Rude Awakening
Porter Gage thought he'd seen it all during his time in the Commonwealth, but the sight before him was enough to take anyone for a loop. The fact that they were standing in what appeared to be a secret vault that had been under their noses the entire time was pushed aside by the two blonde females kneeling on the ground. The first one he recognized as that pesky Sierra Petrovita, the girl from the Capital Union who spend all day long asking stupid questions about Nuka-World. The other woman though….
She was as naked as the day she was born and covered in some kind of blue, glowing liquid. Before Gage could ask the obvious question, the silence was broken by one of the two Raiders (both from the Operators gang), that were in the room with him. "My, my….what a nice looking piece of meat!"
The woman lifted her head up and stared at the three men - all of whom were indeed staring at her as though she were a piece of meat.
"I say we take her to Mags and William." the other said.
The one with the metal eye patch shook his head. "No….we take her to the boss."
The first Raider groaned. "Colter! Fuck that! Mags and William will have a better…."
Gage turned and stared the Raider down. "You know the rules. Everything in this park belongs to the Boss, that means he decides what happens to her. Understand?"
For a moment the two men just stared daggers at one another, and the two women held their breaths as they waited to see which one would blink first. Finally, the Operators Raider nodded in defeat. "Fine." He turned and began to step towards the naked woman, and Sierra began to panick.
"No, no, you can't take her….please!"
The Raider pushed her to the ground. "Out of my damn way!" He grabbed the young woman by the arm and roughly pulled her to her feet. The young woman's mind was racing at this point. She didn't know where she was, who these men were….or even who she was. In that moment she only knew one thing: this man was hurting her - and she didn't like that.
In what seemed like a blink of an eye the young woman yanked her arm free from the Raider's grip, then grabbed him by the throat with her left hand. As the Raider struggled to break free he was suddenly lifted off his feet, and everyone's eyes shot wide open. This tiny woman, who stood at a mere 5' 8" and weighed no more than one-hundred twenty-five pounds, was holding this large Raider with one arm. A second later the shock had worn off, and the second Operator smashed the butt of his AK-47 into the small of woman's back, causing her to drop the Raider to the ground.
The blow hurt the young woman, but it didn't stun her like the Raider expected and he swung his rifle to strike again. The woman grabbed it with both hands, stopping it cold. The Raider pushed on the rifle with all of his might, but the woman was not moving. In fact, it didn't look like she was even straining against him. Before he could comprehend what was happening, the Operator was thrown across the vault, rifle and all, and smashed into one of the vats filled with quantum.
A brutal blow to the back of the head caused the woman to stumble forward, but she quickly recovered and spun around. Porter Gage threw another punch, but the woman caught his fist and punched him square in the chest. The blow not only dented his metal armor, but Gage was sent flying through the vault door and landed flat on his back; the wind having been knocked out of him.
Sierra had been kneeling on the ground watching the entire spectacle with her mouth hung open. The young woman seemed equally surprised because she took a moment to stare at her shaking hands - as if she too, was wondering how she had managed to do what she had just done. A moment later her survival instincts kicked in and she rushed over to the shelves and grabbed a thirst zapper and one of the odd looking bottles of quantum. The young woman slapped the quantum into the thirst zapper's pistol grip and cocked the weapon.
'How did I know to do that?' she thought.
In the blink of an eye the young woman sprinted out of the vault, leaving behind a frantic Sierra Petrovita. "Wait! Don't go out there! WAIT!"
But the woman didn't listen. Still as naked as a jail bird, she made her way up the stairs to the main Nuka-Cola office and threw the front door open. For a moment she had to shield her eyes from the sun and she struggled to get her first glimpse of the outside world. It didn't take long for her eyes to adjust and the first thing she noticed were two armed men, wearing what looked like animal masks standing in the middle of the street. For a moment the young woman froze as the two men (who seemed just as surprised as she was) began to approach her.
"Hot damn!" one of them crowed. "Now where are you going, honey?"
Without saying a word the young woman tried to run around them, but the two animal masked Raiders attempted to block her path. "Come on, baby, we're not gonna hurt ya."
"Yeah….unless you're into that sort of thing."
As the two men laughed, the young woman's survival instinct kicked in again and she took off running, only this time, she plowed into both of the Raiders with the ferocity of a line backer, and both men were knocked to the ground. The attack didn't even seem to lessen the woman's stride and she continued to head toward what looked like a small doorway. It was being guarded by a female dressed in metal spiked armor, covered in blood, and after seeing what had just happened to the other two Raiders, she quickly drew a .44 caliber pistol from her belt. "Hey, hold it right…."
Before she could even get a shot off, the young woman had closed the distance, knocked the gun out of the way with her left hand and punched the Raider with her right; knocking her out cold. She ran through the doorway and took in her surroundings. A large circular pool of water was directly in front of her with a large structure overlooking it with the words "Fizzy Top Grill" on the front of it. Behind the structure was a mountain with what looked like a giant bottle leaning against it. The young woman's mind was racing as she took in these strange images. This place was strange - yet it seemed familiar to her at the same time.
Gunfire erupted, followed immediately by bullets strafing the ground in front of her, and the young woman took off running again. She could see Raiders coming from all directions and she pushed herself to the limit; desperation and fear driving her forward. She suddenly felt a sharp pain in her lower right leg, and she immediately stumbled to the ground. She knew that she had been shot, and the young woman gritted her teeth as she fought the pain and struggled to get up. Just as she had managed to get back on her feet she realized she was surrounded by ten of the Raiders. Some wear dressed like the ones that attacked her in the vault, two wore the strange animal masks, and the rest were the armored females. Not knowing what else to do, the young woman pointed her thirst zapper at her attackers….and they immediately began laughing.
