Chapter 3 - Too Late
Author Talk: For anyone reading my Undertale fanfiction (The Cataclysmic Cave-in) there'll be a hiatus for a bit because this is meant to be a short be a short story (Which is why there is more packed into one chapter then most of my other stories) so it'll be ending soon (Next couple of chapters).
Also I planning to make a Fallout 3 story about Paradise Falls, so stay tuned for that. After those two stories are out of the way I'll be continuing on both the The Cataclysmic Cave-in and The Wasteland Survival Guide: Commonwealth Edition
Just wanted to let y'all know!
Nate swam over to the Vault door but from behind him came a Mirelurk.
"Scree!" the Mirelurk yelled as it's giant claw sank deep into Nates armor and eventually, his skin.
"Ow!" Nate yelled
But in this moment, Nate was helpless. He can't pull out a gun because he's in water, he be to slow. And he couldn't swim back to the surface because he was 60 miles underwater!
In that moment he swam into the Vault and the Dogmeat followed, and so did the Mirelurk.
Inside he was in a deep hole and the water only filled to the top of the hole.
He smelled not sea water, but something else.
He saw a ladder climbing to the top of the Vault. He quickly ran up the ladder but not to long after he remembered Dogmeat.
"Dogmeat! Uhh…" Nate couldn't think of anything in the moment and jumped down and ended up killing the Mirelurk when he fell on top on it.
He grabbed Dogmeat and threw him up on to the top. It wasn't very tall only a little taller than the Vault door, so he threw Dogmeat about 8 feet in the air, which was no easy feat.
But Nate had 7 Strength so it wasn't very hard.
"Sorry, Dogmeat!" Nate yelled to Dogmeat
He climbed the ladder and laid on the floor. Dogmeat licked his face.
"Hahaha! Thanks boy." Nate said
Nate pet Dogmeat but looked at the left wall because he heard the scitter, scatter of Mirelurk.
Nate stood up and took out his Pump Action Shotgun and loaded it.
He quickly realized that was a mistake as it made a very loud sound alerting them of Nate's presence.
"Oh, God." Nate said
Luckily, it was just 2 Softshell Mirelurks but he still had to be careful.
One came up to Nate and tried to jab him with it's claw but Nate went into V.A.T.S. and shot the Softshell Mirelurk 2 times in the head and killed it.
The other was attacking Dogmeat but he managed to knock it over and he jumped on it, biting it's face.
Green blood splattered everywhere and the Softshell Mirelurk's face looked disgusting afterward with a eyeball half out of its socket, and it entire face looking like a twisted version of what it was before.
All smushed and chunks of its face missing.
Nate walked up some stairs and walked on the platform and reminded Nate of when he was in Vault 101.
He saw where the man who had the Pip-Boy should be and where they would hand you the Vault Suit.
"What's this?" Nate walked to the table
He found a Vault 90 Jumpsuit. Which gave +15 Ballistic Damage Resistance and +10 Energy Resistance.
"Cool!" Nate said
To his left he found a door and opened it. Inside he found a hallway and at the end was a door, and halfway into the hallway and to the right was another door.
He went left and found a room inside was a small room for one worker. Another suit was on the table along with a Empty Coffee Cup, and a Pack of Grey Tortoise Fabulous Cigarettes.
And there were multiple drawers and a Terminal.
On the Terminal were 4 entries.
10/24/2077
"We all got escorted into the Vault. Can't believe those Commies actually dropped the Nukes. But we're all fine. We were all able to get in through a hatch above ground, might seem easy to break in but that thing is hard as all get out to break.
Some of us aren't even sure if you CAN break it. Vault-Tec has tried EVERYTHING. Dynamite, Grenades, heck, we even had to get permission to throw a Mini-Nuke on that thing and it didn't even have a dent in it after all that.
As far as I'm concerned we have nothing to worry about."
11/25/2077
"Happy Thanksgiving! This Thanksgiving was great… mostly. Willie ended up vomiting on the Turkey and some of the other food. I'm pretty sure he just ate too much."
2/12/2078
"Big things are happening. 6 people just died, 2 of which were my friends. Vault-Tec said they had nothing to do with it, but I don't believe it. 6 well and healthy people don't just die out of the blue. No pun intended.
This isn't the first time a small handful of people have died. 3 people died a couple of months back, and before that a few days after Thanksgiving Willie died.
It's just too many people have died for this to be a coincidence. Only 37 people came into the Vault including staff. We only have 27 people left in this Vault!
"Ruff!" Dogmeat had Purified Water in his mouth
"Thanks, boy!" Nate drank the water as he read
3/4/2078
"Alright, you thought the last time was bad, this time is worse.
Rick and a couple of other people went to the surface, and when they came back they told us Rick was ripped to pieces by giant Horseshoe Crabs! Giant. Horseshoe. Crabs!
And while they were up their we heard banging on the Vault door, and a giant crab hand came through a hole they made! Hoping we can hold out till Vault-Tec can send help."
"Looks like that didn't happen, eh Dogmeat." Nate said
"(Whine)" Dogmeat said, sadly
Going back into the hallway and going through the door to the right, he found a room with three doors again choosing right he found a armory with nothing fancy in it.
Going back up he found a crew quarters with beds and foot locker all over the place. Strangely, there was a hatch on the floor. But when Nate tried to open it, it wouldn't budge.
Going to the last room he found a lab.
Inside were viles full of strange concoctions, and some Mentats labeled, "Special Mentats".
"Huh. Interesting." Nate said
Nate took the Mentats and his head started to hurt, he grabbed on his hair and pulled. Eyes turning red, the veins in his eye becoming very visible.
"Ow, ow, ow!" Nate yelled pulling harder on his hair
He was knocked out.