Author's note: I am pretty sure I don't have to state that I do not own Fallout or it's lore, I simply own Evelyn who is my own character, but the rest of the lore and characters belong to Bethestda.
Evelyn looked over at James, relieved that Shaun had calmed down, James seemed happier now and his face looked less worn out and tired than before, hopefully this was a sign that he took her advice and decided to stop worrying about what might happen later. James put his arms around her waist, as he brought her closer to him he said "so after the veterans hall event I was wondering if we could go down to the park and just relax for the day, what do you think?" Evelyn looked at him happy that they could go relax somewhere nice with no worries for a change. She looked at James thinking for a moment before saying"sure honey, I'd be happy to just relax for a change, it seems like ever since you got back from Alaska everythings been so hectic and strange, it'll be nice to just enjoy the day with no worries" he smiled at her words and stayed quiet after that seemingly enjoying what she had said.
Evelyn looked over at Shaun who was still busy looking at the toy rockets as they went around and around his crib, he looked so innocent and care free, so ignorant to the world that went on around him, "it must be great being a child,everything seemed so simple at a young age with no responsibilities what so ever" she thought feeling a little sad at the way the world was today, she wished it could be peaceful and with no wars, so that maybe Shaun could grow up never having to deal with the same hardships she and James had to endure when they were young.
Just as she was about to ask James which park they should visit, they heard Codswoth's very frightened voice coming from the living room, "um, sir mam! you better come see this" Evelyn looked at James a worried look on her face, they had never heard Codsworth sound so scared, and as she walked down the hall she could hear the reporter on the tv more clearly and what she heard horrified her "yes confirmed reports of nuclear detonations being picked hitting New York city, it's to be believed that these were nuclear missles of some sort...now others are being picked up coming from other east coast states Pennsylvania..and oh God...what's happening" Evelyn stared at the tv unable to believe what she had heard, "it couldn't be true not here,not the U.S, the war was over what was happening?" she thought searching for an awnser but just as the reporter was about to continue the tv lost it's signal and it went to static.
Just as she was about to run and get James she felt an hand on her shoulder and turned to find him already there carrying Shaun, she couldn't read his face of any emotion, but in his eyes she could see the same disbelief that she felt at hearing how the country was under attack. As she opened her mouth to ask what they were going to do she heard the sirens outside their house go off as they sounded the alarm of an immanent attack, James grabbed her arm pulling on her with a sense of urgency "we have to get to the Vault it's our only choice,we'll be safe there!" he yelled at her over the sirens and the panicked voices coming from the other terrified residents of Sanctuary Hills.
As they ran through the street they saw soldiers up ahead yelling at the people to get to the Vault, that was just through a path at the top of the hill overlooking the neighborhood. While they ran Evelyn could sense the fear coming off the other people as they too ran for safety and she could hear the roar of some strange looking helicopters above as they swept over the people dropping of soldiers as they landed. When they got to the gates leading to the Vault entrance they could see that a large crowd of residents had already formed as they all tried to get through the gate, "if you're not on the list then turn back around! you will not be allowed inside the Vault!" a soldier yelled at the front of the gate, he was flanked by two power armored soldiers who carried machine guns and who looked ready to use them as the crowd grew even more panicked at the soldiers words, seeing as how many had not bothered to even register for a place in the Vault.
Evelyn and James pushed their way to the front of the crowd desperate to get inside before anything bad happened. They got to the front just in time to witness the Vault Tec worker,who had arrived just that morning to register them into the Vault, desperately yelling at the soldiers stationed there "what do you mean I'm not allowed in! I am an employee of Vault Tec! I belong in there!" he was hysterical as the soldier gruffly told him "my orders are to only allow registered residents into the Vault, now I'm going to have to ask you to step back!", but the man grew angry at the soldier's words "but I am Vault Tec I am a representative and I order you to let me through!" and as he said it he stepped forward as if to walk through the gate, and as he did so the power armored soldiers spun the machine guns as if to fire on him, that stoped the man in his track his eyes going wide, "SIR! I told you to step back!" the soldier yelled at him.
As the man ran away terrified, Evelyn and James quickly stepped forward anxious to get in, they were stopped by the soldier who asked them "names?" James quickly awnsered "James and Evelyn Baxter, and Shaun Baxter" he said as Shaun began to cry from all the commotion going on around him, the soldier looked down at the list and seemed to have luckily found their names as he stepped aside saying "clear!" and allowing them to step through James and Evelyn ran as fast as they could towards a man dressed in a security uniform, who quickley ushered them to a large metal gear shaped door built into the ground, with the numbers 1-1-1 written in large gold letters not the grey metal. As they stood on the door waiting for it to move James turned towards Evelyn and quickly hugged her and Shaun "whatever happens I just want you two to know I love you!" he said loudly over the noise of the helicopters, screams, and Shaun crying.
Evelyn was about to awnser him when suddenly the loudest sound she had ever heard blasted through the noise of the panicked people, she turned to look at its source and was terrified at the gigantic mushroom cloud forming just behind the city of Boston. The people around them started to scream again as the bomb's shockwave rushed right at them, just when it seemed that it would hit them , the Vault door began to lower itself into the ground. The last thing Evelyn saw before she descended into darkness was the crimson red sky that had formed over them and how the heat that enveloped them made her wonder, what kind of hell had humanity just unleashed on Earth?
Athour's note: I'm sorry that I had to break the first chapter up but apparently I write too much and these chapters have a limit on how much can be written on them, I would also like to know if anybody reading this thinks its good and how I could maybe improve my writing if it's not that good. I also apologize for any spelling errors I'm trying my best to fix them before uploading the chapters.