A/N: Caution I am having fun with this one so don't expect things to be very cannon like. Think of it as a heavily modded version of the game and maybe occasional use of console commands. I am doing this fic because I thought it would be fun and I noticed there weren't any American McGee's Alice and Fallout crossovers. I also had a few Jack and cokes when I came up with the idea. I am sorry for those that have been waiting for updates on my other stories they are slow coming. I had a lot of stuff to do and even got laid off and had to find a new job and work on moving to a new state. I wrote this chapter one night after final having most of my plans coming together finally.
Chapter one: A New Wonderful Journey begins!
Alice had finally done it! She killed Bumby! That foul, loathsome, brute of a man met his fate head on into an oncoming train. He deserved much worse of an end than that, but he was dead now and that was the important thing. It no longer mattered he had been secretly training her to be a high class prostitute, if there was such a thing. He was now dead and gone for good!
Alice Liddell gave a true and beautiful smile for the first time in her life since she first went to the asylum. She then walked out into London. She was surprised to see how it had changed. It was now a mix of London and her Wonderland.
"Well this is odd." Alice said to herself. She then thought of her old home as she missed her family and the memories of her beloved sister washed over her. As she did this the area seemed to fizzle around her.
Alice pursed her lips and tried to focus on her old home and family. She remembered it oh so clearly, but no matter how much she concentrated the area never seemed to actually solidify. She let out a long sigh at this. She wished to be anywhere but here at this moment.
Once she made her wish some sort of beacon seemed to shine before her. The dark haired, green eyed, petite young woman walked towards this beacon. When she saw it she couldn't help but touch it. Once she touched the beacon, everything turned bright white around her.
They have often times said, "Be careful what you wish for…" Alice was on her way to finding out exactly what that meant. Just as a trickster spirit will grant your wish in some twisted manner, because you weren't specific about said wish, all of time and space can be the same way when it wishes to be. Alice had left one odd place for another.
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A different young woman clad in what looked like Police riot gear emerged from a relatively hidden wooden door on the side of a giant cliff. The sun light blinded her for a brief moment as she looked across a dead yet still somehow amazing landscape. It was hard to get a full view with the helmet on though.
Eventually the young woman took off her helmet, and was glad her Pip-Boy told her the atmosphere was breathable just like the overseer's computer said it was. She breathed in the air deeply and gave a cough. It wasn't exactly clean and it was very different from the recycled stuff she was used in the vault.
Ferna gave a sigh as she realized just how hopeless her situation really was. Her dad left her in the vault to the Overseer's mercy and was who knows where by now. She ran a hand through her dark red hair and figured it was the cleanest at this moment it would ever be after she started her new journey. Her blue eyes scanned the horizon for a moment.
Ferna checked her gear again, and was relieved to see she had plenty of security uniforms to use for repairs she had pried off dead guards. She still thought it kind of pathetic most of them were wiped out by radroaches. Sure they were dangerous in packs, but really did the guards not bother to use VATS and aim for their heads?
Ferna shook her head and brought her guard back up. If the surface reports were to be believed then she needed to be careful since everything was more dangerous than it was before the bombs fell. She started walking cautiously to the green indicator light on her HUD. It should be this Megaton she read about in one of the reports.
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Ferna had already been wondering the outside world for a few hours now. She knew it shouldn't take that long to walk to this town but she couldn't help but check every mailbox, suitcase, cabinet, and anything else that looked like it would hold something in it on her way. She didn't have any idea about the currency used on the Surface, so she grabbed everything she could. Amazingly she found ammo for guns and medical supplies in the oddest of places on her way. Not sure why someone would have 10mm ammo in their mailbox with stimpaks but whatever.
She was further surprised at how each item was given a value on her screen when she checked it. Most of the stuff was little more than one of whatever this new currency was though. Some items were more, but she wasn't willing to part with it all. She was just glad that people usually seemed to like her. She knew it was partly because she was fairly attractive and red heads were rare, but she didn't really mind this. She used it to her advantage and would do so out here.
Ferna was again surprised when she finally managed to pick a lock on a chest and found a lot of cash that somehow hadn't been reduced to lint after all of these years. She figured the chest must have been military grade or something along with the cash. She also found another 10mm pistol and some more ammo. Ferna gave a small smile to herself at this. She knew out here guns and ammo would pretty much be her life and blood.
The young woman decided she had wasted enough time now and decided to head straight for this Megaton. She saw the sun was still high in the sky, but she feared it might not stay there long. She decided to make a run for Megaton. She had to really hold strong when she saw a group of locked boxes in one of the bombed out houses though.
