If you read my old version of this story you know Rennans answer but I'll have quite a bit of difference towards plot after this. Also I reread my first chapter after posting it like a doofus only then to realize the mistakes so hopefully this one will be better. Please post your critiques and thoughts in the reviews thank you.
Disclaimer: I do not own fallout in any shape or form. All rights go to Bethesda and their respective owners.
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I stared at her astonished. She didn't even know me and yet she wants me to travel with her? I furrowed my brow thinking if this was a good idea. They obviously didn't intend to kill me, even with full strength the ghoul could probably take me out.
My thoughts turned to my current life underground, which wasn't very appealing to begin with. The molerats had suddenly vanished a few days ago cutting me off from my already meager food supply. Hunger had forced me to try and steal food from raiders only to be spotted and chased here. Without food I would starve in only a few days.
I looked back up to her, she was waiting patiently for a answer. My tail swished back and forth in thought. With a defeated sigh I nodded, her smile widened showing extremely white teeth.
"Alright then." She declared "Onward with our quest! And who knows maybe we'll figure out what you are along the way?" and with that she started walking towards the tunnel I had run out of. Charon, I believed his name was, only mumbled in response.
I could barely make out something along the lines of 'damn smoothskin.' From under the ghouls breathe. I sighed once more 'I'm going to regret this aren't I.'
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'I hate being right thought' was the only thought in my head as I looked up at a face only a mother could love. Not two minutes after we left the tunnel had webeen caught up in the middle of a battle. The raiders I had attempted to steal from earlier were being attacked by two super mutants from across the river. Now this wouldn't have been a problem if a mirelurk hadn't come out of nowhere only to ram and throw me two feet from one of the raiders.
The raider looked at me, astonished, from the cover of a dilapidated wreck of a car. He raised the barrel of his shot gun to my face. Acting on impulse I rolled away from the gun just in time to dodge a face full of lead pellets. Now on all fours I launched myself towards the confused man. Sinking my claws into his shoulder and knocking him to the ground, pulling out one hand I swiped my talons through his throat with ease. The raider gurgled before lying still.
Then the car's engine caught fire.
Why you may ask? Well for unknown reasons the wasteland hates me, that's why.
I scrambled hoping to put enough distance between me and the car. Bullets whizzed past my head as I dove for cover behind an old bus. The resulting boom drowned out the gunfire and yells. The shockwave caused the bus to tilt and come to rest again. A dull ringing filled my ears as I felt someone grab my arm and pull me up I looked around, pain lancing through my head, only to see blurry blobs of grey and blue. But as my vision straightened and hearing returned I saw that the blue blur was Ava trying to help me up. I stood up quickly, the sound of gunfire returned except now there were fewer and less frequent.
"Are you okay?" Ava asked worry in her eyes, I simply nodded. With that she turned back to the battle at hand. The super mutants having killed the raiders with the explosion turned their attention to us. Though they looked battered already they looked giddy to shoot at a new target. One had a minigun that looked like it could fall apart any second, the other brandished a assault rifle that looked almost comical held in his huge hands. Charons shotgun may have been useful up close but too far away and you might as well throw rocks instead. Ava handed him something and she resumed shooting at them from behind the bus. Charon chucked said something across the river, the strange cylinder arching through the air and landing next to the minigun super mutant's foot. The tin can suddenly exploded in a blue fiery ball of death blowing the mutants leg apart and catching fire to the other one.
He started screaming and firing randomly trying to put the fire out. The familiar sound of a frag grenade echoed through to scene as the super mutants side exploded. His body fell over the edge of the wall and fell into the river as the fire snuffed out with a hiss.
I looked over at the ghoul then to Ava amazed. "What the hell was that!" I asked feeling a pang of worry as she smiled.
"That, my strange new friend, was a Nuka grenade. I bought the schematics a while back off a traveling merchant." She reached behind her and brought out another one. The rusted tin can had a thick wire hanging down off of it and formed into a loop. A large paper label that read 'Nuka' in bold letters stretched across its surface. "Its uses Nuka cola quantum as the main ingredient." She bolstered proudly and tucked it away. " but since the damn things are so rare I hardly ever use them. In fact I have a friend back in megaton trying to see if she can make more."
Megaton. That's where were going, when I found out I argued that they wouldn't let me in because of my appearance. She said that wouldn't be a problem and that the sheriff owed her a favor anyway. I hoped she was right, I really don't want to travel all the way out there just to get shot in the head at the gate.
