"W-what... have... I... done?" I asked aloud.
I was standing above an unconscious vaporeon. There was fresh blood all over her. I looked down at my front paws and saw that my normal magenta fur was now red… it was the vaporeon's blood. I couldn't believe what I had done.
I quickly got my bag and used my medical equipment to patch the vaporeon up.
Once I was done I carried her over to some shade under a tree.
"I'm sorry." I whispered.
Then I ran off in no particular direction. Tears where threatening my eyes.
I ended up running into someone and we both fell down.
"Oh, sorry." the pokémon said.
I got up and saw that the pokémon was a umbreon.
"It's my fault. I wasn't looking where I was going." I said, "Are you ok?"
"I'm fine." he said, "Have you seen a female vaporeon anywhere around here?"
"Oh, urm… y-yes."
"Where?" he said, panic clear in his voice.
"We're not to far from her. I'll t-take you there."
"Hang on, why have to got blood on your legs and paws?" he shouted, backing up.
"Y-you'll find out."
So, I lead him to where I left the vaporeon but he was a bit behind me.
Once we got there he ran over to her.
"Vaporeon, what happened?"
I walked over to him.
"I-I d-d-did th-this." I said and then my tears escaped and started streaming down my face, "I attacked her but then when I came to my senses I saw what I had done and then guilt consumed me conscious so I used my medical supplies to patch her up and then I ran."
"You what?" he shouted.
I backed away in fear.
"I'm sorry. I'm a bit protective of my family." he said.
"She's your sister?" I asked.
"Yes, she is."
"I'm so sorry."
"It's ok, but why did you attack her in the first place?"
"I'm not sure. Like I said I attacked her them I came to my senses. I can't really remember what happened before."
"W-where… am… I?" Vaporeon said as she opened her eyes, "Umbreon, is that you?"
"Yes, I'm here." he replied, "How do you feel?"
"I still feel dizzy and some pain but other then that I'm ok."
"Vaporeon, I'm so sorry. I don't know what came over me."
Vaporeon looked at me and then screamed.
"Calm down, Vaporeon." Umbreon said, "She's not going to hurt you any more. She's the one who fixed you up."
"Here, take all of my medical supplies. It's the least I can do for attacking you." I said giving them my bag with my medical stuff in.
"You keep them." Umbreon said.
"W-why?" I asked.
"We can't just take your stuff because you attacked me. We're not like that." Vaporeon said.
"B-but I'm giving them to you. You're not just taking them." I said.
"You're going to need them more then us. We've got plenty anyway." Vaporeon said.
"There's got to be something I can do. I feel really bad." I said.
Vaporeon tried to get up but fell back down while groaning in pain.
"Do you two think you could carry me home?" Vaporeon asked.
"Sure." me and Umbreon replied.
So, we picked her up and laid her on our backs and carried her to her and Umbreon's house.
It was getting dark by the time we got there. I saw a leafeon and a glaceon just in front of a two story house.
"Vaporeon, what happened?" the glaceon asked, worry filling her voice.
"This espeon attacked me." Vaporeon replied.
"B-but why is she here?"
"She bandaged me up when I was unconscious."
"Still doesn't explain why she's here." the leafeon said.
Me and Umbreon put Vaporeon down.
"I best leave now." I said, "I don't want to cause any trouble."
I turned around and started walking away.
"Espeon, wait!" Umbreon shouted.
I stopped and turned around to face him.
"Do you... want to stay here for the night?" Umbreon asked.
"After what I did?" I replied.
"You made up for it by giving her first aid."
"But what if I attack someone again? I don't want to hurt anyone else."
"Come on. I don't want you to go out and be cold on the way back to your house."
A tear leaked from my right eye and I wiped it away.
"I… don't have a house." I said, "I don't live anywhere. I've got no family. No friends. Nothing!"
I broke out crying again.
"Live with us then." Glaceon said.
"I don't want to hurt you though." I said.
"No need to worry." Leafeon said, "If it does happen again, we know so we'll be more alert so we can stop you."
"So, what do you say, do you want to live with us?" Vaporeon asked.
"Sure." I replied, "Thank you."
"I'm going to get dinner started." Glaceon said and went into the house.
"I better go and report some more news." Umbreon said.
"You report news?" I asked.