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A little before Ferna left her vault, the world around Alice eventually materialized and she was holding her knife. The dark haired beauty blinked several times and looked around the area. Everything looked dead to her. She wondered if she had somehow made her way back to Queensland or something for a couple of minutes. Soon she realized this wasn't the case though. The sky was pretty much exactly the same here, but the buildings along the horizon weren't.
Alice looked around as the wind blew her silky dark hair around her face. She noticed a lot of dust in the air and everything seemed just as twisted and dead as Queensland, even if it was a little different. Needless to say she felt a little at home here. It seemed all of her time in Wonderland had rubbed off on her in a manner she hadn't expected.
"Did my Wonderland change yet again? If so I must say I am severely disappointed… I figured after killing that horrible and disgusting man Wonderland would be a better place." Alice sighed to herself. She hadn't expected an answer, but surprisingly she heard a familiar voice from below her.
"Really Alice… Must you insist on dragging me everywhere you travel?" The voice then gave an amused rumbling chuckle as it added. "You always complain about me hanging around yet it seems you actually do prefer my illustrious companionship."
Alice's lips gave a half smile as she said, "I have no idea what you are talking about cat. Perhaps you have spent too much time with the catnip?" Green eyes lit up in amusement as she said, "Maybe it is you who insists on following me everywhere I go Cheshire." She looked towards a rather emaciated cat with a mangy grey coat marked with tribal tattoos with a far too wide and toothy grin and despite herself felt comforted.
Cheshire gave another chuckle. He then said, "If you say so Alice. Regardless of who brought who along it seems we are in yet another strange and unusual place." The cat dropped his voice as he said, "It is a good thing you still have your lethal toys. Perhaps you should see if you have your other abilities as well?"
Alice rolled her green eyes. "I keep hoping that maybe… just maybe… One of these days you will actually say something useful cat." She then gave a smirk to her ever present companion as she said, "It seems today is not that day. I already planned to do just that Cheshire."
Cheshire just gave his trademark grin to her as he flexed his claws and said in a dangerous voice. "I will show you just how useful I can be once the time comes dear Alice. I have a feeling this land is just as welcoming as the Queen of Heart's castle full of card guards was."
Alice then jumped up into the air and floated downwards as her skirt fanned out below her. She then jumped again and gave a smile. She then tried her ever favorite dodge move. She burst into blue and green butterflies and shot forward a bit quickly. Alice couldn't help but give a giggle as she figured she would be just fine in this new and harsh world.
Alice next motioned for Cheshire to follow her. She was surprised when he quickly disappeared only to reappear by her side. Cheshire gave a cocky grin to Alice. "Oh I think this will turn out to be quiet the amusing little journey for us Alice." He then flexed his claws again and purred at the length and sharpness they had. Alice just shook her head and the two started walking towards an odd metal structure they saw in the distance.
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As they walked there were a couple of times when Alice's curiosity got the better of her and she looked through boxes, suitcases and cabinets on their trip. She pretty much looked through everything that wasn't locked and she could break open with her usual methods. She was never one for subtly so she didn't bother to try picking any locks, despite picking up several hairpins on their way.
Unfortunately, she didn't have anything to carry most of the items with her. She did take the smaller items though and for some reason collected every bottle cap she found. She thought the little metal caps were interesting. They didn't have any wire on them which would hold it to a bottle. They didn't have any wooden stoppers either. They instead had little teeth around the outside.
The two Wonderland adventurers eventually came across a small group of dirty and crazed looking humans. Alice brazenly walked up to them not really taking much notice of them.
The group of people were wearing clothing that made her London Dress seem fit for a Queen of the highest courts. She was thankful to be wearing her much more beautiful Blue dress despite the blood stained white apron.
One of the dirty people, that only physically resembled a woman, gave a derisive catcall as she saw the Green-eyed beauty walking their way. "Looky here guys. We got ourselves one of them high class guests." She then smiled showing dark yellow teeth and gave a dark chuckle.
One of the guys with a blue Mohawk gave a wheezing laugh and said, "She must be one of them Tenpenny bitches." He then gazed at Alice lustfully and pulled out what looked like a small knife to fiddle with as a poor attempt to threaten her.
"Surprised she made it this far without dying already." Another man said with a half shaved head. He then smiled and said, "She must have paid her way with that sexy fucking body of hers. Bet she'll fetch a pretty penny from them slavers. Of course we need to break her in first everyone." A few others gave lecherous chuckles to his last remark.
