"Hello, and good morning! You have been in stasis for- NINE NINE NINE- We at Vault-Tec wish you a happy day!" blared the loudspeakers, as Lillow was thawed out of the cryotube. Lillow, dazed and confused, stepped out of the tube.
Although she had a head rush, she quickly recovered and was able to see her surroundings clearly now. She was still in the vault, but now it was different. The paint on the wall was old and peeling, the floors were covered in dirt and dust, and a foul odor faint but still noticeable.
Lillow decided to take off her jumpsuit, as it was much too tight for her liking, and she explored further into the vault. Skeletons lay scattered on the ground, uneaten food rotting on their shelves, and insects covered the vault. Lillow not being able to stand this much longer, made her way to the vault entrance and used a manual override key she found on the Skeleton of the overseer.
The rusty doors still functioned despite their age and condition, and the vault was open for the first time in two centuries. Lillow was shocked to see that the tunnels that she once knew as the subway had a massive hole on the ceiling, and a sizeable amount of rubble underneath.
Lillow made her way up the pile of rubble and was speechless to the sight that presented her. The large, bustling town she once knew as home was now a desolate ghost town, with skeletons and mutated creatures roaming the streets.
Although this was not the town she remembered, she found herself back at the club that she used to work at. The exterior was similar to that of every other building nearby, dirty and unkept, but the interior was relatively intact aside from some holes in the walls from vandals trying to get copper wire. Lillow found her old room, with most of her personal belongings still inside her dresser. The TV however, was busted. She grabbed her old backpack and took what remained of her belongings, leaving the club as a reminder of her past.
Lillow felt that if she wanted to survive here she would have to learn how to communicate with humans, so she went to what was a thrift shop and dug out a book in decent shape. She mouthed the words on paper as best as she could, but this would soon be interrupted by someone behind her.
"Hold still!" He shouted, as a tranquilizer dart flew towards Lillow. She fell to the ground unconscious, unaware to where she was being taken too.