Chapter 4: Ain't That A Kick In The Head

I Don't Own Any Of The Fallout Games, All Rights Go To Bethesda

A/N: Hello and welcome to the next chapter! As I said in the previous story, John will not be going directly to Megaton upon leaving Vault 101. Before I start, I just want to say that I have taken a few suggestions here and there, what I mean is, I have made the paragraphs less as big as they were and whenever someone new speaks, a new paragraph is started. With that being said, I hope you enjoy this chapter! Read on!

One Month Earlier...

Just Outside Vault 101

I was on my way. On my way to, well, wherever my Dad went. I just needed to figure out where he was going. And to do that, I needed to go to the nearest settlement. Of course, I had a few "pit stops", not that I had any control over that. Just sit back, relax and listen to my story of how I was ambushed...

I walked outside of the entrance to Vault 101, just before being blinded. I covered my eyes with my right hand, before getting used to the bright light. As I got used to the light, I put my hand down. Eventually, I was able to see again. Once I could see again, I could see a destroyed frontier in front of me. Complete with radio towers, destroyed buildings, and generally anything else I could see. I began to move, as I took off the Vault Security Helmet that I had been wearing. I walked downwards, away from the door to the Vault 101 Entrance Tunnel, until I came to a path in between the small cliffside, leading to what I assumed had once been a road. I began walking down the pavement, following the old road's path.

Eventually, it took me to a path into what looked like to be an old residential area. I stopped walking, stopping at a destroyed automobile. God damn. Where the hell am I going to find Dad? I scanned my horizon. In the area to the northeast, behind a old water tower, I saw what looked like to be a walled settlement. I guess I should start there, I thought. But first, I go through that old residential area. Scavenge for any items that could be of use to me. As I began to move again, I began to hear what sounded like a gruff voice speaking. I turned my head to the left, but saw nothing. Then, I turned my head to the right. Nothing. I began to walk again, when suddenly, everything went black.

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Sometime Later...

I began to come around, as the same gruff voice had awakened me. "Wow, human had nothin' on 'im!" the voice said. "Look this! Jumpsuits, leather jacket, old rifle, a baton, Med-X, eleven damned Stimpaks, a rock, a glove to catch rock, a doll, pins and paper!"

A new voice entered the conversation. "They not dolls. They action figures." the person said, with almost the same gruff voice.

"Agh! Why you sound like human talkin'? We no humans! You speaked like human! Maybe I rip off ugly face and find human, eh?" the first voice said.

"No chance! Look at bright side, he had gun and bat to hit rocks!" the second voice exclaimed.

"Yes! New gun to collection!" the first voice shouted.

I began to try to move my hands, which were very poorly tied together. I was able to get out of my ropes while my captors were distracted with going through my things. Once I was free from my ropes, I looked to my right, to see a Rifle resting against a rock. I reached for the Rifle, but I didn't get very far. One of them let out a grunt of surprise and my right forearm was forced to the ground. One of them had stepped on my arm. I looked up at my captors, to see they were both gigantic and green skinned. What the hell are you?

"Hello, human." the monster towering over me said. The other monster stepped forword. "Why don't you let human person do this?" it asked. It stepped up to me. "That's some useless stuff you got." it said. "But some of it good. Can tell you aren't from around here. Kinda feel sorry you got caught up in this. Hey, business, business." The other monster handed him the baseball bat. The monster standing in front of me turned to face me, before hitting me in the head with the bat. And that was that, everything went black.

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Four Days Later...

I finally came around, not remembering what had happened. I had woken up in someone's bed, I thought for a minute that it might be my bed, and the whole thing was just a nightmare. But that wasn't the case.

"Well, you're alive." I heard a female voice speak, the voice coming from my left. Upon hearing the voice, I lurched upwards, attempting to get up out of the bed. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! Calm down, my friend. Go easy on yourself." Whoever was to my left reached out and grabbed me, helping me sit up. I was kind of glad she did, as my vision blurred as I had moved too fast.

"You've been out cold for almost a week." she said. "Why don't you just relax? Try and get your bearings. How about a name? Can you tell me your name?" I looked at her, to see that she was younger than I had expected. She had platinum blonde hair and blue eyes. She was nothing short of beautiful. My name? What is my name? My name is Jack. No, my name is Jock. No, is it John? Fuck it. John it is. "John. My name is John." I said.

"John, huh?" she asked. "Well, if that's your name, I guess it's your name. Nice to meet you, John. I'm Silver. And uh, welcome to Springvale." I nodded, not speaking this time. "I hope you don't mind, but I had to pretty much reconstruct the side of your head. I am pretty good with stitching people up, but you better tell me if I missed anything." Silver replied, as she handed me a mirror. "It's the left side of your head, if you can't recall."

I looked into the mirror, to see that I had bed-raggled blonde hair. I also had blue eyes. I tilted the mirror so I could see the left side of my head. It looked like a little bit was taken off of the top of my left ear, and I was missing a few chunks of hair here and there. I couldn't tell where the stiches she spoke of were, as I only saw my head bandaged. I also noted the dried blood on the bandages.

"What happened to me?" I asked.

"You don't remember?" Silver asked.

