A/N: Been away on a thanksgiving vacation and I looked at the last chapter to see I forgot to wish everyone a happy thanksgiving. Not very important now, but still, it was literally the day before Thanksgiving. Not important now but I don't care. Happy Belated Thanksgiving everyone!
*~* FALLOUT *~*
It was getting late as 2D let out a tired groan. He sat on a rock and removed his shoes to rub at his feet a bit, they hurt. It's been about a day since 2D killed that tribe of Raiders and left Springvale, but it didn't sit well. He kept feeling the urge to go back, to run back. Two times 2D found himself actually go back but changing directions again.
'Why do I want to go back, I want to get away from there.' thought 2D. He sighed and leaned back a bit, looking at the setting sun. It would be dark soon, he needed to find a place to spend the night. The teen's stomach then growled and he wrapped his arms around it. 'Plus food.' thought 2D.
He put his shoes back on and stood up on the rock and looked around. He saw nothing, just miles of Wasteland surrounded him. He groaned, and sat on the rock and crossed his arms. 'Maybe I should have listened to Murdoc and Gob after all, I don't know where to get food, hell, I didn't even pack any except for that box of sugar bombs, to bad I ate it all yesterday.' thought 2D. The teen jumps off the rock and continues on his way.
The sun was almost set now and 2D still saw no shelter, not even a cave. He sighed but then froze on the spot. Before him was a Yao guai, it was eating something. 2D stared at it and saw that it resembled what a bear used to look like, from the book on animals he and Amata found as children. The mutated bear stopped eating and sniffed the air to look in 2D's direction.
'Oh shit.' thought 2D. The Yao guai leaves it's meal and walks over to the teen, who is to petrified to move. He stays still as it sniffs him. 'Please don't kill me, please don't kill me.' thought 2D. The Yao guai gives a snort and a small lick to the teen's cheek. This startles him and he looks to see the mutated bear return to it's food.
'It didn't attack me.' thought 2D. This confused him greatly, first a Mole rat saves him, now a Yao guai won't kill him, what's up with the wildlife?! 2D is startled from his thoughts as something lands at his feet. He sees the Yao guai in front of him again, it snorts and turns, walking back to where it was. 2D sighs and looks to see that it was a chunk of meat, it was Mirklurk meat.
He looks at the Yao guai, who gives a nod at him and starts eating again. 'That's really nice of it.' thought 2D. Giving a shrug, he starts eating, it wasn't that bad, a bit of an after taste, but good. 'Too bad there's no fire.' thought 2D. Still, it tasted fine and he soon finished.
He got up and walked over to the Yao guai, who in return looked at him. 2D petted the creature's head and smiled. "Thanks for sharing your food." said 2D. The Yao guai snorted and then walked away, into the darkness. 2D stares after it for a bit and then starts walking again.
People say that the wildlife is horrible, but it isn't, the animals out here are nice. "Why is that?" wondered 2D. He sighed and then shivered, grabbing at his arms. He needed to find shelter. 2D looks around and sees something a few feet in front of him.
He runs to it and sees that it's an old house, run down, but it was still standing. 2D looked at it and then turned his head to see a bare, dead tree. It was tall and thick. 2D put a hand to it and smiled. He looked at it again and didn't see it bare, he saw it green and lushes. 'This might have been a pine tree.' thought 2D.
He turns from it and knocks on the door for it to creak open. 2D takes a step inside to see it was empty, minus a bed and a cabinet. "Good, looks like no one lives here." said 2D. He shuts the door and sits on the bed and sighs heavily. He goes through his bag and pulls out his book on nature.
He flips through the pages, smiling at the fields, open moors, and forests. It was all beautiful, and 2D could almost see it, looking at the landscapes here, he could almost see what the world was like before. He laid back and sighed closing his book. He rolled to his side and his mind traveled.
He thought of Gob, Wadsworth, and Murdoc. 'I wonder how they're doing?' thought 2D. His mind then drifted to Murdoc and how he saved him. His eyes slowly closed and 2D let out a small sigh. "Why did you save me, Murdoc." whispered 2D.
He was soon asleep, oblivious to the world. Unknown to the teen, but there was movement outside.
*~* DrEaM WoRlD *~*
A sigh escapes 2D as he lays back, looking at the sky. It was peaceful in Megaton, everyone was walking around, chatting and buying needed items. Everything was just going great today. But then 2D sits up, eyes wide open. 'Wait, how'd I get back here, I was in the Wasteland.' thought 2D.
