The Lion King: War Never Changes

by SR2Turoka-1

The survivor of Vault 111 had thought his life was over having lost the world he held dear in the flames of atomic fire, but he found himself thrust into the wastes of the Commonwealth. Now dealing with the Institute and getting his son back, the plan to

1. Chapter 1

The Lion King: War Never Changes

(A/N: Hello to those of you who have found this fanfic. Let me start by saying that not only is this my first fanfic, but it doubles as my first Lion King Fanfic as well. This fanfic is a crossover between The Lion King and Fallout, specifically Fallout 4. While the Lion King does have death in it, Fallout is a Mature rated game and as such has death, gore, blood, drug use and heavy language in the game. I will tone down this graphic nature of the game as much as I can to allow me to keep this story a 'T' rating. This game will have aspects of it set in the world of Fallout 4, mainly in the Commonwealth, but it will mainly focus on the world of the Lion King and will be blended together. I have had this idea for a while and I must stress to Fallout fans that I have yet to finish the main story line of Fallout 4. I do have a good idea on what occurs during the final portions of the main storyline, but keep in mind that this story will reflect my own take on what happens and how this becomes a crossover.

My last thing is please leave a review if you like the story, and also offer constructive criticism as to how I can make the story better, particularly involving the lore of Fallout as I have only been playing since Fallout 3.

Without further waiting, here is my first fanfic, The Lion King: War Never Changes.)

Chapter 1: Teleporter Malfunction

War. War never changes. David learned that the hard way serving in the United States Army as a frontline soldier, experiencing the horrors of warfare in the 21st century. To think that only a matter of years after he left the army, the world he once knew would boil over in tensions and result in it all shattering on one fateful day.

October 23, 2077.

David knew this all too well being a pre-war survivor and getting to experience the world before and during that horrible day. The day the world changed forever. On the day that scars his dreams and haunts his nightmares, the world perished in the flames of nuclear fire and radiation. To think that even with man's greatest technological achievements in science, we doomed our own species.

Now after 200 years cryogenically frozen in Vault 111, witnessing what remained of his world crash down before him even deep underground, he thought that life was over for him, and when he left the Vault into the violent new world that awaited above ground, he realized that the life of the old world had its final farewell. The world was now occupied by Mutants, Raiders, Slavers, Mercenaries and the people above ground who had left the vaults to try to reclaim it.

He found himself in another war soon after, as the Brotherhood of Steel had invaded the Commonwealth with only one goal: To exterminate the Institute, a shadowy organization of brilliant scientists who make the syths, robots who do their bidding and have spread out into the Commonwealth kidnapping and killing people.

Now David waited to find answers as to what the Institute did with his son and end the "boogeyman of the Commonwealth" once and for all.

"Captain, I'm ready to do this. Let's go in there and stop this threat to the wasteland once and for all" David said to the Brotherhood Knight-Captain as she was typing away at the controls for the teleporter that would send him to the Institute. David checked over his weapon in hand, his custom Plasma Rifle, to make sure it was primed and ready for action. The weapon reflected some of the sunlight it caught back into his face as he popped in a new plasma cartridge into the top of the gun. He took a deep breath as he knew this would not be an easy battle. He knew next to nothing about what would be waiting for his inside the Institute when he would teleport in there, and he hoped he was ready for the army of murdering machines that would wait for him on the other side. What worried David the most was the state of being of his son, Shaun. David remembers how he was kidnapped by the Institute, which was the main reason for him wanting to get into there in the first place. After all, Shaun was the only family he had left. David however did breathe a sigh of relief as he knew that he would not be going in there alone. Looking to his right was his companion for this mission, a robot called Ada.

Ada had been rescued by David a few months ago from some of the Mechanists robots. Ada had pledged her loyalty to him as long as they worked together to stop the Mechanist, in which they succeeded at. Ada and him have been traveling companions ever since and both have saved each other's backs in firefights before. She was, since then, custom installed with several weapons and mods, all powered off of her fusion core. She was armed with a Gatling Laser on her left arm and a stealth blade on her right arm. He had custom installed an Assaultron Head Laser to deal with huge threats such as Deathclaws and RadScorpions. In addition, David gave Ada the best mobility he could with assaultron legs with actuated armoring that boosted her running speed and durability. He gave her Voltanic armoring on her chest, arms and back that both protected her and amplified her energy damage output. All of these mods were wrapped up in Ada's worn red paint job that he gave her. All in all, she was still his favorite robot; with his only other automatron he made a hybrid between a sentry bot and a robobrain.

