Disclaimer: I don't own Fallout 3 or anything related to it.
Author's Notes:
This is my first Fallout 3 fanfic. This is basically the product of me having time on my hands, wanting to try something different, namely, a semi crossover with Fallout 3 featuring some of my favorite characters of all time. Kamina, and Simon. Their character concept is borrowed from the anime "Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann". For those who have seen the anime, I just wanted to see how a character like Kamina would fare in a different universe, the Fallout 3 Universe.
For those who haven't seen the anime that the main characters are based off, it won't have an affect on your perception of the fan fic. There are no deep references to the other anime, or else this would be in the crossover section. Things might seem silly, or too comedic for a Fallout 3 fic which is usually dark, depressing, I mean, the world was destroyed by nuclear bombs, is there really any room for humor and light stuff? But it's something I'll make work hopefully not making things too un-fallout 3 like.
Just Who the Hell do you think We Are?
It's almost midnight, the full moon is shining brightly casting an erry illumination to the earth below. It isn't a night that people should be out, but the rules of what should and shouldn't be happening went to hell a long time ago. What appears to be a young woman is lying on a precipice overlooking a river. Her attire consists of a full camoflauge suit mixed with hay, grass, and dirt. Her sniper rifle is within reach a couple of feet to her right, along with a cigarette lighter and a couple of burnt out cigarettes. She had been waiting at that position patiently for almost three hours. She's about to reach for another one, but a glimmer of light quickly catches her attention. Her heart skips a beat as she grabs her rifle and, after making some minor adjustments, peers into the scope…
"T-1, I've got a visual on the targets. They're approximately 50 meters to the left of the collapsed bridge over the river. It's just like our contractor said, a group of around eight raiders "escorting" two women and a young boy. They are moving at a walking pace along the river heading east along the river. They should be at Nav Point A in around five minutes. Orders?"
"T-4, this is T-1. Continue to moniter their position, I've got the rest of the boys here to ambush them at Nav Point A. Everyone, make sure your gear is in top notch shape. This is a delicate operation, they outnumber us by four, but that's why we were hired with a payment double our usual rate. If things go right here, we won't have to fire more than a couple of rounds to scare em. If nothing else, I want to avoid a full out fire fight, make them believe we have more people with us than we do."
"Copy that T-1."
The young woman allowed herself to relax and as she continued to watch the group move along the river.
In another four minutes, they would have the hostages securely in their posession. She smirked, humans placing so much value on other humans. People like that were the first to die in this world. Two women and a little kid, definitely not worth the 3,000 caps their contractor had offered for the rescue mission. The two women would probably end up being sold somewhere as prostitutes. Although it was this human affection that would be paying for their drinks tonight. So it wasn't too bad. She pitied the kid though, stupid adults made stupid decisions and dealt with them. But kids got the rough end of the stick, always getting fucked over by stupid decisions made by the same stupid adults. Her face darkened as if remembering something from her past. Sighing, she lit up another cigarette and waited for the raiders to cross the ambush point. It would all be over soon.
If things went according to plan.
Roughly 50 meters east of Nav Point A
If anyone happened to meet them, they would've needed to taken a second to realize what they were seeing. It was a strange sight. The first was a young man who looked like to be around 16-18 years old. His outfit consisted of sandals for his feet, dark brown pants tied with a belt,and a traditional japanese sarashi. Strapped to his hip was a nodachi (sword). He also had flashy orange glasses that formed a widened out W in front of his face. He looked like someone who was ripped out of time from the past and placed in the present.
The second was a boy who was considerably shorter than the young man. He had a simple blue vest like shirt, with matching pants, and a pair of big goggles around his eyes. Even though they were young enough to be considered two little kids, you couldn't help but feel like they weren't affected at all by the things around them. They both held their head up high, and walked with a sense of purpose, like they had a goal that was more important than anything in the universe…
Kamina stopped, eyes surveying the bright star filled sky, eyes narrowing as he watched the moon shining brightly overhead.
