Ground Zero
She's doing a lot of bluster, but your Shelter has detected just how bad of shape she's really in, if you continue your attack she can't do anything about it. You send your attack and finally give her a last reply.
OmegaMan23: Sorry Miranda, but as much as you'd like to be one, only I can be the Omega Man in this little war.
You completely destroy what's left of Miranda's systems and you see her name disappear from the screen.
That's it. You've won, but there was a high price. Your Shelter's AI has been severely damaged
"I fffffear that I ccccannnnnnot corrrrrrect it wwwwas a pleasure serrrrving you ssssssir ."
"Thank you Shelter." You say before it dies completely.
You manually do an in-depth scan, and its definite, Miranda's shelter is powerless. Xavier's as well. You then proceed to start fixing some of the stuff that got damaged in the fight, and you're not sure you can. While you're doing this, someone appears online, you almost go into battle mode again, but then you see its just Becky.
RockerChick20: Hello? Is there anyone there?
OmegaMan23: Yeah, I'm still here, the others aren't though.
RockerChick20: Are they dead?
OmegaMan23: No, but without power they soon will be. Is your shelter working alright?
RockerChick20: Oh yeah, it's working fine. What about yours?
OmegaMan23: I dunno, it's not in the best condition I might be able to fix it, but well I can figure something out.
RockerChick20: So I guess you were right about the hacker I should've listened to you. I was even starting to fall for Xavier's charms. I feel really stupid about all of this.
OmegaMan23: Forget about it, it's all over now anyway.
RockerChick20: I can't believe you were still willing to fight for me even after I broke up with you why?
OmegaMan23: Cause I'm an idiot obviously. Lol. Come on after all that time we spent together, it wasn't like it didn't mean anything to me, and Miranda was a killer that needed to be stopped. She might've even hurt you, if you didn't give in to her advances.
RockerChick20: Nobody's ever done anything like this for me before I never want you to leave again.
OmegaMan23: Well unfortunately I might have to for awhile, my Shelter is fucked. I'm looking at it more now and I don't trust it lasting too much longer. The AI is completely fried, and I can only access the most basic things. I have to leave this shelter. It's not safe to stay.
RockerChick20: No! I can't lose you now! I've just realized you're the best thing that's happened to me in my life, pre and post apocalypse!
OmegaMan23: Calm down, I got an idea. I'm gonna track the location of your shelter, and then I'll just travel over there.
RockerChick20: But that's crazy! You don't know what's up top!
OmegaMan23: Well I already took one crazy chance for you; I might as well take another, besides like I said I gotta leave anyway, at least this way I got a worthwhile destination. Now you just be sure to read up on your Shelter's internal operations in the meantime and try to see if you can access your elevator's controls so it'll open for me with no hassle, of course if you can't I'll figure out how to open when I get there somehow. Now I need to access your systems for a minute to get the location and I hope I can still print out shit.
You access Becky's shelter and get the coordinates and print out a crude map. It's not the most accurate, but you're pretty sure if you follow it, you'll be heading the right direction.
OmegaMan23: Alright Becky, I'm calling my elevator down, and I'm leaving now.
RockerChick20: You'll come looking for me won't you? I mean you won't get sidetracked once you're up there right?
OmegaMan23: Of course not. And don't worry, I won't get killed either. We will meet in person sometime soon, I promise.
A single small heart shape emoticon appears on the screen, before Becky logs off.
You access the elevator controls (One of the few things working right and undamaged) and call the elevator to continue it's decent. You go back to your room and pack up all the things you brought with you when you first got here. You didn't even need most of the stuff, but maybe you will above ground. You then go to the water dispenser which is thankfully still working and fill up to empty bottles with water.
The elevator door finally opens up and you put your bag to block the door from closing and head back to the computer room where you access the system to tell the elevator to go back up and then run back to the elevator where you gather your bag and enter.
On the ride up you get a little nervous and even fearful. Not so much of what might await you on the surface, but of hoping the damn elevator doesn't suddenly stop, fortunately that doesn't happen and you eventually reach the ground once again. The door opens and you enter the same foyer you arrived in five years ago. Same ATM like machine is there, except its screen is flashing a single message at you.
*NO REFUNDS*
"No shit." You mutter and take a deep breath before opening the door to the outside.
You see a bright light, but of course it's only the sun rather than a nuclear flash that devastated the world. You forgot how bright it really could be.
Your immediate surroundings look relatively untouched. You can only assume there weren't any bombs falling near this area. You also see your van, you'd completely forgotten about it. It looks like it's even in worse condition than when you left it, which you never thought was possible. On a lark you take out your long unused van keys and try to start it up, naturally it doesn't even make a noise.
"Looks like I'm walking."
