Thanks to KMN91 and IronScorpions for your reviews! Glad you guys like what I'm spewing out, ha ha. Anyways, I plan to make this sequel quite a bit darker and uh, raunchier, because damn it, I like it that way. I feel it fits the mood of the story better. A little crazier, a bit more cruel, you know the drill. Hope you all enjoy this chapter!

Gob's saloon was filled to the brim with Megaton's residents. His business was doing unusually well for being stuck in the near center of the Capital Wasteland. Ava and Charon had arrived earlier that day after a long trip from Little Lamplight to Tenpenny Tower. Gob's mouth fell open when Ava had told him what occurred at the caverns. He then decided a celebration was in order for having Ava and Charon return to Megaton after not showing their faces for months. They were always out on various jobs or tending to their growing flock of children. Gob and Nova were happy to see their best friends in one piece.

Charon sat at the bar in his usual spot, facing the front door, and rested his elbows on the bar top. He nursed his fourth beer of the evening, trying to maintain some sort of sobriety. After the attack on Little Lamplight, the ghoul had been worried senseless and he pulled a gun out at every noise he had heard when they escorted the children to the tower.

"So, how did Roy react when you brought the kids to the tower?" asked Gob. He wiped down the bar top and handed another beer to one of his regulars, Jericho. Charon took out a cigarette from the pack he kept on him at all times as of late, and lit one, blowing a thick cloud of smoke towards the high ceiling.

"He stomped around and yelled for a bit…and then Ava pointed her rifle at his fat head. All the kids followed suit and aimed their guns at Roy as well. Good times," said Charon. The ghouls both laughed loudly and Charon took a sip from his beer bottle. "Roy then announced to the kids that they had to do what he said while we were gone. MacCready didn't like that one bit."

Gob smirked at the thought of anyone besides Ava and Charon telling MacCready what to do. That kid was more than a pain in the ass. "What did R.J. say?"

"MacCready told Roy to go fuck himself, that he was still 'Mayor' over the Little Lamplighters whenever we were gone, and then he walked up to Roy and gave him a good kick in the shin," said Charon. His chest swelled with pride. They really were his kids and damn it, he was proud to call them his own.

"Yep. Sounds like something R.J. would do. Always liked that kid. He's gonna turn out just like you," said Gob.

"Why, thank you. Anyway, we left the kids an ungodly amount of caps to pay for their food and whatever else they need while we're gone. Roy can't really complain because the kids are so well-behaved. So he gave in," Charon explained.

Ava climbed up on the bar top along with Moira and began to dance along to the music. Charon stared at her swaying hips and a smile began to grow on his face. She was so beautiful to him. She was lean and not very voluptuous…until she turned around of course. He was glad that she allowed her hair to grow out some and now, her dark strands hung just past her shoulders. She usually kept it in a high ponytail but that evening she kept it down. There were times he could not believe that he was the one she loved. A ghoul. Possibly the ugliest motherfucker in that room. Even Gob wasn't as scarred up as Charon was. Gob also had that sensitive guy bullshit that women went nuts over. That wasn't really his style though. Charon killed people. Lots of them. He was quiet for the most part and what little emotion he did show was usually reserved for Ava or the children. It was strange, the way Ava felt about him. She didn't see a hideous monster. She found him attractive. He could tell by the way she looked at him. The way she would bite on her bottom lip until it was pink. The way her small hands caressed his bare skin, not at all afraid to touch him. And she was his girl. Holy hell.

Gob patted Charon's arm, bringing him out of his thoughts, and pointed to the corner by the back room. Ava and Nova were wrapped in an embrace, kissing passionately. Ava's hands were tangled in Nova's wild hair and Nova was holding on to Ava's hips for dear life it seemed. Gob and Charon smiled.

"That's nothing new. They do it all the time. Doesn't bother me," said Charon, shrugging his wide shoulders. It was the truth. The more Ava and Charon visited, the closer the girls had become. Charon and Gob had gotten used to walking in on the girls whenever the pair visited, their clothes scattered on the floor around them.

"I know, I know, but it doesn't change the fact that it's hot. I'll never get tired of watching them…remember the first time they let us watch?"

Charon chuckled at the memory. He had never seen Ava so dominant before. Nova was putty in Ava's talented little hands. The ghoul drained his beer and tapped the empty bottle against the bar top. Gob took the bottle from his hands and gave him another.

