Fallout Equestria: Brotherhood

CHAPTER 5: LUCK

“You know our mom!” Adam exclaimed in excitement.

The strange Pegasus nodded at him. “Yeah I know who she is.” She said taking a sip of a some kind alcoholic drink on the table.

Neo looked at her in disbelief, “What does she look like then?” He asked her curiously still not trusting her.

She looked at the trio with a rather stern and bored look on her face, “Shes a unicorn, blue coat, brown mane, Stable suit, that stuff.” She continued not giving the brothers time to respond. “Last thing I can say is that she was heading for Ironhoof City.” She took another sip and went on, “I saw her myself, she is quiet the nice looking mare if I do say so myself.”

Neo leaned closer to the Pegasus, “Do you know why she is out here? Or, why she left?”

She retained the same stern bored look that she had before, “Listen.” She said pushing her drink to the side. “I like you, I can tell you love this mar-, I mean mother of yours a whole lot.” She paused as she picked up her sniper rifle and leaned against it, “I MIGHT be willing to help you with you problem.”

She stopped talking for a moment, and everyone was silent. Adam took this time to ask a question, “Are you going to help us find our-” Adam was interrupted by the Pegasus again. “Yeah, I'll help you.” She said in a low monotonous tone.

“Great! Now-” Once again Adam was stopped by the stranger. “But, I want you to help me with something first.”

Neo leaned back into his seat to listen more carefully, Allie on the other hoof decided to ask her a question. “How do we know we can trust you?”

The Pegasus sat up strait and turned her fedora around so that they could see the side better, and on the side that she exposed to them was a yellow sun. Neo and Adam recognized the symbol, it looked just like the sun princess Celestia used as her insignia in the days of old.

“Whats that supposed to mean?” Neo said to the Pegasus not really impressed by the small symbol on her hat.

Allie looked surprised. “Your a Guardian?”

The Pegasus nodded back to her.

“Whats a Guardian?” Adam asked curiously while he was scratching his head.

The Pegasus was quiet and intimidating just blankly starring at them with her eyes halfway open.

Neo turned to Allie as if he was lookig for answers, “Allie what are Guardians?” He asked her.

She paused to think about the details, “Well from what I’ve heard the are a group of traveling warriors that conquer evil, and defend the weak. In some areas I’ve heard they have entire squads of fighters ready to fight anything. Or at least thats what I've heard.” She stopped for a moment trying to think of other information she might have on the Guardians. She shrugged, “Thats all I really know about them, besides that there really isn’t much to tell.”

“She pretty much summed it up for you.” The Pegasus said moving her sniper to her lap. She looked up at the two brothers, “I’ll help you find your mom in Ironhoof, if you help me while your there.” She gave them a small smirk.

“Help you do what?” Neo asked curiously, he didn’t like the fact that he had to help her do chores in order to find their mom.

She started to name things they needed to do, “Help me make deliveries to traders, help stop theifs, and help me clean my house. Stuff like that, and hell if you do a good job there just might be some caps in it for you.” She went back to having the same bored expression she had earlier.

“I’m willing to do it if it means finding mom!” Adam said still determined to finding their mother.

Neo sighed, “Fine, we’ll help you ONLY if you promise to help us find our mom.” He said folding his forehooves.

She took her left hoof and crossed her chest symbolizing she promised to help them. Her bland looked quickly changed grim, “There is just one small problem, its a three day walk from here to Ironhoof, and I could fly but my supply cart I use was taken by raiders just north for here. Naturally I would get it myself, but I already checked out the place and there are way to many for me and my sniper to pick off.”

“Were going to have to kill them?” Adam mumbled.

“No, were going to give them flowers and cupcakes...” She said sarcastically.

“I’ll take that as a yes.” Adam said folding his ears down his mind filled with the images of his brother killing the raiders they encountered on their first day in the wasteland. It made his stomach turn in knots just by thinking about killing more ponies, and see more death.

Neo stood up sharply, “What are we going to use this cart for anyway?” He asked.

“Why your going to ride in it of course.” She said with a clever smirk on her face.

Adam tried to shake the thoughts from his head, “Remember mom, I can’t fail now. I won’t stop looking, I won’t.” He thought to himself as he pulled himself together.

“When do we leave?” Neo and Adam said in unison confident grins spread on their faces.

Allie smiled at the thought of how powerful their bond together was.

“When you got weapons and ammo then were ready to go.” She said picking up her rifle and putting it on her back with the strap connected to it.

