Chapter 1 - Moriarty

Moritartys, worst place in Megaton and unfortantley the place were I work.

"Gob, one day me and you have to leave Megaton leave Moriartys for good" I said to Gob, we had a [censored] life always being pushed around by that crook Moriarty and did anybody do anything about it? No. But it was not all that bad I still had Nova, me and her have been together since 2279, the only reason we got together is because I got her out of that prosttute job of hers and now she is a cleaner. Moriarty got a new [censored] for his bar some girl named Clover, she had a weird metal braclet around her ankle sorta like a slave collar but lower.

"Yeah, but Mr.Moriarty will never allow that" Gob replied in a sadned mood.

"[censored] Moriarty and why are you saying Mr.Moriarty? He is not around and even if he was don't call him Mr. Moriarty [censored] call him Colin that [censored] deserves no respect and both you and I know that!" I said back to Gob almost snapping from the anger, I hated how he treated Gob and how Gob was forced to treat Moriarty like he was his master and Gob was his dog it sickened me.

"Sorry Josh, I am just so used to being abused by Colin when I do not call him Mr. Moriarty" Gob replied.

"Well speak of the Devil" I said to Gob as Moriarty walked into the Sallon, Gob went from sitting down to instantly serving customers.

"JOSH GOB! IN MY OFFICE NOW!" Moriarty yelled in his Irish accent.

[censored]! What the [censored] does Moriarty want? I thought to myself, I was about to enter the office but before I did I took a broken beer bottle from the trash and put it into my belt and then walked in.

"GOB! What in the hell do ya think yer doing! I was watching ya from the keyhole you were not serving drinks! NO You were flirting with yer little boy freind!" Moriarty yelled.

"Sorry Mr. Moriarty I thought that since I have been working so hard latley that I could have a few minutes for a break" Gob replied in a fearful tone.

"YA [censored] YA DONT WORK HARD!" Moriarty yelled, he grabbed a lunchbox from his desk and threw it at Gob, after seeing this I snapped I lunged across Moriartys desk and tackled Moriarty to the ground, I immeaditly started to smash Moriartys face in with my fists and then I grabbed the broken glass bottle from the back of my belt and held it to Moriartys throat.

"HEY MORIARTY HOW DOES IT FEEL NOW HUH HOW DOES IT FEEL!" I yelled, luckily the radio out in the bar area was loud and the people were to drunk to hear.

"Please Josh! Please don't kill me! Please!" Moriarty begged, it felt good to see him beg not to be hurt but he had done to much not to deserve not to be hurt, I pushed the glass shard into his throat and Moriarty gurgeled on his blood and slowly died of blood loss.

Gob looked at me shocked and I looked at him the same way, what I have just done I thought.

Hm, good premise, and I like how your character is involved with others. Your spelling is decent, but punctuation is a thing that you struggle on. The only real big mistake is FELL, when it should be FEEL.

Wow Josh, this actually pretty good, nice work. But if you want this to flourish, you must improve your grammar and punctuation. I don't know how many times we've told you this, but its essential. You yourself have so much potential, but you have to work on your grammar and puncuation, and the way you detail things. Your grammar seems to be getting much better, but it's mainly your lack of commas that make your posts hard to read. Please take this advice, I would love to see you improve.

Thanks for the advice Shadow! And I will try and work on my grammar.
Thanks Last! And I will try no I will improve on my grammar and detail but thank you !

Wow Josh! Huge improvement. I actually enjoyed this fanfiction a lot! Great job, this is much improved man. I didn't even realize you were the one that wrote this when I was reading it, I was surprised that it was you because it's so good. *not meaning any offense to your other works*

Thank you everyone! And here is the new chapter

Chapter 2 - Grave Diggin' with Josh and Gob

Me and Gob looked at each other with the same shocked expression, we both did not believe what I just did.

"Josh we are in trouble!" Gob said to me in a nervous tone, his eyes were racing across the room and he was holding his hands to the sides of his head and slowly pacing in a circle, I could not blame him if we were caught we would be killed with a .556 round to the head from Simms rifle.

"Gob, we need to get rid of the body asap!" I said to Gob, he nodded in agreement but then stopped and collapsed to the ground, he had fainted. I quickly sprinted over to Gobs body and started to shake him.
"Gob!Gob! GOB GET UP" I yelled while shaking him, his eyes began to open slowly and then he regained all consciousness.

"Sorry about that I just couldn't stand all the pressure!" Gob said to me.
"Yeah yeah yeah well we are going to have to bury the body and I think I have a plan. At night we will take the body sneak out of Megaton and bury the body in Springvale" I explained to Gob.
"Yeah that's all fine and dandy but people are going to wonder were Moriarty's gone so hows that going to work out?" Gob replied.
"Oh [censored]! Your right well I guess we fake his death at night, you know how Moriarty always leans against that rail? Well lets just say when he went out for a smoke last night he fell over the railing and his neck got cut on the metal below!" I said to Gob.
"Yes okay lets do it!" Gob said in a better tone.

