Fallout:Great White North Chapter 1 [Fan story]

The story of two vault dweller roaming in the Maritime wasteland, what was once known as New Brunswick, Canada.

Fallout:Great White North

Prologue : Pre-war era

    After being annexed by the American. A war between CAF, Canadian armed forces and the United State Army broke out on the west coast of Canada while the east suffered from oppression from America. Without the CAF backing the east, the east became American playground. The east was divided into districts to prevent uprising and riot, all communication is limited within the district.Checkpoints were built on the highways that separated the district.

    Everything ended for America on October 23,2077 as the bomb dropped on the major city in America, turning it into nothing but miles of wasteland. Canada did not suffer the same, While the west were blown into waste, the lack of major cities in the east saved them from fallout, especially in what was known as New Brunswick.

However the people did not suffer the same. An order to wipe out all Canadian was issued minutes before Washington became the Capital Wasteland. Thousands of people were gunned down by the military before they marched back to what was left of their hometown. Without the population, New Brunswick slowly decay into another wasteland.

    Deep under Freddy, the capital of New Brunswick was a vault, another vault-tec twisted experiment. Inside the vault were two groups of people, American and Canadian. The experiment failed as the two groups of people were able to come to a common goal and executed all the scientist and the overseer, claiming the vault as their safe-haven.

    Without outside communication, the vault was sealed shut for over two hundred years until two waggery teenagers decided to explore the world.

Chapter I : The Vault

    “How many times did I tell you that it is not safe out there, boy.”

    “But it has been so many years since we are here dad.”

    “For God sake why would you want to leave? We have everything we need down here and there it is a scary world up there!”

    “How do you know if there is nothing to see up there?”

    “Because that's what your grandpa said!”

    “Then how does grandpa know what is up there?”

    “Because he was like you, he went up and saw something terrifying. There is a reason we don’t let anyone up there.”

“But it had been so many years since he went there, maybe…”

“No but and maybe, no one will be going up there, you heard me?”

“But…”

“I said NO BUT, now go and have fun with people your age and stop thinking about going above.”

“Fine, Dad.”

The boy stormed out of the quarter and went straight to the cafeteria.

“Hey handsome boy, what are you up to?”

“I want to go up, Cath.”

“Having that talk again aren't you?” 

“Yep”

“I don’t understand why we are not allowed to talk about it either, mother told me that it had been well over two hundred years since we are down here.”

“You know what, i have enough of this vault bullshit, i am getting out of here one way or the other.”

“Do you mean…” she slid her hand across her neck.

“Yes” 

    Catherine looks at him, he is dead serious about this, he is willing to kill to get up there.

    She took a deep breath and replied

“I will help you go above but you have to promise me no blood.”

“What can you do?”

“I have the passcode and something that will  deal with the guards.”

“Meet me at my quarter tomorrow night at ten.”

“Why tomorrow night.”

“Did you forgot that tomorrow is Retribution Day.”

“Right, the day they celebrated executing half the vault.”

“They are evil people.”

“Still people.”

“Don’t argue with me.”

“Fine.”

“Catch you later”

“Bye”

The rest of the day had been very long for him, he kept theorizing what will be waiting for him outside.

“Time to go ,son. Retribution Day feast tonight.” 

“Great, sitting there and listening to Grandpa Jerico again.”

“Only one last time, the election is coming soon and his a*s is too old  to run for another three years.”

“Heard that thousand of times already.You are running for VM, right,Dad?”

“You are damn right son, now dress up and head to the cafeteria before i make my announcement.”

“I will meet you at the cafeteria, dad. So you have more time to prepare for your talk.”

“You have grown up son. I am proud of you.”

“Thanks dad.”

    As soon as his dad left, he started to stuff things into his backpack. It wasn’t long until his backpack was filled up, he put on his backpack and headed to Catherine’s room.

“Cath, is me. Open the door.”

“Keep it down, I am coming.”

As soon as he walks in, Cathy quickly locks the door.

“Alright I am here, what is the game plan Cath?”

“My dad gave me this to fight off pervert like Benny.”

Catherine took out a stun gun from her pillow.

“Everyone should be at the cafeteria now, this is our…”

Someone knock at the door.

“Miss Wanda are you in here?”

“S**t, I think he is Anson.” Catherine whispers

“The security guard?”

“Yes”

“What should I do?”

“Quick, hide under the bed.”

“Coming” Catherine went to unlock the door.

The door slides open and the security guard went in.

“Miss Wander why aren't you at the cafeteria? Your father is looking for you.”

“I...I” Catherine stuttered

The security guard suddenly looked under the bed and saw a human like shadow projecting on the ground.

“Come on up kid, stop hiding under the  bed.” 

“What kid? There is no-one else here.”

“Look, I was your age once, I know what you are going through.I will tell your father that you ate something wrong at lunch. Just don’t make too much noise.”

“We will keep it down, thank you Anson.”

“No problem Miss Wanda.”

   

“He knows you are here you know.”

    “But he doesn't know who I am.”

    “Fair, Anyways it's time to explore the unknown.”

    The two of them stealthily sneak out of her room and head towards the entrance, or exit for them. They stop before a slide door sealed by a terminal.

    “Authorized personnel only beyond this point” said the terminal.

    “I am authorized” Catherine said to the terminal as she type in the pass code.

“Access granted, door opening . . .” said the terminal

    Beyond the slide door is a room with a giant gear on the other end.

   

Catherine takes a peak of the room.

    “One guard,sleeping.”

    “Let’s go then.”

    Quietly they walk into the room towards the giant gear and the guard. Catherine pulled out the gun and pointed at the guard.

    “Cath, is this necessary? He is asleep.”

    “What if he wakes up? Is all the talk about leaving here just a talk?”

    “But what if it kills him.”

    “Oh my god stop being so f*****g coward.”

    She shot him in his chest,a jolt of electricity flowed from the gun to the guard.

    “Now how to open this thing?”

    “Leave that to me Cath.”

    Skillfully he took out wire from a pip-boy wrist computer and plugged it into the panel. As soon as he pressed the big red button, the alarm went off.

    “Vault door cycle initiated, please stand back.”

    “What did you do?”

    “The door is opening!”

    “What about the alarm?”

    “I can’t turn it off.”

    “We have to go now.”

The hydraulic arm slowly decent and hook on the blast door before pulling it to the side, revealing a concrete room and stairs behind.

    “Go,I changed the password, they won’t be getting in for a while.”

    “Cath are you not coming with me?”

    “Are you serious? I have gone this far already.”

    Together they stepped out of the gate and entered the outside world.

Author's Note

First piece of posed writing, please feel free to review and point out any mistake i made.
This is a Fallout Fan story set place in New Brunswick, my hometown.