Jimmy
The next morning I woke up and I looked at my hand which had gotten bigger
I hear the elevator come to a stop and I walk up to Taylor and tell her about my hand
Once she finishes looking it over she says we'll find a cure.
I hear something behind me and I turn around to see Haylee waking up
I look back at Taylor and tell her I'm going to The Lincoln Memorial, you coming
No she said I'll, we'll stay here, alright I'll bring back breakfast.
Taylor
I thought my brother was going to bring back some chips or something, but no he brings back a dead mole rat and cuts him up and roasts him over an open fire.
He gives me the biggest piece saying you need to eat more. I walk back into the monument and see Haylee looking into a mirror, what are you doing I ask
Nothing she replies but I walk over to her and see she's putting on makeup, really Haylee, to him it doesn't matter how good you look he still loves you
I know she said I just want to look presentable, whatever
We both walk outside and see Jimmy putting out the fire, Jimmy looks up at us and says I heard from a trader that just went by here a few minutes ago that there is a cure for ant bites in New Vegas, you girls wanna go with me or stay here. We look at each other and back to Jimmy we'll stay here, are you sure Jimmy said sounding disappointed.
We're sure I told him. Alright you think you girls can make it back to Megaton yourselves or you gonna stay out here longer, We can make it back to Megaton I told him, Alright he said I'll be back soon.
Haylee
Once he left I look back at Taylor, what she asks
You know what, well if you wanted to go with him you should have said something, Taylor then says we're gonna go to the Lincoln Memorial and then head home, k?, alright
As we went to the Memorial we saw that traps have been disarmed for us and that there was a note on the ground, it read: I disarmed the traps for you girls, have fun. From Jimmy.
We looked around for a bit, I heard Taylor yell and say come on, we're going home.
Taylor
A few hours later once we got home, mom and dad hugged both of us. They see Haylee as one of their own. I'm glad you girls are okay, but where is your brother mom asks us, he's headed to New Vegas, he got bit by a ant and Is going to get a cure. You girls did give him some water or Nuka Cola's right dad asked sounding a bit worried.
Me and Haylee look at each other, uh no why
Dads face was worried, from here to Vegas will take maybe about a month if you're walking. There's no water pumps for miles and miles. How long ago did he leave?
Uh 3 hours I say nervously
Alright he's still in the Capital Wasteland, I just hope I can get to him in time, I'm going to give him some more water do you girls wanna ride in the helicopter with me?, Haylee said yea but I decided to stay back
Jimmy
I got past Canterbury Commons when I hear a helicopter
I look up and see it land in front of me and my dad and Haylee come out, son he said, yea Paw do you need something I ask, no but you do he replies giving me a duffel bag of water and Nuka Cola's, also Haylee said she wanted to go with you to Vegas.
Alright I said giving Paw a hug goodbye, come on Haylee I said to her
Haylee
1 month later
We arrive in the New Vegas Strip, I look at Jimmy who looks like he's about to die. We made it to the Café of Broken Dreams and I had Jimmy checked out and I said to the doctor is there a cure
He looks back to me and shakes his head, What I scream at him, how is there no cure we've spent a month trying to get here and I find out there is no cure, well Ma'am usually when you get bit by a ant you die, look at Jimmy he's about to die if you don't help him.
He looks back at me and replies I can't do anything else, just then another doctor comes in and says I'm making the cure right here, the last thing I need is serum from the Queen ant and the cure will be complete and ready to distribute. Where do I find one I ask impatiently, in caves I guess, I'll be back just make sure he doesn't die or it will be you who's next.
Taylor
That night when I went to bed I was thinking of Jimmy and Haylee wondering if they made it to New Vegas, I would hope so, just then my dad walks in, how did you like it out there he asks
It was alright I told him, Jimmy did most of the work, by killing anybody who tried to get to us, dad laughs and says I'm not surprised I told him to look after you girls. Dad you know he's with Haylee right, my dad shakes his head no I didn't know that he replied, I'm sure they'll be fine.
Good night dad I said as he left the room
Night he yelled from down the hall, as I drifted off to sleep
Haylee
I found the queen ant in a cave by the Vegas Strip, I killed all the other ants and got the serum, now all I had to do was make it back in time.
When I got out of the Cave a man came up to me in White suit, with black hair, he had a bit of a tan to him.
Ma'am I'm gonna need that serum, I ask why
My daughter got bit by a ant and I need that serum, no I need it because someone found a cure,
Listen the man said, if don't give me that serum I will shoot you where you stand, no I need it more
I didn't wanna have to do this, as he pulled out his gun I ran and kicked him in the groin. He fell down heaving for air. I ran as fast as I could to the strip, when I got it the doctor said it might be to late.
Jimmy
I felt cold all around, my vision was blurry but I heard Haylee come charging in the room before I fell into blackness. When I woke up I saw her sitting in a chair beside me, I then saw a doctor come over and examine my vitals, he's made a remarkable comeback he said,
I tried sitting up but the doctor pushed me back down, no he said
Your gonna stay here for one more night until we release you, how much is it I ask
Well since your friend here found a serum and completed the cure, no charge. Haylee went to the bathroom and a girl looking about my age came in, Well hello Tiffany one of the doctors said, she says hi then looks at me who is this she asks, that's Jimmy he got bit by a ant. She comes over and hugs me for some reason, Hi Jimmy she says, she whispers in my ear when you're feeling better come outside and talk to me.
