Ch.4
Our travelers had walked for hours searching for the Super Duper Mart; the old world buildings of pre-war D.C. loomed over them like towering behemoths. Logan sniffed around ,digging through trash cans, and grabbing food; Liam and Gabby were chatting about her life in the vault.
"So you mean to tell me you can get water out of the faucet anytime you want and it won't give any rads?" he asked.
She gave a small nod thinking about it "yeah, the vault had access to a lot of resources and there weren't many problems. Well aside from radroaches."
He was shocked by what the vaults had in store "If the vault had all those luxuries, then why did you leave?" he asked not knowing the full story behind her leaving.
She remained quiet for a moment then answered, "I left to search for my father… He left when I was sleeping and when the overseer found out about him he killed Jonas and tried to kill me. I would have been killed if my friend Amata didn't help me." she wiped away some tears with the sleeve of her vault suit.
"I'm sorry to hear that Gabby" he replied putting a hand on her shoulder.
"I- I'm alright, It's just a lot to think about and process"
He nodded looking over the cliff side and there stood a large, run down Super Duper Mart sign in the distance; Logan barked sniffing towards the sign and pointing.
"There's our destination" he said looking over the road that leads to the parking lot.
"Then let's go get those supplies" she replied pulling out her rifle.
He nodded pulling out his chinese assault rifle and motioning towards Logan to follow them. As they made their way down the road Logan chased after them barking and jumping around into the parking lot, "well lets hope this place still has supplies."
The lot was filled with blown out Corvega cars; most had been picked clean for parts and scrap metal. The pre-war super market loomed before them rusting and crumbling in certain spots Nuka-Cola machines lined the entrances as well as empty soda bottles.
"Well let's get to looting" he said walking up to the machines and pulling out some untouched Nuka-Colas.
She nodded grabbing one of the bottles and opening the door and stepping inside followed by Liam and Logan; more Nuka-Cola machines lined the small entrance area, "Jesus these things are everywhere" Gabby said pulling out some bottles.
"Yeah this drink seemed pretty popular back before the war" he replied before pulling out his rifle.
"What's wrong?" she asked
"I can hear something in the distance…" he replied peaking around the corner and looking out towards the rest of the store. Within the faint light a silhouette of a body is visible, but the body was hanging from the ceiling "I knew it…"
"What is it?" she asked pulling out her hunting rifle.
"Raiders" Liam replied looking for another place for cover; Logan growled sensing the raiders' presence in the room. He turned to her and whispered "Ok, I'm going to try and sneak into the back room to see what I can find, and I want you and Logan to sneak into the counter area on the other side to see what you can find."
Gabby nodded looking at the counter and starting to load her rifle.
The two watched carefully as the raiders started to switch posts on top of the grocery aisles.
"Alright, on my my mark…" he said looking over at Gabby.
She nodded scratching Logan's head and got in position to run to the opening.
"3… 2… 1… now" he whispered loudly sprinting to the next cover.
Within an instant the Lone wanderer and Logan sprinted into the small opening leading to a bathroom where there they found a raider hyped up on jet.
The raider laughed maniacally spotting the two by the doorway "NEVER SHOULD HAVE COME HERE! HOPE YOU LIKE THE SIGHT OF YOUR OWN BLOOD!" And following those lines were gunshots and the howl of a hound…
Hey guys its me again, hope you guys have been having a great year so far, and are enjoying how the story is going so far. Want to know what happens next? Stay tuned and find out in the next chapter; as always your support and feedback is appreciated!