Chapter 2: Journey's beginning:

Ella woke up the next day in her room. She remembered that she traded her pistol and ammo for a hunting rifle and about 30 .32 caliber rounds. She grabbed it and walked out to the living room and saw that Adam wasn't awake yet. She went into his room and found him asleep in his bed. "Wake up Adam," She said pushing him, "It's almost 9:00, your brothers going to be here in about 10 minutes." "But Mom," Adam said whining, "I don't wanna go to school today." Ella smiled and walked out of the room. So lazy… She thought. She walked into the living room and sat down on one of the red chairs next to the coffee table. Then Wadsworth, the robotic butler, floated up to her and said, "Good Morning madam. Would you like anything to eat or drink?" "Do you have anything not irradiated?" Ella asked the robot. "Ummm…no." Wadsworth replied. "Fine. I'll have a Salisbury steak." Ella said. "Very good. I'll have ready in 2 minutes." Wadsworth said floating off.

When Ella finished eating, she heard a knock on the door. She went to answer it and saw a man wearing a dirty suit with long brown hair with a .32 pistol strapped to his side and a Combat Shotgun strapped to his back. "Is Adam here?" He asked. "Umm…" Ella said, "Depends. Who are you?" "I'm Dylan DuGuard." He answered.

"OH! His brother right?" Ella asked.

"Yeah."

"He should be ready in about a few minutes."

Then, Adam walked down wearing his usual clothes with his assault Rifle strapped to his back. "We ready to go?" He asked. "Yeah. Everything's ready. We'll leave at anytime." Dylan replied. Adam nodded and turned to Wadsworth. "Wadsworth, I'll be gone for a couple of days. So keep this place clean. Alright?" "Okay Sir." Wadsworth said. Then Ella, Adam, and Dylan walked out of the house and out of Megaton.

When they got there, Ella saw a two-headed cow with a bunch of miscellaneous items on it. And next to it was a man wearing a combat suit holding a sniper rifle. "Okay," Dylan began, "The way I'll pay you is that you each will get 150 bottle caps. And if we get there without being attacked, it's doubled. Alright?" "Sure." The Man said. "Now," Dylan began again, "We should get to know each other. What's your name girl?"

"Ella." Ella said.

"You know me, Michael." The Man answered.

"You all already know me." Adam said sarcastically.

Then Dylan nodded his head and made a posture to move out. So they did. They were walking through a destroyed neighborhood with broken cars around, dirt, and junk all over the place. Ella looked around and her mind wandered off. She was thinking about how life will be out in the Capital Wastelands, how all her friends are doing, and if she will ever get to come back. But then, she started to feel a little dizzy. Adam noticed this. "Ella," He called out to her, "You alright?" "Yeah," She said weakly, "Just something I ate." Adam got concerned and walked up to her. He noticed some symptoms of radiation poisoning and decided to scan her with his Pip-boy. "Wow," Adam said, "You seem to have minor Radiation poisoning. How much of that stuff were you exposed to?"

"Just a little. And that was some food." Ella said.

"Interesting, you seem to have a allergic reaction to Radiation. That's never good." Adam said.

"So," Michael said, "Does this mean she'll slow us down or die or something?"

"Not really," Adam said pulling out some Radaway and some Rad-X for her, "Use this right now. And make sure you take some Rad-X everyday in the morning. Okay?"

"Sure," Ella said taking the Rad-X, "Thanks." "Alright," Dylan said, "Let's keep moving." Then the group walked on.

They were walking for a while before the group came across the river. "We should find a bridge. It'll be easier to get across instead of swimming in that radiated stuff." Michael said. Everyone nodded and followed the river till they came across a bridge. They were crossing it, with Michael on point, when they heard some beeping. Everyone stopped to find out what it was. When Michael looked down, he saw that he was standing on a mine. "Oh Shit!" Michael screamed before it exploded, blowing off both his legs and throwing Ella back. Then, Raiders jumped up from the front and back of the bridge and started firing at the caravan. "LET 'EM EAT LEAD!" Adam screamed as he pulled out his Chinese Assault rifle and returned fire. Dylan ran to Ella to see if she was all right. He dragged her to safety and started to fire at the raiders. When Ella woke up, she realized what was going on. So she grabbed her Hunting Rifle and fired on the Raiders behind them. She had a hard time shooting because her vision was blurry. She fired directly in front of her and shot a Raider in the chest. Adam fired at 3 raiders and blew ones leg off, ones head off, and blew ones arms off. Dylan shot a Raider who was too close to the Caravan and blew him into pieces. Ella had no idea what was actually happening, everything was happening at once.

One Raider knocked the weapon right out of Adams hand, and Adam pulled out a knife with spikes on the handle bar and punched the raider in the face, tearing the skin on his face. Then, Adam got behind him and stabbed him in the back, killing the Raider. "Screw this! Run!" A Raider screamed. Then the three remaining Raiders fled. But Adam picked up his Rifle and shot a raider in both of his legs. When he fell, Adam walked up to the raider, trying to get away. "Wait," The Raider said begging, "We were playing, we swear!" Then Adam pulled out a .44 Magnum and shot the Raider in the head and the Raider's body collapsed. Then, Adam walked back to the Caravan to see what happened to the Caravan.

"All right," Dylan said exhausted, "What happened?"

"Well," Adam began, "The Brahmins all right, Ella's wounded, and Michael's dead."

"The Supplies?" Dylan asked.

"They aren't destroyed if that's what you're asking."

"All right. I'll just get a look. You see what's wrong with Ella."

"Right."

When Adam walked up to Ella, She was on one knee holding her head. "What's wrong?" Adam said. "I took a bullet to the leg, and I can't really see." Ella said. Then Adam got a look at her with his Pip-Boy.

"Well," Adam said, "Good news is, you'll live."

"What's the bad news?" Ella asked.

"You have a broken bone in your leg and a concussion."

"Nothing a few stimpacks and some sleep won't help." Ella said smiling.

Adam nodded and handed her three stimpacks. She injected them into her leg and head. "Dylan," Adam said, "We can't go anywhere for a while. Ella's got a concussion and we need to find a place to sleep."

"Alright then." Dylan said picking up Michaels Sniper Rifle. They crossed the Bridge and continued to follow the River until they came across an abandoned building. "We could sleep here," Adam said carrying Ella, "Who wants to check it out?" Nobody said anything. "Don't all jump at once." Then, Adam put Ella down near a wall and took out his Rifle and went inside the building. Dylan went over to Ella and sat down next to her. "You alright?" He asked. "Yeah. Just a little dizzy." Ella said. "Luckily, you have my brother t take care of you."

"Yeah. He looks out for me."

"Do you…you know…like him?"

"Not the way you're thinking buddy."

Dylan smiled and got up. Adam came back a while later signaling that the buildings clear. So, they got the Brahmin in and put Ella on one of the beds. "Okay," Adam said, "It's right now 12:00 PM, we'll leave at 2:00 PM, about 2 hours from now." Ella nodded and went to sleep. Adam and Dylan sat downstairs watching the front door. "Where did you run into her?" Dylan asked. "I found her out-cold in the middle of the street. She's from Vault 101."

"Really," Dylan said, "She's not so whiney."

"Yeah," Adam replied, "She's a tough girl. I'll give you that."

"Do you like her?"

Adam just starred at him for a while. "Like a friend."

"Seriously. I mean do you love her?"

"What? No. She's 19, I'm 22."

"Sure. Whatever." Then Adam pushed Dylan a little and went to the couch to get some rest.