became sad after realizing that James had to leave. Ron started to pull the little fence gate, but his dad quickly scolded him.
"Now son, I told you to stop pulling the gate. You're going to break it. Daddy has some work to do right now. You just stay where you are and wait for Dad. Okay?"
Ron stopped his attempts to escape and nodded a "Yes" to James. As James left the room and closed the door. Ron silently looked around the room. The room was small, but Ron had never really cared. There were large lights on the ceiling that illuminated the entire room, showing all the objects that Rom had come to know and love. There was a yellow carpet in Ron's playpen to protect him from the cold metal floor. Next to the playpen are James' bed and a small cradle on the playpen's right. There was a fairly large toy chest in front of the bed, full of teddy bears and blocks (and any other objects that James could scavenge from the Vault). By the chest was a small drawer that a picture frame on it, but in the frame was a gold-colored sheet with words that Ron couldn't understand, so he didn't pay it much attention.
After examining the room, Ron turned to his left to find a large red ball. Ron stood up and started to play with it, rolling it and tossing it all around the playpen. As Ron tossed the ball again, it rolled towards the gate and broke it open. Ron chased the ball again as it rolled a little more, before stopping in front of a small book. Ron walked to the ball and glanced at the book. It was obviously made for little kids as the cover had a small baby on it and the background was very colorful. Ron read the title (actually, he just looked at it due to the fact that he can't read yet). The title was called "Your S.P.E.C.I.A.L".
Ron turned the pages of the book and smiled at the bright colors and the pictures of the popular Pipboy. As he read the last page of the book, he looked at what S.P.E.C.I.A.L really stood for.
Strength
Perception
Endurance
Charisma
Intelligence
Agility
Luck
As Ron closed the book, he heard the door open behind him. He was startled at first, but he sighed with relief, as it was his dad.
"My, my aren't you the little explorer" James said to his son as he sat down on the chair next to the drawer.
Ron laughed at his dad and slowly walked towards him. James reached out and picked Ron gently and sat him on his lap.
"You see, this son?" James asked Ron as he pointed towards the picture frame.
Ron shook his head, signaling a "No". James just smiled at him, knowing that Ron couldn't read yet.
"This was your mother's favorite passage. It's from the Bible, Revelation 21:6. 'I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give onto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely'. James both told and recited to Ron.
Ron looked curiously at his dad, noticing that James was looking very sad as he finished reciting the passage.
"Well, I have some free time now. Lets see if your friend Zita wants to play. You might want to show off your new walking ability." James said to Ron as he started to stand.
Ron squealed with joy as he followed his father out of their apartment.
9 years laterAs Ron walked towards Vault 101's only restaurant, he kept reading the note he found on his bed this morning.
"Come to the Diner at 3:00"
"Wonder what's happening there. Hopefully it isn't another prank by Brick," Ron though to himself.
As he pressed the "OPEN" button to open the door, Ron still found it cool that doors opened vertically and that it stays open until someone closed it via "CLOSE" button.
"Miracle of technology," Ron thought.
Just as Ron stepped into the room, a bright flash of light filled the room.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!'
Ron screamed at the top of his lungs before settled down. The surprise flash scared him pretty badly.
After the flash was over Ron opened his eyes as he saw almost everyone he knew was in the diner. Some of the kids from school, Vault officers, and even some adults who had the time to come to the party.
"Happy Birthday son," James said as he walked towards his son. "Already you are 10 years-old. Time moves so quickly."
"Gee Dad, didn't expect this to happen. I almost forgot it was my B-day." Ron said as he scratched the back of his head. James just smiled at his son before another figure showed up.
"Ah, I see that we have a new young adult in our midst," said the figure. He moved closer to Ron, where he finally recognized him as the Overseer.
"You know what that means don't you?" The Overseer asked Ron.
"Not really sir," Ron replied. His confused face enforced the reply, as he really didn't know.
"Well, it means that you are old enough to have your own Pip-Boy 3000. And just like all young adults who receive the Pip-Boy, you are ready to begin doing your duties in Vault 101," the Overseer explained to Ron while handing him the before mentioned Pip-Boy.
"Boo-yah, awesome. Thanks mister Overseer," Ron started to equip his new Pip-Boy and found it quite comfortable.
"Now go and enjoy your party Ron,' James stated.
As James went to the counter, Ron started to fiddle around with his new gizmo when he looked up and saw Zita. She was smiling and started to come towards him.
