Chapter 45: Amata Joins The Adventure

Date Thursday, August 26, 2275

Four hours later, I woke up very well-rested and ready to get back into the swing of things.

*Yawn*

What time is it…

Sitting up, I checked my Pip-Boy for the time and right as the screen lit up; I saw that it was 2:05 am.

It's a bit early to be getting up, but I don't particularly want to sleep anymore. So I might as well head to my lab and load myself up with as many of my resources as I can hold and when I'm done doing that, I'll go to the gym to get a workout in. However, before I do any of that, let me check up on my robots and see how they're doing.

Following that thought of mine, I used Mechu-deru, which I've been becoming increasingly more proficient with, and checked my robots to see how much progress they've made. What I discovered was that my robots had finished packing as much as they possibly could onto both Hauler and my hauling bots. They had filled them to the brim with a variety of resources and materials, which meant they were ready to move out as soon as the Amata and the ghoul brothers woke up.

At the same time that I was checking the robots here at the vault, I investigated the situation back at the facility with one of my other thought processes. What I found there was that my robots hadn't encountered any issues whatsoever and were actually progressing just fine. Despite how things were progressing without issue over there, I did notice that robots working on scrapping the vehicles out in the parking lot were rapidly closing in on having the last of them scrapped.

Taking a closer look through my robots' vision I could see they probably had around a weeks worth of nonfunctioning cars left to go through before they reached the point of me needing to either start sending them out to scrap the cars along the road or divert them to help to get the power plant conversion sped up. If I do the latter, I'll need to figure out what I want to do to gather resources to fuel my operations and manufacturing needs.

Good, they have that all taken care of and have encountered even a single issue while I was asleep. As great as that is, I'm inching closer and closer to running out of my reserves of scrap... It's probably time I started putting that Metal Detector perk of mine to use so I can begin looking for deposits of ore near my home. Ones that I can use for building and making more robots, weapons and expanding my ammo reserves.

With my robots checked up on, it's time to do my part and proceed to my lab to get myself loaded with as many resources as possible.

*Growl*

But first a quick snack.

Hopping out of my bed, I took a quick shower, and the moment I was done cleaning myself off and going through the rest of my morning routine, I moved on to the next thing and rummaged through my snack stash. I sifted through my stash until I pulled out several energy bars loaded up with protein and nutrients. Devouring those nutrient packed bars, I started heading for the door.

I would've made something to eat but I don't want to wake up dad with my cooking so this will have to do.

Done filling myself up, I exited my room and several seconds later I was out the front and striding through the barren and simplistic gray vault hallways to my lab. Not passing by a single soul, I reached the front of the door of my lab in record time and headed inside. I then made my way over to the portion of the lab I had dedicated to storing the variety of items and resources I accumulated over the years.

It took me a while, but eventually had my inventory filled just about to the brim with only enough capacity left for a few hundred pounds. My reason for not filling it all the way was in case I came across anything of value on my return to my new home.

Now that I'm loaded up as well, I have a pretty good idea how many trips it's going to take my mechanical men and me to transport everything over. From my estimations, it shouldn't take us more than five more trips back and forth to get the rest of my things transferred to the former RobCo Facility, and since that's the case I think I'll spend the next couple of days doing just that.

And the day the last of my stuff has finally been transferred, I'll explore the nearby metro with Amata and my robots and clear it of all its inhabitants so I can get to work on getting it linked up with my home. Additionally, while I'm doing that I can use my Metal Detector perk to see what sort of resources are nearby. Hopefully, there are some halfway decent deposits in the vicinity of where I plan to do the tunneling to connect with the metro.

With an item box full of loot, I proceeded to the gym next, intent on getting a workout in. A bit of walking through the gray vault hallways later, I arrived at the front entrance of the gym. Entering on inside, I retrieved a towel just in case and began working out by applying my carry weight onto my body. I spent a few hours there working out and when I decided to call it quits; I checked my Pip-Boy for the time once again and right as the screen lit up; I saw it was 5:58.

I have a bit more time left till everyone is up. What to do... After thinking about it for a second, I think I'll head to the pool to get a swim in. Yeah, that doesn't sound like too bad of an idea. I do miss being able to swim whenever I please. I will definitely have to see about getting a pool built. Though that will have to wait till I get the reverse osmosis system built in the facility to treat and purify the radioactive water supply.

Coming to a decision rather fast, I left the gym and walked to the pool to swim for the next hour and after that hour of swimming, everyone should be up, or at least Amata will be. And knowing her she'll likely than not be letting herself into my home by the time I'm done with my swim.

So the next hour, I swam back and forth in the pool for god knows how many laps and when the one hour mark rolled around; it was time for me to head home. Thus, I swam with enough force to just hop on up and out of the pool, a feat that no normal human would've been capable of. Drying myself off, I made my way over to the locker room, swapped back over to my dry clothes and as soon as I was finished changing, I continued on my way to the exit and into the expansive hallways of the vault to my home.

As I was nearing my place, I detected Amata's presence in my home already, so I headed on inside stealthily. From there, I crept up behind her while she was in the kitchen cooking breakfast and hugged her from behind, spooking her for just a split second before she relaxed.

"Moh, Harold, don't scare me like that. You nearly gave me a heart attack." She said with a somewhat flushed face, pretending to complain even though she knew that I knew she liked it when I would sneak up on her and wrap my arms around from behind.

"Are you sure about that, Amata? You know I know you love it when I ambush you from behind because it gets your heart racing." I teased.

Seeing her getting embarrassed, I diverted from that topic with my arms still wrapped around her waist. "Moving on from that. What are you making?"

"Well, I'm making bacon, eggs, sausage, and toast for all of us, since this will be the last meal we'll be able to share with our dads for a while." She said, still somewhat red faced. Though displaying a small smile and giving off a vibe that she was clearly happy and satisfied with the current situation.

"Sounds good. I can't wait. But you're wrong about this being that last meal we'll have with our dads. We'll be coming back and forth from Vault 101 and our new home five more times in the next two days to get the rest of my things moved over. So we'll be able to see our dads quite a few more times before we're out there on our own for a period."

Seeing her brighten up at what I just informed her of, we chatted for another minute before I let her go and started helping out by getting the table set. Once everything was set up, I began assisting with whatever else needed to be done. Which ended up not being much due to the fact we were only preparing a simple meal. Not too long after that, dad showed up on the scene and made his coffee, followed closely by Amata's father, the overseer.

So as the two old men were discussing an assortment of topics regarding the vault and occasionally one about Amata and me, us two kept preparing. The moment all the food was ready, I helped Amata bring everything to the table and mushed our dads to the simple dining table.

Around 30 or so minutes in, we finished eating, so we spent the next 10 making small talk. When we finished that up, everyone got up and began journeying up to the surface where the main vault door was located. I would've sidetracked and retrieved the three ghoul brothers, but they were already at the exit waiting to head out, so we made our way there at a decent pace, not too slow nor too fast.

______

Just a heads up, I'm starting a borderlands fic so a good portion of my focus will be split between that and Wasteland Conqueror for a while. This means releases for the fallout fic will be pretty infrequent (Probably a chapter every other week with a possibility of two) until I release the new fan fic publicly.

Also, I'm going to start plugging my Patreon going forward so if you want to read ahead and support my work you can do so through that. With that being said, if you already read the Fallout fic prior to the most recent rewrite you aren't really missing out on much at the moment, so I'd recommend on holding off unless you're interested in my other works.

If you're looking for something else to read, that's similar to this, check out my other webnovel Wasteland Conqueror. It's basically this, but with a focus on conquest and later space exploration and galactic conquest.