“Well its probably a good thing I went to the store before we came here then.” Neo said positively.

“Well I guess you are ready to go then.” She got up from the table they were sitting at. She turned around to tell them something, “Meet me at the entrance of Maneton when your ready. Oh, and the name is Lucy, Lucy luck.

The Pegasus finally left the saloon leaving the trio alone at the table.

Neo looked at Allie with worry in his eyes, “Its probably safer if you go back home and wait for us to get back.”

She just looked at him and sighed, “You and Adam better come back safe.” She said grinning slightly.

Adam jumped from the table with a powerful aura surrounding him, “What are we waiting for?” He said a determined look in his eyes.

Neo told Allie goodbye, and joined Adam on their way to the front gate.

At the front gate Lucy was waiting kicking an old rusty can as she waited for the two brothers. She looked around to see if she could see them, and there she saw them coming down the main road of Maneton.

“You boys ready to roll?” She said slipping a clip of ammunition into her sniper.

“Yep.” Neo nodded.

“Good I don’t like to wait much, I want to get my cart back.”

Adam stopped her before they started to head of to the raider camp. “Don’t you wan’t to know our names first?” He asked.

“Make it quick.” She said in a rude tone.

“I’m Neo, and this is Adam.” Neo said pointing to his little brother.

“Okay, Neo and Adam, got it. Now lets just get going now please.” She said trying to rush them.

"Right." The two replied in unison.

*****

After about one hour of walking they made it to the raider outpost. They got down behind some rocks just over a hill next to the raider outpost.

The raider outpost was a small house with several large holes exposing the inside of the building. The building itself was decorated with graffiti in an asortment of colors, pornigaphic insults and slang were splattered on every inch of structure. Dead pony skulls were displayed on sticks as decorating, and mutilated pony bodies dangled form chains only adding to the gruesome place those raiders called home.

There were roughly twenty or so raiders patroling the house, just outside the house was three large cages each of which had two ponies inside. The ponies inside looked starving and tattered from the harm the raiders had caused them. It made Neo angry to see what those ponies where doing to them, and he wasn’t going to let them suffer anymore. On the other side of the house was Lucy’s cart which was the primary goal for the mission.

Lucy pulled out her sniper and looked down the scope to see what would be the best way to attack. Neo and Adam followed her lead and peaked over their cover to see which way was the safest.

“WHAT!” Lucy shouted as quietly as she could.

“What is it?” Neo whispered to lucy.

“Look at my cart!” She quietly shouted again.

Neo and Adam turned their gaze to the cart. The cart was violently moving back and forth fiercely.

“Are they...” Neo questioned disgusted by the thought of two raider ponies going at it.

“Aw sick.” Adam said turning away from the sight equally disgusted by the thought.

“Oh no, not in my cart!” She exclaimed furiously turning the safety off on her sniper.

Before she was going to start shooting she turned to Neo and Adam and whispered, “I want you two to charge down to those rocks down their.” She pointed down to a small pile of boulders next to the house. “Then I need you to take out the raiders next to the cart, I’ll take cover you as you go. Next, I want you to take out all of the raiders on the other side of the house. Got that?”

Neo and Adam just looked at her trying to retain what she had just told them. Adam slowly raised his hoof and asked his question slowly, “I think we got that al-” Adam was interrupted by the angry Pegasus.

“Great! Now when I say go, you book it? Okay?” She said chuckling insanely looking down the scope of her sniper.

Neo reached over to pull out his revolver he had looted from the first raiders he and Adam met.

With the gun in his mouth Neo was more than ready to fight those sad excuses for ponies. Adam started to go through Neos bag to look for a gun of his own, he found a 10mm pistol that Neo had haggled from Isaac at the general store. Both brothers held guns in their mouths ready to attack.

“Go!” Lucy shouted.

Neo and Adam jumped up to their feet and dashed down hill to the rocks as fast as the could. Three shots went off, and three raiders on the second story of the building fell flat on the ground their heads completely blown off.

“OH shit! Were under attack!” Yelled a unicorn raider holding a hunting rifle.

With that alert it was now made clear that all the raiders knew about their presence. Three shots were fired from a raider pony near the cart, he was shooting at Adam and Neo. They dove for cover dodging the wave of bullets being sprayed at them. Once behind cover Neo leaped up for one moment to go into SATS, he auto targeted a raiders head, another raiders chest, and then the head again of the first raider pony.

