(Ally) My mind couldn't focus. It kept going back to what Li told me earlier that day.
"Ally... whatever happens on that island... come back to us. The Capital Wasteland stills needs the Wanderer. And I need..." she had cut herself off at that point but I knew what she meant. She really cared for my father, more than I could probably imagine... I am all thats left of him to her, and she wants me to stay safe.
"Yoohoo. Knight?" came a voice in front of me. I shook my head and came back to reality. I was at the party thrown in celebration of the beginning of mine and Sarahs missions. We were in the laboratory and I was standing beside the terminal used with Liberty Prime when he was powered up to assault the Purifier.
I saw someone in front of me, the person who snapped me back to reality, I had met him before but only knew him by rank. A fellow Knight.
"Yes Knight?" I couldn't help but giggle a little.
"Sentinel Lyons was calling you over." he said, pointing towards Sarah and a few other Brotherhood people. I nod at the Knight and walk over to Sarah. This was and probably will be the only time I see all these Brotherhood people not in uniform. It felt kind of awkward, so many of the people I have only seen in uniform now wearing normal clothes. Many more formal than my wasteland gear.
"Ally, how are you?" I heard Sarah call as I aproached her. I smile and call back.
"I am still exhausted from helping in Rivet City, but I'll be able for the trip!" At this point I'm already beside her.
"You know that isn't what I meant, silly goose." we exhange smiles. Both of us were in the same boat, we both had solo missions. It was almost like a movie, the heroes venturing forth on seperate missions.
"I know Sarah. And I am doing well. Its good to be out and about again after so much time asleep." I reply and take a drink. I assume its Nuka Cola, but I could be wrong. It didn't taste like normal Cola after all.
"I know the feeling. Also, that isn't normal Nuka Cola, as you can obviously tell." she smirks menacingly.
I gulp, slightly worried at what she might be implying. She can obviously tell and bursts out laughing.
"Ally, its not alcoholic or anything. Just... differently flavoured. I think its... orange or something? I don't know, it was a Knight who found the supply of it. Knight... Jack? Jamie? Jake? Something with 'Ja' at the start." Sarah stated. I laughed a little because I had met Knights with all of those names.
"Orange huh? It is a oddly familiar flavour... I like it." I reply, smiling and giggling. I feel really giggly lately for some reason.
"Anyways, I know you were upset too only see Prime in action once. Well I asked around and got you a little present." Sarah said, pulling out a folded piece of blue paper.
"Its the blueprints for Prime we found alongside him. We have our own copy and Dr. Li her own, hers is probably the most important though..." she said, handing me the paper. I was speechless. Prime was the coolest robot ever and to only see himnin action once stung, but leave it to Sarah to find a way to make it better.
"You don't need to say anythi-" I cut her off with a hug. A short hug.
"I love it. Thank you." I finally come out with as I see a face I don't recognise come up to Sarah and start talking to her. Sarah looks at me sympathetically as she walks away with the person. I don't recognise her but then again, I barely know anyone out of uniform.
I wander around the people in the party and walk out of the laboratory it was being held in.
The Citadel courtyard was completely empty. No guards on watch, no Initiates being trained... I smile as I immerse myself in memories. I can feel the people around me, even though its all in my head.
I see a group of scientists dragging a bruised and injured black haired girl with them. My arrival here... I was passed out at the time yet I can see this vividly. I guess my mind was still aware.
I see myself and Sarah on our small recon missions. Me trying to show off, her trying and failing to act serious...
I see Librty Prime being moved out of the Citadel and hitting against the wall. I laugh at the memory.
I see the day Prime was destroyed... when I woke up. The mangled mess of Power Armour and person that got dragged into the Citadel alongside a severly injured team. A succesful team, but still.
I sit down beside a radio playing GNR and think of the day I met Sarah and Three Dog... I should catch up with him soon.
That behemoth I somehow took out with mini-nuclear ease... the horrible joke I made about 'just a Brotherhood?' it feels like decades ago...
And I snap back to reality just as easily as I left it. I am in an empty courtyard with a radio on playing music from centuries ago. And I only have a short amount of time left in my home until I'm gone for... I don't know how long...