FalloutNV: On the Road Again

Ch1 Daughter Of The Medicine Man

Gunshots rang out in the small town of goodsprings, a few miles away two figures with their guns a blazing shot out to the small blue creatures running at them know as geckos. Each one fell to the sandy ground with a thud with a shot to the head while others were mold to death by one of the figures dogs, "good girl cheyenne!" Yelled out a one of the figures who was a tall woman with long red hair tied in a bun, she turns her gaze at other figure a short girl with almost white silver hair with it shaved on one side of her head "you too Margaret" The girl gave her a toothy grin and giggles softly "thank you sunny!" Sunny smiled at margaret and pet her head softly "how about we head off to the prospector saloon and get us a couple of sarsaparillas. it's on me this time"


The small girl gasps and jumps up in the air excitedly with a loud "YAY!". Sunny and margaret head off to the saloon together, it had been a pretty good day other than the excessive heat but the gust of dry wind did help cool things down a little. One thing that was good for margaret however was the small thing nestled tightly in her pocket in her short sleeved jacket, she stuck her hand into small pouch and softly ran her thumb over the minuscule creature curled up in a ball causing it to release a small, almost silent burbling sound. She smiles a little as she keeps walking making sure sunny didn't notice what she was doing.


Cool air hit both sunny and margaret as they stepped into the saloon, The sweat upon her brown matched with the cool air of the ventilation system brought the young woman to release a heavy sigh. The bustling regulars cheered and welcomed the two inside as they returned the same verbal cheering. Trudy sat the two exhausted women down and handed them both a cold Sarsaparilla with a jovial smile upon her face. "so girls how was today's hunting?" She asked as she takes a cloth and cleans a glass cup in her hand, "pretty good ma'am killed a couple of geckos nearby the town, they were after our crops!' Exclaimed margaret with a angry look upon her face.


"Well then" trudy says leaning her elbow on the bar looking at her with a smile placing her hand on her head rustling her short hair "we are sure lucky to have you and sunny here to help us" she grins at the girl letting out a soft chuckle. Margaret giggles her pale cheeks turn a soft pink as she looks up at the older womans eyes "why thank you ma'am i do love my town after all" saying that she takes a sip of the cold beverage near her side, "well if it wasn't for her i would of lost cheyenne to though critters" sunny says patting her on the back pretty hard causing Margaret to spill her drink slightly, with the result of her forcing a chuckle and a smile.


As she carried on with the others margaret felt the small critter in her pocket move slightly causing her eyes to widen, "well it was nice to see you all buuut i gotta get home ya know from all that huntin it got me all tuckered out" she said standing up forcing a fake yawn " see yall tomorrow!" With that being said the others waved good bye and goodnight as she headed out of the saloon into the cold windy air. She hurried her way home passing by victer for a moment waving at the Securitron "hi victor hope you had a good day!" She yells at him giving him a smile. He waved back at her yelling back at her "you as well miss margaret!" After that he moseyed on his way down the dusty trail to his small shack.


Finally reaching her small house she unlocked the door and walked inside the warm safe haven. She was welcomed with the scent of clean bandages and rubbing alcohol. Always feeling secure with the warm homely combination of comforting reminders of her loving father, Dr. Mitchell. "Papa i'm home!" She yelled out to him, the older man peeks out of his office door seeing his daughter walking from the front door to greet him. "Ah welcome home sweetheart!" He said with a warm smile taking her into his arms giving her a tight hug. "Did you have a good day with sunny?" He asks looking into her violet eyes "i sure did papa we killed a bunch of geeks near the town, it was great!" She said with a grin that reach ear to ear. "Well that's just swell darlin' i'm glad you had a good day and that you are safe" he says giving her a kiss on the forehead making her let out a cute little giggle. "Well papa i'm heading to bed i'll see you in the morning!" She says kissing her papa on the cheek and headed out to the backyard where her medium sized shack stood.


She opened the door to the shack closing it behind her, she pressed her back against the door and sighed heavily and slid to the wooden floor. 'Gosh little guy you almost blew my cover' she said with a weak smile pulling the tiny critter out of her pocket. The small critter unfurled itself and outstretched a pudgy forepaw releasing a tiny whimper."aww what's the matter little fella? Are you hungry?" She asked rubbing her index finger on it's belly making it burble softly at her touch. "You're a baby gecko...mmm i wonder what babies eat" she thought to herself for a moment, "ah! I got an idea!" She get's up and places the baby on her soft bed and runs over to her fridge pulling out a can of cram and opened it bring it over to the small gecko that sat before her.


"Here you go little guy try this" she says with a voice like honey, the little guy waddles over to the can sniffing softly he opens his tiny mouth and laps it up meekly, liking the meal he eats it up fast like he hadn't had a meal in years. Margaret smiles and kneels at the baby's bed site and runs her fingertips on his back as he eat the food she placed before him "there ya go eat up little guy so you can get big and strong" the baby gecko looks up at her and licks his mouth letting out a soft clicking sound, he almost looked like he was smiling "mmm you need a name little guy...what should i name you?" She said rubbing her chin deep in thought "AH! How about Geiger, you make a clicking sound like one of those little radiation detectors" the baby gecko let's out a small chirp like he was saying yes, after giving him a name and a full meal the minuscule gecko lets out a small yawn and snuggled up into her pillows bubbling softly. Margaret smiles sweetly and moves the pillow to the side near the wall and lays on her side watching the little one sleep soundly.


"Sleep tight little guy and sweet dreams" and with that she closes her eyes drifting off to sleep.