Neo pulled the trigger once with his tongue, the first bullet missed, but the second one hit the first raider dead set in the eye. He fell to the gound dead, he pulled the trigger one more time, and it was a direct hit in the heart of the second pony.

Neo quickly went back behind the rocks to take cover while he waited for SATS to recharge. Adam looked down at his EFS to see how many there were, ten little lights showed up on the tiny bar that told him which way was north and south.
Adam never fired a gun before, and he was both excited and terrified to fire a gun for the first time. He closed his eyes as he got up and randomly popped off four shots. Adam cringed as every shot he fired was a blow to his self esteem. Quickly he dived back into the rocks for cover.

Neo looked at Adam with an eyebrow raised, “Wuff wasf dat.” He mumbled with the gun in his mouth.

Adam looked back at him, “I fuws shooting aut fthe wayders.” He replied mumbling with his gun in his mouth.

Lucy took three more shots each one was a direct kill. The raiders in the wagon had stopped their intercourse for a moment to see what was going on outside. A earthpony and a unicorn sat up in the cart. The unicorn was levitating a 10mm pistol with her magic, and the earthpony held a small crowbar in his mouth.

With SATS fully recharged Neo poked his head over the rocks to take a few shots at some more raiders. The only two he could see at the moment was the two who had gotten up from their intercourse in the cart.

Neo once again went into SATS as he got up from his cover. Within a blink of an eye he targeted the pony with the 10mm pistol three times. *Pop!* The first shot missed completely. *Pop!* The second shot hit the raider in the knee causing her to fire once. The last shot Neo fired hit her right in between the eyes. The bullet had made a small cloud of blood as it punctured her skull. Neo pulled the trigger one more time hoping he could hit the crowbar pony, but *Click* He had run out of bullets. “Oh crap.” He thought to himself as he went back to cover to put away his useless pistol.

The crowbar raider saw Neo jump back into cover and charged towards the rocks he and Adam hid behind. It was apparent that the raider was not happy because he was having a good time in the cart till they showed up.

Then another sniper shot fired, followed by a green metal apple. The crowbar raider had part of his head blown completely off by Lucy.

“Serves you right you bastard.” She muttered softly to herself. She was happy she killed one of the ponies who fucked in her cart.

The green metal apple landed in next to Adam. Adam looked down and saw the apple just sitting there. Neo looked back to Adam, and before he cold say a thing he pushed Adam over and kicked the Apple back into the house. “Whoo.” Sighed with relief as he wiped sweat from his brow.

“Ah fuck! HIT THE DECK!” A raider pony yelled inside the house.

*BOOM!* A large explosion followed shortly after he swore.
Adam put his gun way in his bag and then turned to his brother, “Brother what was that?!” He asked, surprised that the tiny apple was actually an explosive.

“It was a grenade.” Neo said taking out his combat knife and lying it on the ground.

“A grenade?” Adam asked.

“Its a tiny explosive, you pull the pin and through it. I think you know the rest by now.” He picked up the combat knife in his mouth and put it away as Lucy came down the hill towards them.

“But, how did you know what it was?” Adam pondered.

“Easy, I saw a few for sale at the general store.” Neo mumbled smiling back at him.

“Not bad, not bad. I have seen worse.” Lucy applauded as she came down from the hill.

She put her sniper rifle to her back and made her way to the cart. She went right up to it and started to hug and kiss the thing as if it were her child. “Mama’s here sweety, I won’t let dose bad, bad raiders hurt you again.” She said in a motherly babyish manner.

Neo and Adam chuckled a bit at her reunion with her cart, but the comic scene soon disappeared as she became serious again.

“Why are you two just standing there? Loot the place!” She yapped at them.

The brothers jumped in fright as they began to carry out Lucy’s orders.

Outside The house Neo found three metal boxes each of which had a few caps inside, and some extra ammunition for his revolver. Adam looked outside and found a crowbar from the dead pony Lucy killed, and the 10mm pistol from the other raider Neo killed. Although he didn’t like the look of pony brains splattered everywhere he wasn’t as grossed out or nauseated as before. Neo checked each body outside for supplies. One raider wore a bandana around his head, for some reason Neo found it rather nice so he took it for himself.

Lucy had finally finished getting her cart fixed up, and that meant cleaning up after the raiders love session. Neo went back to get his combat knife and Adam waited for Neo to help him on the other side of the house. Together they both went to the other side of the house where the raider captives were.

