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This is a short story written in the fallout universe I did. Posted below for those who dont want to download it
In 2317 , scientists from all over gathered from across the wastelands to start a new series of experiments. A large collection of DNA samples from hundreds of pre war animals had been uncovered, offering a chance to repair the DNA of the people ravaged by radiation. Unfortunately that was not the case, but something new had come of it. A breed of human, animal hybrids where born, more capable of surviving the harsh environment of the wasteland. With each generation the animal features became more and more prominent. Eventually, this lead to the ability to inhabit more rural areas. One such area being some of the smaller towns in north eastern Oklahoma.
A convoy had formed to set off towards this area, in hopes of starting a new settlement. The group consisted of specialists from different settlements from across the country in Hope's of giving them the best chance of survival. Marcus Zenith, the goat man, was a renowned weapon and armor Smith. Some say he created the best guns in the wasteland. Then there was the draft horse Ellie. She was young, only 19, but had a way with machinary like the wasteland had never seen. She could repair just about anything, and could build robots from scrap. Her father, William, was an expert in water purification systems, and would join the convoy. Then there was the wolves Xander, Selena and their son Lucian, Xander was ex military, and was elected as the convoy leader, Selena was a medic, and 16 year old Lucian was an amazing hunter, and great in combat. The Zarina family, Esther and Mason, where farmers, though the bovine had no mechanical or combat experience, there jobs where just as important. After a year of planning, and gathering resources the convoy set off, they chose to leave in late winter, hoping that when they arrived, it would be a good time to start planting crops in early spring.
"Is everyone prepared?" Xander asked the convoy.
"All clear here, sir" said Mr. Zerina
"Ready as we will ever be" said Ellie
Marcus simply nodded, and the convoy set out. They began heading east, following the decrepit roads of what was once Los Angels, until the found their way to the interstate, and followed it as far as they could, they spent their nights in abandoned gas stations, taking advantage of the locations to stock up on supplies. After about 10 days on the road, the convoy came across a gap in the road, where a fault line had opened up, making traveling that section of the interstate impossible.
"Well fuck" cursed marcus "what the hell we gonna do now?"
"We could try cutting through the forest" Lucian suggested "I can scout ahead"
"Think I'm gonna trust the judgement of a dumbass kid" snapped Marcus
"Do you have any better ideas?" Ellie asked marcus
"No but I-" marcus started
"Then keep your opinions to yourself" Xander interrupted
The convoy started off towards the forest, lucian stayed ahead of the group, keeping an eye out for danger, and the safest path through. As night started to approach, they came across the remains of a small town and decided to camp there for the night, and come morning they set off again. They followed through the forest for a few days, probably a bit longer than they should have. Provisions where running low, and it was starting to look bad for the convoy, when they came across a distribution center for a major grocery chain.
"Finally, looks like our luck is changing" marcus said as he started to approach the door.
"I wouldn't do that" a voice said from somewhere in the branches of a tree near the center.
Xander, Lucian and Macus quickly turned to the tree, taking aim at its branches. A young silver fox defended from the tree, landing almost silently. He was dressed in a black leather armor with and some black Skinny jeans, mounted to his back was a hand made sword, on his hip he carried a .45 caliber pipe pistol, and in his hands was a .38 caliber revolver pipe rifle, with a long range scope. The sunlight glistened off his black fur making it shine like polished silver, as he stepped out of the shade, hands up to show he was no threat.
"Get down" barked Xander "drop your weapons and get down on the ground"
"Easy there" he said, as he complied and set his weapons down "I'm just trying to warn you not to go in there"
"And why not?" Asked Mason "we ran out of food two days ago, we're starving"
"That place is crawling with raiders. Going in there is Suicide" the fox said "if you guys are hungry, let me go, and I'll feed you"
"And how do we know you wont try to kill us as soon as we lower our guard" Marcus asked
"Because if I was going to do that, I would have shot you an hour ago when I first saw you in my scope" the fox replied
"Lucian, keep him pinned down" Xander said, as the rest of the convoy gathered to discuss what to do. A few minutes go by, and Xander approaches Lucian, and the fox, being kept pinned to the ground at gun point. "Alright, let him go"
Lucian holstered his 10mm pistol and let the fox up. He stood and brushed himself off, before turning towards theconvoy, drawing his pistol, and firing 3 shots. Xander, Lucian and Marcus again drew guns on him, until a large thud was heard just behind the convoy. Xander turned to see what the noise was, to find a now dead super mutant with three bullet holes in its head.
