User:Acdczombie/Claude's Requiem

This story and character was created long before new vegas was released. The characters in this story belong to Acdczombie. These characters were created entirely separately from the fallout universe. The character I have made in new vegas is BASED ON the character in this story at an older age. The Spiked Knuckles part of this character weren't taken from fallout like so many people assume. It was inspired from the Marine from Doom. Looking closing at his fists when he punches you can see he has spiked knuckles. The only reason I posted the character here is because of the simple fact that I need a visual representation of what Claude looks like (at an older age). This is not the entire story. This story is not grammatically correct either (much like this disclaimer).

Claude's Requiem July 18th,1968, Fort Smith, Arkansas. Enlisting for his 2nd tour of duty, thirty-two year old U.S. Army Sargeant Claude had no idea what he was getting into. They said instead of being on the front lines, he was going to be a test subject for a new cyrogenics experiment. Apparently, he was a "perfect candidate".

July 24,1968, Unknown Location. Stripped of everything, except his patriotic thoughts of serving his country, he was placed into a large dark containment unit. All was quiet. Suddenly, there was a seering pain going through Claude's entire body. The freezing process had begun. The last thing he heard before losing conscienceness, a loud rumbling sound coming from above.

October 14th, 2192, Unknown Location. After being frozen for over 200 years, Claude awakens on a table in the same bunker he was frozen in. "Doctor Jennings, come quick!", says a female voice. He hears quickening footsteps, presumably those of "Doctor Jennings". "We've revived him doctor!", says the female voice yet again. The doctor looks over Claude, awestruck by this news, the woman was telling the truth. "Samantha, you know what this means?", says the doctor. There is a brief moment of silence, the doctor speaks, "We will finally be able to discover why our nation, along with so many others, was condemned to destruction!". "He is in no shape to tell us anything.", replied Samantha "He needs to go through physical rehabilitation first!". "Very well, Samantha, I will give you six months rehabilitation time.", said the doctor in a somewhat irritated tone, "After that, he needs to give us his full cooperation.". The sound of footsteps, a door slamming, and a feminine sigh fill Claude's ears. Samantha whispers in his ear, "You should drop the act, I know you're faking your helplessness.", he notices the cynical tone in her voice. Claude sits up, a half grin on his face, "Would you mind telling me what the fuck happening to me?", he says in a strangely calm voice. Samantha grins, "All I know is you were frozen before the bombs fell.". Before he can even ask about the bombs, she replies, "Almost all of North and South America was destroyed in a massive nuclear bombing in the 1960s.". Claude stands, shocked at this horrifying news. "Whoa there, lay back down incase Doctor Jennings comes back in here!", she says in a nervous tone. Claude wonders why he should fear this doctor, but before he can say anything, Samantha sits down by him. "We must go along with this physical rehabilitation, at least until I find us a way out of here.", she whispers softly into his ear. She took Claude to a small cell of a room. He knew he would be sleeping here for the next couple of months.

December 29th, 2192, Unknown Location. Waking up to the sight of Samantha by his side, Claude thought to himself, "I'm going to miss her when I escape this place.". "I think I've found a way out...". He notices her pause... "Are you willing to do whatever I say to get out of here?" she asks. Claude slowly nods, although his initial thoughts were grim. "Get some sleep, we leave in the morning." she says with a dark tone.

December 30th, 2192, Unknown Location. Claude awakens to a blaring alarm coming from the hall. He sees a duffle bag in front of his bed filled with clothes, medical supplies, guns, and ammuntion. He equips himself for the escape. On the wall is a note instructing him on how to escape and meet up with Samantha again. Following the note's instructions, he makes his way through the maze of a compound, dispatching the few guards that stood in his way with ease. Just as he makes it out of the compound, he sees Samantha in distance with something in her hand. She waves you over, stressing the urgency of the situation. When Claude gets close he sees it is a detonator of some kind. She pulls the trigger and the compound explodes underground. Claude blacks out...

January 1st, 2193, Unknown Location. "Good to see you're awake finally.", says Samantha. "You never told me what the deal was with that doctor...", Claude replies. Her expression goes blank. She looks him in the eyes and says "His methods for... interrogation would have killed you... and thats all I can tell you.". Claude stands and yells out "Thats not good enough!". Samantha jumps in her seat, startled. There is a long silence between the two... "He was obsessed with the bombs... he killed many others before you... just searching for answers.". "None of them knew anything, but that didn't stop him...", she pauses, "He created a truth serum, it had some 'adverse effects'... it made the test subjects hearts explode in their bodies.". "Thats one question out of the way... now tell me where we are." said Claude. "The Post-Apocolyptic Ruins of Arizona..." replied Samantha. "Well then I think it's time we parted ways..." she said in a cold tone. "What... you're just going to leave... just like that!?" he said. "I would only slow you down." she whispered as you walked away from him... forever.

