Author's note

Hello thank you for reading this. This is my first fan fic so please feel free to give me some notes on things i should work on. Also Fallout New Vegas is property of Bethesda Soft works bla bla bla i own nothing.

New Friends

Mornings in the new Vegas strip were hardly beautiful. There was something quite mesmerizing about this morning however. Aside for the occasional NCR drunk and the foul smell of vomit Pablo the courier couldn't remember a more beautiful morning than the one today.

"Maybe I'm just in a good mood" he thought to himself.

He exited the gates of the lucky 38 casino and walked towards his awaiting companions.

Rex the cyber dog began wagging his tail at the sight of the courier announcing his happiness trough a couple barks.

"Brown nose!" Exclaimed the young woman being witness to the dog's attention towards his new owner.

The young man known as the courier fixed his short black hair into a green bandana that he had picked up from the corpse from a dead Great Khan gang member, after he and Craig Boone had defused the situation on Boulder city.

His brown eyes spotted a few stunned on lookers who were bearing witness to someone exiting the lucky 38. But he paid no attention to them since he had little time before proceeding with the rest of the mission.

He smiled to himself and walked towards the girl who most people on Freeside assumed was his younger sister.

"So, how did it go?" Asked the girl

"Good Veronica. It went better than I expected."

"So is mister House a vampire?" The night before they made camp. And while Rex slept the Courier vividly explained his theory. He believed after watching Dracula on his pip boy that Mr. House was a vampire that lived in the Lucky 38.

"More like a giant computer." He sighed

"Yes! You owe me twenty caps!"

"Ugh! Fine". His eyes narrowed as he scoffed and pulled the money from his pockets.

Veronica the brotherhood scribe celebrated her victory over the courier by attempting to dance but stopped in her tracks when she noticed the gathering crowd of on lookers.

"Veronica"

"Yeah? What is it?"

"Listen I need to split for a bit I'll be around four today. Explained the courier"

"Wait where are you going?"

"I have to pick up somebody I'll return as soon as I can. I promise".

Veronica had been traveling with Pablo for two weeks now on his quest to find this Benny guy. She had lived a hard life in the Brotherhood of steel, by the time she was eighteen years old she felt she had already experienced all the crazy things grownups do.

She had loved and lost her lover to the wasteland. Although she had tried to look for her the first time she took the job of a supply runner for the Brotherhood, she was nowhere to be found but she kept looking.

Two years later and she had found nothing. No trails no clues absolutely nothing! Eventually she gave up when she realized that she was losing one of her other loves the Brotherhood itself.

The Hidden Valley chapter of the Brotherhood of steel was dying. Not the quick death most poor bastards got on the wasteland but instead a slow and miserable death. They were becoming irrelevant.

So she made it her mission to try to save the brotherhood from itself and when she met the Pablo she had found perhaps the only man who took her seriously and valued her input to the team. She would save the brotherhood with his help.

When she asked Pablo why did he take her along he said.

"The Forecaster told me to" "he foresaw you playing a vital role in my future"

"The little boy? Really?"

Now it was all going to end.

Veronica!

"What? What is it?"

"Quit dozing off! I'm trying to explain what our job is".

"Sorry I was just….."

"Don't matter look from now we're working for Mister House".

"Really? What could an old computer possibly want?"

"A lot apparently I have to retrieve the platinum chip and we're getting paid a lot of caps for it".

"Also mister House gave us a suite"

"What? No way! A suite for each one of us?" She looked at the size of the building and began day dreaming of her own suite with robotic butlers.

"No just one suite. But it has multiple rooms".

"Damn it! I always wanted a bachelorette pad!"

"Sorry kid you can't always get what you want. But you can get pretty close". He smiled

"Oh well at least this time I can have my own room and not have to listen to your antics". She grinned

"Ha-ha very funny veronica. Please try not to walk in next time I have company in my room".

"I thought she was trying to eat you! Well then again Beatrix is a…."

"Ghoul?"

"Don't remind me I still got bruises from that night". He shook his head

"Well Alas the Garrets don't really have any other female workers. What did you want me to do?"

"I don't know maybe wait until we can go to Gomorrah!" "Oh wait! Here's a great idea get yourself a normal girl!"

"A normal girl? And by your definition. What is a normal girl? Hm?"

Veronica brought her right hand to her chin and made a thinking man impersonation. After a whole minute she said.

