This is the tale of 7 girls who lived completely different lives. Of each comes a story of different natures that will shape the ways of the Capital Wasteland. All heroes in their own light. Their destinies will intertwine and they will soon find themselves to be each others sole company.
The Vault Dweller
How was I to know that any of this was going to happen? I'm only 19, and I'm just the vaults chef. But the reality was too clear.
"Look you need to get out of here! Your father's gone, Ace, gone!" I looked Amata over and squinted, maybe she's been experimenting with Jet? No Amata wasn't one to kid around.
"How could my father have left? The vaults sealed shut," I tried to reason with her, but she shook her head.
"I don't know okay, but you need to get out of here! Ace they killed Jonas! They thought he was working with your dad and now my fathers men are after you!" She frantically shook my shoulders and stared me right in the eye.
"You're really serious aren't you?" The look she was giving me was that of fright, she wasn't lying.
"Well how do you suppose I go about this?" She pulled out a 10mm from her back and handed it to me. "Amata..."
"Only use it as a last resort okay? Try and get to my fathers office, I usually use these to get it," She hands me a few bobby pins and closes my hand around them. "I'll try to meet you there okay, good luck," And with that she was gone leaving me in my room to gather my thoughts and my things.
'Alright, I can do this. I can escape the vault no problem,' I grabbed my be-be gun and baseball bat and headed through my fathers office and out to the main corridor where officer Kendell was down the hall.
"Hey you! Get over here!" I took off through the bathrooms only to bump into a pain in the ass.
"Candy! You gotta help me!" Rolling my eyes, I leaned on my left leg.
"What is it Butch? I don't have time for your little games," His face held panic.
"No it's my Ma, she's surrounded by radroaches you gotta save her!" I snorted a laugh and threw him my baseball bat.
"You're a big boy Butch, how about you go in there and be a hero. Or are you too scared of a little radroach to save your mom?" His face became angered and he ran off into the room and he began attacking the roaches, killing them all. He came running back out with a smile.
"Yahoo I did it, thanks Candy you're a true friend. Here as a thank you I want you to take my Tunnel Snakes Jacket," He took off his jacket and handed it to me then made his way back to his mother. I tied it around my waist and ran off towards the stairs.
"Hey stop, I just want to talk!" Stopping, I turned to my left seeing Officer Gomez approaching me quickly. "You should be lucky that I got here before anyone else,"
"Why because the rest of your friends are being controlled by a deranged lunatic?" "I'm not even going to argue with you about that, I'm just going to pretend that I didn't even see you, just get out of here now," I smiled lightly and touched his shoulder.
"Thanks Officer Gomez, you've always been a great friend," With that I took off towards to Atrium with hope of not running into too many more officers.
After taking out a few more officers I found myself near Amata's corridor.
"Look I don't know anything!" Amata's voice rang from the Overseers office. I ran towards the door and opened it getting the attention off of her and onto me. She quickly ran past me and towards her room leaving me with her father and a guard who attacked me. I took him out and glared at the Overseer.
"Look kid why don't you just hand yourself over? You're only making yourself look worse just like your father," I grip tightened on the pistol and I glared at the aged man.
"Don't speak ill on my father, he had his reasons. You killed Jonas, he didn't do anything wrong! You're just a murderer!" He crossed his arms and gave a smug look.
"Please don't make me laugh, guards! Guards!" I held up my pistol and shot him in the head making his body slump over. My stomach tightened and I took his keys off of his waist and ran towards his office, not even stopping to see if Amata was okay. I went into his office and entered the password 'Amata' and opened the secret door under the desk and made my way down and towards the exit that my Pipboy was transmitting.
I entered the enclosed room and stared at the big brass door that said 101 on it. I pulled the lever on the rusted panel setting the alert alarm off.
"I can't believe you actually did it!" I turned around and looked at Amata whose face was covered in tears and shock.
"When I want something done, I'll get it done," I replied haste fully, regret starting to sit in from what had just happened. She frowned and listened to the guards that were approaching from behind us.
"You better go, if anyone can make it out there it's you. I'll try to get order back around here," I hugged her and allowed the tears to fall from my eyes.
"I'll miss you Amata, and I'm sorry," I ran off towards the now opened door and made it to the dirt. The door began to close behind me as the wooden door separating me from what ever is out there came into view.
'If dad is still alive, he's obviously not going to let this stop him and I wont either,' I opened the door and walked out to what would change my life forever.
