Just a Fallout 4 fanfic

The cure

(On his way to grab some scribes to assist with the signal interceptor, Nico's vertibird radio picks up a distress signal coming from a place called vault 81)

Nico: Set er down for me

Pilot: Roger that

(The vertibird touches down, and Nico goes to vault 81's entrance)

Officer: Hold it right there. Vault 81 security. I don't know how you got your hands on a working pip boy, but you better start talking, and fast

Nico: My name is Nico. I represent the brotherhood of steel, and I'm here to respond to your distress call. I got the pip boy as a child when I was in vault 101

Officer: Vault 101? Haven't heard of that one yet

Nico: Maybe that's for the best

Officer: Oh! Hello, overseer

Overseer: Who is this?

Officer: He's here to respond to the distress beacon. He's not one of our usual traders. He's with the brotherhood of steel

Overseer: Oh, I'm sorry about this. Edwards is just doing his job. I'm sure you understand the need for caution

Nico: So, what's the problem?

Overseer: Come downstairs

(Nico and the Overseer go down an elevator and find the residents barricaded in their rooms)

(They also find a sick boy in a hospital bed with a couple of people in lab coats arguing)

Penske: You have to do something!

Forsythe: I'm running the tests as fast as I can, Priscilla. I can't treat Austin until I know what he's infected with

Penske: Austin got bitten by a mole rat, isn't that enough? There can't be that many mole rat diseases or toxins

Forsythe: Rachael is examining the mole rat as we speak. Hopefully she'll be able to find something. But these aren't any ordinary mole rats. Who knows what kinds of diseases they're carrying? And because he's just a child, it's affecting him more severely

Bobby: Doctor Forsythe! I think I found something that can help Austin!

Forsythe: What is it, Bobby?

Bobby: Well, you know that door Austin found? He found it because of me. I keep my private stuff in there, and he saw me get them

Penske: You mean your stash of chems

Forsythe: Get to the point, Bobby. What did you find?

Bobby: It's like a whole extra vault in there, but it's ruined and half caved in. There was this terminal there, so I started messing around with it. There were some notes about using mole rats to grow viruses. But they also said they used them to create vaccines and treatments

Forsythe: A secret vault? Good lord. I've never heard of such a thing

Penske: Bobby, you're a genius! A junkie genius! There might be a cure for whatever Austin got from that mole rat somewhere in that place. You there! How would you like to do vault 81 a favor and save my boy's life?

Nico: I'll help out if I can

Penske: I was hoping I could count on you. You must be the one responding to the distress beacon

Nico: That's me

Penske: Bobby. Show him where you keep your secret stash. There's a chance there's a cure for Austin somewhere in there. If you find it, bring it back here. Hurry! For Austin's sake!