It'd taken a lot longer than 2D wanted, but they'd made it to the general area. They were sneaking around, looking over the area every so often.
"Why are we sneaking, no one's around." said Noodle. "Not true, there may be some Raiders here." said Russel. The bluenette peeked up to pause.
A small way's away, he saw a fenced up area with people around it. "Russel, is that what you mean?" asked 2D. The large man looked to nod. "Yep, those are Pitt Raiders." said Russel.
"I see two people in that fenced area." said Noodle. "Those are slaves, not ones they take to the Pitt, but ones they've fully broken." said Russel. "What?" asked 2D.
"When the Pitt gets new slaves, they're always taken to the Pitt by the person selling them, the slaves usually stay there till their wills have been broken, after that, they ether stay and serve the Raiders or they are taken across all over the Wastelands and sold." said Russel.
"How awful." said Noodle.
"What's worse is that when a slave's will is broken, they will happily do as ordered, like it's something they are always happy to do." said Russel.
Hearing this sent fear through 2D's body, what if they were too late and Murdoc was broken?! 'No way, this is Murdoc, he'd never let a bunch of Raiders break him.' thought 2D.
"Okay, so there are Pitt Raiders here, what do we do?" asked Noodle. "Simple, we sneak over to the tunnel and use there transport." said Russel. "What about the people in the fence?" asked 2D. "There's nothing we can do for them, they've been broken, once a person is broken, there's no way to repair them." sighed Russel.
2D nodded and looked at the fenced area sadly. 'I'm sorry.' thought 2D.
With that, they made their way towards the tunnel. It was definitely an old train tunnel as 2D saw some tracks. He also saw a push trolley but this one has a motor. "
Where'd they get the gas for this?" asked Noodle. "I have no idea, don't ask and let's just go." said Russel. The four climbed onto the trolley where the large man started the motor.
It slowly started moving the handles and they moved on. Pretty soon, the motor is going at full speed, making everything a blur.
"Okay, so what's at the end of this tunnel?" asked 2D. "An old train yard, it'll probably have some Raiders or wild men so we'll need to fight our way through." said Russel.
"Wild men?" asked Noodle. "They're like Raiders, only their actions are more like animals than just psychotic." said Russel.
The teen sighed and looked back, seeing the last bit of light disappear, there was no going back now. 'Like I wanted too, I will eventually, but Murdoc will be with me.' thought 2D.
Dogmeat laid down, head resting on the bluenette's lap. 2D petted him and laid back as well. It'd be awhile before they reached the train yard.
After an hour, Russel starts powering down the motor. "Why are you stopping it?" asked Noodle. "We're here." said Russel. 2D sat up with Dogmeat as the trolley slowed to a stop.
They were at the end and the place was full of train cars, still standing or turned over. "We have to be careful, the Raiders will be further ahead, we need to take them by surprise." said Russel. "Anyone got a sniper?" asked 2D. The two shook their heads as the bluenette sighed. "Looks like Murdoc was the only one with a sniper." muttered 2D.
"What about grenades?" asked Noodle. "I have a few plasma ones left, but that's it." said Russel. "It's fine, we'll take out the rest with Dogmeat and our guns." said 2D. The dog barked happily, tail wagging in delight.
The group hopped off the trolley, slowly making their way through the train yard. Dogmeat sniffed the air to stop. He then turned and bit into Noodle's shirt, pulling her back.
"Hey, what the hell?" asked Noodle. Dogmeat barked and 2D looked where the Japanese girl was walking. Taking a metal pole, he stuck it into the ground where metal teeth snapped shut, breaking the pole. Noodle jumped in fright as Russel nodded.
"A bear trap, should have known, they've set up more booby traps." said Russel. Noodle sighed and stroked the dog's head. "Thank you for saving me." said Noodle. Dogmeat gave the girl a small lick before barking.
"We best be careful, there may also be frag mines." said Russel. "I can handle those, I'm small enough and sneaky enough that they won't pick up on me as quickly." said Noodle.
2D nodded and so the group carefully made their way through the train yard. There weren't any mines yet, but there were a few more bear traps.
As they came to a corner, the bluenette picked up on some voices. He peeked around to see Raiders, patrolling and two standing guard before a fenced gate. "How many?" asked Noodle. "Two on top of a train car, two are talking to each other, and another two are guarding a gate." whispered 2D. "The gate leads directly towards the bridge, they make sure no danger gets by." said Russel.
"Hey, are those plasma grenades powerful enough to explode a train?" asked Noodle. "Hm, I don't know, never tried it." said Russel. 2D stepped back as the large man took out the glowing green grenade and pulled the tag.
Keeping low, he tossed it so it landed underneath the train car the two Raiders were walking on. The grenade went off and the train blew with it. The train car was destroyed along with the two Raiders, and a third as one of the Raiders on the ground were too close.