"Look at this, Nisha." One of the females sneered. "Blonde's got herself a water pistol!"
The one named Nisha, who was wearing a blood stained helmet with three blades sticking out of the top, remained silent as the other Raiders continued to laugh. The female who had mocked her stepped forward and spread her arms out. "Well go on….shoot me! Shoot me with your big, bad water pistol!"
Whether it was out of desperation, or some sub-conscious knowledge of what would happen, the young woman would never know. In that moment, against all odds, she pulled the trigger….and the Raider disappeared in an explosion of blue flame and pink mist. For a moment she was just as surprised as the Raiders, but she quickly composed herself and fired again….then again and again. Two more Raiders were disintegrated in the volley, and the rest scattered to find cover.
The young woman took off running again….the pain in her leg it appears, had vanished. 'Must be the adrenaline', she told herself. By now more Raiders had arrived, including Porter Gage (who was clearly wincing from the pain of a few broken ribs).
A furious Nisha ran over to him. "What the hell is going on, Gage?!"
Gage struggled to catch his breath. "I'll explain later. Get her!"
Nisha turned to the shell-shocked Raiders. "You heard'em! Get after her!"
Six of the Raiders shared a weary stare before taking off after the woman, who was already running out of the main area of the park. She continued to head north, not sure of where she was going, but she knew she had to get away from these people, whoever they were. The six Raiders were struggling to keep up with her, and took the occasional pot-shot at her to no avail. A sudden scream caused the young woman to stop and turn - and her eyes shot wide open at what she was seeing. Large, ugly worm like creatures had descended on the group of Raiders. Some were being dragged underground as they screamed for help, while some were frantically shooting in the ground, trying to save themselves.
One of the blood worms leaped from the ground in front of the woman, but she landed a punch with her left hand, and the creature was knocked away as if it were a fly. Another of the abominations charged her, but one well placed shot from her thirst zapper blew it to pieces. By now the remaining Raiders were either dead or running back to the park for the lives, and the young woman turned and continued running at full speed.
The sun was beginning to set when exhaustion and hunger finally began to take it's toll on the young woman. She wasn't sure how far she had run, but she could still see the park off in the distance. It would be dark soon, and she would have to find a safe place to sleep for the night. That, and some food and clothes would be nice. Her wound had miraculously healed, and it only added more mystery to her most pressing question: who and what was she?
A sign up ahead read "Safari Adventure" and the young woman decided this might be a good place to settle down for the night. The empty, rusted cages and the smells indicated that this had been some kind of zoo. The animals, like everything else it seemed, were long dead. What had happened to cause all of this? Was the rest of the world as bleak and dismal as this place?
She could see a large structure in the trees up ahead. 'That should be as safe a place as any.' As she made her way towards it, a low growl to her left caused her to stop cold. Slowly turning, she could hear the footsteps of what was undoubtedly a large creature coming around the corner. A second later the creature came with in sight….and she was frozen with fear.
The creature stood at over eight feet tall, was covered in scales and had razor sharp teeth and claws. If it hadn't been on two legs, the young woman would have sworn it was an overgrown alligator, but clearly, this was another abomination like the worms she had encountered. The creature saw her, stomped it's right foot, and let out a terrifying scream. Steeling herself, the young woman raised her thirst zapper, but the creature's speed surprised her, and with one swipe of it's massive hand the young woman was knocked off her feet and slammed into a concrete wall. The blow caused her to see stars and drop her weapon. Through her blurry vision she could see the creature charging again, looking to finish off it's prey. At the last moment she rolled out of the way and took off running; the creature hot on her heels. She practically dove through an opening in one of the larger cages and the creature, unable to fit through the small opening, stopped his pursuit. But any hope the young woman had for escape quickly evaporated as the massive creature began ripping the bars to the cage apart. She frantically searched for a weapon or a means of escape, and she quickly picked up a large, six foot long steel pole. She gritted her teeth and tightened her grip on the weapon as she watched the creature pull down the last of the bars and charge towards her. Letting out a battle roar of her own she swung the poll with all her might, striking the creature across his head. The abomination reeled from the massive blow, and the young woman followed up with another, and the creature screamed in pain. She charged forward and drove the pole into the creature's exposed chest and pushed until it exploded out of it's back. The creature let out a blood curtailing scream as green blood poured from its wound, but it still managed to land another blow with it's massive claw.
The young woman was knocked across the cage, and slammed into the bars. A sharp pain shot through her right arm, and she was certain it was broken. The creature, though wounded, was still determined to finish off his prey, and he lumbered towards her; it's teeth dripping with saliva and green blood. The young woman closed her eyes; accepting her fate.
Just as the creature was about to strike, it roared in pain once again, and the young woman's eyes opened. The man was standing between her and the creature, his nearly naked body covered in muscles. Letting out his own battle roar, he struck the creature in the head with a massive sledge hammer, and the abomination staggered back. The man made a series of grunting sounds, and a moment later three large hairy creatures (that looked like gorillas) seemed to emerge from nowhere and descended on the doomed creature. The young woman watched as her would be rescuers beat the creature until finally it stopped moving.
As she struggled to remain conscious, the woman finally got a good look at the man who had saved her. He stood over six feet tall, had black hair, a beard and mustache. She noticed two small scars on the left side of his face, and he had brown eyes. As he stood over her, the man placed his hand on his massive chest. "Me Cito. You fight monsters. Cito fight monsters. Maybe stranger and Cito be friends, yes?"
Note: As you probably guess, I've made Nuka-Girl as strong as Wonder Woman and gave her a healing ability similar to Wolverines. This does not make her indestructible, she can be killed, but she can take a lot of punishment. Let me know what you all think about this story so far.