March 5th, 2193, Post-Apocolyptic Arizona. Claude had started getting used to the hardships of Post-Apocolyptia. He learned the save his ammunition for hunting and rely on his hand to hand combat skills for dealing with the degenerates of Post-Apocolyptia.

May 2nd, 2193, Post-Apocolyptic Arizona. Many creatures and men alike have now fallen by Claude's hand. He no longer had a dependency on guns, as martial arts skills were becoming somewhat of a legend.

September 29th, 2193, Post-Apocolyptic Arizona. The waste of life in Post-Apocolyptia becomes more and more apparent for Claude today. A woman was left on the side of the road, beaten and half dead. Claude does what he can for her, but only time will tell if her condition improves.

October 15th, 2193, Post-Apocolyptic Arizona. The woman's health steadily improves. She reveals her name to be Kristina. As the days go by Claude and Kristina develop a fondness for one another.

October 20th, 2193, Post-Apocolyptic Arizona. Krisina reveals to Claude that the man that beat her and left her for dead reside in her town known as Hell's Tavern. At the pace they are travelling they will liking reach the town in a week or so.

October 24th, 2193, Post-Apocolyptic Arizona. They come across what looks like an abandoned scavenger camp. Claude finds a .44 magnum and ammunition. He has not relied on guns in months now. As he ponders whether he should take the gun and falling back into a dependency on guns. After several minutes, he decides to bring the gun along for Kristina's sake.

October 28th, 2193, Hell's Tavern. The residents seem frightened of Claude's presense in the town. Kristina tells Claude that her town has been under siege for quite some time now. As she tells him, a large bearded man comes out of the center of town along with twenty other men. "Is this the one that hurt you?" asked Claude motioning to the bearded man. Kristina nods... "Hector...". Claude draws his magnum with incredibly speed and blows Hector's brains out. The majority of Hector's underlings were frozen with fear... Those brave and stupid enough to try and attack joined him on the ground. Claude gave those remaining a choice, leave town or die. They had no real choice, so they left. Claude was hailed as a hero in Hell's Tavern.

November 6th, 2193, Hell's Tavern. It was decided, that on Hector's death, the town would be renamed "Caine" after the town's original founder. Kristina and Claude stayed for many months and eventually got married.

July 30th, 2194, Caine. Months after Kristina and Claude's marriage they concieved a child. Kristina is three months pregnant. Claude has taken up the duty of protecting the town from harm.

Marth 3rd, 2195, Caine. Claude's son is born. His name: Logan. Claude and Kristina have decided to travel onward to look for a better home. The grateful people of Caine gave them many supplies for the journey ahead. They travelled for three years.

May 6th, 2198, Post-Apocolyptic Arizona. Kristina has died of a snake bite in the desert. Claude mourned her death for several weeks. He knew he must stay strong for his son.

October 19th, 2198, Post-Apocolyptic Arizona. A group of degenerates come across Claude and his son Logan. No doubt they were after blood. Their leader made the first move, attempting to stab Claude. Claude disarmed him, slit his throat, and threw the knife into another degenerate's neck. The last one made an attempt to shoot Logan. However, he missed and he had his neck snapped by Claude. Upon checking the fallen, he noticed a pair of spiked brass knuckles on the leader. He took them for himself. The Legend of Claude grew. He was known as a strong,lethal man, but also kind, caring to the good people of Post-Apocolyptia. As his legend grew, so did his son.

- MANY YEARS AND ADVENTURES LATER -

September 2nd, 2208, Post-Apocolyptic Arizona. Nearing the border of Nevada with his thirteen year old son Logan, Claude decided it was time Logan knew how to use a gun. Logan could never really get the hang of shooting. He practiced for months and never got noticably better.

March 9th, 2209, Post-Apocolyptic Nevada. It became clear that in Nevada, there were many more threats to Logan here than anywhere else. They spent days looking for a place to set up camp, before settling on a cave at the base of a mountain.

March 10th, 2209, Post-Apocolyptic Nevada. Claude and Logan scaled the mountain to find a horrible sight... a camp of slavers bringing in freshly caught people for the sick trade. Claude knew what he had to do. He turned to his son "Cover your ears son" he whispered. He snuck into the camp, and launched an all out assault on the slavers. Armed only with his spiked knuckles, he was able to take out all of the slavers... or so he thought. He turned to see a slaver had captured Logan. Logan was killed in front of Claude that day. Claude ripped the heart of the slaver that killed Logan, freed the slaves, and left. For years Claude couldn't find anything to take his pain away.

May 2nd, 2220, Post-Apocolyptic Nevada. Claude looked back on his life, trying to find peace... The only thing in his life that made him happy, that could bring him peace... It was to bring peace to good people of Post-Apocolyptia. He had to protect those who couldn't protect themselves. Even at his age, his legend remains strong... and its far from myth.