"I told you, if I wanted to kill you, I'd have done it already" he said calmly. The three lowered their weapons and let out a sigh of relief.
"What's your name" Xander asked in a very authoritative tone
"Alistair" replied the fox
"I'm Xander" the wolf said, standing tall "I'm the leader of this convoy"
"Convoy? You guys going somewhere in particular?" Alistair asked
"We are heading towards Vault 66" Ellie said cheerfully, trying to break the tension
"Vault 66? The one just outside of Tulsa?" Alistair asked
"Yes" said Xander "howd you know where that's at?"
"We aren't far from it. It's only about 3 days from here, give or take" Alistair replied
"We are that close?" Selena asked, stepping forth
"Yeah. Listen, I live about 2 hours from here, I could take you to my place, let you camp for the night, and escort youb in the morning, that work for you all?" He said, as he made his way over to the body of the super mutant, searching it for valubals.
"That sounds wonderful" Esther said
Alistair simply nodded, as he packed away his findings, mounting the sub machine gun the super mutant was carrying to his back by the strap, then motioned for the convoy to follow him. They set off through a more densely forested area, traversing through lightly warn in paths, until arriving at an old factory a few hours later. Alistair opened the door, and let everyone in after disarming his traps by the door. He lead them into a large, mostly clear room, it had a few make shift work benches, and a cooking pot, the building still had electricity for the most part, though some of the lights didnt work. He had them set up for the evening while he disappeared into another room, soon returning with an abundance of canned food and bottles of purified water, and began passing everything around making sure everyone had plenty to eat. After everyone had eaten their fill, they turned in for the night. All except Ellie, who was tinkering with one of her machines.
"What are you still doing up?" Alistair asked her
"Just trying to get this hunk of junk working again" she said
"What is it?" He asked, taking a look at what shes got
"Its an old C.A.M.P. machine" she said "if I could fix it, our set up and tear down for our stops will be a lot faster, and we can build better structures"
"I think I have a few of these laying around I was using for parts to build some attachments for my rifle" Alistair said "let me go get them"
With that, he slipped off into another room, and one by one brought out about 4 of these C.A.M.P. machines, in various conditions. Ellie began to deconstruct them, a d combine various part together. The two of them worked at it all night, and by morning, not only did they have it running, they expanded its range to the point where it could store and move a small town. Ellie started looking at the features, and noticed something called a deconstructor, and she selected it on the holoscreen projected by the machine. Soon a 3D mesh of a box appeared next to the machine, and little by little a physical box manifested. Curious, Alistair placed inside some cans, lamps, old torn clothes, and some broken machine parts from the factory, and pressed a button that said "scrap" when he did, the box vanished, and a new menu opened up on the holoscreen, showing a list of items that could be made with the available materials. Ellie selected a metal framed bed, and it began constructing in front of them. It wasnt long before the others started to wake up, and see the bed in the middle of the room. Ellie explained how the machine had created it, and even showed them. They soon started packing up to move out, and once they where out the door, Alistair stopped and turned towards Ellie.
"Hey Ellie, doesn't that machine have a mass scan option?" He asked her
"I think so" she said, as she set up the machine "yes it does, why?"
"Scan the factory" he said
"Why?" She asked
"Scrap it for materials" Alistair replied
"But that'll destroy your home hun" Selena said "where will you live?"