"Gotta remember this again for next time." said Russel. 2D snickered when he heard footsteps. "They're coming." warned 2D, taking out his laser rifle.
Just as a Raider showed their face, the three shot him, with Dogmeat rushing out to attack the two at the gate. "Holy shit, where'd that mutt come from?!" yelled the first Raider. "Just shut up and kill it." said the second Raider.
They shot at Dogmeat, but it didn't slow him down or stop him from biting into the first Raider's throat. With a sharp growl, the dog ripped the throat, spilling blood onto the ground.
Just as the second Raider was about to shot, Noodle took him out with her combat shotgun. "Great, we took them all out, let's get going." said Russel. 2D walked over the two dead bodies and pushed on the gate.
It creaked opened and the four went through.
"So, the bridge, frag mines and maybe a sniper?" asked Noodle. "Yep, exactly." said Russel. The group got out from the train yard where 2D saw a stretch of old highway with a large sign hanging over it.
The sign looked to say Welcome to Pittsburgh, but the burgh part was scribbled out, now saying Welcome to The Pitt.
"Well, these Raiders are discrete." said Noodle sarcastically. "These motherfuckers are usually high off their asses when they do most shit." said Russel. The bluenette shook his head and looked ahead to freeze.
Before them, was a giant bridge that was taller than Megaton, and beyond it, 2D could just make out the skyline of a city. "That's the Pitt?" asked 2D. "Yep, the whole city is the Pitt, only the place is locked down with many Raiders standing guard." said Russel.
"With a lot of slaves, the Pitt is HUGE, how will we find Murdoc in there, we don't know what he looks like." said Noodle. "I do, I'll be able to find him, you guys just need to worry about blending in after you take out two of the guards." said 2D. "Alright, let's get going then, daylight won't last." sighed Russel.
The group went off, heading for the bridge. As they walked, Noodle noted the orange sky with dark clouds and saw fumes rising from beside the bridge.
"Russel, what's the fumes and sky?" asked Noodle. "It's pollution from radiation and fires from the mill, the radiation in the water below is so radiated, that you'll die before you get to it." said Russel.
The teen gulped as he moved around a car, this place looked like something out of a nightmare.
Noodle moved ahead of the boys and spotted something on the ground. It was a frag mine. Signalling to the boys to stop, she slowly made her way lightly towards it.
Once close enough, she quickly removes the center piece, turning the mine off.
"Wow, didn't pick her up till it was too late." said Russel. 2D agreed as the girl went on to try and defuse some more mines.
"Weird, thought there would be a sniper somewhere." said Russel. They passed a car where 2D saw the hood was crushed in with a Raider dead on top of it. "I think I found the sniper." said 2D. "Dumbass must have been doing drugs up there and was so high he fell." said Russel.
2D looked closer to shake his head. "Russ, it's a girl." said 2D. "Still, the dumbass comment stays." said Russel. The bluenette nodded and they moved on.
They were soon across the bridge and saw that they faced a dead end but there was a turn. "The entrance is around that corner, there should be a few Raiders there, just run by and they should chase you." said Russel.
"Alright, hold my bag." said 2D. "Good idea, we don't want them to take your things." said Noodle. The teen nodded when Dogmeat came over, whimpering.
"Sorry boy, but I have to let them get me." said 2D. Dogmeat whined more, looking up at him. "How about if you try to find a way in, you can meet up with me inside." said 2D. Dogmeat barked happily at that, tail wagging.
"I'm going, you know your part?" asked 2D. "Taking out two Raiders, got it." said Noodle. "Wait a sec." muttered Russel.
The two looked at him as he shook his head. "Why didn't we just grab the clothes off of the dead Raiders in the train yard?" asked Russel. Noodle and 2D were silent, they didn't know what to say. "Well, too late now." said 2D.
The large man sighed as 2D got up and ran across the way.
All at once, they heard the shouts of the Raiders and the opening of the gate. The bluenette turned and ran the other way as he saw five Raiders give chase. 'Few my ass.' thought 2D. He ran but was slow as he needed to be caught.
Just as he wanted, he was tackled and pinned to the ground. "Just what we need, a new slave to break." laughed the first Raider. 2D struggled, he didn't want to escape but he wanted to make it look convincing.
He managed to peek back to see two of the Raiders vanish. 'Great, Noodle and Russel got it.' thought 2D. That was his last thought as the teen is hit over the head, falling unconscious in seconds.
A/N: With that, 2D is now inside the Pitt. His plan seems to have worked, but what about once he's inside? Will he really save Murdoc and the slaves inside the Pitt? Or will he just be another broken soul? Stay tuned and plz review.
The holidays are here, so I won't be updating this story till sometime in January. So everyone please have a great Christmas and an awesome New Year!