"Are we almost there?" asked Murdoc, reloading his gun.

A hiss comes from a ghoul before it gets attacked by Dogmeat. The tunnel was supposed to be empty, but of course ghouls found a way in.

"Almost, just one more door and we'll soon be in the Brotherhood's protection." said Li.

The Satanist grinds his teeth, that's what she said at the last three doors! They were attacked by Ghouls, running down in a dark, cramped tunnel system and 2D was gone and in the clutches of those Enclave bastards.

He was pissed and loosing it!

He glares at the doctor to slap her.

"That's what you fucking said at the last three doors, do you even know where the fuck we're going?!" demanded Murdoc.

Doctor Li flinches, backing away with a hand on her cheek. The other scientists look nervous and shuffle away.

"Ma-maybe we should rest for a bit." one suggested.

Murdoc just growls when he gets lifted by his shirt and dragged away by Russel. The larger man then throws him to the ground.

"What the hell is your deal?!" yelled Russel.

Murdoc glares at him to get to his feet. Dogmeat watches and whimpers, backing away from the two.

"My deal is that I'm stuck in a Ghoul infested hole with people who'll happily shot me in the back!" yelled Murdoc.

He then punches Russel in the face and the larger man staggers back.

"I know you tried to kill me back at the bridge, 2D couldn't see me in the murky water, but you shot anyway, not caring if I lived or not." snarled Murdoc.

Russel gets back in his face to punch him, throwing him to the ground.

"Maybe if you weren't such an asshole, I would trust you." spat Russel.

Murdoc tackles him, knocking them both to the ground as they attack the other.

"I never gave you a reason to distrust me, I trusted you till the bridge." snapped Murdoc.

"I know the truth, I heard all about you in Megaton, you care for nothing, you've just been using 2D due to him being the foreseen one." growled Russel.

Murdoc saw red, 2D was gone, iin danger, and this bastard said he was hurting his lover?! Murdoc threw many punches, even holding Russel down by the throat.

Dogmeat starts barking loudly, getting Noodle's attention. She turns to see the two men fighting, well, mostly Murdoc attacking Russel.

"Stop it, STOP IT, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING?!" yelled Noodle.

She threw Murdoc off Russel and the larger man stumbled to his feet. The two were panting, covered in bruises and blood.

The Murdoc felt it, guilt. 2D would be sad that he and Russel were trying to kill each other. But then, would the fat man care, he's already heard all of the tales on the old Murdoc.

Noodle looks at them to relax her stance a bit.

"Feel better now that you got everything out of the way?" asked Noodle.

"No, because nothing is settled." said Russel.

The young girl looks at the large man with a frown.

"Murdoc isn't who you think he is, he changed when he feel in love with 2D." said Noodle.

"How do you know, did he tell you?" asked Russel.

"Yes, he even told me how he doesn't deserve 2D, how he's a mess, that whole bad guy thing, I think it was just an act." said Noodle.

She pauses and looks at Murdoc, who stared back at her in shock.

"It was, wasn't it, like now, this is just a defense to protect yourself." said Noodle.

Murdoc frowns to look away.

"I let him down, I could have stopped the Enclave but I didn't, he's gone." muttered Murdoc sadly.

He walks away a bit to hit the wall to slide down to sit. The dog joins him to lay down, resting his head on the older man's lap. Dogmeat whimpers sadly as Murdoc pets him, running fingers through soft fur. Noodle follows him and sits next to him.

"Why did you act the way you did back then?" asked Noodle.

"I lost my girlfriend and the woman who was carrying my child Emma, she was killed and my child gutted out of her by Raiders." said Murdoc.

Noodle gasps as Russel stares at him in shock.

"I acted like a bastard so that I never felt as useless and weak as I did, my father had a point, love is a useless emotion that makes us weak." said Murdoc.

He leans his head back as a few tears spilled. Maybe if he didn't love 2D, he wouldn't have gotten taken away. Maybe he'd been better off without him.

"That's not true." said Russel.

Murdoc looks at him in shock as the larger man sits on the other side of him.

"You punched me, but it didn't really get serious till I mentioned D, love is strength, and I'm sorry." said Russel.

The Satanist was still in shock, he had to be, why else would Russel apologize.

"I truly believed you were a bad guy because of those stories, but you were just protecting yourself from getting hurt, and then you changed to redeem yourself after 2D, I shouldn't have trusted all those stories Moriarty told me." said Russel.

