I started doing missions for that woman (collecting eggs), I had got the fire gecko eggs and returned to thorn. I gave the woman the eggs then decided to enter the fight pit against 3 death claws, I killed them no problem but just before the fight began I saved the game (incase I lost the fight), Then I was waiting for that gate to open on the side bit that leads back upto the woman im doing missions for. The gate never unlocked for me it just says 'Key Required' So im stuck in the pit (even waited 10 minutes) I have had fights in the pit before and never had problems with that gate staying locked. I have tried reloading my save just before the fight but the gate stays locked. The only other save I have is the Auto save which saved just after I entered 'thorn', So I loaded that one instead and left 'thorn' & went to 'westside' & my game went funny and crashed everytime I tried, I reloaded the save game and went to the woman to give her the fire gecko eggs and halfway through the conversation the game stops and wont let me select any dialog so im stuck in conversation but no buttons work (apart from x button which drops all my gear in her face, yes thats right my guns n stuff appear where her face is). So both of my save files seem to mess us shortly after I reloaded.