Chapter 1: The Boy From Out of the Earth

Falling... Falling...

I felt as though that I was falling. Free falling into the unknown. One question remains, how the frak did this all happen?


FLASHBACK...

James was working on an experiment in his home lab, down in his basement. "Finally, after two weeks of hard work, I've finally done with my experimental chemical." he said, holding up a test tube, which was glowing. "A special type of interdimensional energy that can be absorbed into the body. Now, to test it." He was about to drink it, when a loud noise scared him.

He looked around to find nothing, except his lab equipment. He soon found out that the chemical was gone. He turned around to see the fluid on the wall, glowing. Suddenly, a portal opened as the wind blew. "Nuts!" was the last thing he said. He then turned to run, but ended up getting sucked in.

People reported later of an unexpected explosion and smoke coming from the basement. To that day, after the fire was cleared, people wondered what happened to the young science boy.


So, now I was falling straight into the unknown. I had no idea where, when, or how I would end up. All I knew at that time was that, I was nowhere, nowhen. I was nothing for a long time; at least it felt like a long time.


Capital Wasteland, 2277
2 Months after incident in Vault 101...

It was quiet in the desert, nothing moved. Not even the dried up dead body on the desert sand. Suddenly, a light breeze started up, blowing everything near the invisible force. Suddenly, a portal opened up, and out popped James landing back first near the dead corpse, unconscious. As James started to wake up, he looked up to see the portal still open.

Suddenly, the portal exploded, and then it suddenly imploded, leaving no trace of its existence. James lied down on his back, as he soon slowly started to fall asleep, not noticing the dead corpse next to him. The corpse had a blue jumpsuit on, with a 101 on it.

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Fallout Adventures: Book 1

5 minutes after sudden drop off...

James woke up, his mouth slightly dry as he felt weird. He lied there for a moment before looking to his left, suddenly seeing the decaying body. "AAAAHHHH!" he exclaimed, jumping to his right. He sat up; looking over at the body, then scooted close. He looked it over once, then looked around to see if anyone was here. There wasn't a soul in sight. 'Probably doesn't mind if I took his stuff.' he thought. Now James wasn't normally a thief, nor was he a bad person, but he was desperate. Really desperate. He took the clothes, placed them in a bag he found nearby.

As he walked away from the body, he suddenly noticed a pair of thick rimmed glasses with a cracked lens. He picked them up and placed them in the bag, not noticing a faint glow before he closed the bag and went on his way.


James was confused and didn't know what to do, for he was literally new in this strange universe. He then noticed people near a person. "Aw, come on Guy. All we want a few things from you, that's all." one man said, holding a shotgun. James was new to the world he stepped in, so he went the "coward's way" and went a different direction.

Unfortunately, one guy noticed him, and shot his gun, making James jump. "Oi, who the heck are you?" he said. James got up, looking at them. "Heh. Just a nobody looking for... something familiar." he said. The three guys looked at each other, as if it was a joke. James started to back away, but slowly from them. "Anything familiar? Tell you what, you give us something, and we'll tell you what you need to know." he said.

James decided to check his watch, then said, "Oh gee, will you look at the time? I have to-" he quickly ran in the opposite direction from them. The two from the group went off after James as he quickly ran. James looked left and right to where he could hide, when he noticed the pipe grate far away near a building. He quickly turned left heading for the pipe. He started to pull hard, as they started to get closer. It seemed that it was impossible to pull it off, when one of the goons shot, missing him by inches. "Shit!" he exclaimed. He then pulled it again, enabling him to open it.

He quickly got in, shutting it behind him. He then ran down the pipe, "Just like the Mario Brothers." he said, with a smirk.

"Dang it! He got in, thanks to you." one said. "Wha- me? You should've shot him; it would've worked because you have the crack shot. You go in." the other one said. "ME? No way, there's muties in the sewers."

As they argued, they didn't notice that the building that James went into


Meanwhile, James continued until he came across a door. He pulled a power switch causing the door to activate and open. James looked around and started walking up the stairs that was found at the place. He soon entered through a door and found a sign, which James read. "U.N.I.T Fort Osterhagen, Founded: April 15th, 1969?!" he said. James started to think why the names sounded familiar James then looked at the strange device that he got off of the skeleton's arm. He pushed up his sleeve, removed his watch, then placed on the strange device. The device clamped onto his arm, then it showed him where he was. "Pipboy 3000A?" he read. He was confused on where and when he landed.

He then turned the knob, and saw other settings on it.

He checked his new device, turning the knob again. He then saw the date. He saw that it was the same day, the same month, but the year was different. Sitting up in shock, he was confused on what the heck was going on.

Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain shoot up his arm and into his brain. This confused him at first, until he noticed that it felt more like a video game with a Heads-Up Display in front of him.

He then looked towards the room that said, "Storage" on the green lit sign. He looked at the secretary's desk, then got up and then jumped behind it, on to land on his side on the desk. He got off, and then he opened the drawers, looking through the stuff.

He then found what he was looking for, pulling out the "Master Key Card". James smiled, then climbed up over the desk. Jumping down off the desk, he scanned the card onto the scanner, then entered the main area. He then found the Storage room, and opened it.

As he went down the metal hallway, he felt compelled to go here, as if someone was writing his life on a computer. The door suddenly slid open, as he looked around. He smiled, as he decided to sleep here. He zipped up his sweat jacket, then went to sleep.