Ada turned to face David and said in her female voice, which sounded almost nearly human, "David, you do know that one plasma weapon and a few cartridges won't be enough for this endeavor? We will need more firepower to handle the amount of hostiles inside."

David turned to it and said, "That's why we're coming prepared Ada. I also brought my 10mm pistol, my auto-combat rifle and my plasma sniper rifle. Plus, I brought a few extra toys in this trunk to handle bigger threats." He then patted the faded green steamer trunk next to him.

This trunk held two of his most powerful, and yet heaviest guns he had: his mini-gun and his Fatman launcher, in addition to several smaller things like his Ripper, a mini military chainsaw weapon. He particularly relished in the power of the Fatman, the most powerful and awe-inspiring of infantry weapons ever built before the Great War. The Fatman was a catapult slingshot style launcher that fired mini-nukes. These mini bombs could blow through hardened fortifications and massive mutants with ease. He also had several clips for each of his weapons in the trunk, equaling to about 1000 rounds of total ammo. David knew that all of this additional ammo and weaponry would weight him down, which is why he had planned for it and brought this trunk.

Ada then replied, "I see, and this must be why you brought your Power Armor, right?"

David was standing next to her, sure. However he was in a highly advanced fusion powered combat armor suit called Power Armor, his being an X-01 series Power Armor suit, the absolute most advanced ever made. The suit amplified his strength, speed, and provided protection against most threats in the Wasteland. His armor was also custom fitted, just like a lot of other things he used. He had not only a jetpack on the back of the armor, but also had a custom installed HUD in the helmet that illuminated living animals and humans in his sight in a red holographic like glow. His flame painted power armor shone in the high noon sun as he then said nodding his head, "Damn straight on that Ada. Me and this girl have been through hell and back." He then clanged his metallic fist on his chest plate, a ringing sound of metal echoing from it.

The Brotherhood Knight Captain then said, "Alright, Knight David, the teleporters primed and ready to go. Just be sure to stay still, we want all of you to get teleported since anything partially on the platform will be cut off from the outside area."

She then reached for a lever and begun the countdown. "5…4…3…2…1…" She said as she waited to pull the level down, beginning the final effort to stop the institute and save David's son.

She pulled the lever and the teleporter whirred to life, energy arching around them and electricity crackling. David breathed in deeply. This is it; I'm finally coming for you Shaun he thought.

However, soon after gun fire suddenly erupted around the airport ruins they were in. David panicked and shouted, "Shit, we're under attack."

Ada then said, "Powering up weapons, sir." She raised her two arms and took a defensive stance, ready to protect herself and David.

Then the Knight-Captain shouted in distress, "No, stay on the platform. We need to get you out of here."

David and Ada heard a Brotherhood soldier yell, "Syths, we got Syths on the Perimeter." Gunfire and explosions were making hearing hard for the three of them right now. Soon, blue laser blasts were added to the chaos as David knew it meant that the syths had started to engage the Brotherhood personal that were defending the airport. They noticed a small squad of brotherhood soldiers enter the Verti-bird pad they had built the teleporter on. They took cover immediately behind the metal walls next to the entrance.

"Ma'am, we have a Syth strike team moving into the base. Omega and Delta squads are currently engaged in heavy fire with the Syths. They'll hold out as long as they can, but we need to send the package through the teleporter NOW" shouted the squad leader in his Brotherhood Power Armor!

"We'll hold the line, but we're losing ground. We need to radio for-"he shouted to the Knight-Captain, but was interrupted by an explosion that blew the right wall apart, killing three of the six soldiers as ruble and parts of them went flying around. David felt his hope start to drain as the situation seemed to be going from bad to worse. Jesus, why did the syths decide to attack now he thought? David wanted to support his fellow Brotherhood soldiers, but he was torn as he realized that stepping off this platform could ruin the plans for the operation, and whatever could be salvaged from this situation.

The squad leader readied his mini-gun and screamed, "Men down! Squad, defensive formation."

Just as he said this, about 30 Gen 1 and Gen 2 Syths began to charge at them. The squad began to hold off the assault, with the squad leader opening fore with his mini-gun screaming, "Dirty Fuckers!"