"Maybe someone who doesn't get paid to have sex would be a good start?" She jested

The Courier just frowned at her. Such was the price for taking her along.

"Wait you must have meet some decent females on your travels. Since you came back from the grave all Zombie like".

Veronica…..

"Brrrraaaaiiins!" She mimicked the walking stance the Zombies on her holotapes did.

"I swear it's like traveling with a child!" The Courier groaned in frustration.

"Hey! I'm not a child!" "I'm almost twenty years old!" She roared

The courier just rolled his eyes

"Besides you're not that old! You're barely twenty four!"

"I'm old enough to be your big brother" he joked

"Ha! If that's the case you're terrible at it!" She kept complaining. Her face had taken a very serious look as she began pacing back and forth the entrance to the casino.

"You hardly laugh at my jokes. You never buy me any candy, you didn't get me the pretty dress I asked you to get me. You are a terrible big brother!"

Veronica….

"Wait what were we talking about again?" I forgot

"Normal girls I've met on my travels" he said in a neutral tone

"Well… did you meet any? You must have met some right? There has to be some good looking women somewhere. There can't all be ugly men with Mohawks running around killing people. If not I'm doomed."

All of the sudden she looked sad. Thinking of the status of her own romantic life.

The courier gathered his thoughts then answered.

"Well there was this chick in Good Springs her name is Sunny Smiles. I don't think she's into me tough, but the way her hips swayed when she…"

"Sunny smiles? What kind of name is that?" Veronica interrupted rather rudely

"What a dumb name!" "I've met fire hydrants with better names than Sunny Smiles. I wonder what her father's name was".

"Frozen Cucumber?"

"Silent Toad?"

"Sitting Deathclaw?"

"Enough! I get it she has a terrible name!" Interrupted the Courier

"Ok listen I have a job to do! If we stand here arguing we're going to be here all day!" The courier protested

"Fine! But this isn't over." "Now I want some ice cream do you think they have ice cream in the strip?" Veronica began looking everywhere.

The courier just sighed and said. "I want you to take Rex with you and enter the Lucky 38 to my suite and wait for me there until I get back."

"That's it?" She asked

"Well maybe clean it up a little bit"

"Great! now you want me to be a maid!." "I'm telling you Pablo I wouldn't know clean from a raider's ass! My bunk was the messiest bunk you have ever seen!"

"They say I brought cockroaches back into the bunker" .She said finally

"Bunker? What are you talking about?" He asked confused

"Oh nothing for you to worry about just yet." She answered cryptically. "Now there is just one final question before I become the first female to enter the Lucky 38 in two hundred years."

Hm?

"Can I order room service?" She asked making puppy eyes

The courier couldn't help himself and smiled to his companion. "Well I don't know anything about the cooking skills of securytrons but if they can cook sure! Ask Victor."

Veronica squealed and ran off with Rex. leaving the Courier hitting his forehead with the palm of his hand.

Veronica found herself in a new adventure along with Rex who was just standing there looking cool as usual. The elevator they were in seemed to take its sweet time to reach its destination so she looked at Rex and asked him.

"Are you excited Rex?"

The dog just wagged his tail

"Geez you are really freaking me out right now. Why can't I find people who seemed surprised at something like I am? Just hopeless."

The door opened leaving a dazzled Veronica in state of absolute awe.

"By Father Elijah's magic underpants! This place is awesome!" Veronica ran from the elevator admiring the play room, the kitchen, the bathroom and the two bedrooms. As she ran into the master bedroom she was in love.

It had to be the biggest bed she had ever seen. Her life on the Brotherhood had been quite opaque compared to all this luxuries.

She climbed on top of the bed and began jumping up and down laughing. Then let herself go and landed on the soft mattress. It was then than Rex jumped on the bed and proceeded to sleep.

"You know Rex, I like the way you think" she began to feel tired and slowly but surely drifted off to sleep.

Four hours later Rex the cyber dog was wide awake and fully intent on ruining veronica's sleep. He began licking her face and whine loudly until Veronica started coming to.

"Rex… leave me alone….. I want to go back to sleep."

"I need my beauty sleep you know we can't all be naturally handsome like you."

Rex let out a proud bark then began panting. Then he heard the sound of the elevator made when it began moving. Making him run out of the room to investigate the noise. Leaving a stunned sleepy Veronica who finally made the effort to get out of bed.

