Chapter 5

Location: Red rocket gas station

(outskirts of the town of Republic)

I woke up to the sound of shuffling. I quickly looked up, thinking that the slavers caught us. However, instead of slavers, was just Dusk and John, who were looking through what we stole from the vault, and Chris, who was getting some canned food to probably get breakfast ready.

I layed there for a moment, rubbing my eye and trying to wake myself up, before getting up and walking over to John and Dusk. "Hey Dusk, how's your arm doing?" I asked, looking at her with slight concern. "Don't worry Adam, it's doing alright, it barely even hurts."SHe said, slightly blushing. She even demonstrated by moving her arm around, only showing slight pain when she moved it at a wrong angle. "Besides, I already talked to Alex about it before he went up to the roof to have a look around us."

Nodding, I then asked the second question I had. "So, what did we get from the vault?" She then showed me a professional looking list of all we got.

Items we Stole from Vault 24:

Weapons/Armor:

X2 U.S Army M2 Browning machine guns

X1 U.S Army Laser rifle

X21 U.S Army Combat rifles

X9 M4A1 carbines

X14 U.S Army Combat Shotguns

X3 Hunting (Sniper) rifles

X29 10mm pistols

X3 Magnum revolvers

X2 U.S Army Desert eagles

X19 assorted combat knifes

X7 Machetes

X5 shock batons

X19 U.S Army Survivalist backpacks

X12 Vault-Tec backpacks

X23 U.S Army Kevlar vests

X5 Vault security armored uniforms

X14 U.S Army combat helmets

X3 U.S Army combat chestplate

X18 Fragmentation grenades

X5 Tear gas grenades

X4 smoke grenades (red)

X3 smoke grenades (white)

X3 smoke grenades (blue)

X3 smoke grenades (green)

And that was just weapons and armor, there were lists for ammo, weapon parts/attachments, food, water, medical supplies, fusion batteries/cores, and even small scale things like toothpaste or pencils.

"Wow...you guys did great." I said, surprised by how well it was organized. "Thanks, John helped gather the gear and present it, while I categorized in listed it." She replied, blushing a little more.

I then went and got a few cans of food from Chris and then proceeded up to the roof where Lucy and Alex were, looking around at the landscape. I then just realised how different the surface was from what we were expecting. Most of us were either expecting a radioactive, barren wasteland or something similar to the pre-war land. In most cases, it was both and neither. While the land is still fertile, it looked a bit more wilted and dried out. On our way here, I remember seeing patches of land more fertile and patches more dead, and likely radioactive.

"Have you guys seen anything interesting?" I ask, curiously.

"From what it looks like, the town looks pretty intact. Of course, there's the fact that there's more than 200 years of decay and the occasional ruin, but it looks alright." Lucy said. "From what we've seen as well as from old maps of the place, there's a few places of high interest in town. There a hospital, three schools, two banks, numerous grocery stores, gas stations, and pawn shops, a police station, and a small air force base just north of the town." She quickly listed off, a proud smile on her and Alex's face.

"Good job guys, make sure to let us know if you see anything suspicious." I replied, giving both of them their breakfast and started to go downstairs. Before I reached the bottom however, I started to hear a distant noise. I was confused as to what it was at first, but then with dread I realised what it was, right at the same moment the lookouts saw it. "Incoming truck!" Yelled Alex, as he and Lucy ran down the stairs.