"Bro? Is there something wrong?" His companion asked.
Kamina looked down into the eyes of a boy who trusted him completely and utterly.
"Actually…yeah Simon."
Simon's eyes widened in anxiety as he looked around for what could cause Kamina to feel uneasy.
"What is it bro?"
"Well Simon. That damn moon, it's way too bright!"
"…Wha-, the moon is too bright?"
"Yeah! Hear me out Simon, on the other nights that we've traveled, it was so dark that we could barely see where we were going. But now all of a sudden the moon decides to pull a Las Vegas freakin' night show plaza on us! Now why would it decide to do that Simon?"
Simon could only shake his head in bewilderment. "I don't know bro, I think this has something to do with the things we learned in class, you know…the moon cycle?"
"Simon! Trust me on this, it's way too bright for just a simple night…" Kamina looked on beyond Simon to the river. "Something's gonna happen soon, I can just feel it. C'mon, let's get going, I don't want to miss this!"
T-4 smoked her cigarette uneasily. The moon was shining so brightly that it was almost like it was daytime, except it was a colorless pale light that lit up the ground giving everything a ghost like feel. She tensed up her grip on her .308 Dks-501 sniper rifle. Something didn't feel right. She peered into the scope again. The raiders were gripping their weapons tightly, they had sensed it too, and were now roughly pushing their hostages along. Well, feelings put aside, T-4 knew she had a job to do, the targets were 20 meters away from the Nav Point. It was all going to be over soon, the sooner they got out of this place the better. It was starting to give her the creeps…
"T-4! T-4!"
Muffling a curse as she dropped her cigarette she picked up the radio.
"Jesus, T-1, why the hell are you radioing in now? We've got our targets approaching your position in a couple of minutes!" T-4 hissed.
"You IDIOT! You've been so focused on the targets that you've forgotten to look anywhere else! Who the hell are they?"
T-4 quickly shifted her view in the scope east, her eyes widened. Why the hell were travelers out at a time like this!
"Shit shit shit shit shit shit." She muttered as she watched the two parties walk closer and closer to each other. "T-1 the fuck are we gonna do?
It wasn't out of concern for the travelers that she was getting tense. It was merely because those two were now going to be a variable. Variables can screw up a mission in a heartbeat, and with only about a minute until the inevitable confrontation, it wasn't looking good.
She set her scope on them, then gasped. One of them was just a little kid! Couldn't have been older than 12.
Jesus, kid you sure picked a fine time to go out sight seeing.
"T-1, what do we do? One of them's a kid!"
"Doesn't matter T-4. They're just variables in our mission. Change of plans, we wait for them to confront each other, those two guys look like they've got some weapons on them. They might be able to distract the raiders or maybe take one or two of them out. Either way, it works for us and makes our job a helluva lot easier."
T-4 tensed. Sweat was rolling down her face as she saw what was looking like to be a bloodbath. Shit. They spotted each other. Surprisingly, the raiders didn't immediately open fire. They were just staring at the two travelers. As if unable to make sure of what was in front of them. They just looked so…different. T-4 focused her scope on the tall one's face. His expression wasn't that of fear, or even confusion. In fact, he was smiling. As if he expected to meet up with the raiders. The kid's expression was no different. In fact, she could've sworn the kid had an expression of utter hatred for the raider group they were facing. What the hell? Why aren't they running?
Nav Point A
It was like a scene from an old western movie. Two groups, facing each other off at a distance of around five meters. The raider group shifted. They were also confused as to why these two supposed travelers weren't just trying to run. They were used to that by now. They would just shoot people who tried to run, that's how it always was. But these guys were different. They weren't running, so they were unsure of what to do.
What looked like to be the boss raider stepped forward.
"So what the fuck are a couple of travelers doin' out in the middle of the night?
The tall one spoke up. "What does it look like we're doin'? We're travelin! The fuck are you guys doing out here anyway?"
