Disclaimer: I do not in any way own any part of the Fallout series or anything else associated with it.

A/N: Hello, for those of you who don't know me, my name is Dreadman75. I'm a relatively new author to the site and a big fan of Fallout 3 (having bought it and beaten it fairly recently), and have been wondering "How would the Lone Wanderer's adventure have turned out if Amata had left Vault 101 with him in the beginning?" Well this is what I believe would have happened.

(If you see anything that is wrong or needs correcting, please tell me so, after all a noob like me can't be expected to know or remember everything that was said, or exactly what items went where)

"Talking"

'Thinking'

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Ch.1 Escape!

Angelos' POV

"Wake up, you've got to wake up Angelos." The voice pierced through the veil of sleep, quickly waking the sleeping 19-year old known as Angelos.

"Uh, huh, wh-what is it Amata" I say, still trying to fully comprehend what was going on in my sleep addled state.

"You've got to go, hurry" Shouted Amata, still frantic, sounding like she had recently seen something that had frightened her beyond rational thought.

"Whoa, whoa." I say, still trying to make sense of the situation. 'Okay, lets see, my best friend down here in this hole is currently in my room, yelling at me hysterically. I can hear alarms and the Overseers voice over the PA system saying that all residents are to remain in their rooms, and I think I can hear the distinctive voice of officer Kendall yelling that radroaches are everywhere.' "What the hell is going on Amata? For gods sake you look like you've seen a ghost!"

"It's your father...he's gone!"

That was perhaps the last thing I was expecting. "Gone? What do you mean Gone?!" I said failing to understand what she had just told me.

"I mean that he's left the vault. He just opened the door and vanished.," She said.

"But that's impossible, no one leaves the vault.," I said remembering the words of the Overseer himself.

"Apparently not...but are you telling me that you had no idea what your father was planning?," she said confused."

"No, I had no idea he was planning something like this." I said still not believing it myself.

"Oh, I'm sorry...but we can't waste anymore time here, you have to run before my fathers men find you!" she said almost hysterically.

"Hold on, why should I run. I mean I could just explain everything to your father and that'll be that right?" I said hopefully

"You don't understand! They killed Jonas because they believed he helped your father escape!," she blurted out.

"They...killed Jonas," I said, almost choking on my words.

Amata looked down, she was obviously saddened she had to tell me this way. "Yes, right after your father left, they found him and...and...," she looked as though she would break down any second. She recovered and said "I'm sorry, I know Jonas was your friend."

"Yeah," I said, not really listening as the weight of the situation finally dawned on me. 'I have to escape somehow, if they find me...no I can't think about that now. Right now I need a plan,' I thought to myself, then I said "I need to get out of the Vault too, Amata. I need to find my dad and see what made him leave in the first place."

"Your in luck, I already have a plan to get you out of here." she replied, "You have to get to my father's office. In there is a secret tunnel leading straight to the Vault door... here use these," she said holding out 10 bobby pins in her hand, "It's how I always get in." she explained when she saw the disbelieving look on my face.

I reached out for the pins when a thought occurred to me, "Wait," I said, "If you and your father know about this tunnel then what makes you think it won't be guarded in some way?," I questioned.

"We don't have time for this!," she said forcefully, thrusting the bobby pins into my hand, "Look you just have to trust me, no one else knows about the tunnel. Oh, and take this too, you may need it" she added while holding out a 10mm pistol and ammo out towards me.

I look at the pistol for a moment before responding, "No, you take it you'll probably need it more than me."

She looked like she was about to argue but thought better of it. "Well...I guess it'll come in handy if I run into any radroaches. But what are you going to defend yourself with?" she asked.

"Don't worry about me," I said, walking to the nearby table, picking up my BB gun, 50 pellets, and a baseball bat. "After all I was the designated hitter on the Vault 101 baseball team." I replied, smiling at her, and giving the bat a couple of test swings. "You better get going, after all it won't look good for you to be caught talking to me right now, be careful."

"Alright, you be careful yourself. A large amount of radroaches found their way inside somehow and security is out in force trying control the situation. I'll try to meet you at the exit." she said running out the door and into the hall before disappearing from my sight.

I walk over to the first aid box on the wall of my room grabbing 10 stimpaks, and a Med-x hypo, before rummaging through my chest of drawers and pulling out 3 Vault 101 jumpsuits. 'Might as well take everything I can who knows what will come in handy outside this place,' I think to myself before running out into the hall.