"Of course I remember. I also remember the look on your face. I thought you were going to mess your pants and ruin it for all of us," said Charon.

"Oh yeah? What about you? After fifteen minutes, you dragged Ava off Nova and threw her over your shoulder like a god damn cave man. I could hear Ava screaming your name from down here!" said Gob.

"I had to show her how to really make a woman scream," he replied as he blew out another cloud of smoke. The grin on his face was one of complete arrogance.

"You're such a dog."

"Yeah, well, what can you do?"

Ava appeared at Charon's side and patted his shoulder softly. The ghoul leaned towards his Smoothskin as she whispered something in his ear. Charon nodded and Ava's smile was radiant. The ghouls watched Ava saunter back to Nova and engulfed her in another kiss. Nova pulled Ava into the back room and slammed the door shut.

"What did she ask?" pressed Gob with perhaps too much eagerness in his croaky voice.

"If it was all right for them to have a romp. I don't see why she still asks. My answer has always been yes."

"Damn, I love our girls…" said Gob with a grand smile as he leaned on the bar top.

"You're about to love them more," said Charon. He quickly chugged the rest of his beer and wiped his wet mouth on his arm. He stood abruptly and cracked his neck.

"What do you mean, I'll love them more? What the hell?"

Charon looked down at Gob with his good eye and smiled a very devious smile. "Time to be a man, Gobtholemew. The girls need us both, and I never say no to my girl."

"…What?"

Charon roughly grabbed the collar of Gob's t-shirt and dragged him towards the back room.

"Come on, we can't keep them waiting! Do you know how long I've been waiting for this? Don't you dare fuck it up for me!"

"I…wait! I have to lock up the booze!"

"No time. I'll pay for anything that is missing."

Charon pushed open the door with his free hand and they could both see Ava and Nova's naked bodies writhing on the bed. Charon licked his lips hungrily. The beer made his head swim with lust. All he wanted to do was take Ava from behind and watch her go at it with Nova. As for Gob…Gob could do whatever the hell he wanted. If Gob chickened out from this...Charon decided he would make damn sure his friend was ready. Even if he had to take him himself. Gob was smaller than him...it wouldn't be difficult to pin him to the bed and make him whimper. The mere thought of it forced another lust-filled growl out of the ghoul.

"C-Charon, I'm not sure if I can-" Gob mumbled, grabbing the doorframe.

"Shut the hell up and get in there!" Charon growled. He gave Gob a hearty shove into the room and pulled his shirt over his head, causing the girls and Gob to pause and look up at his bare chest with wide smiles. Charon uttered a low, predatory growl before he walked in and closed the door behind him.

After a couple of hours, the party was still in full swing. Charon sat at the bar once again with Ava in his lap. Gob still wore a look of shock and awe on his face and Charon laughed loudly at his friend.

"You did well, Gob. Nova was proud," Charon said with a grin.

"I can't believe we just did that…and the things you did to me...you have the hands of a fuckin' god," said Gob quietly. "But watching you lift Ava above your shoulders like that just so you could…shit, I need to start working out or something. The look on Nova's face was priceless. She was speechless."

"You were pretty speechless yourself," said Charon with a smirk.

"I...I didn't think you and I would ever-" Gob began nervously.

"My man is a fucking beast," said Ava as she looked at Charon's face in a most adoring manner. "He can make anyone, man or woman, melt and scream and whimper."

"Thank you, Smoothskin. Feels good to hear you say it; I am a lucky man," said Charon.

"Yeah, more like, 'uncontrollable, sexual deviant' man," Gob muttered.

"That makes two of us. I was not the only one with wandering hands," Charon said with a raised brow.

Gob chuckled and Charon rubbed his shoulder with a grin. "We're...we're gonna do that again, right?"

"I hope so!" Nova said with a laugh. "I never thought watching you two guys would be so..."

"Hot?" Ava quipped.

"Oh yeah," Nova agreed.

Ava took a sip of Charon's beer and snatched the cigarette from his hand. She blew a couple of smoke rings before exhaling completely. Another thing she learned from Charon.

"I don't get why you always say that, that you're lucky to have me. All I do is bring chaos into your life," she said, suddenly feeling a bit ashamed.

Charon pulled her close and growled into her ear, sending a wave of pleasurable chills down her spine. "I would not have it any other way. I love your chaos, Ava. Makes me feel."

Ava pressed her lips against his and let her hands roam to the back of his neck.

