After Blake left the doctor's office all he had left was his vault 101 security armor, his Padres baseball cap, a 32 pistol, his 10 mm pistol, a hunting rifle and 6 stimpacks. He was greeted by San wearing a old western sheriff uniform.
"Well howdy, you must be one of those vault dwellers Quinn told me about! He is waiting for you at moriaty' s saloon! Anyhow, welcome to megaton, the scariest place besides the safer ones which you have to go through d.c to get to! Anything you need tell me." The man was kind, even when Blake asked him questions that we're obvious to megaton citizens
"Where can I trade in some here or sell it?" Simms pointed to a building with the front of a lane as the roof.
"Craterside supplies, moria brown is crazy, but she is polite and all ways gives new comers a discount." Blake then asked Simms about what's the bottle caps are for, he told them they are the money of the wastes.
After mingling with Simms a little longer he went to craterside supplies. He opened the door to find a guard behind the doorway and a lady with red hair sweeping the floor.
"WELL HELLO! You must be the stray from the vault Quinn told me. My name is moria, can you tell me about life in the vault." The women jumped around so quick it was hard for him to keep up.
"Well the vault was great, no fighting, clean food, air and water, great friends, everything was paradise...until dad left."
Moria felt sympathy for Blake giving him a stimpack and 20 caps. "That's a sad story, but will really Will help my book, here is some supplies since I feel so bad! Anyhow anything else you need?" Blake was ready after selling his 32. Pistol and getting some caps for it, he asked about the jumpsuit.
"This old thing, I had this from about 20 years ago my dad ran this place and this lady with what was her sister and her friend can in and asked if he could modify it, he did but she did not want it, poor girl might have died." Blake asked if he could have some of the parts from the outfit so he could modify his outifit, she sold him the parts and appliapplied them to the outfit for Blake.
Moria had added some parts from the armored jumpsuit and leather armor to the security armor for Blake. He went to moriaty's saloon still amazed by the fact the vault has been opened before!
Inside the saloon it was dirty and a average stereotypical bar. Quinn hailed Blake to come sit by him. "Sup Quinn, what's the word?" He asked Quinn as Blake sat down in the stool.
"Come on you piece of junk, work!" A man who looked like Quinn pounded the radio hoping it would work. A women with red hair looked annoyed. "I told you gob, it's not the radio! It's the signal!" After some more hammering, gov eventually gave up in defeat.
The ghoul walked over to Blake. "Hey smoothskin, you want sometsomething? We're out beer, black rum and whiskey." Blake took a moment to think of a drink. "How a about Two glasses of strawberry champagne please my good man!"
The cheery and polite attitude and expression caught the bartender off guard. "Really, your not going to scoff, be a racist, punch me? Not even a little?" Blake made a surprised look knowing people treat others like that.
"No pal, I was not planning on it. Was I supposed to?" The bartender grinned. "Hey man, call me gob! I don't have many friends, so it's good to see a man who knows we're not all zombies! If moriaty caught me selling you liquor for free, my ass would be hanging over his fireplace! Just between us ok, I will try to sell as much drinks as I can to you for free."
Gob grabbed the strawberry champagne and poured a glass for Blake and Quinn. Quinn gulped his down while Blake took small sips.
"So gob, what's the story of the radio?" Gob looked at it and looked back over at blake. "Well a man named 3 dog runs a radio station. His parents were priest and talked about propaganda and bible verses. He now tried to get the wasteland to team up and kill the raiders, slavers and for us to become a democracy! He has a good idea I wish I could be apart of it.:
Then a man wearing a silk, expensive black suit came in the room, he wore expensive sunglasses, had a pure gold rolex, Stacy Adams dress shoes, and a five-seven pistol in his holster. He was also older and had slicked back gray hair and a goatee. He was followed by Two men, his bodyguards, one was in leather armor with an ak-47, he had a goatee and an eye patch. The other one was in green combat armor with a spas-12. He had a come over and a goatee.
The man in the suit hit gob on the side of the head. "I don't pay you to chit chat with the customer, get back to work." Gob sighed and left the room to sweep upstairs. Blake's fist clenched knowing the man was a bully, and he HATES bullies.
"Well hello, Colin moriaty is the name! Is there anything you need?" Blake answered the man. "Yes I need to find a man, 40's, lab coat, suave hair, a bit of a beard. Have you seen him?" Moriaty was excited and laughed. He had known James and his son.
"Well it's the baby boy from the vault! I thought you would have stayed there with your daddy, but when dad left, I guessed you followed!" Blake was shocked. "How do you know me?" Moriaty laughed. "You don't kn- oh wait, I hear about the brain washing down there. 'All hail the overseer! We are born and we die in the vault. Praise the overseer!' And all that other lunacy. Listen up kid, you have better wiring then put deputy weld, you best wise up! We don't want anybody 'taking advantage' of you."
Blake cringed, his fist clenched. He thought moriaty was lieing, but deep down he knew he was not. "You mean I was not born in the vault? That's complete bullshit and you know it!" Moriaty sighed. "Listen kid you want info or not?" Blake pulled his pistol out of his holster and pointed it moriaty.
"Tell me now!" Just then the two bodyguards grabbed Blake and body slammed him. Blake gotten up and punched the one in armor in the gut. The one in leather armor leg sweeper Blake. The other body guard laughed at him while the one. In leather armor kicked him.
After a butt whooping they lifted Blake up by the shirt and pushed him against the wall. Moriaty came around and pointed blake's pistol at his head. He smiled menacingly and told Blake about not messing with him. "Hey kid, I know men who would eat your spline if I told them too. If your in a war, pick the winning side, MY side! Got it?"