The boss raider wasn't amused. "Don't play smartass with me ya fuck, what kind of fukin idiot travels in the middle of the night! Don't you know there's dangerous people out lurkin about at this hour?" He smirked.
"I could say the same for you." Kamina replied. "Quite a lot of people to be traveling at this hour aint it?" He gestured to the raiders. "And what's with the two women and the kid?"
The boss raider decided to continue playing. "Oh, these two fine babes and the little brat? Why, me and my boys are just escorting them!"
Kamina glanced at the two women, they had bruises all over their body, the boy was showing signs of malnourishment and was trying hard not to cry.
"Where?"
"Megaton."
"Oh, you know, Megaton is up north."
"Yeah, what about it?"
"Well, you guys are heading east."
The boss raider was quickly getting annoyed at this stuck up brat. "Oh well, ha, our mistake. Thanks. We'll be on our way." He made a move as if to leave, then turned back.
"…Ya know, now that I think about it, I think I deserve some payment for giving you such useful advice!"
Kamina frowned. "Advice?"
"Yeah…we told you guys that there were a bunch of dangerous people lurkin about, don't you think that's really useful?"
The boss raider subtly started stroking his gun as to say, the fuck are you gonna do now boy?
Kamina thought for a while. "Ya know what? That WAS some pretty useful advice you gave! Thanks! I bet that's what you were wanting right? A big ol fashioned thank you from yours truly!"
The boss raider's head veins bulged. Jesus this guy is thick. He put on a fake, but dangerous smile. This is your last chance boy.
"No…I was thinking of something else…like… your brat's goggles! And on second thought your glasses, they look like they can fetch a quick 400 caps, if you please!"
As the boss raider was talking his other fellow raiders started forming a menacing semi circle around Kamina and Simon.
Kamina put on a expression like he was in deep thought. He looked at Simon, who looked back at him.
Then they both looked at the boss raider.
"Nah."
The boss raider snapped.
"WHAT! You idiots! I was thinking that there might've been a brain in that fukin head of yours but it looks like I was wrong. We're fucking raiders kid. That's right, we're the Capital Raiders. We OWN this area. If you wanna go more than one mile in this hell hole you gotta fuckin deal with us. I don't know what the fuck you guys are doin out here in the middle of the night but you've just wasted about a half an hour on our escort mission. These two fine ladies and the kid are gonna fetch a handsome sum to the slavers. So hand over yer valuables and you might just leave here with your fuckin heart still beating!"
The boss raider finished his rant and started panting for air. There was a tense silence.
Kamina looked at him, his eyes full of a burning hatred. "Oh…so you're raiders huh. I see, does that title somehow give you the right to walk around doing whatever you please? You know what I see? I see some cowardly men hiding behind some guns and armor."
The boss raider's eyes bulged.
"I despise people like you. I hate everything there is about them. You spread fear and terror to the innocent, not thinking twice about who you kill. What a joke."
Kamina took a step forward. The boss raider unconsciously took a step back.
"I think we need to get one thing straight."
Kamina pointed at the boss raider with authority, his eyes looked to be on fire behind his gleaming glasses which reflected the moonlight in several different directions.
"WE... ARE NOT AFRAID OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU."
"MY BRO IS RIGHT." Simon joined his brother. "NO ONE SHOULD BE AFRAID OF OTHERS TAKING THEIR LIVES LIKE ITS NOTHING"
Kamina gripped his nodachi. "MY SWORD WILL CARVE A PATH THROUGH FILTH LIKE YOU TO A NEW TOMORROW. A BETTER TOMORROW. A TOMORROW WHERE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO BE SCARED FOR THEIR LIVES. A TOMORROW WITHOUT YOU.
Simon: "OUR ULTIMATE GOAL WILL NOT BE STOPPED TONIGHT BY THE LIKES OF LOWLY RAIDERS!"
Kamina/Simon: "JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?"
Author's Notes:
Ending may have been a little silly. Guess I was caught up in the moment, will get better as more chapters are put in. Chapter two up! :D