She woke with a start, gasping and coughing as she tried to get the door to her cryopod open. She slammed her fist against it before the door pops open, she falls forwards coughing and gasping for precious air. She stands up weakly, her legs wobbling with each shaky step she took. She checked another pod and screamed when she saw the person inside was dead. With the newfound rush of adrenaline she ran and checked another pod only to be greeted with yet another frosty corpse. She began crying and ran out of the room, she tripped and fell in the hallway. She swiftly scrambled to her feet, ignoring the sting of her newly produced wounds from her fall. She ran up to one door to find it locked. She nearly screamed in frustration and ran through another open door, she paused and looked around wildly before spotting a police baton. Snatching it from where it was sitting she continued her trek through the vault, making her way towards the only way in and way out.
She coughed again, still getting used to breathing again. She walked into a room and froze at the doorway, she stared at what seemed to be a giant roach. She gulped and started walking, she yelled as they came flying at her. With a swift wing of her arm, she easily squashed one before fighting her way through the last two. After an hour or so she walked into what was left of the Overseer's office. She stared down at the skeleton with disgust and covered her nose. She quickly grabbed the gun and some ammo before going in the terminal and opened the door. She turns and quickly loads the gun and cocks it, keeping it at the ready. She walked through the door and shot a few more of the roaches.
She finally arrives to the exact room where she had entered the damn vault. She quickly walked over to another skeleton and yelped as another roach popped out at her. She swiftly shot it before inspecting the skeleton, she looked at the pip-boy on its wrist before picking it up, the lower half of the arm fell out as she clipped it onto her own wrist. Slowly turning a knob, it starts to turn on. Echo wiped the dust off of the screen and looked up at what seemed to be a control panel and then to a clip on the pip-boy. She puts two and two together and plugged the pip-boy into the control panel which caused the cover that was over the button to pop open. She quickly slammed her fist onto the button causing the machinery to spring to life. She waited for it all to finish up before she crossed the bridge and made her way to the lift.
After the lift came down and the gate opened she stepped onto the platform. She took in a deep breath and looked around as the platform started to take her up to the surface. She waited patiently and watched as a small sliver of light began to appear as the cover to the vault started to open. As she reached the top she squinted and held a hand up to block the blinding light as best as she could. She blinked a couple times before taking in her surroundings.
She finally spoke in a croaky voice for what felt like the first time an decades, "Oh my God.."