DISCLAIMER: This is the first thing I've ever published. As you'll see by the writing, it took about an hour. Any and all criticism is welcome. Rating 'M' for language and sexual themes. Enjoy!...maybe?
Fallout: Vault 101
I wander through Springvale, rubbing whats left of the scar on my head. A small dust devil blows past as I reflect on the events of the last few weeks.
"Those loonies on Point Lookout, with that...punga fruit stuff." I think to myself. "Those hallucinations were surreal...just like Vault 106 with the gas."
On my Pip-Boy, Three Dog gives a GNR Public Service Announcement about Raiders.
"Then...Dad...those Enclave BASTARDS!" I nearly shout, kicking over a rusted mailbox. "I almost get myself killed all those times. Fought through Raiders, Super Mutants, Ferals, everything!" I grumble to nobody in particular. "The death I've survived, the death I've caused...only rewarded with more. That piece of shit Colonel Autumn better watch his back." A tear runs down my cheek and I wipe it away, creating a black smudge of filth on my face.
"Fucking Wasteland."
Suddenly, Bob Crosby's 'Happy Times' is cut off by garbled static.
"You're on your own this time, Three Dog." I say, slapping the top of the Pip-Boy a few times. "I'm not fixing that damn transmitter agai-"
"This is an automated distress message from Vault-Tec Vault 101." Says a robotic voice.
"The hell?"
"Message begins:"
"Colleen, listen." Says a familiar voice.
"Amata?!"
"It's felt like a long time since you left, but I know you're still out there." Thoughts of her fly through my head. My tenth birthday party, taking the G.O.A.T., our...moments...then her helping me escape.
"Things got much worse down here after you left." Amata continues. The hallucinations! I remember now! Most of them had her in them. In Vault 106 she ran towards me...then she was being murdered by security guards... Then Point Lookout. She was...dead.
"God..." I think to myself. "...so much death."
"My father has started to go crazy with power. I've tried talking to him, but nothing is working. Please, Colleen, we need your help. I need your help."
"Overseer Almodovar." I shake my head. "Of course. Though...part of me is glad I spared him. At least Amata still has a father."
"I've changed the Vault door password to my name. If you care enough to help us, you should remember it."
"Message repeats." Says the robot. I turn off the radio before it can continue and head up the hill where Vault 101 resides.