'Like the party Ron?" asked Zita.
"You bet. Did you do this?" Ron asked.
"Of course not, I only helped out with the decorating. Your dad set all of this up." Zita both giggled and replied.
'By the way, I have your present Ron. Care to guess what it is?" Zita said as she help out a present for Ron to take.
"Ummm, is it a new toy?" Ron asked with his hand on his chin.
"Close, who is your favorite barbarian? Grognak of course. Issue #2 and still has all of it's pages in it. Enjoy." Zita said as Ron took his present and unwrapped it.
Ron quickly flipped through the book, checking if there are indeed no missing pages (you can't too sure with these kinds of presents). The comic book was a little rundown, but it was still readable and Ron kindly thanked Zita before talking to the other guests.
As Ron got a sweet roll from old lady Palmers, he heard Andy, the Mister handy robot that operated the Diner, call that it was time to cut the cake.
Andy unfortunately, used his built in saw to cut the cake. Bits of icing and cake flew through the Diner. One rather large chunk of cake almost landed on Brick Flagg, the school bully.
"Hey, watch it you stupid robot." Brick yelled "Great, know we're stuck at stupid party with no food to eat."
As Brick finished his rant, he spotted Ron holding his new sweet roll and makes a grab for it. Ron barely sees it and holds the roll right out of Brick's reach.
"Come on, give me that stupid roll. That stupid robot destroyed the cake and I'm hungry," Brick demands as he still tries to grab the roll.
'No way Brick, I got this from Lady Palmers. She said this is for me only," Ron replied while still trying to keep the roll from Brick. Ron knew that this was no use; Brick is bigger than he was and Ron knew that Brick was going to do something rash if he doesn't get the roll.
Ron was right. Brick was starting to get annoyed. He grabbed Ron's jumpsuit collar and cocked his fist back, getting ready to punch Ron face.
"Give me the roll or I will give you a knuckle sandwich to eat instead Stoppable," Brick warned. He smiled an evil smile when Ron face started to show signs of fear.
"Hey, you two, stop right now!"
Brick and Ron turned to see that it was Officer Lopez who yelled out. Brick grumbled and put Ron down. Ron brushed off his jumpsuit and thanked Officer Lopez.
"Hey dad, when will I get my present from you?" asked Ron as he walked towards the Diner's counter where James is talking to the engineer Stanley.
"Oh right, I almost forgot." James replied. He got up and started talking to someone via the Diner's intercom. Ron didn't find the intercom cool or surprising due to the fact that almost every room had an intercom and acted as the main way to communicate in the Vault.
After James stood up, Ron noticed Stanley and decided to have some strike up some chitchat with him while he is waiting.
"Enjoying that Pip-boy there sport?" Stanley asked as he turned to face Ron.
"Yeah, it's great. But it's a little broken I think," Ron replied as he started to tinker with the wrist device.
"Yeah, well the A models aren't exactly the most well built Pip-Boys, but they are still reliable and still functional. Just as long as it doesn't suffer any damage, it will be fine," Stanley confessed.
Ron was about to ask whether or not Stanley found the Pip-Boy for him, but James returned and told Ron to follow him. Ron thanked Stanley and a Baseball cap in return. Ron thanks Stanley again before putting the cap on and following James.
As the father and son walked out of the Diner, James explained to Ron that Jonas was down in the Reactor section of the Vault and has Ron's birthday present.
" I have something to do right now, you go one ahead and get your present. Okay son?"
" Okay dad."
Ron started heading off to the Reactor level. He looked around the hallways and found it to be very monotonous and bland. There were vents jutting from the wall. The walls themselves were painted a very dull blue and the doors didn't have a better coloring scheme either.
" Sometimes I think I am living in some kind of maze. Everything here is bland and bleak. Maybe the Overseer will decide to issue a new color scheme." Ron quietly thought to himself.
Jonas was indeed waiting for Ron as he made is way down. Ron smiled his goofy smile as he saw the Jonas he had known throughout the years. Jonas smiled and gave Ron his present just as James came down. He smiled as Ron held his gift as if it was a G.E.C.K.
Ron ran to his father and asked, " Is this what I think it is?"
"It is son. It's what you always wanted. Your very own BB Gun." James answered, his smiled still on his face as he watched his son jump up and down with joy.
