Fallout 3 Queen of the Wastes

Chapter 1

It was an unusually peaceful day in Megaton. Eagle's flying in the sky, no gunfire outside the walls and no raider sighting's. Three travelers, two men and one woman were walking towards the gates of Megaton, seeking a certain individual from the city. They stopped at the front gate and being interrogated by the guard Stockholm from his high lookout point ''What business do you have here?''

''We're looking for the Messiah! We've heard he's a resident in Megaton so we're here see him!'' Shouted one of the three at the guard.

The guard laughed ''You need to talk to our mayor/sheriff for that kid.'' Guard pressed the intercom next to him and spoke through it 'Hey Simms there's three people looking for "him". You wanna take care of them or will i just shoo them off?' After few moments a voice came through the intercom. 'Let them in. I doubt they will cause any trouble since they are looking for him and he'll take care of them if they do.' Stockholm mumbled a bit, then finally shouted to the travelers below. 'The gate will open in a moment so sit tight.'

The girl from group spoke worryingly in a southern accent. 'I hope that merchant wasn't lying about that he's living here and that he'll even come with us when we meet him.'

One of the men spoke to her in a same accent. ''Don't worry Jen. I'm sure the merchant was telling the truth and i'm pretty sure that the Messiah dude will join us if we tell him our circumstances. Ain't that right Ben?''

'You may have a point Cody.' Said Ben while smoking his cigarette. 'But i agree with your sister Jenny. We can't expect him to say "Sure i'll come with you and walk 2 weeks to your little home and solve your raider problem.'' Right off the bat.' Ben took a deep breath from his smoke then flicked it off his fingers. 'And all we know about him is the stuff we've heard from the radio. Plus i find it hard believe that someone is that selfless and for all we know he might just be an asshole who had something to gain from his deeds.'

Cody and Jenny looked at each other as if they understood what Ben meant. The gates finally started to open and only just enough for them slip through. When they got inside the gates closed behind them and they were greeted by old African man who wore a duster coat, a cowboy hat and a Chinese assault rifle strapped to his back. 'Greetings travelers's. I am Lucas Simms, town sheriff and mayor which ever is needed in here. What brings young folks like you to my humble city?' Ben stepped forwards. 'Were here for the Messiah and we need his help badly, is he here or not?.'

Lucas crossed his arms. 'Who doesn't need his help? We've certainly had a lot less trouble when appeared here in the Capital Wasteland. As for is he here well you're in luck. Normally he's in the wasteland doing whatever he's doing and usually comes back in a few weeks, but he just arrived yesterday and now he's currently sitting in front of his house, looking quite bored in fact. So i think you'll have no problem getting him to help you.' Jenny then walked towards Simms in a excited manner and asked him. 'Is his house nearby sir?' Lucas smiled from the girls excitement and pointed them to a house that was next to the gate. The three thanked his help and went their way, but not before Lucas said to them. ''Just so you people know don't cause any trouble in here then we get along just fine. I'd hate to waste bullets in your sorry hides, let alone get mauled by James.''

'James?' Asked Cody in a nervous manner.

'That's his name. He would be real too happy if you call him that.' Answered Simms then continued his patrol.

Cody looked at Ben nervously. 'About him being a asshole? Well maybe he's a guy who's a real badass, but with a heart of cold?' Ben rubbed his nose bridge. 'I can live with that.' They walked to the house they were directed and saw a Caucasian man sitting relaxed on a lawn chair, wearing a wasteland wanderer outfit and sunglasses on his eyes. He had smooth wave hairstyle and his hair color was snow white and a small hair patch was on his chin which was white as well. On his left forearm was a wrist mounted computer and it was playing "way back home" and on his right hand was large round-like bottle which he was drinking from it. Under the lawn chair was a dog sleeping on it's side, looking very relaxed as well. Ben, Cody and Jenny approached the man, while Jenny whispered. 'Think that's him?' Cody whispered back. 'He does look like he means business.'

Ben kept going towards the man and asked him sternly. 'Are you James the Messiah?.' Jen and Cody stiffened In fear that Ben might've offended James and he was going kill Ben right on the spot. But he lowered his large bottle and slightly lifting his glasses, partially revealing his eyes then put his glasses back on. He placed his bottle on the table next to him and straightened up a bit, turned off his computer radio off, leaned on one of his knees while removing the sunglasses, fully revealing his dark blue eyes and he did it all in a slow manner like he had no care in a world.

