Demetri searched as quickly as possible, most of it was parts to keep the vault in peice and some other useless items. Demetri was glad that mark had gotten it;s attention, both Demetri and Starr were too wounded to really fight it.

As Demetri was rushing to the next group of crates he tripped up on some vines and went down onto the floor. Demetri cried out in pain because of his shoulder. He scrambled back up and started to look around, he found a diffrent crate, it was made out of a metal and was much smaller. Demetri used his effort to push the top crate off of it.

After a few moments the crate fell off the other side with a crash and allowed Demetri to look into this special one. Opening it up he found a suitcase, opening it up he could see it was filled with machinary. "I think I've found it!" Demetri shouted out.

Starr stumbled over to Demetri and the GECK. She looked at the suitcase, it had "GECK" printed on it, it was the GECK.

"Great, now we need to find Mark and Tom and get out of here," Starr said.

Mark woke up sometime later, his body still in pain from the injuries suffered from the creature. Mark injected Med-X into himself to kill the pain, and then limped along back to Dimitri and Starr with Det right next to him.

Tom drifted in and out of consiousness. As he had followed Mark, he had been attacked by one of the creatures. The thing slashed with it's arm blades, narrowly missing before, as if it was frustrated, the thing simply swung in backwards, back-handing down a hallway. He had managed to crawl away and take refuge under a desk. Through all this time, Tom hadn't taken more than a few shots from his assualt rifle, knowing it to be useless against these things. He wished he had taken the flamer from the base when he had the chance. He heard the thing enter the room, making strange clicking noises, looking around the room. Tom held his breath, which didn't help his already injured lungs, and he felt a dull pain in his chest as he heard the creatures footfalls as it approached the desk. As slowly and carefully as he could, Tom took a couple spare bottlecap mines from his experience with the jumpers at the Vault-Tec HQ from his bag. He carefully opened the desk drawer, making little noise. He didn't notice the clicking stop. Tom primed the two mines and slipped them into the drawer before abruptly slamming it, causing the creature to turn and stab it's blade into the desk. It missed Tom by mere centimeters, and he rolled out from under the desk, and ran out the door, hitting the control as he did, closing the thing inside the room. The mines activated and exploded, blowing the desk and the creatures arm apart, bottlecaps and pieces of the desk flew like sharpnel, hitting the creature all along it's body. Tom took a measured pace away, back to where the others had gone. The creature wasn't dead, but it was stuck, and only had one arm left. "That'll do" said Tom with a smile.

Mark heard an explosion and saw Tom running out of a closing door, followed by a large explosion. He then limped over to Tom and said, "I'm guessing one of those creatures is in there, right?"

Tom spit some more blood to the side and responded "Yeah" glancing back as the half-dead thing slammed against the closed door, creating large dents in the steel hatch. "Maybe not for long, where are the others?" he asked, feeling as if his silence was pointless in this situation.

Mark answered, "I don't know where Nathan and Henry went, but Starr and Dimitri are in the storage room." He then said, "I should warn you though, the creature that injured me is still alive somewhere in the Vault."

Tom nodded and headed off to the storage room to find Demetri and Starr. He didn't turn, but he assumed Mark would follow him. He walked in crouched next to them. At once, his eyes fell on the G.E.C.K. The object of their journey was no more than an attache case with four letter printed across it. Tom smiled, knowing this would bring them back home. 'and we'll get payed' he added as an after-thought. "We should go" Tom said to the pair, looking back down the hall as he waited.

Starr looked at the group. None of them seemed in condition to fight.

"Where's Henry and Nathan? And how many more of those bugs are there?" Starr said, "None of us will be able to put up much of a fight if we see them."

Starr slowly stood up, grabbing the GECK. It was quite heavy for its size.

Mark saw the G.E.C.K. and said, "Finally, we've found it. Now we just have to get out of here." He then siad to Starr, " There's probably about 2 juveniles left, and the advlt was still at large. As for those two, I have no idea, I was too busy trying to distract that insect."

