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Fallout: Wasteland Gazette
An Anthology of short stories and ideas based in the world of Fallout
Written by,
William R. Woods
Deathzealot, or deathzealotzero
Summary: As Doctor James Carter leaves Megaton for Vault 101 with his infant daughter he and his escort stumble onto a dying woman with a healthy infant boy. James then takes the boy as his own son and raises him alongside his daughter. However, this boy is like his parents before him is out of time thanks to sleeping through the Great War and its aftermath in Vault 111...
Feature 03: The Trinity
Springvale
Capital Wasteland
September 11, 2258AD
The figure of Doctor James Carter adjusted the threadbare cloak he wore closer to his body to cover his infant daughter Brianna safe in a carrier over his chest from the blowing wind and the dust the wind picked up. With a soft curse on his lips he turned to the tall armored form of his escort from the Brotherhood of Steel. Paladin Shari Cross had been his chief bodyguard for the last several months since the end of Project Purity and his wife's dream due to the death of his wife.
"How much further do you think?" he asked over the howling wind. The woman underneath the powered armor at his side frowned at this before looking around the area and waved an arm ahead of her.
"I believe it's only a few more miles Doctor." Cross answered adjusting her grip on the L35 Gatling Laser held her hands. James nodded at this before looking around the area seeing only decrepit buildings that had once been the small suburban town of Springvale before the Great War. He was about to say something else to his escort when suddenly a crying sound suddenly could be heard from a nearby building. A cry quite familiar to the two travelers, one of an infant in some distress which saw Cross looked over at James to see him looking over at the nearby building with a look of some confusion and a bit of curiosity. Cross saw this and sighed before hefting her Gatling Laser knowing that man would want to investigate. James started to make his way over the building with Cross watching his back and was soon pleased to see him retrieving the laser pistol she had given him months before. A moment later the pair entered a small damaged house to find a disturbing sight, a dying woman laying down on the ground holding a small male infant in her arms. James flinched at the woman's injuries but still kneeled down next to her before retrieving a small medical pouch from his bag. The woman seeing the small red cross on the bag shook her head with a small sigh and a strained smile on her face.
"Please don't waste your medical supplies on me stranger. I know I really don't have much time left," the woman managed to say surprising James but he nodded with a sigh of his own. He put away the medical pouch away in his bag knowing she was quite correct her wounds were too severe. The woman suddenly grabbed his arm as she let out a gasp of pain.
"Though please do me favor take care of this boy. Please. His name is Shaun. I thought I could raise him after I made a mistake and…." She managed to say before suddenly letting out a small cry of pain before starting to convulse as her eyes started to roll into her head as she convulsed once more before her eyes started to dim in death. James sighed at this before reaching over and closing the unknown woman's eyes and turned to look down at the bundle carrying a small baby boy who blinked up at him in some confusion. With yet another sigh he picked up the young baby and with some work managed to make another sling to carry the other baby. He briefly wondered how he could care for two babies all on his own but he couldn't leave the baby out here to die. Besides his wife would have never forgiven him if he hadn't. With a smile he looked down at the young infant and chuckled lightly.
"Well hello Shaun Carter I am your new daddy," James said softly before straightened himself and walked out of the small building leaving the body of the unknown woman behind hoping she had found some peace in death. He had a new life waiting for him and his children.
-o-o-o-
Doctor's Quarters
Vault 101
Capital Wasteland
November 10, 2259AD
Over a year later found James Carter peeking into the smaller second room of his quarters to find the now two-year-old Brianna snuggled up with her slightly younger brother Shaun in the crib bed that dominated the small room. He smiled at this for the two had quite an interesting time with the Overseer's own young daughter Amata and her mother. With that thought in mind he turned to look over at his small home office as he wondered how long the woman had. He had managed to arrive at the Vault in time to help her but she really didn't have many years left. He just gave her time. Even then she was still capable of looking over the three young toddlers with the help a few older teenagers she helped teach. Turning back to the room he eyed Shaun and once again wondered what happened with him and his family. He had taken a blood sample from him soon after he got settled in the Vault to maybe find his family in the future and was quite surprised to find that the sample had no abnormalities like many Wastelanders sported in today's world thanks to stuff like radiation or mutations. Even Vault Dwellers had some abnormalities in their blood but Shaun's DNA was pure human something never seen since before the war. James sighed at this before stepping away from the door knowing he would most likely never find out the reason behind it and prepared himself for bed.
