Chapter 11 Diamond city

Isabel was exhausted as she fell onto her bed. Her muscles and head ached like never before, Ashley was amazing, the way she worked and the way her mind worked fat outpaced her own. She was like a machine always moving, always thinking never stopping like she was determined like nothing she ever seen. Probably in order to find her son again that and that military mind she had. While she did plan to become a lawyer but from what Isabel had seen she was more suited to a military life would have been better for her. But then again she only knew the sole survivor for a few days so she couldn't say much.

She spread out on the bed as Ashley walked in stretching and cracking her limbs. As she walked in Ash looked at Isabel and smiled. She closed the door and moved up to the bed on and moved onto it on all fours making the former Mechanist look at her. But before she could speak Ash pressed her lips onto Isabel while unzipping their jumpsuits. She then moved down to the woman's neck and slowly licked it making her gasp.

"Ahh, wait. I thought that you were with one of the guys." Isabel said.

"Well yeah but not romanticly involved. Just sexual, I'm a succubus you could say I'm into both men and women and you are my next conquest."

"Well, I cannot say no." the mechanist replied as she slid her hand down the vault suit fining Ash's pussy and began to stroke it making her moan.

The fingers moved around her lips and into her pussy making her leak and stain her suit. Licking their lips the two stopped and withdrew their hands and then removed their clothing until they were as as naked as they were at birth before locking lips again. Ash then slowly moved down the mechanics body to her nipple and began to gently suck on it making her cry while her hand found it's way into her pussy. Her two fingers moved inside the slick velvet pussy while her thumb stroked the mechanics clit.

The mechanic arched her back in pleasure as her rosebud was teased. She cried out as Ash then moved round showing her pussy to the mechanic.

"You don't get all the fun." Ash said before she began to lick the mechanics pussy as well as finger.

"Ahhh." Isabel said before leaning in and licking Ashley's pussy.

Her tongue moved around the pink slit making the experienced engineer moan in pleasure. She arched her back as her pussy was being stimulated but her fingers kept moving until she came back down and licked the lower lips of the mechanic. The moaned out loud as they entered a competition to see who could stimulate who the best. Ash being experienced knew how to work Isabel's pussy with her fingers and tongue, a shame since they had no toys to play with. As they moved Ash smiled and gently bit Isabel's clit making her cry out and cum. She squirted liquid out making her moan and cry in pleasure.

In revenge Isabel did the same thing making Ashley cry out and cum as well. Both satisfied Ash then moved around and lay next to the mechanic before the two fell asleep.

OOOOO

Ash sat in front of the commanders desk waiting for her uncle to come in. It had been two weeks since the incident in the mess and the unit was a little shaken but no so more then Ash who was unresponsive until after the two weeks. By which time the unit's psychiatrist was but to send her home but she came out of it. So she needed to talk to her uncle about the situation who would be the one to decide her fate in the army. She waited for a good 15 minutes before her uncle came in and walked round to sit at his desk, he looked at her for a moment before taking off his officer pin and looked at her.

"You ok?" he asked.

"I've been better." Ash said. "Give it to me sight uncle."

"Well given then people react differently to killing someone you seemed not respond for two weeks. But given then you came out of it before we had to section 8 you we need to keep you under surveillance and need you to take it easy for the next few day's not too much work. I'm assigning you to the robotics section. Is that ok?"

"Yeah, that will be ok. Given my experience in CIT that should be fine."

"That's good, I'm also ordering you to visit the psychiatrist on a weakly basis I want you to be ok, otherwise your father and grandfather's ghosts are going to haunt me." he said with a weak smile with hers. "Your father didn't want you coming here, hell our side of the family never wanted you here. Even dad before he died but we made a promise to that if you were to come we'd keep an eye on you. I intend to keep that promise but there is so much I can do without showing favouritism."

"Good to hear uncle."

Her uncle smiled at that before his face dropped. "About that guy, I talked to the unit and command they agree that the shot was in self defence and no action will be taken. He was a decent soldier but a pain, he preached a lot telling people that they were wrong etc even said that being an atheist he won't take order from me. I have a rule 'keep it to yourself' it's worked but some people don't follow that and they get servility punished. You did me a favour."

"Ah really?"

"Yep, that guy was affecting morale in a bad way nit to mention I think he heard about your little ahem, boosting of the morale of the unit." he said not looking at her directly.

"Well." she said looking away with a smile. "Dad always told me that we have one life, and that we should make it as fulfilling as possible. If people call me a slut for trying to cheer up the men well that's their problem not mine."

Her uncle looked down with a smile on his face then looked up. "You really are one pain in the rear aren't you?"

Ash just nodded with a cheesey grin. "Well you have me until the end of the war."

"Indeed I do, just keep your sexual escapades to a minimum if you please."