"Follow me." he said then started walking behind the house.
When we went round the corner I saw a tall radio tower. We went inside and up some stairs. We went through a door that lead to a fairly big room with tons of equipment and there was music playing.
"Wow." I said in amazement.
Umbreon sat in a chair in front of a microphone.
The music stopped and Umbreon started talking, "Hellooooo, Capital Wasteland! This is Three Dog, coming to you loud and proud from Galaxy News Radio."
Galaxy News Radio? I've heard that before, I thought.
He continued talking, "Those scumbag slavers way over in Paradise Falls have been seen going towards Evergreen Mills, but who else have been seen heading over that way, raiders. Children, you don't need me to put two and two together."
Oh, god, I thought.
"Until next time, this is Three Dog." Umbreon said then howled like a dog, "And you're listening to Galaxy News Radio! Bringing you the truth, no matter how bad it hurts. Now, some music."
Umbreon then put on a song.
"Slavers and raiders heading to Evergreen Mills?" I asked.
"Indeed." Umbreon replied.
"Also, what's with the name 'Three Dog'?"
"It's just a name I thought of. Something that someone would be more interested and not boring. But just keep calling me Umbreon."
"Ok."
"Lets go back to the house. I think dinner is going to be ready in a few minuets."
Umbreon picked up a bag then we started walking.
"Umbreon, why is there only the odd few places that have trees?" I asked.
"Some war that the humans had wiped out all life except for the people in the vaults and some of the mutated people." he replied.
We got to the house and entered.
"Just in time." Glaceon said coming up to us, "Dinners ready."
We all sat down in the dining room and started eating.
Once everyone had finished Umbreon started talking, "I have something for everyone."
Umbreon got the bag and got out five strange objects.
"What are they?" I asked.
"It's called a 'Pipboy 3000'." Umbreon replied, "They can tell you what items you have, how much radiation you have, whether you have any crippled limbs and some other uses."
Then Umbreon gave one to everyone.
"Put them on one of your front legs." Umbreon said.
"How to you use it?" Vaporeon asked.
"Press the button that says 'Status' on the bottom." he replied.
I put it on my front left leg and then pressed the Status button and it showed the outline of a espeon with green bars and green lines showing what limbs they are connected to. The bar that was connected to my tail was half full.
"According to this, my tail is in bad condition." I said.
"Here's a stimpack." Leafeon said giving me a stimpack.
I ejected the stimpack into my tail then I looked at the pipboy. The bar connected to my tail was full now.
"Cool." I said, "All fixed up."
"Now, on the same screen, there should be a box with the word 'Rad' in it." Umbreon said, "Press it."
I pressed the button and there was a meter with numbers on it. The arrow was at the five hundred mark.
"Damn scientists." I mumbled.
"What is it, Espeon?" Glaceon asked.
"My radiation level is at five hundred." I replied.
"Oh, god. Dad can you get rid of her radiation?" Umbreon said.
"Follow me, Espeon." Leafeon said.
Leafeon lead me to an infirmary inside the house.
It took a bit but Leafeon got rid of all of the radiation that I had. We went to the living room where everyone was.
There was a knock on the front door.
"Three Dog, it's Knight Captain Ruby." came a female voice.
"Come in!" Umbreon said.
I heard the front door open and three pokémon came in with some sort of armour on.
"Who's this espeon?" the pokémon, who assumed was Ruby, said.
"Don't worry, she's living here now." Umbreon replied.
"Who are you lot?" I asked.
"We're members of the Brotherhood of Steel." Ruby replied.
"I swear I've seen the armour you're wearing before." I said, "Someone died and I took the armour, the weapon they had, the ammo and some kind of holotag or something." I said.
"Where is it?" Ruby asked.
"Not to far from here. I stored a bunch of stuff that I found. Only if I knew how to use the armour."
"We should go and get it." Umbreon said, "There's not to much on weaponry, ammo and armour here."
"How are we going to carry it all?" I asked.
"We're just going to have to take as many trips as we need to, depending on how good everything is."
"What weapons have you got, that we can use, Three Dog?" Ruby asked.
"We've got a combat shotgun, which is the gun in the best condition and has a lot of ammo." Umbreon replied.
