"Don't stop running! It will only be a matter of time before they disarm those mines!" He yelled as we ran through the gates.
We ran for what seemed like forever, but we finally stopped as we crossed a small bridge towards an old shack.
"Wait here, I'm going to see if Agatha is home. She will let us stay here for the night." He said as he knocked on the door.
The door opened slightly as an elderly lady poke her head through the door.
"Hello, who's there?" She asked.
"It's me Agatha," he said as he took off his hood and approached the door.
"Well hello deary. Have you been tuning in to the show?" She asked.
"Everyday, as usual. Listen, we are in a bit of a situation and were wondering if we could spend the night here?" He asked her.
"Of course you two can stay here. Don't have much food left, but I will spare whatever I can." She said with a smile.
After they ate their dinner, Agatha decided to record a song for her radio station so Amata and the Lone Wanderer stepped outside to let her make the recording. They set up a small fire outside the door and listened to Agatha's song.
"I never actually thanked you for saving me, so thanks." Amata said.
The Lone Wanderer just nodded his head. After a few more minutes of quiet he finally asked, "why?"
Amata snapped out of her day dream only to be met by confusion.
"Why what?" She asked.
"Why did you leave the vault? You were safe in there, I made sure of it. After I left for the second, I made sure that no one would try anything. I just don't understand why you left." He said.
Amata sighed and started at the hooded figure sitting next to her before finally stating, "My father went mad. After you removed him as Overseer, he went batshit crazy. We... I had to lock him away to make sure he didn't hurt anyone. I would go every day to visit him, hoping he would break the curse that was set on him, but it only got worse. I watched my father wither away from a strong and confident man to a weak and paranoid coward."
Amata stopped for a moment as she wiped tears out of her eyes before continuing.
"This went on for awhile until about a week ago. I went to see him late in the afternoon, but when I got there, I found him hung from the ceiling. He used his bedsheets to hang himself and he carved Overseer into the window of his room and across his own forehead. The blood was stilling running from the wound when I showed up. Every time I closed my eyes, I would see his lifeless face and those fucking words on his forehead. I couldn't stay there."
The Lone Wanderer stood up and walked over to where Amata had sat down. He sat down next to her and wrapped his arm around her, the metal armor was cold on her skin, and whispered. "I know what's like to lose a father."
Amata looked up at him with tears in her and opened her mouth to say something when she was interrupted by the sound of a vertibird landing nearby.
The Lone Wanderer stood up and ran towards the small rope bridge. He turned around and ran back towards Amata and grabbed her by the shoulders.
"Get inside and don't come out till I come back. Do you understand?" He yelled.
Amata nodded her head and ran inside. The Lone Wanderer pick up his old leather sack and pulled out his T-51 Winter Power Armor Helmet and pushed it down over his head. He then pulled out Vengeance and shoved his 10mm pistol into its holster. He flicked on the low light vision on and pushed out across the bridge towards the Enclave dropship.
'Well this is going to be fun.' He thought to himself as he ran towards where the vertibird landed. The aircraft had taken off only a few minutes before, leaving a dust cloud around where it once was. He could see multiple dark figures walking down the road towards the Scrapyard.
The Wanderer ran down to the road and took cover behind a rock maybe twenty yards away from the Enclave squad. He could see 4 men, two in Enclave Power Armor, one in Tesla Power Armor, and one officer.
'Here goes nothing.' He stood up from behind the rock and unpinned a plasma grenade, throwing the grenade at the squad. He watched as the green glow flew threw the air and landed beside the Officer. The explosion of green light in the darkness was almost blinding as the Enclave officer melted into a green stain on the road.
The Wanderer charged at the squad, pulling his unique Gatling Laser out at the same time. He managed to close the gap between the squad and him to barely a few feet when he activated Vaultec's VATS. Everything slowed down as he picked his targets, aiming at the two Enclave Soldiers in Power Armor. As he exited the system, he pulled the trigger and sent beams of energy flying towards the soldiers. The two soldiers didn't stand a chance against the sheer amount of laser fire that pierced through their armor. The two soldiers dropped to the ground before they even knew what had hit them, but the soldier in Tesla Armor was quicker than the wanderer expected. The Enclave soldier kicked the Gatling Laser away from his hands and pulled his plasma rifle up and fired a blast of plasma into the wanderers shoulder.
His Winterized T-51 Power Armor managed to take the blast, put the plasma did an incredible amount of damage to it and knocked the Wanderer to the ground. 'Fuck!' The Wanderer thought to himself as he reached for his pistol. He managed to grab it, but the Enclave soldier just kicked it away as well.
"This is the day you die and I want to look you in the eyes when you do." The Enclave Soldier said as he kneeled down, placing his knee on the center of the Wanderer's chest and removed his helmet. The soldier placed the barrel of his rifle on the Wanderer's neck, burning him at the touch.
All of a sudden the Soldiers head made an unnatural jolt before the soldier collapsed onto the Wanderer. A dark figure walked over to where to Wanderer lay on the ground and stood over him holding a sniper rifle.
"I have no idea how I hit him, but I'm glad I did." A familiar female voice said.
"Thanks Amata. Mind helping me get this fat fuck off of me?" The Wanderer said jokingly.