Fallout 3
Chapter 2: Welcome to Goodsprings
Disclaimer: I do not own Fallout, I do own Drake Sheppard's name, Bill Nest, and Officer Nest.
Drake jumped off the car and saw several settlers firing Varmint Rifles, Single Shotguns, and .375 Magnum Revolvers. On the opposite side of the town he saw a group of men dressed in blue uniforms, flak uniforms, and some shirtless uniform all bearing the letters NCRCF on the back of the shirts.
"Let them eat lead!" Drake's armor called. He had forgotten about its onboard enemy detection system. Due to the area the entire town heard it over the gunfire and the eyes of the settlers and Powder Gangers fell on Drake.
"That fucker is Brotherhood! Kill him!" one of the gangers screamed. Just then Fawkes pulled his Gatling Laser and started firing on the gangers, one fell and Fawkes began to scream "Ha-ha to fun!" Dogmeat ran to attack a ganger and Drake drew his Tri-beam and began to fire. A woman clad in leather armor, firing a Varmint Rifle, came up next to Drake "Where you from?" she asked.
"First tell me who you are." Drake responded. "Sunny Smiles, welcome to Goodsprings, for what its worth." She told him "Drake Sheppard, and thanks." Drake began to joke.
Out of the corner of his eye Drake saw a crate that said TNT on the front. "Dynamite?" Drake asked Sunny "Help yourself, if you know how to use it." She responded.
Drake rushed to the crate and pulled out a stick and a lighter, he lit the dynamite and threw it straight at a group of Powder Gangers. It exploded taking 5 gangers with it.
"Nice toss." Sunny exclaimed with bewilderment "Last person who was that good with dynamite was Kara." Drake nearly tripped upon hearing the name "KARA? YOU KNOW HER? WHERE IS SHE?" Drake began to yell.
"Talk later, shoot now!" Sunny called back as a grenade came flying towards another dog "DOGMEAT GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Drake called, but the dog did not respond. Drake dashed towards the dog moved it out of the way but took the grenade straight to the back and fell unconscious.
Drake awoke in a bed inside an old house with Fawkes, Dogmeat, Sunny, an old man he did not recognize, and another dog. "What happened?" Drake queried. "You took a grenade saving Cheyenne from the grenade." Sunny replied seeming extremely grateful. "Cheyenne?" Drake asked. Sunny pointed to the dog by her side and Drake saw it was female and NOT Dogmeat. "Oh, I thought that it was Dogmeat." Drake said looking guilty. "Nonetheless, you saved her so I owe you and I recall you wanted to know where Kara is." Sunny responded. "YES!" Drake exclaimed, Sunny's face became grim "Well no one really knows. After the 2nd battle for the Hoover Dam that she helped the NCR win she went after some radio signal she has been missing for an hour but…" Sunny stopped afraid of Drake's reaction "Where is the signal?" Drake asked. "I don't know, but I bet that Pip-Boy on your wrist DOES." Sunny responded.
Drake pulled his Pip-Boy up to his face and clicked on the Data button and saw a broadcast on his radio section titled "Sierra Madre broadcast". "Well I have a new mission." Drake said and smirked. "Well your going to need gear, your armor and rifle were destroyed in the explosion." Sunny explained. For the first time since he came to, Drake noticed he was in his track suit and the Tri-Beam was on the table snapped in two. "I have an extra gun, I just need armor." Drake said pulling his beloved Metal Blaster from his bag. "I can set you up with that." the old man said "Names Doc Mitchell by the way.", "Drake Sheppard." Drake said as he shook hands with Doc Mitchell.
Doc Mitchell went into the back room and came back with some sort of Leather Armor. "This here is Reinforced Leather Armor, much more protective than your run-of-the-mill Leather Armor." Mitchell said triumphantly. Drake took it with a smile on his face "Fawkes I have a bad feeling about this Sierra Madre, I want you and Dogmeat to stay here in Goodsprings, help rebuild the town." Drake said his expression becoming grim "If you insist my friend." Fawkes said sadly and Dogmeat whined. "Don't worry I'll be back before Three Dog can say GNR." Drake said, his humor returning to him.
Before nightfall Drake had left the town and arrived at Nipton. Drake saw flames rising from the town and stopped in his tracks looking around for what may have caused this. "What in the world?" Drake asked himself "This is what happens to degenerates." A voice from behind stated. Drake turned to see a man in red armor with a fox head hat. "And you are?" Drake queried "Lulus of Caesar's Legion." Lulus said proudly. Drake frowned "Oh so you are one of those slaving assholes are you?" Drake asked with a smirk tugging at his mouth "How dare you?" Lulus exclaimed. Drake lost it "HOW DARE I? HOW DARE I? HOW FUCKING DARE YOU ENSLAVING PEOPLE? HUH?" Drake screamed and Lulus simply pulled his 12.7 mm Submachine Gun out and pointed it at Drake however Drake pulled out his Plasma Pistol and reduced Lulus to a puddle of goo.
Drake continued walking until he reached Novac where a man in an armored NCR uniform, a beret, and had a scoped Hunting Rifle strapped to his back stood at the entrance. "Who are you?" the man asked Drake "Drake Sheppard, and you are?" Drake retorted "Craig Boone, I heard you were looking for my friend Kara. Why?" Boone asked looking suspicious. "She happens to be my sister friend." Drake retorted once again. "Sister? I didn't know she had a brother." Boone responded "I don't think she did either. Why do you care?" Drake asked "I traveled with her, listen take her room for the night it's the best I can do." Boone said.
The next morning Drake found where the broadcast originated from, an abandoned Brotherhood of Steel bunker and emerging from that bunker was a blue Super Mutant with the word Dog carved into his chest and a young blonde woman slung over his shoulder. The mutant saw Drake and before anything could happen it knocked him to the ground unconscious and Drake woke up beneath a blood red cloud.