Fallout 3: The Lone Soldier
Year 2278 A.D
Knocking came from outside and muffled voices where all around me, where was I? Suddenly I hear what sounds like metal scraping against metal, then bright light. Hello Mr. Hartley, I am the Overseer of Vault 101. I thought oh great this is going to be fun. You have been frozen in stasis for 201 years. As I open my eyes to re-adjust to my surroundings I see everybody in blue jumpsuits.
Now Mr. Hartley the Overseer said judging by what you're wearing you where in the US Army in 2077. Your holo tags says that you are 6 foot 2, 225 lbs, dark brown shaggy suave hair, Green eyes and where born March 16, 2061. As I climbed out of the stasis chamber I asked the overseer how they found me, he said that right before they closed the door a old man came up to them and said that he has something that will interest them and said it was free. The Overseer said take the cover off it and when the old man did they saw a US Army Soldier in a Stasis Chamber with a bag full of weapons and a Gauss Rifle on his back, he was wearing winterized combat armor from head to toe.
As I took a moment to take it all in, the Overseer said since you've been in stasis you have not aged at all so you are 16 years old, know do you remember anything at all, I looked up at him and shook my head, so the overseer said you don't remember your parents, your home, your friends, Operation Anchorage, anything?, I told you I don't remember anything.
Okay the overseer said come over here we will get you fitted for a jumpsuit and then we will put you in a simulation pod and set it to Operation Anchorage and see if you remember anything, we will be monitoring it on this screen over here, Since you where there we will scan your stuff and put with you when you enter, so maybe you will be recognized. I said okay and climbed in the simulation pod, before the pod completely closed the overseer said good luck in a sort of harsh tone. Blackness came over me, I woke up in the bunk area of the US Army Camp.
Operation Anchorage January 7, 2077
Private Hartley wake up, I woke with a startled gasp, get up private I am assigning you to be squad leader of the remaining soldiers, I got up and saluted Major Barnett, Yes Sir, I said. The major went on talking and showed me the plan on our map of Alaska he said take the Gauss Rifle pointing in the corner of the room, then take that bag of weapons and put it on your back, go out there and retake Alaska, Yes Sir. A white light came over me then faded to blackness only to see that I had progressed in the war, I guess that's what the simulation did, I don't know. I looked up to see we were in deep shit. We just broke through and where in China's base. I looked around me and saw my men or I should say comrades killing the Chinese soldiers. And when they finished I saw the Chinese General he was charging towards me with his shock sword , I dodged it and moved out the way, I felt along my back for my Gauss Rifle which wasn't there I took a quick glance around me and saw that my men were trapped behind a force field.
And that it was only me and the Chinese General he tried to swing at me again, this time I grabbed the arm with the sword and twisted it around my shoulder then pulling it down to hear it break, I then kicked the generals legs from underneath him, picked up his sword and before killing him with it I said this war is over. Right as I did that I saw a white light and faded to blackness, only to reawake at my camp to see that everybody was celebrating, so I decided to go celebrate with them. Overseer he seems to remember his training in the Army but that's all he remembers. The overseer said well then take him out of the simulation, the overseer whispered seems like he remembers something useful. Everything faded to black then I saw a white light and was back in reality. The overseer looked at me and said well since you don't have parents we will put you in a foster family, Jonas said that before we do that overseer I know a guy who might take Jacob in, the overseer said who, Jonas replied the vault's doctor James, the overseer said go talk to him over the intercom Jonas and see if he will, I said to the overseer where is my stuff, the overseer pointed to a footlocker in the corner, I said okay then and picked it up and looked in to see everything was in there except my bag of weapons and my Gauss Rifle. I looked at the overseer and said where are my weapons. The overseer replied they are in my office in my weapons locker, I said I need those, the overseer said for what your not in the army anymore in a harsh tone, I was taken back by his words. Exactly the overseer said you don't need them for anything down here, just as he finished saying that Jonas walked up to me and said good news my buddy James has agreed to take you in, also every vault member has a pipboy. A pipboy? What's a pipboy I asked, Jonas said that it is essential for life, now hold out your left arm.
