Vincent Harris limped up the hill towards the overlook at Vault 101 before seeing his Love Amata sitting on the ground sobbing away from prying eyes. Seeing her sobbing on the ground outside of the vault like this brought all his guilt and sorrow like the time he visited the pitt. he gathered up the nerve to approach her in this state since the past events prior.
Amata said in a sincere manner as he wanted to get her attention.
Amata didn't move at first, just stayed hugged to the ground until she finally recognised that familiar voice that spoke her name, she looked back up cautiously from staring at the ground, ground full of her tears almost turning into a little pool.
"Vince, How." was all she could muster before getting up to hug him with passion.
"I'm sorry Amata, i got here as soon as I could, I'll explain everything in due time,"
Amata showed no sign of anger, just relief and disbelief.
"I thought I lost you, I was so scared." tears continued to flow until she couldn't cry any more.
"I'll never leave you behind Amata, whatever happens, I'll always come back to you," Vincent said before sharing a passionate kiss with Amata eagerly obliged.
5 hours Earlier
Sarah`s expression on her face showed sadness, shock and disbelief, time seemed to instantly slow down, all she saw was the fire in between the ruble, People running around, panicking not knowing what to do. Sentinel Lyons, fierce leader of the Lyons pride of the brotherhood, daughter to Elder Lyons, all she could think of now was if her best friend she ever met out of the wasteland, all they've been through, no fucking way she was gonna accept after all they fought for he was gonna die to some random fucking missile or bomb, she didn't even know what hit them but it looked more like the warhead at Adams air force base.
She finally stomached enough courage to start barking orders out.
"Colvin, get people clearing out the rubble for any signs of Vincent, I'll contact the citadel." Sarah ordered Colvin`s just waiting for an not so optimistic reply to come out.
"Maam, do you really think he could have survived all that?" Colvin replied just as the sentinel predicted.
" If it was anyone else, I'd say they were done but all my time with Vincent has shown me that he either got Metal tucked away under all that skin or he's just plain lucky. If anyone could survive whatever hit that building, it's him." Sarah finished before walking away to contact the citadel. Knight Captain Colvin nodded before rallying the Riley`s rangers and Glen Clarke to search the rubble for signs of Vincent.
The others were doubtful he survived since they were outside the building that was hit, Glenn was the closest to the building followed by Butcher, the team's medic. Butcher gave Reily a nod saying he's ok then proceeded to Glenn, Glenn had a large burnt mark covering his sleeve on his left arm and a sprained leg, luckily Butcher didn't receive any injuries despite being so close to the building so he studied Glenn`s wounds before giving him Med-X to ease the pain on his arm while he bandaged the burnt his arm then injected a stimpack on him to heal and keep him conscious.
Not yet, not yet, echo in his mind, flashbacks of before plagued his mind before slowly opening up his eyes, Blood oozing at the top of his head, while adjusting his breathing before coughing up from all the dust from the floor and ruble that used to be walls and the roof before crumbling down. Tring to recollect his events, he remember hearing the warhead hit the building while talking to Amata on his walkie talkie, with no time to prepare if not seconds, his survival instincts kicked in dropping the walkie talkie, he ran towards the kitchen and spotted what he was looking for, and no, it was not some sugar bombs or a 200-year-old moulding milk. remembering a classic from back in the Vault, Indiana Jones 4, a scene where indiana hid inside a fridge to survive a nuke being launched, this wasn't a nuke but a warhead, curious to see if this theory is true or not he emptied the fridge of its contents and shelves to make room for his muscular frame. Shutting the fridge door as he just about fit in. inside, all he could hear was a loud explosion followed by rocks and ruble tumbling down. It felt like rocks were being thrown at it at first but soon the roof collapsed on top of the fridge and I could feel every movement of the fridge as I could feel while the fridge dropped down levels and levels until it couldn't move any further down.
Dints all splattered all over the door, one particular dint almost suffocating him on the inside, a piece of rubar managed to penetrate the rusty fridge right down to his rib cage, very lucky mere centimetres away from his rib. He sighs of relief and thanks whatever god graced him with for being this lucky.
He felt his unusual mutation kicking him trying to heal the wounds he suffered, as He tried to shout for help but couldn't find his voice with all the dust and concrete all around. Just letting out faint whispers hoping someone could hear. He was kinda relieved to know whatever bomb or warhead hit the building contained radiation, after a while he almost given up hope, the realizastion of death looming over him shuck him to his core, a feeling of total despair of not being able to see his friends again, Sarah Lyons, Her father Owyn Lyons who was like a father to him ever since his dad died at the purifier in the hands of the enclave, reilly's rangers who had his back throughout the wasteland. last but not least his Love Amata, god he wanted to see her so bad, just one more time. interrupting his thoughts, he could hear Ruble being moved and thrown around, his hope reunited, he shouted to the best he could do considering his condition.
"Sentinel, we've found him, he's barely conscious but Butcher the medic for reilly's rangers with him now, he is stable for the moment." Colvin informed sentinel Lyons of the news.
"Thank you Colvin, I've informed the citadel of what happened, I'll check on Vincent, Dismissed," Sarah let off a sigh of relief and proceeded to where Vincent was. Colvin walked away to check on the inventory they've acquired.
