Dwellers chaos (redone)

9

You must have passed out and didn't know because when you woke, Coop was sitting in the chair looking out the dusty window. You see him holding his gun in his right hand and the coin that you showed him in his left. He is on alert. Every time someone would walk into the store, he would raise his gun at the curtain.

"When did I pass out?" You say to him sitting up. He is quick by your side.

"After I told you about your father dropping the bombs. Your eyes rolled and down you went." He says stroking your cheek. You lean into his touch. You start to cry.

"Hey, why ya crying?" He says kneeling down to get to your level.

"Because of my father, you lost everything. Your family, your home, your life. And now you slept with the enemy. I still care for you but I can't take your heart too. It's not fair to you." You say the last part with no emotion. You sit up more and rip out your IV and get dressed.

"Don't you fucking start that shit with me!" He barks at you, grabbing your hand and making you look at him. You try to pull away but he pins you up against the wall. You huff at him. "I chose you Y/N! You aren't taking anything away from me. I'm giving it to you." He gets very close to you. His lips barely touch yours. "I am the one taking your metal heart." He crashes his lips into yours. You snake your hand around his neck. You let him take control. He is quick you grab your waist. He grabs tightly and it causes you to squeal a bit. He moves his kisses down to your neck. You dig your hand into his arm. He growls. You both are in bliss.

Fridge walks through the curtain. She clears her throat at us. We jump apart. "Might want to get her out before anyone else finds out what she is. Secrets don't stay secrets in this town." Coop chuckled and kissed you once more before you both get the information you need about Moldaver and supplies before leaving.

"Cooper!" Fridge yells at him. He turns to look at her. "You come back." He nods.

"Promise you ol' hag!" She flicks him off. We set off to the observation tower. It's a good week away walk.

You both were silent for about an hour. Coop had this blank stare on his face like he was deep in thought.

You break the silence. "What you lost in thought about?" You say touching his hand. He jumps a bit from being brought back into reality.

"You." Is his simple reply. You just nod and leave it at that. "It's not bad that I'm thinking about you. I'm just trying to figure out how to honestly handle meeting your father without having to strangle him." He says grabbing your hand and squeezes it in comfort.

"Well, for starters," you say making him face you, "you could tell him you are fucking his daughter." You smile as you see his eyes light up as you said it. You think he is surprised by it. "You can shoot him but don't kill him. I still care for him but that's it. I can't be around him." You say sighing and start walking again.

He grabs you to turn back to him. "Hey...hey, you may have lost him but you gained me." He says kissing your cheek. You smirk. "Thank you." You say and you both keep walking.

You come to an abandoned bus. Coop says the sun is setting and to make camp. You go to look in the bus and find that a man and dog are in it already. The man has a foot missing. You freeze in place. Coop says the area for the fire is ready as he enters the bus. He is quick to pull his gun. "Who the fuck are you?" He demands an answer. He cocks his gun this time, "I asked you a question."

"I am dr. Wilzig. This is 4. Down girl." She instantly lays down. "We mean no harm Y/N of vault 33 and Cooper Howard of wasteland."

You both look at each other and then back to him. "How do you know us?" You ask as you sit in a seat. Coop sits as well. He doesn't lower his gun.

"That's not a simple answer Y/N. I, too, used to work for Vault-Tec. I was a scientist who was hired to create the perfect companion. Number 4 here is a flawed attempt in their eyes. She is loyal to me. We breed dogs to be 10 pounds or more. We put them through agility and aggression training. We pair them with a soldier and we are done with them. 4 here was under that 10 pound mark and I forged her paperwork. Instead of putting her through all that unnecessary training, I made her run a treadmill and taught her everything. She kills for me and finds me in the end. She will always find me." He says petting 4 on the head.

"What does that have to do with me? Us?" You ask him.

"You, too, Y/N were engineered. You are a synth. You are machine and human at the same time. Your father however, he was supposed to dispose of you because you were a girl. All babies in vault 33 were supposed to be boys. Girls were supposed to be from vault 32. When you were born, you were a happy child. You lived normal until age 5. That's when they cut you open and tested on you. Your brain was the first thing to be tested."

He says and you just look at the floor. Coop sits next to you and holds you as you softly cry.  "That's enough." Coop says to Wilzig.

"No, I want to know. Please go on." You sigh out.

Wilzig nods and continues. "For you specifically, they were testing agility. They modified your brain to make you swift on your feet. Then they modified your heart to keep up. Then came the other organs. Only a few organs could keep up after everything was modified."

You have one question for him, "how did they do all this and I don't remember it?" You say and lean against Coops chest. He wraps his arms around you and you grab his hand. You hold his hand. He kisses the top of your head.

"They put you in a coma. They drugged you, did surgery, and put you in a coma until you fully healed so you wouldn't know." He says and starts to turn in his seat to go to bed.

"Now how do you know me?" Coop tilts his head at him and cocks an eye at him.

"Cooper Howard. A salesman for Vault-Tec. Married to Barbra Howard. Daughter Janey Howard..." Coop raises his gun at him. "Don't talk about her. Just me."

Wilzig nods. "You had a dog, Rosevelt. You are here to kill me. I know you know about the bounty. You would be doing me a favor if you kill me. I'm on my way to Moldaver. She needs what is in my head."

Coop looks at him and lowers his gun. "What do you need with her?"

"She is the reason I'm on the run." He says before nodding and going to sleep.

Coop looks at you and lays against the window. He still held you in his arms as you both fell asleep. Even when your world has stopped, Coop seems to make it better.