Chapter 12: Chapter 12 Unexpected Gains

I turned back towards Old Man Pete and thanked him for not shutting the door on me. He pats me on the shoulder and responds with. “Yeah yeah, no problem youngin but you need to be more careful, if you was any slower in coming back they woulda ripped you apart.”

 

“So Old Pete what are we gonna do about that mole rat horde out there since they got pretty close to the entrance?” He responds with. “Nothing to worry about youngin, the defenses are more than adequate for handling them and they have no way of breaking into the vault at all.”

 

I ask him to elaborate on why that is and he explains. “Well, they do in fact have strong teeth youngin, stronger than a beaver but not to the point they can chip away at the walls since they are a special mix of concrete and after that are the metal walls that are a super strong steel alloy of which they have no chance of getting through.”

 

Old Pete adds on after that. “And all the materials have been tested in the past with some of the captured mole rats, so nothing to be concerned about sonny.”

 

He also gives me a heads up that people that need to know about the situation have been informed since they will have to move the bodies. I thank Old Man Pete again and make my way through the gray hallways of the vault to drop my gear off at my room. After storing my gear away I head out to inform the overseer and see if I can get clearance for firearm usage.

 

Some minutes later I open the door leading to his office while he’s typing away on his terminal and he looks up at me with a smug grin. “I already know son and you did a mighty fine job stirring up their nest.” I have a questioning look on my face following what he said and he continues. 

 

“You seem surprised and look like you thought you were gonna be in a ton of trouble, but that isn’t the case since I’m more than happy with what you’ve accomplished and they pose little to no risk to the vault as well.” He then continues further by standing up and rolling his vault suit’s right leg up showing a decent size chunk missing from the side of his thigh. “Any chance we get to stir up those fucking rats puts me in a good mood since I get to have a little bay back, so how many did you get son?”

 

I answer with. “I got 50 of them, sir.” He whistles and continues with an even wider smile than before. ”Even better than I thought you would do, also no need to be so polite son,  please call me father in law.” I have a very odd expression on my face after I hear the father-in-law part of his answer when he starts laughing hysterically and just about starts rolling on the floor. “Ha ha ha ha…”

 

He recovers after a while and continues. “Ha ha. But in all seriousness, you did a great job clearing some of their numbers and I was 100% serious about you calling me father-in-law since I’ve already arranged it with your father”

 

I ask him. “What! Why would you do such a thing, sir?” He then responds with. “Ah ah ah, father in law.” I repeat the same question but call him father-in-law instead and he answers with. “Well you and my Amata seem to get along quite well and she talks about you every day so it would only make sense that I would want what's best for my baby girl.” And continues adding on to his previous answer.

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“And I’m sure you’re well aware that you are a very special person with many great qualities a normal child or an adult human for that matter shouldn’t have, so why wouldn’t I want a person of such great quality for my daughter.” I nod my head agreeing with his rationale and he adds on. 

 

“I also doubt you’ll be complaining in the end when this is how her mother looked” He hands me a photo of a dark-haired, fair-colored woman with a buxom and well-shaped body with all the curves in the right places, and if was to rate her face I would say she was about a high eight or nine and possibly reaching a ten with makeup. I then handed the photo back to him after I finished briefly looking at it.

 

He sighs and adds further after pocketing it. “And let me tell you son they don’t make them like that ever, but sadly she passed away eight years ago and I’ve yet to be able to let go of her passing.” He pauses for several seconds while having this distant look in his eyes then regains clarity and says lastly. “So not such a bad deal aye son”

 

I can’t help but nod my head and agree with what he’s said. I then ask him about the details of the arrangement and he says nothing is planned at the moment but it will probably start moving along when we’re around the age of 18-19. So nothing really changed other than I’ll need to come back to visit quite often when I venture out into the wasteland which won’t be much of an issue when I get my hands on a vehicle or some other kind of transportation.

 

“I also would like to get clearance for firearm usage as well since it would increase my ability to kill more mole rats while also making it safer for myself.”

 

“Yeah yeah sure son I can authorize that and we can make it one of the perks for becoming my daughter's future husband.”

 

He then went on to tell me about quite a few other perks/benefits I would get since becoming the overseer's future son-in-law. After that, I asked him if he can help me set up a workshop/research facility and he said that it will be no problem at all to get that set up for me. We talked about a few other things before he sent me on my way eventually where I then decided to spend some quality time with Amata doing this and that.

 

A few hours later I make my way home through the gray vault halls and find dad sitting on the couch so I talk to him about the engagement as well as my plans to set up a workshop/research facility and about some of the other perks I got out of it, which he was already aware of. I then went on to show him the equipment I had been hiding from him since I no longer needed to and man was his face priceless.

 

After that, we made some spaghetti with red sauce and I had some protein drinks on the side for my increasing gains. “Burrp” After putting that meal down I wished dad a good night and headed for my bed. Once I laid down I opened my Pip-Boy to be greeted by…

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