His mini-gun spooled up and shot out bullets by the hundreds plowing through the syths. His squad joined in and opened fire with their laser rifles.

The Knight-Captain then said, "Stay still, you two. We need…"

However a loud bang, followed by her grunting stopped her sentence. She was shot by one of the syths and she leaned forwards over the controls gripping her chest as she groaned, "I'm..hit." She then turned to the left and opened fire with her laser pistol a few times into the syths. Her aim was inaccurate as she struggled to stay up, but she was then shot again, this time in the head. Blood splattered all over the controls as she fell limp to the ground

David's mind raced a thousand miles a minute as he was trying to stay calm over what was happening.

Oh god, please don't let us die he thought. He saw through the blood soaked screen of the terminal and read that the teleporter was 95 percent charged. Just a little longer, lord. Please, Lord. However, a few stray laser blasts hit the teleporters controls and sparks begun to fly out of it and the screen flashed red with a warning message. David's heart sunk when he was able to see through the sparks and smoke to read the message.

Warning, temporal fluctuations detected. System unstable. Manual shutdown needed.

Below this it read a four word phrase that was indistinguishable to read. All David picked out was (blank) unstable, (blank) unstable.

Just then a few Syths ran to the teleporter and aimed their weapons at David and Ada. "Hostiles detected and cornered. Initiate extermination protocol."

Just as the syths were about to shoot, a brilliant white flash surrounded Ada and David, blotting out the Syths, the Airport and the world from view. Ada's sensor array overloaded and David's vision blacked out.

They both fell into darkness with only one word on David's mind.

Shit.

(One hour later)

At first, there was darkness. Then there was bright blinding light. David's eyes squinted even as the eye visors for his Power Armor tried their best to filter the light. Slowly David could begin to see what was around him and he was speechless about it.

All around him was no longer the battle for the Airport taking place. There was no Airport at all, or not even a building in sight. Instead he was surrounded by something that he had not seen since the bombs fell during the Great War, and the Twilight of the new world.

Plants.

Living, green Plants.

Grass.

However, there wasn't just any grass. This grass was a dull beige color with trees that stood tall, full of leaves and as alive as ever. The grass and leaves rustled gently in the wind. David couldn't believe it; these plants were actually alive and healthy, almost appearing to be like foliage from before the Great War. He heard birds chirping and insects buzzing through the Power Armors audio sensors. He was dumbstruck at the sight, and it made him question what was before him.

Am I dead he thought?

Is this Heaven?

He turned around to see that Ada was still behind him, and the trunk was there too. Ada appeared to have gone through an emergency shutdown during the whole event. The trunk was next to them, but it was buried into the ground, with only the lid exposed. David was less concerned about that one and more on the condition of Ada's systems. David took a robot repair kit from a compartment on his left leg and turned it on, to which it started to pulse with energy. He then jammed it into Ada's access port and hoped that she would come back online. "Come on…come on…"he said to himself in nervous concern.

Suddenly, Ada's body begun to twitch slightly and he was relieved when he heard the whirring of Ada's Fusion Core come back online. She fully powered up and looked around for a few seconds, apparently emulating the same concern and wonder that David had showed minutes ago to her new surroundings. "David…where are we" she asked simply?

David then pulled up his Pip-Boy 3000 screen as a display in his suit's visual sensor array. He searched through the satellite map section trying to get a readout on his screen, only to be concerned when the phrase 'no data available' popped up on screen. He then took a look at the bottom corner of his screen and noticed the date the personal super computer came up with.

His mind exploded as he read it.

April 7th…2075.

David's mind buzzed like a thousand Sting Wings as he pondered this date.

That's…that's impossible. That means I'm 203 years in the…past. But, that can't be right. There's no such thing as time travel he thought in nervous confusion. Then he turned to Ada and said in a shaky voice, "A..Ada?" She looked up at him and responded, "Yes, David?"

What does your internal clock say about the date today?

Ada then said, "Let me check. Checking…Request complete. I apologize David, but my internal clock cannot give a conclusive answer at this time." She then turned her head a full 360 degrees around and said, "One thing I can tell for certain David…we are not in the Commonwealth anymore."

He thought it over for a minute and dismissed the date as being a fluke by the Pip-Boy. After all, the teleporter may have just disrupted something on it.

