Fallout of Grace: New Vegas, Eva Bree's journey through the Mojave Wasteland Options

[Diamandis]

Hello all!

I'm Eva and I'd like to share with you my story based on Fallout: New Vegas.

The story follows Eva Bree, a courier who found her self being almost mortally wounded for reasons she is unsure of.

Her story starts after waking up from her ordeal in the town of Goodsprings after being rescued from near death.

First, I shall tell you a little bit about Eva.

Eva is originally the protagonist of my original Fallout 3 fanfic (which I will post as a prequel as soon as I find it as I lost the portable hard drive it was on! Oops). After the events in Fallout 3 she decided to travel the wasteland, eventually getting a job as a courier as she tried to live as normal a life as possible. Unfortunately, this was not meant to be...

[Diamandis]

3. Primm Ain't Proper

Part One

Primm. A usually lively town, south of Goodsprings that you could spot a mile away. The place where NCR soldiers and gamblers found themselves staying at for a while after losing all their monies in Vegas. Its main attraction - aside from the small casino, and the cheaper food was the large roller-coaster which surrounded the Bison Steve hotel; not that it was functional anymore.

Primm was also the location of the Mojave Express; the courier company that sent me on my headache of a job.

However, while the town was still popular, it was popular in an entirely different manner.

As I approached the outskirts, I found myself being stopped by an NCR soldier.

“Stop!” He exclaimed, “What business do you have in Primm?”

I put my hands on my hips, “… why?”

“A large group of convicts have escaped from the local prison and have taken residence in Primm. Everybody’s dead.” The soldier told me.

“EVERYBODY is dead? Are you sure?” I asked.

“That’s what I’ve been told.” He said.

I sighed, looking at the town. I needed to see if anybody from there had seen my attacker.

“Look, I really, really, REALLY need to see if anybody can help me; are you absolutely sure that nobody is alive?” I stressed.

“Look ma’am, all I’ve been instructed to do is to warn travelers of the trouble. If you want more information I suggest you talk to Lieutenant Hayes. He’s in the tent south west of here.” The soldier informed me.

I smiled sarcastically toward the helpful soldier, before following his directions. As I walked toward the
Lieutenant's tent I spotted many NCR soldiers lying in wait.

They were crouched in the crumbled buildings, guns in hand, leering and the devastated Primm, waiting for action when, in my opinion, they should have been inciting it.

I couldn’t understand why they didn’t just go into Primm and deal with the problem themselves.

I reached a small group of tents, entering the Lieutenant’s. Inside I spotted a man and a woman; I wasn’t sure which was Hayes.

“I’m looking for Lieutenant Hayes?” I said to the general area. The man sat at the small table looked at me.

“Yeah, I’m Lieutenant Hayes. Who might you be?” He said; a hint of aggression in his voice.

I slowly approached the Lieutenant, “I heard about the trouble in Primm…”

“Well done, you have eyes.” He replied in a rather unpleasant tone. He was obviously stressed, but he didn’t have to take it out on me.

Instead on thinking of a comeback I decided it would be better to just ignore it, “Yeah, okay. So I need to get into Primm because I have to talk to someone about… something. Is there no way that we can just storm in and see if anybody’s alive?”

“If that was possible don’t you think we would have done it by now?” Hayes replied.

I gave Hayes a look of confusion, folding my arms, “Why isn’t it possible?”

Hayes gave me an irritated look, followed by a deep sigh, “We haven’t got the men or the resources to take control of a situation like this. It’s too much of an unnecessary risk.”

“Unnecessary risk? There could be people alive in there and you’re worried about losing a few men? Isn’t it your job to help out the innocent or what not?”

“It’s our job to keep order around here. We can't do that if there are too many casualties on our side.”

“And keeping order doesn’t involve saving a bunch of lives?” I sniped.

Hayes didn’t reply. He was either done with the conversation or I’d stumped him; most likely the second.

“Fine,” I said, turning to leave, “I’ll take care of it myself.”

Hayes shot up from his seat, “Don’t be stupid!” He approached me, “You’ll get yourself killed. What makes you think you can handle the situation.”

“Because I have the balls to actually try.” I glared.

*

I crouched, pistol in hand as I edged toward Primm’s main entrance. The area had been littered with mines, that were surprisingly easy to deactivate by hand; annoying the NCR guard by the entrance who had placed them there.

Nobody tried to stop me as I edged toward the town’s main entrance; I couldn’t understand why the NCR were so cowardly.

So, as I snuck into Primm I expected that should anybody be alive they would most likely be hiding out in the casino opposite the hotel, at the centre of town; I didn’t know why, but my gut instinct was telling me so.

As I continued to ease my way toward the casino I kept my eyes peeled. I couldn’t see any convicts that the
NCR were raving on about; but that didn't mean they weren't there.

I continued travelling slowly down the main road, keeping my peripheral vision focused on my surroundings.

To my left there was the remains of an old gas station; which luckily had a few burnt out cars that offered me a bit of protection should I get spotted.

As I continued to walk there continued to be nobody about. It was strange.

I took a risk and stood from my crouching position, hoping that I would get a better view. I still couldn’t see anybody.

I gently jogged toward the casino, and then backed against the wall. I continued to travel toward the main door.

However when I reached the edge of the wall I slowly peered around the corner. I could see the door to the casino; but it seemed to be guarded by a couple of men. There were no doubt these were bad guys; so I took a risk.

Keeping my aim steady I targeted the head of one of the two convicts, firing a bullet into the temple of one; killing him instantly.

Before I had time to hide, the second convict spotted me.

Luckily, before he had a chance to aim his gun at me I fired mine, hitting him in the chest. The second convict was down.

I wiped my forehead, feeling my heart beating twice as fast. The adrenaline had gotten to me; but there wasn’t time to calm down as behind me I heard a voice shouting.

I turned to see a couple of convicts chasing me.

CRAP

I ran full speed toward the casino door, spotting another couple of convicts in front of me, aiming their weapons.

They fired and missed every shot.

Luckily.

Sh*tsh*tsh*tsh*tsh*tsh*tsh*tsh*tsh*t

It now seemed that I was on the verge of being surrounded; and there was no way that I would be able to take on all the convicts by myself.

I should have listened to the NCR guys. Stupid pride.

Just in time I grabbed the door handle to the casino and turned the doorknob. I was out of the woods and almost safe…

Or at least I would have been if the casino door wasn’t locked!

This post has been edited by Eva: Feb 15 2013, 09:23 PM