-o-o-o-
Memorial Hall
Vault 101
June 19, 2266AD
In the memorial hall of the Vault the memorial service for Anna Almodovar wife of the Vault's Overseer was coming to a close as the small urn holding a small amount of ashes was lowered into place alongside numerous others that graced the large hall and a small memorial plaque placed over it. James could only sigh as he watched all this for Anna had become a close friend of his due to the close relationship their children had. While her husband was quite a cold individual Anna was a warm and fun person to be around. He couldn't really believe she had managed to last this long with her illness but he was glad for she provided the needed motherly affection needed for his two children. He looked down at the two huddled in front of him with Amata Anna's daughter who was holding onto Shaun while Brianna hugged Amata from her back. All three where quite devastated to hear about the death of Anna. James looked up to see Alphonse Almodovar, the Vault's Overseer staring down at the small plaque making him sigh sorrowfully knowing that he may be a while for remembered doing something similar when his wife passed away. Therefore, he placed a hand onto the shoulders of his children ready to start lead them back to their quarters.
"Come on let's get back to our quarters. Amata you can come with us for I think your father will be here for a while," James said only getting nods in return from the children before he started to lead them away from the sorrowful sight.
-o-o-o-
Main Recreation Room
Vault 101
July 13, 2268AD
With a flash the lights of the main recreation room flipped on surprising the figure of ten-year old Brianna Carter who just entered the room. She looked around in some shock as the gathered Vault Residents burst in cheers wearing the funny cone-shaped hats used for birthday parties making her smile slightly. She turned to her younger brother Shaun and best friend Amata Almodovar who were smiling brightly at her.
"So where you surprised?" Amata brightly asked her making Brianna chuckle before whapping her brother on the shoulder as he tried to put one of the birthday hats on her head.
"Of course I was surprised. Though I knew something was up due to the two of you being so secretive over the past few days. I take it you guys got the idea from dad's little surprise party for Shaun here," Brianna mentioned with a smile as she grabbed the hat from her brother to put it on her own head.
"Yup. Since it is kind of tradition now for ten year olds in the Vault to have some sort of surprise party," Shaun mentioned with a smile before turning to look at Amata with a look on his face making Amata roll her eyes at him.
"Yes. Yes. I know I am the only one of us not ten yet," Amata mentioned with a pout on her face making the two siblings laugh before Brianna noticed a group of young boys now sitting down at a nearby table.
"Ugh. Did you have to invite Butch's little group of toadies to my party?" she asked with a wine making Amata sigh before rolling her eyes.
"I had too since all of the other kids in the Vault came down with this flu bug that is going around. Not to mention I don't think my father would have liked me to not invite them," Amata explained eying the four boys with some tension before turning back to Brianna with a beaming smile on her face.
"That said. I managed to find this in my dad's old things. Never knew he was in the comics before till I found that along with few others like it," Amata mentioned handing over a small wrapped gift to Brianna who frowned at this before ripping the paper to reveal the fourteenth issue of Grognak the Barbarian Comic Book making Brianna smile in delight at the gift. Shaun only rolled his eyes at the comic making the two girls chuckle knowing Shaun distaste for comic books. It was quite weird for every other boy in the Vault loved the comic along with its various offshoots but Shaun really did not like them he preferred to go through various technical or mechanical journals given to him by the Vault's Chief Mechanic Stanley Armstrong. He was already quite a capable mechanic that he was already helping Stanley with small repair jobs around the Vault.
"As for my gift sister of mine I believe Dad will show to you later," Shaun mentioned over a brief moment of silence between the three friends. However, before the two girls could say anything in response the tall figure of Overseer Almodovar walked up to the group.
"Happy Birthday Brianna. When a resident in Vault 101 reaches the age of ten they are gifted with their first Pip-Boy 3000 and start to receive their first jobs in the Vault," the man mentioned holding out the wrist-mounted computer that was a Pip-Boy which every Vault Resident wore.
"Thank you Overseer," Brianna said with a strained smile and head bow to the man before clasping the band onto her wrist and booting up the small computer.
"Very well then. I shall be going I have important work to do. I shall see you later Amata," the man mentioned before leaving the recreation room. The three kids look at one another before sighing for they all remembered the man before the death of Anna Almodovar. While he was still cold and distant he wasn't as cold as he was now. He actually smiled a few times.