"Okay, well come on Ada. Let's just try to find anyone who can help us" he said to her.

"Lead the way, sir" she said to him.

The two of them set off trying to figure out what had happened to them. However, it wouldn't be easy for them, for as they walked, they couldn't see any buildings, roads, or vehicles. After about an hour of walking, David's Power Armor was beginning to run low on its current Fusion Core, as evident by the rapid 'beep-beep' that caught him by surprise.

While this certainly wasn't the only fusion core that David brought with him, he didn't have a great amount either, he had only brought 10 Fusion Cores with him and Ada carried one in use and two more stored internally in her chassis. After that, he would need to load more into her. While walking expended energy in both of their current Fusion Cores, David's drained faster when sprinting in it, using V.A.T.S., and operating the Jet Pack that was on the back of it. His Jet Pack was the real energy hog he had to worry about, but he rarely used it. Ada's only drained faster when she used energy to power her combat systems and weapons, as barely any energy was used for simple walking.

David stopped by an Acadia tree and said to Ada, "We'll rest here for a few minutes. I need some water and something to eat."

Ada then replied, "If it is what you need David. However, I don't require food, water or sleep in order to survive. You on the other hand, well…"

David then quickly replied, "I know Ada, robots are superior to humans in survival. You don't have to rub it in."

Ada then said, "It is enjoyable to do so from time to time."

David then said to himself, "Right, now what did I bring with me in food and water? Hopefully I have some Cram."

(Meanwhile, about 36 miles away)

"Sarabi, good to see you up and feeling better. How have you been doing" asked a lioness to Sarabi?

Sarabi had just walked out of the cave in Pride Rock and beamed a smile at the lioness. She then said, "Oh, you know how it is Sarafina. Just another day of expecting some cubs…until you start to feel sick to your stomach that is."

Sarabi then dropped her head slightly at this. She was happy to be pregnant, but she hated the nausea, mood swings and feeling hungry all the time.

The two lionesses walked over towards each other and rubbed their heads together. They then sat down and gazed out towards the Pride Lands, admiring the spectacular mid-day sun caressing the lands before them.

Sarafina said to Sarabi, "Oh I know that feeling all too well. After all, you're expecting any day now. I'm still about a month out from having my cubs."

Sarabi then said, "Yeah, I can't wait until we're mothers. Hopefully, our cubs will grow up to be as good of friends with one another as we are."

Sarafina then said, "I'm especially eager to see if the future heir to the Pride Lands will be a King, or a Queen."

"I'm personally hoping for a son" said Sarabi.

"I'm hoping for a daughter" said Sarafina.

Just then a golden furred lion with a red mane came approaching up the ramp that leads to the base of the promontory. As soon as Sarabi and this lion locked eyes, they both felt their hearts melt.

"Hello, my love" said the Lion with a sweet and gentle smile.

"Hello, Mufasa" said Sarabi as her eyes sparkled back at him.

Mufasa walked over to her and the two licked each other on the cheek. Sarabi then turned her head to look at her mate and said, "How goes your morning rounds? Any issues, love?"

Mufasa said, "Not today, things have been relatively quiet. The only trouble Zazu and I had was from a herd of Zebras that were trying to butt in on the Gazelle grazing grounds."

The three of them gazed out into the Pride lands for a while, and enjoyed the view. Mufasa was as happy as ever. Not only was he going to be a father any day now, but he would have an heir to pass the throne unto after he joined the Great Kings of the past. Plus, he had Sarabi and all her beauty and gentleness as his mate.

Mufasa then broke the silence and said, "Did the hunting party leave yet? We didn't see them out there on our morning rounds."

Just then, a voice from the caves said, "Don't worry your majesty. We're leaving now."

All three turned to see six lionesses walk out of the cave and the front most one said, "We're going to head to the Wildebeest grazing grounds and catch us some lunch. With any luck, we'll find an injured one to make it easy."

"Don't worry, Melkina. Your hunting party hasn't let us down yet" said Mufasa with a reassuring smile.

As the hunting party left Pride Rock, Mufasa waited until they were halfway down the ramp and then spoke softly to his mate and Sarafina, "I just hope they're careful out there. Zazu and I saw a bright white flash near the Eastern Border. He flew over there, but couldn't find the cause of it."

