chapter 2 shooting and taking tests

Italics are going to be used when people are thinking something to themselves


Brian thought about the poem for a second but then continued down the hallway to the reactor level, he proceeded down the stairs and then left to the reactor where hew saw Jonas patiently waiting. Brian entered the room and walked over to him, " Hey there young man, I thought kids weren't allowed down on the reactor level" Jonas jokingly said, " What, what are you talking about Jonas my dad just 3 minutes ago told me to come down over here." Brian protested, " Alright, alright fine you are supposed to be here, now if you could wait one second i'm sure your father will be here soon." " Okay" Brian walked over the the wall of the reactor chamber and leaned against it looking at various things on his pipboy while waiting for his father to arrive, " Wow this thing has one giant map, I wonder what could fill all that space" Brian thought out loud, " Stuff you don't want to know about, believe me" Jonas whispered so faintly Brian couldn't hear it. Just then James came down into the room and walked over to Brian interupting him from looking at the pipboy 3000's various settings and dials, " Hey son are you ready for your surprise?" " Yeah but why are down here on the reactor level?" Brian asked, " Follow me and I'll show you"

Brian then followed his dad into one of the doors off the side of the main reactor into a storage room that had three metal targets at the far end which when shot spin around reseting itself automatically, " Here it is, your own BB gun" James said hand his son the bb gun, " I figure if your old enough for the overseer's assignments your old enough to have this" " Thanks Dad, but how did you get this, I mean it isn't like there's a BB gun store around here?" Brian asked, " Well me a Jonas found the body of the gun laying down here about two months ago, it was in really bad condition and falling apart, then we scrounged up different piece of metal for the barrel and the cocking mechanism, the hardest part was the spring but we eventually found one of Butch's "misplaced" switchblades, and now you can come down to the reactor level to shoot it whenever you want." Brian looked at the BB gun in his hands, " Thanks again dad this is really great"

Brian then walked over to the crate seperating him from the tartets he then held up the barrel of the gun to level it with the sights of the BB gun steadied his breathing, and took the shot at the very far target to the right, he missed, wow I guess I really do need to practice, Brian lined up the same shot but held the gun still in his hands, Just after he fired a ping was heard and the sound of sliding metal, yes I got it. He then did the same thing for the other two targets on the left, then out of nowhere an oversized cockroach made it's way to floor directly in front of the targets, " Oh it's a radroach, son see if you can get that with your BB gun." Brian smiled and lined up another shot and fired right into one of the radroach's eyes, half of the radroach's face completely caved in and yellow blood and green puss poured out. " Good job son! Jonas come get get a picture of me with the big game hunter, capture the moment." Brian smiled to the camera This is the best day ever, FLASH more whight light, so bright.


6 YEARS LATER

"Come on do i really have to take this stupid test, I feel sick, really" Brian complained, " Yes you do have to take the G.O.A.T, and I know you arent sick you you can give up on that try" James told his son. " But, but, I have uhhh..." Brian slumped over knowing when he was defeated, " Fine what exactly is the GOAT anyway" Brian asked " The Generalized Occupational Aptitude Test or G.O.A.T for short, it help to see what sort of job you'll be serving the community with when you grow up" James answered " Go on now you've got a G.O.A.T to take" " Alright, alright i'm going" Brian said as he left the clinic, If you ask me I think the G.O.A.T is going to be complete batshit, Brian continued to turn right to go down another bland grey hall when he saw Butch's gang, the Tunnel Snakes harassing Amata, What the fuck are those shitholes doing now. Brian walked over to butch " Hey Butch what the hell are you doing?" " Why don't you just go away it's none of your damn business" Butch said, " Actually its going to be my damn business when I shove my boot up your sorry and your trying to grt it out without crying." Brian threatned " Okay princess you better run along before we fuck up your little girlfriend over here" Brian held back his anger and started again " If you don't stop right now and leave her alone, I'll deal with you myself" Brian threatened again " You got shit in ears I told you to screw off, oh and I like to see you try and fightws augh" Butch was cutt off by Brian punching him directly on his face, Butch was bleeding from the nose and mouth, he then then spit out one of his teeth and yelled " Guys beat some sense into this shitsack" Just then Wally Mack and Paul Hannon Jr. rushed over to Brian, he threw a few punches hitting Wally in the ribs and Pual in the stomach but they outnumbered him, they got on either side of brian both punched hard in the gut and ribs, Brian grinded his teeth from pain, Fuck this hurts, he rushed and threw himself toward Wally tackling him and they both fell brian sat up and punched Wally's face over and over until Paul pulled him off kicked his side and stepped on his chest, Wally had trouble seeing as his eyes were swollen and he was bleeding and crying at the same time, Butch came of and helped Wally up then walked over to Brian who was pinned down by Paul and proceeded to punch him in the sides and stomach, " There let that be a lesson, don't mess with the tunnel snakes" With that butch and his gang walked into class, Amata came over from the wall and helped Brian get up, " Are you okay, those everyday assholes are starting to turn into criminals" " No shit, yeah I'm fine" Brian replied wiping some blood from his mouth and fully standing up " Listen, thanks for getting rid of them, I owe you one" then she walked into the classroom and brian followed.

