A/N: Aright, this was going to be a chapter in the Tale of Delta, but I felt that it would make the story seem more about Nathaniel than the story should be, (Fellow author Phil-O agrees) so now some of the choices he (will) makes, the things he has or will say will make more sense, and now we see what exactly Sophia did to him. It all started three year before Bioshock 2 in Siren Ally's Little sister orphanage (Nate is 15 at this point) Hopefully you will enjoy this story. Remember to leave a review, send a request, and/or check out my other stories.

(Disclaimer: I do not own Bioshock in any way. All copyrights given to respected owners.)

A little sister's squeal could be heard down the corridors of the little sister orphanage, followed by the sounds of rushed footsteps. She ran because she knew he was after her again. She ran herself in to a corner; there was nowhere left to go. He had finally caught her, he reached out for her and… gently poked her nose.

"Tag," He laughed, "your it."

And he ran now the little sister hot on hi tail. She gave a sharp whistle and several other sisters came out and he fell to the ground. The sisters climbed on top of him and began to tickle him. They all laughed.

"N-No fair!" Nate said between laughs, "You-ha, called in back up!"

Nathaniel loved his job, he was hired to ensure the sisters happiness until they could be given a protector. That normally consisted that playing go-fish, tag, storytelling, and simply talking to them. The only down side to his job was he always grew a little attached to the girls, so it was painful to see them go. But, he always had them in his heart, he had memories, that always made him feel better.

They laughed and played until they heard a foot tapping. They looked up to see Dr. Tenenbaum, hands on her hips looking at Nate with a certain look that made him nervous. He quickly stood and the girls looked to Nate.

"Nathan," she started, "We have found a Jenna a protector, she will be sent off tomorrow." Then she walked away.

The girls all looked at Nate, a sad smile on his face.

"Papa Nate," one sister, named Liz, "Are you alright?"

"Yes, Elizabeth, I'm alright." He said feigning a smile for their sakes.

Jenna was a relatively shy girl, who kept quiet normally hiding her pale eyes behind her Auburn hair. Nate would talk to her, and she actually had a lot to say. She was a very clever girl with a smile that would melt the Heart of even Andrew Ryan himself. It would take a while, but she would adjust to gathering, they all did. He walked to the Large room set up as the sleeping quarters, while the others played and went about their normal day, Jenna wasn't on her bed reading a book like she normally did. He ran into a fellow work, a thirteen-year-old volunteer by the name of Jubilee, most just called her Joule. She was a very nice girl who always judged others by actions, not physical characteristics, as many had called her ugly as she grew up. She was far from ugly, at least the way Nate saw her. She was about 5'-5", maybe 100 lbs., at most. She had sandy-blonde hair, eyes so dark a blue that they appeared almost purple, her cream-colored skin was dotted with a few freckles that went from one cheek, over her nose, to the other. The only minor detail he noticed that people may consider unattractive was the birth mark over her right eye, which looked like a bruise of some sort, but other than that, what was her flaw?

Nathaniel had to admit, she was cute; no… she was beautiful? Beautiful face, Great personality, and a rather lovely body, not that he was some kind of sicko who loved to undress women with his eyes. How ever there was something about her that he couldn't figure out, she had tis way of making him feel…weird, like he was someone different.

"Earth to Nathaniel, Come in Nathaniel." Jubilee teased waving a hand in front of his face, a smile on her face.

"Hmm? Oh Joule, w-what's up?" He asked slightly embarrassed.

"Nothin', just thought you came in here looking for Jenna, I think she said she was going to the craft room one last time."

"Thanks." He said leaving before she could see his cheeks redden. He walked to the craft room to find Jenna hard at work. He cleared his throat, she turned and hid what she was working on behind her back.

"So, Jenna," he started, "excited about start being a gather tomorrow?"

"A little," she said quietly, "but I'm sad, too."

He walked over to her , kneeled and put a hand on her shoulder.

"And Why is that Jenna?" He asked, "Are you going to miss your friends and Tenenbaum?"

"Yeah," she said looking at him with that little "helpless puppy" look that all little girls seemed to be able to pull off, "but do you know what I will miss most?"

"What?"

"I think I'll miss Papa Nate more than anything."

Nate took a moment to let that soak in, then came up with something. He took one of the beaded necklaces that the girls made but didn't want. And attached to it his family ring, since every child in the Jacobi Family got two it was no big deal to him since he still had the one.

"Take this," he said holding it out to her, "if you ever miss me, or any of them remember they will always be cared with you, right here."