"I suggest me get moveing, I'm sure that explosions going to attract attention." Rasped out a gravely voice that made me jump. I turned to see Charon looking back at us shotgun holstered. It was the first time I had heard him openly talk since meeting him. Ava nodded and rushed towards the bodies takeing any weapon that seemed usable I searched as well but instead for armor to wear seeing nothing that would do much good I started slicing off the better pieces from the corpses and throwing them in a satchel bag one was carrying, I'd just make some later. With the bag full of bits of leather and metal I returned to the group who were now carrying several busted and beaten weapons, and we started off down the street.
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After we passed the super duper mart we had climbed a hill to megaton.
Megaton a true testament to civilization in the waste they had taken a hole in the ground and built around it. The walls of scrap and plane parts towered over us menacingly and the gate stood closed. Ava had gone inside half an hour ago to talk with someone named Lucas Simms who I assumed was the towns leader. Charon stood next to me as I sat on a rock listening to the robot drawl in a horrible southern accent. The thing made me uneasy as the servos whirred and the faint beeps sounded from it. I didn't like it at all in fact I didn't like robots in general they brought up bad memories.
Before I could dwell on the subject any longer I heard the jett engine start up and the gears and pulleys groan as the two wings that acted as the gate to megaton slowly opened. When the noise died down I could hear a deep voice echo from the entrance.
"I need to see this for myself girl, even with all your stories this seems a little farfetched." A dark skinned man dressed in a leather duster and cowboy hat stepped out with a chinnesse assault rifle strapped to his back. He was talking to Ava who had dropped off the loot they had salvaged from the fight somewhere. She simply pointed to me with a smug look on her face as he turned. His eyes met mine as I swished my tail around nervously.
He turned back towards Ava a surprised looked etched across his face. "Alright fine he's real, but that flying deathclaw story is bull." He turned back to me and walked over. He stuck his hand out as if to shake it but when I clicked my claws together he decided against it. "well hello there my names Lucas Simms sheriff of megaton and if need be mayor to. Now I understand that your not going to hurt anybody in my town. Right?" he looked at me skeptically. I simply nodded, sure that if I talked that I'd screw this up. He seemed to cheer up a little and hinted at a smirk. "You got a name son?"
"Rennan."
"Well then rennan if you don't break any rules then we wont have a problem. Oh and don't mind the bomb." He grinned before turning towards Charon and giving him the same speech.
I got up and walked over to Ava glaring at the protectatron as I passed it. Ava was grinning having heard the conversation. Soon Charon joined us with Simms in tow. "doesn't talk much does he?" he questioned Ava, who replied with a shake of her head.
"Thanks Simms we'll behave." She said joyfully before heading back inside. I followed after her wondering what he meant about a bomb? As we entered I was struck by the sight of several scrap houses and walk ways around a large crater. several people glanced in our dirrection some stares lingered on me but quickly made on there way. The ground was peppered with metal boards acting as stares leading to a pool of water that held a atom bomb.
Oh. That bomb.
I pointed to said contraption of death. "Is that a nuke?" I asked voice a little wavery and confused as to why anyone would build a town around a bomb.
"Yup, and I got to tinker with it when I got here, not as complicated as you'd think though. Don't worry I deactivated it." Ava said boastfuly. That only put me slightly at ease but simply nodded.
"Well let me show you my house." She smiled. Charon only eyed the bomb for a few seconds before giving a grunt.
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Turns out her house was right next to the gate. The small stilted structure held a plethora of odds and ends rangeing from vault tec bobble heads to strange guns made from junk. All in all it was a nice house.
Just one problem.
"Good morning madam how are you this fine evening?" asked the tinny voice in some strange cheery accent.
"Oh and I see you've brought guests. I am wadsworth, robotic butler at your service. Im sorry for the mess gentlemen but madam seems to enjoy living in clutter." I simply glared at the mechanical squid. He jetted off going back to work sorting the strange objects and muttering something about storage space.
"So." I began. "This is your house huh? Whats with all the junk?" still looking around, from where I stood I could see the top floor held a nuka cola machine and two more bottom floor thought held three sets of locker a work bench, With something half finished on it, a couch by the stairs and some sort of computer station I suspected was for the robot. Next to the workbench was a metal stand that held several bobble heads. In the back of the main room was a small kitchen with a sink some shelves and a fridge.
"Its not junk its loot." She replied motioning me to follow her upstairs.
It wasn't perfect but it was certainly better than the storage closet I slept in.
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There you have it shouldn't have tooken this long to wright. But things came up like sleep and video games. Tell me what you think of it in the reviews thank you.