3rd person POV

"THERE HE IS! HOLD IT RIGHT THERE!" The sudden shout caused Angelos to turn to his right where he saw officer Kendall coming towards him, getting ready to start swinging his baton, when all of sudden three radroaches came out of nowhere and began biting at him. 'I'll let him deal with the roaches then I'll deal with him,' Angelos thought as he heard him yell "CRIMINEY, MORE ROACHES!" He hung back near the door to his apartment and waited, once officer Kendall was done with the roaches Angelos ran up to him and delivered two high powered hits to Kendall's head, knocking him to the floor where he didn't get up.

'Did I kill him?' thought Angelos as he crouched down to check Kendall's pulse, relieved when he found that the officer was only unconscious. 'That's good. I really don't need any deaths on my conscience. I bet that security armor he's wearing would be much more effective than this crummy jumpsuit though, and his baton would make a nice one handed weapon.' he thought. As he he took the armor, and police baton from the unconscious Kendall and put it on, surprised to find it fit pretty well. 'Huh, one size fits all I suppose'. He turned his attention to the dead radroaches on the floor. 'How did these little bastards find there way in here in the first place. Could dad have let them in when he left the vault?,' he questioned to no one in particular.

He got up, turned to his left, and ran down the hall towards the stairs, only to be stopped by perhaps the last person in the vault he wanted to see, Butch DeLoria. "You gotta help me man, my mom's trapped in our apartment with the radroaches." He said, hysterically.

"Wow, Butch is asking me for help. If only you knew what 'Irony' meant," Angelos said sarcastically.

"Yeah, I'm asking you. So what?" Butch said threateningly, then continued in more somber tone, "Look, I'm sorry for the way I've always treated you. You know I never meant any of It, right?" The last part was obviously forced, but what came after that shattered any reservation Angelos had, "But, its my mom, you can't just leave her in there with the radroaches." he said with a tone of barely restrained urgency.

Sighing, Angelos said, "Alright, fine, but you owe me big time for this, you got that?" The distaste and frustration in those last three words was almost palpable.

"Fine, done, just please, get her out of there!" Butch replied almost becoming hysteric again, before turning around and running down the hall and around the corner to his left, with Angelos hot on his heels. They arrived at the door where the sounds of scuttling, and Mrs. DeLoria's cries of pain were easily distinguishable. Taking a deep breath to calm his nerves, Angelos pulled out his BB gun and hurried through the main living area to the bedroom where he saw Mrs. DeLoria on the floor in a curled up position being snapped at by three radroaches. Angelos closed his eyes to try and come up with a plan, 'Alright I've got to get kill the roaches without harming her in the process, but how do I do that when my targets are scuttling all over the place around the person I need to protect. C'mon think Angelos, THINK!' All of a sudden he felt his heart rate shoot upwards like a rocket, and he could feel his movements speed up. When he opened his eyes he was surprised to see that everything had slowed down drastically, not pausing to wonder about this new phenomenon he quickly shot all three roaches in their large abdomens. Time quickly caught back up to him as he saw two roaches fall over, unmoving, while the third turned to face him and started to move forward, intent on hurting the being that just put a nicely sized hole in its ass(AN: that is essentially what an abdomen is, after all). Still disorientated from being able to move normally again, Angelos didn't notice the roach until it had already bitten his ankle. "FUCK!" he yelled as he jumped backwards out of the bedroom, the roach still following. Cursing his pain, he quickly whipped out his new police baton and brought it down on the roaches head, finishing it off.

Angelos walked into the bedroom again, ignoring his throbbing ankle, to see if Mrs. DeLoria was okay. After helping her up and hearing her thanks he got out a stimpak and injected it into his injured ankle, watching in fascination as his wound, and his pain, faded away. He made to go outside, but was stopped by an overjoyed Butch, "You did it! My moms' gonna be okay! You're the best friend I've ever had man. Hey, look I know it's not much but...I want you to have my Tunnel Snakes jacket, as a way of saying thanks." He said holding the leather jacket for Angelos to take. Angelos took it and put it on smirking, 'I look pretty bad ass with this on.,' he thought before saying, "Thanks, Butch. You better get inside, it's dangerous out here." Butch complied and went into his apartment, but before he did Angelos added one last thing "Look after the vault while I'm gone alright." Butch just nodded before closing his door. Angelos turned around and ran for the door that led right to the diner area.