Jonas put it on; it felt pretty light and had all my information and maps. The overseer said nobody ever enters the vault and leaves the vault, up there is hell. You live here, you die here. Jonas the overseer said will you show our new friend here his new home? Sure Jonas said come with me. As we left I guess it was the science lab Jonas toured me around the vault showing me where everything is and scanned a map of it on my pipboy. And here we are Jonas said your home. I said thanks and walked in. James came up to me and said hello Jacob I am the vaults doctor and will be your dad from here on out. I looked at him and thought you know I could get use to calling this guy dad. He said know let me show you to your room we walked in and the room was I guess your average rook a bed, dresser, desk etc. James said tomorrow you have a GOAT to take, I said what's a goat? He looked at me and said you have a lot to learn son, I smiled on the inside. Dad said a goat is a test that determines what type of job you get in the vault. I said okay well when do I take it, tomorrow he said. As I put my footlocker down I was wondering how was I going to get my weapons out of the overseer's office. Dad said he had steak for dinner and said that there where leftovers in the Dining Hall, I said great because I'm hungry, Dad turned to me and said I'm sorry son but I have to go back to my office I won't be back until probably tomorrow afternoon, come see me in the morning before you go take your goat. I said okay dad, bye. I figured I better go to the Dining Hall and get the rest of the steak so I looked on my pipboy and started walking. When I got there I saw the steak on the counter and picked it up and sat at a table and started eating it, it was the best steak I have ever tasted. When I finished it and cleaned up as I turned around to leave I heard a girl say who are you? I turned around to see a girl who looked my age with tan skin dark hair and brown eyes.
I looked at her and said I am Jacob, Jacob Hartley, I came here from a stasis chamber in the science lab, I was a soldier in Operation Anchorage. She said oh, I am Amata Almondovar, I'm the overseer's daughter, I looked at her and thought I didn't remember hearing the overseer telling me he had a daughter. I said okay cool, she asked me how old I was, I told her 16 and she said she was the same age. I said well it's late I better get back to my room, she said okay well goodbye in a sad tone. I said bye. As I walked back to my room I thought about Amata and how she said bye in a sad tone, I don't know maybe she likes me or maybe she doesn't have any friends. I don't know I got back to my room got in my bed and went to sleep which felt like 2 seconds before Amata came running into my room shaking me to wake up, I looked at her and said how did you get in here. She said I am the overseer's daughter I can get pretty much into anyplace I like. I thought maybe she can help me get my weapons back. She said hurry up we have a goat to take I said okay hold on let me stop by my dads office, she said don't be late and went off, when I got into dads office he said examined me and said as far as I can tell you're a perfectly healthy 16 year old boy, I asked him is there anything that I need to know about the goat, he said not really only that there are no wrong answers I said okay, he said now get going son you've got a goat to take, I said alright by dad. As I was walking out Jonas walked In and said talking with the old man before the goat I see, I said yep you got me. He laughed, When I turned a corner to go to Mr. Brotch's classroom I saw Amata getting harassed by these guys with black leather jackets with a snake on the back. I walked over to them and said is there problem? This guy named Butch said who the hell are you her boyfriend?
