User:Atomic Sparkz/Atomic Sparkz Sandbox

Chapter 1 - Vault 121
It was cold in the Vault today, well, it had been ever since the heating shut down. Stanley, awoke from his troubled sleep, unaware that his bed had been soaked with sweat from his nightmares. His mouth felt gritty and dry, he got out of bed and decided to get dressed. As he walked passed the mirror, he noticed that he had a rough beard. He hadn't shaven in days, but he liked the look of it. He had only two rooms in his apartment, it was small and dark, he hated it. When he was dressed, he thought about calling in sick for work. But he knew better, because the Vaults Physician, Dr. Stein, would know if he was lying or not. He had already been diagnosed with VDS, which was common for a man of 31, so he decided he must go. When he opened the door, he saw Sandy Gilmore with her son, Patrick Gilmore. "morning", said Sandy. "Hey", Staney replied. He walked down the long corridor, looking in the windows of all the other residents. Stanley had always been a suspicious man, but he couldn't help it. It had always been this way ever since three Vault Hoodlums started harrasing Stanley where he worked, down in the Reactor Level. They had usually hidden cherry bombs around the room, waiting until he found them. Or they would mess with the Vaults heating system, which resolved in it being destroyed.

Chapter 2
Stanley made his way past the living quarters and down to the Reactor Room. He seen Bradley, his best friend, along the way. Bradley was the Vaults Cleaner and Maintanance Worker. He and Stanley had been friends ever since they were four years of age. They used to play in Bradley's mother's apartment. Her name was Janet, she had a large apartment with four rooms. The first room was the living room. Stanley always remembered this room being very noisy. It had a Vault radio playing all day, and Bradley's family always gathered in this room to chat. He thought it was quite strange, as the room was smaller than the rest. Stanley, who was now standing outside the Reactor Rooms door, was troubled by the fact that it was open. He was sure he closed it last night. As he stepped in, he stood on something hard. BANG! Agghhh, Stanley cried as he tore his shoe away from the Cherry Bomb he stood on. He heard laughing from the next room. As he approached the heavily sealed door, behind him, three Vault Hoodlums started to run from him. This time Stanley was blinded with rage and started to chase after them. He sprinted up the stairs and round the corner where he saw Bradley grab one of them. "''Gotcha!" Bradley shouted. "Hey, thanks Brad",'' Stanley said. "No problem Stan", he replied. The hooligan was wearing a strange hooded top. It looked like it had been assembled by old Vault 121 Jumpsuits. The boy, however, was none other than Sandy Gilmore's son, Patrick Gilmore. "YOU!", Stanley Shouted in rage and dissapointment. "Im going to have a word with your mother". He said. As he dragged Patrick down the hallway to the living quarters, he noticed that a pipe was leaking some strange fluid. He stopped and told Patrick to get his ass back to his mother. When he examined the leak, his Pip-Boy gave off signals that there was Gamma Radiation in the liquid, he had to tell the Overseer about his descovery.

Chapter 3
As Stanley made his way up to the Upper Levels of the Vault, he heard shouting inside the Overseers office. Before he could hear what all the commotion was about, a security gaurd named Terry, who was wearing a Black Security Jumpsuit came up to him and said in a harsh tone, ''"Now, what the HELL are you doing up here? Don't you know this place is off limits! Get out of here before i throw you out!". ''His voice sounded hoarse, like he had been up all night. ''"Hey Terry, what has been going on in there?" ''Stanley asked. ''"I.....I cant tell you, now are you going to go? Or do i have to use force!". "Ok, Ok im going!" ''Stanley said as he made his way out of the Upper Levels. As he went down, he decided to check on the pipe. But, to Stanleys horror, he saw little Jack Thompson junior playing in the puddle of water. "Junior get out!" he shouted as he lifted him out of the irradiated water. The pipe was dripping rapidly now, but Stanley had no time to fix it, as Jack had conducted Radiation poisioning. His skin was pale and he was about to pass out, so Stanley started to run to Dr. Stiens Lab with Junior. In the corridor, there was silence exept for the music from the radio with some old Pre-War song on. They usually made Stanley more depressed exept he couldn't be now because he was trying to save someone! As he tried to open Dr. Steins door it did not move. He examined the door and tried to override the doors lock mechanism. It worked. When he burst in to Dr. Steins room, he heard a farmiliar voice ''"What DO you think your doing? Breaking into my Laboratory like that!" Dr. Stien shouted in anger and astonishment. "No time for that, Junior is dieing of Radiation Poisioning!"'' Stanley Shouted back. Dr. Stein frantically searched for a Rad-Away needle, but luckily, he had one on his desk. "Hold his arm down" he said. Stanley did what the Doctor ordered and Dr. Stien Jammed the needle into his arm.