"So where is Dad Shaun?" Brianna asked with a frown looking around the room to try to find her father.
"He is in the lab talking with Jonas. He shall be here in a bit," Shaun mentioned with a frown knowing their father had been quite busy thanks to this flu bug going around. Brianna only nodded before looking over at the small attached kitchen of the recreation room to see the Mister Handy Robot known as Andy bring out a small birthday cake making Brianna smile in pleasure before moving over to the counter. Behind her both Amata and Shaun smiled pleased at Brianna having a good time.
-o-o-o-
Medical Wing
Vault 101
Capital Wasteland
August 3, 2274 AD
Brianna blinked as her father put away the small medical flashlight with a small smile on his lips and leaned back in his chair eying her making her look a bit guilty at the man. In the corner of the office her brother Shaun only smugly looked on with a smile of his own.
"As far as I can tell, you're a perfectly healthy sixteen-year-old girl, so yes you have to go to class to take your G.O.A.T. exam just like your brother told you," James mentioned with a shake of his head making Brianna pout slightly before turning and eying her brother for he had indeed told her trying to play sick would not work with their father since he was a Doctor after all. He also was quite excited about his G.O.A.T Exam unlike the rest of the kids in the Vault who were dreading it. With a sigh she turned back to James with a puppy dog look on her face making both men of the Carter family laugh in response.
"My dear daughter I became quite immune to your puppy dog look by the time you were seven therefore it will not work on me I am sorry to say," James said with an amused look on his face. Brianna could sigh and leaned back in her seat with another pout on her face.
"But daddy the G.O.A.T. Exam is scary, what if I fail it and become a waste management specialist or god forbid a Trash Burner or something else like that," Brianna said with a tremble in her voice making James sigh and lean forward to place a hand on her shoulder.
"You will be fine Brianna you are quite an intelligent young lady therefore I have the utmost confidence in you getting the right job for you. As for you becoming a waste management specialist or a Trash Burner well your poor mother may come back to haunt me if her daughter ends up with one of those jobs so please don't have that happen," James mentioned with a fake shiver making his two kids laugh in response.
"Alright you two scat I have work that needs to be doing. Stanley still has that cough and apparently Miss Vanna is getting close to her due date. I need to be prepared," James mentioned after several moments of the small family sharing a laugh.
"Alright daddy I will see you at lunch," Brianna brightly said hopping off the small medical chair she had been sitting at for the last several minutes before dropping a chaste kiss on her father's whiskered cheek before running out of the office. Shaun followed behind with a wave to his father and a chuckle.
"Yeah Brianna what if you become Official Vault Radroach Control Officer. God knows you killed enough with that gun of yours or maybe the Official Female..." Shaun could be heard teasing his younger sister.
"Shut up Shaun!" Brianna screeched in response cutting off her brother before he could say anything else. James chuckled at this before turning away from the door of his Clinic Office and eyed his desk terminal wondering if it was possible to get some work done on his private project. With a sigh he made his decision and quickly got to work.
-o-o-o-
Carter Family Quarters
Vault 101
Capital Wasteland
September 10, 2277 AD
Brianna mumbled as she woke up to someone shaking her shoulder trying to wake her up. She mentally grumbled at this for she had the graveyard shift last night monitoring the Vault's Reactor therefore anyone who knew her personally would know that she needed the sleep. With a yawn and a quiet curse, she opened her eyes to see the pleasant sight of Amata leaning over her. She smiled up at her best friend slash girlfriend sleepily wondering if she had once again snuck into her bed last night after she got off from work.
"Hi sweetie did you sneak into my bed last night?" she asked with yet another yawn but she was quickly fully jolted awake when Amata slapped her cheek...hard. Brianna looked up in shock at this as she held a hand to her now stinging cheek and finally noticed the scared look on Amata's face as well as the face of her brother over Amata's shoulder. He too, look scared and was carrying a N99 Pistol in one hand as he nervously looked around Brianna's room. She then noticed the Vault's emergency lights flashing and the harsh voice of the Overseer over the PA.