Looking at the map, you've got quite a ways to go. You're not sure of what to expect, but you know you've got a worthwhile destination to keep you going.
OmegaMan23: Sorry Miranda, but as much as you'd like to be one, only I can be the Omega Man in this little war.
You completely destroy what's left of Miranda's systems and you see her name disappear from the screen.
That's it. You've won, but there was a high price. Your Shelter's AI has been severely damaged
"I fffffear that I ccccannnnnnot corrrrrrect it wwwwas a pleasure serrrrving you ssssssir ."
"Thank you Shelter." You say before it dies completely.
You manually do an in-depth scan, and its definite, Miranda's shelter is powerless. Xavier's as well. You then proceed to start fixing some of the stuff that got damaged in the fight, and you're not sure you can. While you're doing this, someone appears online, you almost go into battle mode again, but then you see its just Becky.
RockerChick20: Hello? Is there anyone there?
OmegaMan23: Yeah, I'm still here, the others aren't though.
RockerChick20: Are they dead?
OmegaMan23: No, but without power they soon will be. Is your shelter working alright?
RockerChick20: Oh yeah, it's working fine. What about yours?
OmegaMan23: I dunno, it's not in the best condition I might be able to fix it, but well I can figure something out.
RockerChick20: So I guess you were right about the hacker I should've listened to you. I was even starting to fall for Xavier's charms. I feel really stupid about all of this.
OmegaMan23: Forget about it, it's all over now anyway.
RockerChick20: I can't believe you were still willing to fight for me even after I broke up with you why?
OmegaMan23: Cause I'm an idiot obviously. Lol. Come on after all that time we spent together, it wasn't like it didn't mean anything to me, and Miranda was a killer that needed to be stopped. She might've even hurt you, if you didn't give in to her advances.
RockerChick20: Nobody's ever done anything like this for me before I never want you to leave again.
OmegaMan23: Well unfortunately I might have to for awhile, my Shelter is fucked. I'm looking at it more now and I don't trust it lasting too much longer. The AI is completely fried, and I can only access the most basic things. I have to leave this shelter. It's not safe to stay.
RockerChick20: No! I can't lose you now! I've just realized you're the best thing that's happened to me in my life, pre and post apocalypse!
OmegaMan23: Calm down, I got an idea. I'm gonna track the location of your shelter, and then I'll just travel over there.
RockerChick20: But that's crazy! You don't know what's up top!
OmegaMan23: Well I already took one crazy chance for you; I might as well take another, besides like I said I gotta leave anyway, at least this way I got a worthwhile destination. Now you just be sure to read up on your Shelter's internal operations in the meantime and try to see if you can access your elevator's controls so it'll open for me with no hassle, of course if you can't I'll figure out how to open when I get there somehow. Now I need to access your systems for a minute to get the location and I hope I can still print out shit.
You access Becky's shelter and get the coordinates and print out a crude map. It's not the most accurate, but you're pretty sure if you follow it, you'll be heading the right direction.
OmegaMan23: Alright Becky, I'm calling my elevator down, and I'm leaving now.
RockerChick20: You'll come looking for me won't you? I mean you won't get sidetracked once you're up there right?
OmegaMan23: Of course not. And don't worry, I won't get killed either. We will meet in person sometime soon, I promise.
A single small heart shape emoticon appears on the screen, before Becky logs off.
You access the elevator controls (One of the few things working right and undamaged) and call the elevator to continue it's decent. You go back to your room and pack up all the things you brought with you when you first got here. You didn't even need most of the stuff, but maybe you will above ground. You then go to the water dispenser which is thankfully still working and fill up to empty bottles with water.
The elevator door finally opens up and you put your bag to block the door from closing and head back to the computer room where you access the system to tell the elevator to go back up and then run back to the elevator where you gather your bag and enter.
On the ride up you get a little nervous and even fearful. Not so much of what might await you on the surface, but of hoping the damn elevator doesn't suddenly stop, fortunately that doesn't happen and you eventually reach the ground once again. The door opens and you enter the same foyer you arrived in five years ago. Same ATM like machine is there, except its screen is flashing a single message at you.
*NO REFUNDS*
"No shit." You mutter and take a deep breath before opening the door to the outside.
You see a bright light, but of course it's only the sun rather than a nuclear flash that devastated the world. You forgot how bright it really could be.
Your immediate surroundings look relatively untouched. You can only assume there weren't any bombs falling near this area. You also see your van, you'd completely forgotten about it. It looks like it's even in worse condition than when you left it, which you never thought was possible. On a lark you take out your long unused van keys and try to start it up, naturally it doesn't even make a noise.
"Looks like I'm walking."
Looking at the map, you've got quite a ways to go. You're not sure of what to expect, but you know you've got a worthwhile destination to keep you going.
