He looked up from Nicola Tesla and You when she got back. Her hair was down, and instead of bulky armor she wore a white undershirt and shorts with her combat boots and bandana.
"The way all you people stare, it's like you never realized I was a girl before. She said loudly, and then closed the door behind her.
Charon looked back down at his book, but he wasn't reading. Anastasia dumped her armor down on the floor by her stuff, set her pistol down near the mattress and then she lay down.
Soon the sound of her soft breathing filled the silence and Charon set the book down and looked at her. Finally he mad up him mind, stepped over quietly (which is hard in combat boots) and lay down by her. She sighed and rolled over, and they both settled in.
He didn't want to wake her. She looked so at peace, but they had to do this, and he was bound by contract. So he nudged her with his foot, handed her her armor, and thy grabbed their gear: all the weapons you could possibly fit on a person, bags of ammo, stimpacks galore, and grenades. Finally, Anastasia tied up her long hair and they headed out.
The capital building was a war zone. Talon Company Mercenaries had tried to set up shop, but the Muties weren't having it. So they fought. But Anastasia and Charon held no grudges or reservations, so they didn't take sides; they just killed. Within about an hour they made it inside, but they were pinned in a storage closet off the main hall, waiting for either the Muties or mercs to win, so they could take out the wounded winners.
Finally, Charon got fed up and used one of his precious grenades to clear the hallway; they were just about to move out when a storm came on from both sides, Muties from one, mercs to the other. Nobody seemed to notice the two in the middle when they opened up fire. Charon dove fast, as did Anastasia, but she wasn't so lucky, and she caught two bullets in the leg. She landed heavily, and Charon dragged her back into the closet and covered her mouth with his hand to stifle her cries. Mercs moved past, and luckily, nobody noticed, but it was only a matter of time.
Charon injected her with two of his stimpacks and watched the flesh slowly begin to heal itself.
"You okay?" he murmured.
"You were expecting that."
"…always do."
Then they were mobile again.