"What's going on?" she asked with a frown getting up from her bed now hyper aware. She hadn't felt like this since the damn mole rate invasion two years before which saw several deaths including the majority of the Vault's Security Force. It had been the three of them that saved the day killing every single Mole Rat in the entire Vault. The experience the three of them had in the lower levels hunting Radroaches during their younger years serving them well during that bloody day. For a moment Brianna thought it was another Mole Rat invasion but quickly threw that thought out for she knew Stanley, Shaun, and the other Vault Engineers had inspected the entire Vault from top to the bottom closing off any space which could be used to enter the Vault.
"It's Dad Brianna. Apparently he left the Vault somehow last night and now we got a large invasion of Rad Roaches which furthered the confusion," Shaun responded with a helpless expression on his face making Brianna gape in shock at her brother before turning to look at Amata.
"It's true Brianna. And my Father had Jonas killed due to his part in James Escape from the Vault," her girlfriend grimly explained making Brianna blink in shock before she closed her eyes in pain for Jonas, her father's assistant, and an older brother figure to the three of them. He had helped watched over them while they were kids and the loss of Amata's mother. It was partly thanks to Jonas that the three kids recovered from that death.
"Don't take this the wrong way Amata but your father is a fucking Bastard!" she growled out after a moment making Amata close her eyes in similar pain before she nodded in agreement.
"He hasn't been the same since Mother's death. He has become increasingly paranoid over the last few years and the Mole Rat Invasion did not help at all in that case," Amata grimly mentioned making Brianna nod in agreement since the Overseer had tightened his hold on the Vault and their Residents over the past few years. Now the Vault Security wore complete riot gear and a N99 Pistol while on patrol instead of just an armored vest over their Vault Suit and a Baton like that had been done ever sense Brianna could remember.
"Alright. If your father is willing to kill Jonas, I really do not think he is going to let us go on with our lives in peace. If he still has some rational thought, then he may just lock us up or if he truly gone around the bend he may just kill us to save him the trouble. We know that the Security Force follow him like loyal lap dogs therefore he may just get away with it. Therefore, I believe we have to leave the Vault as well," Brianna coldly mentioned as she finally got out of bed and started to pull on a Vault Suit. After she finished she turned to look at the other two to see Amata looking quite pained making Brianna feel a little guilty which saw her leaning forward and kissing her girlfriend lightly.
"You don't have to come with us my dear. He is your father after all for I don't think he will be inclined to do anything to you if you just act like you didn't know anything at all," she mentioned softly holding the other girl's cheek in hand making Amata smile at Brianna.
"I really don't think the Overseer has been my father for a long while. Oh. I know he still thinks me of his daughter but I am afraid he is going to let his duty as Overseer go over his duty as my father. I really don't know what he will do to me if I stay behind. Therefore, I am going with you Brianna since you not only been a close friend all my life but you had been far closer to me then my father ever was. Besides James has been more of a Father to me then the Overseer," Amata said after a moment making Brianna smile brightly and wipe the tears off her face. Suddenly Shaun fake gagged making the two girls turn to glare at the sole boy of their little group.
"Enough with the mushy stuff girls I believe it is time to get out of here before Security gets here to arrest us. Therefore, Brianna get your gun and I shall start packing up some stuff that we may need. Amata you start packing up the stuff some clothes for you girls while I am packing the other stuff," Shaun mentioned with a serious face making the two girls sigh and nod in agreement. Amata quickly retrieved a small backpack they had found in storage bin several years before which had been used by the two of them to carry their toys when they were younger. She quickly started packing the bag from Brianna's dresser.
Brianna meanwhile stepped away from Amata and walked over to the BB Gun she had used as child and now on a display rack on the wall of her room. She took it down from the rack and laid it down on her desk before walking over to a corner of her room. There she reached around the small book shelf that took up that corner and retrieved a small bag from its hiding spot behind the shelf. Upending the bag onto her desk she quickly took apart her BB Gun and replace several parts with new parts taken from the bag. Finally, she slapped a full 10mm clip from a N99 Pistol into the new receiver of the gun turning it fully into a 10mm Rifle. Shaun had gifted the conversion parts to her on her seventeenth birthday. It was this rifle that allowed the three of them to help fight against the Mole Rats during the invasion. It really didn't have much power thanks to how weak standard 10mm bullets were compared to others but it was far better than a simple BB gun. With that done she turned to see Amata finished with her packing while Shaun came out of their father's home office with a bag of his own. Brianna blinked in surprise to see him carrying a AEP7 Laser Pistol in hand.
