CHAPTER 1
My eyes slowly opened to a terrifying creature, it was a disfigured pinkish creature that loosely resembled a rat. I jumped to my feet, this ugly creature horrified me I went to turn around and run but the creature jumped at me and bit left arm, the creature also managed to tackle me to the ground in the process. I quickly conjured a fireball and whipped it at the creatures face killing it instantly, I got back on the ground and cursed about my injury, the bastard got me good. The wound was deep, but I was a hero, soon enough it would be healed, but it didn’t mean I had to loose blood I ripped off a portion of my shirt and wrapped it around the wound, so far things were going terrible.
I left the gas station while cursing away, when I got out a saw a man, it looked just like a man would in Albion, I was shocked, was this somehow an alternate version of Albion? I yelled hello to the man, and he yelled back saying, “Would you quite it down, do you want Raiders to attack us! Get over here!” I quickly ran over to the man.
“Hello.” I said with a smile, “You’re a weird guy ain’t you? [censored]. What the [censored] are you wearing? Is that one of them Vault Suits? Can I buy it off you?” replied the man, I decided to go along with the man if they were some form of currency it was best I had it. Obviously what I was wearing wasn’t a Vault Suit but if he didn’t know what one looked like I wasn’t going to throw away the opportunity. As I went to take off my shirt I realized I would be nvde, I needed some clothes with this deal to.
“Sorry pal, no deal, you can still buy my Vault Suit but I am going to want some clothes to. I ain’t walking around nvde.” I said sternly. The man grunted and then sighed, “Fine I’ll give you one of them mercenary jumpsuits. This blue one ought to do it.” The man grabbed the jumpsuit and threw it at me, I caught the shirt and he quickly said “Go behind the rock and change. And you’re not getting nearly as much as you would if there was no tear in your shirt!”
I went behind the rock and got into the jumpsuit, it was surprisingly comfortable, much more than my previous clothing, I was extremely happy with this deal. I picked up my old clothing and went back to see the merchant, unfortunately when I saw him he was pointed something that resembled a pistol, could this world have advanced weaponry? I was shocked.
“Give me the Vault Suit, you can leave with the clothes your wearing but you ain’t getting any caps. You’re lucky I’m being nice today.” Said the man in an angry tone, “Fine, since you’ve screwed me over this much can you at least give me some directions, what’s the closest town?” the man grunted once again and then proceeded to spit on the ground, “[censored]. You just come out of the Vault? Ha ha new to the wasteland. Alright I’ll give you a chance to live your life the closest town in Megaton, it’s the town I just came from, I’m headed to Rivet City its much farther away but it’s worth the journey. But I ain’t bringing you along; with the things I’ve done to you you’d just stab me in the back. See you later [censored].”
The man continued on his journey and I walked down the road he was coming from, a few minutes later I came across a sign that said Megaton and an arrow pointing right down a dirt trail, I followed the trail and a few minutes later came across a giant metal structure, I could only assume this was Megaton. When I found the entrance to this structure I realized that it was Megaton. As I walked into Megaton I saw something so strange and bizarre, it was a metal thing that vaguely resembled a man, it was alive but it was a machine. It was fascinating. I stood in front of it and he greeted me saying, “Howdy partner. Welcome to Megaton.” I started to laugh out of pure excitement, “You can talk! That’s amazing!” the machine started to speak again, “Please stand clear of the gate as it opens.” As soon as the machine finished that sentence a loud noise came out of nowhere and caused me to jump out of fear, I turned around to see the gate opening, there it was Megaton, I could see building made of metal and men and women walking around. As I walked in I saw a man that looked like the men from Samarkand, he walked up to me with an angry look.
“I recognize that jumpsuit, you’re a mercenary! Megaton is hectic as it is and if your here to cause trouble then you can turn around and get the [censored] out of my town!” yelled the man. I was confused at first and then remembered the clothing deal from earlier, “Oh no you’ve got it all wrong sir. I was previously in Vault clothing I was going to sell it to him but he ripped me off, luckily he let me have this jumpsuit.” I replied. He stared at me for a bit and then started to talk again, “I don’t know why but I believe you, Megaton is packed as it is so if you’re here to stay go to the common house, its packed but it’s the only place you can go unless you have the caps to rent a place.” Knowing I had no caps I accepted the common house, got directions, thanked the man who identified himself as Lucas Simms and made my way to the common house. When I entered I was saddened, it was packed, I would have no privacy, thankfully no one was around the right corner so I took the spot and spread myself out so no one would sit beside me. This wasn’t the greatest place but at least I was safe, I eventually got used to my awkward position and slowly fell asleep.
TO BE CONTINUED