Comparing today to "one of those days" would have been a pleasant thought, something to brighten john's spirits as things suddenly and drastically went to shit. the gunfire had stopped for a bit, and before he knew it the announcement came saying the overseers were dead. It was a surreal feeling that, hearing those words  that the people  controlling their lives and destinies were dead. that lot of news  caused him to skid to a halt shortly before even more chaos erupted inside the vault. wondering through the chaos like a lost puppy John was in a bit of shock at what all was happening. vault security rushed around him,  booking it full tilt to deal with something. seconds later he saw a bunch of flashes,  the sound of gunfire ringing in his ears followed by mangled screams and cries. things today had gone from bad, to the stuff out of the holotapes marked horror show.  Ruining back now through the halls  he'd skidd to a halt as the corpse of a guard was flung across the hall by something rather large and unseen. looking over to the guard John  would shake his head a bit as he tried to sober himself up. this wasn't some B movie night flick this was real. 

His first thought was to check to see if the man was alive, though after he rolled the corpse over he found the man missing most of his face. his hands went down to search the body for anything he could use to protect himself but all he could find was a mangled Caravan shotgun. the business end of it all cracked and mangled. large claw marks running down it. But it was better than nothing, grabbing the caravan shotgun and  what few shells the guard still had left while slinging his repair kit over his shoulder by salvaging the strap from the shotgun John booked it in the opposite direction. whatever was back there was gonna die to the thing that killed the vault security guard, that much John was certain of. 

looking down to his pipboy John tapped the map a few times, erasing his previous waypoint and setting one that would lead him to the elevators. This of course lead to be a very bad idea as that path had him travel straight through the atrium. there he found a few mangled vault dwellers all scattered about and a few of the survivors huddled around a strange monstrous corpse that had been brought down. one of them was huddled around the corpse of a girl the monster killed, one of the girls john had a fling with in the past. man  huddled around her corpse was her now ex boyfriend and to say he was mentally destrubed right now was an understatement. 

In a fit of nervous twitching and erratic sobs  the man lashed out as he saw john. "YOU! You you you YOU! YOU DID THIS!" he'd shout, saliva flying from his mouth as blood trailed down his forehead and his eyes became bloodshot. John could see a nervous and twitchy hand moving to a baseball bat to pick it up as the man righted himself.

"I just got here.  " though that only seemed to set the man off into a frenzy as he threw himself at John. Unfortunately for john he managed to witness the man jam his finger into the third yellow button on the side of his pipboy.... VATS...

"Ahhh Piss" were the only words john managed to get out of his mouth before a baseball bat slammed into his gut and then quickly came around before he could react and crashed into his right leg bringing him to the ground. the enraged vault dweller managed to get one more blow in, bringing it crashing down on john's hip before he could even come to terms with reacting. Thankfully for John that little expenditure of VATS winded his crazed and enraged opponent. With one hand he'd bring up the caravan shotgun and pull the trigger firing off the gun and causing sparks to erupt around all the cracks in the barrel. The shot went wide but managed to wreck his pipboy. That was the first lesson when facing off against a vault dweller, take out that damn pipboy, less you wanted it for yourself. with the kid screaming in pain john pushed himself to his feet trying to stand up as he heard a monstrous roar behind him. he'd manage to dodge somewhat out of the way as the baseball bat came back around, clanking hard against his wrench only to have a loud boom echo off as John pulled the trigger a second time, this time, the barrel planted square in the man's face blasting him back a bit and dazing him. John on the other hand wasn't about to see what was coming around the corner, instead he'd rush past the man with a heavy limp he'd just shot in the face and duck around the corner to the elevators.... which he'd frantically press the call button for the two of them. Little did he know, one wouldn't be coming, and the other.... well the other already had passengers... and ammo, but most importantly passengers.