Once he reached the diner, the sounds of clicking drew his attention to three more roaches inside surrounding the dead body of Grandma Taylor. Quickly dispatching the three nuisances with his trusty bat, Angelos knelt beside his fellow vault dweller's body to pay his respects. After a minute he got up and resumed his run, down the hall and up the stairs to the next level, where the classroom and his father's former medical office were located. 'Maybe my dad's computer has some clue as to what the hell he was thinking when he decided to leave our home.' he thought as he made his way up the stairs. Once there he was greeted by the sight of the vault's mister handy model robot, Andy, burning a large group of roaches with his built in flamethrower. He was put on edge when he saw Officer Gomez appear from behind the wall, but relaxed when he started to talk.

"You're lucky it was me who found you, the others won't be so forgiving. I don't know what you're doing, and I don't want to know. Look, if you clear out of here, I'll forget that I ever saw you.," he said.

"Thanks Officer Gomez, that means a lot, but I still have to look through my dads office to see if there are any clues as to why this happened, then I'll get out of here.," Angelos replied.

"Alright, you do what you gotta do. For the record, I'm sorry things turned out this way. I can't believe what happened to Jonas, Officer Mack was out of control. You're a good kid you know, you don't deserve any of this," Officer Gomez said before turning around to patrol the immediate area for more roaches.

Angelos entered the office to see Stanley, the vault's mechanic, repairing Andy, who appeared to be doubtful of Stanley's repair abilities, if the way he was complaining was any indication. Angelos didn't pay them any mind as he rummaged through the front and back offices looking for anything that could tell him what his father was up to. 'Okay lets see what I found here: 2 more stimpaks, some old junk, and a Vault-Tec limited edition bobble head, medicine edition. "The smart man knows that a bandage only hides his wounds.," very profound.' One last run through of his father's office yielding nothing of merit, until he looked at his father's framed bible quote hung on the wall. 'Mom's favorite quote:

"Revelation 21:6:

I am the Alpha

and the Omega,

the beginning

and the end.

I will give unto him

that is athirst of

the fountain of

the water of life freely."

'My only reminder of her, I can't loose my dad too, he's all I've got left of my family.' It was then that he noticed that the framed quote was on a hinge. 'what the...what is this?' He pulled the frame away from the wall, and saw a safe, 'well now, looks like I found something interesting.,' He tried to open the safe only to be met with failure. 'Guess I need some more experience with lock picking to open this. Shit, looks like I'll have to leave it for now.' He exited the medical offices and continued through the door that led to the atrium.

Going up the stairs that led to the atrium's lower level he heard two voices that caused him to pause, over the annoying alarms that still continued to sound off. "It's our only chance, don't you see? We're getting out of here, just like the doctor. I'm not going to let anyone stop us."

'That sounds like Tom Holden. What is he doing here?' Thought Angelos. He continued to walk up the steps and found Tom and Mary Holden standing behind a pillar. Before he could say anything to the two of them though, Tom ran off towards the corridor that led to the vault's entrance, yelling, "It's me, Tom! Don't Shoot!" Alas, his pleas fell on deaf ears, because just as he entered the corridor three shots rang out. "Tom! NO!" shouted Mary as she ran to try and help Tom, ignoring Angelos' cry of "Don't do it!" A moment later two shots were heard, accompanied by the sound of something heavy hitting the floor.

Angelos closed his eyes and fought his revulsion at the thought of vault security gunning down the people they were supposed to protect. He ran up to the left of the door and put his back to wall, taking a breath he peeked around the corner and was greeted by Officer's Richards and O'Brian, both holding 10mm pistols, guarding the door to the vault entrance. Ducking back behind the wall, Angelos had to take a couple of deep breaths to calm himself down and think up a plan. 'Alright I have three options. 1. I rush the murdering bastards and take them down before I'm shot to death, not likely; 2. try and sneak by so they don't see me; or 3. disarm them from a distance, then knock them out and take their weapons so they aren't a problem in the future.' Thinking it over for a minute he made his decision, taking out his BB gun, he carefully looked around the corner again and took aim...

