Project: EVE
A Fallout 3 Fanfiction
by
PimpedOutToast
Chapter 1
Just Another Day At The Office...
Twelve hours.
Richard, or "Rich", had set up shop among the cliffs near the dangerous Deathclaw Sanctuary. Fawkes sat behind him, watching his six.
He had a Poplar's Hood on to hide the messy outline of his hair as he aimed down the scope of his powerful Victory Rifle.
According to the scribes at the brotherhood, the Enclave was planning a raid of this cave of horrors.
His job?
Pick off as many as possible with his sniper's rifle, then proceed with Fawkes in killing the troops.
Then he saw them: multiple vertibirds incoming.
He tensed in his Tesla Armor. This was it.
Then he spotted a Vertibird carrying a cage.
"Great. Mind Controlled Deathclaws..." He muttered.
The Enclave had a habit of strapping on strange helmets to the monsters, giving them full control of the beasties.
As troopers left the aircraft and began to set up shop, Rich waited.
They slowly opened the gate to the cavern...
and the one in the rear of the group fell as his head exploded, accompanied by a loud 'CRACK!' from the Victory Rifle.
Then another fell. Slowly the other twenty-odd soldiers turned to where the shots came from and opened fire.
"Shit!" He grabbed his rifle, jumped up and began to switch weapons while he ran.
"Fawkes! It's showtime!"
Fawkes nodded. "About time! I was growing bored!" The super mutant chuckled.
Rich got out his Tri-Beam Laser Rifle after firmly securing his Winterized Power helmet. "Let's do this!"
He slid down a rock face, followed by Fawkes. The two factions opened fire.
Unfortunately, twenty armored troops weren't much of a match for Fawkes and Rich. Rich stole any ammo and other useful items the troopers had... including a key.
The two walked over to the cage. "Give me a boost up."
Fawkes nodded and lifted the Messiah of the Wastes onto the cage.
"When it jumps out..." Rich drew his trench knife. He remembered the simulation he risked his real life in to acquire this rare war tool.
He still held some regret for the Outcasts he had been forced to kill. He shook off the thoughts and raised the knife.
He nodded and Fawkes unlocked the door.
It didn't open.
Rich gestured for Fawkes to open the door, and the intelligent super mutant did so.
The living being inside came out, and Rich jumped...
her?
He had already jumped from the top of the crate, and crash landed on top of the human female who had crept out.
He slowly stood up. When he got a good look at her, he found she wasn't human... at least not completely.
She had black hair, very light peach skin as if she hadn't seen sunlight in a while, and a slim figure.
She wore a top which appeared to have had its sleeves torn off, with a V neck covered by some sort of cloth strings in a criss-cross pattern and a skirt, which also seemed torn at the bottom, both made of what he assumed was Brahmin skin.
Rich noticed she was also about the same height as him, maybe even taller by a couple of centimeters.
Seeing as he was 6' 5", that impressed him. But the 'human' ended there.
From her skull protruded two horns that almost hugged her scalp. Out of her lower back protruded the sight that frightened him most: a long, reptilian, bony tail. The similarities between that and a Deathclaw's was...
He heard a familiar snorting noise. His havoc had gotten the attention of the monsters in the nearby cavern. The beasts began to rush him and Fawkes.
"GOD FUCKING DAMMIT!" He pulled out his Vengeance Gatling Laser, which he had looted from the hellhole he now faced once before with Fawkes.
Fawkes armed his own Gatling Laser and they opened fire.
One slipped past the firestorm. How did Rich know this?
Because the being behind them made a terrified squeakish noise. Rich spun his gun around and unleashed red, burning hell upon the monstrosity towering over the girl.
Once the beings were decimated, he and Fawkes put away their weapons. "
Alright. Let's get some information." He looked at the being. "What's your name?"
She cocked her head.
"I'm sorry. Are you mute? Deaf?" He felt a bit inconsiderate about not thinking about that possibility.
She just continued staring blankly at him. He heard a cough.
He turned to see an Enclave trooper attempting to crawl. Rich grabbed the man in armor and held him to his face.
"What do you know?"
The soldier pointed to a computer... and died.
Rich turned it on... and it was locked. He spent a few minutes hacking the device, before getting into the data.
"Let's see..." He was soon engulfed in his work. "Amazing... This experimentation technique... this "Forced Evolutionary Virus"... Incredible! But... oh my God! How could they! This is insanity! Oh... I see."
He saved all the information onto a holotape for later reference, then shot the hell out of the computer with his Combat Shotgun.