"Honestly I think I'm gonna stick around with you guys, help you build that community" he said
"Yeah, I dont thi-" marcus started
"Welcome to the convoy" Xander said, cutting him off
Ellie set up the C.A.M.P. machine, and proceeded to have it scan the old factory. Once its scan was complete, Alistair selected the mass scrap option and in a matter of seconds the building was broken down and stored in the machine, to be used as materials for later. Alistair sighed a bit, before turning toward the convoy and started off into the forest, with everyone else following suit. As the sun started to set, the convoy decided to set up camp. They where near a river, so William and Ellie used the C.A.M.P. machine to set up a building and water purifier. Soon after getting settled in and something to eat, the group called it a night, and went to sleep. A few hours after everyone had fallen asleep, a group of raiders invaded their camp. They snuck in quietly, and took mostly supplies, and left without waking anyone, until one of them decided to kidnap Ellie. He nudged her with the barrell of his rifle and as soon as she awakened he immediately motioned for her to stay quiet and get up. She abliged and went with them trying to avoid causing a fuss. As they were rushing out the door, one of the raiders dropped a fusion cell, causing everyone to stir, and soon jolt awake as soon as they noticed they were being robbed. William rushed the raiders in attempts to stop them from kidnapping his daughter.
"You leave my daughter alone you bastards!" He shouted as he charged them.
There was a loud bang, Ellie screamed as her father clutched his chest and dropped to the floor. The raider that had shocked of her pistol whipped her in the back of the head and dragged her out. Everyone gathered around william frantically trying to save him, but even Selena, with her years of experience as a combat medic was unable to save him.
"Lucian, stay with the group. Marcus and I are going after them" Xander ordered
"Bullshit! I'm going with you!" He shouted, tears in his eyes
"We dont have time to argue. If we aren't back by mid day move on without us" Xander demanded
Lucian nodded a bit, and went back to the rest of the convoy. Xander and Marcus set off to hunt down the raiders and avenge their fallen comrade. Minutes turned to hours. By mid day they hadn't returned.
"That's it. Its mid day, we have to move on" Selena said
"No!" Lucian shouted "fuck that I'm going after them"
"We have to move forward" Selena replied "your father said we need to move on, so we need to go"
"You can't stop me" he said "I'm going"
"I'll go with him" said Alistair. "We will be back by sundown. Guaranteed"
With that, they took off. Alistair knew the area very well, and within an hour they where able to find the raider camp. They where hold up in an old gas station. Alistair climbed up in a tree, and perched himself on a branch, and drew his sniper. Lucian hid in a bush a bit closer to the facility, and waited for the right moment to proceed. One by one Alistair picked off the raider patrolling the out doors, and once it was clear, he and Lucian stormed the inside. They shot down every raider they came across. The inside was fairly empty, it was obvious that they had run their resources dry here. After a quick sweep of the area, and Lucian found a hidden door, leading to a basement lever of the facility. As soon as the door was opened they became under heavy fire. Alistair pulled a grenade from his belt, and tossed it in the basement. It soon released a gas, that knocked the raiders unconscious. As soon as the smoke cleared Lucian and Alistair made their way down stairs to find Ellie tied up and unconscious. Unfortunately on the floor of the basement lay the lifeless bodies of Xander, and Marcus. Lucian became enraged, and pulled his fathers prized revolver from his hands, and began mercilessly executing the unconscious raiders. Alistair freed Ellie, and then pulled Lucian away. Ellie regained consciousness as Alistair was trying to console Lucian, who had broken down, grieving for his father, and for the loss of a long time family friend.
"We should get going" ellie said, placing a hand on Lucians shoulder
"We cant just.....leave them here" Lucian said softly
"I can build a robot to help give us a hand." Ellie said
Lucian nodded a bit, and ellie set to work. She wasnt able to craft a robot, but managed to put together a cart. It was after sundown when they finally made it back to camp. The convoy gathered together in mourning, laying to rest the fallen three on a bed of fire. Alistair scrounged up some ancient bottles of whiskey, and they spent the evening drinking, and reminiscing fond memories. As the fires died down, the convoy fell asleep. Come morning, they said one final goodbye to their fallen comrades, and continued on towards the vault. It was still another 2 day hike, which led the convoy through a few small towns, giving them a chance to stock up, and rest. As they drew towards the end of their journey Alistair insisted they push on through the night, as the area was too dangerous to set up camp. The convoy, though exhausted, hungry, and still grieving, pushed onward. As the sun started to peak across the horizon, they made it to the top of a hill, and there before them, where the sun met the earth, was vault 66.