'So he's the reason, of course he is.' thought Murdoc.

"I was where you were once, back in the Pitt." said Russel.

He sighs to rub his hands together before closing his eyes.

"I met this slave named 434, real name was Dana, she was beautiful." said Russel.

Noodle scoots closer, leaning her head on Murdoc's side, who keeps petting the now silent dog.

"We feel in love and she ended up pregnant, we somehow managed to hide it and she gave birth to a boy, my son Del." said Russel.

"Did they feed him to the Throgs like with Emily?" asked Murdoc.

"No, when they found out, they sent her to the Arena, she never gave me up and she died, after Del was taken away and I never saw him again." said Russel.

Murdoc frowns and Noodle covers her mouth with a hand.

"Sorry, that is never easy." said Murdoc.

Russel nods in agreement and they fall silent.

"Heh, so we're both messed up fuckers." snorts Murdoc.

Russel chuckles and pushes the Satanist.

"Cracker ass, now get up, we still need to get out of here and find D." said Russel.

Murdoc agrees and the four get up to return to the rest of the group. They look at Murdoc with fear and he feels even worse.

"Sorry about that, 2D was captured and I'm antsy." said Murdoc.

"No excuse, but I suppose I can let it go this once." said Li.

Murdoc smiles and Noodle jumps in.

"So, we ready to move on?" asked Noodle.

"Ya, in fact, this truly is the last door." said Li, opening it.

The Satanist smiles at this and they finally leave the tunnels. They were back in the wastes and before them was a large structure with two Brotherhood soldiers guarding it.

The group rush to the door where one of the guards stops them.

"Doctor Li, what are you doing here?" asked the soldier.

"We need to get in, please, it's urgent." pleaded Li.

The two soldiers share a look before one goes to an intercom. After a moment, the door to the citadel opens and the group goes inside.

Inside the area was full of soldiers fighting hand to hand or using their guns to shoot at dummies.

"So this is where the Brotherhood of Steel stay." said Noodle in awe.

As they look around, they see an elderly man approaching with Sarah next to him.

"Doctor Li, what has happened?" asked the man.

"Elder Lyons, we couldn't stay, the Enclave invaded and captured project purity, James is also dead." said Li.

Lyons was shocked and shook his head. He bows his head a bit in grief.

"James was a good man, he will not die in vain." said Lyons.

The older man then looks at Sarah who looks away from him.

"I told you it was a trick." said Lyons.

The group were confused till Sarah looks at them, a look of embarrassment on her face.

"My father never called us back, the Enclave found a way to send a fake order and tricked us into leaving." said Sarah.

"Yes, and now the Enclave have the purifier." said Lyons.

"And 2D, they captured the foreseen one." said one of the scientists.

The old man looks troubled before sighing. He turns away, walking a few steps.

"So, the Enclave have taken all means of peace." said Lyons.

"Not for fucking long." snarled Murdoc.

Everyone looks at Murdoc in shock as he glares at them.

"I'm getting my lover back, all I need is to know where the fuck the Enclave are based." said Murdoc.

Dogmeat barks in agreement, panting at the thought of saving his owner.

"Are you insane, going head first into their base is suicide." said Sarah.

"I don't give a fuck, where is their fucking base, I'll blow the damn thing up myself." growled Murdoc.

He looked to anyone, looking for a challenge but was met with none. Dogmeat was easily on his side and he knew Russel and Noodle would follow.

Russel finally trusts him, now that was going to make things even easier.

Lyons stares at him to finally nod his head.

"Their base is located at Raven's Rock, it's far to the Northeast, you can borrow one of our geeps." said Lyons.

"You have cars?" asked Noodle in shock.

"Yes, how else do we get across the Wastes quickly." said Lyons.

Murdoc grins as the dog wags his tail in happiness. Noodle jumps in joy and Russel looks at the Satanist.

"Obviously we're going too, we want 2D back as well." said Russel.

"Ya, Toochi needs us." grinned Noodle.

Lyons nods his head to the side and his daughter walks away.

"Sarah will get the geep for you, in the meantime we'll need to get you some supplies." said Lyons.

He then starts walking, leading the group towards the Brotherhood's supply room. Murdoc walks ahead with blazing eyes, he was getting his lover back.

'Don't worry Stu, we're on our way.' thought Murdoc.

A/N: Russel and Murdoc have finally gotten past their issues and now they're getting ready to attack the Enclave base to save 2D. Will they succeed? Stay tuned and plz review.