Chapter 49 It's A Cult If I've Ever Seen One

The LW sat up on the bed.

"Agh... who... are you...?" The LW grunted.

"I am Red Blood Brother Jack... welcome." The man said.

"Where am I...?" The LW grunted.

"The Blood Tower. Formely known as Tenpenny Tower." Jack said.

"Is a man named Jeffery here...?" The LW asked.

"Yes, Blue Blood Brother Jeffery is scoping the horizion outside, on the balcony." Jack said.

"What are Blood Brothers?" The LW asked.

"Well, this tower is the body and home of the Blood Brotherhood... Red Blood Brothers go out and serve the Brotherhood, Blue Blood Brothers stay and protect the body. Get it? Blood is Blue in the "Body" and when it flows out its Red." Jack explained.

"Yeah... I get it... what exactly is the Brotherhood of Blood?" The LW asked.

"Well. I'm just a new member... you'd have to speak to Master Blood Brother Jenkins." Jack said.

"Wait... Jenkins is here? But..." The LW hesitated.

"Of course... he was the founder of the Brotherhood of Blood, known as BoB for short." Jack said.

The LW remembered Jenkins. He met him when he first stepped into Megaton.


"So you're from the Vault?" Jenkins asked, walking towards the gate of Megaton, with the LW beside him in his old Vault 101 suit.

"Err... what gave it away? The suit?" The LW asked.

"Greeeat. Another smart-ass. Like we need another one of those with Jericho around." Jenkins said. They then heard a distant yell.

"Fuck you, mirelurk hunter." Jericho yelled.

"Mirelurk?" The LW said.

"You don't know what a mirelurk is yet? I'm going out to go hunt a few of 'em. You can come along if you wish. Just... get some armor or something at Craterside Supply, because Mirelurk claws rip through clothes no problem." Jenkins said.

"Okay..." The LW said. He walked up the ramp and went inside of Craterside Supply.

"You're from the Vault huh?" The voice surprised the LW as he wasn't even halfway through the door.

"Yeah... I am..." The LW said to the smiling lady at the counter.

"What's your name?" She asked.

"Well... the guy on GNR has called me 101... I guess you could call me that..." The LW said.

"It's nice to meet you, my name is Moira." She said. The LW stepped further into the shop and noticed the hanging Vault 101 armored suit on the wall of the shop.

"What's with that suit on the wall?" The LW asked.


"Can I see Jenkins because... I need to talk with him." The LW said.

"Okay. So... how'd you know Jenkins?" Jack asked, walking out of the suite with the LW following him. They passed several Blue Blood Brothers and several Red Blood Brothers.

"Well... it's kind of a long story." The LW said. The LW told him the beginning of the story which he had just remembered, and then he began to tell the rest.


"Uh... where'd you get that armored suit, kid?" Jenkins asked, pointing at the LW.

"Oh, that lady in Craterside Supply gave me it for me agreeing to help her with her little book." The LW said. "It's a little stiff, but other than that, it's a perfect fit." The LW said.

"HA. Good luck with that. I've heard about her past assistants' track records. Dead, mutated, driven insane." Jenkins said, walking towards the gate of Megaton.

"Wait, what?!?" The LW said surprised. He began to walk fastly to catch up with Jenkins.

"Wait... this story... reminds me of..." Jack was interrupted by a cold, angry voice.

"You. Of all the people. It had to be you."

The LW looked around confused and then he saw him.

Jenkins. His armor was different than the others. It was red and blue. It seemed bigger too, proabably because of him being the leader. His hair was somewhat brown and somewhat blonde. His face was littered with scars. When the LW looked at Jenkins' red eyes, he felt a cold, angry, vengeful presence.

"Err... about what happened Jenkins..." The LW was interrupted by Jenkins.

"Did I ever thank you?" Jenkins asked.

"See, back then I had just came out of the... wait what?!?" The LW said surprised.

"You see... after what happened... I had a great encounter... which caused me to be here today, as the leader of the Brotherhood of Blood." Jenkins said.


"You see, kid... whenever you see Mirelurk eggs around... you take your hunting knife, and stick it right in the middle of the egg. To kill the 'lurk that's in the egg, before it's fully grown. Then you scrape out all the precious hatchling meat. Mirelurk meat is precious, as it doesn't taste as awful as the other meats in the wasteland." Jenkins said, picking up a mirelurk egg, to demonstrate how to get the meat. He stuck his knife in the middle of the egg, and cut a opening in it, and emptied the egg's meat into one of his jars.

"Ergh..." The LW moaned, he felt sick just watching.

"Don't worry kid, you get used to seeing horrible things in the wasteland after a while. When you harvest the meat from eggs... you must be sure that all the mirelurks are gone... as they don't like us slaughtering their children for food that much. Hatchling food is the worst of the meats, then there's normal mirelurk meat, and finally softshell meat. Softshell meat is usually found on Mirelurk Hunters, and Mirelurk Kings, which are the most dangerous. I've even tasted a strange mirelurk meat down south... for some reason it tasted like NukaCola." Jenkins said.

