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Jay woke to the sound of knocking on his door. He thought nothing of it and fell back to sleep. He was used to it, however, as he was a hero in the Capital Wasteland. All of his exploits were known far and wide thanks to Three Dog, the disc jockey of Galaxy News Radio. It did not help Jay as he was constantly visited by wastelanders looking for the "Lone Wanderer." The knocking turned to banging and he shot up in his bed.

"What is it now!" yelled Jay, brushing the jet black hair out of his eyes. He quickly ran down the stairs and to the door. He threw open the door and was greeted by a Brotherhood of Steel Initiate.

"Sentinel Stahl!" the Initiate said, quickly snapping into attention. "Elder Lyons and Scribe Rothchild would like to see you at the Citadel, right away, sir!"

"What's it about?" Jay asked quickly.

"Scribe Rothchild said it was of upmost importance to you, sir," he explained.

"Right, tell them I'll be there right away. Oh, and be careful of Raiders, they've been all over lately."

"Will do, sir!"

And the Initiate left without another word. Jay felt relieved, as it was the news he had been waiting six months for.

"What was that all about?" asked Sarah Lyons, walking down the stairs, slowly. She was wearing one of Jay's shirts, which looked oversized on her.

"You remember," answered Jay, "it's about how Doc Li overheard my parents talking about Vault 21, hopefully Rothchild finally found the damn place."

"Well, now I do," she grinned, kissed him lightly on the cheek and continued, "he said that it didn't seem like there was a Vault 21 in the area right?"

"Yeah, but I wish there was though. It would make things a whole lot easier."

"Be glad that he found it though, you've seemed so bored in the last few months."

"That's because-" he suddenly remembered that Fawkes went north to the Commonwealth with Dr. Li after the fall of the Enclave, Jericho and Clover went to the Pitt, Butch and Sergeant RL-3 were off exploring in the wasteland, and Charon was keeping Sydney in line at Underworld. Jay never really thought about it but he truly missed all of them, including Jericho, even after all the times they held guns at each other's throats.

"Because?" said Sarah, filling a bowl with Sugar Bombs.

"I don't know actually." He answered. "Where's Dogmeat? He needs breakfast also."

"He was here earlier, maybe you should check with Wadsworth."

"Alright," Jay said. He quickly ran up the stairs to find Dogmeat chewing on one of Wadsworth's bulbs.

"Master Stahl, I ask much of you to keep Dogmeat in line," said Wadsworth.

"And I have to ask you to cope with it, Wadsworth," he answered, "he really loves your bulbs, I'm even considering taking it off for him, and we both know how that went last time with the other Mr. Handy, right?"

"Of course Master, I will take note of that for later."

"Right, come on, boy!" Dogmeat immediately stopped and followed his master down the stairs.

"There he is!" said Sarah, quickly taking out Dogmeat's bowl and filling it with food.

"I need to get him something to chew on," Jay explained, "Wadsworth's bulbs can't take much more and I'll need to replace them soon. And it's hard salvaging for light bulbs that aren't burned out or so irradiated that they're about to explode."

"I'll ask Moira later," she answered, "but right now you have to eat, the drive from here to the Citadel isn't an easy one, and knowing you you'll be twice as late as you normally are."

"Oh, alright." Jay quickly ate his bowl of Sugar Bombs and ran back up the stairs. He grabbed his custom made Ranger armor and slipped it on. It was the armor that Reilly had given him but it was painted jet black with blue streaks. Then he went to grab his weapons from his locker. He grabbed his father's 10mm pistol, Ol' Painless, and his combat shotgun.

"Jay!" called Sarah "you ready yet? You're already late enough as it is."

"Crap," he murmured. He ran down the stairs, kissed Sarah quickly, and bolted out the front door. The Megaton entrance slid open slowly, while Jay impatiently waited for them.

"Come on!" he thought. The entrance was finally open and he ran out. He greeted Crazy Wolfgang and continued until he found a motorcycle perched by a rock. Jay quickly jumpstarted it and began the drive to the Citadel. The engine roared loudly and he felt the familiar rumbling beneath him. Jay then sped all the way through the D.C. ruins. He arrived at the Citadel and the Brotherhood welcomed him.

"Shit!" Jay thought, "I'm so late! A fucking great idea my ass! Damn it, Moira!"

"Sentinel Stahl," said Elder Lyons, patiently.

"Sorry for being late," he thought for a moment, "again."

"Do not worry, you are always welcome to the Citadel be it early or late."

"Thank you, Elder. Now about the news-"

"Yes, now come with me, we have much to discuss," said Elder Lyons. Elder Lyons led the way to the Citadel Lab. Jay followed quickly, he felt uneasy as Elder Lyons would take things slowly usually.

"Scribe Rothchild!," Elder Lyons called, "Sentinel Stahl has arrived."

"On time as usual?" answered Scribe Rothchild, looking weary. "Come with me, Sentinel."

"Yessir," Jay said sarcastically.

"As you have asked of me, I have discovered the location of Vault 21."

"That's great news! I'll have to celebrate later-"

"There is only one problem though."

"And it's probably bad isn't it?"

"Vault 21 is located in the Mojave Desert, 2,457.32 miles from here."

"Fuck, well there goes the motorcycle plan. What about a Vertibird?"

"Absolutely not! I will not give up one of the very few Vertibirds that we have to an irrelevant quest!"

"Rothchild, I am giving the Sentinel permission to use a Vertibird despite your protests," snapped Elder Lyons.

"Yes, Elder," responded Rothchild, sourly.

"So we have a deal then?" Jay asked.

"I suppose so," answered Rothchild, shaking Jay's hand.