"Ok, but if needed I'll do more in order to keep the morale up."

"That's fair." her uncle said as the two of them stood.

He then came round the desk and the two embraced each other. "Take care."

"Will do."

OOOOO

A week had passed since the Mechanist incident and life was getting back to normal, or as normal as could be in the wasteland. But in the Mechanist's lair the Sword star commander and one of the surviving Minute men stood before three covered robots that the Mechanist and Ashley created.

"Ok guy's ready?" Ash asked with the two mercs nodding. "Right." she said as she pulled the cover off the first one.

The robot that stood before them was of the sentry bot chassis. It had a protecton head with a regular chest piece armour but with hide packs for stowage, it's arms were two mini-guns. It's legs had a platform on its armour and a handrail on the torso armour.

"This is the Mk 1 Razorback, it's made with a squad support weapon in mind. Given that the battle field has changed, for me at least, this robot is meant to be the today's version of an infantry fighting vehicle. It's meant to be for support and not outright combat as such the bags are there for any salvage you guys can find out there. We've also added platforms and rails for transport if it's needed." Ash said with pride.

"The programming is similar to that of Ada, not fully AI but enough to make decision on the fly and have a nice chat to the soldiers. Advanced targeting for those pesky armoured raiders and other situations." Isabel said with a smile.

"Sounds good, and transport is hard to come by will be good for those complicated situation." Cobra said.

"Yeah not to mention good for an assault." Preston said nodding as well.

"Well if you want assault..." Ash said with a smile and pulled off the second cloth showing the next machine.

This one was a assultron pure and simple but with angular armour, it's arms had an automatic laser and an electrified blade.

"Nothing can be more trouble then an assultron, the armour is strong, they are fast, agile and a bitch to take down. Enhanced lasers, targeting and combat capabilities, this thing will be hard to take down."

"I took the liberty of adding a motion tracker to it's main programming with an iff however it's attuned to biological systems rather then a signal that people carry. So the team it's going to be attached to has to identify for it." Isabel added

"Why's that?" Preston asked.

"Because then the enemy can use it to infiltrate our groups and take us out. Smart move not to have a signal based iff." Cobra said.

"Now for the final one." Ash said as she took off the cover for the final robot.

This one was a combination of a few robots. It had hydrolic legs of an assultron, the torso of a Mr gutsy with the square head of one as well. It's right arms was a simple automatic laser while it's left was a claw.

"This one as you can see is a combination of several different robots, however this one can be called the 'soldier' of the three machines we have made. It's pretty basic with everything that you would expect just like the other three."

"Sounds good. All of them do." Cobra said.

"They sound a little expensive." Preston said.

"True." Isabel said. "However all I require is scrap and protection as well as sustenance. The rest I can do with ease."

Preston and Cobra walked a few steps away from the two and moved closer to each other.

"What do you think?" Cobra asked.

"It's tricky, we both need the forces but we don't have the manpower. You have that beached battleship and we have that fort, both are out of commission for now." Preston said.

"True, but this maybe the best way to get back on our feet. Think about it, using robots and people to help as much as we can? It saves on manpower with ease."

"Ok." Preston said as they turned to the two engineers. "We'll take them."

The two smiled.

OOOOO

What was left of the Sword stars and Minute-men came to the Mechanist's base with whatever they could carry and were informed that they would be on guard duty for the base which would be their robotics base. Few left but the rest stayed and went out for patrol and regular missions. While Preston and Cobra sorted them out Ash was working on upgrades for Codsworth. She tightened the last bolt on his hydrolic legs as best as she can.

Instead of a floating three eyed orb, he was a walking one eyed orb with human hands. His other arms were folded behind him as extra weaponry.

"Just one more, there we go." Ash said as she fully tightened the bolt and wiped her brow of sweat.

"Thanks mum." Cods said as he stood and moved his arms and legs. "Well this feels… odd but I can get used to it and look past all of the contract violations you made."

"Well..." Ash said as she stood. "There no one around to complain and I think that the nukes dropping on the world would void that contract."

"Point taken mum." Codsworth said nodding with his eye as Ash sat down.

"Codsworth, have I ever told you about my family lineage?"

"No I don't believe you have." Cods said as he turned to her.

"I can trace my family back 700 years to England, Germany, France and Scandinavia. All over Europe, but we came to America as part of the British colony forces in America and fought for the British until the war ended then just settled in America and joined the American military. My family fought in all the wars until the end, a family of soldiers and fighters. We have always fought, it didn't matter the flag just the honour of war. That's all my family wanted, honour in war for whatever reason."

She looked down. "When I told my grandfather about being a lawyer he always asked if I was going to be a military lawyer and joked about it. But what he told me on my 16th birthday has always stuck with me. It's good to break tradition, it's good to be different, it's good to change. But you should never let them go, while they are apart of you they are only a background. Do not let them define you, no let them control you because you are your own person linage and tradition are just there. Remember them but never let them define you."