He finally spoke to Ben in a kind yet low voice. 'How can i help on this very fine day?' Ben was shocked. His eyes were so clean, pristine and clear Ben could almost see his own reflection from them and Ben could swear to god that there was something behind his eyes that screamed "I'm the one who can get shit done." James also sounded very confident like he has faced the worst the world has to offer, yet there weren't any arrogance in him. Ben said to Jenny and Cody. 'He's the real deal.'

Both Jenny and Cody were nervous. As they approached, James took a good look at the three people in front of him. First he looked at Jenny. Her hair was short and fiery red, hazel eyes, she wore wasteland doctor fatigues, carried an SMG at her side indicating that she's a medic and she didn't look past 17. Jenny could not help but feel mesmerized from looking at James eyes, not to mention she found him very handsome looking.

James then looked at Cody. He wore leather armor, tinted biker goggles over his forehead, a sniper rifle and a machete strapped to his back. James assumed he's the group's sniper/scout and he seemed to be in early 20's. His eyes were hazel colored like Jenny's and his hair was dark brown and looked a bit messy.

James finally observed Ben. He wore a combat armor with initials B.W carved to the left shoulder. He was Hispanic with buzz hair, a Chinese assault rifle strapped to his back, 44. Magnum as his sidearm and green eyes. James could tell that Ben wasn't a run-of-the mill mercenary. He had a determined look and a few small scars covering his face and he looked about 40-years old.

'We're really sorry if this is sudden but we need your help to save our hometown!' Said Jenny out of the blue. Cody placed his hand on Jenny's mouth while forcing her to bow and he did the same. 'Sorry about my little sister man! She sometimes forgets her manners so i hope she didn't offend you.' Cody obviously was nervous if not scared about James, especially when Simms said about him mauling them if they're not careful. Ben massaged his nose bridge with a deep, long sigh clearly annoyed of Cody's behavior.

Ben then spoke. 'Sorry about those kids. They've been rather anxious to meet you and all that. We've heard a lot about your adventures on the radio and you're different from what we expected.' James let a small chuckle, rose up from the chair and started to walk to his house while gesturing them to follow him inside. Once they were inside James seated his guest's on a plastic bench and he then took an chair, placing it front of them finally sitting down.

'Before we continue the "please help our hometown Mr. Messiah." routine, i think an introduction would be in place.' Said James to the group.

Jenny started first. 'I'm Jenny and i'm 16-years old. I specialize in medicine and science, and i know how to handle a gun, and i have to say i'm honored to finally meet you, and i'm looking forward working together and...' Jenny kept babbling only to be interrupted by Cody. James let a small laugh and Jenny went silent and her face was red from embarrassment.

It was Cody's turn. 'I'm Cody, Jenny's big brother. I'm 20 and my role is scouting, i'm a good shot with a sniper and i do explosives as well and lockpicking too.'

'Ben Williams, 45 and former Brotherhood of steel and let's leave it at that.' Said Ben sternly.

'Now the reason we're here is because our hometown has been taken over by raiders.' Explained Ben.

James leaned against the chair and crossed his arms. 'And i assume these are not regular raiders since you people need my help?'

'These raiders at first were a typical lot that lived near our town Hope. Always trying to raid our Brahmin and steal our supplies only to fail miserably.' Said Ben.

Ben continued 'About a year later something changed. I was on patrol on one of the farms and when i looked to the horizon i saw the same group of raiders attacking but they were only carrying melee weapons and some had tattoos on their body's, at first i thought they did some makeover and thought that made them tougher or something, but it turned to be distraction. Around the right side of the farm four raiders jumped out behind the rocks, beating the farmers to the ground. I killed the raiders that ambushed farmers, then i noticed the distraction group stopped and one of them took out a horn, blowed into it and a single large war party appeared out of nowhere, attacking straight to the town."

"And when i came to look what was the shooting all about i also saw the raiders from the distance.' Said Cody, clearly looking a bit shocked by the event. 'Ben told me to go back to the town warn everybody about the attack, tell them to get inside their homes and barricade all door's and windows.'

James raised his right brow. 'And that was no good?'

Ben shooked his head. 'Disaster. The weird part is that barely no one was killed during the raid, only those who fought back. It was an takeover.'

'Takeover? Raiders? two words that don't make sense in anyway.' Muttered James in disbelieve while rubbing his chin.

'You're telling me?' Replied Ben. 'By the time the raid ended, we were gathered in middle of town. I saw the raiders move aside that made a small path and that's when we saw they're leader.'

'Really?' James got curious and leaned towards Ben.

Ben kept going. 'She is the tallest woman i've ever seen, she was head taller than anyone i know and she was surrounded by five mean looking raiders who probably were her bodyguards. She called her self the Queen of Wastes and that she will now take control of our town and it's resources.'

