[This fanfic is not being made only by me, MarkMartinMagmaM3. The reason this exists because of the cooperation between two minds to form this work. If this fic ever gets any praise, just know that me and my Co-Writer, IceBite, are the ones who made this.]

(Otherwise, hope you enjoy the story.)

Chapter 1: Teleporter Blues I

The year was 2288, 211 years after the world was bathed in the destruction of nuclear power. One of the countries that were not spared from this apocalyptic disaster was the United States of America. Millions of lives were extinguished the day the bombs fell, and it seemed like the entire population of America was gone, much like everyone else on the planet.

However, humanity was never willing to go extinct. The American Wasteland had pockets of humanity that continued to live despite total nuclear annihilation. Whether it was underground bunkers and vaults, or the questionably lucky few that survived the atomic blasts above ground, humanity had survived the end of the Great War.

But, life after the Great War was never going to be easy as it once was in the past. The Great War was thought to be the last war on this world, but as time went on, people who survived learned that War…War never changes.

October 24, 2288, 8:35 AM, Commonwealth Wasteland.

Travis William was tinkering around with a complex set of machinery on the backside of the rusted down "Red Rocket" gas station near Sanctuary. The early morning sky was mainly occupied by the bright sun, with small pocket of clouds littered around. The morning sun was what allowed Travis to get up each day, a reminder that life went on.

Taking a small break from attempting to fix the electronics on the console he was working on, Travis looked around the corner to see a familiar face. The red haired woman was getting back from her patrol around the station while casually walking towards him, still wearing her combat covered corset with a Chinese Officer's sword and Super Sledge attached to her back. Travis noticed that she was carrying her double-barreled shotgun in one hand, with the other hand holding a brown bottle, which Travis knew was mostly likely alcohol.

Even after what they went through last year, she was always willing to drink whenever she could. The redhead finally got to him and after taking a moment to drink straight from the bottle, she spoke up.

"Hey Trav, why are you working on that broken machine for? Those eggheads we were fighting got their place destroyed, which make this "junk" pointless." The redhead mumbled. Travis gave her a look, went back to work on the console and without looking at her responded with, "Cait, it may seem pointless to you, but this "junk" was able to work once before, and I'm sure if I fix it up, we could get some real uses out of it."

Cait shook her head while a giving a look of doubt and immediately followed up with "This junk is still fried and you think that you can fix it by yourself?" Travis continued to not look towards Cait when he says "I know I can because I got the plans right next to me" and then points to the blueprints on the box next to him.

Travis gets up while double checking the blueprints, saying "Besides the toasted appearance of the machine, which is more like a coat of dust I need to clean off, I have been working on this for two weeks at least and I'm sure that I am close to being done." while he headed around the corner past Cait to turn into the open garage. The garage had a few work benches and cabinets in it, in addition to a Power Armor Station with a full red and black painted set of T-60 Power Armor.

As Travis passed Cait, she took a moment to look at what he was wearing and just started laughing at the outfit her friend was wearing. She stopped laughing for a second and blurted out "You are still wearing that costume, despite the fact that it looks incredibly stupid on you." in a teasing tone.

"At least this "stupid" costume has saved my hide more than it has embarrassed me, which it has not done yet despite your comment, Cait." Travis said which he followed up with pointing to his black trench coat and matching hat.

After that, Travis took a second to take off his glasses, put them in his pocket, and take out three fusion cores from a nearby cabinet. Travis walked behind the power armor, put the two spare cores in a different pocket, and jammed the remaining core into the back of the armor and began the process to get inside the armor. Once he got in, the armor closed itself automatically,

Travis started talking saying "Well, since you are already here and decided to stop laughing, how about you help me by letting me carry you to allow you to reach the relay to switch it on?" His voice did sound a bit muffled due to the power armor.

Cait responded with "I will, but I want 100 caps for the help."

Travis shook his head and said "How about I pay for the first round back at Sanctuary instead, Deal?" Cait had a small smile on her face and she said "Deal. Just let me put down my drink and holster my shottie."

The two walked back around the corner to the contraption, with Cait placing her bottle on the console at an odd angle and attached her shotgun to her holster on the right side of her torso. Travis motioned Cait to get closer, and went down on one knee to help Cait get onto the shoulders of the armor. After she was done planting her feet in the right spot to keep her balance, Travis slowly moved towards the relay platform underneath the relay dish and got underneath the center of it.

Travis spoke up saying" Cait, I need to turn on a switch that is up and to the left of you." as he was trying to stay still as best he could. Cait looked to her left and saw the switch pointing down, and reached out her arm to push it up. When she got the switch to point upward, she and Travis heard the machine start turning on.

After taking a moment to let Cait down from the shoulders, Travis gave one quick thumb up to Cait, which she responded with the same gesture. However, immediately after they congratulated each other, they heard a strange sound coming from the console and stared at the console. It started to shake violently and it caused the bottle to spill its contents onto the console, which made the console start spewing out sparks and bangs. Just as Travis and Cait were about to begin running away from the potentially explosive machine, they saw a blue and white flash. After the flash disappeared, Travis and Cait suddenly disappeared as the console exploded the moment they were gone.

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