Janice and Silent Sara Chapter Seven: Diamond City

The quiet of the street was broken by the low mooing of the brahmin pulling the cart as it approached the main gate of Diamond City. The occupants slowly exited the cart as a warm breeze rustled the canopy that was on top of the cart. Papa Blue slowly goes up and pushes the intercom button beside the closed main gate.

A disinterested voice comes over the intercom.

"Welcome to Diamond City, what do you want?" said a voice.

Papa Blue looked back and winked at the other companions, smiled, and cleared his throat. "Papa Blue" was all he said.

"What!? Oh yes, sir, we'll open the gate right away, I'll inform the Mayor as to your appearance, she will want to greet you," the voice said with more enthusiasm.

"Yes, yes, very good," said Papa with a fake British accent.

The gate engine kicks on and the gate rattles as it rises. A pair of boot-clad feet could be seen when the gate started to rise. Then a red jacket was next to be seen. Finally, a brunette haired head that had a smiling face could, at last, be seen.

The woman slowly walked to Papa Blue as she smiled. She gingerly wrapped her arms around his neck then gently kisses him. In what seemed to be a long time they parted.

"Hello Piper'" Papa quietly, and happily said.

"Hey, Blue," was Piper's response, "So, What have we got here?"

Papa Blue gestured toward the group, "Well, Deacon and Curie, you already know, Now these two are Janice and Sara, and the black haired one is Kim."

Piper puts forth her hand in greeting, which Janice took, but Sara puts her hands away behind her back, looking away.

"Uh, you'll have to excuse her, she doesn't get touchy-feely unless she really knows you," Janice explained.

Piper smiles, nods, and goes on to Kim. The former courser took Piper's hand.

"Now I have heard about you all," she addressed the group, "and we will get more acquainted later, but Blue and I have to have a private meeting first."

Blue hurries over to Piper and picks her up and goes to an elevator that was to the side of the entrance.

"Oh almost forgot," He said as he pulls a key out of a pocket and tosses it to Janice, who caught it, "It to a place called Homeplate, now renamed Homeplate Barracks, your new home for you three, Get your gear it there and come to the Mayor's office in about oh..." he looks at Piper," about two hours," he says smiling while entering the elevator with Piper.

Sara looks over at Janice, who returns her gaze, smiles, and says, 'Yeah Sara, He getting comfort."

The group moves up the main ramp that leads to Diamond City. In the center of town was a noodle shop that was run by an old android. To the right of the group was a young woman selling newspapers. Then a barbershop was next to her. Curie left the group at the local clinic to her new post which was to their right. Deacon led the three recruits to Homeplate Barracks and unlocked the door using the key Janice had.

Inside they find s bare room with stairs going up, a wide but short hallway followed by a large room with all types of building supplies inside it. Janice and Sara both decide to explore the stairs and found themselves on the roof of the building. The view of the city was almost overwhelming. There were recent dwelling built into the stands of the old stadium.

"What do you think Sara? We got a good thing here?" asks Janice.

Sara gazes at the rooftops of the buildings, slowly turning her gaze upward to the mayor's office, and finally stops at Janice's face. She smiled and nods at Janice. She latched onto Janice's arm, gave it a squeeze, and then returned back into the barracks.

The Duo reach the bottom of the stairs. Kim was looking over some of the building materials. Deacon was looking over the workbench. Deacon patted the bench and went outside of the barracks, where he observed a couple of people ride up the elevator to the mayor's office, they both look very familiar to him.

"Oh hell, Dez is here!" Deacon said as he entered the barracks.

"Dez?" asked Janice.

"Yes, Desdemona, the current leader of the Railroad correct?" asks Kim.

"Yeah, she's probably going to raise hell about you being a part of this group," Deacon says to Kim.

Kim walks to the doorway, looks up at the office, and looks back at Janice and Sara. "Well, it's been a couple of hours, let's go hello."

The group left the barracks, pile in the elevator car, and rode it up to the office of the mayor.