Just then, a brightly colored hornbill bird flew over to them and landed next to the king. The bird then said, "Sire, I wasn't able to see clearly, but I thought I saw two really weird looking creatures by an Acadia tree near the Eastern Border."

This caught Mufasa attention immediately. He began to fear if these creatures could be dangerous or were here to cause trouble. After all, Zazu, Mufasa and the pride have seen every animal that the Pride Lands gave as its home. He feared that if Zazu could not identify what the two creatures were, then certainly they were here from far away to do no good.

Mufasa then said, "Can you describe what they look like?"

Zazu then replied and shook his head, "Like I said, Sire. I couldn't really tell what I was seeing. All I know is I've never seen anything like the two of them."

Mufasa then gazed out at the Lands and thought in concern, and eventually came to the realization that he might have to fight these two creatures to defend his kingdom. He hoped it wouldn't come to that though.

(Meanwhile, back by the Acadia tree)

"Wow, I don't have much food Ada" David said to his companion.

He had just finished going through what he stored in the canvas pouches around Ada's waist. He had three cans of Cram, four cans of Pork n' Beans, one box of Frosted Sugar Bombs, three bottles of purified water and four Nuka Colas, one of which was a Quantum.

Ada then said, "By my calculations, you have enough food for 2.521 days and enough fluids for 2.21 days."

David then groaned and said, "Please don't tell me numbers like that Ada. I was hoping it would last for longer."

Ada was about to speak, but she suddenly sensed something on her sensor array.

Ada then turned to her right and walked a few paces forwards. David quickly stood up and grabbed his Combat Rifle and flipped the safety switch off the weapon. He readied himself and said, "Ada, what's on your scanners?"

Ada, without turning from her current direction said, "My sensors have detected 15 heat signatures, medium in profile and staying in one area."

David then asked, "Could they be Yao Guai's?"

Ada then took a scan of the creatures that were less than 2 miles away and said, "Negative, they are herbivorous animals. No danger."

With that, David put the safety back on his Combat Rifle and slung it back over his shoulder, right into the right weapon rack on his back.

David then said, "Then I think we…I have my lunch today."

He then began walking in that direction and Ada began to follow him.

(Meanwhile in the Savanna, about three miles away)

"So Melkina, do you have any idea where the Wildebeest herd is? I want to make this finding game short, I'm hungry" said one of the lionesses, her name being Yama. She was a light beige lioness with only slightly lighter belly fur.

The hunting party was walking through the savanna on their way to the grazing grounds, and from the sounds that the other lionesses were making, they were also hungry.

"Come on guys, we've been proven as a great hunting party, we'll find them soon" said Melkina, trying to keep the gripping from the group down.

The group continued until the Wildebeests were in sight, about a quarter of a mile away. Once they got to them, they began devising a tactic to catch and kill one of them.

One of the younger lionesses, a golden furred lioness with white belly fur, then abruptly spoke up during the group discussion.

"Wait girls, does anybody else get the feeling we're being…watched" she said. She stressed 'watched' in a way that the group didn't like hearing. They slowly and carefully poked their heads above the grass to look all over their surroundings. They couldn't see anything out of the ordinary. One of the lionesses, the golden furred lioness caught a brief glimpse of some red thing ducking behind a tree. She tried to smell what it could be, but all she could smell was the wildebeest herd, and whatever it was, it was certainly upwind from them.

Since they couldn't find anything out of the ordinary, they returned to their strategy they were planning. The hunting party decided to break into groups of two, with three pairs in total. The lionesses decided to use two groups of two to drive the herd towards the killing group who would be waiting, ducked down in the grass. However, the golden furred lioness named Ashara still couldn't shake the feeling like she and her fellow hunters and pride members were being watched. Though it did unsettle her to a degree, she shrugged it off as hunger maybe making her paranoid. Ashara was one of the two lionesses in the killing group and her and her partner, Melkina were waiting for the other two groups to get into position.

As if the sense of being watched wasn't getting to her, now she swore she barely heard a male voice say, "I know these creatures. Those are lions, but why do they still look…odd?"

She turned her head towards the source of the sound, but was rather convinced now that something was indeed watching them since this came from behind the same tree that the red form darted behind before.