"Some secrets are best left to the few who can handle them..." Rich muttered.
"What is it? What have you discovered that makes you uneasy, my friend?" asked Fawkes. "I'll show you later. Right now, we need to get back to Megaton. Find out what to do with her."
It had been a whole year since Rich had left Vault 101 for the first time, and he still hated all this hiking.
He didn't mind the exercise, but wasting ammo on every beast or bug that attacked him was rather annoying... and burned a hole in his supply of caps.
That, along with keeping his armor intact and his weapons functioning, made keeping caps around the house for emergencies, and collecting fingers for the Regulators, all that more important.
He gave the gates to megaton a small push and they opened. He was greeted by the town's Sheriff and Mayor, Lucas Simms... but he wore a suspicious expression.
'Well, there goes easy...' Thought Rich.
"Hold on there. I've let you bring in a dog and even a Super Mutant, but whatever she is, she looks too much like one of those nasty reptiles up north."
"Look, Simms, I'll explain everything... After I get her locked up in my house." He turned to Fawkes.
"Make sure she doesn't hurt anyone and take her back to the house." The super mutant nodded and lead her away. He met severe resistance from the girl, but got her back.
"I need a computer." Simms nodded.
"I have one in my house. Come on." The two walked to Simms's house. Along the way the two men spoke.
"So where did you find her?" Asked Simms.
"I can't give you all the details, classified information and whatnot, but I can tell you I got her out of an Enclave cage. I looked at the computer nearby and copied the data to this holotape,"
He retrieved the data storage device. "That's why I need a computer."
The two arrived soon at Simms's home. Harden, Lucas's son, was inside.
"Harden, we have... grown-up things to discuss. Why don't you go outside for a bit and play?" The boy nodded in the affirmative and ran outside.
Rich handed Simms the holotape and the leader of Megaton inserted it into his personal computer.
His face became solemn after reading the files. "That is truly awful."
"I had to read it over twice to be sure. I can't believe someone would be so heartless as to use a human being as a science experiment." Rich commented.
"But why would they do this? Maybe a weapon?" pondered Lucas Simms.
"Perhaps... or maybe an experiment all its own. Look at this."
"Project: E.V.E."
Meanwhile, Fawkes had his hands full. The girl continued to try and leave the building. "I have told you, you are to remain in this structure until Richard returns!" He grabbed the female by her right arm and tried to hold her back.
This turned out to be a mistake, as she hissed and literally clawed him across the chest. The pain wasn't great, but he now saw that there was more Deathclaw to her than first observed;
she had the namesake of the worst of her, yet they were retractable.
"No! Stay... Put!" The door opened and Richard entered. The female ceased her fighting and turned her attention to the human male. She slowly circled him. Richard's hand was at his side, ready to draw the .44 magnum revolver he had as his sidearm.
He spotted the claw marks on Fawkes's chest and, when the opportunity presented itself, rammed the girl into the wall. He pressed the handgun deep into her forehead.
"You know what this is?" She remained silent, in shock. "Do you? You hurt my friend. You know what I do to anyone who hurts my friends?"
He cocked the gun. " I fuckin' kill em'! That's what I do! May God in Heaven damn me for it, but I'll put a bullet in your half dead brain before you can even try to kill me. You're no different than any other animal!"
He grabbed her neck and carried her to the gates. "You twisted freak of nature! Get out of the city I call home, and don't come back!"
He was furious. "and be glad your brains aren't splattered over a wall."
He closed the gates and locked them. As he turned to leave he heard scraping noises.
"Go on! Just go and get eaten by some other animal!"
He heard what he dared not believe to be a sort of sad whining noise. "Don't think I'll let you back in. Go, now!"
The noises stopped... and he returned to his home. He needed a good night's sleep...
Meanwhile, the being who shall now be known as Eve was wandering aimlessly. This was not how it was meant to be, or so her instincts told her.
Now what would she do? That thought process was put to a halt as she heard loud footsteps.
Then a blast of green energy hit her in the leg.
She let out a cry as the beings in black armor surrounded her.
"Radio command, tell them we have the package." one said. Another nodded and began to transmit.
Eve curled up into a ball and awaited to be taken back to the godforsaken laboratory she had known for most of her "life".
But fate intervened, as not just one but two, then five Albino Radscorpions arrived on the scene and began killing off the Enclave troops.
Then a being in brown robes stepped out.
