The Great Adventure

Ch.3:More New Arrivals

Jack's POV

We had been cleaning the diner the entire day and by the time the sun started going down we had finished. I smiled "wow, this looks amazing" I said. Lava let out a hum of agreement, "and putting up reinforcements for the ceiling was a good idea, now we can use the roof as a permanent landing pad" she said. I nodded "yeah but we should find a different place to set up a landing pad, especially once we manage to take Fort Defiance to salvage more Vertibirds" I said. Jennifer nodded "that sounds like a good idea, especially once we have to face the Scorchbeast Queen" she told us. I hummed in agreement. Jojo ran in, "Jack, we managed to fix a radio and we've been getting transmissions from all over Appalachia" she said. We rushed over to the church and she showed me a map with writing on different locations. She pointed to them "we've gotten confirmations from these locations, 10 are in Morgantown Airport fighting off Scorched, 5 are in Grafton fighting off Super Mutants, 7 are at Mount Blair fighting off hordes of Molemen, 8 in Harpers Ferry fighting off Ghouls and Scorched, and 9 are in the Charleston Capital building fighting off Ghouls. All have confirmed that they will be here within the next 2 days. The ones from the airport have also confirmed that they are in possession of 3 working Vertibirds and 2 broken ones which they are bringing to scrap for parts" she explained. I did some quick math, "that's 50 people counting us and the ones here" I told them. She nodded "yes, we should prepare a landing zone for the Vertibirds" she said. I nodded "but we should all sleep first" I suggested. Everyone agreed and we all went our separate ways to sleep.

2 Days Later

We were working on setting up defenses when people started arriving and after a few hours everyone was here. I looked over the sea of people all dressed differently. Those who came from Grafton were wearing combat armor and had laser rifles or pistols. The ones from Mount Blair had thick leather armor and gas masks. The people from the airport had metal armor covered in blood and scratches and they had rifles. The people from Harpers Ferry were wearing power armor and were covered in blood. The last people came from the capital building. They were wearing all different kinds of armor and had all kinds of weapons. I cleared my throat "hello everyone and thank you for coming, before I start is there anything you want to ask me" I asked them. One of them spoke up "yeah what's with the wings and ears you guys have" the person asked. I looked at Lava, Kuku, and Jojo, "they were limited time cosmetics you could get in the Atomic Shop" I lied. He seemed to buy it and no one else asked anything. I started talking and telling people what to do. After I was done I gathered Lava, Kuku, Beldun, Zarah, and Jojo in a room, "guys we can only keep the lie going for so long" I told them. Beldun tilted his head, "fist, why and second, why didn't they question the flags on mine and Kuku's faces" he asked. I thought for a minute, "probably because they're technically human, as to why we can't keep this up for long is because me and Lava will most likely molt within the month" I said. Lava nodded "that's if this world's mechanics also incorporate the physics of our OC's" she said. We all agreed that me and Lava would reveal that our wings are real as well as Jojo, Kuku, and Lava's ears are real. Until then we split up to do things of our own. I had decided to go up to the chapel which I had claimed as my room. It was small which I liked but it was bland. So I started decorating it and by the time I was done it looked better.