Scientist
My research had become noticed at my younger years. I was born in the Citadel to Kimura, Noburou and Kimura, Sasami. I also have a twin brother Maasaki who unlike me decided to stay there and become a Knight. I discovered the use of synthetic blood around a few years ago and made a project of my own. Project M5-9. The stability of a humans emotions and appearance along with the power and mechanics of a robot sent me to thrive to create something new, or actually someone.
"How does that feel Muka? Any difference from the last test?" I stood in my Megaton home and adjusted the power given to her. Muka's face was covered by a blue mask that glowed. She layed still in her chamber flexing her fingers.
"My internal circuits have risen to 95% Natsumi-sama," I grinned happily and turned off the machine, and stepped forward to remove the wires and face mask. My bright cerulean eyes came in contact with her shiny red eyes.
"I think I'm finally done with your tests Muka! Everything has turned out to be perfect and you're probably the closest thing to human now. I want you to sleep for the rest of the night okay? Wadsworth, can you retrieve some water from the sink please?" "Certainly madame,"
"You've discovered a way to bring clean water through the filters. Where did you learn that, Natsumi-sama?" I turned off my computer and gazed at the android. Her hair resembled my color, but only a few tones darker. My light turquoise hair was messy and just below my ears unlike hers which layed gracefully on her pale white shoulders.
"I remember reading up on a few files about a project purity in the Citadel a few years back. It was hella hard to configure, but I managed to figure out a conversion of dirty water to purified water through a filter. So technically I haven't found the cure for radiated water just a filtration system," I took the water from Wadsworth, saying a light thank you to the robot butler.
"Isn't that the same thing? I understand that with a filtration device you could save all of the wasteland," I took a sip from my water and shook my head and handed her my clipboard.
"That's where you're wrong Muka. In order to restore the Wastelands water I'd have to find a G.E.C.K. Without that there's no way to make a filtration big enough for so many square miles. Plus the old Jefferson Memorial by Rivet City is inhabited my super mutants. I don't feel like scuffling with those brutes," I explained and took the clipboard back and placed on her heart monitors.
"I'll see you tomorrow okay? Sleep well Muka,"
"Thank you Natsumi-sama, you too" I closed the doors of her pod allowing my friend to finally get some rest.
"Might I suggest you get some rest too Madame? You've been up testing M5-9 for the last few days and it would only be fair for you to get some rest as well," I smiled at the worried robot and shook my head.
"I thought I'd go to Moriarty's and get a drink. I've got too much on my mind to rest right now," He made a noise and took my glass to the small kitchen in the back of the house. Some whiskey could help sooth the tension in my muscles.
"Hey Sumi, whatcha got cooking now?" The moment I entered the saloon, I was greeted nicely by one of the help Gob, who was such a sweetheart. The ghoul was pretty good looking in my eyes, a characteristic that was frowned upon by most humans.
"Nothing really, I've been busy with Muka's testing and some man had come and visited me yesterday so I haven't gotten much sleep. Can I have the usual?" "Sure thing Sumi. Was this guy bothering you? Do I need to rough anyone up?" I chuckled lightly and shook my head, Gob was one protective Ghoul.
"Just more science talk really. Ah thank you. So who's the shady character in the corner? Did he just get here?" Gob side glanced at the well dressed man sitting in the corner of the room.
"Well no, he's been here a while. Usually stays at home or sits right there. But there's something about him that just doesn't feel right. He's so unsettling," I shrugged and quickly downed the strong alcohol, then another, and another. Soon enough I could barely see straight.
"Gob ya know you are just so fine! Hic, I don't care what anyone says about you, I could just, hic, hit that all night, hic," I slurred out running my hand over the raw fleshy skin of the kind ghoul. He chuckled and pulled his hand away.
"You should go home now Natsumi. I'll put this on your tab, just get some sleep," I blew a raspberry and pulled myself off the stool and leaned on the counter for support. My antics to hit on him again foiled.
"No, no. If I did that, Moriarty would be a huge jackass and hit you for that. Here, hic, I've got the caps already," I drew a bunch of caps out and dropped them on the counter and swayed my way to the door. "Can't flirt with, hic, anyone without being, hic, turned down,"
'I feel like dancing,' I thought with a giggle and starting out the door. Once I was out I started dancing around the steel walk ways, almost falling over the railing a few times.
"Woah there Natsumi, it isn't safe for you to be this drunk out here at night. Let me walk you home," The chief stated getting a hold of my shoulders.
"Aw you're such a nice man, Lucas. Maybe you can meet a pweety girl and have lots of children," I stuttered out and laughed. He sighed and brought me to my door. "Oh look my house... Thank you Simms, you're too kind," I nodded my head and unlocked my door waltzing into my well sized home.