"Something wrong, luv?" asked a voice. 2D looked to see Murdoc was laying next to him. "Murdoc, when did you get here?" asked 2D, shocked. Murdoc didn't answer, he only sat up and pulled 2D close to him. A blush colors 2D's cheeks as Murdoc's hand strokes his face, he was caught in the Satanist's warm arms.
2D sighs and cuddles more into the older man. "Why did you save me?" asked 2D. "Why do you want to get away from me?" asked Murdoc. This startles 2D and he looks up at Murdoc's face. "I-I don't..." stumbled 2D.
Murdoc smiles at him and pulls him closer. 2D's blush increases as Murdoc's lips meet his. He's frozen but soon finds himself kissing back. 2D runs his hands through Murdoc's hair as his lips dances with the Satanist's. The kiss was fiery and passionate, it was just incredible.
2D's so caught up in the kiss, he doesn't notice that Murdoc picked him up, nor did he notice they went inside the older man's house. The teen became aware when he was pushed back onto the older man's bed. 2D gulps silently and looks back at Murdoc, who's removing his shirt. 2D backs away a bit as Murdoc crawls onto the bed and over him.
The teen goes to speak but his lips are immediately covered by Murdoc's again. A moan slips out as 2D is pushed down onto the mattress, shivering as he feels the older man's hands run down his sides. They break apart to where Murdoc rips the teen's shirt off, causing 2D to give a small yelp. Murdoc smirks at him and waves his long tongue out. He leans down, licking at the teen's perk nipples before taking one in his mouth.
2D starts moaning more as Murdoc licks and sucks more of his chest and shivers at his sides being touched. 'Oh god, this feels great.' thought 2D. Murdoc pulls back from his licking and runs a hand down 2D's side and to his jeans. He starts massaging there, making the teen moan louder. Murdoc laughs at this and leans over, kissing 2D again.
As the two continue to kiss, Murdoc's hand slowly unzips the teen's jeans and his hand dives in...
*~* dReAm eNdS *~*
2D jolts awake as he hears a loud snarling sound.
He bolts up and looks around, he was back in the old cabin he found. Light shines in through the window's boards and the teen sighs, it was morning now. 'Wait, what about Megaton and, and Murdoc...unless that was just a dream.' thought 2D. 2D's face then immediately turns bright red as he hides his face in the mattress. 'My god, I just had...and with MURDOC!' thought 2D.
He shook his head and covered his face in his hands. How could he have a sex dream about that Satanic bastard?! 'Dammit, I don't even know him that well, I've only known for three fucking days!' thought 2D. He groans and sits up, pulling his knees to his chest. He couldn't deny that Murdoc was good looking, he admitted that to himself when he first saw him.
Murdoc could also be very caring, since he comforted the teen after he started to cry. Hell, Murdoc was brave and strong, saving him from Raiders and killing them with ease. Then the fight they had hit his head, Murdoc didn't want him to go so soon, he wanted 2D to stay till he really was ready. 'Murdoc was only looking out for me, he cares, and I just shoved it back in his face.' thought 2D. He sighs and lays back, looking at the ceiling.
He acts weird around Murdoc, he can't stop thinking about him, and now he's having sex dreams about Murdoc. 'Oh shit.' thought 2D. He rolled to his side, hugging himself, realization hitting him hard. "I love him, my god, I love Murdoc." whispered 2D. Falling in love with a guy you know for three days, it's a new record for him, then again, 2D's never fallen in love before.
He sits up and gets off the bed and stares at the cabinet. Giving a shrug, 2D opens it to find two bags of potato crisps, a box of dandy apples, and four bottles of what looked to be see through water. He picks it up to see it wasn't dirty water, this water was pure. "Well, that's a good thing." said 2D. He sits on the bed, eating the dandy apples and taking a sip of water.
He soon finished his meal and stands up, grabbing his bag. He goes to the door and pauses, what was he going to do now? Keep going or go back to Megaton. 2D was still but smiled a bit. 'I-I think I'll head back, hope Gob won't be too upset that I couldn't find him a souvenir.' thought 2D.
He opens the door and leaves the cabin to freeze. Before him was a dead Yao guai, the very one that shared it's food with him! 'What happened, it wasn't here last night?!' thought 2D. He kneeled next to it, seeing many bullet holes in it's head. 'So-someone shot it, but who?' thought 2D.
Petting the yao guai, 2D suddenly shook. He had the feeling he should run, get away as fast as he can from here! 2D gets up to move but something lands on his back. 2D cries out in shock as he hits the ground, hands being tied behind his back. He struggles and looks to see three men in black and blue armor.
