As Anthony stepped into the irradiated chamber of Project Purity, Sarah Lyons pressed her hand up against the airlock, and whispered the words "Goodbye". Tears ran down her face, onto the cold, steel Power Armor.

As he entered the Code, 2:16, there was a flash! A loud bang, and as he slowly kneeled down, She burst into tears, wanting it all of it to just go away, her heart was broken.

But then, all of a sudden, she heard the door behind her open, and Dr. Li and several brotherhood medics following her. "Open that door right now!", said Li. "It's too late, he's dead." Lyons responded. "I said open that damn door!" Li screamed at Lyons. "That's James's son, the only glimpse of hope that the wasteland has, and I'm not going to let it end! Now open this door!" Lyons unwillingly opened the airlock, and let Li, and another scientist in.

As they dragged him out of the chamber, his body was nearly glowing due to the high radiation levels in the chamber. Sarah slowly got down on her knees and started to weep over his body. Everyone in the room could feel the sadness, Elder Lyons, Captain Night Gallows, Star Paladin Cross, and even Dr. Li started to weep at the sight of Sarah crying over his body.

Suddenly, she could feel his heartbeat, she could see his body moving, and she felt his once lifeless body grab her hand. "It's a miracle", said Elder Lyons, "Come on people, lets get him back to the Citadel, now!", Dr. Li yelled out.

From Anthony's point of view, he was oblivious to the things happening around him. He was going through time and space, seeing his life flash before his eyes. From his first steps, to his last minutes. he was wondering about all the things he had done, from disabling the bomb in Megaton, to enslaving people with the Mezmatron, wondering which way is right and which is wrong.

He woke up with a flash of bright light, looking into an "eye" of a Mister Gutsy, which was Sawbones, the Citadel's doctor. Sawbones responded with a rather loud cry of the word "Alive!", Sentinel Lyons heard this yell, and rushed to the infirmary.

When she saw Anthony was alive and well, she yelled out with glee. She was never so happy to see him, as well he was never so happy to see her. As they looked into each others eyes, they were both happy, but they had no idea what to do, so Sarah just said a very sheepish "Hi", Anthony responded with a slight chuckle, and weakly said "Hi" back.

Anthony tried to get up from the very uncomfortable mattress, but Sarah responded with a very firm "No" and said "You need to rest, you've been in a coma for two or three weeks, and you are too weak to be walking around, especially fighting." Anthony said "I guess you're right, I do need to rest."

Sarah then proceeded to walk out the door, saying "Bye".

"Wait!" Anthony yelled out before she shut the door, catching her attenction by a slight second.

"What about Project Purity?" he quickly asked. "Anthony, the purifier is up and running, people are rushing to the Tidal Basin for water, and we have been able to bottle the water also, so we have been sending stockpiles of water by the Caravans and other means of transportation. Anthony, because of you, the Wasteland is saved, you're a hero! Your father would have been proud."

Anthony slowly smiled and looked at the dark, ruined ceiling, thinking about all the good he's done, and thought of his father and mother. But then, the dark truth hit him, he had no parents, no one that helped him, no one that gave a care about what he did, and most of all, no one to love him. He realized that he never met his own mother, and he never really bonded with his father. He realized that the real monster in his whole life was the Enclave. Sure, Eden was dead, but what of Col. Autumn? he realized he should have killed him in the Rotunda on the spot, instead of showing him mercy,