I stood their with a blank expression. My hands trembling in front of the Keypad. I look up, and see hundreds of pounds of irradiated water floating around what used to be a statue of Thomas Jefferson. I look back down, ignoring my surroundings. But I knew, to my left was a group of friends, all counting on me to activate a water purifier. Then, to my right was the dead body of what used to be my dad. But in my head, I heard the voice of John Henry Eden, he just kept saying the same thing over and over.
"Insert the FEV" , "Insert the FEV",
I knew, if I did, mutants, radscorpians, deathclaws and more would be gone from the Capitol Wastes forever. It sounded like bliss. But this particular FEV strain destroys ALL irradiated beings it comes in contact with, and that's all of the innocence in the Capitol Wasteland. So, I had to choose, a clean and pure restart to the Capitol's future...in the Enclaves image? Or give pure water to all, and permanently take out one of the biggest threats in the Wastes..the Enclave.
I had made up my mind. But for some reason, it went blank. All I could think about was the passcode to start it all. The vile of FEV dropped from my hands, and I took a small step towards the keypad. Once I had done this, the Capitol Wasteland would be changed forever, and it's constant threat would be all too real. But it was worth it. I stopped everything on my mind.
I typed in the first digit. "2" I say to my self. I begin to hear my Geiger Counter go up to 300 rads. I can feel the heat start to pass through my Tesla.
I type the second digit. "1". My breathing starts to slow, and my vision blurs, the Geiger goes up to 450. I am starting to sweat, I can feel it trickle down the tattered steel.
I type the final digit. "6". I let out a last breathe as my counter reaches 500 rads. My hand pulls away from the keypad. I stumble back, and my eyes begin to grow heavy. I'm breathing deeply and slowly. I fall backwards with my arms outstretched in front of me. The last thing I see is the Jefferson Statue, and then the green water begin to clear. It became a pure blue. I let it a light grin. I have hardly any life left. I turn my head to the right where I get the final glimpse of my father. The rumbling from the Project Purity turbines begin and the sound of clean rushing water finishes me off. Any my mind went blank.
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2 Weeks Later (October 21st 2277)
The light peered through my eyelids. I could feel the fluorescents pour in as my eyes peer open. It was blurry for a while. My vision was still adjusting. I look around the room. It's empty, nothing but cracked tile and old Brotherhood posters. I hear static coming from a nearby radio, I try to listen in. I can barely make out what it says, but I know it's 3 Dog.
"Heeellloooo Wasteland!!! Today we've got some great juice for youuuu!!! We are now in week TWOO of the Looone Wandererss coma. Doctors are still checking on him, but we think he'll be just fine. So thaanksss for listening.. CHILDREN!!! This is 3 DOOWWGG....OOUUUTT!!!"
I squint in wonderment at the word coma. I look at my PIP-Boy. "October 21st, 2277" I say to myself. Before I could gather my thoughts, a door bursts open to my right. I turn my head and see Sarah Lyons walk in with the Elder and Fawkes. That's when I knew I was in the Citadel. An explosion came from the outside. Smoke poured in from the window at the far left. The tables rumbled and picture frames on the pvssyred. Everyone braced themselves against the wall. I got out of the bed and limped towards the window. I flapped my right arm around to clear the air of smoke. I looked out the window and saw a huge band of Raiders, Outcasts, and Super Mutants bombing out the front wall of the Citadel. Sarah then broke the silence.
"They've been attacking for days now. They come and go throughout the week. But I don't know how much longer we can hold out. They've been coming at midnight too."
I nodded my head and looked back at the war between the band of Super mutants, raiders, and outcasts to the Citadel. They were retreating, a couple of sentry bots and Paladins scared them off.
"Don't worry, they'll be back tomorrow." She states once more.
I think to myself. "This is going to be a problem."
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Chapter 2 Coming Soon....