"Who cares," Demetri said, "Lets just go, I prefer to have all my limbs when we leave." Demetri held onto the G.E.C.K and drew his pistol, it wasn't much but there was no way he could life his minigun at the moment.

Demetri led the way out, his hands gripped tightly around the case and his pistol, he was aching all over, he reveled on the prospect of getting home, back to the capital wasteland, it maybe a [censored]hole but atleast he knew it, and it was more predictable then Florida. "Watch your backs, never knowing what will happen."

Mark was having doubts as to whether or not he'd be going back because he wasn't sure if Det could survive outside of Florida, but kept silent as he pulled out his Dart Gun and followed behind Dimitri.

Demetri led the group up the tunnel into the overseer's office, the place was a wreck after so many of those creatures coming in and out. Soon into the living quarters, the graveyard Demetri felt. As they were walking they were encased in darkness, "Dam, seems the powers out," Demetri said, Demetri grabbed another glowstick and helped light their way. Looking forward it seems some of the doors had shut, Demetri tried to open it but without power it just stayed motionless. "We need to find another way out," Demetri said and sighed, he knew it was too good to be true.

Mark turned in the Pip-Boy light and said, "How about we try to get out using the vents?"

Demetri nodded in agreement, "How big are they?" Demetri asked, the rest of them maybe able to fit but maybe not himself, Demetri is heavily built and not very small. If it proved unfeasible for Demetri to get inside he'll would give them the G.E.C.K and he could find his own way out.

Mark said, "I could barely fit inside, so you may have to find your own way out."

"I knew it," Demetri complained, "Here take the G.E.C.K, don't bother waiting for me once you get to the surface." Demetri thought for a moment, all he had was a 10mm pistol and some chems on himself, how was he going to get out. Demetri pushed the thoughts out of his mind, the others needed to get out as well and not just him.

Starr reluctantly grabbed the GECK from Demetri, giving him a sad look, and slowly lifted herself into the vent. It barely buckled from her weight.

"You sure you want to go alone, Demetri?" Starr asked.

She wasn't very keen on leaving Demetri, but she knew it was the best way of getting most of the group out of the vault.

Nathan and Henry had not been in range to hear the discussion or what had been revealed but seeing as they were in the same room at the very least larger noises could be heard and the general shift in movment when something happened back there and the sounds of searching stopped. "Hey, Henry I think they found something." "They've stopped searching the boxes at least"
Nathan though for a moment then added " we ought to get out of this place and call for back-up I don't think they have any other exit then the one we came in."

Demetri nodded to Starr. She hoped she wouldn't regret leaving him. She began quietly crawling through the vents with Tom in tow. She would move faster but she didn't want to alert any of the XM-800s that were still lurking about the vault. She began to round the first corner of the ventilation shaft.

Mark said to Dimitri, "I'm staying.", and waited for his answer.

"lets get out of here it looks like they've already got the GECK. We have a better chance to intercept them when they get out!" Henry said to Nathan "Lets go you lead the way," Henry ran with Nathan until they suddenly crashed into Demetri "Whoa! There you are! We need to find a way out!"

As Starr was crawling through the duct she saw, through the vent, Nathan and Henry run into Demetri. Starr pulled out her Glock 26 and readied to shoot, but decided that Demetri had a better chance of getting out of the vault with them, and the pistol's small caliber meant little chance of a kill shot. As much as she hated to admit it, Henry and Nathan had the advantage in combat right now.

Starr pushed her hair out of her face, as her fauxhawke had collapsed. She brushed the rest down quickly and went back to crawling as quietly as possible through the shaft. In her head she prayed that they would not run into anymore of the creatures, or Enclave.

Mark was wary, but he figured they were their best bet for getting out alive, as neither Dimitri or himself were in any condition to fight. He just hoped it wouldn't end with either death by the creatures or betrayal by Nathan and Henry.

Henry saw that Starr was leaving with the GECK and that Demetri had to find another way out. "I don't care how we get out but the only thing that matters is that we do it fast!" Henry was a bit nervous about letting Starr go off with the GECK but decided that she was probably trustworthy." Listen, we can get out if we can find a way to get the power started. Any ideas?"