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“Hey guys I found something big down here!”
Jack had been pointing to a crate inside a large hole in the middle of the street. It glowed a bright green with radiation emitting off the sides.
“Must be radioactive, put on your suit before you go down.”, Remedy would say nervously. Remedy knew Jack well enough that she and her are like an old married couple. They argue the rights from wrongs, and barley agree on anything.
“I’m pushing it up!”, Jack said with a huff.
The large metal container came to the surface, covered in dirt and blood. As if someone had died ontop of it. It smelled of old trash, like the bottom of a gym sock. I approached the crate with Remedy trailing behind me.
“Open it, Peter.”, Jack said with a rushing tone.
I reached down and tried to pick it open, after a few tries nothing was working. I soon grabbed a grenade and tapped it to a sensor module.
“Stand back, guys.”, I said.
My father had shown me how to use explosives properly when I was only a kid. It was one of the perks of living inside a vault that needed more space.
BOOM! The crate’s top flied off, but the rest of the crate remained on the ground, whatever was inside it was probably heavy.
“What is it?”, Remedy asked.
“It’s a.. gun?”, Jack questioned.
A large glowing plasma rifle was placed inside the crate. This gun looked untouched and clean, the charges we’re still pulsing fully and it glared in the sunlight. I did what every idiot did, I reached in and picked it up, knowing I’m the only one who uses energy weapons.
“Be careful, Peter. It looks very new, like a prototype.”, Jack had said nervously.
Jack never felt nervous towards anything, so it was obvious she was surprised during the situation. I aimed the gun at a passing wild brahmin and squeezed the trigger. The brahmin turned from a full animal to a gooey pile of blood in seconds.
“This gun.. I’ve never seen such a powerful weapon.”, I said shocked.
“We tell nobody about this, this gun is probably the most valuable thing in the waste-”
“Hand the gun over!”
A rough, deep voice had screamed over our shoulders. It was a raider, with power armor, the armor was coated with various symbols and markings.
“You hand it over, and I let all of you walk.”, The raider said.
Without hesitation, I fired the rifle at him, and his body burned into a crisp right in front of us. It was like watching an egg cook on a frying pan.
“We better get out of here.”, I said.
As we walked away from the scene I began to feel rather sick, like the radiation from the crate had gotten into me a little too much. I just took some rad-x and moved on.
“How much do you think this sells for?”, Jack said.
“We’re not selling this gun.”, Remedy said. “This belongs in the hands of an energy weapon specialist. Just like Peter.”
“Thanks, Remedy.”, I replied.
As we walked closer to Jacobstown, I felt a sense of fear, but I kept moving along.