"Your grandfather sounds like he was a wise man." Cods said.

"Indeed he was, until he died. Just like my father and uncle soldiers of wisdom. Anyway come on Diamond city awaits."

OOOOO

Ashley, Danse, Codsworth, Cobra, Preston, Ada and Dogmeat moved though the least hostile of the streets to Diamond city with Cobra in the lead. They had to move slowly though the bombed out city of Boston. As they moved Ash could only look around her home city, this was to be expected to her but it never seemed real. Every moment or so Ash just hoped that this was a dream and that she would wake up, but this was real. It was going to take time for her to adjust, as she thought a yell broke her thinking.

"Hold it!" yelled someone making the team stop.

Ash looked up to see a barricade made out of scrap, it was rusty but well built to stop people and other things. Four people stood at the barricade two of them had assault rifles while two more had .50 cal rifles. They where dressed in what could only be described as modified sports gear, it looked like baseball gear from the red sox's stadium which wouldn't be of too much surprise. After military and corporate armour sports was the next best thing.

"It's ok guys, we're only looking for someone." Preston called out making the guys relax.

"Ok come on in then, sorry about that mutie attacks have increased." one of them said as the team walked up and past.

"Ahh I know the feeling." Cobra said.

The group walked up to the main entrance and Ash just stopped with smile on her face.

"Well… that makes a lot of sence." she said looking up at the statium.

"Open uppp." someone then said and eyes turned to a woman in a red leather coat and press hat talking into the intercom.

"Who's she?" Danse asked but Cobra shrugged.

Ash then walked up to the woman who turned. "Hey you want to get into Diamond city right?" she asked.

"Well yeah." Ash said but the woman then pressed a finger against Ash's lips.

"Shhhh. Play along." she said before moving back. "What was that? You say you're a trader from Quincy? You have enough supplies to keep the general store stocked for a whole month? Huh. You hear that Danny? You going to open the gate and let us in? Or are you going to be the one talking to crazy Myrna about losing out on all this supply?" Ash could only watch as this woman acted in front of her, whatever she was she was a very good actor.

"Geez, all right. No need to make it personal, Piper. Give me a minute." Danny said though the comm.

"Better head inside quick before ole' Danny catches on to the bluff." Piper said as the gate opened up.

The machinery on the old Red sox stadium pulled the gate upwards.

"Ok, let's go." Ash said not wanting to wait around.

"Another great day in Diamond city." the woman said shaking her body a bit.

She then turned and walked into the entrance while Ashley's group followed a bit behind. As Piper entered a round man dressed in a suit stood inside of the entrance with a few people with the modified sports gear Ash saw earlier.

"Piper!" he yelled clearly pissed off. "Who let you back inside? I thought I told Sullivan to keep the gate shut! You devious rabble rounding slanderer! The level of dishonesty in that paper of yours!"

'Paper? Ok so she a journalist, that makes so much sense.' Ash thought.

"I'll have that printer scrapped for parts!" the man continued.

"Ooo is that a statement Mr McDonough?" Paige asked with a cocky smile. "Tyrant mayor shuts out the press!" she said before tuning to Ash. "Why don't we ask the newcommer? You support the news? 'Cause the mayor's threatening to throw free speech in the dumpster."

"Forgive me but it's none of my business. I will give it some thought though."

"Oh I didn't mean to bring you into this argument…." the Mayor said. "..good miss. No no no… you look like diamond city material."

'This guy doesn't expect me to whore myself out and get pregnant does he?' Ash thought.

"Welcome to the great green jewel of the Commonwealth, safe, happy. A fine place to come, spend some money and settle down. Don't let this muckraker here say otherwise, all right."

"I like to keep an open mind, see for myself."

"That's good to hear." Paige added.

"Ahem." the Mayor said wanting to move on. "Now was there anything particular you came to our city for?"

"I'm trying to find someone."

"Find someone? Who?"

"My son, Shuan. He's less then a year old." Ash said trying to hold back her rage and tears.

"Wait." Paige said. "Your son's missing?" she asked before turning to the Mayor. "You hear that, McDonough? What is Diamond city security going to do to help this woman? This isn't the first missing person's report to come though here, and now we've got an infant who's been taken!"

"Don't listen to her." the Mayor said dismissively. "While I'm afraid our security team can't help every case that comes though, I'm confident you can find help here. Diamond city has every conceivable survive known to man. One of our great cities can surely find the time to help you."

"This is ridiculous!" Piper spoke in anger. "Diamond city security cannot spare one officer to help? I want the truth McDonough! What's the real reason why security never investigates these kidnappings?"

