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You and Coop reach a bridge and there are 2 other people on the other side.

"We just want to cross. Are you armed?" They yell at you.

Before you could answer, Coop shouts, "no! Are you?" You look at him and he nods.

"No we are unarmed." They yell. Coop whispers in your ear, "they have weapons. No one on the surface is ever unarmed." You nod.

"Here is what we are going to do. Let's all put our arms up and cross." You yell. Coop rolls his eyes at you but does.

They put up their arms as well and you all start to walk. You meet eyes with the lady and she starts to grab for something in her coat. Coop pushes you out of the way and shoots at them. The man shoots at you and you get hit in the arm. Coop shoots them in the head. "Why!" You yell at him hitting him in the chest over and over.

He grabs your wrists and then crouches at the dead bodies and shows you their knives. "Scrapers. That's why." He searched their bodies and takes what he think is useful.

"What is a scraper?" You ask as you grab your arm.

"Cannibals. They were going to kill us and eat us. How's your arm?" He asks as he still searches them.

"It'll be ok." You stuff a rag into your sleeve.

"Let me look." He demands. He pushes your sleeve off your shoulder. He looks it over very carefully. You gasp at the pressure and he just nods. "We have got to get the bullet out. You'll loose too much blood if we don't." He ties the rag around it really tight and you wince in pain. He turns your head to him and kisses you softly.

You reach a hospital. It looks abandoned. You stop and start towards the door. "Where the fuck you going darling?" Coop barks at you.

"Coop, you said it yourself. If I don't get the bullet out and stitch it up, I'm going to loose blood. We have to at least check to see if there is anything in there." He nods and you head in. He looks around outside the building for a bit then follows.

He enters the building and you are nowhere to be seen. "Y/N where did you go?" He whispered yelled. No answer. He finds a door and it's marked supplies. He opens the door and walks in. The door shuts behind him and he is stuck in this small space. The floor drops out from under him. He hits the ground with a thud. He sees you lying on the floor. Just then he passed out.

You wake up and you are strapped to a chair and there is a robot looking at your arm. He is sewing you up.

"What are you?" You mumble at it.

"I'm Codsworth madam. I'm a robot made by handy race and I'm a robotic butler. I am a medic here at vault 23. I noticed you needed assistance and I removed a bullet, well a tooth, from your arm. I applied an antibiotic and now sewing up the wound. It will take 3 days for it to heal. In the meantime, my overseer will come in and talk to you." It says as it leaves the room.

Someone comes in and introduces themselves as the second overseer when the first is busy. "Hello, I'm Mark. Welcome to 23. I see your from 33. Tell me, how is Betty?"

"Wouldn't know. Haven't been there in over a month. When I left, Hank was taken and we were left with half our vault destroyed." You snap back.

"I see. Well let me show you to your room." He says undoing your restraints.

"Where is my friend?" You ask running your wrists.

"You came alone. I don't know what you mean by friend." He states.

"My friend in a cowboy hat and long jacket. He is red and no nose. I need to get back to him." You demand.

"Ma'am, you arrived alone and was screaming you need help." He says as he motions for you to follow. You follow him but you're very confused. When the fuck was Coop?

You walk past a door with the word memorial wrote on it. "What's in there?" You ask the overseer.

"That is where we honor our past and where everyone who has passed. Only vault 23 members are allowed in there. It's for privacy to the family members of the lost." He says ushering you to move on.

You reach your room and it has a welcome basket. "You can stay for 3 days and then be on your way. You should be healed by then."
"Thank you. Very kind." You say and close the door.

Where the fuck is Coop?! You mutter this in your head over and over. You know you didn't imagine him. You look in your pocket and you know he was real and that you have to find him. In your pocket is a piece of Coops jacket that you pulled off of him one night. It was all frayed and torn up so you pulled it off and he chuckled at you that you kept it. It was your first memory of him opening up to you. "Got to find you Coop. I can't loose you. I love you too much." And you get up and start walking to your door. You open it and walk the halls. You notice no one is there. You walk past the memorial door and your pip boy beeps at you. It is allowing you to open the door. You do. It's dark inside. You walk in and the floor lights up just enough for you to see the walk way. You walk a little inside and the door shuts behind you. You hear voices and you dodge behind a desk. The two vault residents walk past the desk and then stop.

"Did you lock the door for section 2?" The one says. The other just shrugs. "I'm sure it's fine." And they left the room. You stand up and just smirk. "Section 2. Thanks for the clue." After saying it out loud you just rolled your eyes because you could see Coop picking on you for rhyming. You are walking reading the different door names.
Lab section 1.
Light test.
Chopped meat.
Section 2.

There it is. You open the door and everything goes black. You were struck by a security guard.

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