*Bang* Officer O'Brian dropped his gun as the BB hit his right hand. *Bang* Officer Richards grasped his upper right arm in pain. 'Damn,' thought Angelos, as he readied himself for another shot. *Bang* This time Richards dropped his gun as well. Angelos began his run down the hall at the two surprised officers, his bat at the ready and struck Richards over the head, knocking him unconscious as expected. What he didn't expect was for the bat to break on the helmet with a loud groan then *crack*, Angelos was stunned, just looking at the stump of what used to be his childhood plaything turned weapon. He didn't register what was happening until he heard a *click*, accompanied by O'Brian saying "You're a sneaky little shit aren't you? Put your weapon down and come with me...we're going to have a little chat with the Overseer."

"You'll have to drag me there kicking and screaming. I have my own mission right now, to go find my dad." Angelos said, standing up and facing O'Brian, a look of disgust on his face. Watching the gun that was trained on his head. On the outside he looked calm, but on the inside he was panicking, his heart racing once more. 'SHIT! How am I going to get out of this, he's got a pistol and all I've got is a busted bat, a police baton, and a BB gun. Dammit if I don't think of something I'll be sporting a few new holes on my person...wait, what's this...again?!.' He was pulled from his thoughts by the same feeling as when he saved Mrs. DeLoria, everything had slowed down once more. He could see O'Brian's lips moving so slow that every word probably would have been drawn out over the next 5 minutes. 'What is this, what is causing this to happen to me. How can I move so fast, and for only a short time. Well I guess I'd better take advantage of the situation before whatever this is wears off.' Not wasting any time, he hurled the broken bat handle at O'Brian's head, before he pulled out his police baton and extended it, ready to fight as everything sped back up.

O'Brian was surprised, to say the least, when Angelos suddenly moved faster than he could track and threw the broken bat at his head, before he fell unconscious due to blunt force trauma to the head. "Whew, that was close." Angelos said, obviously relieved, "Now what the hell was that back there, why did everything suddenly slow down?," he questioned as he was picking up the two 10mm pistols and police batons carried by the guards, along with any ammo they had, and cursed as he tried to open the door to the vault entrance only to find it locked. He was still pondering the phenomenon while walking up the stairs to the left of the corridor he was in. He was stumped until...'Wait a minute...my Pip-boy 3000 is a system that is full integrated into my body so it can analyze and notify me if there is anything wrong with me. Maybe it has the answers.' He reasoned. He lifted his arm to look at the Pip-boy screen, his curious look was replaced with surprise when instead of a readout on his condition, he saw a message titled V.A.T.S., 'What is this V.A.T.S.?'

It read:

Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System:

Using it's integration into the central nervous system the Pip-Boy 3000 can, in times of increased stress levels, increase adrenaline production by a factor of 6. This in turn increases perception, speed, reaction time, and reflexes to near superhuman levels, allowing for increased targeting capacity to the point of being able to target specific points on the body. This particular function can only be used for up to 3 minutes at a time, however, and requires significant energy derived from the person linked to the Pip-Boy 3000, and will require a small amount of time to recharge to the point of being used again.

Angelos read through the message and nodded his head, 'increased stress is a nice way of putting it,' he thought dryly. Reaching the top of the stairs he turned to his left and began walking towards an open door way across the room when he heard a muffled shout coming from his left, "YOU, this is all your fault, you and your dad. He just had to go and ruin it for the rest of us." shouted a random vault dweller from behind a window. Ignoring the man's ramblings he walked into the next room and was confronted by security chief Hannon.

"You, your father betrayed us all." Hannon yelled as he charged, police baton at the ready. Angelos barely had enough time to bring up his baton in defense as the older man swung. *thunk*, the batons crashed against each other stunning the two. Angelos recovered first, and charged Hannon swinging his baton for Hannon's left leg. *whack*. The baton struck, and Hannon hit the floor writhing in pain, clutching his leg. Angelos quickly sent him to dreamland with a well placed strike to the head.

'The overseer's office isn't to far from here. I just need to make it past the security office and whoever is still inside, and I'm home free.' he thought, but when he neared the door to the he heard a familiar voice, on the verge of tears say "I told you, I don't know anything!" 'That's Amata's voice what is she doing here?' He walked up to the window of the Security office and looked in to see the Overseer and Officer Mack standing over Amata who was sitting in a chair and if the bruises on her face were any indication, those two had been hitting her trying to get information on him. His fears were confirmed by the Overseer's next sentence."Be reasonable Amata, Officer Mack may enjoy this but I don't. Just tell us where your little friend is so we can talk to him." Angelos was seething in rage at the lengths the Overseer had gone to to find him. 'That bastard ordering officer Mack to beat his own daughter for information, I'll kill him for this.' he thought. As he was just about to burst in there to save his childhood friend he heard something that made his blood run cold...

