*Back at the Citadel*
*Sentinel Sarah Lyons*
"Come on Kenneth! I want to see you sweat your own blood!"
The Lyon's Pride's new member, Aden Kenneth, was being pushed to the edge. He was really talented though. I have to give him credit, he's got integrity. Most of my recruits would have buckled over by now. The last person to do this well was Gallows and his record was literally unmatched.
"Commander!"
Speak of the devil
"What is it captain?"
"Elder Lyons sent me ma'am, he wants you to join him in the conference hall."
"Alright soldier."
I started to walk away but got an idea to ruffle Irving's feathers.
"Captain, initiate Kenneth is awfully close to beating your endurance test record."
I laughed when his face briefly showed worry.
"So you want my scouts to investigate?"
"Only if possible, I don't see this matter as urgent, I see it as concern."
"Alright. It'll be a good field exercise for Kenneth."
Father wanted us to investigate Point Lookout for the source of a strange and encrypted satellite transmission that jumped through our sensors.
With all hope there'll be something there. Point Lookout is a long way from DC.
*Lyon's Pride Barracks*
*Initiate Aden Kenneth*
"Point Lookout? I've heard about that place from Anna- I mean Star Paladin Beckman. She suggested packing light because of the soil being so soft."
"That's why it's just going to be you and Gallows. You both have a talent for being fast on your feet." Sarah responded to me
I was a child brought from the west coast during the Enclave invasion. My father was an officer and raised me to be a scout. Only problem was that I hated the Enclave.
So when I finished my training I shot him in the face, stole a shit ton of weapons and Enclave data, and booked it to the Citadel. They welcomed me with open arms. Even though I had to go through ranks again it was nice not having to take potshots at innocent people.
"So when do we leave commander?"
"You and initiate Kenneth will be leaving asap so get ready."
We went to gear up when Gallows stopped me. He had a nervous look in his eyes.
"Hey kid, what's you record on the obstacle course?"
"One minute, fifty three seconds... Why?"
"Just wondering, now let's gear up."
I could hear him mumble "shit" under his breath behind me.
The riverboat ride was by far the worst experience of my life. I've been on vertibird crashes that were less rough then this! It makes me wonder why we didn't take one in the first place.
When we offloaded at the pier something struck me as wrong.
"Captain, eyebots belong to the enclave right?"
"Yeah and they're annoying as hell too…why?" he was still getting ready.
"Because there's a bigass eyebot staring right at us"
Gallows whipped around with his pistol and shot at the robot. It literally bounced off and didn't even leave a dent. The robot however fired two blue energy bolts at us. One of them nearly clipped Gallows. The eyebot started to fly away.
"Follow it!" Gallows yelled.
The eyebot was fast, not as fast as the less bulky ones in the ruins, but fast enough that we barely could keep up. Eventually it disappeared into the fog. It left no trace at all. Someone had been watching us the whole time…or at least most of the time. A giant of a man in riot armor stepped forward with what looked like a pre-war AA-12 with a drum mag in mint condition; I mean fresh-out-of-the-factory mint condition.
"Is there a reason you two gentlemen are chasing my eyebot?"
"Is there a reason I shouldn't pop your skull Enclave scum?"
The man busted out laughing.
"Well one reason is because it wouldn't work, some tried it twice already. Another reason is…" He jumped down from his perch "I hate the Enclave as much as the next man."
*Prince Kishal*
The looked unconvinced.
"Then what's with the eyebot? That's Enclave tec there"
"It's a robot. Just because it was made by the Enclave doesn't mean it's theirs."
"Captain he has a point." Said the smaller boy
"I'm not buying it!"
Anna appeared behind me in her new saturnite combat armor.
"Then take my word for it Gallows."
Gallows peeked behind me.
"Star-Paladin? What are you doing with the Enclave?"
I flopped my hands
"Did I not JUST say I hated the Enclave?"
"He's telling the truth Captain now stand down!"
Gallows lowered his pistol. Anna spoke again.
"What are you boys doing here?"
"We were sent to investigate an encrypted satellite transmission."
"That would be my doing." I raised my hand "I was using a private Robco satellite. It was encrypted before the war to prevent espionage."
"So this whole trip was a bust then?"
"It doesn't have to be, Prince and I were looking for two pre-war weapon caches. It will go a lot faster with two teams."
"Ma'am I don't-"
"That's an order Kenneth!" Anna smirked.
Kenneth mumbled under his breath.
"Alright then, Anna and I will look for the data cache and you two can look for the weapons."
"I don't take orders from-"
"Gallows don't make me repeat what he said." Anna interrupted.
Both of the scouts were now mumbling.
"Shoulda stayed at the citadel…"