"I just heard something..." The LW said, looking around nervously.

"Shit... the family is back from hunting proabably... get down in the water and hide! Back me up if they begin to overwhelm me." Jenkins whispered. The LW went underwater to hide, he began to hold his breath. A group of Mirelurk Hunters and Mirelurk Kings charged Jenkins. Due to the LW being underwater, he didn't witness the fight. The LW tried to continue to hold his breath, but he couldn't do it, so he rose to the surface and breathed.

"Kid! Give me a hand! I've never seen so many kings and hunters together!" Jenkins yelled. There was five Mirelurk Kings and six Mirelurk Hunters. The LW rose from the water and he aimed his gun at the mirelurks. When one of the kings looked at him, his arms began to shake, he was afraid for his life. That very same Mirelurk King had Jenkins in its hands.

"What are you waiting for?!?! Shoot it!!!" Jenkins yelled, coughing up blood. The LW's arm shook even more, and it returned to its side. He shook his head nervously and he turned around and ran away through the waist-deep water.

"KID!! KID!!!" The LW heard Jenkins screaming behind him, but he didn't care. He just wanted to go back, to the Vault, where they didn't have to fight for each other's lives, where all he had to worry about was a few radroaches.


"How'd you escape from that?" The LW asked.

"Listen, I'm sorry. I was... young... I didn't even KNOW what a mirelurk was back then!" The LW yelled.

"It doesn't matter now... the Yao Guai protects all of our Brotherhood..." Jenkins said.

"Yao Guai?" The LW said confused.

"Let me tell you how I escaped, and founded the Brotherhood of Blood." Jenkins said.


"Damn Vault kid..." Jenkins coughed. The mirelurk king that was holding him let out a yell. Just then it was ripped to shreds and so were the other mirelurks. Jenkins was dropped onto the ground by the dead mirelurk king. He looked around curiously.

"What I saw... was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen... which was why I founded the Brotherhood of Blood."

It was a crimson red Yao Guai. It was red, because of the mirelurk king's blood had splattered all over it. Jenkins cowered in fear, as he thought the Yao Guai was going to eat him, or kill him. But then he was shocked when the Yao Guai didn't.

"You're a friendly Yao Guai...?" Jenkins said. The Yao Guai turned around and lowered it's back as if it was offering Jenkins a ride. Jenkins would have normally refused but, his leg was injured in the fight and he was deep in mirelurk territory. By the time he had limped to Megaton, one of the those mirelurks relatives could have chased him.

So, logically he chose to get on the back of the yao guai, considering it was offering it. Then the yao guai took off and started to run through the wastes as swiftfully as a bird flew through the sky. For the first time in his life, Jenkins felt alive, as if he had a true friend, not that bastard LW who had left him to die.

When they ran through the wastes, people watched in amazement, and they followed. These were the first Brothers of the Brotherhood of Blood, they encountered Jenkins and told him they wanted to follow him, as he could do the unimaginable. He could tame the wild angry yao guai of the wasteland.

They came to the Yao Guai den. With Jenkins' uncanny ability to tame the yao guai, they set up a came there. They named themselves, "The Friends of the Yao Guai". They lived with the yao guai in peace. They hunted other animals of the wasteland together. It was alright... for a time. When the Enclave surfaced again, they had noticed "The Friends of the Yao Guai". They wanted to use the Yao Guai as they used the Deathclaws. Tools.

They came to the cave, and demanded to be let in to take the yao guai, and any resources the group might of had. Just then Jenkins charged through the door to the cave, with a huge cleaver, and the other group members and the yao guai. Together, they slaughtered squad after squad. Eventually they gave up.

Then when the group let their guards down, they came to the cave, and they raided it, killing almost everyone and everything. Only Jenkins, and a few others survived, including a few Yao Guai. They swore that day, outside of the cave. That they would repay the blood spilled by the Enclave, tenfold. They left and never returned to the cave. Their ways changed, and they became a more tribal group. They then changed their name to the "Brotherhood of Blood" that day.

They not only worshipped the Yao Guai, but their ways. Their blood-spilling ways. They eventually began to drink the blood from their dead enemies. As... they said that it was a sin to let one drop of it go to waste if you spilled it. At first this was just a mocking tactic for the Enclave.

They laughed at their reactions to seeing one of their comrades die and have their blood drunk by the enemy. Jenkins never let his oath to avenge the yao guai that saved him that day die. When the Enclave put their plan to use their mind control serum to action, they took everyone from Tenpenny Tower, and abandoned it. Jenkins and his group on Yao guai passed the tower, and he saw a new home. They settled in and welcomed everyone who wasn't an Enclave and passed their tests in the bottom levels of the tower.

"So you see... you abandoning me... was for the very best I suppose... of course... you should understand why I'm still a little mad about it." Jenkins said.

