Mary

It was only morning as the two, Alex and Mary, walked over to a bar which was reopening for some unknown reason. The waiter must've been happy to see us, because he jumped up and shouted, "Our first two customers!" The waiter was cleaning a completely clean cup as he grinned.

"Two beers!" Alex ordered the waiter, and as fast as a whiz turned around and grabbed two bears from a refrigerator. He turned to the two again, a full smile on his face. Everyone seemed to be as happy as a sea sponge after a nuclear war that destroyed all of America.

"Here ya'll go, that'll be ten caps." the waiter ordered Alex to pay his ten caps. He reached into his pockets and got his wallet out. He payed the waiter with a tip and the two clanked their beers together. They drank a sip when the waiter told them some gossip.

"Did ya hear Moriarty got murdered like...a few days ago. I wish someone would take control of this town..." sighed the waiter. He seemed depressed, as if someone would lend him a magnum, he'd blow his brains out.

"Hmm, how would you like to join our Mafia?" Alex asked the waiter. He looked up, a little bit happier, and nodded. He seemed ecstatic, well, he was ecstatic, but Mary couldn't tell why.

"Sure!" the waiter said. Now Mary knew why he was so happy, because of the offer. She had assumed that, but wasn't quite sure.

"Good, you got any friends who would join?" Alex asked the waiter. Mary thought that line was kind of desperate, but she went with it, she wanted more members anyway.

"Yea, all of em. Thats about 20 people, a 10th of the population here." the waiter said. Mary was pretty surprised that he had known so quickly that they would've liked to join.

"Good, get them to the house closest to the Megaton Gate tomorrow. Tell em to bring everything they can carry." Alex said as Mary and him finished their beers. Mary slammed her beer glass on the table, and grinned at the waiter.

"Lets go to our new house." said Alex as they walked to the abandoned house, it wasn't the Talon Company one, it was another one. Mary thought it looked good from the outside, she should've waited until she saw the inside. "Looks good," she said as they entered. Her real thought were: "This place is beautiful, it's the prettiest thing I've ever seen, I want to sleep here all day and not have to worry of the dangers of the Wastes." But if she said that, her reputation as a bad girl would vanish. Mary turned to ask Alex a question, and saw him looking at her.

"Errrrm, does this place have a shower?"

Alex Johanson-House-Morning:

"Herm? Hum, uh,i think so." His mind was preoccupied with looking at her gorgeous body

He walked up the stairs, and found a shower room

"Yep!" he shouted down, and he peered into the bedroom

Yes! Only one! he thought with a grin stretching from one side of his face to another.

Mary ran up the stairs and looked into the bathroom

"Good...." she said as she walked into it, Alex reached for the handle

Locked...Damn he shrugged it off.

Mary

"Herm? Hum, uh, I think so." Alex responded to Mary's question. He ran upstairs and found a bathroom. He turned the knob to see if it was open or not, and it was. "Yup!" Mary ran up to the second floor as she saw him peering into the bedroom.

"Heh, already tired?" she joke and looked inside the bathroom to see in what condition it was in. She grinned and said, "Good." She went in and locked the door, and suddenly heard the attempt to open it.

I think he's hitting on me. If I'm lucky, we can get to know each other more tonight. Mary thought.

Lucas "Reaper" Caine - The Bazaar - Outside South Gate

Lucas emerged from cover firing another burst from his carbine before returning to the safety of the sandbag barricade. Popping up again he fired two quick bursts at a pair of raiders removing them from the fight. An enormous raider with patchwork armor, a bucket helmet, and a necklace of skulls wielding a sledgehammer who already has three bullets lodged in his body surges towards the gates. Lucas aims at the maniac but as he squeezes the trigger nothing comes out. The raider now closing in leaps over the barricade weapon raised over his head. Lucas utilizing his superior speed evades the attack as the raider's weapon strikes the pavement where he was standing previously. The raider hefts the weapon back up and prepares to charge Lucas but is promptly filled with lead before he is able to take a step.

As the gargantuan raider collapses the already demoralized raiders begin to flee realizing their attack has been fruitless.

"Lancers hold fire.", Lucas commands.

Almost immediately all gunfire ceases even from the machines. Lucas then draws his Nagant and zeroes in on a retreating raider. Aiming for the woman's leg Lucas knows he only has three shots remaining due to his encounter with the irate waster earlier. Squeezing the trigger the first shot goes wild missing the woman completely. Adjusting his sight he fires again but the shot just misses striking the ground where the woman had just been standing. Concentrating Lucas fires the final round from his weapon. This time the shot is straight and true hitting the woman in the calf causing her to fall.

A wry grin spreads across Lucas' face he then orders two Lancers to apprehend the woman for interrogation. Lucas then proceeds to the power armored lance merc who eliminated the leader.

Clapping the merc on the shoulder. "Nice shooting, soldier. I believe you've earned yourself a bonus and a promotion. What's your name?"

The merc slowly removed their helmet revealing the form of a woman. Letting her long red hair billow out since it had been trapped within the confines of the helmet. She then saluted the commander prior to speaking. "First Lieutenant Amy Velasco, Commander."

"No that's Captain Amy Velasco now." Lucas said with a smile.

"Thank you, sir.", Amy beamed.

The woman then made her way through the gates. Lucas then walked over to one of the other Lance mercs.

"Battle assessment, soldier."

"We lost two Lance mercs and the Robobrain has some minor damage, Commander.

"Strip the bodies of their armor then give them a proper burial."

The merc had a disgusted look on his face.

"Wipe that look off your face it's no like they'll be needing the armor anymore. It can go to a Laner that's actually still breathing."

"Yes, Commander.", the man said as he stripped the bodies of their armor and weapons.

Lucas then watched as the two guards he sent dragged the struggling raider woman past. Lucas followed wanting to oversee the interrogation.

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