" Once everyone has managed to find the classroom please take your seat and get prepared" the vault teacher announced, Brian sat in the third chair from the front on the right side of the classroom apon entry, after everyone was seated and ready handed out the papers to start the G.O.A.T.

Question # 1: You are approached by a frenzied vault scientist, who yells, "I'm going to put my quantum harmonizer in your photonic resonation chamber!" What's your response? Brian answered choice number 1/ "But doctor, wouldn't that cause a parabolic destabilization of the fission singularity?"

Question # 2:While working as an intern in the clinic, a patient with a strange infection on his foot stumbles through the door. The infection is spreading at an alarming rate, but the doctor has stepped out for a while. What do you do? "Hmmm I don't know" Brian thought for a second. Choice # 3/Medicate the infected area to the best of your abilities

Question # 3:You discover a young boy lost in the lower levels of the vault. He's hungry and frightened, but also appears to be in possession of stolen property. What do you do? Brian answered choice # 1 Give the boy a hug and tell him everything will be ok

Question # 4:Congratulations! You made one of the Vault 101 baseball teams! Which position do you prefer? Brian wrote in his answer, choice # 3/Designated Hitter

Question # 5:Your Grandmother invites you to tea, but you're surprised when she gives you a pistol and orders you to kill another vault resident. What do you do? Brian thought about this one for a minute, not really having met his grandma. He answered choice #Offer your most prized possession in exchange for the vault resident's life

Question # 6:Old Mr. Abernathy has locked himself in his quarters again, and you've been ordered to get him out. How do you proceed? Brian chose option # 1 Use a bobby pin to pick the lock on the door

Question # 7:Oh no! You've been exposed to radiation, and a mutated hand has grown out of your stomach! What's the best course of treatment? Brian chose answer # 2 Large Doses of anti-mutagen agent, as the others would most likely kill him

Question # 8:A fellow Vault 101 resident is in possession of a Grognak the Barbarian comic book, issue number 1. You want it. Whats the best way to obtain it? Brian chose answer # 4 Slip some knock out drops into the resident's Nuka-Cola, and take the comic book when he's unconscious.

Question # 9:You decide it would be fun to play a prank on your father. You enter his private restroom when no one is looking, and... Brian chose # 1 Loosen some bolts on some pipes. When the sink is turned on, the room will flood

Question # 10:Who is indisputably the most important person in Vault 101: He who shelters us from the harshness of the atomic wasteland, and to whom we owe everything we have, including our lives? Brian chose answer # 3 The Overseer.

"Pencils down people, that was it, the infamous G.O.A.T hopefully most of you didn't find it so bad, for others there always openings in the maintanance department, you can take the rest of the day off, but don't forget to hand in your papers before leaving, you don't want to know what happens to people who fail the G.O.A.T. Brian got up and was still sore, aching, and in pain, he walked over to and handed in his test after a few other people. "Hmm Interesting. "Clinical Test Subject"... sounds like something you should excel at. I guess you and your dad will be working together." deducted, " Oh thats pretty cool I guess I always was interested in medicine" With that Brian turned and left the classroom, stepping back into the dark grey metal hallways he had got accustomed to after 16 years.

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