A Rude Awakening

Dick coughed as he thawed out. He wasn't sure what happened. First, there was the news that the bombs were dropping so Dick and Nora took Shaun and ran to the Vault. Once inside they were so shocked about what had happened they just listened to the Vault staff and did whatever they said to do. Only when things got cold did Dick begin to question what was going on, and it was too late at that point.

Once Dick was done coughing he saw two people walk in front of the pod Nora and Shaun was in. One was a man in leather clothes and metal on his right arm. The other was someone in a hazmat suit.

"This is the one," the hazmat suit said, pointing at Nora and Shaun's pod.

"Open it," the man said. Nora's pod opened and she began coughing and Shaun began crying.

"Is it over," Nora asked between coughs. "Are we done?"

"Almost," the man replied as the hazmat suit reached for Shaun. Dick finally realized that something was wrong. So did Nora as she wouldn't let the person in the hazmat suit take Shaun. Things only got worse as the man pulled out a gun and pointed it at Nora. "Let the boy go," he ordered.

"I'm not giving you Shaun!" Nora screamed. Dick banged on his pod door, but it wouldn't budge and no one was paying attention to him. He wasn't sure what he would do if he somehow managed to break out, but he had to do something, because if Nora didn't let Shaun get taken by these people then she was going to get killed!