A groan escapes from 2D as he slowly comes to. His mouth felt dry and his vision was blurry.
"What happened?" he muttered.
He goes to stretch but finds his arms won't go too far out. Was he being cuddled again?
"Hm, Murdoc?" yawned 2D.
Vision now returned, the bluenette finds himself in a room that was bare of anything but an old rusty locker.
'Huh, where the Hell am I?' thought 2D.
He closes his eyes for a second when the memories hit. The Jefferson Memorial, Enclave invasion, James's death, getting captured, and Murdoc's horrified face.
'Oh shit that's right, I got snatched by the Enclave.' thought 2D.
He stands up but finds he can't move too much. He was in a cylinder shaped force field or something. A type of cage or whatever, point is, 2D is trapped with no way out.
He had none of his things, no guns, not even his pip boy. Heck, he was now dressed in dirty rags with no shoes. But that didn't really matter, all 2D could focus on was finding a way out.
'I got to get out of here, but how?!' thought 2D.
He punches the field lightly when the door of the room opens up, revealing a short, dirty looking man.
2D blinks as the man walks in, followed by an Enclave soldier.
'Has this guy never heard of a bath?' thought 2D.
The soldier stays by the door while the dirty man walks closer. Once in front of the teen, a creepy, shit eating grin slowly spreads on his face.
2D shutters, he was deeply creeped out.
"Hello there, I am Commander Jimmy Manson, it's a pleasure to finally meet you, Foreseen one." said the man.
"Can't say I feel the same, you creepy, little man." said 2D.
The soldier snorts and Jimmy sends a glare to him.
"That's too bad, my boy, because you and I are going to be seeing a lot of each other during your stay." said Jimmy.
"My stay, you've been trying to kill me since I got here, you're not killing me now, changed your mind?" asked 2D.
"Oh no, we didn't change our mind, we still plan to kill you, but the situation has, as you can guess, changed." chuckled Jimmy.
The bluenette blinks in confusion to give a weird look. The situation has changed, how could it have changed enough to call of his death temporarily?
Jimmy paces a bit to clear his throat.
"Now, let's get down to business...what is the purifier's activation code?" he asked.
2D pauses, the code to the machine, that was what they wanted?
'Of course, James told it to me so that the Enclave could never get it.' thought 2D.
Without the code, the Enclave couldn't use the machine for their own evil plans.
"Uh, I don't, what are you talking about?" asked 2D.
Playing dumb, as pointed out a few times by Murdoc, is something he's good at.
"The code, THE CODE, THE CODE TO TURN THE PURIFIER ON!" yelled Jimmy.
2D leans away to then shake his head.
"I don't know, if there is 2D.
"Don't lie to me, I know he would have told someone, who else but the Foreseen one?" asked Jimmy.
"Just because I'm the Foreseen one, doesn't mean he'll just tell me right away." said 2D.
Jimmy glares at him, his hands balled into tight fists.
"I know you are lying to me, you will tell me or I'll make you suffer." threatened Jimmy.
"You can hurt me all you want, heck, maybe even kill me, but I have nothing to say." said 2D.
He couldn't say anything, not even hint he knew the code.
He was pulling a Murdoc, like when he stole some liquor from Moriarty. Deny, deny, DENY!
Jimmy smirks at him to start laughing darkly.
"Oh, but what makes you think it's you I'd be hurting." said Jimmy.
A cold shiver of fear moves down the teen's spine, what was this mad man saying?
He gave a nod to the soldier standing guard, who in turn opened the door. Another soldier walks in, making 2D's eyes widen in horror and disbelief.
In the arms of the soldier, was a terrified and crying Sasha.
"Sasha, why do you, how?!" demanded 2D.
"Did you really think we wouldn't know of your daughter, our eye-bots are everywhere, so we knew about her the moment you brought her back from the Pitt, even sent some of my soldiers down to keep an eye on you, I knew you would do anything for her, so once you left that rusty, metal tin can of a town, they moved in." explained Jimmy in a villainous way.
"Still, Wadsworth, he would have protected her." said 2D.
"You mean that robot, yes, they told me about that troublesome thing, put up a fight, but he was no match for my men, that Mister Handy is now scrap metal." laughed Jimmy.
2D was in shock and horror, Wadsworth, that amazing and caring robot, was gone.
Sasha cries louder and upon seeing 2D, leans over, making grabbing motions for him. The poor girl wanted her Daddy.
"You, you monster, what kind of a man threatens the lives of children?!" demanded 2D in anger.
"The kind that has no time for lies or stubborn teenagers; take the crying brat to cell one." ordered Jimmy.
The soldier nods to walk away, taking Sasha who only wailed louder.
"Please, she's not part of this, don't hurt her." begged 2D.
