It's said war - war never changes. Men do, through the roads they walk. And this road... has reached its end.
A young adult figure with shoulder length spiky and messy black hair, crystal blue eyes, slim and slender build was seen over the horizon to his next destination.
The figure was wearing a custom armoured black hoodie and silver pants with some worn sneakers. A sword resting on his waist, a katana that he designed himself, made from high frequency plasma blades that were charged with solar power, given an average life of up to 3 days before needing sunlight to regain the battery.
A blade that he dubbed: Tarumani.
He has no idea why he named it, but the name sorta stuck to him while he began development for it.
The figure eventually makes it to the town of Goodsprings, a peaceful little place that he hoped never had trouble while he was gone. Despite the settlements he owned around the wasteland from bartering and good deals alone, he mostly called Goodsprings home.
He went up to check up on the saloon, but not before giving Easy Pete a courteous nod and entered inside.
The first thing he heard while opening the door was Cheyenne barking, but then panted and wagged her tail as she recognized the scent. Sunny looked up from her magazine and smiled. "Well, aren't you a sight for sore eyes? What brings you back here?"
The boy smiles back at Sunny and wipes his forehead. "Well, I just came here for a visit is all, and maybe a drink or two." He said with his usual pep to his step.
Sunny laughs. "Nothing stops your enthusiasm, does it? Go talk to Trudy and ask for a drink, I'll pay for the tab this time, Sion." Sion looked at her quizzically. "You're buying?" He grins. "First time I heard of this, Sunny... You getting generous on me?"
She shook her head. "Nah, I do owe ya one after all, consider it even." Sion then thought. "...Deal! I'll take a Nuka Cola, then."
Trudy smirked. "Sorry kiddo, but we're out of Cola..." Sion then had a look of disappointment. "Awh, man! That blows! Can I at least get a water?" Trudy got a water for him. "Sure, that all?"
He nodded and then Sunny gave her a few caps to pay for his drink. "So, don't leave me suspense! How'd your journey go?" Sion took a gulp of the refreshing cold water and looks at Sunny. "I wouldn't call it a journey, but I did fairly well I think."
Sion was running from raiders while screaming. "OH, ASSHOLES HAVE TO HELP ASSHOLES, AM I RIGHT?!"
He coughs with that memory and laughs nervously. "Anyways, nothing special happened... But I did help out a few people down on their luck, there was this one time I gave a key a few caps for information... But for some reason, I kept on giving and giving away those caps and I before I knew it, I LOST ALL OF THEM."
A random drunk, Trudy and Sunny were laughing a bit. "Beggars can do that to you, they have this special power called 'Guilt Trip'." Sunny said mockingly.
Sion laughs with them. "...Oh man, and when I finally went to New Vegas, I was already getting mugged within 3 seconds... That place is such a hell hole." He said taking another drink of his water.
Trudy was wiping down a glass. "Ever found the guy that took a pot shot at your spiky cranium?" To which Sion nodded. "...Yeah, I had to put him down... He just, rubs me the wrong way. Neat voice though." He said taking another drink of water.
Sunny shrugs. "At least you got the bastard, that's what counts, ain't that right Cheyenne?" Cheyenne barked happily in response.
Sion just grins and pets Cheyenne. "Awh, I missed you too, girl!"
~A Few hours later...~
He exits the saloon and smiles. "Nice seeing you girls again, I'll drop by more once in a while." Both of them laugh and responds. "Alright, you be careful out there."
Sion nods. "Will do!" He looked up at the sky and noticed it was dark, the moon was perfectly lit up to illuminate the town. "Man, what a nice night." He looks to see Easy Pete already went back home, there was no one out tonight.
"Hmm..." He began thinking to himself as he starts wandering to Doc Mitchell's house and stock up on any healing supplies... But before he could, something caught his eye.
A glint coming from one of the hills, this made Sion blink and tilts his head. "That's not a sniper's flare... It looks..." He began walking towards the hill of Goodsprings to examine what was shining.
After a few minutes, he climbs the hills and sees something interesting... Okay, maybe not interesting... It was a manhole. "...Really?" He said as he felt the moon shine over the grating which caused a returning flash. "Agh.." He covers his eyes with one arm and began pulling the handle with his other hand.