I said no but I'm her friend and if you mess with her you mess with me, I saw Amata crack a smile, Butch said alright tunnel snakes lets teach this guy a lesson, I thought wrong answer, they all came charging at me I grabbed Butch's arm and elbowed the two other guys in the face with my free arm which knocked them both down and focused my attention on butch who kicked me in the stomach and grabbed for his switchblade and started trying to stab me, I grabbed the arm with the switch blade and wrapped it up my arms and used my body to slam butch against the wall and when I did he dropped his switchblade which I picked up after letting him go and looked at him and said you done in a sarcastic tone, he said nobody does that to the tunnel snakes, I said nobody but me, as I walked over to Amata I dropped butch's switchblade in front of him and said don't mess with a trained soldier. When I got to Amata I asked her if she was okay, she said yea thanks for getting rid of them, assholes, just because I'm the overseers daughter they think they can mess with me, I said I know but don't worry I'm here and as long as I am they won't mess with you anymore because they know that if they do they will get another beat down like the one they just got. As we walked in the classroom Amata asked how did you do that? I was just about to tell her when Mr. Brotch walked up to me and Saluted me in a funny manner, he said Jacob Hartley the US Army Soldier from the stasis chamber right? I said yeah that's me, he said okay well just take and seat and once everybody has been seated we will begin, I sat down in front of a girl, when I did she poked me with a pencil, she said Jacob I am Christine Kendall, I said hi Christine, she said I heard about you is what they said true? Yeah I told her everything you heard about me is true, so what was it like in the war she asked, I looked at her and said Jonas told me that I have Psychogenic Amnesia.
She asked what that was I told her, Psychogenic Amnesia is when you can't remember for months, days, or years of memories. She said I'm so sorry. I said it's not all that bad, I remember my training, she said maybe you can show me some moves later with a seductive smirk. I said yeah maybe later. Mr. Brotch said okay class you are going to take the GOAT, now this shouldn't be that hard, unless you make it hard. Begin he said as he handed out papers. Some of these questions where stupid like "your grandma invites you over for tea and tells you to kill one of the vaults residents, what do you do" I chose obey your elder, another one would be "You decide to play prank on your dad you go to his restroom and" I put down "B: loosen some pipes so the bathroom would flood", the one question I thought to be the stupidest would be question 10 "Who do we owe our life to and who protects from the outside world and shelters us from death" the answers were all the same, I thought about writing a new answer choice and put it as Myself, but I chose A: Overseer. Amata finished first and she got the supervisory track, Butch was up next and got hairdresser which he got pissed about, I went up and as I handed Mr. Brotch my paper he said well let's see what the US Army Soldier gets, looks like the security team is going to have a new a officer because security is what you got, I said this should be fun, Mr. Brotch laughed and said yes it should be, for you. Christine was the last person to finish, I decided to stay and talk to Mr. Brotch as he finished up everybody else. Mr. Brotch said that Christine was going to be a Teacher. I thought wow this is going to be fun to watch, I said alright Mr. Brotch I will see you tomorrow he said alright take care as I walked out the door Christine said Jacob wait up, I said yeah what do you need? She said I just want to hang out with you, I said uh okay sure as we walked down the hallway.
Towards the Dining Hall for lunch she said to me so are you seeing anybody right now? I was somewhat surprised only knowing her for a day or two, I said no why, she blushed as she turned to me and said will you go out with me? I said uh yea why not, she jumped up and down and hugged me. I guess Butch Liked her because he turned a corner and said Hartley your beating isn't over, I let go of Christine I said Butch give me your best shot. He pulled out his switch blade, I ran to him and kicked it out of his hand and he kept trying to punch me, I blocked it and punched him right in the face which knocked him out. I turned to Christine and she was in shock I asked her what is the matter and she said to turn around as I was about to I felt a sharp pain go through my chest is was butchs switchblade, I fell on my knees bleeding out profusely I guess it was one of butchs friends, he got me good I thought, maybe hit something critical, it was one of the tunnel snakes he walked up in front of me with a 10mm pistol pointed at me, he said this will be the last thing you ever see, I looked at Christine who ran to get help, I felt like I was bleeding more and I realized I was also bleeding out of my mouth, it was a dark red color, so it must have been internal and the tunnel pulled to trigger to gun clicked, which meant it had no ammo I looked and saw that there was no clip in it, I laughed at him and said nice try he looked at me and dropped the gun before I knew it I was falling to the ground. I remember seeing my right arm in front of me and I think it was Christine running up, I saw my blood covering the floor, and everything went black.
A/N my first story what do you think?