The group totaled about six. There were two females and four males. They seemed to mostly favor makeshift melee weapons. One had a rifle in very bad repair and another had a pistol that looked like it would fall apart at any moment.
Alice simply gave the group a disapproving frown, and noticed none of them seemed to have taken notice of Cheshire. She then looked to her side and saw him give a smile as he faded and reappeared on the opposite side of the group without their notice. Alice decided she would at least try to be civil with these beings first, even though she doubted it would make a difference.
"You know I would really rather not get into any mischief at the moment. I suggest you leave me alone and I will leave you merry lot to yourselves. We can just part company without any unnecessary bloodshed." Alice folded her hands behind her back and faced forward with confidence.
The female who spoke first and seemed to be the leader was actually considering it for a moment. Then one of the men commented to another, "She's got one of them fancy high class brit accents. You know how much I love them brit girls."
The female leader then gave a sinister smile and decided to keep the girl. She wasn't usually into other girls, but there was something about this one she liked. She gave the signal and the others got ready as she said, "Sorry Babe not gonna happen. Really you're lucky we didn't shoot you right away."
Alice narrowed her green eyes which seemed to glow with a cold light as she got ready to fight. Before anyone could move though Cheshire made his move, he appeared before the one with the rifle and slashed his throat before he could take aim. The woman next to him, who was holding a two by four board with a nail in it, just gasped as he next sliced her as well.
Alice sprang into action right away once Cheshire made his move. She charged in and right as she heard a gun go off she burst forward and slashed the one holding the pistol twice deeply on the chest. She then threw five sharp cards at the man holding the small knife from earlier, before her and Cheshire each cut deep into the last male and turned to the leader.
The leader was shocked at first when these two attacked. She kicked herself for not noticing the strange cat sooner. She then gasped as the two made short work of her group. However, she was now ready and she would make them pay.
Alice lunged forward and sliced with her knife. Her attack was shallow and the leader actually had some better armor than the others. Alice's eyes widened in surprise and she quickly dodged back just as the leader's weapon, a sword, tried to cut her.
Cheshire swiped with his claws while the leader was distracted but her armor took most of the attack. Still he managed to get her a little bit. He jumped back as the sword next came his way.
Alice next attacked with her knife before the leader could recover from her missed attack. This time Alice managed to cut the Leader's non-sword arm long ways. The leader let out a yell of pain as she managed to land a solid kick on Cheshire and used her sword to actually stab Alice's right shoulder. It wasn't deep enough to kill her but it was still painful.
Alice let out a grunt of pain as she then quickly stabbed the leader with her knife in the upper chest right by an unprotected shoulder. The two both doubled over in pain. Alice was the first to get up. She made her way over to the leader and prepared for her final move.
"Please spare me… I don't want to die… I'm sorry…" The leader said as she lay on the ground.
Alice was holding on to her wound with her left arm as she held her knife to the leader's neck. Alice's green eyes held no warmth as she said, "You should have thought of that before you signaled your men to attack me." She then quickly cut the leader's throat before dropping to her knees as she continued to hold her wound.
Cheshire walked over to her and actually showed some concern as he asked, "Are you alright Alice?" The two of them always traded jabs and retorts but they did actually care for one another.
Alice gave a wan smile as she said, "Not exactly cat, but I know for sure we aren't in Wonderland now. It hurts too much for that to be the case. Are there any medical supplies around here you can see?"
Cheshire looked around and noticed a small metal box with a cross on it. He looked it over and managed to pry it open. "There are some here. I think you will have to pick them up Alice."
Alice crawled over and saw a lot of medical supplies. She kind of recognized them a bit. She had seen them used in the asylum during procedures on patients and afterwards. She took a needle and jabbed it into her leg. Alice took a sharp breath as she felt her body relax and the pain fade.
Next she looked around and noticed, there was a pouch one of the dead men had around his waist. She took the pouch from him and dumped all of the supplies from the box into it. Alice then looked around and found a run-down house nearby.
Alice made her way to the house as Cheshire raised an eyebrow and asked, "What are you doing Alice?"
Alice blushed a little as she said, "I am going to apply a bandage to my shoulder cat. I would appreciate some privacy to do so." Cheshire just gave a chuckle to this.
Alice was inside the building and sighed as she started undoing her white apron. Once she had that off she next worked herself out of her blue dress, and cringed as she was sure this wasn't good for her wound but she needed to apply the bandage to stop it from bleeding and keep it from getting infected hopefully.
The dark haired beauty was pleasantly surprised to find that the bandages she grabbed had some kind of adhesive surface to them. She gave a smile as she realized this made her job easier. She was just glad the cut wasn't too bad for all she could tell, and she found a large adhesive bandage that would do the job.