"Ava," called out a soft voice. The room grew silent, save for the jukebox blaring its music. A man wearing a fedora and a white, pin-striped suit walked forward and the Megaton residents cleared the way for him. Charon bristled at the sight of him. If anyone was an evil bastard, it was that man. He felt it deep inside his gut.

"Ava, my dear. You never responded to my letters," said Mr. Burke.

"This is a private party for Megaton's residents," said Nova firmly.

"No one was speaking to you, whore," replied Mr. Burke. Charon snarled viciously and Gob reached under the bar for his sawed-off shotgun. Nova grabbed Gob's arm.

"Gob, don't be stupid!" Nova pleaded. Ava slipped off Charon's lap and stood in front of Mr. Burke with arms crossed. Burke looked around the room and set his quiet gaze on Charon, whose hand was still gripping Ava's thin waist.

"Well, now I see why you haven't answered. If I had known that you preferred the company of such utter filth, I would not have bedded you," said Mr. Burke.

Inside his mind, Charon was roaring with rage. He didn't care if Ava had previous lovers, but she had slept with that man? Those were her standards? The ghoul stared at Ava with pure disappointment and he felt like throwing up. Everyone in the room seemed to know about Burke's tryst with Ava except him, because not one face wore a look of surprise.

Ava laughed loudly at Burke's attempt to embarrass her.

"Your mother should have swallowed you when she had the chance, Burke. We'd all be better off," said Ava.

The saloon roared with laughter, Ava's being the loudest. No one expected Burke's hand to whip across Ava's face and the crack it made silenced the bar immediately. Charon was a blur as he tackled Burke to the ground. With every massive punch, the back of Burke's head slammed into the wood floor.

"You dare lay a hand on her?"shouted Charon between punches. Burke choked out a laugh causing Charon to grab the man's throat.

"Are you upset that I had Ava first? She so willingly gave herself to me you know. I didn't know virgins could be such whores but she proved me wrong and let me do whatever my heart desired to her body…"

Charon could barely see, he was so livid. He dragged Mr. Burke outside of the saloon, with some of the residents including Gob, following him. Ava clutched the side of her face, trying her hardest not to shake or cry. She had never told Charon about Mr. Burke. She never wanted to remember that man ever again. Charon picked up Mr. Burke by the throat and heaved him over the railing. Burke hit the inactive bomb in the town's center with a sickening crunch.

Ava could not stop shaking and Nova held her close as Gob ushered everyone out of the saloon.

"Party's over! Let's go people, get the hell out of here! Nova! Take Ava upstairs, she looks terrible," shouted Gob.

Charon burst into the saloon, knocking Gob aside, and marched over to Ava. He gently took her chin in his hand and turned her face so he could see it better. The mark on her face was red and angry. Charon could tell Burke put a lot of force behind it.

"Nova, tell Simms that I apologize for disrupting the peace, but I will not allow anyone to lay their hands on her and live." Charon walked towards the door, muttering angrily to himself.

"Charon?" Ava said softly.

"I'll be back by morning. You have my word," Charon said to Gob. He glanced back at Ava with a look of disgust and put his hand on the door knob.

"If you walk out that door, don't fucking come back. How dare you look at me like…like I'm some piece of garbage," Ava managed to say, her voice shaking.

Charon paused for a moment and shouted, "I said I'll be back by morning!"

Ava's face fell. Charon had never shouted at her like that. She watched him walk out the door and she pushed Nova away, running upstairs to her room and slammed the door shut.

"Gob! Go talk to him!" Nova whispered, shoving Gob towards the door.

"Are you crazy? Charon will…hurt me…"

"He's upset about Burke. He probably thinks Ava was with him by choice! Talk to him!" she insisted.

"If he shoots me-"

"Just make sure you duck, Gobby. Go!" she answered with a small grin. She gave Gob a peck on the lips and shooed him out the door.

Gob looked around Megaton for Charon for over an hour.

"Damn, that asshole moves fast," Gob muttered to himself.

He finally found Charon sitting in the guard's sniper point, high above the town's entrance. Gob did not want to tap Charon on the shoulder. He saw a pile of empty cigarette packs and a lone bottle of vodka.

Gob cleared his throat and said, "You, uh, know what they say about beer before liquor…"

Charon shrugged his shoulders and flicked his cigarette butt.

"It makes you sicker," continued Gob.

"I am already ill. This will just make me more drunk," said Charon angrily. "Sit if you wish. I don't give a shit."