In 2317 , scientists from all over gathered from across the wastelands to start a new series of experiments. A large collection of DNA samples from hundreds of pre war animals had been uncovered, offering a chance to repair the DNA of the people ravaged by radiation. Unfortunately that was not the case, but something new had come of it. A breed of human, animal hybrids where born, more capable of surviving the harsh environment of the wasteland. With each generation the animal features became more and more prominent. Eventually, this lead to the ability to inhabit more rural areas. One such area being some of the smaller towns in north eastern Oklahoma.
A convoy had formed to set off towards this area, in hopes of starting a new settlement. The group consisted of specialists from different settlements from across the country in Hope's of giving them the best chance of survival. Marcus Zenith, the goat man, was a renowned weapon and armor Smith. Some say he created the best guns in the wasteland. Then there was the draft horse Ellie. She was young, only 19, but had a way with machinary like the wasteland had never seen. She could repair just about anything, and could build robots from scrap. Her father, William, was an expert in water purification systems, and would join the convoy. Then there was the wolves Xander, Selena and their son Lucian, Xander was ex military, and was elected as the convoy leader, Selena was a medic, and 16 year old Lucian was an amazing hunter, and great in combat. The Zarina family, Esther and Mason, where farmers, though the bovine had no mechanical or combat experience, there jobs where just as important. After a year of planning, and gathering resources the convoy set off, they chose to leave in late winter, hoping that when they arrived, it would be a good time to start planting crops in early spring.
"Is everyone prepared?" Xander asked the convoy.
"All clear here, sir" said Mr. Zerina
"Ready as we will ever be" said Ellie
Marcus simply nodded, and the convoy set out. They began heading east, following the decrepit roads of what was once Los Angels, until the found their way to the interstate, and followed it as far as they could, they spent their nights in abandoned gas stations, taking advantage of the locations to stock up on supplies. After about 10 days on the road, the convoy came across a gap in the road, where a fault line had opened up, making traveling that section of the interstate impossible.
"Well fuck" cursed marcus "what the hell we gonna do now?"
"We could try cutting through the forest" Lucian suggested "I can scout ahead"
"Think I'm gonna trust the judgement of a dumbass kid" snapped Marcus
"Do you have any better ideas?" Ellie asked marcus
"No but I-" marcus started
"Then keep your opinions to yourself" Xander interrupted
The convoy started off towards the forest, lucian stayed ahead of the group, keeping an eye out for danger, and the safest path through. As night started to approach, they came across the remains of a small town and decided to camp there for the night, and come morning they set off again. They followed through the forest for a few days, probably a bit longer than they should have. Provisions where running low, and it was starting to look bad for the convoy, when they came across a distribution center for a major grocery chain.
"Finally, looks like our luck is changing" marcus said as he started to approach the door.
"I wouldn't do that" a voice said from somewhere in the branches of a tree near the center.
Xander, Lucian and Macus quickly turned to the tree, taking aim at its branches. A young silver fox defended from the tree, landing almost silently. He was dressed in a black leather armor with and some black Skinny jeans, mounted to his back was a hand made sword, on his hip he carried a .45 caliber pipe pistol, and in his hands was a .38 caliber revolver pipe rifle, with a long range scope. The sunlight glistened off his black fur making it shine like polished silver, as he stepped out of the shade, hands up to show he was no threat.
"Get down" barked Xander "drop your weapons and get down on the ground"
"Easy there" he said, as he complied and set his weapons down "I'm just trying to warn you not to go in there"
"And why not?" Asked Mason "we ran out of food two days ago, we're starving"
"That place is crawling with raiders. Going in there is Suicide" the fox said "if you guys are hungry, let me go, and I'll feed you"
"And how do we know you wont try to kill us as soon as we lower our guard" Marcus asked
"Because if I was going to do that, I would have shot you an hour ago when I first saw you in my scope" the fox replied
"Lucian, keep him pinned down" Xander said, as the rest of the convoy gathered to discuss what to do. A few minutes go by, and Xander approaches Lucian, and the fox, being kept pinned to the ground at gun point. "Alright, let him go"
Lucian holstered his 10mm pistol and let the fox up. He stood and brushed himself off, before turning towards theconvoy, drawing his pistol, and firing 3 shots. Xander, Lucian and Marcus again drew guns on him, until a large thud was heard just behind the convoy. Xander turned to see what the noise was, to find a now dead super mutant with three bullet holes in its head.