Inside the three cages were four ponies, each looked like they had been through hell and back again. One of the captives was a small colt who looked no older than Newt. It was sad, and it made Neo and Adam furious to think that little ones like him everywhere were dying slow painful deaths.

One of the captives, a pink unicorn filly looked up to Neo and Adam and with a weak wheezy voice she muttered, “Help... Us.”

Neo knelt down to the cage. “Don’t worry we’ll get you out.” He said reassuringly, he had a friendly honest look him that made the captive feel peaceful, and at ease.

Adam was looking around each cage searching for a way to open it. Adam looked at Neo, “We need to check the inside for keys.”

Neo got up and looked back at Adam. “Thats probably the best thing to do.”

Adam moved over to what seemed like a doorway to the raiders former home. Neo followed closely behind his younger brother. The inside of the raiders home was just as just as dirty and disgusting as the raiders who used to live here. The whole house smelled of vomit and decomposing flesh, limbs and dead bodies littered every bit of the home. The walls were covered in blood, and graphic graffiti of ponies doing it and dying. Small blood stained mattresses covered one third of the first floor of the house, to the left was two raider bodies completely splattered all over the wall. Neo asumed it was those very unlucky ponies he had kicked the grenade to, and there right next to a first aid box was a large iron key.

Adam and Neo step through the bloody mess they and Lucy made during the battle. Their hooves were covered in the warm blood of the raiders, Neo checked the first aid box which was a yellow tin box with three pink butterflies painted on it. Inside was 3 healing potions, a small tin of metals, and a thing of radaway.

Adam grabbed the keys in his mouth and dashed off for the door, Neo wasn’t to far behind him. They finally got back to the outside where the both took in a deep breath of fresh air. They were relieved from having to smell the inside of that hell hole of a home, still the dirty musty outdoor air was definitely a big improvement compared to the inside of that house.

Adam held the end of the key in his mouth, and one by one each cage clicked open. Lucy trotted over to the two brothers as they helped the captives move out of the cages.

Neo looked over to Lucy, “How are we going to get these ponies out of here? They are in no condition to travel to Maneton, even if its an hours walk from here.”

“Well thats an easy one. I’m gonna take them in my cart.” She answered him pointing her head in the direction of the cart.

Adam perked his ears up looking up at Lucy with surprise, “Are we going to get to ride in the cart?” Adam asked, a puppy dog look on his face.

“Yeah kid, your gonna ride in the cart.” She said in a modest tone.

Adam squeed at the thought of riding in the cart while it was flying, his face lit up with happiness.

Lucy looked back at Neo. “Did you check the place for loot? Upstairs too?” She asked.

Neo had completely forgot about the upstairs, “Y’know I almost forgot about it, heh.” He said scratching his head in embarrassment.

Neo decided to head up stairs in the house, the stairs were creaky and old, they reminded him of that first house they visited one their first day in the wasteland. As he creeped up the stairs he felt a slight tug on his left forehoof, “Huh?” He muttered as a large pony carcass came flying at him from the other side of the wall.

With a large thud the dead pony body smacked against his body instantly cracking two ribs. A sharp pain spiked throughout his body particularly in his rib cage, it also knocked the air right out of him leaving him breathless. He stubbled and fell down the stairs till he fell in a pool of raider blood at the bottom of the stairs.

“Help...” He wheezed as he struggled for breath. Neo felt helpless he was completely immobilized, shaking with pain.

Adam went through the door looking for his brother, “Brother we’re about to go.” He said looking for his brother in the house. Adam was shoked to see his older brother at the bottom of the stairs shaking in a pool of raider blood.

“Brother!” He called to Neo diving to help him.

Adam tried to help him up but he moved slightly wheezing, “No, get-t...Me...Heal-ling...Pot-tion...” He was breathing heavy trying to get a real breath, but his lung was damaged and two of his ribs cracked.

Adam set Neo back down on the bloody floor, and started to look through his bag for a healing potion. Finally after digging halfway through his bag he found a healing potion. He popped the small bottle open and put it to Neo’s lips. He started to drink it slowly, and soon he stopped drinking gasping for air. It was then that all of the pain in his body started to numb, and his ribs only felt slightly sore now.

Adam put the bottle away as his older brother slowly started to get up, although Neo was still shaking he felt significantly better than he did a few seconds ago.

He took in a deep breath in, “Thanks Adam.” He huffed stilling breathing heavily.