Chapter 4
Junior awoke several hours later, shocked to find himself in a Lab table, he started to cry. ''"Its ok, Junior. You just had a small accident, now what room do your parents live in?" ''Dr. Stein applied. Junior said nothing. Stanley then told Dr. Stein that he knew where he lived and that he would take him home.'' "Oh and Stanley, dont forget to take your medication for your condition remember?" ''Dr. Stein reminded him. Stanley said nothing, and walked out of the room with Junior. He and Junior made their way to Juniors parents room, he yet again walked past the pipe. It was now fixed with Bradley clearing up the rest of the Radiation wearing nothing but his Vault 121 Jumpsuit. Bradley turned to see the shocked look in Stanleys eyes, ''"Its ok Stan, i have taken some Rad-X and i will get a shot of Rad-away after this anyway, so, yeah". "Thank god, I thought you had no Rad protection for a moment there"'' Stanley said relieved. ''"Hey, Stan is there somthing you want to talk to me about? Do you not trust the Vault or something? Like, they wouldnt give me Rad protection yeah, right". ''Bradley said. ''"No its just....... well..... the Vault is being kind of stange lately, don't you think?" ''Stanley replied. "Stan, have you been taking your medication?" Bradley asked suspiciously. As soon as Stanley heard the word medication, he walked away. When he reached Juniors Apartment, the door was locked. He looked in the window, everything was turned off, it was as black as a cave in there. Of course Stanley would have done somethimg about it. He examined the door carefully, then overrided the lock in under 30 seconds. When he and Junior stepped inside the pitch black room, Junior turned on the lights, blinding Stanley in the process.'' "So..... where are your parents Junior?" ''Stanley said promptly. Again, Junior said nothing. Stanley looked around the room. It was looking quite old, like it hadn't been used in a while. There was dust everywhere, but, almost out of nowhere a man stepped out of the darkness wearing some sort of modified Jumpsuit. It was a light brown colour with grey straps round the back and front of the Jumpsuit. He looked like he was about 40 years old, with a clean shaven face and a sort of Pre-War shady hat on. Stanley screamed, "Wow, what the HELL man? Are you trying to kill me?". The man looked at Stanley and said,'' "I will take Junior now". Stanley looked back at him, meeting the cold stare of his eyes and asked him, "Not until you tell me who you are, what you are doing, and where are Juniors parents!" "Well, I will have to take him by force."'' The man said calmly but promptly. He pulled out a Strangely Modified Pistol and aimed it at Stanley. He then grabbed Junior, who was now bursting into tears and screaming in fear. Then he fired a Dart into Stanleys neck. He started to feel woozy and a sudden surge of cold air came over him, he then fell to his knees and blacked out.

Chapter 5
Stanley awoke several hours later on a Lab Bed. He couldn't move, he looked around for any signs to tell him that he was still alive, but his vision was all blurry. He was startled when a familiar voice said ''"Don't move Stanley, you will hurt yourself." "Dr. Stein? Is that you? What the hell is going on?" Stanley asked. "Yes Stanley it is. But I TOLD you to keep taking your medication!" ''Dr. Stein shouted. "No I won't! The Vault is hiding something, I know it! Tell me Dr. Stein, I know you have something to do with it!" Stanley remarked in an angry tone. He was starting to feel a bit better, or maybe that was just the Med-X that Dr. Stein just injected into him. Stanley got up to see Dr. Steins stressed face. Dr Stein sighed, ''"This is why you have to take your medication. It was to stop you finding out anything about The Vault Experiment. Your Extensive Disturbia has been caused by the drug we have been giving you. Exept the drug was ment to stop it, but you haven't been taking it, have you?" "Wait, what the Hell was that drug ACTUALLY doing to me?" ''Stanley asked. Dr. Stein sighed again, he was starting to get very nervous, ''"Stanley. I am going to tell you this, and ONLY this. The drugs were to stop you from remembering something that you saw long ago. If you told anyone, the Vault would have been thrown into chaos. You see, the Vault experiment was to test peoples phychological abilities. But Juniors family found out about this, so we had to exile them." "What! How could you do that! They are people!" ''Stanley yelled. ''"We.... we needed to finish this experiment. Stanley, you must understand that we NEED to do this. This is very forbidden information, but, long ago when the Vaults were made, there were three Vaults created here in Arizona you see." But Dr. Stein stopped when Stanley interupted, "Wait, we are in Arizona?" "Well, yes technically. Now, out of these four Vaults, there was a master Vault. Vault 120. It controlls all the other Vaults, but if it sees a Vault not conducting experiments, it will destroy it. Only one has been destroyed, and that one is Vault 119. Vault 118 is still operational." ''Dr Stein Explained. ''"Now Stanley, I need you to promise me to NEVER speak of this. By the way, you dont have VDS. It was only the pills. But i can give you modified pills so it seems you are taking them, but they will only cause slight memory loss. Vault 120 has cameras everywhere. Now go and never speak of this. You may remember the incident that happened 13 years ago. Try not to kill yourself when you do. But the man who shot you knows, so i will tell him i increased your medication so you will not remember ANYTHING from today." ''As soon as Dr. Stein finished, Stanley walked out and creeped back to his room.

Chapter 6
Stanley, who was now asleep after his disturbing day, was now having dreams, well, nightmares of his memories. He remembered walking into the Vault Reactor room and finding a pipe he had never seen before, the same pipe he saw Junior playing beside. He followed the pipe down a long corridor into a room he had never been in before. The room was damp and the air smelled......... musty. The pipe ended into a grimy wall, which had no signs of entry at all. He then walked back, but tripped on a large plank of metal. The wall opened. He stepped inside, amazed of what he had discovered. He looked around, mesmirized by the strange and foreign corridor. It looked like some sort of hospital, or a testing lab. After looking around for a while, he heard a scream. It came from a tightly sealed door round the corner of the corridor. Stanley decided to check it out. He went round the corner and examined the door. It had seven tight bolts strapping the door shut, but for Stanley, this was easy to open. He opened the panel on the front of the door and saw that the bolts were sealed by just a lock. Stanley, who was now picking frantically at the lock, managed to get it open. He opened the dorr and was horrified by what he saw. He saw a woman, on some sort of table which was surrounded by people in yellow radiation suits. The pipe which he had been following had lead to a box type thing, which had tubes connected to the womans head. Then all he could remember is running, running for his life, afraid he might get caught. Then, when he stopped, the last thing he remembered was being hit on the head with a blunt object. Stanley, who's bed was now, yet again soaked in sweat, awoke with a jump. "Ive got to get out of here!" Stanley said firmly. Stanley flung his wet covers off his bed and stood on his cold floor. He then walked over to his table and pulled a bag out of the drawer. Then he started to fill it with purified water bottles and food from his fridge. He slipped a knife in there also in case things got nasty.

