Soft snores escape 2D as he sleeps soundly, snuggled up close to his lover. Murdoc was snoring louder,arms wrapped around 2D snugly.
Russel was sleeping a little ways away with Noodle nearby.
A small noise reaches the bluenette's ears and he wakes up to look around. It was James, he was up already and looked to be heading towards the exit.
2D gently frees himself from Murdoc's arms and stands up. This move disrupts Dogmeat's sleep, who in turn awakens Cortez. Both animals watch 2D as he follows after where he saw James disappear.
Outside the museum, the early sun lights up the area, temporarily blinding the bluenette. He sees James at the edge of the small island, looking out over the water and to the rising sun. 2D walks over to soon stand next to him.
"Are you okay?" asked 2D.
"No, the Enclave will come, I am certain of that, and this project, it's all I have left in my life." said James sadly.
2D looks at him as he reaches into his pocket to pull out a worn photo.
"I started this project with my late wife Catherine, she died bringing my son into the world." said James.
"What happened to your son?" asked 2D.
"Dead, it was from the Enclave's first attack here, he was five and had followed me here, those soldiers showed no mercy." said James.
The bluenette felt horrible and looked at the worn photo. It showed a young boy who looked a bit like the scientist.
"Do you have any children?" asked James.
"Ya, Murdoc and I adopted a baby girl named Sasha." said 2D.
"Then, I pray that the Enclave never learn of her." said James, tucking the photo of his son away.
2D nodded, he never thought that the Enclave would kill innocent kids, but now that was proven wrong.
'But she's safe in Megaton with Gob and Wadsworth.' thought 2D.
As they watched the sun rise, James pulls something out of his pocket to hand to the teen.
"Take this, you will need this." said James.
2D accepts the paper to see it.
'216?' thought 2D.
He looks at James who nods at him.
"That is the code to activate Project Purity." said James.
The bluenette was stunned as the scientist faces him.
"The Enclave will attack, and with the Brotherhood no longer here, they will take it, but they can't use it without the code, which I leave with you." said James.
"But, I don't need it, you do for when you turn it on." said 2D.
"No, because I won't be here, I'd rather die than hand the project over to them." said James.
The teen was stunned, did James truly believe he would die?!
"And 2D, don't let anyone know you know it, don't even show it." said James.
"Huh, but what about Murdoc?" asked 2D.
"Not even him, I'm sorry 2D, but this is too important, only you need to know it." said James.
2D bites his lip, he's never really kept anything from Murdoc. James nods at him to head back inside, leaving 2D by himself.
'Murdoc.' thought 2D sadly.
He feels a nudge and looks to see Dogmeat, barking happily at him. Cortez flies over, landing on the teen's shoulder.
2D stares into the tiny eyes of the raven and smiles. If they have faith in him, than there wasn't anything he couldn't do.
He pets the two and starts to head inside. Just as 2D gets to the door, Dogeat starts growling.
"Huh, what's wrong?" asked 2D.
Cortez even starts cawing, something was upsetting them. 2D then hears a loud noise and looks to see heading towards them were two aircrafts.
"Enclave!" gasped 2D.
He gets inside the building to see James standing there.
"The Enclave, they're here!" yelled 2D.
"I saw from the window, but they aren't just Enclave, they're the Enclave elite soldiers." said James.
2D gulps, sounded like they were tougher than the soldiers he and Murdoc had a brief encounter with before.
"Go warn the others, I'm going to the purifier." said James.
He runs off and 2D heads to where his friends are. The building rocks a bit from explosions, they were breaking in.
2D rounds a corner when his arm is seized. He yelps to be face to face with an Enclave soldier, only his armor was very different.
"Captain, Peace-bringer has been located." said the soldier.
The bluenette struggles in the hold, so it wasn't just the purifier they wanted, they came for him too. Dogmeat growls and jumps up, biting into the solder's arm.
He releases 2D, who grabs his rifle and shots at him. The armor takes the bullets, making the teen nervous.
Just as the soldier gets closer, 2D swings the gun, connecting it with his head and dislodging the helmet. Now having a proper target, 2D shots the soldier in the head, killing him instantly.
He sighs in relief to see the soldier's gun to grab it. It was a plasma rifle, score!
He takes the rifle and runs on to warn his friends. He comes to the room to burst inside to see a few dead soldiers.
Noodle was karate kicking one of the soldiers with Russel shooting them up with his mini gun. Murdoc just snapped one of the soldier's neck.
"Stu, there you are." said Murdoc, dropping the corpse.
"I was just coming to warn you." panted 2D.
"Well, we know now." said Noodle, shooting the downed soldier.
"It's weird, the Brotherhood only left yesterday, why attack now?" asked Russel.
"We have no time for that right now, we have to keep them from getting the purifier." said 2D.
"Alright, let's go kick some Enclave ass." said Murdoc.
They all nod and rush out of the room. They had to stop the Enclave, they couldn't take Project Purity. It would be all over if they did.
A/N: I'm slowly getting back into the groove of things. So James has entrusted the activation code to 2D and sworn him to secrecy. Can 2D really keep the secret. And what will happen next? Stay tuned and plz review.