Her attention was suddenly brought back to her party's goal when she heard the sounds of galloping hooves as the two other groups sprang their surprise to drive the wildebeest heard their way. She waited for an opening and lunged at an injured one in the back of the herd that was struggling to keep up with the others.

She clung to its back with her claws as she sung her teeth into its neck and suffocated the groups prey. Within 10 seconds the wildebeest stopped squirming and left the lions with their catch of the day.

An older lioness named Karva came up to Ashara and spoke with a proud, and upbeat voice, "Great job Ashara. You did well with the kill and got us enough food for lunch and dinner."

Ashara stood up off the dead wildebeest and replied smiling, "Thanks Karva, I'm just glad we can…"

Suddenly, a loud roar echoed throughout the lands and caught their attention right away. Melkina spoke suddenly, "That's the King. He needs us back at Pride Rock right away."

The six lionesses took off sprinting towards home, unfortunately having to abandon their prey. Right now, they were more concerned by the sudden roar from the king to have them return. Melkina's mind began to race as she feared that something had happened to the King or the Queen. Regardless, it was urgent.

(Meanwhile, back by the dead Wildebeest)

David and Ada had just crept out from behind the tree as soon as they saw the lionesses sprint off back towards a place one of them called "Pride Rock." David's mind was trying to grasp the situation as he had heard one of the lionesses actually speak in a language he could understand. David only knew one language and that was English, but there was no way he thought that these lions could know how to speak English. This truly puzzled him as there was no easy answer to give about this.

Maybe I am dead he thought in slight amusement.

Ada then said to David as the two approached the dead Wildebeest, "How unfortunate for those lions. They left their food behind."

Her head then turned to David and she said, "Well, you wanted something to eat David. I wouldn't recommend it raw though as that carried the risk of disease."

David gazed at the lifeless corpse of the animal and paused for a few seconds. He then shook his head and said, "No Ada, it's not right to take food that doesn't belong to you, even if it's from a bunch of…talking lions. Besides if they see that I messed with their kill, then I could be next on the menu."

He slowly looked off towards the direction that the lionesses had ran to and noticed a very tall, distinct rock formation in the distance. David pulled out his plasma sniper and gazed down the long range scope of the weapon, trying to make out more clearly what the formation was.

The rock formation, probably was what was dubbed by the lioness as Pride Rock, was a very tall structure and though David could not see it well, he did see a cave opening about halfway up that lead outside to the promontory that was jutting out into the Savanna. He could barely make out through the scope a male lion with a red mane and golden fur pacing back and forth in front of the cave.

David dropped the sight down and slung his rifle back over his shoulder and locked it into the proper weapon holder on the back of his armor.

David then began to ponder if maybe this "King" might know where he was. He inwardly chuckled as he knew the lion couldn't tell him what year though, that much was certain. He however, did not want to get involved with a pride of lions. He didn't want to either get eaten or have the misfortune to have to kill them all out of self-defense. David then began to think how he could not make them see him as a threat.

An idea went off as he turned around to gaze back at the dead animal and then spoke to Ada, "I got an idea, Ada. We can use this dead wildebeest as a peace offering. You know, bring their food back to them. Maybe that will make them see us as friendly or at least make me not on the menu today."

Ada then replied as she began walking to David, "I don't know, sir. That's going out on a limb right there. I think that's the right human saying anyways."

David knew she was right, but it was his only chance. He reached down and grabbed the Wildebeest and hoisted it up over his shoulder, feeling the dead animal's weight a bit, even though the armor. Thank god the armor boosted his natural strength. He would have no chance to ever be able to do something like this without Power Armor.

David then said, "Come on Ada, let's go meet this…King."

The two took off as fast as they could towards the rock formation; however he was weighed down by the animal and as such reduced their speed to a trot.

(2 hours later)

Ada and David had gotten closer to the Rock formation and had noticed that some other animals had begun to congregate outside the formation, all around the base of it. While they were certainly out of any of the animals' visual sight, David also was grateful that the animals couldn't smell him through his Power Armor; at least the Lions couldn't anyways.

David decided to try to get closer being as discreet as possible and snuck all the way around behind the rock formation. He found a dense area of shrubs and tall grass and decided to hide the wildebeest carcass in the foliage. He hoped that since it was behind the structure where the other animals had begun congregating that no one would be able to smell it.

David and Ada approached near a rock wall that was low enough to allow them to overlook onto the surrounding area.

