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Blood Ties
Speak with Lucy West. She has a house in Megaton, just south of the one you can get as a reward for defusing
the Atomic Bomb. She often walks up and down the ramp leading from her house to the center of town.
She sometimes spends time at Moriarty's Saloon. Agree to deliver a letter to her family in Arefu.
Find Arefu, built on top of a section of elevated freeway northwest of Megaton. Another such section of
freeway lies along your route. A group of Raiders live there, one of whom has a Sniper Rifle. You may also
run across a group of Talon Mercenaries, scorpions and the usual assortment of hazards.
When you walk up the sloping concrete to Arefu, the mayor/sheriff of the town, Evan King, will initiate an
attack against you. However, do not return fire. The old man is just a bit jumpy. Tell him that you are
delivering a letter. Agree to check on the residents for him. Walk farther up the slope, to the first house.
Knock on the door and talk to the Ewers. Do the same for Schenzy house. If you have a high enough Skill in
Lockpicking, break into Evan King's house. He has a large stockpile of ammo, although you will receive Bad
Karma if you take it. The Repair Bobblehead on his kitchen table, however, will raise your Repair Skill by
ten points and you receive no penalty for taking it. The door to the West household is unlocked. You will find
both of the elder Wests dead, and with peculiar bite marks on their necks.
Return to Evan King and tell him the bad news. He will accuse "The Family" of the murders, and then ask if
the West's son Ian was inside the house. King will then ask you to find Ian and rescue him from The Family.
Agree to do so. Check your world map for the Northwest Seneca Station marker. To get there, go northwest
from Arefu a short distance, cross a dry section of the river and then go northeast.
The metro station is located next door to Cornucopia Fresh Groceries. Go inside the store and collect some
Sugar Bombs. When you leave the store, be prepared to fight a group of Talon Mercenaries.
Then go through the entrance door to the metro station.
Inside the station, go inside the bathrooms to the west. Get some Stimpaks and a Nuka Cola Quantum from
the vending machine. Be careful of the Molerats and the irradiated fluid dripping from an overhead pipe.
Continue down the wide corridor, to where you see the flaming barrels. A ghoul named Murphy will speak
to you about the drugs he is cooking in the room behind him. Give him the Sugar Bombs you got from the
grocery store. He will pay you a few caps for them.
Then go through the door inside a short hallway at the west end of the ghoul's room. Quickly drop down
through the manhole cover, and move out of range of the irradiated slime dripping from the barrels to the
tunnel below. A short distance down the tunnel, the path loops around a large boulder. Jump onto this
boulder to see the path ahead. Below you are two Mirelurks that cannot climb up to get you. Test your
weapons on them, to see which one works best against these sturdy crustaceans.
Then continue down the tunnel and up a ramp. Watch for an explosive grenade trap near the top. Just a little
farther down the subway tunnel, disable a pair of mines and a Bear Trap. Just past that, find another Bear
Trap. Continue north to a junction with another tunnel. Turn west here and watch for two Trip Ropes.
You will come to a sandbagged defensive position guarded by one Robert. Speak with him.
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