Adam smiled at Neo. “No problem.” Adam said patting his brother on the shoulder.

In the corner of his eye Neo saw a raider unicorn pony crawling in the corner of the room dying but levitating a shotgun with her horn. With her last dying strength she fired one last shot before dying. *Pow!* The sound echoed as Adam slowly turned around three gashing holes in his neck, leg, and torso."Brother..." Adam whimpered before he fell to the ground bleeding severely, His eyes wide with with shoke.

Neo just looked at him a moment, his eyes wide with terror and panic. “LUCY!” Neo shouted as he dug through his bag for his healing potion, and within seconds he pulled out a bottle. He poped the top off and started to give it to Adam, “It going to be okay Adam, its going to be okay...” He muttered his vision blurred by tears.

She came rushing in witnessing the horrible sene. “Neo what the hell happened!?” She shouted to him.

“I don’t care he’s dying! We need to get him to Maneton!” He shouted as tears rolled down his eyes.

Lucy didn’t comment, instead she just helped get some magical bandages she had in her bag to help stop the bleeding. Neo picked up Adam and carried him on his back blood dripping all over him. The two dashed to the cart were the former captives sat and waited for their rescuers to get them.

Quickly she hooked herself up to the cart. “Neo get Adam in here!” she shouted.

Neo was crying while he lay his brother down in the cart. He closed up the end of the cart preparing for take off.

Lucy looked at the captives, “We need to get this one to the hospital in Manetone, don’t worry we’ll come back for you just stay put untill we do.” She said quickly as she rushed to take off and get Adam real medical help.

She spread her wings and started to flap like crazy each powerful flap kicked up a small cloud of dust as she slowly made the cart lift up from the ground.

*****
"Peace is where you find it.
Weather its in the dark, or the light.
In life, or death.
For me peace is with my family, and my brother.
This is peace, and they will help me find it."

Adam woke up in a small bed in a large wooden building, a fan slowly moving on the ceiling. A desk and small terminal with a surgery table were on the other side of the room. He looked again still trying to make out the scene, the one think he could make out was his brother siting next to him in a chair sleeping soundly. Adam although still sore from his wounds, smiled. Just watching his older brother be alive made him happy. It was night outside because the windows were dark and he could here insects outside making music welcoming the night. He slowly closed his eyes, letting them rest as he drifted off into a calm sleep.

Adam awoke the next day, feeling much better than he did the previous night. In the room he was in Neo was looking out into the world through a window in deep thought.

“Your awake.” A soft calm voice said.

Neo looked to Adam a happy smile followed by a few tears, Neo was overjoyed to see his brother again.

Adam sat up, “Brother?” He said scratching his head.

A hoof stopped him from siting up further it was a earthpony Mare with three yellow butterflies on her flank. She was about Adams size, and wore an old preware medic hat with a red cross on it.

“Don’t worry you should be fine, you can get up and move in three hours.” The Mare said giving him a peaceful smile.

Neo moved over to the chair next to Adam and sat down. “How are you doing?” He said gently, a tear going down his cheek.

“I’m doing much better brother.” Adam replied softly.

Neo lay his metal hoof on Adam and smiled with a peaceful look on his face.

“He is going to need to rest if he’s going to get better.” The Mare stated cleaning up the area around Adam.

“You better listen to her.” Neo said softly patting Adam with his metal hoof.

“If thats what it takes to get to Ironhoof faster than don’t worry brother.” Adam said looking up to his brother from the medical bed.

Adam nestled down in the bed closing his eyes. Then he muttered in a low childlike manner, “Brother?”

“Yes?”

“Can you sing me that song mom used to sing when we were young. You know, that lullaby that she sang to us when we we young."

“Okay, just this once though.” Neo said gently.

Neo closed his eyes and began to sing quietly to his brother. Dispite the fact he didn’t normally sing he was actually pretty good.

“Do not ever cry, now child mine.
Do not expect me to forget.
Now that the day ends, you must go to bed.
And dream you worries away.
Beautiful child soft, and neat, please do not fret, for we are complete.
Look head and sleep for me, and dream sweetly softly tonight.”

Allie, Lucy and Kat watched as Neo sang his brother to sleep. Allie was crying tears of happiness, it was rare to see such a bond like this in the wasteland. Lucy was watching in almost on the verge of crying, but not there yet there yet. Something was stopping her, instead she just stood there, watching them. Kat watched Newt who was sleeping on a couch in the other room, the nurse stopped to watch for a moment before returning to the captives they had rescued in the other room.