"I told you, if I wanted to kill you, I'd have done it already" he said calmly. The three lowered their weapons and let out a sigh of relief.
"What's your name" Xander asked in a very authoritative tone
"Alistair" replied the fox
"I'm Xander" the wolf said, standing tall "I'm the leader of this convoy"
"Convoy? You guys going somewhere in particular?" Alistair asked
"We are heading towards Vault 66" Ellie said cheerfully, trying to break the tension
"Vault 66? The one just outside of Tulsa?" Alistair asked
"Yes" said Xander "howd you know where that's at?"
"We aren't far from it. It's only about 3 days from here, give or take" Alistair replied
"We are that close?" Selena asked, stepping forth
"Yeah. Listen, I live about 2 hours from here, I could take you to my place, let you camp for the night, and escort youb in the morning, that work for you all?" He said, as he made his way over to the body of the super mutant, searching it for valubals.
"That sounds wonderful" Esther said
Alistair simply nodded, as he packed away his findings, mounting the sub machine gun the super mutant was carrying to his back by the strap, then motioned for the convoy to follow him. They set off through a more densely forested area, traversing through lightly warn in paths, until arriving at an old factory a few hours later. Alistair opened the door, and let everyone in after disarming his traps by the door. He lead them into a large, mostly clear room, it had a few make shift work benches, and a cooking pot, the building still had electricity for the most part, though some of the lights didnt work. He had them set up for the evening while he disappeared into another room, soon returning with an abundance of canned food and bottles of purified water, and began passing everything around making sure everyone had plenty to eat. After everyone had eaten their fill, they turned in for the night. All except Ellie, who was tinkering with one of her machines.
"What are you still doing up?" Alistair asked her
"Just trying to get this hunk of junk working again" she said
"What is it?" He asked, taking a look at what shes got
"Its an old C.A.M.P. machine" she said "if I could fix it, our set up and tear down for our stops will be a lot faster, and we can build better structures"
"I think I have a few of these laying around I was using for parts to build some attachments for my rifle" Alistair said "let me go get them"
With that, he slipped off into another room, and one by one brought out about 4 of these C.A.M.P. machines, in various conditions. Ellie began to deconstruct them, a d combine various part together. The two of them worked at it all night, and by morning, not only did they have it running, they expanded its range to the point where it could store and move a small town. Ellie started looking at the features, and noticed something called a deconstructor, and she selected it on the holoscreen projected by the machine. Soon a 3D mesh of a box appeared next to the machine, and little by little a physical box manifested. Curious, Alistair placed inside some cans, lamps, old torn clothes, and some broken machine parts from the factory, and pressed a button that said "scrap" when he did, the box vanished, and a new menu opened up on the holoscreen, showing a list of items that could be made with the available materials. Ellie selected a metal framed bed, and it began constructing in front of them. It wasnt long before the others started to wake up, and see the bed in the middle of the room. Ellie explained how the machine had created it, and even showed them. They soon started packing up to move out, and once they where out the door, Alistair stopped and turned towards Ellie.
"Hey Ellie, doesn't that machine have a mass scan option?" He asked her
"I think so" she said, as she set up the machine "yes it does, why?"
"Scan the factory" he said
"Why?" She asked
"Scrap it for materials" Alistair replied
"But that'll destroy your home hun" Selena said "where will you live?"