Blake cussed at moriaty, then they threw him out the door. He wondered what happened to Quinn. Who then leaned over him. "Kid something big is going down, I need your help."
1 hour later.
"And so the story is, megaton hired me, and now I got a lead. You in?" Quinn told him on how allisAlistair tenpenny hired someone to blow up megaton, he found a lead towards Burke. Blake nodded Yes. " Yeah I'm in, where is this Burke." Quinn pointed at a place called the "raider' s ace" it was a strip club.
"All Right go talk to him, get his trust and me out here ok?" Blake said that's what he would do and he went inside. He was greeted by a blonde lady, about his age. She was in a thing and bra. Blake was shocked since he only heard stories and never saw one.
"No I don't need anythin, can you point me to a man named Burke?" She laughed and pointed to the VIP lounge. "Just go past the bar, make a left towards the old dancer section and head straight, past the curtain. Well, see you sugar!" The women left.
Hewnt went inside the section to find a man in a bash suit and fedora getting a lap dance by a stripper with brown hair. He knew it was Burke and approached him. "Burke I assume?" Burke pushed the dancer away. "Yes it is, do you have business with me?"
Blake nodded yes. "Well yes, a contract. Tenpenny sent me." Burke smilled. "So your helping me in this mission? You have the card?" Blake pulled out a I.D. card him and Quinn counter fitted.
"So it's true, I will fill you in on 'operation thunderstruck'" an hour of Burke telling him about how the settlement block tenpenny's view and how casualties happen alot. Blake then left with the detonator Burke gave him.
Quinn stood behind the door and greeted Blake. "Any word pal?" He handed Quinn the detonator. " here, this thing combined with the interaction of the bomb will blow up megaton." Really we will see Burke at 12:00 AM, the name he gave you."
Blake told Quinn about moriaty. " I will, but I need more then my rifle first." He then turned to moriaty's saloon.
Moriaty's Saloon, 11:35 PM.
He pick picked the door that lead to moriaty's room. "Alright, here's his bed, he's sleeping. Then there is a terminal and a closet. All Right." He sneaked over to the table and grabbed the pistol. He looked at the terminal and hacked it. "He saw info on where his father went. "All right, GNR and Three Dog it is." He then saw secrets on everybody else, including Quinn. He had a diary on the terminal and about how he uses the people's secrets to gain their trust.
One by one he deleted the secrets on everybody. After he was donw, he turned to the sleeping body of moriaty. He could die now and never ruin anybody again. But instead he poured out moriaty's ash tray on the table and started to draw out the number "101" And then underneath he wrote " the lone wanderer: Blake Washington." He then left the saloon.
Town center, 12:00 PM.
Blake approached Burke. "Hey Burke, I'm here." Burke smiled and handed him the bomb. "Here is the b-" he was cutoff by Blake pointing a gun at him with Quinn and Lucas Simms. "Your under arrest Burke come easily or you will be shot. A group of men in black suits started shooting at Blake and his friends. They hit the ground.
"Shit, this e must be Burke' s friends!" Blake cussed while his friends shot at their enemies. Blake grabbed his rifle and shot a bullet missing the first tim, the second but the third time he shot the man in the chest, killing him instantly.
Quinn fired a shot hit the grenade if of enemy killing 5 And injuring 3, Simms shot the wounded 3 killing them and killing 2 more.
After the fight they charged Burke and tackled him.
"Burke your under arrest by order of simms!" Burke grinned. "It's too late, he then pulled out a spare detonator and hit the button, 5 minutes read the timer. "Aw shit!" The trio screamed the sweat word.
3 minutes and 30 seconds later.
"So there is no deactivation code!?" Quinn cussed at Burke and slapped him. "No, nice try but we're all dead!" Men and women gathered around the town center some running away, while some stood silent and some crying saying that "It's useless!"
1 minute read till detonation. Blake and Walter got to the wires. 30 second left until detonation it read. "Burke, red or blue? Now!" Burke cried and said he did not know. "10 second, 9, 8, 7! Um, um!" Blake was hyperventilating. He then cut the blue wire at 1 second. "Detantion override complete! Thank you for choosing General atomic. Co :-)" Blake laughed and told Simms it was ok.
"All Right everyone, Blake Washington disarmed the bomb! He is a jerk, a saint, a...uh...uh, a 'Lone Wanderer!"
The name surprised Blake, that was the name he wrote to moriaty. While they cheered he saw moriaty. Leaning over the ledge with his body guards giving Blake a death stare.
After the party, Simms gave Blake and Quinn a house there, he then have then each 695 caps. The two left the town happily and proud.
"Hey Quinn, thanks for the assist back there. I mean I probably would be dead without you. Ha!" Quinn laughed back. "Hey your learning better how to survive the wasteland. Your a great kid with potential, what's next for you?" Blake took a minute to remember his next stop
"GNR! I Guess this is goodbye Quinn." Quinn chuckled. "We're going the same place, oh I got it your not from here. Surprised with how your doing so far! You have to go through GONE to get to underworld!" Blake laughed.
"So we're traveling together then?" Quinn nodded yes. "Yep, we are, companion!" The two passed a super duper Mart. "So Quinn we just saved eachother's asses, saved people, we're companionscompanion and friends. I think it's time you tell me your backatory."
Quinn sighed and took a long breathe. "It starts with vault 13 and their water chip. There was 4 of us. Natalia, Albert, Max, and me."
so that's another chapter. Quinn is the vault dweller and we will have a chapter dedicated to him next one. So it's going to be a wild ride! Feedback is appreciated!