"Where in the world did you get that?" Brianna exclaimed in shock making Shaun chuckle lightly.
"Apparently Dad kept it along with a few power cells and a few other things in the small safe in his office. Dad showed it to me after the Mole Rat Invasion saying it is for just in case something like that happened again. Though he never answered my question on why he kept a bag of Nuke-Cola Caps in the safe strange enough," Shaun explained with a soft smile before shaking his head with a sigh.
"Alright I'll take the Laser Pistol while you take the N99 Amata," Shaun mentioned holstering the Laser Pistol and handing Amata the N99 Pistol over to Amata who sighed before inspecting it briefly and nodding her head. Brianna once again thanked Officer Gomez for training the three of them in handling firearms correctly, or this would be a bit more difficult for the three of them in the scheme of things. It did serve them well during the Mole Rat Invasion.
"Let's get out of here," Brianna said nodding to the door leading to the rest of the Vault. She took a long look around the quarters with a sad sigh for there were plenty of good memories of the three of them in this place. Now they had to leave it all behind and go out into the unknown world of the Wasteland. Amata patted Brianna on the shoulder knowing what she was thinking before she turned and walked out of the room leaving behind her old life.
-o-o-o-
Overseer's Office
Vault 101
Capital Wasteland
Later the three found themselves in the Overseer's Office after rushing through the chaos that had swept through the Vault due to the Security Officers running after the three of them. Thus leaving the Rad Roaches to have a free for all with the Vault Residents. This made the three even more sure that the Overseer was really becoming quite crazy for the Security should have been fighting against the Rad Roaches not chasing after them. After a few incidents with the chasing Security Officers and fighting through the Rad Roaches the three entered the Overseer's office thanks to Amata mentioning knowing that her Father had said something to her about a secret passage to get to the Vault Door. Therefore, won't have to go through the entire Security Force camped out in front of the Entrance Hall of the Vault.
Brianna was leaning against the wall keeping an eye on the door, while Amata was raiding the storage cabinets along the wall of the office for needed supplies. Shaun meanwhile was working on the Overseer's terminal to see if he can find a way to open the so-called secret passage. There were also the pair of Tom and Mary Holden who the trio had saved from the Security Guards guarding the door to the Entrance Hall from the Vault's Atrium. They were now huddling along one of the walls of the office talking quietly with one another. Then finally there was Tom's younger brother Adam who was watching the door alongside Brianna. Adam had joined the Vault's Security Force after the losses suffered by the earlier Mole Rat Invasion. When he had witnessed two of his fellow Officers about to gun down his own brother and sister-in-law, the only family he had left, he reacted opening fire on the other officers which allowed the couple to be extracted from the situation by Brianna and Shaun.
It would thanks to Adam that the group had managed to raid the Vault's Security Armory which allowed them to outfit themselves with Combat Armor which was something that surprised everyone in their little group. Since Combat Armor was not supposed to be in the Vault Armory in the first place. The Combat Armor had been held in a separate room of the Armory behind a code-locked door which Shaun had quickly managed to hack. The Combat Armor sets where not complete and only really had several chest plates along with leg greaves. Therefore, each of the three teenagers sported chest plates and leg greaves over their Vault Suits. Also in the hidden room where several types of rifles and shotguns but besides taking a pair of H&K C10 Combat Shotguns along with enough extra ammo for them and their current weapons the group left the stash of weapons alone. Confused at the reason for this unknown room filled with equipment the Vault officially didn't have the group moved on towards the Overseer's Office.
With a victorious cry Shaun finally managed to break into the terminal which had the group starting to look calmer than before since it won't be long now before they were out of the Vault and out of this madness. However, that changed when Shaun looked up in shock at what he was reading from the terminal.
"Damn. Apparently the Vault was opened before we were all born, several times in fact," he reported with a shocked look on his face which made the group all look at him in shock and confusion.
"That means the Overseer has been lying all this time about keeping the Vault closed," Mary Holden said with a defeated look her face. Brianna shook off her shock before coming around the desk and leaning against it next to her brother.
"Okay. Is there anything written about them?" she asked eying the screen of the Terminal making Shaun look through a few more screens of information before nodding.