*bang* *bang* *bang* *bang*

He slowly turned his head back to the window, and was astonished to see officer Mack drop to the ground dead. The Overseer was currently wide eyed and open mouthed in shock, as he backed away from the smoking gun being held by his daughter. Amata seemed to be in shock that she had just taken someone's life as she had a look of disbelief on her face. She suddenly ran out of the room, and down the hall, not even seeing Angelos standing right outside the door.

Walking into the room, Angelos looked at the overseer, who was currently standing in a corner with a dazed expression on his face. He quickly snapped out of whatever thought were going through his head as soon as he noticed the one person, he had been looking for this whole time. "I hope you're here to turn yourself in young man. You're already in enough trouble already. Don't make it worse for yourself."

The reaction that the Overseer had been hoping for was immediate submission and compliance, he had not been expecting this boy to suddenly burst into a sinister laugh.

"HAHAHAHAH, you must be joking. I really don't think you are in any position to be telling me what to do, after all your only protection is currently bleeding out on the floor." Angelos said, not trying to hide the malicious intent behind his words.

The Overseer, more than slightly perturbed by the tone in Angelos' voice, spoke. "Be that as it may, you are still in my vault under my rules. So I must insist that you give me those weapons and give yourself up." he said with shaken confidence.

"You just don't get it do you, you senile old fool, you don't have any power here. I've knocked all of the other guards unconscious, stolen their weapons and you have nothing to defend yourself with. Now you are going to just stand right there while I speak, you got that." It was a demand rather than a question, but all the same the Overseer just stood there and nodded his head, knowing that he did not in fact, have anything to use against this obviously furious teenager. "Good, now then I have a question for you, why did you allow officer Mack to kill Jonas?"

"Jonas was a vault security liability, he had allowed your father's idealistic nonsense to poison his mind. He honestly believed that we could benefit from opening the vault to the outside world." said the Overseer with no remorse, as Angelos began to visit each of the lockers placed all around the room, taking pistols, ammo, security uniforms, and whatever else he could find.

Angelos turned around at that answer and said in an elevated voice, "Jonas was my friend you heartless bastard, and given what's been going on since then, I'd say he was right. Look at this mess, Grandma Taylor was killed by radroaches in the diner, and Tom and Mary Holden were killed by the two gorillas you stationed at the vault exit. That makes four deaths on your conscience, and here you are acting like you don't care in the slightest. You didn't even bat an eyelash when you had your daughter beaten in front of you. I don't know how you lost the part of your humanity that allows for empathy, and at the moment I really don't care." he said through grit teeth. "Now I am going to follow my dad, so give me the key to your office, and the password to your personal terminal and I'll be on my way." he finished.

The Overseer's look of shock was all that was needed to figure out his answer, but he just decided to see what the man had to say before responding. "You'll get nothing from me. I'll die before I see the vault compromised again." he replied.

"I'm not going to kill you Alphonse." said Angelos, using the Overseer's real name for the first time.

"Then it looks like were at an impasse...Ooof" he said right before he was hit with a wicked left hook from the very pissed off Angelos.

"I'm not going to kill you, even if it's what you deserve. So that punch will have to be a fitting revenge for all the shit this vault has been put through by you. Now I would advise that you just stay there and not interfere any further." he said before running out the door and down the hall.

He entered the door to his right and inside the room, in front of the desks he found the body of Jonas. He felt his body freeze up at the sight of his friend just laying on the ground, unmoving. As with Grandma Taylor before, he knelt down to pay his respects, only to pause when he saw a holotape clutched in Jonas' hand. Picking it up, he saw the title A note from dad, leaving no doubts that his father left this for him. 'I'll have to look at this later.' he thought as he logged the data on the tape into his Pip-Boy.

Angelos got up and ran to the open door to his left to find a somber Amata sitting at the table in her's and the Overseer's private living residence. "You alright?" she jumped at the sound of his voice.