Chapter 7
As Stanley turned to leave his room, he looked out of his window. Three guards armed with 10mm pistols, came down the hallway straight at Stanley's room. "Oh Shit!", Stanley shouted. He looked frantically for a place to hide, but there was none, well, he could always hide under his bed. He ran at his bed and looked under. He carefully removed the whitish plastic covering that held the bed up. He then slid himself under the bed and lowered it onto him as soon as the guards entered the room. It was quite uncomfortable, considering that he was lying on a hard, plastic sheet with a large bed on top of him. "Well? where is he!" demanded one guard. "Well he ain't ere that's for sure!" said another. ''"Hey lets go, he is not gonna be here." ''Said a familiar voice. It was his friend, Terry! "Heh, well you know what Terry? YOU stay here and WE will go, bye!" said the first guard as they left the room. Terry sighed and sat on Stanleys bed while he was underneath it. "Terry you fat bastard get off me!" said Stanleys muffled voice. ''"Stanley! What are you DOING here!" ''Terry said as he helped Stanley out from under the bed. ''"Terry, I need you to take me to the Overseer, don't ask why but please, help me! I have a plan!" ''Stanley pleaded. "But they will kill me if they found out i helped you!" Terry argued. ''"Ok, my plan is that you can take me to the Overseer, as a 'prisoner' with nothing but my hidden knife. Then i will 'push' you outside the room and I shall lock the door while i beat some sense into him and you will get off scot free. Agreed?" ''Stanley asked. ''"Well, this may be the craziest thing you have ever done! But well....... Ok I will help you." "Wait, how do you know about the Vault experiment?" Stanley asked, puzzled. "Listen Stan, I am on a special team of guards that make sure no-one stops the experiment. But i only did this because I didn't take part in it and i would rather be in the Vault than out in the wasteland."'' Terry replied. "Well, its time we put a stop to it." Stanley said. Then Terry put handcuffs on him (Not locked of course) and marched him down the hallway. When they reached the stairs to the upper level, they saw Sandy Gilmore staring at them. ''"How could you Kill the Thompson family! You phsychopath! Get out, get out of the Vault!" ''She said, terrified of Stanley. ''"So, thats what they told the whole Vault ehh? That I killed the Thompsons?! No, it was the Overseer that did it!" ''Stanley said, angry at the Vaults lies. Sandy ran from an angered Stanley as he and Terry made it up the stairs towards the Overseers office.

Chapter 8
Stanley, who was now walking in the corridors of the upper level, was being taunted by all the other guards and dwellers. They were shouting things like "Get out of here!", "Hope you die murderer!" or ''"Throw him into the wastes!" ''Stanley was hurt. All of his life and friends were in this Vault, and the Overseer took all that away from him. He felt his rage subside and he tried to break free of his handcuffs. They stayed closed. As Stanley and Terry reached the Office, Stanley asked "Terry, why are my handcuffs locked?" To which Terry replied ''"I'm sorry Stanley, but this is my job, my life, my home. I will not let someone take that away from me. I serve the Overseer." "You.... you betrayed me? YOU BETRAYED ME! I'll kill you!" ''Stanley said as he tried to break free. His struggling was futile as he was pushed down into the Office, kneeling in front of the Overseers desk. As he looked up, he saw him. The man who ruined his life. The Overseer. Stanley lunged at him, but the guards grabbed him and forced him to his knees again. The Overseer was an elderly man, in his late 60's. He was a Caucasian male with a sleek black moustache. His hair was combed back like some sort of big shot. To the left of him was the man who shot him with a dart. He was wearing all the same clothing, except his hat was on the desk. ''"Ahh... Stanley, is is..... so nice of you to join us. Allow me to introduce you to my right hand man, Mr. Maelstrom. Any questions?" ''The Overseer asked, politely but in an intimedating manner. "Why, yes I do." Stanley replied. "How did you know that i found out?" ''"Ahh..... Now that Stanley, was all your good Dr. Steins fault. He knew there were cameras in the room but he still told you...... god knows why. But, now he is imprisoned and left to rot. And as for you Stanley...... we.... will have to..... KILL you! So..... I will have the honour of executing you right here myself." ''The Overseer remarked. "Whats your name?" Stanley asked. But as soon as the Overseer tried to reply, there was an almigty CRASH! The door smashed open with Dr. Stein weilding some sort of modified laser rifle. He open fired on the guards, killing at least two. The third was nowhere to be seen. Not bad for a 63 year old physician. "Hello Stan, need a hand?" He asked in his Gemrman accent. "Of course not, I could handle them!" Stanley said, sarcastically. ''"Who helped you out of the prison?" "It was Bradley and he will meet you down at the Vaults entrance." ''Dr. Stein whispered. As soon as he stopped his sentance, Terry came up behind him and stabbed him in the back.