Bandage on she carefully redressed herself and took a look around the small building for anything that she could take with her. She saw a bigger pouch on a table and grabbed it. She then placed both on her apron's tie back strap and "liberated" some of the items in the building.
Alice stepped outside to see a grinning cat with a wider grin than usual for him. Alice raised an eyebrow in question. "Watch this Alice." He said in his usually smug deep voice. He then placed a paw on the rifle and after a second it disappeared before her eyes.
Alice stared wide-eyed and said, "That is amazing Cat!" She then walked up to the leader's sword on the ground and held it in her hands and stared at it. "How did you do it?"
"I simply thought to 'store' it. I can even think of the item and it will reappear at my command." He then demonstrated as the rifle reappeared in front of him. "I can also oddly enough know what I have stored somehow. Perhaps it is similar to your Wonderland weapon storage?"
Alice looked at the sword in her hands and thought to store it and the thing disappeared before her eyes. She then thought to bring the sword back out and it appeared in her hands. Alice gave a wicked grin as she said, "Well this makes collecting things much easier." Cheshire nodded to her giving his grin.
After the two had gathered up a lot of stuff without going too overboard, they could tell they had limits to how much they could carry, Alice and Cheshire continued their trip to the big metal looking structure. The thing was much closer now, and they guessed it was some kind of settlement. Alice was very curious to see what a settlement in this place looked like.
Alice winced as the pain killer wore off. She did her best to hold off on using the drug again though. She prayed there was some kind of medical facility in the settlement they were approaching.
For one second Alice thought maybe there was some kind of poison on the blade or something. She could have sworn she was hallucinating as she saw some strange metal sphere with tiny metal sticks all around it float in front of them. She paused as the thing drew nearer to her and Cheshire.
Alice gave a frown when she heard the music it was playing. She recognized it from her lessons about music. It was what the Americans played to be patriotic during what they called the American Revolutionary War.
She knew she wasn't in London or Britain anymore based on what that gang sounded like when they spoke. She wasn't really too excited about possibly being in America though. Her heart sank a little when she heard a man speak and introduce himself as President of America.
The green eyed girl didn't like the thought of being stuck in America. It was even worse since she was sure she wasn't even in the same time period she was seemingly not too many hours before now. She also worried about what the state of her home country would be in if America was in this bad of shape. For the first time since arriving Alice, started actually wondering what exactly happened.
"I guess this is a lesson to not touch odd beacons of light in the future… What should I do Cheshire?" Alice said with a sad sigh.
Cheshire gave her a look and said, "Just do what you always do. Adapt. You have been through the horrors of your own mind before, and battled your way across Wonderland. You even defeated the dreaded Jabberwocky. Judging by how we handled those people back there, I think we will do well here."
Alice gave him a look as she grabbed her shoulder and winced again. The cat sighed, "We will just have to be more careful. Those ruffians wouldn't have been much of a problem if we didn't take them head on like that."
The young woman finally gave in and decided to use the pain killer again. She was starting to think maybe the wound was much more serious than it looked. She let out a sigh of relief as the Med-X took effect. She even gave a little giggle. It did feel good.
"You should be careful with such things Alice. I am pretty sure that stuff is addictive." Cheshire said as he looked at her.
Alice rolled her eyes, "Come on cat. You know me. There isn't anything to worry about."
"It is because I know you I am a slight bit concerned Alice. You do have a tendency to indulge more than you should with such things. I know all about your trip through Caterpillar's realm. Plus that shrinking potion was a wine of sorts and you enjoyed it far too much and often." The cat said to her.
Alice sighed. "I will stop using it once we get to a proper medical facility, despite my dislike of such places. I only hope we have enough valuable things on us to pay for whatever they have to do to me."
The cat gave a derisive laugh, "I only hope they actually have any sort of medical facilities here. This isn't exactly a properly civilized place we are in Alice." Alice didn't bother to give him an answer and just kept walking.
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Ferna whistled to the radio music while she looked over the now dead people in front of her. She wasn't much of a fan of Patriotic music anymore, but when it is just maybe eight songs and then the obvious propaganda, anyone would tire of it after a while. However, hearing it over and over again the playlist was now stuck in her head.
Ferna frowned as she finished going through the 4 bodies. VATS had called them Raiders and marked them as hostile. She snuck up on them before they saw her. The group seemed to be patrolling the road to Megaton. She got close enough and managed to fire four head-shots into two of her targets thanks to VATS before they really countered her attack.