Sarah walked to the tent and sat down on a seat where Vincent was laid on the bed. She spotted an IV strip attached to his arm and a rebreather mask and tubes to control his breathing. She has been used to seeing him like this before, she didn't see much bruises or cuts so he must be in this state because the amount of dust covered the rubble of germantown hq. she pondered how he survived all this, was it just pure luck or something else, Her thoughts of luck as a soldier of the brotherhood was that you'll only have luck on you side for brief moments until it turned against you, the amount of luck shed seen with Vincent she wondered if the ranger armour he wears actually gives him luck. as luck would have it, she heard Vincent start to regain consciousness.
Vincent started to remove the breathing mask and tubes connecting to it.
"Shit, how long was I out, I feel like a super mutant giving me a hug right now." sense of humour still there, that's a good sign.
"You've barely been out 3 hours, no wonder you feel like shit, shit you don't know how lucky you are to survive all that, I almost believe you're superman with all the encounters you survive." Sarah finished with a hint of relief and concern at the same time.
" Well, in some way you're not far off, luckily that warhead that hit the building contains radiation or else yours truly here would probably be dead."
"Never known anyone to be relieved to be radiated." Sarah let out a quizzes look at the wanderer.
"See, when i was doing the wasteland survival guide for Moira Brown at negation, I kind of had to get irradiated to see how to deal with so much radiation, well I got irradiated alright, just over 900 rads, when i got back, Moira asked a few questions like how im feeling, can i move or see and stuff before giving me some drink to take rads out of my system, well turns out i manage to contract a mutation from whatever Moira pumped in my system, when I get radiated or in an area that's radiated, my body, limbs and cuts heal faster, I don't know how many times this little perk of mine has saved my hide, more times than I could count, to be honest."
Sarah let out a faint whistle with a face of amazement as she listened to Vincent's talk about his miraculous mutation.
"Well, I'm somehow glad for that mutation of yours. Suppose I got to thank Moira at megaton for bringing you back to us. Hmm."
" I have to admit she's kind of a nut job but a nice innocent nut job nevertheless."
"Can't argue with you about that, I knew from the start when I first met her that she was a bit off."
"Well, as much as I love to stay cooped up in this remarkably pristine bed all day with you, I think I need to visit Amata. I was talking to her when the building got hit, she must be worried if i'm still alive." Vincent started to get changed rather quickly before feeling Sarah's hand on his shoulder.
"Not so fast Vincent, you need to rest first." the sentinel ordered,
"ah , ain't no rest for the wicked Sarah, I've got to see Amata now, I've already been a bad fiance. I've got to make up for it."
Sarah knew the was no way of stopping him from doing what he was gonna do no matter what, also knew or just plain stalled on telling him how she really felt, either way, she knew at this moment is not the time for it,
"Oaky vince but you're not going alone, I'll get the rangers to give you a lift."
"Much appreciated Sarah, You're the best."
Meanwhile
Overlook onlooking the now destroyed police station
"How the hell did he survive the strike, impossible" the remnant enclave officer's shocked expression evident on his face. "Don't worry dear Child, this was just a test, now we know what heals the lone wanderer you see, that warhead was filled with radiation for a reason, after all those years of fighting have you ever wondered what makes him tick, how he overcomes all obstacles he faces, over the years he must of succumb to many mutations in this desolate wasteland, one of them must be radiation as evident in this test, this is just the start, our work will commence soon." The tall giant power armoured leader's confident voice spoke loud.
With a hint of annoyance, the officer responded back, " don't call me Child,I'm an Officer of the enclave."
The giant leader's anger rose, "Kid everyone`s a child to my eyes, I have lived longer, seen more, loved more and lost more, and if you backchat me again, i'll bathe in your blood, clear." his words leaving the officer trembling in fear.
"I'm sorry sir it will not happen again, sir," the officer struggled to hold his fear in while responding.
"Good, Make sure it doesn't happen again kid."
"Sir, when do we engage, our forces have been ready for a long time and now they are growing restless, most need some action sir."
"Soon, very soon, just one thing I need to do and then we send everybody to action, Officer Smith, call Talon company to me, they have a job to do, you are relieved." Officer Smith saluted before jumping on vertibird.
The tall leader slowly walked to the edge of the cliff, taking a cigar and lighting it up, "well wanderer", he exhaled the smoke out of his lungs and continued," lets see who the chosen one after all," his spoke to himself looking at he old ruin of Germantown before throwing his cigar over the edge and walking away.
Back in the present,
"I thought I lost you, I was so scared." tears continued to flow until she couldn't cry any more.
"I'll never leave you behind Amata, whatever happens, I'll always come back to you." Vincent said before sharing a passionate kiss with Amata eagerly obliged.
"I'll be here for awhile, i've already been the worst fiance a girl could ever ask for, i need to make it up to you Amata." Vincent's guilt took hold of him, suffocating him.
"Well I can't argue with you there Vince, hmm, just wondering what your punishment would be for being such a bad naughty boy." Amata`s smile and sensual demeanour returned, turning Vincent's guilty face into a bright smile and relief.
"Hmm, maybe a hanging or a stoning, or just a simple spanking." Vincent played around lowering his pants a smudge to reveal his rear end where Amata planted her hand hard with Vincent receiving a tomato red ass.
They continued to play and giggle about before They embraced themselves in a tight, passionate hug until their feet gave out.
"I Love you so damn much Amata, words can't begin to describe it."
"I Love you too." she kissed him on the lips before motioning for him to get back in the vault for rest.