"Yeah. Basically it appears the Overseer before Amata's Father opened the Vault Door due to several reasons. They explored the area surrounding the Vault and found a small settlement not far from the Vault where they started to trade with them. That explains how that equipment from the Armory got there," Shaun explained making the others nod in understanding.
"Alright can you download the data from their explorations for it will be quite useful to us when we leave the Vault behind," Brianna excitedly ordered her brother making him nod in understanding reaching for his Pip Boy and taking out the connector cable from it before plugging it into the Terminal. After a few more moments it was done and Shaun looked up with a small smile on his face as he disconnected the cable letting it retract back into his Pip Boy. He then went back to Terminal and looked through a few more screens before blinking in surprise.
"Oh. That is weird," Shaun mentioned out loud gathering the groups attention once more.
"What's weird Shaun?" Brianna asked with a frown looking over at her brother to see him reading something else on a screen which made his face suddenly pale in shock. Now surprised at her brother's response Brianna leaned forward and tapped him on the shoulder but he still stayed there looking at the screen. Brianna traded looks with Amata before slapping the shoulder of Shaun finally breaking him from his shock.
"Again Shaun what is weird?" she asked him seriously making the older sibling sigh slightly before pushing away from the Terminal and looking over at Brianna.
"Apparently the Vault Door opened once more after Alphonse became Overseer and he left a few notes about it. He mentions that a single man and a pair of infants arrived in front of the Vault Door begging to be let in. At first Alphonse was just going to ignore him but he soon changed his mind when he mentioned that he was a trained doctor and physician which the Vault desperately needed due to not having anyone trained for that. Not to mention Aunt Anna was literally on her death bed at the time therefore Alphonse was desperate for anything to save her therefore let the man in along with the two infants. The man managed to save Aunt Anna's life and stayed around as the Vault's new Doctor," Shaun explained making the room look on in sheer shock even more so then the news that the Vault had been opened before.
"That was Dad and the two of us. It has to be. That means we were never born in the Vault like Dad has been telling us all this time. That means he lied to us," Brianna managed to whisper in some shock and a blink of her eyes. Amata wrapped an arm around her shoulder but Shaun only shook his head and looked back at the Terminal.
"It gets better Brianna. Alphonse also wrote a note about a conversation he had with the new arrival. It was dad introducing us to him in this very office. In this conversation Alphonse asked if the two of us where twins thanks to us looking close in age to one another at the time. Dad then answered no for Brianna was his only child and the boy is an infant he managed to save from something not mentioned in the note. That means the two of us where never related Brianna," Shaun bitterly reported making the group once again look in shock. Brianna looked wide-eyed at the boy she had been raised alongside before she suddenly shook her head and brought him into a hug.
"I don't care about that Shaun Carter for even if we are not officially related you are still my Brother that is not ever going to change you hear me," Brianna mentioned making Shaun nod against her chest.
"Yes ma'am!" he cheekily said with a small salute before he looked back at the Terminal.
"Alright then let's get the heck out of here," he mentioned before walking back to the Terminal and quickly brought a final screen on the monitor. Then with a groan of gears and hydraulics the desk rose up from the ground and the floor opened up showing the entrance to the Secret Passage.
"Well that's cool," Adam mentioned with a grin on his face. And with that the group made their way down the ladder and into the passage itself.
-o-o-o-
Entrance Hall
Vault 101
Capital Wasteland
With a series of groans a wall inside the Entrance Hall slid open showing the exit of the Overseer's Secret Passage. The group quickly made their way out of the passage and towards the control panel for the Vault Door. Looking around they saw no one in the Hall at all much to their pleasure. At the panel Shaun detached his Pip Boy's cable once more and slotting it into place on the panel. The screen of his Pip Boy then flashed a quick message before an authorization screen popped up. Shaun quickly typed in a password he got from the Overseer's terminal which saw the Pip Boy beep in response before the cover over the big red button on the panel popped open and the button started to flash. That done Shaun unplugged the cord from the panel letting it retract once more into the Pip Boy before looking over at the group.
"Alright once that button is pushed everyone is going to know that the Vault Door has been opened. Therefore, Brianna, you, Amata, and Adam should get into cover just in case the security officers outside come rushing in," Shaun mentioned nodding the door leading to the rest of the Vault and the officers standing guard outside. He then turned to look over at the unarmed pair of Tom and Mary nodded themselves before taking cover by the Vault Door itself. That done Shaun turned back to the console, took a deep breath and slammed his hand on the big red button. With a heavy groan the Door started to open while flashing yellow lights started flashing throughout the Entrance Hall.