"Oh my poor, naive boy, she is part of this, she became part of this the moment you brought her here." said Jimmy.
2D was in despair and looked at the man.
"What are you going to do to her?" he asked.
"Me, oh that depends on how this goes, you tell me what I want, and I let her go, continue to deny me what I want, and she dies like that scrap heap in your house." said Jimmy.
The bluenette was worried, he had to protect the Wasteland, but what about Sasha, he couldn't let her die. Her life or the future of the wastes, that was a cruel choice to make.
"You know, since I'm such a nice guy, I'll tell you what, I'll give you till morning to decide, and remember, whatever you chose, effects your baby's fate." laughed Jimmy.
He leaves the room, taking the guard with him.
Now alone, tears spill from 2D's eyes as he falls to his knees. What was he going to do, Sasha was in danger and the only choice to save her was to tell them the code.
But if he does, he'll be betraying everyone, Sasha included. His friends, Megaton, the Family, the Pitt, the brotherhood, and most of all, Murdoc.
His lover who was dealt a shit hand his whole life, who finally found happiness in 2D of all people. Who finally had the child he always dreamed off.
It will all be lost.
2D continues to sob pulling his knees in to hide him face.
"Murdoc, I need you so much, what do I do?" cried 2D.
His tears continue to fall but he gets no answer. The only answer it seems will be given in the morning, when the fate of the wasteland and his daughter be tested.
*~* GORILLAZ *~*
The moon shined brightly over head as a mole rat digs at the ground. It takes a sniff to suddenly stand on it's hind legs, what was that noise?
The noise gets louder and it dives for cover as a large objects jumps up over a hill to land, moving swiftly over the dry dirt.
Dogmeat barks in joy, tongue hanging out in the wind. He was really enjoying the speed.
Murdoc was behind the wheel of the camo painted geep, pressing down hard on the has. Russel was in the back as it was where he fit with Noodle riding shotgun, seat belt buckled on tightly.
"Murdoc, don't you think we're going a little fast?!" yelled Noodle.
"Not fast enough, we have to get to 2D quickly, I feel something isn't right, something bad has happened." growled Murdoc.
He turns on the wheel hard, avoiding a large rock when he hears a small thud.
"How about driving so that I don't get knocked out." called Russel.
"Sorry Russ, but this is too important, 2D needs us, I can feel it." said Murdoc.
For the last hour of driving, Murdoc has had a bad feeling. Something was very wrong with 2D and he had to get there, quickly.
While driving, Murdoc also checks the sky, but sees no dark shapes. He still has seen nothing of Cortez, and he worries that means his raven is truly gone.
'I may have lost Cortez, but I will not lose Stuart.' thought Murdoc, grip tightening on the wheel.
They pass another hill when Murdoc suddenly slams on the breaks.
"What the hell?!" demanded Russel.
Murdoc shushes him to get out of the geep, Dogmeat follow with a stiff tail. He was ready for battle.
Noodle shares a look with the large man and the unbuckle themselves to follow. Crouching with Murdoc, they see a large rock formation with Enclave walking around and some Helibirds.
"So this is it, Raven's Rock." said Noodle.
"Ya, and Stu is somewhere inside." said Murdoc.
Russel looks at the soldiers to shake his head.
"We can't just use force, we'll have to find a way to sneak in." said Russel.
"I agree, Toochi should be in the cells, which may be on the lowest floor." said Noodle.
Murdoc grumbles, he didn't care about all that, he just wants to get inside and save 2D.
"Okay, so I think we should look for a weak point in their patrol, that will get us inside, then we just keep to the shadows, or at least find our own power armor to disgust ourselves in." said Russel.
"I thought you needed special training to use power armor." said Noodle.
"Dammit, you're right, okay, but we can still-wait, where's Murdoc?' asked Russel.
Noodle looks to see the Satanist was gone. They look around to suddenly hear a loud explosion.
Looking over, they find the Enclave dead on the ground, one of the soldiers was even on fire. Murdoc is standing the middle, dirt and blood on him with Dogmeat at his side, tearing out the throat of a soldier.
"You ladies done talking, I got one of the access badges." said Murdoc, holding up a bloody key card.
"Wow, he butchered them all." said Noodle.
"He's pissed, so lets hurry and find 'D before he turns that rage on us." said Russel.
They run over as Murdoc uses the badge to open the heavy doors to the base. The entrance was cleared, next stop, 2D.
'Hang on, Blue bird, I'm coming.' thought Murdoc.
A/N: So 2D meets the Commander of the Enclave and is given an ultimatum. His Daughter's life or the Watseland's future. And now Murdoc, Russel, and Noodle have arrived to save him. What secrets will they uncover in the Enclave's base? Stay tuned and plz review.