I looked at her, as I handed back the mirror. I shook my head as she took it from me. "You were attacked by Super Mutants." Silver said.

"Super Mutants?" I asked. "What the hell is a Super Mutant?"

"You don't know what a Super Mutant is?" Silver asked. "Where are you from anyway?"

"I don't know." I admitted. "I don't even know who I am. I know my name, but that's it."

Silver nodded. "That doesn't surprise me. You were hit in the head pretty hard. If it weren't for me getting back to my cabin when I did, you probably would have bled out. I was going for a walk when I heard the commotion. I tried to kill both of the Super Mutants, but I just ended up scaring them away. Well, if you're awake, then there is no point in keeping you in bed anymore." she said. She helped me out of the bed and helped me stand. As I moved, my vision blurred once more. I noticed that all I was wearing was a T-shirt and my undergarments.

"Well, we got you on your feet. Let's see if you can walk. Preferably into the next room. You think you can make it? If you can't you can hold onto me for support. Take it slow. We don't want you passing out again."

I eventually made it to the next room, where Silver pointed at a couch. "Go ahead and sit on my couch." she said. I complied and sat on the couch, and she sat on the single person chair across from me. "All right. I'm gonna think of a word. And I want you to say the first word that pops in your head." Silver said. I nodded, gesturing for her to start.

"Dog." Silver said.

Dog? "Uh, pet." I said.

"House." Silver replied.

"Haven." I said.

"Night." Silver said.

"Sleep." I said.

"Bandit." Silver replied.

"Kill." I said.

"Light." Silver said.

"Darkness." I said.

"Mother." Silver replied.

Mother? Suddenly, I got a flash of memories. A memory that stood out was of me in a brightly lit room, with someone looking down at me, wearing a white face mask. Who is my mother? "Mystery." I finally spoke.

Silver raised an eyebrow, but she didn't say anything about my response. "Okay. I have a few statements. I want you to tell me how much they sound like something you would say." she said. "Here's the first statement. Conflict just ain't in my nature."

"Absolutely not. I completely disagree." I said.

"I don't need to rely on others for support." Silver replied.

"Um, I kind of disagree." I said.

"I am always trying to be the center of attention." Silver said.

"Disagree." I said.

"I am slow to embrace new ideas." Silver said.

"I do not agree." I said.

"I charge in to deal with my problems head on." she said.

I nodded. "I agree." I replied.

"Well, that's about it. That's all I can check you for. You seem pretty sane to me, but you probably have a concussion, you're probably suffering from partial to full on amnesia or your brain was damaged. Maybe a combination of all three. Who knows. I'm not a doctor, but I knew enough to keep you alive." Silver said.

"Thank you." I said.

"You're welcome. But really, don't mention it. It's kind of what I am here for. When I saw you almost get killed, I felt like I should help. And I did. And as a result, you're alive." Silver said.

"If you're not a doctor, then how did you know how to stitch my head, bandage it and get a psychic evaluation out of me?" I asked.

"I learned from a pretty good doctor in a small town. Goodsprings, is what I think it was called. I've been all over the Wasteland in the twenty-two years I've been alive." Silver said. "But, I think my traveling days are over. At least for now."

"Why is that?" I asked.

"Oh, listen to me ramble." Silver said. "You should probably get back to sleep. I'll keep you around here for a few more days. And when you can move around on your own, I'll go with you into Megaton."

"Megaton?" I asked.

Silver nodded. "It's the nearest settlement. Probably the best chance you have of being safe. Safer than here. I mean, everyone thinks that the cabin I live in is deserted. It's not, but no one ever comes here in the first place. You'll be fine here. I promise. You can sleep soundly tonight John." she said.

"Thank you." I said.

"No problem." Silver said, as she shrugged. "Now why don't you go get back in bed and go back to sleep? I'll still be here when you wake up."

"But isn't that your bed?" I asked.

She nodded. "Don't worry about it. I can just sleep on the couch in here. I'll be fine." she said.

"Good night." I said, as I slowly walked back the way I had came. "And, thank you."

"Of course." Silver replied.

I walked back into the room and laid back down on the bed. I laid my head against the pillow and covered myself with the blanket. And pretty soon, I was out like a light.

Silver was good to me. I liked her. Not to mention that she was strikingly beautiful. I stayed with her for another three or four days. I kind of needed to. I didn't remember who the fuck I was. The first thing she helped me do was, well first she handed me all of the stuff that she recovered from the Super Mutants. And she helped me learn how to shoot a gun again. She was real reliable. But anyway, that's the end of this story. For now...

A/N: So, I hope everyone who read enjoyed this chapter. Did you like how John didn't immediately go to Megaton and was ambushed by Super Mutants instead? Did you like how Silver was introduced? Obviously, the name of the chapter is a direct reference to Fallout: New Vegas. The whole chapter is pretty much referencing the very first quest of New Vegas. And Silver is referencing Doc Mitchell, as in he was the doctor that she learned from. One last thing, does my new writing style work? Or should I try something else? So again, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. If you did, please favorite and follow the story, that is, if you have enjoyed the story. If you want to submit input, than you can submit a review or PM me. Either way works. I'm going to go though, so have a good night, and bye.