He pointed to the spot on her chest where her heart lay beneath

Tears began to stream down her cheeks as she wrapped her little arms around him. Nate returned the hug and lifted her into his arms as she cried into his shoulder.

"It will be alright, little one, it will be alright."

Nate tried to sound certain of that, but he had no idea what to expect, this was Rapture after-all.

Later that night…

Nate exited the large bedroom, making sure all the girls were content before he started to walk down the eerily light streets of rapture to his apartment. As he walked down the streets he had heard a scream from nearby alley, he knew the voice that gave that scream; it was Jubilee. Not thinking of his own risk he reached for his boot and pulled out a small .32 pistol. He had it in the event that Fountaine's Men would break in to the orphanage for the ADOM. He ran like the devil was chasing him to her, when he got there he saw a man, dressed in black, holding a knife to her throat, fondling her left breast through her, now torn, shirt. He licked her face.

"Young girls like yourself shouldn't walk these streets alone." He said in a lecherous voice, "I will teach you that lesson, and I plan to enjoy every moment of it."

He kicked her shins, forcing her to the ground. He used his free hand to undue his belt which didn't succeed, because a bullet hit his hand. He looked to see who shot him as another bullet hit his left knee , causing him to fall down to the ground. Nate appeared from the shadows and without a word, held the gun to the man's head, point-blank. The man laughed an insane laugh.

"You only want her for yourself don't you; who can resist that alluring little slut?"

Enraged, Nate kick the man in the side of the head, and put the pistol between his eyes.

"Che Dio abbia pietà di voi, perché non lo farò."He said as he pulled the trigger.

(NOTE: What Nate said is Italian for: "May God have mercy on you, because I will not."

Or at least that's what Google translates it to.)

The man grunted as the bullet went through his skull. Nate quickly went Jubilee's side, removing his jacket, and putting it on her shoulders to cover her torn clothes. She was crying, he had never seen her cry so hard, of course she was almost raped so she has every reason to be afraid, every right to cry. She held on to him like her very life depended on it. She shook like a leaf during a tornado. He held her in his arms, gently stroked her hair. He tried to stand, but she held on to him like a vice.

"Nate, please," She said between sobs, "please, d-don't leave me alone, please!"

He stayed with her, and they stayed there for a while, until Jubilee finally cried herself to sleep. Nate lifted her into his arms carefully as to not wake her, grabbed her hand-bag and cared her to his apartment. Once there he laid her down on his bed, as he had decided he would sleep on the couch tonight. Before he went to lay down on the couch he went through her hand bag. Normally he wouldn't do such a thing, but he hoped to find some sort of contact for her family. After about ten minutes of searching he found her library card. On the back was her phone number, in case the librarian had to contact her on a missing book.

He dialed the phone number, and almost immediately someone picked up. He assumed her father

"Hello?' he said.

"Hello, you must be Jubilee's father?"

"Who is this, and how do you know my daughter?"

"My name is Nathaniel Jacobi, I'm an assistant at the little sister orphanage in siren alley, where your daughter volunteers. She stayed late to help Dr. Tenenbaum and me with some paper work and clean up. She had fallen asleep while working, so she is still at the orphanage, asleep in a spare bed. Dr. Tenenbaum told me to call you so you know would know where she is."

There was a silence.

"Alright, so long as she's safe. Tell her to call me as soon as she can."

"Very well, sir. Good-bye."

He felt dirty for lying, but he didn't want to worry her family any more than they already were. He crawled on to the couch and closed his eyes in an effort to fall asleep. Finally falling asleep, dreamt. In the dream he saw a large room with marble floors and columns, it appeared to be a Grand Ball, like in the stories he read to the sisters. He saw Jubilee in a red silk dress, her hair pulled up in a fancy bun atop her head. He himself was dressed in a black tuxedo with a red rose poking out of the button hole near his neck. They began dancing to the slow tempo the piano had set for the band. Then their face's drew closer to one an others, but as their lips touched his eye shot open.

'Why was she in my dream?' He wondered to himself.

He looked to the clock and saw it was 3:45 a.m. He fell asleep once more waking to the alarm he had set for 7 a.m. Today was going to be an interesting day, that much was certain.

A/N: Alright, tell me what you think, also I'm debating on posting some concept art for my OC's on my deviantArt account (Heamaphage2494). So, I'm going to make this a poll, if you think I should vote for which ones, or all of them. If you think I shouldn't then vote that. I want the opinion of the readers, so vote. Chapter 2: coming soon. Chapter 6 for The Tale of Delta will be up hopefully by the end of the month.