Hullo all! Read the authors note at the end. Sorry about the inconsistencies with font and bolding. I can never remember what I decided to do. Plus it's been like 3 years.
Chapter 16
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War...war never changes.
Bella wakes up in a cryo chamber. Across from her is a man slumped over in his pod. A hiss, and her chamber opens. She steps out and stretches and then casually strolls over and opens Nate's cry pod and grabs his wedding ring from his finger.
You would think that Bella would be more concerned about her surroundings, but you are wrong. Bella was an avid Fallout 4 fan. She had replayed the games dozens of times. Enough to feel nothing toward her "husband". She could maybe feign outrage, but why bother? Her "husband" was dead and her "baby" was an old man. He grew up to be a bit of a dick actually.
Bella smoothed her hand down her blue jumpsuit with a grin. She had always wanted to cosplay as the Sole Survivor, but Edward hadn't liked costumes and cosplays and such. He hated anime and cartoons too.
"Act your age Bella. I thought you were more mature than this." Edward had scoffed.
Bella raised her middle finger at the memory and wished she had done it back then as well.
Now, Bella was in one of her favorite games and there was something she had always wanted to do.
Clean up the Commonwealth
Quest: Clean up the Commonwealth
The Commonwealth is full of filth, both trash and terrible people. Do what could never be done before. Spruce up the place a bit. Enjoy spring cleaning!
Rewards: Character Level, 5000 caps, surprise summon.
Surprise summon huh?
The giant radroaches were as gross as she had always imaged, but she was able to take them down with a stun baton. Unfortunately, she did not know how to shoot a gun, but she would have time to practice later. She didn't bother taking the meat either. Her character may have been desperate, but not Bella. Instead, she took her time going through the vault and grabbing anything useful. Her inventory was packed with interesting and useful items. She hoped she could take some of this home with her, but she could only wait and see. On her way out she pressed her hand longingly against the case to the cryo gun.
Bella had not returned for this weapon often. She would leave the vault and pretty much forget about it because there were so many other things that caught her attention. She pressed against the container with a sigh and much to her shock it clicked open.
"Holy shit."
Happy tears ran down her face. Before she wiped them and picked up the weapon and cuddled it.
Bella even got her own pip boy. Unfortunately, the perk screen wasn't working and she hadn't leveled up for some reason, but hey beggars can't be choosers.
Exiting the vault was pretty rad. –wink-
It's not until Bella exited the Vault that she understood the scope of the world. A wasteland as far as the eye could see. She practically vibrated in excitement.
Meeting Codsworth was pretty amazing. Bella trailed the bot around the suburbs clearing it out and "looking" for her son. It was either now or later so she didn't bother to convince him to give up his search.
Afterward, she managed to convince him to go to Concord with her. It was kind of annoying that she could never do that before in the game, but Bella's charisma was unmatched and she did not care to follow the normal storyline. She would be here forever otherwise.
They picked up Dogmeat on the way and then took out the nest of mole rats. Now, even though these suckers were ugly and kind of gross looking she would not mind eating them, they were much better than roaches. She wished she could preserve the meat. Things didn't really spoil in the game, but everything felt so real here that she was pretty sure it would go bad.
Wait. Wait.
Bella equipped the cryo gun from her inventory and pointed it at a dead mole rat.
Boom! Mole rat popsicle.
"Excellent idea mum!" These would definitely keep. She and Codsworth gathered all of the mole rats and put them into the backroom of the red rocket. She let loose with the cryo gun and froze all of the meat and then most of the room for good measure.
Bella grinned at the makeshift freezer. It was time to bring common sense to the commonwealth.
Side Quest: Common Sense for the Common Wealth
Maybe it is the lack of schooling, the short life span, or the radiation, but the people of the commonwealth seem to be lacking good common sense. Luckily, you have plenty to spare. Introduce the major players of the commonwealth to the power of common sense.
Rewards: character level, unknown item, unknown perk
"Well then." Bella snorted. She wouldn't mind knocking some heads together. It never made sense to her that the factions all couldn't come to some sort of agreement. By the end of most playthroughs she ends up the boss of them all.
It's not until she's fighting her way to the museum that she realizes something important.
I mean, a headshot should definitely kill her right?
But it didn't.
In fact, it did not hurt at all.
The bullet pinged off her forehead harmlessly.
Well. That changes things.
Invulnerability, huh? This was not base game. No DLC could do this either. Mods maybe?
Not that it mattered.
Bella was indestructible in a game where death lurked around every corner. She could cut a bloody swath through the world. A veritable tank. A tank that should really learn how to shoot. It can't be that hard right?
"Hey you! Up here!" Preston Garvey waved at her from the balcony above the large doors to the museum.
Here we go.
-time skip-
Okay so Bella really needed to work on her aim. The laser gun was also pretty terrible. The shock baton didn't do too bad, but blood splatter really wasn't Bella's thing even after being a vampire for many years. She ended up taking one of the pipe rifles off of a body and she wasn't doing too terribly with it.
She cleared a path up to the trapped settlers and they welcomed her gratefully.
Bella was then quickly brought up to speed and practically shoved out of the doorway to get the power armor. A thrill ran through her.
Power armor was an unobtainable dream once. As she popped the fusion core in and climbed into the suit the dream became a reality.
The minigun was a bit hefty even with the armor. She would never be able to pick this up in real life. Not until she leveled up her strength a bit anyways.
Bella hopped off the side of the building and landed on the ground with a loud bang. She lifted the minigun and mowed down the raiders. Can't miss with so many bullets at once.
Maybe she should be more concerned about the loss of life?
Nah.
Bonus trait activated.
Gamer Apathy.
Oh, that explained some things.
Game characters go through some brutal shit with barely a blink. Not many focus on the emotional toll of killing waves after waves of enemies. Especially in post-apocalyptic games. The original Sole Survivor has shown more disbelief/horror/omfgwtf emotion than Bella has since she got here.
In hindsight, giant roaches are terrifying.
A loud banging noise sounded from down the street. Metal groaned and finally gave with a large crash.
Oh yes. The deathclaw.
Now, that is a creature of nightmares. Bella lifted the minigun and aimed straight for its head anyways.
Cleaning up the common wealth was going to take a lot of work .
AN: This is a continuation of Game Over. All of this is actually relevant to the storyline.