Michael Tournquist

Michael Tournquist (2065–) was a student of the Malden Middle School and was to be one of the initial resident subjects of Vault 75 in 2077.

Background
A citizen of Malden, Massachusetts, Michael's enrollment in Vault 75 was subsidized by the federal government as part of the Vault's experiment. However he and his brother were raised to distrust their teachers and Vault-Tec. Their parents instead instilled in them a plan to survive together.

The plan worked... mostly. As their father instructed, instead of going into the vault, Michael managed to get his younger brother David away from the teachers and hide. After their father (whom hacked the Med-Tek director's terminal, getting advanced warning) fled from his office at Med-Tek Laboratories on foot, he traveled to Malden Middle School to retrieve his children. Together they made it to their home at the West Everett Estates and in their shelter just as the planes were passing over head. His mother Bonnie however would never make it home, becoming trapped at work; Mass Bay Medical Center.

Life in the shelter was a combination of fear and sorrow. All they could do was listen to the radio and gunfire; for three days it was just outside their shelter. It was during this time that David would continue to ask when mama was coming home. All his father could tell his brother was that "she was at the hospital helping people." Michael would only glare at his father, knowing full well that it was most likely a lie.

They would finally emerge from their shelter <!--

They would finally emerge from their shelter the night of January 27th, 2078. Their plan to tap into the main from the water tower worked, but the piping took more duct tape than expected and was leaking pretty bad. They didn't have any more in the house so he tried to sneak over to the Cobb's house across the street. Ron Cobb was working with the construction crew in the neighborhood so Wayne figured he might have some. He was in the Cobb's den – where Ron had been working on that Nuka Cola machine – and must not have heard him over the distant gunfire and explosions. To Wayne's surprise there was a cold gun barrel pushed up against the back of his head. Ron told Wayne to turn around slowly, and he was shocked at the level of radiation poisoning he had. It hit him hard, his hair was falling out and half his face looked melted. Wayne begged him to stop, but he put the gun in his mouth and cocked back the hammer. He heard the gunshot, but when Wayne opened his eyes, Ron was falling to the ground, and Wayne spotted Lance Ames from down the street up on Wayne's roof. He saw the whole thing and saved his life. Lance said he had a plan and to meet him tomorrow night.

For the next three months they worked together to barricade and fortify the neighborhood. To get the biggest part done in a night, together he, Lance and Leon Ames stole a couple trucks from the Irish Pride Industries shipyard nearby. – He didn't ask how Leon knew how to hotwire a truck. – Lance had him pull them around to the edges of the yards to start the wall. Wayne however flipped his and almost crushed his house. It was another month before they had the rest of the wall ready. Since then they were keeping watch in shifts, and the kids all enjoyed getting to come out side.

On April 30th, he celebrated his wife's birthday with his children, trying to bake a cake but ultimately opening a can of frosting and writing in his journal. This however was the end of their good fortune, on March 27th 2078 Leon Ames would make the fatal mistake. He and his brother were scouting when they came upon a group of former rioters, immediately Leon started shooting off his mouth about their fort. They let the pair go and followed them home.

Lance knew they would be seeing them again real soon. While he was on watch on the roof he killed. His stupid, cowardly brother pissed his pants and joined the raiders after they overran the settlement. They latter planning to use him as a shield for when they went back into the city. In the commotion Wayne and Michael grabbed David and ran away under fire. -->

Appearances
Michael Tournquist is mentioned only in Fallout 4.