"Madame I do believe you're drunk, would you like some Med-X for later when you wake up?" I shook my head and made my way up my stairs hoping I could make it to my bed.
"Wadsworth, I'm sleeping in tomorrow, please activate Muka if anyone needs me," "Very well Madame, sleep tight," I kicked off my shoes and threw my lab coat onto my coat hanger. I pulled out my nightgown from the large closet and pulled it on. I crawled under my blankets and snuggled up to my pillows, quickly passing out from exhaustion.
Android
I could remember the days of my programming. The sweat running down Natsumi-sama's face as she bolted parts and created my body. 4 years ago was when I was just a simple android, void of most human emotion. I wasn't synthetic yet, just a mere robot with human like features. M5-9 was the name given to me by the software, but Natsumi-sama didn't like it, she said that she wanted me to be human, a friend that she could always have while she was alone in the Citadel. Muka; that's what she decided to call me. Time flew by while in the Citadel. Natsumi-sama had me train with her brother Maasaki-sama and day by day I became more human like. The skin, blood, organs, genitalia; all made by Natsumi-sama so that I could feel more normal.
"Hey Muka, would you like to see the Wasteland?" Her sudden question had confused me, see the wasteland? I had it all on my Pipboy.
"Natsumi-sama, I have already recorded all of the locations from the computers in the Lab, what else is there to show me?" She had simply laughed, taking a hold of my hands and pulling me up from my seat.
"No silly! I want you to see everything! Things that a little computer can't let you experience. There's a town called Megaton a couple of miles from here. In order to be human you need to see things that we see and feel it," Her words sounded strange to me. I knew how to fire a weapon, maneuver a melee weapon, and use my hardware to create abstract things. I'd thought that was all there was to being human. "I'm not going to take no for an answer. We will take your pod and anything else that is necessary and take them to our new home. You'll enjoy the experience, I promise!" I was baffled, what was she thinking. It wasn't until we left that I got the feel for the nature.
It came a few months later when my 3rd birthday had come that Natsumi-sama had installed emotions and my senses. The feeling of happiness and excitement had taken me over.
"How do you feel?" Those four words were usually what she said after finishing an experiment.
"I feel light, I'm happy I think," She smiled and clapped her hands. It always made me happy seeing Natsumi-sama excited, or proud.
"Yayy I can't wait to rub it in Moriarty's face when I tell him that you're not an emotionless person! C'mon lets go to the saloon, I could go for some scotch while I update Gob on the good news," That night was the first time that I had a taste of alcohol that Natsumi-sama was always bragging about. The taste was strong and left me feeling light headed after the first 2 shots. She had called it buzzed. That was also the time I met my first ghoul named Gob. Natsumi-sama was quite interested with him so I didn't have much of an issue, even thought he was missing a lot of skin. I was told to watch my tongue and to not be a bigot when it came to ghouls, they were all human too, even the ferals. They were actually more important to her than humans, she'd always say that humans were 'racist bigots who needed to take a lesson in appreciating the good things about people.'
"Natsumi-sama is there anyone else out there like me?" I had found curiosity to be one of my biggest emotions soon after Natsumi-sama brought home a kitten. The little black fur ball was ill and could barely open it's eyes. Natsumi-sama said there wasn't really any felines in the wasteland, mostly just dogs or wolves.
"I'm not exactly sure Muka. I created you after seeing Liberty Prime in the lab one day. I think there may be other androids too, so don't worry," I watched her nurse the little kitten with a bottle of brahmin milk and sighed.
"Do you think I would ever be able to conceive a child?" My question must of shocked her because she dropped the bottle right onto the floor.
"Muka what's making you think of all these questions? You have a uterus, but with out an egg and sperm for a baby to grow from, there isn't much of a possible way for you to have a baby. Besides, even though kids are a blessing they are extremely hard to have with all the radiation," I could only agree and continued to watch her actions. I wanted to learn about a lot of things. Maasaki-sama had mentioned things like sex, power, money, and love to me when I wanted to know about humans. Love really struck me because I knew that no matter how much Natsumi-sama wanted me to be human, I would never be able to love another human of the opposite sex. I knew I loved Natsumi-sama, but that type of love and affection wasn't the same as the type to love another being intimately.
"Muka can you hold Konta? I need to get something from my room," She had handed me the small kitten in a rush and ran up to her small bedroom. He looked so frail and weak being only 3 weeks old. With no mother to clean him and make him better. I felt myself be overcome with sadness as water came from my eyes.