"What! Someone is opening the door! Get in their guys," a voice could be heard saying outside the hall. The door leading to the Vault slid open and a pair of Security Officers rushed in but where fired on by the group sending them crawling quickly into cover themselves. A few moments of this and the door was fully opened. Then with care the group slowly started to make their way back towards the door while keeping the Security Officers pinned from doing anything in response.
A moment later the pair of Brianna, and Shaun made it through the door just as several more officers exploded into the room along with Overseer Alphonse which had the two Carter siblings give the man jauntily salutes before Shaun slammed his hand down on a second red button on the outside control panel. The Vault Door then started to close but not before the group hear a sound of pure fury from the Overseer. Then with a click the door finished closing dropping the Entrance Tunnel into darkness. With several clicks of their own the group turned on the built-in lights on their Pip Boys. A scream from Mary saw the group pointing their arms towards the woman to find her pointing her own flashlight beam down towards the ground. They all did so as well to find several aging skeletons scattered across the area. The group also as one gulped before they started to move on towards the distant light source which soon resolved into a small rickety door.
The group then quickly looked at one another once more before Brianna shoved the door open and warm sunlight spilled into the tunnel making them all gasp in some surprise. With some nervous care the group carefully walked out of the tunnel and into the outside world. The group gasped as one as they stared down at the ruins of the Capital Wasteland that was rolled out before them. It was this moment that finally saw it crystalized in the minds of the group of former Vault Dwellers that they were no longer in the safety of the Vault but in an Unknown Land full of unknown dangers and other such new instances. It was the start of something new for them all and in turn the people of the Capital Wasteland as well. Something that would make them a key element in the future of the Capital Wasteland. An element known as: Hope.
-o-Fin-o-
Well this is the third of my little shorts based in the post-apocalyptic world of Fallout and the second based in Capital Wasteland. Though this one does have some elements drawn from Fallout 4. The main thing being the character of Shaun, the Sole Survivor's Son, being raised alongside the Lone Wanderer of Fallout 3. To do this I had fudge the timeline a bit to make it work. The main point of this change is that the Institute didn't breach Vault 111 and kidnap Shaun till much later in time about thirty or so years before the Sole Survivor stumbles out of Vault 111 instead of seventy or so years like it is in game. Then a member of the Institute Team become quite guilty over the actions they took and managed to escape with baby Shaun to the Capital Wasteland. There the unnamed Institute Scientist managed to get injured someway, either by Raiders or one of the numerous nasty critters that call the Wasteland home. Then James and Star Paladin Cross stumble onto her and Baby Shaun in Springvale not far from Vault 101.
That said folks, this idea came to me pretty simply in that unlike other games which have the player choose between genders (Mass Effect mostly) I haven't seen any fanfiction for Fallout that have both versions of the player character being characters in a fanfiction story. In Mass Effect fanfiction this is seen with them being siblings, either as twins or just simple siblings. Not so in Fallout 3 fanfiction, at least as far as I know, therefore decided to change that with this story. I then took the idea further and merged an idea where Shaun wasn't raised by the Institute into it. Therefore, I do hope you like the idea.
For this story I am basing Shaun's character partly on my Sole Survivor Nora, and that of the Synth version of Shaun seen later in the game. Therefore, Shaun is quite a gearhead and capable engineer though he lean more towards engineering weapons hence him the one who built the BB Gun and later upgrades it into a sort of a psedo-10mm based Rifle we see it as in this story. This means he will be the one of the group who takes care of their weapons and later on their Power Armor. Brianna meanwhile is the main fighter of the group and sort of their leader though officially she shares it with Shaun.
Speaking of Brianna, I made her a lesbian for several reasons mostly due to general distaste for the other main male characters of the game being paired with her. That doesn't mean I am not the fan of the characters I just don't like them being paired with Brianna. This is mostly Butch, Charon, and any of the Brotherhood of Steel based Characters. The question though would be in later stories is wither she remain with Amata or move onto other relationships.
Jeez. Again with the long notes. Sorry about that but I do believe I am done now. I shall get to work on the next story. Another Fallout 4 just to let you know. Till then Ciao!