Charon peered over the edge of the post and saw Lucas Simms dragging the broken body of Mr. Burke outside the town's walls and toss it into a trash heap. The ghoul smiled darkly and took another swig of the vodka. Gob sat in the empty guard's chair. Charon must have relieved him. A sniper rifle leaned against Charon's leg and Gob thought Charon would still be the best sniper in Megaton even if he were piss drunk.

"I want to talk about Ava," Gob said quietly. Charon nodded and tore open a new pack of cigarettes. He handed one to Gob and lit one for himself, sucking in the fumes greedily.

"What is there to talk about? It's obvious why she's with me…she'll fuck anything. That much is clear," said Charon furiously.

"You don't mean that. She didn't like Burke, if that's what you're thinking," said Gob.

"You're not making me feel any better, dumb ass."

"Look, Ava literally just walked into town, straight outta that vault. He pulls her aside-"

"So she didn't even know him and she slept with him. That's just fucking wonderful," snapped Charon. Gob stood up, sending his chair to the ground.

"Shut the fuck up and let me finish!" Gob shouted. Charon stepped up to him, standing at full height, but Gob did not cower for once. "I heard the words 'bomb' and 'Megaton'. He wanted her to blow this place up for that asshole, Tenpenny. Ava didn't know us; she could have just said yes and done it. But she lied and said she lived here! She slept with him so that he'd fall for her and spare this shit can! That's what Ava did for us! She fucking saved us, you fucking stubborn asshole!"

Charon looked at his feet and Gob sighed heavily. "Ava's probably crying her eyes out right now because she's convinced you hate her. You're supposed to love her no matter what."

"I do! That's why I'm fucking pissed! Because I love her!" Charon shouted at the top of his lungs.

"You sure have a fucked up way of showing it. She got smacked, pretty much embarrassed in front of the entire fucking town and you just left her without even asking if she was all right," said Gob.

Charon rubbed the back of his head and frowned.

"You should go talk to her. Every time I see Ava, I see a little more hatred behind her eyes. The Wasteland is fucking her up something serious, and she doesn't need to be upset over this, you know?" said Gob.

"Fuck…you're right. I…I have never been good at this, Gob."

"Not your fault. We know where you came from. Just go talk to her."

Charon nodded and followed Gob back to the saloon. Charon slowly walked up the steps and knocked quietly on the room door. He heard shuffling from behind the door but it did not open.

"Ava, please open the door so I can explain myself," said Charon.

The door flew open and Ava stood before him, dressed in her leather armor. She took a sip from her cup of water and stared at it for a moment before tossing the rest in Charon's face. She threw the empty cup at his chest and slammed the door shut once again. Charon heard Gob and Nova coming up the stairs and he sputtered, wiping his face with the bottom of his shirt.

"I'm in the dog house, aren't I?" Charon asked.

Gob pat Charon's shoulder and said, "Oh yeah."

"Give her some time, she'll come around," said Nova.

The door opened again and Ava marched past Charon, holding her Chinese assault rifle in her hands. The Victory rifle hung over her shoulder and she was also wearing a full backpack.

"Where the hell are you going?" Charon asked, following Ava down the stairs.

"None of your fucking business," she answered. He put a hand on her shoulder and Ava quickly turned, slapping him across the face as hard as she could. Charon stood, completely stunned.

"If you follow me Charon, I will fucking kill you. I mean it. I'm walking out that door and I'm never coming back," she said.

"You can't do this!" Charon shouted. Everything, he was losing everything and he could not let her leave him like this. "Ava, please! Don't do this to us!"

"I didn't do a damn thing. You left ME."

"I came back! I was just mad! Gob explained-"

"Gob shouldn't have to defend me! You should have stayed! But you didn't. You turned your back and left me like everyone else. Now, get the fuck out of my way," Ava said. She pushed past him and Charon rushed up to block the doorway. Gob and Nova watched from the stairwell; Nova covered her mouth in horrified surprise. Just hours ago they were all together, having a great time, and now this.

"I won't let you do this. I'm sorry, Smoothskin. I'm so sorry I got angry, but I've never dealt with these sort of-"

Ava pulled out her Blackhawk and pointed the barrel at Charon's face. "Get…the fuck…out of my way…or I'm going to kill you," she hissed. Charon stepped out of Ava's way and he watched her walk out the door. The great ghoul sank to his knees, his blue eye blank and lifeless. Ava just left him…

"What have I done?"