Chapter 4 Not so Lonesome Road

Liam grunted as he threw the dead Talon merc off him. He had to give the bastard credit, it had been a while since anyone or anything gave him that kind of surprise. As he got to his feet he felt his shoulder burn in pain, but ignored it for now he had to find the leader, kill him and leave with Lincoln and Dogmeat before any possible reinforcements showed up. Liam moved up the stairs with his Blackhawk revolver at the ready, he wasn't taking any chances this time. Liam proceeded going room to room looking and hoping to either find Lincoln or the merc leader, but room after room all he got was empty, lifeless areas.

Eventually Liam did find Lincoln but he was just looking straight ahead with a horrified look on his face. Liam was at first confused, until he looked over to where Lincoln was staring and saw the body of the Talon leader laying still with a nailed board lodged in the side of its throat Liam's eyes widened a bit before he turned to look back at Lincoln. 'So, the kid took his first life in the wasteland a damn shame his innocence couldn't last' Liam went over to the body and began to search through the pockets and satchels on the armor, as he did he noticed the canine bite mark on the thug's cold arm. Dogmeat, the damn crazy mutt going out of his way yet again, there were times when Liam thought that Dogmeat was from a pre-war era, but he had to remember that no dog could live that long.

Liam was able to loot a few stim packs, twenty energy cells, the laser pistol that surprisingly was in good condition, and two hundred and fifty caps. A good haul overall as Talon mercs always had good gear on them which could equal many caps. Liam then turned his attention to Lincoln who continued to imitate a statue at his best. It was to be expected as Liam had a similar reaction when he had his first kill while trying to escape Vault 101, but he didn't feel the guilt until after he got out. Liam guessed it was the adrenaline that kept him going but afterwards the realization of what he did had finally hit him like a truck and thus he proceeded to throw up while crying for the lives he had taken. The security guards were doing their job and Liam had killed them for it. It was soon later that Liam found it was them or him and he sure wasn't dying in that vault. Not without finding his dad first.

Liam got up and went towards Lincoln. Lincoln's stare didn't waver or change until Liam shook his shoulder. "Hey, we need to get going it's not safe here especially if Talon Company know where we are." Liam then turned his attention to Lincoln's injured leg. There was a cauterized hole where he was shot, still smoking, and it appeared to have gone through bone. Liam would have to carry him until they get to Rivet City or find some medical supplies to fix the wound. Liam gently picked up Lincoln bridal style, who was still in a shocked, unconscious state, before leaving the room with Dogmeat.

'Rivet City here we come' Liam thought as he took the first few steps into a new adventure of his life.

Lisa Loud was well known for being a child prodigy. Able to achieve many masters and PHDs at the mere age of five is a claim not many could compete with. Hell, she even tutors at the local college AND gets paid a weekly salary although she keeps that part a secret. Needless to say, she is super intelligent, so that means that there shouldn't be any problem she couldn't deal with, right?

Lisa had been working tirelessly on trying to locate the device, but every time she was close the least possible thing that could go wrong would go wrong. Coding or signal errors, fuses blowing last minute, insufficient data, or outright miscalculations were just some of the things that would happen every time she launched the locater. She would fire it up, it does the searching progress and ends up negative results. It was almost like… no she couldn't think like that not when her sisters need some form of hope.

The rest of the loud siblings weren't taking it well, Lynn and Luna more so. When their parents got home it was a long and emotional explanation that involved tears. Rita Loud cried the hardest out of the family while Lynn Sr. tried to stay strong and stoic for his family but ultimately, he was just as devastated as the rest of the family.

"Blast it! This is becoming more of hassle with every with every attempt. If only there was a way to keep the connection stable long enough that I get the location." Lisa pinched the bridge of her nose. After major adjustments she was finally able to make countermeasures for most of the incidents that would make the machine inoperable. The only thing she currently was dealing with was locating the signal.

"I don't understand I've taken every precaution possible, fixed the coding to perfection, and made the machine indestructible to any mishaps. How can I not find the signal? The device should've shown Lincoln's position." Lisa had set the algorithms to where she could find anyone on Earth so why was she having problems locating one person? Its like he vanished off the face of the earth.

Lisa stopped for minute in thought before eyes widened. She quickly began typing away on her computer deleting and replacing lines of code. "Okay just need to match the new algorithms with the machines scan frequency, make sure the machine can merge the coding into the system, and we should…" The screen began to show the progress bar for the locater. After a few minutes Lisa was about to give up, but then the screen popped up a notification.

Location: Locked

Status: Damaged

Show location details? Y/N

Lisa was overjoyed, she had found the location of the machine and her brother. She went out into the hallway yelling "EMERGANCY SIBLING MEETING IN MY QUARTERS! QUICKLY!" Within two minutes all the sisters including Lynn and Luna were now present in the genius's room.

"What is literally going on Lisa? Why did call an emergency meeting?" Lori asked.

"Terrific news my fellow siblings. I've been able to locate my teleportation remote and with that our male sibling unit's location." She now could see the bright smiles on their faces, but Luna and Lynn looked like they had won the lottery.

"Really!? You found him!?" Lynn said barely able to hold her excitement in.

"That is correct Lynn however I do have some troubling information to share." The happy atmosphere was gone almost instantly.

"Gee, and I thought the news was sad HAHA get it." Luan quipped, getting a groan from the rest of the sisters.

"Just what is it Lisa."

"Earlier I thought that Lincoln was somewhere else on earth, but I found out that my device teleported him not to a different town, state, or country, but rather a parallel world." Lisa explained.

"I don't get it. How does a world of parrots and L's matter right now?" Leni asked.

"That's not what Lisa meant Leni." Lucy said.

"Anyway, I've been able to locate the world in which our male sibling resides currently." Lisa went to the computer and began typing. "Just need to type in a few commands and we should get a visual of what this world looks like-"Lisa stopped as she along with her sisters were given a look at the world their brother was sent to.

"Oh, dear god!"