Chapter 9 - Escape!
Stein collapsed in a pool of blood. His wound was deep.'' "NOOOOOO!" Stanley cried in horror and despair. ''He then picked up Steins Laser rifle and blasted Terry right between the eyes. As the laser hit him, there was a sickening SPLAT as his head exploded. When Mr. Maelstrom and the Overseer tried to grab Stanley, he aimed at them and said'' "Get back! I will fire!" The Overseer and Maelstrom stepped back as Stanley knelt down beside Stein and said "Dr. Stein please! We NEED to go! Come on!" Stanley said, crying in despair. "Stanley..... I..... I need you to...... go....... go and meet.........Brad at the........ Vault door. Come on Stan........ we had fun while it lasted............. and hey, i would have died......... anyway because..... im old, heh heh." Dr. Stein tried to say. "And anyway, tell my son in the town of Phoenix that im proud of him, give him this package and tell him im sorry.......... he lives in the common room, ask for him...... if you get...... get out of the Vault. Goodbye ....Stan." Stein handed Stanley the package from his Lab coat pocket and with his last words, he drifted off into the afterlife. ''Stein lay dead on the office floor. Stanley stood up. He fired at the Overseer in revenge for Stein. Nothing happened.'' "Well.... you are out of ammo it seems. Get him Maelstrom." ''The Overseer commanded. Stanley ran, with Maelstrom on his heels. He ran down the stairs and sprinted down the corridor to the lower levels. He made it to the reactors and past the forbidden doors. He locked them tight so Maelstrom couldn't get to him. ''"Stan, hey you made it!" Bradley remarked. "Where's Stein?" "He died. Terry stabbed him." ''Stanley replied. His voice and the rest of his body was shaking.'' "Nooooo........" Bradley groaned. "But come on Stan, you're good with doors, get THIS one open! Look up." ''Stanley looked up. He saw the Vault door, on the roof of the room! It was large, real large with the hydrolics all intact and ready to be opened. Stanley looked at the console. It was an easy target to open. He pulled the lever all the way down and rebooted the hydrolic system, opening the Vault door. Stanley and Bradley watched in astonishment as the doors rusty edges screeched against the roof whilst being pulled open by the large hydrolic arm, pulling, pulling down into the Vault itself. It stopped. They could see rays of sunlight coming through from the edges of the door. All it needed to do was slide open and drop down the ladder. As the Vault door opened, it strangely, opened inwards spewing sand and plants down on Bradley and Stanley. As the ladder dropped, Bradley told Stanley, ''"Well, this is goodbye then. I need to stay here and tell everyone about this ...... experiment." "They won't believe you." ''Stanley replied. ''"Ill find a way." ''Bradley said back to him. When Stanley started climbing the ladder, they each said their goodbyes and and went their seperate ways. As Stanley was climbing into the blinding outside light of the sun he thought, ''am i really doing this! Escaping the Vault? My home? ''When he reached the top of the ladder, he climbed up into the Sonaran Desert and watched the Vault door close up into the ground, almost hidden by the plants and sand, closing behind him forever.

Chapter 10 - Into the Desert
The sun was now beating down on Stanley as he walked into the Desert Plains. He started to think that leaving the Vault was a bad idea. Where would he go? What would he do? Well, at least he had his bag full of food and water. He looked around at the terrain before him. It was bumpy, with plants and vegetation barely surviving. There were cliffs and a desolite wasteland to the West, to the South there was only cactus and Desert, to the North there were mountains and to the East there were more vegetation and some roads. He decided to walk to the South-East so he could follow the roads to some sort of civilization. After about 4 hours of walking on a hot concrete road, in the distance he saw an old Pre-War City. Glee and joy overwhelmed him as he stared at the dot of civilization on the horizon. He just hoped he could survive the journey over there. He walked and walked and walked until he could move no further. He decided to sit down on the road and have something to eat and drink. As he sat down and opened his bag, he heard a low growl from behind him. He sharply stood up and whirled round, letting his bag drop to his feet. He was now standing in front of a large, scruffy, Vicious Dog. It was torn and bitten and looked like it had been stabbed several times.'' "Easy boy, do you want some wate..........." ''Stanley did not have time to finish his sentance, as the Dog lunged at his leg, sinking its teeth into his flesh. "Agghhhh! You crazy bastard!" Stanley yelled in pain as his warm blood spurted out of his leg. Stanley fell to his knees in agony as the Dog started to rummage through his bag, eating his supplies and breaking his bottles of fresh water. Stanley crawled away to the side of the road and tended to his wound. It was a large tear in his leg, he did not know if he could fix it. He tried to clean it up for several minuites as the Dog finished off his supplies, but that was not enough to satisfy the Dogs hunger. It wanted more. It wanted Stanley. The Dog started to walk to Stanley, with its dark, hungry eyes. Stanley attempted to crawl away but the Dog pounced on Stanley, stopping him from moving. This is it, he thought. ''Im dead. ''But, as the Dog was about to tear Stanleys neck open, he saw an old sign post on the ground to the side of him. He picked it up and jammed the sharp end into the Dogs neck. The Dog howled as the sign split into his neck, all the way through. The Dog lay dead on Stanley. He pushed it off and slid the sign out of its neck. It was getting late and Stanley said to himself ''"Well, might as well have my dinner.... some Dog Meat." ''Stanley ripped a chunk of meaty flesh off of the dogs neck and had his dinner. After a while his leg started to bleed quite bad, making him feel nausious. He looked into the ripped up remains of his bag and took out a bandage, some Med-X and a Stimpak. Luckily, the package was unharmed. He injected the Med-X into his wound and then jammed the Stimpak in after he had wrapped the bandage tightly around his wound. He started to feel a lot better and hopped into a nearby bush then rested till morning.

