This is my first attempt at fanfiction.

Disclaimer: the only things I own are my Courier and LW , everything else is (c) Bethesda Software
Fallout 3/New Vegas

War. War never changes. Since the dawn of human kind, when our ancestors first discovered the killing power of rock and bone, blood has been spilled in the name of everything: from God to justice to simple, psychotic rage. In the year 2077, after millennia of armed conflict, the destructive nature of man could sustain itself no longer. The world was plunged into an abyss of nuclear fire and radiation. But it was not, as some had predicted, the end of the world. Instead, the apocalypse was simply the prologue to another bloody chapter of human history. For man had succeeded in destroying the world - but war, war never changes. In the early days, thousands were spared the horrors of the holocaust by taking refuge in enormous underground shelters, known as vaults. When they opened, their inhabitants set out across ruins of the old world to build new societies, establish new villages, form new tribes.

The year is 2284, it has been 217 years since the end of the world; 123 years since The Vault Dweller left Vault 13, and defeated the Master's Army; 42 years since the Chosen One thwarted the plans of the Enclave, 6 years since the activation of Project Purity in the Capital Wasteland by the Lone Wanderer; and 2 years since Courier 6 took control of New Vegas.

Chapter 1 - The Message
"Wake up Seth, you're needed down stairs. Cass feel free to wake up as well; you both might want to hear this."
The courier opened his eyes and saw Veronica standing over him.

"We'll be down in half an hour. Just give us time to eat and get dressed," He replied.

Seth groaned then sat up looking at the sleeping redhead next to him. Cass was a heavy sleeper, making unlikely she'd wake up just from Veronica speaking to her. As Veronica left, Seth leaned over and nudged Cass' shoulder, sure enough she stirred.

"Ahh, that was a great sleep." Cass yawned, "So anything we need to do today?"

"Yeah, but let's eat first," Seth replied, "Veronica said I'm needed in the casino, however she said you should come as well."

After a quick breakfast of sugar bombs and gecko steaks, the pair headed to the casino. When they arrived, Seth noticed Veronica was acting stranger than usual.

"Okay, we're here; what did you need to tell us?" he asked.

"Ready? Here goes. Late last night i received a message from Elder Hardin..." Veronica began nervously.

"Oh great, a message from the Brotherhood, want do they want this time?" Cass growled.

"Calm down Cass, if it weren't for the brotherhood, we wouldn't have had a reason to eliminate the Vangraffs," Seth reminded before turning back to Veronica, "What is the message?"

"Apparently there are 3 members from the DC chapter of the brotherhood on their way here, they're expected to arrive in the Mojave in three days. Hardin wants every member at the bunker too meet with them when they arrive. Considering you're a paladin that includes you as well; he also said you bring can whoever you deem important enough" Veronica said.

"Good to know," Seth yawned, before looking down at his Pip-boy, "Yes-Man; have Boone, Arcade, Lily and Raul meet me in the Cocktail Lounge in 2 hours."

"Yes sir," Yes-man replied cheerfully through the nearest intercom.

"Now let's head to Crimson Caravan," Seth announced.

"Why do you need to go there?" Veronica asked.

"Because until now, we had held off punishing Alice and her company because we had too much too do in the way of diplomatic relations with the various factions that in habit the Mojave," Cass explained, "But now, we have time to make her pay for the caravans she and the VanGraffs sacked, that includes mine."

"Basically, we need to make an example of her. People need to know there will be consequences for what they do," Seth continued, "Now let's hurry and get this over with."

&*- 10 minutes later -*&

Shortly after arriving at Crimson Caravans with securitrons in tow, they were greeted by Ringo and Blake. As usual Seth replenished their ammo stocks and gave both an extra 1000 caps.

"So what's with the Securitrons Seth?" Blake asked.

"Simple, they're here to guard Alice for a days while we attend to other business," he replied, "As soon as we get back she will face the consquences for sacking those caravans 2 years ago."

"I completely forgot about that," Ringo blurted out, "What are you going to do with her?"

"Not sure, I'll probably get some opinions from the factions when we get back. With the VanGraffs dead, Alice is the only one left to take the fall," Seth commented "Oh, and before I forget, I still need a representative from Crimson Caravan; are either of you interested?"

"Sure, I'll do it," Ringo answered excitedly, "I always wanted to the the inside of the Lucky 38, and it'll be a great opportunity to see the rest of The Strip."

"Great, I'll have Yes-man make a passport for you," the Courier responded, "It should be ready by the time we're back. Now to Alice"

The Securitrons followed the couple to the main administration building of the company, before splitting off to cover both entrances. Seth and Cass walked in on Alice in the middle of making a deal with an owner of a smaller caravan company. After about 20 minutes of arguing a deal was made and the owner stormed out with an irritated look on his face, while Alice retained a smug grin. It was then she realized she was not alone in the room.

"Seth, Cass how great too see you, do you need any extra caps? I have some jobs that need to be taken care of," she said not realizing that the pair was not there for business.

"Can it Alice, and you can call me Courier Six; you have not, nor will you ever earn the right to address me by my first name. Also, we're not here for work, we've come to give you this." Seth said before handing her a sheet of paper.

"What is this?" she questioned not even looking at the paper.

"Well if you read it before asking you'd know what it was you dumb bitch," Cass growled, "It's a trial date, time to pay up for all those caravans you sacked. We still have a copy of the evidence we gave to the NCR. I must say it does not look good for you."

"She's right, we held off until now, but you had to know this was coming, the families of those caravanner are still in mourning last I checked" Seth added, "The trial date is set in 3 weeks, that should be enough time to send a message to your family. In the mean time you are not to leave the property, I have 2 modified securitrons stationed outside, should you try and escape, they can and will deliver a volt stun round that is as painful as a cazador sting."

The couple departed to the Strip leaving Alice stunned. Aside from the odd thug in Freeside it was a relatively easy walk back up until they were ambushed just pass the empty Silver Rush. 10 thugs quickly surrounded them each wielding a damaged laser pistol. They both looked at each other before drawing their weapons. Seth charged the thug in front of him, slashing his katana through the thug's torso while scoring a lethal shot on another with the Mysterious Magnum, at the same time Cass fired a round through the skull of another causing his head to explode. It took the thugs a moment to process what was happening, then at once they all began firing. The thugs were so focused on the 2 in front of them they didn't realize that they had no chance of winning. Cass and Seth soon made short work of the remaining thugs with Seth only retaining a small laser burn on his arm which was healed almost instantly by his monocyte breeder.

"Did you see those three thugs get taken out by one bullet?" Cass wondered.

"Yeah, I did, and I think I know who fired it," Seth responded, "Nice shot Boone way too save us some trouble."

Cass jumped a bit as Craig Boone walked out of a nearby alley. Dressed in his First Recon Survival gear, with rifle in hand he slowly walked towards the pair.

"Not a problem. So do you think it's time to have securitrons patrolling Freeside yet?" He asked sarcastic "So how did it go with Crimson Caravan?"

"Pretty good, we delivered Alice her trial date and gave the job Ringo as the Crimson Caravan Rep," Seth yawned. "Now let's get back to the Lucky 38 before we're ambushed again."

So what do you think?

Any suggestions what help me greatly; so send in those reviews.

Chapter 2 will be up hopefully in the next two weeks.

Also I've been thinking giving the Lone Wanderer kids.

Submit your thoughts to me, and if yes who should the child be with? (anyone except Sarah I've got other plans for her and the Wanderer)