Fallout3: On The Way Back

The girl at the door was Amata. I told her to come in and sit. When she sat down I asked her how everybody was. She said that Christine and Sergeant Montgomery had gotten together. Also she, Christine, Major Barnett and Sergeant Montgomery are working for the Brotherhood now. I said that's great. How are you she asked. I replied I'm alright, I think it's time I come back though. How did you get here I asked? I walked here I stopped in towns on the way here. I said I still have the Enclave helicopter so we can fly back. Sweet she replied I never seen the wasteland from up high. I said you will in a minute let me get my things and give my servant the house with all my caps. She replied alright I'll go wait by it.

A few minutes later I came out. As I was walking towards the helicopter I realized how beautiful Amata is. I put my stuff in the back. Filled the tank up with fuel and started it up. A minute later we were in the air. I said well this is what you see from a birds point of view. About a hour later we made it back to D.C. we were flying over the white House when a super mutant shot at the propellers. The helicopter was spinning out of control. I kept it up in the air knowing that if we landed on the ground that we would be engulfed in flames. So I managed to steer it in water. I opened the door and jumped out with my stuff hitting the ground before we hit the water. Amata didn't have time to open the door so she went underwater. When I saw the helicopter go under.

I rushed to help Amata. I saw her panicking trying to get the door open while water filled the helicopter. I went up for air then went back down to help her.I couldn't get the door open. So I pulled out a pair of brass knuckled and started punching at the window. It didn't work I saw Amata starting to lose black out due to oxygen deprivation. I felt a frag grenade in my pocket, I didn't know if they worked underwater but I gave it a try. I pulled the clip, threw it at the helicopter and swam away a couple feet. It worked but didn't explode how I thought. But it knocked the door loose. So I pulled the door open. I could feel my lungs about to burst. I think I was bleeding out of my mouth. I grabbed Amata I threw her up to the surface. I then realized I was floating to the bottom of the ocean.

I tried to swim up but I didn't have enough strength I just watched as everything faded to blackness. It was so cold I was just sitting in blackness. I could see my breath in the darkness that's how cold it was. Then I felt like I was falling, I saw a white light as it got brighter. I closed my eyes then when I opened them I was back on land. I sat up and puked. More blood than water came out. I looked around and saw Amata sitting right beside me. When I looked at her she looked like she saw a ghost. I asked her if she was okay. She said no I just saw you die, I saw the light go from your eyes. I tried performing CPR on you which got you breathing again. Then your skin color came back. I said thanks. Which then I was greeted with a huge hug from her. I then had a flashback, I saw a picture of me and this dude standing together. On the back it said Salem, then it gave coordinates. When I snapped out of it I put the coordinates into my pipboy world map and found that the base was located in Port St. Lucie, FL.

I said to Amata, Amata these coordinates could mean something about my past. I'm going to go to Port St. Lucie, FL and see what's there. Would you like to come with me I asked?, sure I would love to I said alright do you have you have your stuff with you. No. I said alright. Well I have my stuff so we should be able to get to Florida in a day or two. How she asked, we have no helicopter. Raven Rock I said, I saw one outside of it maybe it's still there. It's only a 4 mile walk. Come on I said as I pulled Amata to her feet. We'll be there soon. 30 minutes later. We arrive to a destroyed Raven Rock. Well at least we won't have the enclave bothering us anymore I said with a chuckle. I saw the helicopter and fuel tanks beside it, I put a couple gallons of gas on board I then put my stuff on board in the back. I looked at Amata, well all we need now is some food and drinks. Yea she replied, I said I'll see if I can get into Raven Rock. The Café is right beside the exit, I'll be in and out. She replied make it quick I don't like being out here alone, I said I'll be back in a second. As I found a doorway and went in. The whole place was dark, I turned on my pipboy light, I saw a maintenance Protectron and programmed him to do a cleanup duty and fix anything, like the power.