Ada then said to him, "Sir, how are we going to get into this stone structure to see this 'king' of theirs? I suppose the walk up the ramp over there is out of the question, right."

David tried to find what Ada was talking about and sure enough, there was a misshapen rock like 'ramp' that lead up to the cave and the promontory. Also to make matters worse, there were three lionesses sitting halfway up the ramp. If they tried to go up there, they would immediately be spotted.

Damn David thought.

He noticed though that further down from the ramp like area and near a wall that dropped right down from where the cave was that there was an uneven, irregular series of small rocks jutting out of the wall. He could climb up, but the Power Armor weighted at least a couple of tons and there was no way those rocks could support that.

He then remembered that he had a gadget with him that was made for just this type of scenario: infiltration. David opened a leg compartment and pulled out the only think that was in there, a stealth boy.

This device once powered on and attached to a person by any means projected a field that bent light around the person, effectively it rendered people invisible. However, it had a short battery span of only 30 seconds. David lifted the canvas cover, revealing the controls for it.

David didn't like using his only stealth boy, but knew that it was the only way to get up there. He turned to Ada and said very clearly so she would understand him, "Wait here, Ada. I'm going to use a stealth boy to sneak past those three lions. Don't let anyone see you." She then replied, "Acknowledged, Sir."

He then started to climb over the rock wall, but briefly stopped and said, "If you hear me start shooting or you see anything about to happen to me, I want you to come in and help."

She then said once again, "Acknowledged."

David then dropped down the rock wall, hitting the grass with a very solid thud. He cursed for fear that somebody heard him. When he gazed around and saw nobody in earshot to him, he then proceeded to reach for a red button and press it. A black cylinder popped up with a subtle hiss and he gazed at his arm to see that he was invisible.

Let's make it count he thought to himself.

He then began to quickly sneak up the ramp towards the lionesses in hopes he wouldn't blow his cover.

(Meanwhile, on the ramp of Pride Rock)

"Oh, I can't wait to see whether Sarabi had a male or female cub" said a chocolate furred lioness named Grenna to the other three lionesses she was with.

They all wore expressions of eager anticipation on their faces as the lioness Melkina said, "I know, it's a great time for the Pride Lands. We finally get to see whether the next heir of the throne will be a Prince or a Princess."

Grenna then responded with a voice full of energy and happiness, "I can't wait to someday have a cub of my own."

Suddenly, the three began to hear a very odd sound approach them slowly. It sounded like the sound of an animal walking towards them with very big hooves, each step dull and deep.

Melkina then said, "What in the Kings name is that noise?"

The three began to scan their surroundings, only to see nobody coming up towards Pride Rock and nobody going down towards the base of Pride Rock. Meanwhile, the sound continued to grow louder and nearer.

The three took aggressive stances in case something was about to attack them. With their teeth barred and claws unsheathed, their minds were running fearful of what was making that odd sound.

Suddenly the sound came near them, right next to the three of them and that's when they were truly confused more than scared at this point.

The third lioness named Okina could have sworn that she saw some weird silhouette pass by them, it almost seeming like the weird effect coming from rock on a hot dry season day. It moved past them and continued to slowly subside as they were left nearly speechless.

Melkina then said to no one in particular, "As if today hasn't been weird enough…"

To this she could hear a very quiet male voice say, "You don't know the half of it."

She then felt her head dart up towards Pride Rock up to the cave, exactly where she heard the voice come from. However, there was no one there other than Mufasa pacing back and forth outside the cave.

(Meanwhile; Back with David)

How on earth can I understand what these lions are saying David thought? Did that teleporter scramble my brain as well?

David had just made it up to the cave opening, walking past the big golden lion. He carefully crept around the lion, giving it a wide birth. He was then startled about halfway past the cave opening when he heard a joyful, yet older voice speak with an odd accent, "Mufasa, you may come in and see your new son."

The lion named Mufasa turned and walked into the cave and David stopped briefly to gaze into the formation. There were several lionesses lounging about in the cave, up on different levels all gazing at a crème furred lioness lying on the floor. In the space between the lioness's body and front paws was a little bundle of golden fur. It took David a second to realize it was a lion cub, which must have been Mufassa's new son.