"Enough. Let a few live to tell of this incident... and their mistake in allowing me freedom." the massive scorpions ran off and the robed being walked over to Eve.
He extended a hand. "Do not worry. The burn will heal quickly; Deathclaws are quite resilient." he chuckled sadistically and added, "I know from experience."
She took his hand and felt it. The fingers were jointed differently; he had two thumbs and two true fingers of the same length, and they were hard and slick, like the exoskeleton of a...
"Now you see. I am like you. Come with me and I will explain it all." She nodded and he led her off.
Richard awoke the next day feeling like shit.
He regretted his decision to exile the poor girl, and decided to head out alone to find her.
He had began searching nearby landmarks.
His search was fruitless. Then he found the bodies of dozens of Enclave troopers.
"What happened here?" He checked the wounds on the bodies. They consisted of the traits of...
"Radscorpions? No... Albinos. But why would an albino attack them?"
He then saw the answer: multiple imprints in the dirt.
"My God... at least three of those monsters..." Then came the real kicker- "These footprints... two toes, pointed... odd."
He suspected strange armor. He had no idea how right he was.
Eve had passed out halfway to her current location. She immediately jumped up and snarled.
"Halt your rage, sister. I have brought you to the once-great city of Rockopolis, now home to myself and a large population of Albino Radscorpions that are loyal to me."
The being was not wearing his full robes now, only a shirt that had sleeves torn and bound to his arms with bandages about elbow length and pants that were bound just above the knees by bandages. Around his waist there was a cloth belt of sorts. He had shoulder length brown hair and, ironically, tanned skin. His forearms, hands, calves, and feet were all shiny and had a pearly white-pink color to them, and the joints connecting them to human flesh were made of the same material as that of an Albino's. His eyes were solid red, and he had a third eye on his forehead. To top it off, he had a tail tipped with a stinger.
"I am another like you, little sister, created from the genes of an Albino Radscorpion and the body of a human. I know you cannot speak. This is unfortunate. But I can help you. The first step is to trust me. What is your name, little sister?"
She made a noise.
"What?"
"E-..."
"Good!"
"Eee-vuh!"
"Great! My name is Judas. Can you say that?"
"Juh...Joo-dahs..."
"Excelent! Well done Eve. Now, let's begin with standard English..."
During their little phonics lesson, Richard had followed the trail of footprints to the cave.
"Wait... the legendary city of Rockopolis? What the-!"
He saw an Albino Radscorpion.
"Dammit..." He had packed light, and didn't have any of his power weapons.
The giant bug charged him. He began backing away.
Meanwhile, Judas received word of this.
"Tell him not to attack the man!"
Eve had managed to use her new-found yet limited vocabulary and some charades to explain her experiences up till then. He knew this was the man she had spoken of, "the man in the glowing armor"
and wanted to stop him from getting killed.
"Come on!" He motioned Eve to follow him.
The two ran outside and saw Rich in peril.
"Halt! He is not the enemy! Stand down lest you wish to loose your stinger!"
The bug halted and stood aside.
"I assume you are 'the man in glowing armor' Eve spoke of?"
Rich turned to the strange man.
"Oh fun. Another one. For the record, I don't like bugs. Especially giant red-eyed ones who try to kill me!"
"I am not very fond of purebloods either, but I am not attacking your kind!" The two men got in one another's faces.
"You wanna go stinger boy?"
"Anytime pureblood!" Richard growled and Judas let out a hissing noise.
"I'll tear that tail off and shove it up your ass!" Rich yelled as the two circled.
"Try it when you're on the ground with my venom in your blood!" Judas fumed.
The two were about to rush one another, when Eve let out a monstrous roar.
"STOP!"
Her eyes were feral and her claws were extended. She entered a stance the men knew all too well.
"New problem: psycho Deathclaw chick."said Rich.
"Agreed." said a panicked Judas. She ran at them at an incredible speed.
"Hey bug boy, some help would be nice!"
"I can't. Not against a sister."
"What?"
"We're alike. Are you blind, pureblood?"
"Fine... then maybe I can scare her." He pulled out the one weapon he knew would make her hesitate: The Deathclaw Gauntlet.
"You see this, Eve? I made this from objects I found, including one hand of a Deathclaw I tore off myself! And to keep it in repair, I have made many more! I'm warning you, Deathclaws pose no threat to me!"
Eve turned her attention to him exclusively.
"Fuck..."
He blocked her first strike, grabbed her arm, twisted it behind her back... but forgot about her tail, which slammed him to the ground.
