Carly watched the stars light up the Capital Wasteland and sat back in awe. Charon poked the fire a little and grumbled about being a babysitter. Carly shot him a soft smile and let her hair free, "First the Vault then the Underworld. I am now free." Charon shook his head, "You were always free." he pointed out and she gave a sad smile. He almost growled at the pity in her eyes, almost.
"We need to go back to Megaton." Carly said and Charon grunted. She pulled up her pipboy. The green light washed over her face as she pushed a few buttons, "There." she said happily and pointed the gizmo in Charon's face. He flinched before looking at the makeshift marker on the tiny map. A tiny beacon flashing Vault 101 was nearby.
"Why do we have to go there?" he asked leaning back and scolding himself for caring, "My father." she whispered and wrapped herself in her arms, "I was Vault bred. Raised in an environment of comfort. I was spoiled back in Underworld too. A pet for a Ghoul." she threw a stone angrily as her face twisted into an almost ugly grimace. Charon silently noted that. It had been so long since he was human he forgot that they could be ugly as well as beautiful.
"Does that ever hurt?" Carly asked suddenly and Charon finally growled out. Caryl hugged herself again. Charon noticed that the nails were once perfect, "I will scout around. You should get some sleep." Carly watched the Ghoul stand and walk around waving his gun any which way, "Hey!" she called and the Ghoul turned looking at Carly with faintly glowing eyes, "Sleep." he ordered and Carly lay on her back watching the stars wondering who owned who.
She was awoken by the sound of gunfire, "Stay still." a voice hissed in her ear ever so softly. She felt her body face down on some rock with the overly warm Ghoul laying on top of her.
"Fire is cold. Must have left a few hours ago." The voice was rough but still young. A few people shuffled around, "Hey lookie here a trail. Must be going South." It was a female voice. Carly's heart stopped cold in her chest as steps neared them, "Goddamnit, Nilla, These are going North you dumb Bitch!" Someone grumbled close by as the party left. It was a good half hour before Charon lifted himself off of Carly.
"It would be wise to leave now before they realize that the woman was right." Charon stated calmly and Carly nodded before gulping back her fear and running to Megaton. Her pip boy beeped that it would take Them another five hours to reach Megaton at the running speed.
"Charon?" Carly called watching the Ghoul run effortlessly behind her. He hummed in response as they neared a radioactive pit. Carly jumped over it and Charon ran through it, "Thanks, for saving me I mean." She said and Charon narrowed his eyes, best as he could, and only nodded as They ran in silence. As the hissing of a Mole Rat began on Carly's right she corrected herself. They ran in the music of the Capital Wasteland.
A/N Thank you FloodFeSTeR for catching my mistake. Playing the New Vegas world and writing in the Fallout 3 world kinda tripped me up. Now I feel like a horrible fan for getting mixed ;P thanks again!