Chapter 11
Stanley awoke to the sound of buzzing. He quietly looked out of his bush and saw a strange fly like creature feasting on the dead Dog. The creature was a Cazador. Stanley was worried. If a Dog almost killed him, what would a giant mutated wasp do to him? He waited and waited until the wasp finally left and flew off into the distance. He started to feel very ill, as he had nothing to drink for about 27 hours. He staggered towards the town for a while and hoped he could make it. His leg was starting to gain feeling again. It felt sore and was swelling. As he walked, he was getting closer to the town. He saw, out the corner of his eye, a pool of murky water. He thought it was his imagination, but as he came closer, it was actually real. Joy overwhelmed Stanley as he limped towards the pool. But as he reached the end, his Pip-Boy was indicating that the area was iradiated. He looked around. The pool was fairly large, with junk and pieces of Pre-War debris around and in it. The radiation was over 13 rads per second. He decided to act fast, either continue to the city with no severe radiation poisioning, or drink and hopefully survive. He couldnt stand it any longer. He HAD to drink. He knelt down beside the pool and took a small bowl from the side of the pool. He dunked it into the brownish water and lifted it too his mouth. He took a large drink taking in all the rads that came with it. He took in about 30 rads. It was about 20 seconds so overall he took in 290 rads. He ran from the pool and back onto the road. The water left a horrible taste in his mouth but at least his thirst was quenched. He felt sick and threw up on the road and collapsed. Stanley awoke in some sort of tribal tent. He was feeling a bit better as he got up and sat on a nearby wooden chair. The tent was fairly small with dead animal rugs all around the sandy floor. It smelled horrible, like rotting flesh. There was a small table made of wood at the side of his makeshift bed. It had all sorts of plants and strange fungus on it. He wondered if those were the things that lowered his rad counter. He checked his Pip-Boy. It was reading at an appropriate amount of 73 rads. Stanley almost jamp out of his seat when a large tribal entered the room. The tribal looked......... different. He had an animal robe on. It was a darkened colour with spines on the back. He was Caucasion with a bone through his nose. "You! You no get out bed! You stay bed, You sick with devils poison!" The tribal shouted in his low booming voice. Then Stanley replied, ''"Devils poison? Oh, you mean radiation! Well i feel better can i get out of here? The smell is making me sick....... again." "No! You come to big Cheif Cheif Kolad! He know what do! Sakolas has spoken!"'' Sakolas the tribal explained. ''"Hi Sakolas, my name is Stanle................." ''But as soon as Stanley tried to finish his sentance, Sakolas dragged him out of the tent and back into the desert Tribal Camp.

Chapter 12
When Stanley got out of the tent, the first thing he noticed was a large radio tower in the middle of the camp. The camp was fairly small, but big enough to hold at least 30 people. The tents were made of the dry grass of the desert wasteland and some wood from the old Fan Palm Trees. Some were also held up by pieces of cactus! Stanley was amazed that so many people could live out here. The Camp was located in a desolite area of the desert. To the back of the camp there was a cliff with a water pool at the bottom of it. To Stanleys amazement, the water looked clean. In front of the camp it was only desert, wasteland and rocks as far as he could see. To the left there was a fenced off area where they kept strange two headed creatures. "You looking at village moo-moo's?" Sakolas asked. ''"Err.... yeah, what are they actually called?" ''Stanley questioned. ''"I think they called... Bra..... med? No, Brahmin! Ahh, Moo-moo's are called Brahmin." ''Sakolas replied, happy with his knowledge of his moo-moo's. And finally, to the right of the Camp, well, Village by Sakolas' view, was the town that he attempted to get to. But failed. But unfortunately for Stanley, it was about 8 miles away through a rocky, plant filled terrain. As Sakolas and Stanley entered the Village main tent, Stanley saw a large, round table in the middle of the room. On it was lots and lots of food and clean, fresh water. Nearest the back of the tent was an old man. The Chief. He was also dressed in a rough skin robe with spines out the back of it. ''"Here is man from devils lake." ''Sakolas told the Chieftain. The Chieftain was an African-American man, about 80 years old. He muttered something to a man to the left of his chair. The left hand man looked like he did not belong in the Tribe. He was wearing a Pre-War buisnesswear suit, exept it had been tore up and patched to resemble a robe. The left hand man then said, ''"Hello, my name is Robert Damascus, and welcome to the Bowie Tribe! May I translate for you?" ''Stanley was amazed to hear a voice that was actually friendly in this Tribe. Then Stanley replied, ''"Yes, hello Rob. Can you tell big chief guy that I am sorry to intrude and will be leaving for the big city shortly?" ''Stanley then watched as Rob whispered something into the Chiefs ear, then after a few minuites of thinking, the Chief whispered back to Rob. To which Robert then told Stanley, ''"Ok mr....... person. Chief Kolad has thought about this and has allowed you to stay. He does not want a man crawling across the Sonaran desert to try and reach an Unaccomplishable destination. There are many dangers for a man as yourself who has had no experience. But he will only allow you to stay, if you swear to NEVER tell anyone from the outside about this Tribe. Oh and whats your name?" Stanley then replied,"I swear NEVER to tell of your location. Oh yes, my name is Stanley." ''Then Rob told Stanley to follow him to his tent to discuss any further matters.

