Before Another Fallout Tale

Restart

I loaded the bullet in the chamber of the handgun I found in the building. I aimed at the robot by the fence. When I pulled the trigger I felt the floor beneath me vanish. My clothes disintegrated and I fell into darkness, naked, screaming, vision blurry, and Pipboy gone.

I closed my eyes and continued screaming, begging to live, begging to see my friends, begging to fight.

A pair of strong hands grabbed onto my shoulders and a bundle of voices shouted from a long distance.

But I was still falling.

The hands shook me gently and I opened my eyes, falling silent as a blinding light filled my vision. Tears had streamed down my face, adrenaline rocked my body to exhaustion, but my underwear was on, my glasses on my nightstand, Timebomb hovering above me, Pipboy on my wrist...

Timebomb hovering above me...

I screamed again and Vahl came up from beside me and grabbed my hand.

"Cywren! Cywren, it was just a dream! Cywren!" Vahl tapped my cheek and I calmed down, slowly.

I looked around. I was in the TARDIS, girls' bedroom but everyone was there. Brian stared at me with an immense amount of fear in his eyes, Copper gave me a look of concern, Sarah sat on her bed with worry painted in her stance, Quasar whimpered in the corner, Vahl held my hand like glass, and Timebomb, Timebomb looked down at me with eyes of an older brother watching over his sister, face of an angel from Heaven.

Timebomb was concerned for me. Like an older sibling.

"Are you okay?" Timebomb asked.

I couldn't help but stare at him in amazement, then stare at everyone else.

"You're all alive," my tongue slipped between my lips.

"Of course we are, young Caster," Vahl said. "Why wouldn't we be?"

Timebomb pulled away and I sat up.

"B-but the radio signal! The TARDIS! New Vegas! The Guillotine bullet!"

"Whoa whoa whoa!" Timebomb chuckled. "New Vegas? Guillotine bullet? What kind of a nightmare did you have?"

I grabbed my glasses and ran to the console room and opened up the map. The coordinates to New Vegas were gone. I typed in the coordinates but the screen simply replied, "Invalid."

"But... but..."

Timebomb put his hand on my shoulder and held my armored Vault 101 jumpsuit in front of me. "Come on, you need to get dressed. Vahl and I will handle breakfast."

I took the clothes and stared as he walked into the kitchen. Vahl stared at me for a moment before following him into the kitchen. I slipped into the jumpsuit and walked into the bathroom.

"Have I lost it?" Then I remembered.

"Restart," Timebomb said. "Restart."