I watched as the blonde walked away, that's Benny's daughter one of them said. Alright Jimmy you can go, I thought your said, no your fine so get out of bed. The doctors push me outside where Tiffany was waiting for me. Hi there she said, Uh Hi Ma'am I replied, well aren't you gentlemen, I laugh and say no my Paw always taught me to be polite to people, I like that she said and she looks at me and says come let's go get some drinks I'm buying, I didn't have time to answer before I found myself in a bar.
Haylee
When I walk out I see that Jimmy is gone, where is he I ask one of the doctors, he went out with a girl a few minutes ago. I heard one of them talk about a bar a doctor says, which one I ask
Don't know there is a couple; guess you gotta look in each one.
Jimmy
I was trying to be nice to her but after a couple drink's we stumble outside and she falls on top of me, she laughs before kissing my face, come on she says seductively I'll take you to my house. Why are we going to her house, I pulled away from her and said I can't do that and I turned to find Haylee
Haylee
Well I searched every bar in the strip and I didn't find them. I hear one of the bartenders ask you looking for someone, yea I asked a man dressed as a cowboy with a blonde girl. They just left, said they were going to her house, where does she live I ask him, not to far from here I'll give you directions
Taylor
I feel as if Jimmy got the cure and is doing fine now, I woke up to a knocking at the door, I open it and I see this tall muscular guy, he asks me if I have any spare caps to pay the trader, what did you buy I ask him. Just a few things, I get the caps and walk to the trader with him
What's your name I ask, Zach he says, what's yours, Taylor I told him
When we got to the trader I paid off the rest for him, I feel like I gotta pay you back he says, I look at him smirking and say I don't know maybe by me a drink and tell me about yourself, alright he says. When we get into Moriarty's he buys us two beers, so tell me about yourself I ask him well there's not much to say really I'm just a repairman and I travel to towns fixing what needs to be fixed.
Jimmy
I stumbled back into the strip and saw Haylee, I yell to her, she runs over and hugs me, come on she says let's go back to Megaton, I let her climb on my back and I started walking
Haylee
He didn't stop walking, he just kept going, I would fall asleep on his back and wake up to him walking, every once in a while I would make him stop and sit down, eat and drink. But I don't think he slept once, when we got back I dragged him upstairs and threw him on his bed and went back down stairs,
Taylors parents said good night to us and went to their room, I saw Taylor sitting on the couch, I sit next to her and start talking to her.
Taylor
so when are you gonna fuck him I asked Haylee, when I feel like It, I heard about Zach she says to me, did you fuck him yet she asks, yea I replied it was good.
We both fell asleep on the couch talking to one another
The next morning was horrible my dad woke me and Haylee up saying we got to get out of here there's a huge flood coming in that can sink the house. What about Jimmy I ask, no time he's not waking up and he's to heavy to carry, what about Fawkes I ask dad he can carry him, yea but he's not here right now. When we get outside my dad starts crying, I ask why and he says because he couldn't go back and get Jimmy , the flood breaks through the walls and rushes in through Megaton, we were on the high side so it didn't hit us yet, we look back at my house and see it collapse and go under water, my dad heard screaming coming from the house and realized it's Jimmy, I can't save him it's to late. I start crying because I hear Jimmy's desperate cry's for help, yelling Paw come get me I'm drowning I can't get out my foot's caught on something I hear what sounds like another scream but is cut off by water. I look at Haylee who takes off running for the open part of the house. I chase after her, and I see a horrible sight I see my brother trying to reach for air but he couldn't get to it I see the look in his eyes as he's about to die. I hear Zach's voice saying move out the way and dives into the bloody water trying to get my brother, he somehow manages to get him out, but my brother is just covered in blood.
Zach is carrying his lifeless body, we all get into the helicopter, I ask dad where we're going, he says to my home. In Charlottesville, Virginia. In the helicopter I see Haylee yelling at my brother saying No you can't do this to me, you got to live, I love you don't do this to me. I pull her off him, Haylee I say as she starts crying there's nothing we can do. I'm gonna miss him, we all are. We're hear coughing and look down at my brother who sits up and starts coughing out water.
Jimmy
I kept coughing up water, most of it was red. I looked at my clothes and saw that they we're stained in blood, I look at my Ma who says don't worry Jimmy that will come right out, I feel Haylee put her hand on my forehead and said your burning up, here she gets a big blanket and wraps me in it, I lean against the side of the helicopter trying to sleep with Haylee leaning against me. I see my sister sleeping on the floor next to Zach, I close my eyes, my Ma and Paw think I'm sleeping. I hear Ma say to my Paw don't you remember when we were like that, I felt them looking at me and Haylee, My Ma whispers to my Paw, I think their perfect for each other.
