Fallout: A New Shadow
Chapter 1: Burning Towns
Cpt. Trip of the NCR was doong his usual trip up to Goodsprings to deliver supplies. He was one of 5 members in his squad of troops. "Keep pace! We need to make it to Goodsprings come nightfall!" He shouted. The other NCR grumbled in agreement. By sundown they'd reached a large ridge, over which was Goodsprings. The road hadn't been to difficult. It had been a lot easier since the 2nd Battle for Hoover Dam. Legion raiding parties were now non-existent.
They reached the ridge and Trip stopped for a drink. In the distance the lights of New Vegas were shining up brightly. Trip grinned. They'd fought hard but the prize was worth the sacrifice. Then he saw smoke. "Shite! That's Goodsprings!" Mckenzie shouted. Trip ran down towards it his party behind him. Goodsprings was in flames. Bodies littered the ground. Houses collapsed under flames. "Fuck... Fuck..." whispered Trip. Suddenly he heard a gunshot. Mckenzie fell down next him. He turned and witnessed a man wearing a black trenchcoat kill four of his best friends with a small pistol. The man wour a metallic mask. Trip howled in fury and shot at him
The bullets did nothing. "Bulletpropf." Trip thought. The man swiped him to the ground effortlessly. He grabbed Trip's hair and forced him to look through tear stained eyes at his friends then the Goodsprings Ruin. "Look." The man whispered firmly. "LOOK. Run back to Hoover Dam. Tell your General. There's a new power in the Mojave now." The man threw Trip down and stalked off. Trip stared at his friends corpses. He collected their dogtags and ran.