Later that day, Adam packed up and loaded his things in Lucy’s cart outside the Maneton entrance.

She leaned on the side of her cart waiting impatiently, “Come on you Stable babies we need to get going if we’re going to get to the city before night comes.”

“Almost done!” Neo called out loading his bag into the wooden cart.

Adam hopped over the side and sat in the cart waiting for his brother.

Neo removed his Stable suit and came up to Adam with his Stable suit on his back. “Take your suit off.” He said reaching out his metal arm to him.

At first Adam was confused as to why his brother wanted him to take of his Stable 142 suit, but after looking at it he realized that taking it off was probably the best thing to do. Both of their suits were blood soaked, filthy, and beyond repair with large holes through them.

Adam took off his Stable suit and gave it to Neo. “What are you going to do with them brother?” Adam wondered.

“Burn them.” Neo called to him as he ran over to a small fire in a iron barrel arcoss the street.

“Burn them?” Adam said curiously.

Neo approached the fire slowly, knowing that once he tossed them in the orange flames that they would never wear a Stable 142 suit again. Closing his eyes, and turning away he tossed the ragged blood soked blue garments into the flames. Adam watched as Neo came back to the cart with only his Pipbuck on his body. Now the only thing Adam had on his body were the goggles he had bought from that one store on the main street.

Adam moved his goggles up to his brow, his goggles now resting on his forehead.

Neo trotted back to the cart and looked at Adam. “Hey Adam can you get me that bandana in my bag?” Neo asked his brother with a gentle smile.

“Sure, one sec.” Adam said as he started to search for Neo’s bandana.

Adam popped up from the cart with Neo’s grey bandana in his mouth, Neo took it and tried to put it on his head. He struggled for a bit till suddenly it started to float on its own, and it even tied itself perfectly on his head. He looked around only to see Allie behind him.

She gave him a pleasant look as she put her bags into the cart.

Lucy’s eyes popped wide open in anger. “Oh no you don’t missy!” She said marching over to her anger deeply infused in her eyes.

“What?” She said looking towards the angry Pegasus.

“I have to carry enough trash in this cart for one day, and I don’t need you to add more to the pile.” She said frustratingly.

“Hey.” Adam snickered at Lucy’s remark.

“I’m coming end of story.” Allie replied hopping into the cart next to Adam.

Neo of course didn’t have a problem with this at all. But, Lucy had a short temper, and nack for getting angry about nothing.

Neo hopped in the cart waiting for Lucy to cool off. “What about your friend, Kat or whatever? And the foal too?” Lucy asked trying to convince her to stay.

“I talked with them before I came here, and although Kat isn’t to happy with the idea she understands why I want to go.” Allie said with a positive tune in her voice.

“And what exactly are those reasons, Hmm?” Lucy smirked as she leaned closer to Allie waiting for a response.

“I want to see Ironhoof city, and I feel like I can’t just leave these guys on there own.” She looked at Neo and Adam with a friendly look in her eyes.

Lucy sighed, “I guess theres no stopping you.” She said as she rolled her eyes thinking why she was letting her come along.

Lucy moved over to the harness of the cart and hooked up to it. She tied down her hat to a string next to her, she then looked to her side and spoke in a friendly and proper manner.

“Ladies, and gentlecolts this is air Lucy, I’m your pilot and captain for this evening. Please reframe eating, drinking, or smoking during our flight. If you need to exit the cart at anytime, please do so, and end your life. It makes my job easier if you do. So please lay back, and enjoy the ride.” She said opening her wings to take off.

“They better enjoy this.” She complained to herself.

With three beats of her wings they were airborne, and off to Ironhoof City, where Neo and Adam planned to find their mother. It was a grand moment, much like the time they took their first steps outside of the Stable.

“We'll find her. One day, one day.” Neo said looking up at the orangeish clouds that covered the sky, streams of light poked through everywhere it could. It was truly the first real time they felt close to their mother again, and for the first time it felt like they could achieve anything.

Footnote: Level up

New Perk: Colt of Action: You gain +2 in sneak, and +2 in small guns with every level.

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Footenote: Level up

New perk: Pipnut: You gain +2 in repair, and in +3 science with every level.

(Hi, this chapter contains some errors. My editor and I both missed these errors and are trying to fix them. Thanks-Noakwolf)