The two remaining didn't take too long to finish up. One held a large club of some kind and the other had a 10mm pistol in very bad condition. She was surprised it fired at all, and more surprised the gun man didn't mind that he hit his fellow Raider a couple of times.
By the time Ferna shot two last shots into the charging man her VATS had recharged and she then used it to shoot the gunman three times. The first shot missed but the second one got him in the shoulder and the last one got him in the head. Ferna then reloaded and went to searching the bodies.
The red head girl looked confused when she noticed they had sacks of bottle caps. She looked it up on her Pip-Boy and was surprised to see bottle caps were the new currency. She was relieved to see the paper money she got from that suitcase earlier still had some value at least even if only as a trade item.
Ferna next picked up the rifle one of the raiders had been holding. It wasn't in the best of shape but she had found one in a cabinet earlier and knew she could use it to make some repairs. "Speaking of which." Ferna said to herself as she looked around.
She used a table in one of the nearby bombed out buildings to make some repairs to her guns real quick. She was glad she had taken lessons from Gomez during her free time. Also being assigned as a Pip-Boy Programmer somehow translated into being a general technician for the Vault to everyone. She had even fixed that jukebox Mr. Brotch kept complaining about just before she was forced to leave.
Ferna gave a little laugh to herself as she thought, "Guess he will have to get someone else to fix it again after the lockdown is lifted." She saw one of the guards had shot it during the radroach invasion. She shook her head at that again. She never thought a vault would suffer from a radroach invasion.
Once she had made some quick repairs she finally made her way to Megaton... after going through a few more houses. She had strayed a little from her course when she saw an intact house. She was surprised when she found out a lady lived in it. She figured if these raiders were in the area no one would want to live there.
Ferna was further surprised when the lady, Silver was her name, asked if she was there to collect money for Moriarty. Ferna dryly said, "Just give me the caps and I'll tell him you're dead."
Apparently Silver didn't pick up on the dry response and forked over a sack of 300 caps. Ferna managed to hide her shock and just went along with it. She really had no idea who this Moriarty was, but decided she would be careful not to borrow any money from him, if she ever crossed his path.
Ferna almost made it to Megaton finally, but when she was on top of a hill she saw some more buildings in the area including what looked like a Super Market. She turned her blue eyes to Megaton, which was just a few yards away now, and looked at it for a few seconds. She decided it wouldn't go anywhere and so she made her way to the Super Market which was maybe two or three miles away from her.
As she made her way to the super market, she felt a little guilty not looking for her dad right away but then decided, "Screw him! He left me in the Vault to take the blame for his actions. I will find him later." She really would have been more adamant about her quest for her dad, but there was a whole wasteland of a world to explore right in front of her eyes and all of the locked boxes she could pick.
Ferna made her way to the Super-Duper Mart and started to pick up another radio signal on her Pip-Boy. It was weak and a little staticy at first, but the music choice was much livelier. As she closed in on the store she crouched down after hearing some gun fire.
She then heard the pop of a laser beam. She hoped it wasn't just one of those bots again. She really would like another laser pistol to repair the one she "found" in the Vault during her escape, it wasn't her fault it was just locked away. Ferna got close enough and pulled out the rifle and frowned when she saw it was just one of those bots again and a few raiders.
She silently cheered when the bot killed one of them. A shot after that though blew it up. The three remaining raiders gave a little cheer on their victory. Ferna let out a shot with the rifle and brought one raider's celebration to a messy end. The remaining raiders started looking around for a possible sniper.
Ferna crept forward a little more and used VATS to line up three more shots which would be all it could use before it had to recharge some. The first shot missed and the second one clipped the raider but the third one hit and took off his head.
The last Raider was another one of those melee ones. Ferna simply switched to her pistol again real quick and took a few shots killing her before the female managed to get in close enough to actually hit the former vault dweller. Ferna really wondered what the point was to use a melee weapon when there were plenty of guns instead, but she supposed it was a "To each their own" kind of things.
When she made it to the front of the store Ferna felt a little angry as she saw two settlers dead bodies and a third one was being eaten by a pack of dogs. Ferna's Blue eyes widened and she quickly brought out her 10mm pistol and hoped into VATS and took several shots killing the last of the three dogs right as it jumped into her face.
Ferna was glad to be wearing her security helmet again. She didn't like the thought of having irradiated dog guts in her hair. She wiped several of the bits off her "borrowed" uniform. She then went to looting the bodies of the raiders, and the settlers. They wouldn't need whatever they had on them now. She noticed her inventory was close to exceeding her carry weight though.