I grabbed all the food and drinks I could and put them in a bag. I put my headset back in my ear and put my holo tags back around my neck. I told Major Barnett to send some Brotherhood soldier over here to make this our own, I told him I programmed a maintenance Protectron to cleanup and fix the power, he replied alright. Where will you go he asked, I told him I'm going to Florida. He said alright if we need you I'll contact you, I said alright as I took the headset out of my ear and put it in my pocket. I loaded the supplies in the back and a minute or two later I was off flying. I flew in silence for a half hour.

Before Amata broke the silence. She asked me what was it like in Vegas. I replied how it was before but I made it a NCR controlled Vegas and took out Caesars Legion. They were these Romans who tried to bring Rome back but failed. I spent a few nights at Casinos. Did you meet that special someone yet, she asked. No I replied not yet. I swore I heard her whisper good. 9 hours later we arrived in Port St. Lucie, FL. I landed the helicopter a couple blocks from this place I was looking for. It looked like a warehouse but when I looked inside it I saw tanks, helicopters, jets etc. I then saw a switch and when I switched it up I saw the floor lower like a ramp and saw a door at the bottom. I told Amata to wait for a minute when I opened the door a Mister handy came flying out and said hand please. I gave him my hand and when he scanned it he said welcome back to Salem, Private Hartley. He then went back into the base. I looked at Amata and said well this is a military base from the prewar era. I said come on and led her down to the base. I closed the door and turned the switch inside down and saw the ramp go up.

As I turned around I saw a blue light, and saw soldiers walking around. I went to talk to one of them and they disappeared, I jumped back a foot or two and watched all of them disappear. I looked at Amata and asked did she see that, she replied no what are you talking about. I don't know I replied. I saw the map and scanned it with my pipboy and saw that we were in the entrance hall. To the left a hallway led down to the cafeteria and to the right a hallway led down to the rest of the base. I went down the right hallway and saw a sign that said main. So I opened the door and saw a hallway with a rec. room, a registration office, bathrooms, a huge bunk room, and so on. I went into the bunk room.

I saw bunk beds with a card attached to the front of each bed, I looked for mine and saw that I was in the middle on the left side, I had the top bunk, the card read Jacob Hartley. I then looked on the bottom bunk and saw a card that read "Salem" and under it, it said Aaron Snell. I looked in a footlocker on my bed and saw, prewar money, a black suit, with a white shirt and red tie, black pair of formal shoes, a journal, and a picture of me and Aaron at Anchorage Alaska on January 10, 2077. I showed Amata, and said look that's me in 2077, I haven't changed at all, that's my friend Aaron. I, I don't know if he got in a stasis chamber like me, he might be alive I don't know. I looked in the 202 year old journal and saw that it is worn and the pages are yellow, I decide to look at it and not right in it because it might mess it up.

I looked at Amata and said that I can't believe that I'm probably the only soldier from the prewar alive right now, unless Aaron is alive. I asked her if she was hungry she said yea. I looked at my pipboy clock and saw that it was 7:30pm so I said lets go eat. A hour later I was playing pool with Amata. I beat her twice already, she was just laughing at how bad she played. I said to her, you know we could play blackjack or poker or something. She said sure. I said hold on I'm gonna go to the bathroom. As I was walking towards the bathroom I swear I saw Aaron walk down the hallway and say hey what's up Jake. I said nothing how are you. I then did a double take and saw that nobody was there. When I came back I played poker with Amata for a hour. I heard her yawn and I did the same. Well I'm gonna go to sleep in my bunk, since your not in the military I guess you have to sleep outside. She laughed and said shut up I'll sleep in the rec. room it has a couch I said whatever. As I was about to climb in my bed I felt Amata turn me around and kiss me. When we pulled away I asked what was that for, she said she didn't know and walked away. I said I love you, when that was suppose to stay in my mind, I saw her turn back before the lights went out and say I love you to.