Five Hours Later, 11:34 PM.

Gob was with me while I pushed Moriarty over the rail, his lifeless body fell all the way to the ground and his neck hit a railing and decapitated his head, it was gruesome to watch but also fun to watch after all he had put me and Gob through he deserved to die a painful death and that is what he got! It was late and me and Gob needed some rest we went back into the Saloon kicked out all the drunks and closed up. He laid in our beds and we both gave out a sigh of relief our troubles were gone or so we thought.

this is great! nice comedy in here to nice job josh!!!!!!!!!!

Giant improvement, Josh. My only real problem with this is the detail, which you should definitely add on to.
Also, instead of making small-ish chapters like the second one, you should spend a full day coming up with something interesting, then reading through it to make sure you like it, and add on/take off from there. But I like it.

Chapter 3 - Black Mailing 101

I awoke in my upstairs bedroom in the saloon. Gob was sitting down in front of me, with a worried look on his face.

"What's wrong, Gob?" I asked.

"Someone knows..." He said.

"What? But... How? Who?" I asked Gob in total confusion. It was almost soul tearing. If somebody knew, they could tell Lucas and both of us would be dead. We had to find out who it was, and stop them either the good way, or the way we did with Colin.

"I have no idea who it is, but he wants us to meet him in Springvale at five P.M. today!" Gob told me.

If it was somebody important, we could not just get rid of him or her. But if it was just a settler, that settler would see its final days.

"Well I guess we wait until five. Now lets get to work! We don't want to seem suspicious." I said to Gob.

He nodded and walked out of the room and down to the bar. The bar was packed today with many people, and not just settlers, no, Billy Creel was here. Along with Jericho, and Hell even the "Lone Wanderer" Hunter was here!

"Hunter! Good to have you in the bar again! The usual?" I asked him.

"Of course Josh, what else do I get?" He chuckled.

I went into the fridge, and took out a bottle of Vodka and a can of beer. I put them on the counter, opened up the cupboard, and took a beer mug. I opened the Vodka bottle and poured a little in the mug, and then poured all of the beer from the can in. I mixed it with a spoon and handed it to Hunter, and said, "Here you go buddy!".

Hunter smiled, and took the mug. He finished it in seconds, "So. Did you hear about Colin's death?".

"What? No! Collins dead?" I said shocked. I tried to sound as believable as possible, even though I was lying through my teeth.

"Yeah, they found his head and body. He was decapitated. 'Must of fell of the rail', they say, but Colin was always on that rail. I think it is a little suspicious that all of a sudden he falls off, don't you think?" He asked me.

"Um yeah, it is sort of weird. But I have no idea what happened what so ever, and if I did I would hunt down the person who did it and skin him alive!" I said to Hunter, yet again lying.

"Wait, what? That makes absolutely no sense coming from you. I mean, how many times have you said that you wanted Moriarty dead? Now that it has happened, you are acting all weird?" Hunter said, clearly getting suspicious.

"Hunter, meet me at Springvale. Five P.M. Alright?" I said to him.

"Sure, whatever. I have to pass through there anyways, but you better explain yourself, there!" Hunter said to me, he stood up from the bar stool and left.

7 Hours later, 4:50 P.M.

Me and Gob had to close up early that night. The people were mad, but to be honest we didn't give two [censored]. We walked down the ramps, until we reached the dirt ground. When we got to the bottom, a group of people were circled around something.

'What in the Hell is going on?' I thought.

I walked through the crowd, and in the middle was Professor Cromwell's dead body. The people were saying different things, like;

"First Moriarty, now Cromwell? Who's next, Lucas?" And, "What's Megaton come to!"

'Who killed Cromwell, and why? What in the world did he do?' I again thought.

At the moment, this wasn't important to me or Gob. Right now, I had to go to Springvale, and find out who knew what I did. I left Megaton, and made the short walk to Springvale. Gob, Jericho, and Hunter were all there.

'Was Jericho the one who went the note?' I thought to myself.

Wow crowell is dead I wonder who did it great chapter josh!

Hmm yes it is quite a mystery who killed Cromwell was it Moira Brown? Jericho? Hunter? Gob? or Billy Creel? find out next week on the BGS Forums!

Chapter 4 - Wasteland rule #1 never trust anybody

It was insane. Jericho must of been the one that saw us throw Moriarty over the railing, and if he was, he would either make us give him caps, or he would make us kill someone. And knowing Jericho, I think it would be give him caps.

"So who sent the note?" I asked, openly knowing that Jericho would say he did.