David would have stopped to observe more, but he knew his stealth boy was wearing out. He didn't want to surprise the lions when it did. Especially if this new born cub was with his mother and father and was the future prince no doubt. He noticed ahead of him was a ramp that seemed to spiral all the way up to Pride Rock, and on the ramp was something giving off a distortion field. It was invisible like him, but was going up this very same path.

David was a bit curious, yet also concerned for what it could be. Obviously no one here could have access to a stealth boy, so David followed it up the ramp. When he rounded the corner out of sight form any lion, he heard a dull droning whir as his stealth boy's battery ran out.

"Just in time" he whispered to himself.

He continued up to the top, now easily 100 meters in the air above the surrounding area. He was cautious as he couldn't see what had crept up the path before him. He grabbed his 10mm pistol from his hip holder and slide the slide back and forwards, taking the safety off.

He walked towards the middle of the platform that was the top of Pride Rock and checked the area.

"Hostile armored target detected. Prepare to die" said an emotionless robot voice. He spun around to feel something whack him hard in the chest, knocking his balance off, even with the Power Armor. He then felt something then whack his hand and his 10mm pistol went flying across the platform.

Suddenly, whatever was attacking him materialized into view. David was both stunned and not at the same time to see that the voice belonged to an Institute syth, a gen 2 syth to be precise. The unfinished, partially eroded grey synthetic skin of the machine made its internal servos and systems visible to David. The machine had a heavy, thick shock baton in its right hand.

It took another swing at David and he caught its right arm in time to stop it from hitting his helmet. David pushed his arm that caught the syth's arm with all his strength, but the machine and he were equally powerful. David then saw the machines other arm then upper cut right into David's helmet. This sent David reeling back several feet as he struggled not to fall over.

He then readied his fists, prepared to rip the syth apart. "Bring it ya scape heap" he said to it with a growl.

The two of them duked it out for several minutes, David blocking several of the machines hits and still managed to deal several hits back at the syth. Unfortunately, he was hit a few times and thanked the fact that his Power Armor was the most advanced and sturdy or any model he had ever seen, mainly due to his custom work on it. The syth now clearly had dents in its exoskeletal armor, and David grabbed its left arm and taking advantage of his increased strength, he held it in a vice grip while taking his right leg to kick the syth in the waist.

The machines arm severed in a sound of grinding metal and sparks flying.

"Motor functions of upper extremity compromised" said the machine.

David then decided to turn his suit into a battering ram, charging towards the syth, plowing right into it as it was lifted off its feet and carried forwards by him. David and the machine neared the edge of the 100 meter drop back to the ground and David realized he made a mistake. He tried to stop, but the metal soles of his armor's boots just slide across the stone ground. He tried to correct his mistake in some way, but there was nothing to grab onto, nor enough time to even react.

The machine flew over the edge and began to plummet down the cliff face of Pride Rock…and David soon after it. David's armor was built to take falls from extreme heights, but this only worked if he landed on his feet. He fell over the edge with his chest plate facing the ground. Not really being a fan of being in a plummeting metal suit about to impact the ground with non-shock absorber lining at what felt like Mach 1, David knew he had to do something. He thrust his weight backwards, trying to get his suit to shift mid fall so it would be able to land on its feet. However, he felt panic set in as this did little to stop him.

David could see the ground grow closer and he knew he had to do something desperate. He rolled over onto his back and moved to do an almost sitting position in mid-air. This enabled his Jet Pack thrusters to be perpendicular with the ground. He fired a short burst of thrust out of the pack with a dull and fiery boom.

His torso slowed down as his feet dropped at their current rate. He quickly cut his engines as his feet came nearer to making his posture a standing position. He then continued to fall to the ground, praying that the rock formation could take the impact.

His mind then told him, "You didn't want to surprise the lions before. Well this is going to be one hell of a surprise."

(A/N: There we have it, the end of the first chapter. I hoped you all liked it. I know the time spent in the Fallout universe was short, but don't worry as we will peer back in the world of Fallout from time to time to see how what happened with the Teleporter will affect the Commonwealth, the Brotherhood and David's other companions. We might even see other ways the two universes will come together in this story. Oh the possibilities could be…well, let's keep them a surprise.

Lastly, I would appreciate any reviews on this story. I appreciate positive reviews (as does everyone else), but I'm also open to constructive criticism and suggestions for what you might want to see.

Anyways until next time, this is Turoka signing out. Have a good one.)