"I've had enough of this Piper!" the Mayor said making the team's brows rise. "From now on consider you and that sister of your's on notice." he said before walking away.

"Humm, a big Diamond city welcome from the Mayor. You feel honoured yet?"

"No, he reminds me of those propaganda mills from the war." Ash said.

"Which war? Never mind for now, look I got go get settled in, but, um step by my office later. I have an idea for an article you'd be perfect for." she said before walking away as she did one of the officers came up.

"We need to take your weapons and power armour. For security reasons, you can at least keep your pistols but only for defence." he said. "Any weapons you buy you can bring here for keeping, but you can keep your ammo."

The team looked at each other and shrugged.

OOOOO

The team then came out and looked at Diamond city. The place was big, it used to be a stadium where people would used to watch a game, now it was more of a shanty town made up of crates of steel wood and others.

"Ahhh feel that air." Ash said as she stretched out. "Ahh haven't been here in years.

"You used to come here?" Preston asked.

"Yeah when there where no houses here. There used to be a game played here, it was called baseball and my dad and uncle used to take me here to see the game. I never cared but it was fun."

"Sounds like it." Danse said feeling a little naked out of his power armour.

Ash then drifted into the city market to the place in the middle with her nose smelling something delicious. She then came to a bar like place with a Protecton mixing some noodles in a pot. The sign Tahashi's noddle bar. Th others followed her to the bar then hered her belly grumble.

"Someone's hungry." Cods said.

"Nan-ni shimasu-ka." the robot asked.

"A Chinese spy?" Danse asked as he went for his pistol but Ash stopped him.

"Hold it." she said quickly. "That's Japanese, not Chinese they may sound the same but they are different." she then let go. "Japanese sounds like that, but Chinese sounds like Ā shén lì. Can you hear the difference? Japanese sounds mostly like normal talk while Chinese has different tones to it."

Danse looked at her with a raised brow. "Ok, how do you know?"

"CIT and the military. In CIT resources for robotics where low so we had to import from Japan, most electronics companies did this and never told anyone, all hush hush. Because of that we needed to learn Japanese in order to understand what the pars said. As for Chinese well we were at wore and many of the scientists and techs called me in to help out. I had to pick up the language quickly."

"Ok, but I'm not taking my eye off him." the Botherhood soldier said.

"Nan-ni shimasu-ka." the robot asked again.

"Rāmenbouru 4-pon." Ash said to the robot. "Ok but don't take any action."

"Fine." Danse said as he and the other three humans took a seat as the protecton served up four bowls of ramen soup.

"Ahh finally food I can eat." Ash said before picking up the chopsticks and diving in.

It took the four a goof half an hour before they ate their fill. "Ok time to find someone who can help." Preston said.

As he said that Ash just bleached loudly. "Oh excuse me." she said.

The three knew that she was tomboyish that… they began to question if she was just a man in disguise. She then stood and paid the caps before looking around.

"Ok let's get some ammo, I have a feeling that we're going to be needing it."

"Agreed, we are low." Cobra said.

The four then got up and moved over to a place named Commonwealth weaponry. It was to the left of the bar.

"Hey new guy's how can I help?" the man asked with a clear Mexican accent.

"New guy's?" Ash asked.

"Word kind of travels around Diamond city. What can I say? Names Arturo Rodriguez. If you need protection let's talk." he said politely.

"Thanks we need ammo, but we also need someone who can help with missing people." Cobra said.

"Ahhh then you need Valentine, Nick Valentine. Just go round the corner here." he pointed to the end of the 'street'. "He's the detective here, he should be in now about the ammo..."

He and the team talked about ammo and prices before the team bought enough ammo to last with enough caps to buy food. Once they where done the group rounded the corner and saw a sign for Valentine.

"Ok you guys wait outside." Ash said before she walked up and went into the place.

As she walked in to the decently sized office at the other side of the room a woman was looking though a draw.

"His ties?" she asked. "Oh Nick." she said with a smile.

"Wait. Who are you? You the detective?" Ash asked making the woman turn to her.

"Me? No, I'm Nick's secretary. Handle his appointments, his papers, that sort of thing." the woman said in a polite tone. "Well, that's what I used to do anyway, but now Nick's disappeared, and I can't keep a detective agency open without a detective."

"Don't worry, I can help. Tell me what happened." Ash said calmly.

"Nick was working a case. Skinny Malone's gang had kidnapped a young woman, and he tracked them down to their hideout in Park Street Station. There's an old Vault down there they use as a base. I told Nick he was walking into a trap, but he just smiled and walked out the door like he always does."

Ashley nodded. "I know the place, I'll find him. You have my word."

"Thank you, Nick should be easy to spot. He's always wearing that old hat and trench coat getup. Please, hurry!"

Ash then exited the office. "Shit!" she said.