"I figured that you are old enough to handle a gun now. It took me and Jonas a long time to fix it up you know," James said. He then turned to Jonas and said, "Remember when we had to find that spring for the shooting mechanism? Good thing Brick 'lost' his switchblade or else we would've never have finished the reconstruction." Ron didn't even notice that James and Jonas were on the verge of tears from their laughing.
After the laughter, Jonas said, "Why don't you try out your new BB Gun Ron?"
" I would love to, but I don't think that its okay to shoot BB pellets in here." Ron said.
"You are right son, otherwise the Overseer will be extremely mad at us. We will go into the storage room. Me and Jonas already have target practice ready for you," James reassures Ron.
Ron follows the two men into the storage room and finds three targets ready for him to shoot at.
"Go ahead, give it a shot. No pun intended." Jonas says.
Ron lifts the gun to the right side of his head and closes his left eye. He has his left hand on the barrel of the gun and his right on the trigger. Ron takes in a deep breath and aims for the target at the right. He pulls the trigger.
And misses horribly.
The pellet was closer to the middle target than the one Ron was aiming for. Ron groans in disappointment but James pats his back and says, "It's okay son. Just keep trying."
Ron cocks the gun and aims for the same target again. This time, he keeps his arms steady and shoots. The pellet hits the target perfectly. It wasn't a bulls-eye, but it was good enough for Ron.
"Boo-yah!" Ron said as he saw the target spin around due to the force of the shot.
Ron fired at the two remaining targets with the same precision he did with the first one. When Ron was done, he felt pats on his back from his father and Jonas. Just as Ron smiled about all his accomplishments today, James noticed something in the target zone.
"Oh no, it's a radroach." James said to Jonas.
Ron turned around and his eyes grew as big as dinner plates when he saw what was in front of him. There before him was a cockroach that was as big as a puppy. It's eyes the size of marbles and black. The head was very small compared to its body and it moved around on 6 large legs. It clicked its mandibles and scampered all around the target zone, looking for food.
"Go on Ron, shoot it" Jonas said bluntly.
"What?! Are you crazy? That thing is so big. I don't think this little gun can even hurt it," Ron shouted, his fear clearly showing in his voice. Ron has heard about these creatures before. His father told him that radroachs were once small bugs that grew to humongous sizes because of nuclear radiation outside. Ron knew they were scary then, and now that he has seen one in real life, that fact is still true.
"Don't worry, radroaches have a fairly weak exoskeleton. The BB Gun can easily penetrate it." James explained to Ron as he started to come down from his panicked state.
"Okay, I'll try," said Ron as he settled down.
Ron cocked his gun and took aim once again. As he prepared to fire his gun, he stared at the roach's black eye. Ron felt a shiver down his spine as fear tried to take over his body again. Ron breathed deeply and tried to keep himself under control. He watched the radroach carefully and pulled the trigger. The BB pellet penetrated the radroach's large body and lodged itself into the roach's organs. A flow of watery, green puss flowed out of the hole. Ron almost lost his lunch (which was the sweet roll) when he realized that the bug was still alive, squirming and wriggling its legs all around. Ron shot another BB pellet, this one silencing the creature for good. Ron watched as the radroach just laid on the floor, the puss still seeping out of the holes.
"Well, I'm glad that's over with," Jonas said as turned towards James.
"That's one less roach to worry about," Jonas said.
"Agreed. Come on Ron, let's get back to the party," James said as he started to walk out.
Ron just stood there, watching the lifeless corpse. He knew that he just killed something, but as he heard Jonas and his father talk, Ron then realized that it was for a good reason: to help with the Vault's protection. Ron turned, smiling his goofy smile as he followed his father.
James and Ron didn't go far because Jonas blocked the way.
"Whoa, wait a minute. Don't you guys want to take a picture or something? You know, to remind yourselves about the day Ron grew out of his childhood," Jonas suggested.
"Well I guess so. Ron, what do you think?" James asked.
"Sure dad. I mean, maybe we can show the Overseer the picture and I can become the Vault exterminator," Ron laughed to his father.
"That's my Ron. Humor for any situation."
Jonas already had the camera set up. Ron and James were side by side and Ron was holding his BB Gun with both hands, basically showing the camera the gun in all its glory. Jonas steadies the camera and clicks the button on the camera and a flash came from the bulb on the camera.
Ron didn't scream this time though; he just smiled his goofy smile.
To Be Continued