"Of course I'm not alright, I just killed a man. I...I mean he was about to hit me again and I...I just lost it.," she choked out.

Angelos didn't say anything, but instead got down on one knee and hugged his best friend tightly. "I know," he said "I was about to bust in the room and kill him myself after I saw what he was doing."

Amata just looked at him with red eyes. "When I heard the shots, I thought that someone else had shot him. But, when I looked down at my gun, I just lost it." She keeled over and began crying again.

Angelos walked up to her and gave her a small hug. "Hey, it's going to be okay," He said.

"I don't know what to do. My own father caused all of this." She made a few gasps for breaths. "I don't know if I can ever face him again."

"Maybe you don't have to." Angelos said, when Amata looked up at him, curiosity evident in her eyes he continued, "Escape with me. We can leave this place, and when we find my dad I'm sure he can help us."

Amata just shook her head, "I don't know, I don't know. Part of me wants to stay here and try and reason with my father, but then I think back to what you said to him..."

"Wait...you eavesdropped on us?" He said incredulously.

"I heard you start laughing from all the way down the hall, I came back in time to hear that you knocked all the other guards unconscious, and left before you came out." She explained.

"I'm sorry you had to hear all of that." He said remorsefully.

"It doesn't matter now, but you better get going. It's only a matter of time until whatever security is left finds you. Before you go, go ahead and rummage through mine and my father's rooms. Whatever you find will have to be more useful to you than me." She said.

Angelos nodded and proceeded to go through each room, emerging a minute later with a new 10mm pistol, complete with ammo, 5 bobby pins, and the key to the Overseer's office.

Amata got up from the table, and Angelos walked forward and gave her one last hug before saying, "My offer is still open, meet me at the vault door if you decide to come with me." Then he released her and walked across the hall the the door leading into the Overseer's office. Using his newly acquired key, the door slid upwards with a hiss and he walked inside, shutting the door behind him. Leaving Amata to ponder her future.

Deciding against hacking the Overseer's terminal for now he instead walked up to the lockers on the side of the room, his decision paid off. Inside he found 120 10mm rounds, some Mentats, some Stimpaks, and the Overseer's terminal password, 'Amata, huh. Typical.' He thought as he walked up to the terminal. He entered the password and watched as the data on the terminal was unlocked.He saw four entries: Security Dossiers, Scouting Reports, Vault-Tec Instructions, and Open Overseer's tunnel.

He opted to look through the other entries first. 'Alright, lets see what kind of skeletons the Overseer's been hiding in his closet.' As he read through the files on the computer he found himself, more and more, wanting to put a bullet between the Overseer's eyes. 'He lied to us this entire time, he fucking sent people out of the vault to this "Megaton", and conveniently forgot to tell anyone anything. Granted the giant ant is cause for worry, but he should have told us that the "Capital Wasteland" was no longer irradiated. He also used the Tunnel Snakes to further his agenda inside the vault as well. This man isn't fit to be a leader, he's just a manipulative little snake bent on total control. This info on the G.E.C.K. though, is very interesting, a machine that can create life from lifelessness. It's a shame Vault 101 doesn't have one, I would have loved to have something like that.' Downloading all relevant information to his Pip-Boy he clicked on the last option and turned around to see the desk in the middle of the room rise up, revealing a dimly lit tunnel. 'Paydirt.' he thought. He took a deep breath, steeling his nerve for the events to come that would drastically alter his future. He walked down the step, and flipped the switch at the bottom of the steps, closing the entrance behind him.

Amata POV

'What should I do? What should I do?' Was the thought that kept going through me mind. 'I don't know, if I go with Angelos I may never see my home again. If I stay here, there's no telling what my father might do?' In the distance I heard the distinctive noise of the secret tunnel opening, telling me Angelos was already moving for the vault door. I hear the noise again, and know that he closed the tunnel. 'I wonder what kept him from opening the tunnel straight away?' Curiosity getting the better of me, I walk into my father's office and up to his terminal. 'I'm in luck, Angelos didn't log out before he left. Now let's see what is so interesting.' I read through the Security Dossiers and my eyes widen in shock. 'Wh...What is this?' I read further, and further and became more and more distressed at everything my father has hidden from everyone. I suddenly hear klaxons 'Angelos must have begun the door opening sequence. I've made up my mind, I can't stay here. My father is beyond saving, and I know I can help Angelos.' With new strength I open the Overseer's tunnel and begin running for the vault exit. 'I hope I make it there in time.'