'Then how did you escape?' Asked James

Jenny answered to James. 'Me and Cody sneaked out of our houses and we found Ben was inside a shack and he was tied up as well so Cody picked the lock, we untied Ben, we discussed our next plan and we decided to leave Hope to find help, not before leaving left a note behind that explained to our parents why we were gone.' As Jenny recalled the moments of her hometown being attacked and leaving it behind her, she started to look sad almost to the point of crying.

James placed his hand under her chin, raised her head and said to her. 'Don't worry Jen. I'll do what i can to help your town.' Then James let off a smile that made Jenny blush.

James asked. 'Now where is your hometown located?'

Ben answered. 'It's in the Commonwealth up north.'

'Commonwealth?' Said James in surprise. "That's a long walk from here.'

James then asked in curious manner. 'How did you guys hear about me exactly? I find it unlikely that my reputation has gone beyond D.C let alone reached to Commonwealth.'

Cody blurted out. 'There was this new scientist who talked about you once in while...'

'Cody!' Shouted Ben to Cody and he covered his mouth realizing he wasn't supposed say it.

'Scientist?' Said James and was silent for a moment. 'Madison Li?'

Jenny, Cody and Ben looked James in surprise when he said Madison's name and Cody then asked him. "You know doc Li?"

James asked Cody with a worried look. 'Is she in trouble Cody?'

'As much trouble as anybody else in Hope.' Explained Cody.

James sprung up from the chair, spooking Ben, Jenny and Cody. James then pointed to the door said to them. 'Wait outside. I'll pack my stuff and we'll be on our way.'

'Wait. You mean you agree to help us just like that? We're strangers not to mention it's a least 2 week walk from here and you simply agreed to help us no strings attached?' Ben was utterly shocked. He completely expected James to refuse to help them and they would have to somehow convince him, yet without hesitation he agreed to help.

'People call me Messiah for reason Ben and also Madison was friend of my dead father which gives me even more reason to go along with you and the last i want is my father's ghost haunting my ass because his friend died and i didn't do anything about it especially when i knew she was in trouble.' Explained James as he climbed up the stairs to the second floor of his house and entering the room on the left. 'Now go wait outside, i will meet you guys soon.'

As Ben, Jenny and Cody were waiting outside for James, an awkward silence was around them. Cody broke the silence. 'Well that went helluva lot more easier than you thought Ben.'

Ben lighted his cigarette. 'I'll admit. I wasn't expecting that at all.' Ben inhaled his cigarette. 'I just hope he's as good as Madison say's he his'

While Ben and Cody talked, Jenny was still blushing from the smile James gave her and her heart was racing when ever she thought about James.

Ben then noticed Jenny's little daydream session and whispered to Cody with a smile. 'Seems like your baby sister has hots for him my boy.'

Cody looked Jenny and he started to smile as well. 'Well i think it's nice that Jenny found someone to admire, but i think she's is a little too young for him in my opinion.'

Ben shooked his head, approached Jenny and said to her. "Already thinking about having an marriage with him?" Jenny jumped in surprise and started to babble incoherently which Ben and Cody then laughed.

James came out of his house wearing General Chase's uniform. He noticed Jenny and Cody staring at him in awe which James reacted by simply saying. 'What?'

Ben let off a small laugh and said to James. 'Where did you found that uniform son? It looks in pretty good condition and you look like a man who could kick anyone's ass. Not to mention that white overcoat fits perfectly with your hair.'

'I... "found" it in a locker with a note that said this was supposed to go an General named Constantine Chase, but some reason it was still there when i found it.' Explained James knowing that there's no way they will believe that he found it inside an alien spaceship.

Ben lifted his shoulders. 'Well let's get going, those raiders aren't going to kill them selfs.'

Jenny and Cody snapped back at theirs senses and walked towards the gate with Ben and James. Before they went past the gate, Lucas appeared and greeted James. 'Looks like you're going another adventure... again.'

James smiled. 'No rest for the wicked Simms.'

As the gates opened, Ben looked James and asked. 'You're sure you want to do this?' James replied in serious tone. 'If i don't do this then who will?'

'Looking forward working with you man.' Said Cody with an excited smile.

'But first.' Said James while taking his sunglasses from his pocket, flicked them open, placing them over his eyes. 'There's one little stop i need to make.'

Gates of Megaton finally opened and our brave adventurers started their journey to the Wastes, but what stop did James mean? Who is this raider leader? What will they face up ahead? Only time will tell.

This took little more work then i thought. Please leave review and do tell if there's something to work with.