"Wh-who are you?" asked 2D, struggling with his binds. "Heh, we're Talon mercenaries, people hire us and no matter what, we get the job down." said the first guy. "Th-then why am I tied up?" asked 2D. "So you don't fight back as we kill you." said the second guy. 2D's eyes widen as he stares at them.
"What?!" yelled 2D. "Yep, Stuart Tusspot, we've been given a large bounty for your head." laughed the third guy. This causes the teen to flinch, who hired these guys and why kill him?!
Talon 2 stares at the teen and grabs his chin, lifting his face up a bit. "Say, he's a pretty one, why not have some fun with him?" asked Talon 2. "Ya, the bounty didn't say we could fuck the kid." said Talon 3. 2D flinches and struggles more as Talon 1 laughs. "Sure, this way the kid doesn't die a virgin." said Talon 1.
2D shakes and pulls harder at his binds. "N-no, no, let me go!" yelled 2D. The Talons only laughed at him, but it distracted them. 2D lashed out his foot, kicking Talon 1 in the face. He falls to the ground, groaning and holding his face. Talon 2 holds the teen down while Talon 3 punches him in the head.
"Stay the fuck away from me." spat 2D. "Hey, shut him up." demanded Talon 3. Talon 2 pulled out a handkerchief and tied it tightly around 2D's mouth. 2D's yells of protest were muffled and he tried to get away from the Talons. "Good, now hold him down, I'm going first." said Talon 1.
The others obeyed, holding 2D down so he couldn't even struggle anymore. Raped and then murdered, what a damn way to go. 'No, let me go, please.' thought 2D. Talon 1 leaned over him, hand playing with his zipper. 'No, god no, Murdoc, Murdoc please help me!' thought 2D.
Just as the zipper came down, there was a gunshot. Talon 1's head came clean off, his body falling back. 2D stared in shock, could it be? "What the fuck was that?!" yelled Talon 3. His question was never answered and he was shot through the head.
Talon 2 started panicking and then he was shot in the neck. It hit his jugular vein and he gushed blood, falling to the ground. 2D twisted away from the bodies for a foot to tap his side. "What would you do without me?" asked a voice. 2D looked to be happy, Murdoc found him!
The Satanist untied him and 2D quickly fixes his jeans. "How'd you find me?" asked 2D. "Paid Gob a visit, and he gave me this." said Murdoc. He showed his wrist and the teen saw it was a Pip-boy 3000. "That helped?" asked 2D.
"Turns out these things have locators in them." said Murdoc. 2D nodded but then looked away. "I'm sorry, you were right, I-I wasn't ready." said 2D. Murdoc stares at him and sighs. 2D then flinches as he feels Murdoc's hand on his head, running fingers through his blue locks.
"Ugh, no, I was wrong, I saw the Raiders you killed, a whole fucking tribe and YOU killed them." said Murdoc. "But, the Talons." said 2D. "They're un-fucking-predictable, no one can prepare themselves against them." said Murdoc. 2D smiled at that and Murdoc helped him up. "So, where exactly are you heading?" asked Murdoc.
"I've just been drifting, trying to find my path here." said 2D. "That's what everyone is doing." said Murdoc. "No, they're just surviving, I-I want to do something with my life, to make a difference." said 2D. Murdoc chuckles and shakes his head a bit. "To make a difference, it starts with one person." said Murdoc.
2D stares at Murdoc as the Satanist smiles at him. "I have to say, I was impressed you killed a whole tribe of Raiders on your own." said Murdoc. "I just copied what you did." said 2D. "Still, not bad, for a vault sweller." snorted Murdoc. 2D rolled his eyes but then blushes as Murdoc wraps an arm around him.
"So, gonna keep drifting?" asked Murdoc. "Um, ya, I think I will." said 2D. "Well then, got room for another drifter?" asked Murdoc. "You're gonna join me?" asked 2D. "Yep, you may still need me, after all, you ARE just a kid." said Murdoc.
"Hey, shut up, I'm nineteen." laughed 2D. "Ya, ya, still a kid compared to me." said Murdoc. 2D glares at the older man but smiles. "So, should we continue?" asked 2D. "Ya, let's drift" said Murdoc.
With that, the two headed off into the Wasteland together.
A/N: With that, 2D and Murdoc are reunited. Well, seems 2D has finally seen the truth, he loves Murdoc. But what about the Satanist, does he even know why he does what he does for 2D? Who knows, we shall see. Stay tuned and plz review.