Chapter 38: Chapter 38 Time Together

Amata and I spent the next hour and a half going from game to game enjoying our time together before we finished our session in the entertainment area on the skee ball machine where I took the win by a few hundred more points than Amata which was surprising since I was actually putting in an effort to win.

 

“Aww, I almost won better luck next time I guess.” She said right after we finished the game.

 

“Yeah you had me on the ropes for just about the whole game and you nearly had me beat towards the end there, nice try though Amata I’m sure you’ll beat me next time or if we decide to go bowling.” I commented.

 

“Mm, I’ll definitely win if we go bowling since I have a very good average.”She said in reply a bit puffed up.

 

We spent a couple of minutes chatting and when I thought it was time for a change of scenery I decided to ask if she was ready to head to our next activity.

 

“You ready to head to the pool now to get our swim in or do you want to play one more game before we go?” I asked Amata to which she replied.

 

“Yeah, I’ve played enough games, for now, let's go to the pool so we can go swimming, and after that, we can have the dinner you promised me.” She answered before she immediately wrapped her arms around right my arm latching herself onto me again a split second later with a small smile on her face.

 

We then exited the entertainment area and made our way through the vault hallway towards where the swimming pool was located while also passing by the occasional vault resident on our way there going about their business.

 

After several minutes of navigating the extensive vault hallways, we arrived at the entrance of the pool so we entered and got changed into some swimsuits that are provided on-site to any vault residents, and grabbed ourselves some towels for drying ourselves off later. Once we had our towels in hand we walked into the pool area and saw that it was relatively empty though were a few older residents either relaxing or doing some laps to keep themselves in shape.

 

Amata and I then headed over to one of the many benches around the pool area and set down our towels and walked over to the pool to get our swimming in. When we were at an area of the pool where there were no vault residents in the way we dove in and started doing laps back and forth.

 

A while later I noticed Amata was starting to tire out so I got her attention and stopped her. We then spent a little more than an hour enjoying ourselves relaxing and talking to one another before we started to get hungry so we decided that was enough swimming for today and got out of the pool.

 

We headed over to the bench that had our towels and started to dry ourselves off and after about 30 seconds we were dried off for the most part so we headed to the locker area separated for the different genders and got back in the clothes we were wearing before and after a few minutes met back up outside of the locker area and headed to my dad and I’s home to have an early dinner.

 

Another walk through the gray vault hallways later we arrived at my home where we entered and sat down on the couch by the tube television for a bit while we chatted. After a bit, I got up to go cook some dinner but before I could Amata offered to help me with it so I took her up on her offer, and when we got to the kitchen I asked her if she wanted to have anything in particular.

 

“So Amata do you care what we have dinner or do you have no preference?”

 

“Hmm, I don’t really care we can have whatever you feel like having since from the way you were eating at the welcome back party made it seem like you were a starving animal.” Amata replied.

 

“Well you would probably react in a similar way if the only thing you’ve been eating for a while is the same relatively bland MRE every day but I’m working on getting food production up and running back at the RobCo Facility though it won’t solve the meat issue so I should probably get a refrigerated truck or robot made so we can have some meat while we’re at the RobCo Facility which will be our new home for the foreseeable future other than Vault 101.” I said before continuing.

 

“As for what I think we should have for dinner what about some pork chops and some sides?” I asked her as I noticed her eyes had a bit of sparkle to them now that I was focusing my attention on her.

 

I waited for a second for Amata to answer but her mind seemed to be focused on something so I tried getting her attention.

 

“Amata.” I called out to her.

 

“Ahh sorry, what were you saying Harold?” She asked as she came back to earth though her face was slightly flushed.

 

I then repeated what I had said previously before she spaced out and noticed her body twitch ever so slightly when I reached the ‘our new home’ part of what I said, I took note of that and waited for her to see if she had any issue about what we were gonna have for dinner.

 

“Pork chops sound great and sorry again about spacing out there.” Amata answered while also apologizing again.

 

“It’s no problem. Now let's get the ingredients we’re gonna need for the pork chops and the sides.” I said lastly before I went to the refrigerator and started pulling out the different things we were going to need for dinner while Amata was off to the side taking the different seasonings out.