"What's, what's going on with me?" I couldn't stop the wetness from coming from my tear ducks.
"Muka why are you crying?" That was the first time I had experienced tears, because I knew that I was truly alone in the end.
A few months rolled by and Natsumi-sama had turned 18. She was ecstatic to have gained another year in her life. That was also around the time she had gotten a request to go to a radiated area and get a hold of some important documents. As her self proclaimed bodyguard I went with her, to make sure that no dangers would come her way. But something happened that day that changed her life. Natsumi-sama had gotten deadly radiation poisoning and I had to rush her to the Citadel for treatment. She remained out of commission for several weeks until she finally came through. She wasn't too bad off now, only for a sudden change in her appearance. Her skin had become tighter more smooth and her body curved off more than it used too. Her hair was glossy and her ears became pointed. The radiation had taken a different effect on Natsumi-sama that not even she could explain. The term elven had escaped a scribes mouth as they took notes on her new look. She cried when we got home; for days.
"I'm so confused, what's wrong with me?" Whatever she was seeing hurt her making me feel upset from her demise. Natsumi-sama had gotten more beautiful and even for her small height; stronger. From then on, I had decided that I would put my life on the line to protect her. My creator and 'mother'.
"Muka there seems to be someone here for the madame. She requested that I wake you if there was a disturbance," Wadsworth had opened my pod around noon the next day. The new improvements Natsumi-sama had installed were finally booted and I couldn't have felt better.
"I will deal with them immediately, thank you Wadsworth," I walked over to the door and opened it coming face to face with the Sheriff Lucas Simms.
"Hello Lucas Simms how can I assist you?" He smiled lightly and tilted his hat.
"Can I talk to your Master please? This is a difficult matter," I shook my head.
"I'm sorry, I was told that if any problems were to a cur that I was to tend to them. May I know the situation?" He nodded.
"We got ourselves another vault dweller, but she fainted on sight of seeing Moriarty's hired help. I needed Natsumi to come and talk some sense into her," My 'brain' ran over data of things Natsumi-sama told me to say to ghouls and how to treat them.
"I can take care of the problem for you Lucas Simms," He smiled gratefully and went on his way to his normal schedule of patrolling the town. I closed the door and made my way down the metal platforms and to the saloon where I had gone many times with Natsumi-sama only to have her hit on the kind hearted ghoul, Gob; much to Colin Moriartys disdain.
"Oh Muka, I didn't expect to see you come in, where's your Master Natsumi?" Moriarty asked standing behind the small counter. I scanned the room for any known problems and noticed the presence of another being upstairs in the rented room.
"Natsumi-sama is at home sleeping off the hangover she got from drinking last night and I was sent to assess the situation. May I go upstairs and check on the vault dweller?" He scowled and looked me over, like I was going to hurt someone.
"No I'd rather Natsumi come and take care of the little hot mess. I don't need another creature coming and ruining my business," My stomach clenched after his insult and I put my head down, letting my bangs over my eyes.
"I apologize Colin Moriarty, I will retrieve Natsumi-sama," With that I turned on my heel, and angrily slammed the door denting the handle. Natsumi-sama had made me just as much of a human as he was, why did he have to be so prejudice against different beings?
"Muka you're back so soon, have you finished up the task given to you?" Wadsworth asked gaining a vicious look from me.
"Natsumi-sama, you must wake up. Colin Moriarty needs you at his saloon," The smaller tealnette opened her eyes slowly and scowled.
"Why can't you take care of it? My head hurts," She rolled back over and put her head under her pillow. I frowned and sat at her desk.
"I have been ordered to get you to go instead because Colin Moriarty 'doesn't want another screw up creature in his vicinity'," Her head shot up from her pillow and she stared at me long and hard.
"Did he really say that? That conceited fat pig. Stay here and watch the house, I'll be right back," She grabbed some clothes from her dresser and changed into her lab coat and left the house with a fire in her step. The feeling coursing though me was painful and evil. I wanted to kill Moriarty, slice his throat open and let him lie on the floor gasping for air while I steadied my .44 at his head. This feeling of wanting to kill someone wasn't new, but it definitely scared me. I didn't want to give Natsumi-sama a bad name, and I didn't want her to be shunned because she created a bad seed. If only there was someone out there like me, maybe they would help me understand why I felt like this.
This was an older story that I had a lot done for so I'm just uploading what I have so it doesn't go to waste, enjoy! S1lly1nL0ve