Chapter 13
As soon as Stanley and Robert made it into his cool tent and out of the sweltering sun, Rob told Stanley to sit on the straw mat. "So, what do you want to know?" Rob asked. Stanley replied by saying, "Who are you and what the hell is this place? And the radio tower? And the......" Stanley stopped when Rob said, ''"Ok, ok, no need for an overhaul. Now first, i am Robert Damascus. I came from a settlement up North-West, I used to work in Casinos. It was hard, but I pushed through. But one day, I was fired for pickpocketing a Guard for more money. I was poor you see, with only about 294 caps in total. By the way we use CAPS for money see?" ''He took out a bag of caps from an old dusty box and showed them to Stanley. ''"So, anyway. I then decided to get out of the city and travel South to find a better life. I found a caravan job that would take me all the way down to the Sonaran desert. I joined them as a Guard for minimum wage. They were travelling to a town called Pheonix and I thought I could join them. Boy, how wrong was I ehh? After about 12 days of travelling we were attacked by raiders and all of my friends were slaughtered right in front of me. The Brahmin was set on fire and the merchendise was stolen. I was shot in the gut and left for dead in an old destroyed Pre-War house. But luckily for me, I was rescued by a few Tribals who nursed me back to health and brought me here. You see Stanley, they have a Shaman that can see into the desert so they say. So aparently, that is how we were found." Rob stopped for a minuite, catching his breath, "Now about this Village, It was built by a bunch of people back in...... oh, I think it was 25 years ago. They were lured here by the fact that there was clean drinking water and that it was in a part of the desert, so far in that no-one would ever dare come near. And thats how the Bowie Tribe formed. Ahh, now you want to know about the Radio Tower now dont you?" Stanley nodded silently as Rob continued his story, "Very well then. This tower is called the Deamons Pike according to the Shaman. Years ago, the Tribe had picked up a lone traveller with a wrist thingy, much like yours. It was able to pick up Radio signals from the tower so the Traveller took some Tribals and pinpointed the location of the transmitter. They followed it into an old abandoned warehouse which was flooded with radiation, or Devils poison to the Tribals. The warehouse's roof had a large hole in it, and the hole went right through the floor down to the basement. Like something had smashed down there right? So, they went down to the basement and descovered that it was filled with Ghastly-creatures of the night. The creatures were to have said that they drink blood and howl at the moon. They are called Deamonspawn here. Well, behind the wall of evil Deamonspawns, was a large, undetonated Atomic-Bomb. The Tribespeople say that the bomb itself, is the Devil. The bomb must have been dropped on the warehouse and malfunctioned or something. Only one Tribal made it back, the rest perished and died either from the radiation or of the Creatures. The Tribal made all sorts of rants about Deamons and killers and the Devil. So I guess this is where the story of the Devil comes from ehh?" ''Stanley and Rob talked for a bit afterwards, and Stanley told Rob about the Vault and his exile or escape from it. They finally stopped talking after it was well dark and the sun had been dropped down past the horizon and all was silent in the Bowie Tribe Village.

Chapter 14
Stanley was awakened by the sound of loud drumming. He sat up and saw Rob eating a small creature on a stick. ''"Hey, Stan. Want some Iguana? Here you go, im gonna go and fill my glass from the pool down beside the cliff." ''Rob handed Stanley an Iguana-on-a-stick and left the tent to go to the fresh-water pool. Stanley was hungry, but thirsty too. He decided to follow Bob to the water pool. He stood up and opened the tents door. Well, it was almost a door. It was a bunch of grass tied together to make a dry tent door. He opened it and stood outside in the sun. It was cooler today, with a mild breeze. Stanley was in dire need of some new clothes. His Vault 121 jumpsuit was all ragged and ripped with holes all over the place. His shoes were filled with sand and looked worn down. He decided to quickly head up to Chief Kolad's tent to ask for some Tribal robes. He started to jog up to his tent, looking around him as he did. He saw a tent with lots of skulls, bones and candles around and inside it. Stanley was drawn towards the tent and started walking towards it. He did not know what was calling him, but he was curious to see who the shadowy figure was in the tent. "Hello? Who lives in this..... nice tent?" Stanley said as he approached the open door. When he tried to step inside, the shadowy figure started screaming at him in a different language. Stanley then turned and ran away from the tent and the screaming man. He then tripped over a small cactus and landed at the feet of Sakolas the Warrior. ''"You need be careful, there lot of green plants about place." ''Sakolas said as he helped Stanley to his feet. ''"You stay way from almighty Shaman, he trying to learn." ''He said. ''"Oh, so thats where the shaman lives. Well, im going to go and ask your Chief Kolad for some new clothes. Hey, can I have a spikey robe like yours?" ''Stanley asked. ''"No! Only Tribespeople who have killed a Deamonspawn may have skin!" Sakolas shouted. "Ok calm down, wait, is that the skin of the Deamonspawn? Hell, I thought they were unkillable! Whatever they are... but wait, If I kill a Deamonspawn, will I get one?" ''Stanley asked. "HA! You kill Deamonspawn? You cant even kill a moo-moo!" Sakolas mocked. Then he took Stanley to the Chiefs tent to ask for some Tribespeople robes. They started to walk in the desert sand towards the tent. Stanley could feel the sand wearing down his shoes and chafing the soles of his feet, but he kept walking. When they made it into the tent, they stepped inside to see Chief Kolad. ''"Big Chief Kolad, new man want tribe clothes, shall we give?" ''Sakolas asked Kolad. The Chief replied by saying something in Tribal to Sakolas. "Big Chief say that you no get clothes. We at Tribe are poor. Have to trade with big town Phoenix to keep alive. Deamonspawn come at nights, kill moo-moos and our people, steal food and supplies. We got no Brahmin skin clothes left for Stan." Sakolas translated for Stanley. Then Stanley said, ''"Well, where is Phoenix? Is it that town to the right of this Village that i failed to get to?" But Sakolas replied, "No, town you failed to get to called Black Canyon City, it split into two parts. First part called Lower Chevron, they live round old pre-war gas station. The second part called Upper Goddard, it is bad place to be. Filled with echoes of the past." "Echoes of the past?''" Stanley asked, puzzled. "''People changed by a dark evil, old, angry people. They not like me or you, they.... feral".

