Prologue
"Elder Lyons sir," said a Paladin.
"Yes what is it?" Lyons replied.
"The scouts are reporting hundreds of Veribirds on the horizon, they will be in range of the Citadel within two hours." The Palidin replied.
"Is Liberty-Prime in fighting condition?" questioned Lyons
"Yes sir, but, it is still at Project Purity, the scribes say it is no condition to move." Said the knight timidly. "Our forces men forces stationed there already."
Elder Lyons let out a sigh and stood up from his desk. He looked around his office. The walls were as bleak and grey as they had always been. They seemed less inviting now that the pictures of his dear Sarah were gone. He could barley stand to look at them ever since he learned what had happened. . The shelves were empty and the table was blank, everything reminded him of her, and her death. There was so much paperwork on his desk that he couldn't see the actual surface of the cold grey desk. Doing paperwork was they only thing that didn't remind him of Sarah, except for the Latest mission reports on Project purity and the Lyons Pride. Who would lead the pride now that she was gone? His only daughter was gone, the Brotherhood was breaking apart because of his actions, the Enclave was on the verge of victory, and now the Citadel was about to be lost. This was too much for an old man to deal with. It made him so very tired.
"I will arm the Bombs, Have the soldiers gather as much gear as they can carry. I want the scribes downloading as much of the database as possible, have as many knights assist them as necessary. We leave in half an hour. The Scribes will take the tunnels to the memorial, escorted by sixty Knights and twenty Paladins. Everyone else will be walking with all the gear they can carry. I want one hundred men armed with missile launchers to take care of any Virtabird that try to pick us off, with another fifty men with Mini-guns to take care of ground forces. We must hold the Jefferson memorial at all costs, Project Purity is the last hope for the people in D.C.," ordered Lyons.
"Yes Sir!" said the Knight as he turned to leave.
Lyons stood up and walked over to the large metal safe bolted to the back corner of the office floor. He put in the code, 12212256, Sarah's birthday. He pulled out two holo-tapes, a few pieces of paper, a small felt-covered box, and a photograph of his daughter. He put the picture and the box in his breast pocket, set the papers on top of his computer terminal, and plugged the holo-tapes into his computer.
"Access Citadel Distress command Alpha-Bata-Foxtrot-9" He typed.
"Enter Alpha Double-Prime security code now!" responded the terminal.
"The light may bring the darkness of fallout but Steel shines forever." Typed Lyons.
"Access Granted, Please set time of detonation." Replied the Terminal.
Lyons punched in the exact time two hours from that moment,"12-07-2277, 11:35:06 pm."
"Enter confirmation code Beta-Beta Prime." The terminal commanded.
"Even in desperation Steel will bind you, support you, strengthen you, and inter you." He entered.
"Citadel destruction active, time until detonation-one hour, fifty-nine minutes, fifty-eight seconds." the terminal said.
"Activate Internal microphone." Lyons entered, "set recording destination to external device/Holo-tape02. Record now"