After a few tugs, it opened. "Huh.. That was easy..." He said and lifted it fully, he grabs onto the ladder and begins climbing down but not before closing the cover behind him.
He starts to descend the ladder and looks at a shutter door behind him and turns around, landing softly onto the metal flooring, he starts to dust his hands and walks towards it, he presses a button that looked oddly larger than the other buttons he had to push. "...Huh..." He opens the shutter doors.
He wanders down the stairs and what was on the other side made his eyes wide, it was an empty bunker. "...What the hell? I passed this particular bunker like... MANY times, how in the hell..." He says to himself as he looks around the room, and many things caught his eye.
Weapons, items, Sunset Sarsaparilla vending machine with a strange logo on it that seemed to have a literal sunset in a more... Cartoony way.
And... "Oh... my God..." Sion weakly said as he saw something.. REALLY mouthwatering and exciting. "S-S-S-Sparkle Cola? HOW COME I NEVER HEARD OF THIS?!" He gets an old coin and does the fake coin trick to get him a nice cold looking cola.
He inspects the bottle. "A nice purple texture to the paper... The glass feels more clean than the ones in the wastelands... The fluid looks more clear and safe..." That tears it, he's trying this drink, RIGHT NOW.
Sion gets his trusty bottle opener and of course opens it, after doing so he could smell the sweet flavourings that would make a grown boy weep in happiness. He chugs the fluid down and within a few seconds, he just stops and pulls back.
"Th...Thi..This... Is... THE BEST COLA .... I HAVE EVER TASTED, IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!" He was going absolutely nuts over this drink. "The sweeteners, the old passion fruit recipe made a return! And OH MY GOD, IT TASTED like an ACTUAL cola... It was official... This was the best drink he has ever had in his entire life, and even if a raider bursted through that door, he will now die happy knowing he had tasted heaven.
He finishes the drink and sets the empty bottle down, letting out a burp. "Ahhh... Kay... Thanks... Bye..." He starts to faint and smile. "That was AWESOME." He then remembered, this was new territory... He had to stay alert. "! Oh right.." He got up from his slouching and started to look around some more.
He noticed that there were some nice looking weapons just laying around, they all had unique shapes and designs on them.
A laser rifle with a purple foregrip, it seemed to be custom in some way. "Huh..." He then spots a shotgun with a yellow receiver and 3 pink butterflies painted on. Another laser rifle, but with a scope that has a purple star design on this one. "...This is all so strange... These weapons are in neat condition, but there are no other differences." He said to himself as he continued his investigation.
He noticed that there was now a hallway that began leading to nowhere, but it doesn't take a genius to know that there is a hidden wall. "What would be the point anyways?"
Sion begins by going down the hallway, trying his luck on the wall. "Alright, wall.. You may not like me... But I certainly like you." He started to touch the wall with his hands. "...Show me your secrets, baby..." He said while he felt a loose stone. "Aha..." He then pushes it and the wall starts to move.
He takes a step back and waits till it finishes.
After it finally opens up, he noticed a computer... A super computer at that, and it looks like it's still on! He walks inside and quickly notices the terminal beside him. "..." He puts a hand on the super computer and then starts to head towards the terminal.
The terminal assumes it's position (OH my...) and lets the keyboard free for Sion to start hacking away.
After a few moments of "guess the word", he finally enters in with administrative rights. "Hah! Right on!" He said praising his own skills as a 'Pr0-l33t-h4x0r' ... I'll shut up now.
He starts seeing linked notes with names of said notes that had strange names. "Zapper Buck, Zipping Bullet and Novel Idea to name a few." He said while he scratches his cheek with his finger and started to read the notes.
But before he could do that, the 'wall' traps him inside, with an alarm going off. "! Oh crap!"
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He springs into alertness and starts to try and re open the 'wall' but for some reason, it just couldn't do it, he pushed and pulled and nothing happened.
Sion started to hyperventilate and wanted to get out of here, he did NOT like enclosed spaces, he then had an idea... The super computer!
He frantically begins pressing any button he sees, but it didn't do any good. He pressed one more button and a flashing white light blinds his peripheral vision. "Agh!"
This light starts to vacuum the room, Sion included. "!! Agh! Sunny!! TRUDY!! HELP ME!!!" He shouts as he eventually loses balance and gets sucked into the white light, and it disappears, leaving the super computer and terminal busted in it's wake.