"Give that to Espeon." Ruby said, "I'll stay here while Espeon and my two knights go and gather as much as they can."
"A gun?" I said, "I've never used one before."
"It's simple." Umbreon said, "Let me get the gun and ammo and I'll show you."
So, Umbreon got the gun and ammo and gave it to me.
He showed me how to use it, he then gave me a holster. I put the holster on and put the shotgun in it and put as many shotgun shells into the pouch on the side of it. Then me and the two knights set out to get the stuff that I gathered.
We wasn't too far from the house when I stopped and checked the pipboy. I went onto the data section and saw that there was a button labelled 'Radio' so I went onto it and saw that Galaxy News Radio was the only one it picked up so I turned it on and then continued walking while listening the music that was playing since the knights didn't talk at all.
We got to a clearing and went to the centre of it.
"All the stuff is buried under here." I said.
One of the knights got out a shovel and started digging. A bit down we heard the sound of metal hitting metal.
"There are the boxes." I said.
We lifted all of the boxes above ground and opened them.
"Laser pistols and rifles with tons of ammo for them." one of the knights said.
"Hand over the stuff." a voice said.
We all looked at where the voice came from and saw three raiders.
The knights got their laser rifles and started shooting at them.
One of the raiders ran around and then ran up to me with his lead pipe so I got my shotgun and shot him in the face which killed him instantly.
I looked at where the other two raiders were and saw that they were dead.
The knights then got out the armour that I gathered from the hole.
"How did you get all of this power armour?" a knight asked.
"I gathered it from some of the dead brotherhood members." I replied, "I'm not sure what they were killed by though."
"There's also a set of the outcast's armour. It appears to be for a espeon."
"We can't use it really. We don't have the right colour paint to repaint it." the other knight said.
"Only if I knew how to use it. If I did I would've used it a long time ago." I asked.
"You could ask for training from Knight Commander Ruby."
"Let's take it and I'll ask." I said.
"You're carrying it though."
"I know." I said.
So, we took everything that we could that was useful and I carried the outcast power armour and a few guns.
Once we got back we put everything in the centre of the living room.
"Wow, you sure did gather a lot of stuff, Espeon." Umbreon said.
"It's all in good condition as well." Ruby said, "But why did you bring the outcast armour? We can't use it."
"Well, I was wondering if you could teach me to use it." I said.
"If you let us take all of the other power armour, I'll teach you." Ruby replied, "I'll teach everyone so if you find more you can use it but you're going to want to paint the red a different colour so you're not mistaken for an outcast."
"Deal." I said.
"Ok, so, who's first?" Ruby asked.
"Espeon should go first and have the outcast armour since it is, technically, hers." Umbreon said.
"So, when do you want to start, Espeon?" Ruby asked.
"Now if you don't mind." I replied.
It took a while but I learned how to use the armour.
We went back inside, since we did if outside so we had more space, and I was wearing the power armour.
"Now try getting shot at." Umbreon said as we entered the living room.
I stood on my hind legs and took off the helmet and put it on the table on the left side of the room.
"Have you got any paint?" I asked.
"We've got red, black and magenta." Glaceon said.
"Can I use the magenta?" I asked.
"Sure, knock yourself out."
"Where is it?"
"In the basement." Leafeon said.
"Just, please, paint down there." Glaceon said, "We can't repaint anything, really."
"Ok." I replied and took my helmet and went down into the basement.
Once I was down in the basement I got the magenta paint, took the armour off and started painting it.
It took a bit but I painted all the red places magenta and waited for it to dry by the small fire place that was down here.
It didn't take to long to dry. I put the armour back on and went up stairs.
I looked into the living room and looked at the clock. It was ten past ten in the afternoon.
Umbreon came up to me.
"Everyone else has gone to bed and I'm going now." he said.
"Where am I sleeping?" I asked.
"The only other bed in the house is the one in my room." he replied, "So, I guess you're sleeping in my room."
"Ok."
"Could you do something tomorrow for me?"
"What is it?"
"I need you to deliver something for me in Megaton."
"Sure, I can do that for you."
"Thanks, I'll give you the package in the morning and you can leave after breakfast."
We went up to his room. I took off my armour, holster and all of the shotgun shells and them under the bed I was sleeping in. Then, I got into the bed and fell asleep.