She stopped her looting and looked around the area for a covered place. She wasn't about to enter a building she didn't know about for what she was about to do. She decided the bus was her best bet. She just hoped no one came by and thought it fun to shoot the tank with the nuclear symbol on it.
Once inside she grimaced as she kicked aside some burned bones. She then took off her Security armor and used a couple of the extras to repair it. She was really thankful the windows were heavily tinted. She didn't have to imagine much about what would happen if someone came by and saw a clean girl with a nice figure in only her underwear bent over something.
She finished her repairs and headed inside the market store carefully. She soon heard a few loud voices complaining about a door none of them could get into because they forgot the password.
Ferna crept close to the door way and quickly got behind the wall and then looked to her left and saw some ammo boxes. She smiled and dumped the entire contents in to her inventory and was happy to see a large assortment of ammo and a few grenades. "Bingo!" she said to herself quietly.
Ferna waited until two of the raiders came close to her and then she rolled out three hand grenades which exploded and killed both but also got the others attention. Ferna grimaced as she realized her excitement at using explosives was a bit of a bad idea. When she saw one coming her way with a flame thrower she growled at herself before using VATS.
She lined up three headshots only realizing too late the girl was wearing a welding mask. Ferna had to jump back as a spout of flame came her way. She then shot the fire happy raider girl in the chest three times before she finally dropped.
Ferna got back behind cover as several rapid fire shots hit the wall next to her. Ferna had two thoughts go through her mind at that moment. The first was, "Shit… They have an assault rifle." The second was, "They have an assault rifle that can become mine!"
She decided to focus on the second thought more. She decided to pull out her poor conditioned laser pistol. She closed her eyes and then opened them and fired three shots in VATS at the Assault rifle raider. The first shot turned him to ash. Ferna decided she really preferred energy weapons if she could get results like that, but also wished never to be on the receiving end of such a weapon.
Ferna aimed to her right as she saw two melee raiders heading for her. The first actually got close enough to swing at her and land a couple of hits before she dodged backwards and shot him with her laser pistol right in the head. She then shot the second one three times in the chest through VATS because the accuracy for head-shots was too, something she would try to fix when she had time.
Ferna frowned as she put her laser pistol away. It was almost kaput after the usage. She did however smile when she picked up the assault rifle in decent condition with plenty of ammo. She crouched back down and knew she had maybe three or four more raiders left to kill.
She then looked up and noticed there were a couple of security turrets on the ceiling currently deactivated. They were obviously there back before the bombs fell too. She wasn't sure why a super market would need security turrets but it was something she could use. She saw the security terminal in the office but there wasn't any glass dividing it from the market anymore.
Ferna made her way over quietly to the office and once she was along the wall she somewhat quietly hopped over it. Once she was crouched in front of the terminal she put her Pip-Boy Programmer skills to use. She was surprised how easy these computers were to get into compared to a Pip-Boy. In little time, she found the password for the admin. It was "boobies". She just rolled her eyes and thought it must have been a miracle they forgot such a password.
She turned on the turrets and smiled as she noticed she could also unlock that door they were talking about earlier. She also sighed when she saw the raiders' network name was "Fuk_U_lol". She guessed it shouldn't have surprised her since the password was "boobies" after all. She simply cleared away the targeting parameters except for other turrets and havoc was unleashed as she noticed more turrets pop up red on her HUD display.
A stream of curses later and yells of pain and the Super-Duper Mart was cleared of raiders. She then made her way into the locked room and took everything she could and knew would be worth something. Her most surprising find was a mini nuke. "Why the hell would a super market have a mini nuke?!" Ferna shouted out loud in surprise.
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Once she had her haul she went to turn off the turrets and make her way to Megaton finally… For real this time… Right as she was about to turn off the turrets she heard an intercom call next to her. She decided it might be good to leave the turrets on a bit longer.
The voice on the other end kept going on about the secret pass phrase and then got frustrated and shouted at the intercom. "Why the fucking Hell isn't anyone answering! You think this is funny? How much will you be laughing when I ram my missile launcher up your sorry ass!"
Ferna gave a nervous laugh and said to the intercom, "Ummm… They're dead…"
"Who the fuck?! Alright everybody get ready to kill!" The voice said.
Ferna slowly backed into the room and activated the Protectron's tube and activate it. She figured the thing would be so slow that it would be out there just in time to maybe deliver the last blow. As soon as she turned it on she heard the turrets start up and heard a yell "That stupid bitch is so dead!"
Another voice said, "Why they Hell does a super market have security turrets?!"