"Ow... I forgot. Close combat with a Deathclaw: bad idea."
She then turned to Judas.
"I do not wish to harm you sister, but I-!"
He stopped as Eve fell to her knees.
"But if I need to take one on, I like to have one of these!" He held a dart gun in his hand. In Eve's leg was a bright red dart.
"I use a deluded formula based in Radscorpion poison, but weakened to a simple paralyzing concoction. It should run its course in a few hours."
Rich stood up and walked slowly over to Eve.
"Now will you just calm down?"
She growled at him again.
"I guess not..." He threw her over his shoulder, kicking and screaming.
Well, just screaming, seeing as her legs were immobile.
"Ugh... she looks so light. Guess I better get her home. Thanks, bugboy."
Judas smirked. "Not a problem, pureblood. And I shall instruct the others not to harm you."
Rich grinned behind the helmet over his face. "I'll tell Fawkes not to attack them then."
Judas cocked his head. "Who?"
"Oh you'll know him when you see him..."
Soon Eve had fallen unconscious, and her limp body bumped into Richard's armor. He had to turn off the electrical field to carry her, so the Enclave and Talon Company Mercs were issues.
He thought about calling in aid from the Brotherhood on his PIPboy radio, but squandered the thought.
He would have to hope that nothing-or anybody- would attack-
He face palmed. The sounds of taunts by Raiders sounded.
Those simpletons were ruthless savages, killing without mercy... and for fun.
The bullets started flying and Rich took cover behind a nearby rock... until a frag grenade landed next to him. He grabbed it, threw it back, and shielded Eve with his body. There was a pulpy noise as a body exploded, launching an assault rifle next to him.
"Perfect." He grabbed the gun, made sure it was in decent repair, and lept out from behind the rock.
His armor sparked to life and he opened fire, using his PIPboy's V.A.T.S. To conserve ammo. He soon ran out, leaving five of the mutilators alive.
He threw the empty firearm to the ground.
"I can't stand you. You make me sick. So..." He drew his Gauntlet. "I'll show you what mutilation REALLY is!"
He held his ground, until he got hit over the head with a sledgehammer. The vibrations reverberated through his helmet and he fell to the ground, dizzy and deafened.
A foot pinned his gauntlet-covered hand to the ground. The heel dug in and he grimaced in pain.
Despite what GNR DJ Three Dog called him, "The Messiah of the wastes," he was not immortal.
He heard the latches on his helmet click and hiss as the armor depressurized. He saw a .32 handgun pointed in his face.
"Time to say goodnight, goody- two shoes!" laughed a male Raider.
He closed his eyes and prepared for his fate.
Eve opened her eyes. She noticed she could feel her legs again!
"...to say goodnight, goody two-shoes!"
She peeked over the rock she was behind... and saw Richard about to be executed. Something inside her head kicked in and she entered the same state as she had before.
She slowly stepped out from behind the rock and snarled. This got the attention of the other raiders.
"Ey' look! It's his mutant freak of a girlfriend!"
Richards eyes widened.
'Eve... No!'
She entered standard "Deathclaw Fighting" stance. The Raiders didn't catch on.
"Bring her down."
Richard smirked. "You're a fool."
The leader, who was holding the gun, looked at him. "Wazzat?"
"You see, she's... special. You'll see."
"Whatever." the raider looked to his followers. "Let's get on with it!"
Two approached the girl... and fell victim to her claws.
"What the-?"
"You don't recognize that stance? That belongs to a beast everyone in the Wastes knows."
"W-wait... a-a-!"
"Yes. A Deathclaw." In one swift move the two had swapped positions.
"You needed more focus on me." Richard smirked. "Goodbye."
He pulled the trigger and put a .32 round in between the eyes of the Raider.
"Done and done." He then proceeded in the task of cutting off his finger.
He had no godly idea what the Regulators did with them, but it put caps in his pocket. Of course, he forgot all about Eve... who was quickly approaching him.
He turned when he heard the footsteps, and almost put four rounds into her.
"Shit!" He ducked her attack and rolled to the left.
He put as much weight as he could onto her tail and twisted her arms behind her back.
" Why do I gotta be the nice guy?"
She snarled at him. "This'll only hurt for a second..." He pulled his head back and slammed it into the back of hers.
She fell unconscious yet again.
" Halfway home..."
He slung her over his shoulder and continued his hike.
END CHAPTER 1
Hope you all enjoyed the revised, easier to read Chapter 1 of Project: EVE!