"I did!" said Gob.

'What? Gob did, but that makes no sense!' I thought to myself

"What?" I said to Gob ,with a confused look on my face. I had never been more confused in my life, and I had no idea why Gob would do this.

"Well, you see Joshawa, I never killed Moriarty. You did. And that is why I set up the note, so you would come here so, I could tell you this. Lucas is looking for evidence, and he think I am the one who killed Moriarty because of how much I despised him, and because of how he treated me. When Lucas finds out that I was at the scene of the murder, he will come for me which is why I need you to turn yourself in!" Gob told me, I could not believe him. This was my best friend and, now that little [censored] betrayed me.

"[censored] you Gob! you [censored]! I'll [censored] kill you, you Zombie!" I yelled at Gob. I went to run at him but Hunter held me back..

"Let go of me! He deserves whats coming to him!" I yelled at Hunter. I was furious right now, but Hunter was holding me back even though I wanted him to let go. Gob was my friend since '77, and me attacking him would end that friendship.

"Joshawa calm down! Just turn yourself in, and everybody will be happy alright!" Gob said to me.

"Turn myself in? Gob I thought you were my friend! And you know what I am not turning myself in. [censored] let go of me Hunter!" I yelled at both Gob and Hunter.

Hunter let go of me, and I started to walk towards Megaton, as if I have given up. But I turned around, and sprinted towards Gob. I tackled Gob to the ground, and picked up a rock the size of my fist, and started to smash it into Gob's face. A puddle of blood soon began to form, and I continued to attack Gob. I lifted up the rock, and was about to smash it down full force, but I felt a sharp piercing pain in my back, and dropped the rock. This was followed by a loud gunshot, and I fell to the right, slowly slipping out of consciousness.

"First Cromwell, then Josh? Jesus, Gob, we are killing everyone!" I could hear Jericho yell.

I then heard hunter say; "What the [censored] are you two talking about?", before running off to Megaton.

I saw Jericho get closer to me, but I passed out before the next events unfolded.

2 Days Later, Abandoned House, Springvale

I regained consciousness, and looked around. I was clearly in a house, but where? There was a pain in my back, and my hands were tied behind my back. I had no idea what was going on, and all I remembered was attacking Gob, and Jericho shooting me. Did they put me here? I had no idea but, I had a feeling I would soon find out.

The door made a small creaking sound, and it opened slowly. It was Gob, but he was wearing Combat Armor and had a bat in his hands.

"Josh, Josh, Josh. You should have turned yourself in. Because now I told Lucas that you killed Moriarty, and now he is looking for you!" Gob told me.

"Gob! Just let me go, and let's go back to the way things used to be. Please?" I asked Gob, I was lying because I needed him to untie me.

"You think I'm stupid Josh? I know you!" Gob replied.

"Gob, I am not kidding. Let's just go back to the way it was. Please!" I begged Gob, but he still seemed unconvinced. I was getting mad, and I started to move my hands. I found the rope was loose, and I moved my hands even more in hopes of getting them out. But I did it slowly and let Gob talk.

"No, Jericho does not want you out. He said he has plans for you, and I must obey him!" Gob said to me.

"Oh I see. So Jericho is the new Moriarty? Hey, I guess you get some sort of sick thrill out of people controlling you" I said to Gob, I finally got my hands out of the rope. I held the rope in my hand and awaited Gob to come up to me.

"You little bastard! Josh, I hate you!" Gob yelled.

He walked up to me with the bat, and was going to hit me, but I kicked him in the groin. He dropped the bat, and fell to his knees. I got up from the chair, and put the rope around his neck. I tightened it and, then pulled backwards. Gob coughed and coughed over and over and eventually suffocated.

Now I had just killed my best friend and I was stuck in some place what else can go wrong.

Likin' it, Josh. Don't end this one before it's time, please?

Trust me when I say this I will not end this until the whole story is finished I promise and if I do then you can blow me up!

Good!

Interesting angle on Megaton characters.

Thanks Dragonpen, and I am surprised people are liking this!

Excellent Josh

Thank you Zalphon and to everybody else the next chapter will be up within the next twenty four hours.

I do suppose its quite good. But the title is D.C. stories, I expect to see other stories, hm? Good work on this. :dance:

Well of course Shadow! Joshawa will be leaving the Megaton area for quite a while and will journey to Rivet City and get caught up in a battle between the BoS and some Enclave Remnants.

Actually, I meant like stories about other people.

Oh well it was supposed to be stories about Josh .

Yes, I realize that, what you could do, though, is have different parts of his life, like now is the present, write about his past :shrug:

You know what Shadow? That is a good idea thanks!

*Leans back in chair, hands behind head*

All in a nights work, yep.
Lol.