Chapter 15
5 days later, Stanley started to wonder if he could make it to Black Canyon city. He was sitting by the pool of fresh water, at the south of the village. It was dusk, the sun was going down and there were not many Tribespeople about. Rob then came and sat beside him and said, "Hey, Stan. Whats up? You aint lookin so good." "Im just wanting to get out to that city at the east". Stanley replied. "Why? This place has got all you need, water, food and... well, some clothes". Rob said. "Rob, look around, there is NO WAY this tribe is going to survive another year. We need to go. Please come with me, travel again. It will be good to come out to the wasteland, see the sites, go anywhere with nothing tied to us!". Stanley said, hoping that he would reply positively. "Well, i...i cant! There is no place for me out there, this is my home, and even if it dies, i will go down with it!". Rob shouted. "Look, Rob, you can come back to here, but please help me convince Kolad to get me to that city." Stanley replied. Rob sighed and said, "Well, ok. But im not promising anything." Rob agreed. As they started to get up and walk to the Chiefs tent, they heard distant screams to the north of the village. "What the hell was that?" Stanley asked, worried. "Well, lets not just stay here, come on! Lets go!", Rob replied and then started to run toward the north. Stanley hesitated, then sprinted after him. They were almost across the dusty plain, past the radio tower and past the chiefs tent. The screaming had stopped, but as they ran past the last tent, a horrific sight caught their eyes. Two mullitated bodies lay ripped to shreds on the floor, in a pool of blood. "Aagh! Shit! What the hell happened?!" Stanley shouted in disgust. "Oh no, the Deamonspawn, they came again..... Come on! We have got to tell Chief Kolad!" Rob said, then a few guards came to check what was happening. They looked around to see if the Deamons were gone then started to clear up the area. Stanley then walked with Rob to the Chiefs tent. They walked in silence, and Rob was angry, he was not usually an angry man, but this had made him furious. They neared the Chiefs tent and opened the door. He was sitting on his chair, with a look of sorrow in his eyes. "Chief, those creatures have struck again, killing two of our people! We MUST do something about it, im sick of my friends being hunted! Please, you have to do something!" Rob shouted with a anxious look in his eyes. The Chief sat there, thinking hard and after a few minutes, he finally spoke to Rob. Obviously Stanley could not understand it, so he stood there and waited. Eventually the Chief finished and Rob turned to Stanley and said "Well, i have some good news and bad, the good news is, if you help us, we may be able to help you to get to Canyon City. But the bad news is, that you have to help us do something dangerous." "I dont like the sound of this." Stanley said cutting in. "Well, the basics of it is, that you... well, will be using your Pip-boy to tune into the radio towers frequency to find the.... Deamonspawns home. The warehouse. And we will kill them all, rid them of our home, please, do it for us, and we will help you." Rob said. "WHAT? Are you mad? They ripped those poor people to SHREDS! Imagine what the hell they would do to us in their HOME!" Stanley shouted, scared. "PLEASE Stanley, they will kill us all and we dont want to leave our home, to them its a sacred land that rescued them. All you need to do is find the warehouse again and then you can go back to the village. Will you do it?" Rob pleaded. "If i help you, will you come with me to the City?" Stanley asked. "I love this village, but if you are willing to help it, i will come with you my friend." Rob then told Kolad Stanley would help, then Kolads eyes lit up and he smiled for the first time. Stanley then followed Rob back to the tent to rest up for their big day in the morning.

Chapter 16
Stanley was wakened by Rob who had an excited look in his eye. "Stan, its time to go and kill those creatures once and for all! Come, look outside." Stanley stood up and went outside. He was astonished to find a group of about 15 Tribal soldiers armed with spears and sharp instruments wearing tough, leather robes. At the front of them was Sakolas who said to Stanley "Hello Stan, you in charge. Here, take good sharp spear, it good for kill." Sakolas handed Stanley a large spear with a surprisingly sharp tip. "Me? Well, ok then, lets go to the radio tower." After Stanley finished his sentence, the Tribals and Stanley made their way to the tower. As they neared the rusty old tower, the Shaman came out of his tent and made his way towards Stanley. The Tribals backed away slowly as the shaman made his way down the path to Stanley. Stanley met the cold stare of the Shamans eyes, they were white and almost hypnotic. The Shaman stopped right in front of Stanley, then put out his hand and revealed a small circular object with an amulet in the middle and a rope around a hole on the top of the object to wear it. He put it around stanleys neck and pressed the amulet against his chest, looked at him, then walked back to his tent. The Tribal warriors started to chatter instantly then came closer and crowded round Stanley. Then Sakolas walked up to him, with an ashtonished look on his face and said "Stan, you get highest honour in Tribe, Shaman believes you can save Tribe. If he do, i will follow you to end of road." Stanley had a puzzled look on his face, then said "Hell, thanks. Well? What we waiting for? Lets go and find this..... Warehouse or hell." Stanley brought up his Pip-boy and looked for the frequency of the tower. He found it. When he tuned into it, it was a very faint morse code sequence. He first went to the south, but his Pip-boy was telling him that the signal was getting weaker, so he went to the east. Still no improvement, but then he went to the north. The signal improved. "Huh, i hate north" Rob commented, then they started their journey onwards, to the north.

