Rebuild Capital Wasteland.

Chapter 4: Vernon Hotel

"What a shithole" TLW stated while he looked at the entrance of Vernon Hotel. It was officially called The statesman Hotel, but a decision somewhere was taken that i would be named Vernon Hotel since the former name give too much assumptions to a time long gone. It was the biggest hotel within the Fortification and was now a integral part of the rebuilding process.

It had taken five weeks to create a fortification and building a secure entrance, the delay was caused by the lack of materials and some random attacks from far away raiders that probably did not know about the the Mall and its soldiers. It had killed one soldier who later were buried outside the Citadel, but at least 50 raiders had been killed and removed as a threat from the Wasteland forever. The material was also used for the ranch that were popping out on the other side of the river. It would not take long before a buisness of Brahim breeding could be done. Some ranchers had arrived from far away and given important expertise in how to breed and raise Brahims. But with the increased activity at the area came the negative factors also. The negative aspect was that it was on the other side of the river and therefore not within reach of the Citadel or the soldier. About 50 soldiers had too be sent to secure the ranch from raiders and other threats, creating a bigger need for trained soldiers at the mall. Securing the area around the mall had decreased the need for regular patrols but they needed some form of police force around the tents that were occupying the area around the mall. The solution came from Gared who let the 40 guards be regrouped into the refugee areas. Soon their uniforms was seen as the police of the city.

After the fortification was done, stage two was implemented. To get rid of the tents and create some real housing. Vernon Hotel was central too this plan since its 80+ rooms could give many people a permanent place to sleep.

"For now, yes. But soon it will be a place where people can live." The women next too him said. Her name was Jen and was the nearest The mall came to an architect. She had found some books about it when she was young and spent her her spare time too read and learn enough to understand the basic. She arrived to the Mall with her family and reported immediately to the Citadel about her set of skills. The last three months she had been cooperating with their engineers and scribes in how to build things and she was suddenly put in charge for a 100 man workforce with the mission to renovate a building that had stood vacant for over 200 years.

" Are you sure, last time i was here, there were holes everywhere, along with blood of dozen of mutants."

" Yes, i checked the ground floor inside and out, and its stands solid. It need some reinforcements here and there. But before the bombs fell, all the buildings in this area was built with purpose of standing if a small nuclear bomb would detonate, of course no building could stand a direct hit, but with luck, some survivors could find shelter here and there. So, its shitty and need a real check and reinforcement of the fundament. But otherwise it just needs some seriously cleaning and remodelling."

" You are the expert" TLW said. "So whats the plan."

" First of all, i need the workforce to remove bloodparts, skeletons, weapons and things that does not belong in a hotel." Jen said while looking at her clipboard, full of her notes and list over things that needed to be done.

" I think that the bodies of dozen of super mutants still are in the hall. And they were killed over a year ago. The are atleast 40 of them on the roof alone. It will take ages to remove them and the stand has probably attached itself to the walls."

" Therefore we have this." Jen said and pointed to four white barrels with Abraxo logo carved into the side.

" Extreme disinfectant, we need to spray it everywhere. It was found in the storage area of the Abrexo facility outside of the city. It has been tested and it removes blood stains like nothing. For the bodies i have required five steels that will use their laser rifles to dust the bodies."