Angelos POV

I had done the impossible. I had opened to door to the outside world. I could see a cave beyond the door and at the end of that cave was sunlight pouring through the cracks in an old wooden gate that led outside. I can hear some guards yelling from behind the door leading into this room, and I know I have to hurry, I begin walking down the steps when I hear a voice that makes me stop in my tracks. "Oh my God! You did it! You really did it!" it exclaims. I turn around to see Amata standing there with a gobsmacked expression on her face. I feel a sense of elation, this meant the Amata had decided to come with me. I admit for a second I didn't think she would, and that she would opt to stay here with her nutjob of a father.

"Does this mean you're coming with me?" I ask hesitantly. I'm relieved when she nods her head,

"Yeah, I've decided that I can't stay here anymore." She says as she walks towards me, she leans up and plants a small kiss on my cheek. I can feel my face heat up as I ask

"Wh...What was that for?"

She giggled and said "For comforting me back there, and offering me a place to go now that I decided to leave this place."

"Anytime, now lets get out of here before anyone comes through that door." I say, she nods and we both turn towards the exit and begin walking. Unfortunately, it was just too late as a gunshot reverberates through the room and a bullet ricochets off the floor at my feet. "That's far enough you two, now turn around and give yourselves up." We turned around to see the Overseer and officers Richards and O'Brian, pistols in hand, looking at us with nothing short of fury on their faces.

Our two groups just stared at each other for a what seemed to be hours, until the Overseer saw fit to break the silence. "Amata, what do you think you are doing? Aiding this fugitive, are you really willing to give up your home, your family, to go out into that horrid excuse of a world?"

To which, Amata responded "It's better than living in a society based on lies. I saw everything on your personal computer. This entire vault believes that we are one of the few groups of humans left. I'm not going to be a part of this charade anymore."

The Overseer looked disappointed in his daughter. He said "Very well then, I'm afraid I cannot save you then. I am the Overseer above all else, men you may do what you have to, to keep the vault safe."

Upon hearing this I knew we had to get out of here fast, thankfully I saw that the officers were only equipped with new police batons. I spun around grabbed Amata, and pushed her ahead of me yelling "MOVE, WE HAVE TO GET TO THE DOOR." We started running, paying no heed to the Overseer's poorly aimed shots ricocheting around us, nor to the footfalls of the officers running to stop us.

We ran through the door and up the slope, when we reached the top we noticed that the officers had stopped right at the door, afraid to come any further from their "safe zone". They stood there and stared at us for a few seconds before turning around and walking away, a moment later the vault klaxons blare and the distinctive sound of grinding gears are heard as the door to Vault 101 slid closed once again, locking us outside for good.

The two of us just sat there in the darkness just catching our breath after everything that happened. I looked towards the flimsy wooden gate that apparently had kept Vault 101 undiscovered for so long. I looked at Amata, and she looked at me and nodded her head. I take a deep breath as I grip the doorknob, I turn the knob and push allowing the cave to be flooded with daylight. So much so that the two of us had to squint as we walked forward, out of what was our home for the past 19 years...

and into a whole new world.

----end chapter---

A/N: Cut and print. That's a wrap people.

This concludes the first chapter of my first solo fic. The Wasteland Wanderer's. I hope you all liked it as much as I do.

Now onto some of the issues you might address:

1. How long will this fic be? Unknown, if everyone likes this first chappie well enough I'll add more. If that's the case it will probably include the entire game(optional quests included), and (if I feel like it) the 5 DLCs. Broken Steel, Operation: Anchorage, The Pitt, Point Lookout, and Mothership Zeta.

2. Levels, exp, and so on? I'm still currently working on how to integrate a level system into this fic, so don't expect much from me until I get that worked out.

3. Follows the game strictly or no? A little of both, I can't tell you everything but suffice it to say, I do have some ideas that do go off on a tangent where the game is concerned.

One last note, if anyone wants to become an official beta reader for this story, send me a PM detailing what you know of Fallout 3(knowledge of Fallout's 1 and 2 is not required, but good to have), and how you believe you would help the overall quality of this story.

That's all for me readers. I eagerly await your responses. (Please note that flamers will be hunted down by a horde of hungry Deathclaws) Thank you.