"Yeah... can I go see Jeffery?" The LW asked. Just then three armored people walked into the suite. One of them had blue armor on, the other two had the red, and blood covered power armor on.

"You wanted to see me Jen... the hell? LW?" Jeffery hesitated.

"Yeah. It's me. In the flesh." The LW said.

"LW? The LW? Do you perhaps... remember me?" One of the people who had blood covered armor on said. He removed his helmet and the LW's eyes widened.

"Jesus Christ... is this reunion day or something?" The LW said.

In some cave...
"They created me."

Drip.

"They made me into a weapon, they wanted this, not me."

Drip.

"If I must end a few thousands of lives just to make them pay... then it will be so."

Drip. Drip.

"I wonder what the person who shot the nukes in the Great War thought before... he did what he did. Did he... think of his hatred? Or did he just think he was following his destiny as a human. The one thing all men desire... more than anything... is more... even if it is gained by force... by War."

Drip. Drip. Drip.

"Mankind... will never know peace... without war. And even then... it is still not enough. They will always find more things to fight over... even if it is with one of their close friends, or allies. Is... it wrong? That I work to end this neverending cycle of hell?"

Drip. Drip. Drip. Drip.

"All I do now... is sit here... and listen... to water dripping from the damp ceiling... of this damn cave."

Drip. Drip. Drip. Drip. Drip.

"There is nothing more darker... than a person's soul." Tod rambled.

"Okay... we don't understand it. We could be out there killing things, father and son. But no you just mope around in this cave while I have all the fun." Atom complained.

"You can go ahead... I... want to stay here..." Tod said.

"Suit yourself." Atom said. Just then Atom disappeared in irradiated light. Just then a radroach crawled in front of Tod. Tod grabbed the radroach and walked outside.

"Could it be possible... that I could use abominations that were once animals and insects of the old times... and mix them together... into something... different?" Tod said to himself. He floated up with the radroach in his left hand. He caught a bird flying by with his right hand. Just then he brought the bird and the radroach together, and both of them dissapeared in irradiated light, caused by Tod. The sum of the addition problem Tod had just done, was a hybrid of some sort.

A roach-bird. The bird was still a bird, but it had the hard shell of a radroach, it still had the wings of a bird, but it had the legs and eyes of a radroach.

"Fly, my creation... fly... I will create others..." Tod said. He dissapeared in a blur of irradiated light.

Back at the Blood Tower...
"Can't I ever get rid of you...?" The LW asked.

"You still hold my contract." He said.

"Yes... I know that Charon... but... have you been in Underworld waiting that whole time for me to come back?" The LW asked.

"Yes... until they attacked it. Then I wandered the wastes... then I came to this place... and became a Brother of the Blood." Charon said.

"And who is he?" The LW asked pointing to the other blood covered person in power armor.

"Oh. He's Mute. We call him Mute because... well. He's Mute." Jeffery said.

"Mute?" The LW said confused.

"He arrived here a few days ago, drenched in blood. So... we figured he came here to join us so... we let him in." Jenkins said.

"Drenched in blood huh?" The LW said.

"..." Mute had a blank expression on his face and he wasn't saying anything.

"So do you wish for me to go with you LW? As... you still have my contract." Charon asked. Ah what the hell. I need another badass anyway. The LW thought.

"Sure...we need more people anyways." The LW said.

"Hey... if you need more people then... want a crazy psycopath, to let loose on your enemies?" Jenkins asked.

"Err... how crazy is he?" The LW asked. Just then a seven foot tall, power armor wearing man walked into the suite. He had a huge machete. On his face was a blood soaked hockey mask. He had a blood soaked jug tied to his waist.

"Do you want Jason to go with you? He knows his way around a machete." Jenkins said.

"Err... I don't know... I don't think we need another insane masked lunatic that could betray or brutally murder us in the future..." The LW said.

"Trust me. He is loyal as long as theres always blood involved. If the blood dries up... then... watch out." Jenkins said.

"Eh... sure..." The LW said.

"Now... before you leave... you must become a member of the Brotherhood for Jeffery, Charon, and Jason to go with you. As I can only trust members, with other members." Jenkins said.

"Well... what does the joining include?" The LW asked curiously.

"First... you tell of all the times you have spilled blood..." Jenkins said.

"That'd take a long time..." The LW commented.

"Then... you drink some blood. And finally you drink the blood of a Yao Guai. This is what builds our bond between us and the Yao Guai. Then you will be told the sins. The sins are the few things you can never do after you drink that Yao Guai blood. Do you wish to join?" Jenkins asked.

"Well... yeah. I guess I'll join your cult." The LW said. Just then Jenkins facial expression changed, and he pulled out his cleaver.

"Never. Ever. Call. The BoB. A Cult. Or I WILL get my revenge for that day LW..." Jenkins threatened.

"Alright, alright, alright... let's just go get this over with..."

End of Chapter 49 It's A Cult If I've Ever Seen One


I got the chapter up... so... yeah. Adios.