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Chapter 1 Boone stood in the elevator of the Lucky 38.  The slow whir of the generators kicked on and the faint twang of guitar music played through a fuzzy speaker.  The lights flickered and the car creaked as it rode the cables to the presidential suite.  He couldn't say how many times he'd ridden it, but he guaranteed himself that his return trip to the streets of New Vegas would be his last. For months after the Second Battle of Hoover Dam each of his allies had left Lucky's side.  Cass had went back to NCR for matters which she refused to discuss.  It was an abrupt departure, but both women seemed fine with her decision.  Lily went bac

Chapter 13: I'm Sorry, Pt. 1 Colvin and his squad came out of the metro station into the blaring sunlight.  The smell of cooking meat wafted on the afternoon air from Wilhelm's Warf.  Most of the patrol was recon; a one day jaunt into the metro tunnels and back out again.  They found no Super Mutants during their sojourn, but were attacked consistently by strung out raiders and the random ghoul that prowled around in the dark.  He sent that poor soul to the Maker, as he always had when he encountered them. The group walked in silence towards the Citadel when a static filled buzzed crackled in his helmet.  Old Morse Code bleated a message an

Chapter 12: The Heart's Intent James awoke to the sound of voices outside.  He lifted his head from his knees and glanced at the wounded soldier beside him.  He and Quinn had spent the better part of the night setting the man’s broken femur.  It was tenuous work in highly unsterile conditions and with limited painkillers to relieve the man’s agony during the surgery; he was surprised to see that his patient had survived the night.  However, that didn’t assuage any trepidation that he had about the possible onset of infection. He reached over to the young soldier and placed his hand on his forehead.  Small beads of sweat sa