The sun rose in the sky, shining light onto 2D's face. He groans as slowly wakes up. The teen blinks and yawns, but then he shoots up.
He's covered by an old blanket with a bag as a pillow. 2D cursed himself, he meant to stay up last night with Murdoc. He rubbed his arm but stopped to feel something. His burned arm was completely covered in bandages. 'Murdoc must have treated my arm last night.' thought 2D.
He looks over to a small rock pile to see Murdoc kneeling before it. That was Sasha's grave, they'd piled rocks over so no one would disturb her grave. 'He never went to sleep, he stayed up all night, alone.' thought 2D.
The teen got out of his make-shift bed and walked over to the grave. 2D sat next to Murdoc, but the man's eyes never left the rocks. 2D sighs and leans his head on the Satanist's shoulder. "Sorry I fell asleep, I meant to stay up." said 2D. "It's alright, after what happened yesterday, you needed it." said Murdoc.
2D kisses his cheek and holds his hand. "Is there anything you need me to do?" asked 2D. "Ya, d-don't ever leave, Stu." said Murdoc, voice breaking.
This shocks the teen but he understands. Murdoc just found out Sasha was his real mother and she had to leave again. The older man was in a vulnerable state at the moment. 'How long has it been, since you last cried Murdoc, since you last let your emotions out?' thought 2D.
Murdoc's grip on his hand tighten and 2D rubbed his hand. "I'll never leave you, Mudsy, that's a promise." said 2D. Murdoc smiled a bit as the teen let go of his hand and stood up. "I'm gonna get you some breakfast." said 2D. Murdoc didn't say anything so the teen walked back up the hill a bit to the bag.
He looked through it but stopped. Murdoc wasn't himself now, he's vulnerable. 'When will Murdoc go back to his old self, he could get killed in this state.' thought 2D worriedly.
The teen grabbed some food when his wrist was seized. 2D let out a gasp as he was hauled up. He now stared at a person, and it obviously wasn't a Raider. This guy was wearing reddish brown metal armor.
2D gulped and tried to pull away, but the guy had a tight grip on his wrist. "I finally found you." said the man. The teen looked at the man and shook. "Wh-who are you?" asked 2D. "A proud member of the Enclave, and I've been looking for you." sneered the man.
2D froze, Enclave, this was an Enclave soldier. 2D then thought of Sasha's warning back in Megaton, how the Enclave were against peace. 'But, how do they know it's me?' thought 2D.
The soldier's grip tightened and he pulled he teen with him. "Let's go, peace-bringer, you're coming with me." said the soldier. 2D panicked and tried harder to escape. "No, let me go!" yelled 2D. The soldier easily ignored him, dragging him further away.
2D didn't have his gun, he had no weapon to fight off this guy. The teen looked back over, Murdoc was still staring at the grave. "MURDOC!" yelled 2D.
The Enclave soldier pulled the teen closer, slugging him in the head. "Shut up!" ordered the soldier. The teen let out a cry at the hard hit.
2D's cry got the Satanist's attention and he quickly looked over. There was 2D, being dragged away by some guy Murdoc didn't know. The older man let out a snarl and picked up his sniper.
"Hey shithead!" yelled Murdoc. The soldier looked over as Murdoc pulled the trigger. The bullet hit a wire on the armor, causing it to short circuit. 2D pulled away as the soldier threw his helmet off, trying to get away from the electrified suit. Murdoc pulled the trigger again, decapitating the man.
2D looked at the dead soldier, sighing in relief. That scared the shit out of him!
Murdoc holstered his sniper and ran towards his lover. How could he be so blind and stupid?! 'I was so caught up on the dead that I neglected to keep an eye on Stu!' thought Murdoc.
He got to his lover and helped him up. "What the hell happened?!" demanded Murdoc. "I-I don't know, he just grabbed me and said I was going with him, also calling me 'peace-bringer'." said 2D. The Satanist looked at the dead body as his lover shifted a bit. "He said he was an Enclave soldier." said 2D.
Murdoc looked at 2D in shock but nodded. "Enclave." muttered Murdoc. "Ya, Sasha warned me about them, but I don't get it, why are they after me now?" asked 2D.
The older man sat down, pulling the teen with him. "Do you remember the prophecy Vance told us?" asked Murdoc. "Of course, no one would let me." said 2D.
"Exactly, all of the wastes now know it, even the Enclave." said Murdoc. 2D could only tilt his head a bit. "I don't understand, why doesn't the Enclave want peace?" asked 2D. Murdoc sighed, rubbing the back of his head.
"You see, the Enclave have a lot of profit and power in the Capitol Wasteland, but only because of the state it's in." explained Murdoc. "Wait, the chaos you mean?" asked 2D. "Ya, as long as their is chaos in the Wasteland, the Enclave are in control, with peace, what can they really do to keep their power?" asked Murdoc. 2D was shocked, was that all they cared about? POWER, MONEY?!
"What selfish bastards!" exclaimed 2D. "Exactly, all they care about is power, anything that is a threat to it, they will do whatever it takes to destroy it." said Murdoc. 2D nodded and the older man pulled him closer.
"Than again, they've never gone up against us before." smirked Murdoc. The bluenette chuckled, moving closer to his lover.
As they sat there, 2D heard a noise. "Ant." said 2D. "It must have heard our fight." said Murdoc. He grabbed his sniper and lined up a shot. The ant appeared and spewed fire at them. Murdoc jumped back and shot, cracking the ant's head wide open.
"Are you shitting me, they breathe FIRE now?!" yelled Murdoc. "That's what I said." laughed 2D. Murdoc just shook his head and the two packed up.
"Come on, we need to find the source of the invasion." said Murdoc. "I know, but where do we even start?" asked 2D. "It's simple, it has to be somewhere that wasn't there before." said Murdoc. "Uh, what?" asked 2D. The Satanist just shook his head and took the teen's hand.
"We're going to look for a place that wasn't in Grayditch before." said Murdoc. 2D nodded and the two ran back towards the town.
The grief and pain is behind them, now, all that's needed is to find the source of the ants and put a stop to it. Before anything else goes wrong.
A/N: And now the Enclave have made a small appearance. Damn you Enclave, trying to take poor, sweet 2D away. Least Murdoc saved him, what will happen next? Stay tuned and plz review.