"Honestly I think I'm gonna stick around with you guys, help you build that community" he said
"Yeah, I dont thi-" marcus started
"Welcome to the convoy" Xander said, cutting him off
Ellie set up the C.A.M.P. machine, and proceeded to have it scan the old factory. Once its scan was complete, Alistair selected the mass scrap option and in a matter of seconds the building was broken down and stored in the machine, to be used as materials for later. Alistair sighed a bit, before turning toward the convoy and started off into the forest, with everyone else following suit. As the sun started to set, the convoy decided to set up camp. They where near a river, so William and Ellie used the C.A.M.P. machine to set up a building and water purifier. Soon after getting settled in and something to eat, the group called it a night, and went to sleep. A few hours after everyone had fallen asleep, a group of raiders invaded their camp. They snuck in quietly, and took mostly supplies, and left without waking anyone, until one of them decided to kidnap Ellie. He nudged her with the barrell of his rifle and as soon as she awakened he immediately motioned for her to stay quiet and get up. She abliged and went with them trying to avoid causing a fuss. As they were rushing out the door, one of the raiders dropped a fusion cell, causing everyone to stir, and soon jolt awake as soon as they noticed they were being robbed. William rushed the raiders in attempts to stop them from kidnapping his daughter.
"You leave my daughter alone you bastards!" He shouted as he charged them.
There was a loud bang, Ellie screamed as her father clutched his chest and dropped to the floor. The raider that had shocked of her pistol whipped her in the back of the head and dragged her out. Everyone gathered around william frantically trying to save him, but even Selena, with her years of experience as a combat medic was unable to save him.
"Lucian, stay with the group. Marcus and I are going after them" Xander ordered
"Bullshit! I'm going with you!" He shouted, tears in his eyes
"We dont have time to argue. If we aren't back by mid day move on without us" Xander demanded
Lucian nodded a bit, and went back to the rest of the convoy. Xander and Marcus set off to hunt down the raiders and avenge their fallen comrade. Minutes turned to hours. By mid day they hadn't returned.
"That's it. Its mid day, we have to move on" Selena said
"No!" Lucian shouted "fuck that I'm going after them"
"We have to move forward" Selena replied "your father said we need to move on, so we need to go"
"You can't stop me" he said "I'm going"
"I'll go with him" said Alistair. "We will be back by sundown. Guaranteed"
With that, they took off. Alistair knew the area very well, and within an hour they where able to find the raider camp. They where hold up in an old gas station. Alistair climbed up in a tree, and perched himself on a branch, and drew his sniper. Lucian hid in a bush a bit closer to the facility, and waited for the right moment to proceed. One by one Alistair picked off the raider patrolling the out doors, and once it was clear, he and Lucian stormed the inside. They shot down every raider they came across. The inside was fairly empty, it was obvious that they had run their resources dry here. After a quick sweep of the area, and Lucian found a hidden door, leading to a basement lever of the facility. As soon as the door was opened they became under heavy fire. Alistair pulled a grenade from his belt, and tossed it in the basement. It soon released a gas, that knocked the raiders unconscious. As soon as the smoke cleared Lucian and Alistair made their way down stairs to find Ellie tied up and unconscious. Unfortunately on the floor of the basement lay the lifeless bodies of Xander, and Marcus. Lucian became enraged, and pulled his fathers prized revolver from his hands, and began mercilessly executing the unconscious raiders. Alistair freed Ellie, and then pulled Lucian away. Ellie regained consciousness as Alistair was trying to console Lucian, who had broken down, grieving for his father, and for the loss of a long time family friend.
"We should get going" ellie said, placing a hand on Lucians shoulder
"We cant just.....leave them here" Lucian said softly
"I can build a robot to help give us a hand." Ellie said
Lucian nodded a bit, and ellie set to work. She wasnt able to craft a robot, but managed to put together a cart. It was after sundown when they finally made it back to camp. The convoy gathered together in mourning, laying to rest the fallen three on a bed of fire. Alistair scrounged up some ancient bottles of whiskey, and they spent the evening drinking, and reminiscing fond memories. As the fires died down, the convoy fell asleep. Come morning, they said one final goodbye to their fallen comrades, and continued on towards the vault. It was still another 2 day hike, which led the convoy through a few small towns, giving them a chance to stock up, and rest. As they drew towards the end of their journey Alistair insisted they push on through the night, as the area was too dangerous to set up camp. The convoy, though exhausted, hungry, and still grieving, pushed onward. As the sun started to peak across the horizon, they made it to the top of a hill, and there before them, where the sun met the earth, was vault 66.
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