Chapter 17
After a few hours out of the camp, they decided to take a rest beside a near sheltering ridge. Stanley looked at his Pip-boy, he was a quarter of a way there. He also noticed that it was 9:30pm. "Hey guys, its getting late. We should......" But as Stanley tried to finish his sentance, an explosion was heard nearby and black smoke rose up behind a rocky hilly region not far from them. "Oh... should we go see what going on?" Sakolas asked. To which Stanley replied "If you guys are up for it? Yeah, lets get going!" they started to run towards the smoke. The rocky plain was rough, it was hard to see in the darkened athmosphere, so they decided to go round. It took a little longer, but as soon as they got round they found something astonishing. There was an old man, a Deamonspawn and a enflamed petrol tank lying on the floor, dead. Rob approached the burning bodies and picked up a piece of old paper that was near the fire. Rob read it out loud, it said, ''Day seventeen - So, this is it. No more food, water or ammo. Only some dynamite and three matches. I dont think im gonna make it back to the 'ol canyon no more. Shit. I was doin so well too. I hope ti' god this isnt my last note. "Man, this guy really had it bad."'' Stanley said. "Well, lets get some rest." After a while, they found a small cave east of the explosion site. It looked big enough to fit them all. They sat down in the cave and talked a little then rested till morning. Stanley never slept well. He was worried about what will happen to everyone when they got to the warehouse. He was also worried about sleeping in a strange area, they all may have been slaughtered at once. Well, thats the horrors of the wasteland he thought. In the morning, everyone was sore from the rocky floor they were lying on. Some even had cuts."Yo, Stan. You ok? You look like you've had a bad sleep." Rob asked as he pulled a Brahmin steak from his bag. "Yeah, rough night. Im fine thanks. Where is everyone Rob?" Stanley asked. "Oh yeah. They're outside beside the fire. Come on, lets cook us some Brahmin steak. Its juicy!" They went outside the small dank cave and into the roaring sunlight of the desert. The Tribals were spread out the area, with three seperate fires cooking many Brahmin steaks. Stanley and Rob sat beside Sakolas who was happily chatting away to his friends and chewing on some over-cooked steak. Rob and Stanley halved a large steak. It was juicy, chewy, but very tasty. After that Stanley's mouth was dry. He looked around for some water and found a bowl near some mean looking Tribal warriors. He started to walk over to them, but as he picked up the bowl, one of the Tribals shouted and kicked him to the ground. The bowl shattered on the rocky terrain and the water splashed everywhere. Sakolas leaped into action, pummeling the warrior to the ground with his large fist. Sakolas started shouting in Tribal to the warrior. The warrior looked ashamed, then stood up and backed off. "I sorry about stupid man. He say that we have not enough water to go round. Fool break water dish. Come on friend. I get you some water." Sakolas said as he helped Stanley to his feet. They walked back to the cave, with most of the Tribals watching them. Stanley felt intimidated by their wary looks. When they got there, Sakolas pulled out of a skinned bag, a small vial of water. "Not much, but help Stanley good." Sakolas said. Stanley opened the vial and drunk the water down to the last drop. "Well, lets get moving!" Stanley shouted, hydrated once more.

Chapter 18
Stanley looked at his Pip-Boy, it was 7:30 in the morning. They packed up and got ready for the journey. "Ok, we going Stan?" Rob asked, to which Stanley replied, "Yup, its quite hot today. We have a while to go yet." After the Tribals finished packing, they started off on their journey. The terrain ahead was very rocky, with jagged cliffs and steep hills. Stanley walked quite fast, he hated the heat. He wanted to find some shelter to rest, but he had more important things to do. After a few miniutes they neared the rocky region. "Christ sake."' Commented Rob. Everyone was now clambering over the rocks and the hills, it seemed like hours before they spotted some flat land. They finally escaped the ridged area and out to the flat terrain. But it would not be flat for long. Ahead of the group was a huge rock. It was too steep to climb over, and it would take hours to travel around. The rock was not that high, but there was a eerie, dark and almost menacing cave that seemed to go all the way through the rock. It was pitch black with only the light from cracks in the rock above shining down into it. "Now what?" Asked Rob. "Well, Stan? What we do now?" Sakolas asked. Stanley stood there thinking, if he went through the cave, it could lead to nowhere, but if he went round the way, they may stray further from their destination. Stanley examined the cave. It looked deep, the opening was wide and the cave looked as though it went far. "That cave looks promising. If it leads nowhere, we could always turn back, yeah, lets try the cave." Stanley replied. --(Stalled until further notice)-