"Wait Rex! Where are you going?"

"Damn dog! There better be a good reason for you to run off like that!"

Veronica began walking towards the door when she saw Rex sniffing at the elevator door. She immediately lost interest and walked back into the room when she heard the elevator door open, as she turned around to see who it was nothing could have prepared the young scribe for what she was about to see.

"What the…"

Veronica could not believe her eyes. Alone in a hotel suite with the only weapon at her disposal was her trusty power fist, so she knew she had no chance surviving a fight against that creature.

Veronica's face was a mix between terror and amusement as the "mutie" as she called them walked through the elevator door. It had to be the weirdest nightkin she had ever seen it was dress as a farmer and wore sunglasses. Right at the moment Veronica began questioning herself whether she was seeing things now, the mutant noticed her.

Its voice brought Veronica to the point of just running and hiding under the bed.

"Becky! Little Becky!"

Who the fu….. was all veronica could say before the nightkin rushed to her with a speed that didn't give her time to react.

Before she could react in any way the mutant had her in its arms giving her the strongest hug she had ever received. She almost felt her bones crunching.

"Come here and give your grandma some sugar!"

"What? Who?" Was all she mumble before the nightkin gave her a kiss on her forehead.

"Eww! That's gross and man your breath is terrible."

It was then when she heard the laughter of the courier who had been watching the whole encounter from inside the elevator.

Furious veronica demanded an explanation!

"Damn you Pablo what the hell was that?"

"Veronica meet Lily"

"Lily meet Veronica"

The nightkin turned towards the courier and said

"Jimmy why did you take little Becky to this mean people place? This is no place for good children to be!"

"I'm not a child!" Pouted veronica

"Why do you call me Beck…..?"

"Veronica… let's go to my room and I'll explain everything"

Lily seemed confused as she took to her new surroundings among them as Rex the cyber dog who was wagging his tail at the new arrival. Lily bent over and looked straight at Rex and asked.

"George! Why the long face? Did your wife leave you again?"

Rex just tilted his head and began whining

"Oh George you! Leo says you're funny!"

Veronica and the courier walked into the room. Then Veronica crossed her arms and unleashed the most serious look she could muster.

"I'm gonna give myself wrinkles" she thought to herself.

" Now do you mind explaining me what the hell is going on?" She demanded but the courier seemed to be staring at something else.

"Helloooo aren't you going to answer me?"

"What the hell did you do to my bed?" He asked at the once peaceful neat bed. The pillows were on the floor and the comforter had dried mud steps that resembled Veronica's footsteps.

"Your bed? It's my bed! I called dibs!"

"Like hell you did! I got us this suite." "Therefore the master bedroom belongs to me!"

Veronica's face was a shade of red and looked about ready to attack and attack she did.

"Ow! Damn it veronica quit trying to bite my hand!"

Veronica kept trying to do until she heard a loud growl coming from her stomach

"You are hungry huh?"

"I'm starving." She said with a faint smile

Alright let's go get you something to eat then. He smiled at girl who was feral a second ago now all calm and happy with the thought of some noodles and a Nuka Cola.

"So what's the deal with the mutie?"

"Her name is Lily"

"Alright what's the deal with Lily?" She asked

"I met her in Jacobstown when I went there to get Rex a brain transplant. She's really nice; she thinks I'm her long lost grandchild Jimmy. And since you and me kind of look alike she believes you are little Becky Jimmy's sister."

Veronica's face was full of confusion. Slowly evaluating the pros and cons of the situation then she came to a conclusion.

"Grandma huh? Can she knit me a sweater?"

"Veronica we live in the desert. why would you ever need a sweater?"

"I still want one though I don't care where we live." "We could live in New Reno or the Capital Wasteland I still want a sweater."

"So what are we doing tomorrow?" she asked with excitement for a new adventure.

"Actually I need to pick up a couple more people for the team"

"Can I come?" She asked with anticipation

"No... sorry but you can go grocery shopping with Lily and Rex"

"Yeah… the people on Freeside are really going to love a super mutant in their store."

"So you are forming a team huh? What for?"

"I don't know whatever House's plan is" I guess he shrugged

"So what is my role in the team? Am I the communication's expert the scout, the incredibly pretty but very wise for her young age comic relief?"

"You… are… the mascot!" He chuckled which earned him a mean look plus Veronica pinching his arm as they walked to the elevator to get some food.