Ferna couldn't help but shout, "That's what I thought!" She then ducked out of sight and around the corner just as a missile flew right pass where she was.
She soon heard a few raiders die as they destroyed the first line of turrets. They gave a shout of triumph and took a couple of steps forward just into the second line' shooting range. "Seriously?! Why the hell does a grocery store have security turrets?!" A female shouted.
It took some time but finally there were just two raiders left, the boss guy and another one. They both laughed and the boss shouted, "Alright bitch you're out of turrets now so face us like a man!"
Ferna rolled her eyes as she said nonchalantly, "But I'm not a man…"
The boss was about to retort but instead they heard a mechanical voice say, "Intruder alert! Prepare to be forcibly removed!"
"Damn bitch!" He seemed to be out of missiles because Ferna watched him try to use a rusty lead pipe to destroy the Protectron. The other raider was using his bare hands. Ferna watched as the two finally beat the robot and cheer even though they were both covered in burns and cuts with holes in their armor.
"Ha! Take that girlie!" The boss said with a chuckle and a sneer.
Ferna simply stood up, walked a little closer and pulled out her assault rifle. "Fucking Shit!" The second raider said as the boss just sighed and accepted his death as Ferna shot him with a burst before then shooting the other raider as well.
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Ferna was smiling as she finally came to Megaton's gate. She had made a great haul at the Super-Duper Mart. She laughed to herself as she saw a tattered flyer that read, "From Groceries to Electronics, gardening supplies to home décor, Super-Duper Mart has it all!"
"Yep it really does," she said to herself. She still didn't know why it had a mini nuke and a cash register with a laser pistol and lots of ammo though. She also managed to repair her armor some more and fix up her laser pistol. She was thinking about finding a work bench and maybe playing with it a little bit to improve it and give it a name.
The raiders also had a good haul of weapons on their persons as well. She took a missile launcher, a mini-gun, and a flamer. These guns weren't really her thing, but she decided she might keep them for herself anyways just in case she wants to play with bigger guns later.
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As Ferna began her journey to Super-Duper Mart, Alice and Cheshire had managed to fight off some really large furless rat things. The things were huge and fast when they actually charged. Alice's injured shoulder forced her to fight with her left hand some instead of just her right hand. This made the battle last longer than it should have she thought.
After that the two saw three more of those ruffians gathered together, Alice crept close and popped up to throw several of her cards at once. She took out two while Cheshire took out the big guy with some heavy looking metal gun.
Alice looked the thing over and puzzled over it as Cheshire prodded the other two dead guys with a paw. She oddly found the thing intriguing and decided she would take it with her and give it a try once she had visited the clinic in this Metal town in front of them. She "stored" it along with the ammo.
The two then found some other gun that seemed to be much more deadly than other guns they had seen apart from the gun the guy Cheshire took out had. They found more bottle caps as well. This caused Alice to giggle.
"What is amusing you so much Aliceeee?" Cheshire asked in a purr.
"You don't think its funny all of these grown men and women collecting bottle caps? I know I have been doing so, but I am hardly normal for a girl my age." Alice said.
Cheshire gave a laugh as well to that. "When you put it that way I guess you are right Alice. I figured it might been seen as a currency in this place." Alice pondered that but didn't say anything as they continued looking through the little camp.
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Once the duo had their choice goods, they found what looked like a major road and some odd looking cow thing with a large pack on it. Alice wouldn't have spared it a second glance but then she noticed it had two heads. Alice blinked and then pointed it out to Cheshire, who just nodded.
Alice walked up and said, "Excuse me sir… Does that cow really have two heads?"
The man at the front was a little below average height, but still a bit taller than Alice. He was bald with glasses and wore a grimy business suit. He just turned to look at the girl for a minute, and said, "Surely you have seen a Brahmin before. Girl."
She was now looking at the cow creature from different angles almost like a curious child. "What does it do sir?"
"Well it holds the pack for my special wares of the chemical variety along with some medical supplies." The man said. He had feeling we would be make some business with her soon.
"Ohhh? That could come in handy out here. Do you think you could tell me little about these items I have found during my recent travels?" Alice said as she gave her shoulder a little squeeze hoping to lessen the pain for a little bit.
"So you are here to talk business? I am Doc Hoff but most call me 'The Good Doctor'. Well little miss let's see what 'The Good Doctor' has in his magic bag for you." The medicine sales man said.
"I am Alice Liddell. I think I will just call you Doc Hoff if you don't mind. No offense to your nickname I just have my own reasons for not using such a name." Alice said as she counted out how many caps she had, and hoped to trade some of the items she had collected as well.