 

Almost half an hour later we had everything made so we started bringing the food to the table and when everything was set we sat down and started eating the meal we had just finished making together. As we ate we talked about this and that as well as what sort of things we’ll be doing out in the wasteland and before either of us knew we had finished the meal and had been chatting for about an hour and 30 minutes.

 

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We would’ve kept it going longer but my dad had just gotten off of work and was walking through our home entrance so we cut it at that but I don’t think it was that much of an issue since Amata smiling from ear to ear just about and was radiating such positive energy I may just have to start calling her sunshine at this rate.

 

As my dad entered the home Amata greeted him and when she was done I asked my dad how work was.

 

“How was work dad?” I asked him.

 

“Not too bad son no big injuries or any other emergencies today though it would’ve been nice if I had my boy there to give me a helping hand.” Dad said while taking off his outer work attire before handing it to Amata who had gotten up to help my father.

 

“Well you know how it is gotta keep my promises and all but I’ll give you a hand the next time I stop by Vault 101.” I said.

 

“Phew, I was hoping you would say that, and don’t worry son I’ll make sure you keep your word.” My father replied thank that he’ll be getting a helping hand in the medical area of the vault.

 

The 3 of us all then moved to the living room and talked for a while before my dad started to get hungry so I got up to make him something to eat which he appreciated. When the food was done I brought it over to dad and handed it to him and while he ate Amata and I conversed about what she could help me with when we got to the RobCo Facility.

 

“Well, things are not really gonna be all that different from when you were helping me in my research/workshop area but I guess if you want to you can help with organizing the facility and getting it into tip-top shape, and if you want you can help design the different rooms for the facility such as the bedrooms, entertainment area, gym, etc.” I said after explaining some other things.

 

“Really that’s all?” Amata asked with some surprise though I did see a glimmer in her eyes at the mention of designing the rooms.

 

“Yup there’s not a whole lot we need to do since I have over 200 worker bots now and they handle a majority of the menial tasks and don’t really require my help at all other than giving them direction and assigning new tasks for them to complete.” I answered her while my dad paused eating his food when I mentioned the number of worker bots I now had.

 

“Wait, wait, wait hold up son how many of your robots did you just say you had now?” My dad asked in disbelief.

 

“I said over 200 worker bots dad and that number is also increasing as we speak.”

 

A few seconds go by while my dad is in a bit of a stupor so Amata and I talk for a short while before my dad comes back to reality.

 

“Is what you said really true son?” My dad asked trying to confirm whether what I said was true.

 

“100 hundred percent true dad why do you ask?” I answered him before asking him for the reason why he needed me to confirm that.

 

“Well son, you’re producing robots at such an absurd rate that you could probably take over the capital wasteland in its entirety within a few years time if not even sooner than that, I just find it to be a bit unbelievable that you got so much done in such a short amount of time.” My dad answered.

 

“Ahh, I guess it is a bit unbelievable given the current state of the world but that’s just how it is dad, I had the materials and the know-how to get the RobCo Facility back up and running, and that’s the number of robots I’ve been able to produce so far.” I replied to my dad.

 

A few moments of silence passed before dad commented in a sad voice.

 

“If what you said is true son I guess you’ll be able to accomplish your mother’s and I’s dream within a relatively short time I only wish she would be here to see what you’ll accomplish in the near future.”

 

If only you knew dad that she’ll be able to see it as well in the future but I can’t really tell you that since I think you’ll think I’m nuts if I was to come out and say that I could revive the dead.

 

“I’m sure mom is watching us from where ever she is now dad so she’ll be able to watch us turn the world into a better place in the not-so-distant future. I said trying to comfort him which noticeably improved his mood.

 

The 3 of us then talked about some of the other things I’ve accomplished since I had been gone and after a while, dad finished his meal and retired to his room for the night since it was getting around that time so I got up and walked Amata back to her home.

 

When we got there her father was home so I talked to him and asked him how the 3 ghoul brothers were doing and he told me they were doing just fine and that they were with the other ghouls the vault had among their population that came from the wasteland just like my dad and me though there weren’t all that many ghouls only a few handfuls of them that were rarely seen since they were usually busy with elder council work.

 

After dropping off Amata I checked up on the 3 ghoul brothers and once I made sure they had accommodations for the night I headed back through gray vault hallways passing by significantly fewer vault residents since it was getting late to my dad and I’s home for the night and when I got there I hopped in my bed that I hadn’t slept in a while and went right to sleep.

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