Magic of the Created Lands ~ VenturianTale, Fallout and G-Mod

Chapter 2

Quasar barked happily at his yellow companion, glad he finally knew someone in this strange world. Toast rushed in, holding a gun.

"What's that thing?! It didn't come up on the radar, it's not a ghost." He aimed at it. It obviously wasn't good by the whimpering sounds of the small girl next to it.

Quasar growled. He didn't understand why Toast wanted to kill Copper. When he didn't lower his gun, he barked and bit into his trouser leg. He tried to aim carefully so that he wouldn't actually bite the leg, only the fabric, but he missed by a millimetre.

"Ahh!" Toast yelled as his skin was peeled off at the edge, "I thought you were a tame dog!"

Quasar bounded over to Copper and licked his face to wake him up. The girl backed away and Toast looked at the dog in confusion. He'd found the dog in the back of their van on the way to a case. He hadn't attacked him or Johnny, so they decided to keep him. So far the dog had seemed intelligent and followed and helped PIE, but this was just ridiculous.

The orange 'Super Mutant' grunted awake. He woke, not seeming that alarmed, but pleased by the dog sitting on his legs panting happily at him, but rather by his surroundings.

"What is this place?" He spoke in a very low tone, addressing the dog more than anyone else.

The dog (they hadn't actually thought up a name yet, which was just as well, since it seemed to know this thing) barked and ran over to Toast, who was still slightly in shock.

The creature got up, "Hello. Pleased to meet you. I'm Fawkes, but call me Copper." He saw the look on Toast's face, "Sorry about how I look." He added, holding out his hand.

The girl whimpered on the floor as Toast shakily reached his hand out to the Mutant. He shook his hand and motioned towards the dog, "Do you, uhh... Do you know that dog?" He asked as calmly as he could, "I'm Johnny...Johnny Toast by the way."

"Names..." Copper mumbled loudly, "Yes I know him. But he's not mine..." Copper's eyes widened as he realised something, "Have you come across anyone else who just appeared like me? Red hair maybe? Glasses?"

Toast glanced at the girl and the other woman still unconscious by the wall, "No one with that description..."

Copper shook his head. He followed Toast's line of vision. The small girl blinked at the big monster of a Super Mutant. She had no idea why he wasn't just killing her. All the others had tried...

The woman beside her woke up suddenly. She took a deep breath and checked her surroundings. Seeing Copper she pulled an AK-47 from out of nowhere as fast as lightning and aimed it at the orange man.

The first thing Toast noticed was that her eyes were glowing unnaturally blue. The second was that she looked like she was about 15 or 16, not the 18 or 19 he'd originally thought from his first glance.

"You have 15 seconds to tell me why I should let you live." She addressed the mutant.

"I mean you no harm!" Copper said. He sounded quite afraid.

"How do I know?"

"He's been here for about five minutes before you woke up!" The small girl cut in, surprising everyone. She was obviously braver than Toast had thought. He didn't seem to be good with first glances today... "He would have killed us already."

The girl lowered her gun and looked at her, "What's your name?" She asked.

"Sally."

"I'm Zerana. Zerana Flare." She looked back to the Super Mutant and then at Toast, "Is that true?"

He nodded quickly, now more afraid of her than Copper, "His name is Copper, I think... All three of you just appeared in my house!" He motioned to the dog, "And he was in my van a few days ago."

"He's called Quasar. I never told you." Copper said.

"Look, just please tell me who you are!" Toast protested.

Zerana started, "Well, I don't know who the Sally girl and this Mutant are, but I live in a place called the Wasteland. I was in the middle of searching for my friend Timebomb-"

Quasar barked, interrupting her. Copper spoke for him, "We know Timebomb. I was his companion."

"He never mentioned he was travelling with a Super Mutant of all creatures! Just a girl and her dog...but I can't remember what she was called. It was a strange name..."

"Cywren Caster. Purifier of the waters and heroine of the Wastes." Sally said.

"Yes, that was it! How'd you know her?"

"She was in the basement of an alien ship, exploring-"

"You trapped her, is what I heard. If you're who I think you are." Copper said.

Sally blushed, "Well, she was trapped in an alien basement. On my alien ship-"

"She killed the aliens for you."

"Shut up! Anyway, she fiddled with this computer and- wait, she explained this to me..." She paused for a second, "She opened this crack thing that connected this game to a different world type thing and fell through it. Then I fell through it and ended up in this different world with her. It was very nice! Much better than the Wasteland! A lot like here actually..." She trailed off.

"I think we need to have an explaining session." Toast suggested.

Everyone nodded.

"Let's go to the living room."

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Hey guys, Naomi here!

Hope you liked Quasar's chapter! It's probably gonna be Jordan's next, unless you tell me different! :)

Sorry it's a bit later than usual! I literally just finished it! At least it's still Saturday!

End of the holidays! Could update Glowing Eyes in the Dark again probably. It's not gonna get regular updates, but it's the holidays so they'll be more frequent!

FanArt by NarutoTobiKiba from DeviantART :D

Recommended book of the day is Through the Fourth Wall by PixelizedSoul . Again with PixelizedSoul ? I hear you ask. Yes. Again with PixelizedSoul :D

Hope your day's cooler than the haunted supermarket!

Naomi xxx