"As long as you are willing to trade and have caps to spend you may call me whatever you want Alice. Just don't call me Crod." He gave a smile and said, "I have my own reasons for that."
Alice gave a little giggle and she shifted her position some but once again grabbed her injured shoulder for a little bit. Doc Hoff took notice but said nothing. He was ready for some business.
"I hope you don't mind helping me out here with the values of my items a bit. I am sort of new here and haven't much a clue to their cost." She titled her head ever so slightly and lowered her eyelids ever so much while giving the man a coy smile.
'The Good Doctor' usually took advantage of new people in the Capital Wasteland, but not too much. However with Alice here he decided to actually be fair with her to a certain degree, after all he had to run a business and good caravan guards weren't cheap. "I usually don't go out of my way like this but there is something about you Alice, so I will do what I can."
Alice gave him a thankful smile and the two got down to business. Every so often Alice would wince when she stretched her injured shoulder or gave it a swift squeeze. She really wanted to give herself a shot of Med-X but she figured it would be bad form to do so in front of people she didn't really know.
Doc Hoff gave a half frown as he saw Alice squeeze her shoulder again. "Are you alright darling?" He usually didn't get so informal but doing business with Alice had been interesting and mutually beneficial so he had warmed up to her a little bit.
"Yes. I have some painkiller I will take later. That sword wielding ruffian woman really got me after Cheshire and I took out her group. I will be fine." Alice blushed a little as she asked, "Do you happen to have some Med-X on you Good sir?" Cheshire gave a slight frown but it was barely noticeable.
Doc Hoff gave a sigh and was about to sell her some but changed his mind. He usually didn't mind addicts, they were some of his best customers. However, despite his cynicism, he thought to make a small difference here for Alice. "How long have been taking it?"
"A few hours now maybe. I had to give myself some extra when we had to fight some rat things and ruffians on the way here. My Vorpal Blade, while effective, does take a toll when used. Why do you ask?" She answered.
"Dear Girl you look like you are about to pass out at any moment. Med-X while efficient is only a short term solution and pretty addictive. Not to mention it only keeps you from feeling the pain and nothing more." The Doc said with a stern look.
Alice looked at the ground and shuffled her feet a little bit. "No, you need to go to the Megaton Clinic and get proper attention. I fear not even a stimpak will do you much good after all of that."
He turned to his caravan guard and asked her. "Do you mind if she joins us for the rest of the trip? I will pay you a little extra if need be."
The guard gave a small smile and said, "I don't mind. It isn't that far anyways, so I won't charge you any extra." Doc Hoff raised an eyebrow. He guessed even the usually stoic woman had taken a small liking to Alice, and all of her curious questions while they did business.
"Come with us Alice. However, once we get to Megaton it might be best if your cat here stays relatively out of sight the first few times you visit there. 'Sheriff' Simms is very cautious of new comers, and rightly so."
Alice blinked a few times but followed as the caravan made their way down the road. Cheshire gave a low barely audible chuckle as he quietly said to Alice, "Seems Bumby's lessons in 'social etiquette' weren't so bad after all." Alice gave him a glare but then winced as her shoulder acted up again.
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Alice and Doc Hoff enjoyed their journey at first, but finally Alice collapsed to the pain in her shoulder about half a mile from Megaton. The Doc gave a "tsk" and hefted her onto the pack Brahmin's back with the help of his guard.
Once they were at the entrance Lucas Simms the town's Sheriff came out to help Doc Hoff carry her to the clinic. He had heard the lookout shout to him about the group.
Cheshire had made himself scarce, but he wasn't too far from the town and as always he was right there if Alice needed him. She only needed to call his name. After a little time he saw a red haired girl about Alice's age wearing some kind of armor enter the city. He wasn't sure but he had a feeling they would learn plenty about her soon enough.
Ferna Level 2! Gun Nut (Rank 1): You have always had a thing for guns and really found them enjoyable; in fact some would say you think them erotic. Nevertheless you have a good understanding of conventional firearms and know how to maintain them. Each rank grants +5 small guns and +5 Repair. (3 possible ranks).
Alice Level 2! Seduction: "Well, well it seems all of that 'Training' Bumby put you through has managed to pay off somewhat Alice." Alice has always had a certain natural allure. Bumby's plan to use her as a high class prostitute for his 'preferred' clients, has enhanced this part of her greatly. Alice gains +10% damage to both sexes and sometimes gets unique dialogue options with certain people. Just don't make the mistake of asking her what her price is for a "screw".